TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1027, 17 January 1911, Page 6

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

v> MILITARY COLLEGE CADETS. -",0 |j "THE WELLINGTON CANDIDATES. Nominations of New Zealand candidates lor examination for the Commonwealth" J'; Military College closed yesterday. Tho . candidates are:— C. A. Byrne, Norman William M'Donold i* I ,Weir, Sydney John Paltridge, C. P. H. jj Brown, and C. C. Davies.•, ' '0. Each military district,was.required to f.j Dominate candidates for examination; , and £ telegraph the names to general headquar- . at Wellington. As proviously anJ'nounced, it lias been found possible to " conduct tho examinations at district cen;jtres, instead of, as originally,'intendholding an examination at Welling- ••> ton. ■ if',THE COMMANDANT'S MOVEMENTS, I' ' : A ROUND DP INSPECTION. Major-General'A. F. Godley, C.8., Com- ■-•? mandant of the New Zealand Forces, who is at present in. Auckland ori official busiJvn'ess, is expected to return, to .Wellington afternoon. On Thursday afofficers commanding mounted regi■Mnents and-infantry battalons in the Wel : ~slington: military district will assemble' in 1 jlVejlingtori,. and -after' a preliminary con* inference with'the Officer Commanding tho (Lieut.-Colonol E. W. C. Chaytor), Trill meet General Godley in conference < - r iupon matters relating ' to. organisation. •S On Friday the .Commandant Will; visit , I'eatherston, for the'purpose of witnessing tho D Battery shoot, and on the Monday following (January 23), he will attend the lilljirst Wellington Riile Battalion's-field .. viimanoeuvres at ■ Karori. ,On Tuesday, 24;. the Commandant will inspcct S«th'c Garnson'Artillery; at Tort Kelburn'e, ' " ENGINEERS IN CAMP. .... WHAT THE "HANDY MEN" ABE " DOING. t,.'.'.'At.Mahanga.'Ba'y theVWcllingtori Erigi-. .i;'-nee'rs,- who .went into camp -on. Satarday last for their annual sixteen days' coutso v.-iof training, have.now settled 'down - to their. programmo. of'work, which,!is an ■i -: ambitious ono ' Tho Engineers are what, in tho army, are described as specialists in "handy' work—bridging, rivers, blow•t.'ing'un 'bridges,' making entrenchments, fortifying'field" position's, laying commuhi•catibns'in tho' shape of telephone and r;-'telegraph lines, land mines,"alarm flares, and so on—and all these 'accomplishments ■'tho Wellington Engineers havo set'themw selves" out to', become' proficient in. There arc about 70 men in camp'at present, and after' the Civil Service examinations are A"-over this number will'bo increased c6ni; siderably. Captain D. J. Gibbs; • officer commanding tho corps,-is in'charge, and .' V,; is' assisted by. Lieutenants Chappcl and Keerian, and Stiff Sergeant-Major Browniipgl ' Various' departments -of "tho work , set-out' to Be'dona.are' at present in propress,'.and tho weekend should see mater- .. ial r evidehce of '.tho efficiency of tho corps. A- standing problem for tile Engineers is ' the'.supply- of horses. Since the handy men aro;'exp'ected' 'to lay communications, these with:all' possible speed,' a."field' cable-cart,- horsed, is an "essential for tho field telegraph section of the corps.' Tho j.- .n'ight'beforei last'a squad was detailed \'to'establish communication with .Dorset ■•'Point, and would'have'done so.had.;not ! tho hireling steed that was harnessed up '•-'to-the cable-ciirt 'positively''refused ;vto budge. As Uho' saying; is, the" animal Would "neither dance,.'-sing, nor'hold the . jicandle." Ho'-was-a-jibber, presenting - a •' ideaf ear and an extremely thick hide . : }to the encouragements of the driver, who ..'.jsoon reached' tho' limits of Parliamentary - speech. By the end of. the: week ' the /({Various.''.tasks, mapped out on the proI'.i'Sramme of work 'will be more or less com- •■ Ipleted. -■■■■,'■ •-■.'- CADET OFFICERS AT; ARTILLERY .''