DEFENCE NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 763, 11 March 1910, Page 4

DEFENCE NOTES.

5 Thomas H. Overton, formerly lieutenant in the Sixth Contingent, has been 0 appointed a lieutenant. His commission s dates from January 19, 1910. s Captain A. B. Charters,-of the. sth Bati talion (Wellington) Rifle -Volunteers, has r. been promoted to be major, a Liout. A. F. Roberts, : 6f the 3 BatJ tery, Now Zealand Field-Artillery,-has i been promoted to -be-captain;'•' ■•- -. 3 Lieut. W. M, Turnbull, of--the : '. lst--3 Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifles,/. has i been promoted to bo captain.: ' 1 Lieut. G. J. R.. Dornior, of the 4th - Regiment, Auckland Mounted Rifles, haS i been promoted to be honorary captain. > Lieut. D. W. Bodle, of No. 1 Company, ) Auckland Division, New"Zealand Garrison Artillery, has resigned his commission, and has been placed on the active list with the rank ■' of lieutenant. ■'.'- Captain P. H. Wood, of the Reef ton Rifles, has resigned his comimssion.'.arid has .been placed on the active' list jwith ' tho rank of captain. - \. : Lieut. -Wm. Cumraing, of the Waka-, | ■ tipu Mounted Rifles, and Lieut. L." F; '. Tribe, of the Christ's College' ..Rifles, ..- have . resigned their commissions. The commission of Captain. J. H.- A. I Pedder, of No. 4 Company, Wellington Engineers, has been cancelled. The Huntly Rifles have been disbanded as from February 26. Tho appointment of -Major C. M. Begg, of. tho New Zealand Medical Corps, as a member of the New Zealand -Military: Pensions Board, has been cancelled. The appointment had effect during such time as Col. W. E. Collins, of Wellington, was absent, from the Dominion. The latter officer has been reappointed to a . seat on the board:- , . ,-. The long-service medal has been awarded to Lient. R., M. Irvine, of the Ist Battalion,' Nelson Infantry;' Acting-Lieut. T. W. O'Driscoll, of the Dunedin City Guards; and Quartermaster-Sergeant E. J. Piercy, of No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineers.