DEFENCE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 15

DEFENCE NOTES.

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: • Secretaries • of...Volunteer - CJorps land Riflpi J Clubs, are.-, incited . ; ,to .contribute . , , itemsj of; interest;; for, insertion.-in,,- this eoluiim. "■ • .....'! -'■! v ■ BRITISH -.'TERRITORIAL 8 AFIMY. .THB'jNEW form op enlistment. ■ The :form -of attestation. to-'lJrf- used for ■ Imponaj Yeomanry or Volunteers -enlisting in tho! ITBrntorial Force, as revised 111 the light d£ the' fierco criticism, to" which tho terms' Mt;^ ; ioai'UOT. ; JdocMm^: 'stib-f. jectod;! has been issued .to corps throughout tho country >... Most of tho objc«tioiiablo| features of tho older form have been excised or waterod dowm In the notice given to him ■ at tho timo of Ills olforiug to join tho forco, tho,.Yeoman or. Volunteer is uot. now "re-, .f 1 quired.]>'Jt<>' attend f -vfortKwithj^iJ'Tli® .words' ;• " pleasp, attend '' : ; arp - more' .' ;in / accordance with ' voluntary service, the warning : . ; ,questipiu^',',.tbal : if:,after. , ehlistiiieii't"'it" is v ftiiind':th'3f>j ; du; liavo: givb-ii '; a ;wilfully.;falsdarisftef'tb aiiy .of; the fol-' i lowing - erglif questions" you will ho liable to imprisonment' with hard labour," has been , substituted* a.: ; ,footnoto jtating tljat '" under • . tEe proyisipns; : qf of; tho*Army Act, < ' if a person knowingly/'miltes a- falsa answer t ... to,. anjr'-question' contained in :.tlio Attestation''. . t P a P® r i • :U<? »'rjpi*4orsJ. : .topunish-. J tiorihasf beSu': otfrtftilear its ..'penWptorincss , . has evanished) and a respcctftil request for .. particulars issubstituted. Three .questions —12, 13, And 14r-of. tho uhrM'iscd. form/have ■ been.deleted... ' : . Tho conditions- ariift limitations-.'of service aro specified in questionds, as follow:— , (a) Do you.understand that you will bo, liable, ;/if .'required,•' : t6^?iittend ; ;th6 i ' number ,of drills,vand: fulftp'tho'othcr conditions re- ■ ■ latihg to,traming prescribed, for the arm : . or: branch of the sei'vicb .Which you liavo elected to join, and he. liable to bo ' ; ', ;traiiied' fbr not. leks or moro ■ ■' J.thaii fifteen days altogether jn-every,year, ' Vi-'Jor if belonging to a mounted, branch, for I hot less than eight, •; or mord than /. . eighteen 'dajs,.altogether in evqrjuyear,. jisrmiy and may for that purpose .Eol.calted : out, once or oftencr, m <n cry year? (b) That if you, without ltjavo or reasonablo - oxcu.so, j f;'J J,.to attend the ' number ;of '•' '1 driMtfTrfSJWrot to.;fulfil the conditions rpi i' : v: proscrib'od [.for, : .your ■ '-' arm._or'brAiic'li ,°f the service, you- render ! v ; ' ,'.L ; y®urself ' irabJo : '.iW a' ; fiiio.' not - exceeding (c) That' when a proclamation has been issued , ;■ ■ ill' casjv of v immment .national danger or great winergoucy calling out t-lio firstclass Army llcservo you will becomo 'liablo to be oihboditxl? .' ;v- .. (d) That, "if yoiir tdfm of kervico. expires ;Whon . ..a pr£clariiatioir ordering/tho Army 'Re-' ?-.serve to be called out on permaneiit>'ser- ■ vice'is m force, ;you mav. be required ■v' ■v/:.''.'® .prolpug' your..' service for: a further ' ;period not exceeding' twejve. months?' ; Xbat. you.wiU bo .habld to servo m any ' " 'iu -. the , United 'Kiiigdoin' -witliout further'agreement,';but riot iii'any tplaco ' butsKlfl itho .United Kingdom "unless you > to do so? .

i SOLDIERS AND,CIGARETTES. _.?® ne r?l, , iLorcl.. Grenfell, Xommaiuler-in-- ' Chief ,of the; Forces an Irelaii'dj in'a.recent ■: • order■ to/ the- troops in tho command, made . - the. following*remarks re : cigarette' smoking ;■ -in the. Army:—"Tho Commander: of ,tho Forces \hiSj during-recent visits td military ■, ' hospitals,; bedji again struck with tho harm ■ *v. thati-the increasing -prevalence-, of feigarotto smoking- is doing to the health of tho Army. / .It is' ; not-confined to the ; Army, \ and Parlia- -• - mentvis'likely'soon toCdeal'.With it-'as affecting thft. jiatiflnal health-'/ Lord"' Gielifcll appeals to the Irish command to ■ givo earnest. ;dnd jearly to ■ combat •is • giadliillly.; but greatly , alfccting its efficiency, antl he requires. all cnnimaiiding officers to.-imprbss on those under their convI ;mand xho evils that imust-. itievitably SilSilb from' this excess 1 ,. r With ; a "view ,to helpihg;nien W. overcome tlio habit, thfe Commander of tho Forces diiectS tlie smoki?ing fof cigarettes to. bo; .prohibited at certain . . times, when,' oil tho other handj nd similar -. ; /T(»tnction-. asi ; regards, pipe'smoking."will be made; .the smoking of cigarettes;' therefore, will -.not -bopermitted when men arc. on, . i iatiguo,of under arms on, any occasion, in-, eluding field 'operations and manoeuvres.''