■'. BAY. THROUGH THE A.B.C. MILL. ' The cadet officers' training camp at 'Artillery Bay (near Scorching Bay) is being run-on common-sense lines. It is an axiom in the teaching profession that' 'before a schoolmaster. should attempt to teach, ho himself should be taught, and upon, tjiat axiom every one of the thirty ..'odd officers who'are at present in camp is working hard from "Reveille" till bedtime., TJie idea underlying the camp is i that cadet officers should bo "en intime" everything connected with;the train■v'ing.of theii. companies,' and so one finds Major So-and-so doing "sentry-go"; Cap- ; .taiu Somebody Else acting as' orderly -i•"■officer;- cadet officers mounting' guard; , others engaged in the'higher study of such ■• ■ duties'lis will be framed for "cadet officers in their 'examinations for substantive -. commissions.'' The/officers, in camp have ""been classified for instruction according -;to whether they desire to'prepare for the for substantive commissions or -svhether they merely desire to get a -1 thorough' knowledge of tho groundwork. , To a large extent" tho forenoon,' parades "[provide instruction for . all, but in the afternoon the ranks are • divided, one . specialising in elementary training, and the other preparing y for. commissions. "• Everything has been organised, with, a .view to cconomy, where such: may be . possible. All the. forms and tables in the .. niess marquee were made by tho cadet x-= officers. Practically the only avenue of ' .-distinction which litis been ■ closed to "'(them is that leading to the "cook-house" ■' idoor. Within the-portals'is a professional ' Jin tho culinary art, who has contracted ;ti do tho- cooking for the camp. I i Lieut. A. C.'C.. Stephens, Chief Cadet f Staff Officer, is in'charge' of tlie camp, i Major T. W. M'Donald, Commandant of ; Junior Cadets,. was in camp yester;day, and gave a lecture to tho officers. A t ismoke concert is being.- arranged for ■ ■'Thursday,evening. - All the officers speak ' 'v6ry' highly of their experience in oarnp, - mid express themselves as being especially ...;pleaseo with. the nature and'extent of 'tho work they.have,been nailed upon to carry out.. As tho attendance is representative of widely-scattered districts— -; Wairoa (Hawke's Bay), to the West Coast I' of the South. oflicers should, when .they return to-their /respective centres, be a strong influence for efficiency.in the ranks of tho-junior cadets. CAMP INSPECTION. The Officer Commanding the . District (Lieut.-Colonel E.' W. C. Cliaytor),' accom-!.-;,panied by Captain.S. V. Trask (D.A.A.G.), "paid a 'visit of insppction to tho 1 training camp of the St. Anne's Cadets last even- • ].ing... To-morrow evening ho will visit the Battalion; qt.'Karori, and on Wcdnesday, circumstances permitting, he will , -Visit tho D Battery Camp at .the Hutt ' 'Park. X- THE TAUHERINIKAU CAMP. A good many of the officers at present, in camp at''Tauherinikau are. keen trout i. fishermen, .and after the day's labour ,is • over put in'tho jemaining hours of daylight fishing, and as the rivor is just on , tjio edge of the camp they havo not far 'to go. Major Hughes,' assistant com- : jnandant, has been very successful,' and on tlie first evening he was hero ho suc- ? deeded iii landing'll. .' severe storm had no effect , on the camp'owiiig .to the exceedingly well position in which it is ' but it had, the effect'of stopping all. outr • side work, and tho time nas devoted to . ■ lectures in the marquees. The" health of - tho camp is excellent, and, thanks to tho telephone and tho aid of -a motor-car, Surgeon-Colonel Bey, of Greytowri, can .attend the camp at a quarter of an hour's notice. " Licut.-Col.- -Tato and officers of tho Greytow'n Battalion have been given permission to attend at any time and watch the work in progress.. .-There are at .present 30 horses at tho •'"camp, which aro being merely exercised ; each day pending the time when-they will be required for mounted work. 1 ' The catering, which, is in the hands . of Mr. ,S. G. Robertson, of. Fcatlierston, ■'7and the manner in which he is carrying ,!it out, shows that he has a good grip of - his work. His-efforts are giving satis- . | faction all round.

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