THE DEFENCE FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 11

THE DEFENCE FORCES.

, GENERAL ORDERS 1 . ' General orders by the New Zealand Council of Dcfoncfl include the following announcements:— . .' V General Instructional Staff. The appointments of' Sergeants H. P. Meiklo. (Auckland), W. Colbert (Otago), J. N. Grover (Canterbury); and W. J. (Wellington) Hβ instructors for Engineer . services at the centres named have beon confirmed. ' Stuff Sergeiuit-Mnjor J. Bishop (painaru). succeeds" Staff Servant-Major Taylor (deceased).as infantry instructor at Invercarpll; Staff Sergeant Armourer is transferred to .Dunedin. ■ The following staff ssrgeantniajor instructors' havo bseti promoted to Warrant rank:—David William Healy (infantry), ■'■• Canterbury; Frederick Kibb!ewhite (infantry), .Otago; Alfred Cheater (infantry),' Auckland i. William Hoar (infantry), Canterbury; Henry Peacock (infantry), Wellington; William Sanderson (infantry), AVellington i Joseph Coleman - (mounted), Auckland; William Thomas Burr-(mounted), liujton; William Caesar Sarsfield Cololough infantry), Nelson; . Reginald Herbert Dodd mounted), Wellington; Henry "Eedmond mounted), Nelson; William Grant (mounted), Otnso; Michael ■ JlTDonusll (infantry), Auckland; Livingstone , Forsyth M'Nair (infantry), Wellington; James Williams (infantry), Nelson. New, Militia.'. ; Edgar iohp. Clough (formerly lieutenant in tho Tenth New Zealand Contingent) has been appointed lieutenant in the New Zealand Militia. : ■ . . Tho Volunteers. ' Resignations.—Captain J. Plaus, Invercargill Guards (to Retired List); Captain F. T. Bellringer, Taranaki Rifles (to be adjutant, Fourth Wellington Rille Battalion); Lieutenant C. J. Hollard, Hutt. Valley Rifles (to Active List); Hon. Chaplain'E«v.-W.'H. Bowden, Tβ Puke Mounted Rißes; Actloj-Lieutenant (P,ay and Quarteniiaster) D. J. Gilmour, Fourth Otago Slounted Regiment. 'Appointments.—Jamen Brugb, .M.8., captain, N.Z. Medical' Corps; Acting-Major. ]). J. Canierou, lieutenant-colonel, Seccml Wellington Mounted Regiment; Captaiu A. J. Petherick, acting-niajbr, .D.Battary, N.Z.F.A.V.; F .•' E. Beamish (Wellington Post and- Telegraph Hiflc?), C. M..Dowd (No. 3 Squadron, Waikato Mounted.. Rifles), -G, i J. 'S.; Small" (Hurf.mua Mounted Rifle), W, D. Strickland (Huramua Mounted Rifles),- J. Beiifell (Narih Dunedin Rifles), D. Grant (Tiniaru City Rifles). A. S. T. Butler (Hutt .Valley Rifles), M. J. Gavin (Queenstown Rifles), and A. Domigan (fyieenstoffn Rifles) havo been'appointed actiilg-hcuten-ants, in tho corps named. .. '. -.The' Rfcv.. W. Curzon-Siggerß is promoted to tho rank of lientonant-color.-jl. . • ■■ _ ,A number of acting appointments for failure to p'nss- the qualifying examinations are cancelled. :■•■ ' •; ■■ . Captain' E. K. Madigitn (H Battery, N.Z.F,A.V.), Captain Vf. C. Finnis (First NorthCanhrbury Rifle, Battalion), and LientennntH. Jolly (Scddon Horee) have passed their examinations for qualifying 'certificates of rank. " The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Deeoration has b:en . awarded to LieutenantColonel T. Jowsey, C.M.G., N.Z.M.,,and Captaip S. Mackay M'Gee (Active List). . :; r ". ; Medical Corps Challenge. Shield. The the resujtof tho competition . for the New' Zealand Medical Corps Chnllenjo Shield, 190S-9:- . ■ ■■_-.. 1 • ' ■ • Points per man. 1 Dnnedin 1272 Wellington 116 S Auckland '. '■■ 87 ..•.'■■' 4 Nelson , .; ' S2 ' * Canterbury —. * Did not compete. : .'