GARRISON SIGNALLERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 9

GARRISON SIGNALLERS.

DISTRICT CKALLENoe 6UP. WON BY POST AND TELEGRAPH ■ RIFLES. The first competitions for tho Wellingtoi , , """net challenge cups, presented for com i petition amdrfg teams of t'our men from ani of tho \\ ellingtoii Garrison Company units took place at Alexandra Barraoka on Satur clay,'last, tho uinpird being Lieirtcnan Duigan, StaiMnstnfctof hi Si£ASlling ant I Engineering services. ■ In'each competition points were aivardec fdlloir:— > A&uracy, 60 (I point dedrictoct for eacl mistako): sending, 20 (i points deducted u sending "good," 8 if "Fair," and 12 if "in • different"); time, 10 (1 point deducted foi every 10 seconds or part thereof over th< prescribed limit); writing, 5 (points deduotec tor slovenly or illegible writing); drill auc general bearing, 5; trtnl, 100. ■The following companies entered:— ' D Battery, 3 teams; Wellington Navals 2; Engineers, 1; Post and Telegraph Rifles, 2 I The results were:— : ' Mono cup , , ' i Marks

_ *■ * percent. -1. P. ftfid T. Rifles (A) ~. ... 92,5 -2. P. and T. Kifles (B) 89 75 8. Engineers ~ 85 25 5. NaVals (B) ' 79,75 '6. JJ Battery (A) ". 78 7. Navals (A) > / ... 7525 , , ' SortiaiJhora Cup. ' / 1 Marks , 1. P. and T. Rifles (A) ' 2. Engineers 86.0 3. D Battery (ty .. ..: ... g?.73 4. P.- ahd T. Rifles (Bj 79 5. D Battery (A) 76 8 (LNavals (B) 73 75 -7. Jdavals (A) .1. ... ... 60 • , 8. D Battery (C) 54.75 Thd Semaphore, competition Included a srfitton examination on the theoretical side of the work The results of this affected the percentage very materially. Good papei s were handed in by Sergeant Wright (Engineers), 90 per cont., Gunner Butcher (D Battery), ■ " 90 per ocmt j and Corporal Brabyn (Poet and 1 Telegraph Rifles), 81 per ceflt. Discipline, with the exception of tile Engineers and the i - ' Post and Telegraph Rifles, was only "fail-"; lost marks' through carelessness in "writing down. , ,' i "The results," states Lieutenant l)uigan, were, on .the whole, very gratifying, and compare very favourably with the work at the' Aldershot School of Signalling. There ' is evident a necessity for a more consistent and uniform system of training in station 1 work."