tf -j NOTES. , , , ~. A (CuHotls result: of .naral etiquette oomuTetl f recently when- ' Admiral Sir 'k. D . Panshawe- hoisted -.Ins' flag at l j c')Hsrii6iith . : upon t succcedmß Admiral Sir D-': S-"Bosan-quot ? as- commander. • In. connectjo'i ' with the i exchafigo; the unprecfideiitfed, incident i occurred of the out-going Admiral having ■. to-salute; his successor, owing to tho latter . .beihg-vhis; senior in" raiik. i Such': a thing has lfever happened before. ■:-.Admiral Fan" • ■ ..sbawe-has apbointod pn'his .staff Flag-Cap- , , tain Hyde liirker, Flag-Lieutenant... Lord Alastair/Graham, and Flag-Commander Macdonald.' •• ■ • :: Wiibn. ihsix;6ting. tlie• troop's; at Fotsdaih tho , Emperor took the opportunity of examiiiing four .transportable field kitchens. , . as^uswl, by the- Russian Armv, , whicli lj.?vo' lifeen .presented by tho Tsar to' ,! , liegimeiitCbf' Fdot, Guards. PH'X'^es,'of tllo Tibotg. 1 Rogimont, of ,tho Gorman t Emperor is' Honorary S? °? e . •' a demonstration ; of -tho kit- -. :flmperor:;'tasted'"the: pork and , pease ; pudding 'cooked for the 'iuen's mid- : day. mealvm/thc now kitchehs. . Tho, ..tor Impounder .contertod QF. -gun . .. withf: : tile : • British -Territorial Fortfo are t«»be armed has : a 3j:miles. '-. Tiio.'first, joupat ih:dohhMtidn with the Ter'forpo "matla. jt§,-. appearance recently. . Doing, tho, old--"Volunteer Service Gazette" 1 ■■ ■ -Service . Gazette.'; *,' ■ Si-: v ~-. '. Jt hAS.been;decided that Divisional,- Mounted Brigade, and Coast Dcfeilce Cdhiniandefs may .exompt . iili; officer or soldier of the Ter'riforial anfiiial' training' iiv'kttii, who, afc tho I^ational. Riflo Association lihs lire?cl tho. complete course iii tho .grand aggfegftto,,tho rapid firing, iiggregatoj / 'in each .-of tho.. cdmpotitibiis included in : these. .however, is. htrt to co_fiiit '3s animal training' itl camp for tho purpose' of'pay oTbth'cr (emoluments.

m Maiiy . names' are > suggestedWor ; the* new Territorial . Force, lor whicli a pori'iiiant-cau word is sought. :K6n'6 js.so striking as that suggested by the Dukij-qfiArgyll&t ering-'of tho Loncioii Scottish. He stated that he preferred to call the heTi? force "The Homo Guardsmen." ' . ' ■ Among the designations which are being discussed among officers aiid men are' :' Home Guards.' Second Linesmen: Terriers., '■ .*' • Imperials. • HomoTDefenders. Volunterriers. •, Laiidgliatds. An unusual. scene', was witnessed, in Wh'iteliall on the morning of April lj the date of the passing of the Volunteer forces. A body of ardent' iVoluntecrs made a demonstration, which;took the form of a.motik'funei-al.. Two men, carrying a coffin' rind'escortedlby.'abolit 50 men of .-the Corps, : some" in uniform and several ' witlr riflesi set : out.' froiiitho : headquarters -of the regiment at St. - John's AVOdd at midnight, and.niarChod to Whitehall. Tho mpn marched in, ii j»rfec'tly orderly r "inaiiner,'.'anil', in 'the absence'of-, a bahd/ :regula'Wd tJrijfir skips'- by tlie whiStli'tig-'of. military, ma'i-tilies. at tho Duke of coflin, which ,'bbro- the inscription,' "In' lildmory of -the Vdlilfltcer Forces, killed ! -by tAct". bf I'itrliament, March 31, 3 90S, after. 50 years' faithful service'. .. Misled h.iitViidt .wanted," was placpd 'at tho-foot of the siatiio 'ivith a wreath on it; At this-'stago -aR tho-proeecd-ings tho police interfered, and, as the. men refused., to take th«. coffin" liMiy;:' tlieiir ' l'iiigleader was arrestwj,. and takeii to Caiino'i l'.o\V I'olico Station. Here, however, no charge was preferred against him ; and he was allowed to. go away, the coffin being demolished in tho precincts of tho police station: ;