. ;.;■'. Defence Cadets'. Acting-Captains'H. 8.. Tomlinson (A Com-, pany), A. Watt (B Company), and E. Caradus (C Company), Of . tho Auckland Grammar' School Rifle Cad-f'tc, and Acting-Captain T. A. .Christie (Gore Rifle Csdats) havo resigned. .'• ■' ■ . SEMAPHORE SIGNALLING. > \ '■■': .COLLEGE RIFLES WIN BATTALION/CUP. ..It seems now, to generally recognised thai every noii-eommissipued!officer and man in the. service, should 'know how to.send and -fideivo ■ssmaphore,'and strenuous efJorls are .being mado by those responsible) for .fhe instniatiiiii in' this work to "carrV ; out' this -'object. As ,far 'as ordiuinco corps arc concerned this should not be a diflicult matter, because they all havo noniiommissioiied ofiicers of the Permanent Forco ■attached to thtm for instructional duties.' * Iu tHo' infantry, however,' this is .not the'case. In order to provide a oapable instructor for each company in l the. First AVellington Bultalioii,. ■.Colonel ■ -Diithie .recently asked officers commanding companies to sokct-.ono .pr-uioro u'cin-c-ommUsioued officers to attend; the conreo which w.ao coucluded on Friday tyeuing, last... The respo«6o; was very graiifying, no fewer'than 27 attending. The'.City "llilles '\\'ei-e well repi-ci sonted by nine uon-coniinissioned ■' officurs and men, and the '.Hutt Valley Rilles by their col-our-sergeant and soven otltef. non-cwtiiniesioned officers.. In conversation with a member- of tho battalion staff, the district signalling officer remarked that he was endeavouring to.procure a cup for inter-company .competition, giving it ns his opinion that mure interest would bo shown by'the, men , if such a .trophy ..was. in existnee. .Mncli gratification was expressed'by thoso attending the course when it was announced that, ns a result 'of .tins conversation, tho battalion staff, which consists of Lienten-nnt-Co'.onel W. G. Pulliiiv -Major Mackintosli, Captains Cowles and Mah'in, lind iktided to present a cii[) to tho Garrison Signallers' Club for this purpose... It was suggested that, in order to make Uio. course interesting, • these attending should 'compete- for this-cup, tho company to which the; winner belongs holding it until challenged by four men from another corps. "-''•" :■■".'' "The following companies wore represented in the competition:—Hutt Valley Rifle Volunteers, Highland Rifle Volunteers, City Rifle Volunteers, and .College Rifle Volunteers. . ; , •■:■ The cup was won by Corporal Meek (College Hides), Corporal T)obson (Highlanders) being a closo second. The third man, Private Duncan (City. Rifles), .'was only a recruit, and it sp?aks: well for the instruction given- to 'the .battalion recruits by, their ' instructor—Staff Hergeant-Maior Rose. The judging was cond"ucted.by the supervisors of the course—Lieu-, tenant Hulbert and Staff. Sergeant-Major' Browning. ; ..■■ ■ NO. 5 FIELD AMBULANCE AND BEARER \- _./ . : - _CORPS. ,'- ;': -On .Saturday evening tho members and friends of the No. 5 Field Ambulance .Corps assembled in the orderly room, Garrison Hall, -to-speml a social evening, and to say farewell to their late sergeant-major (Mr. W. A. Finlayson), who has recently'severed his connection with tho corns, .on account of his transferouce from Wellington.- During the evening he was,presented with ,a .case or pipes and a tobacco-poncji, as a mark of appreciation of tho good work ho has done \ for "the corps during ■tho. last few years. It is largely due to.hi 3 efforts that the corps is now.in such a flourishing' condition. Mr, Finlayson suitably respoiided. '■"" '■■' .'';.- ■ : ■•' ■~' -. .