TERRITORIALS

Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 5

TERRITORIALS

[By Skirmisher.] Items of interest concerning Corps (Town and Country), shooting and Tenitnnal notes generally will he accepted. Copy, addressed to “ Skirmisher, should be. in hand not lake than Monday morning. Congratulations to Major T. Hussey on his promotion, dated from July 10, 1816. Chaplain-major A. Gray has been awarded the New Zealand Service Modal for 12 years’ service. Captain J. H. Crawford. New Zealand Garrison Artillery ‘Port Chalmers), has been awarded the New Zealand Long and EfficientService Medal for 16 years' service. The following promotions are published in the lasi 'Mow Zealand Gazette —Lieutenant M, J. A, M'Koefry, 4th tOtago) Regiment. to the rank of captain, from August, 15, 1916. Captain I). AVJiite, Coast Defence Detachment, to be major, from December 1 1916. Second Lieutenant P. Sheriff. Coast Defence Detachment, to be lieutenant. December 1, 1916. Second Lieutenant J. E. AVatson. Bth (Soulhlamll Regiment, te, bo lieutenant, from December 1. 1916. Sec nid Lieutenant, (i. M. Dow, 5:1; Mounted Killea ‘ Otago t Huccs.ir?), to be lieutenant. Second Lieutenant J. C. M'Lean, 7;h (Southland) Mounted Rifles, to ho heuremuii. Second Lieutenants A. C. Fiuiay.soa and A. M. M'Donald. 12:h fOlagot Mounted Killes, to bo lieutenant?. Quartermaster-sergeant L. Foote (Dunedin Engineers) and Sergeant, K. C. Aiieu (4th, Otago, Regiment) have been awarded the New Zealand Service Medal for 12 years' service. 1 he heavy work which the present war has caused I tie Defence Department, and the fact Unit the instructional stall has been considerably reduced by members joining ;lm Expeditionary force, moans extra. wnE' 1 for unit commanders, who are forced to give more time in curving out the instruction (J their commands. Manv ot the technical branches of the force lind that they are considerably handicapped by the want, of instructors, and when the sergeant-majors who are attached to them are taken awav tor a. number of weeks during the vear in attend.ng camps of instruction, the.’ necessary e I erica i work in keeping up the records, propainur trail '.tors, anil ch'ukiu" stores, etc involves an amount, cf work which moans many extra hours during the week. \n instructor attached to a" unit is held personally responsible for the stores issued to that mm, and some provision should bo inauc whereby, m case of Ins,? of articles on issue, ine permanent sergeant-major should nave that respctre.bliitv removed if he cannot be nj-csem with his unit, during the A . 0 ot Hif years training. At a time like tins cvcrv officer Miouid be prepared for extra work, and it sneaks \olttmes for the energy of unit commanders when one hears so mile grumbling, and the work of the group office is facilitated, groat iv bv the uady response which unit, comm indcr?’make to tup call of duty. ■ s taii Sergeant-major iW.O.i G. R. .Stevenson has been made an honorary lieutenant . i e tnguged m musketry instruction duties in camp. Lieutenant. Stevenson was for a considerable period stationed in Dunedin. Hie recent, district exercise, conducted bv Major Sleeman at Lumsden was well attended, some 33 officers assembling fn take part m iho work. Tim win,).- "dav wn , utilised in preparing orders and in working out a tactical st-hem?. while the evenings were aevoted to a resume of the day's work. Hie wot., was boiii interesting ami instructive. ami the officers ‘-present gained considerable knowledge during the exercise. Major D. A. Hickey. D.8.G.. who recently returned invalided from France, will shoniv resume duly. Humor has it, tha' Mapr Cooper, the present general stair office*- of the Otago district, will bo transferred to the. instructional staff at Trcnlham, and that Major Hickey will resume his original position which lie occupied previous to Ravinfor the front. .Tamps ot instruct ion this year are to 1)0 of seven da vs duration, not including the days of arrival ami departure. . The disbandment a number of ride clubs in the_ Dominion is not ou account of the loss of enthusiasm, but, because in most, eases tnc citibs have sent so many of their members away with the Expeditionary Force. Ihe Ro.-s Rifle Company in Canada make two distinct weapons—one’, tho .280, being a sporting rifle, the oilier, with a bore of .303. being the weapon issued to the Terriioriai Force. Both arc of a high-grade manufacture, with a high velocity bullet and a very iow trajectory. G n;s m rep.v to “Trigger." who impure? on tho subject., uatlalion orders issued bv Lieutenantcolonel M'Ara, 4th (Otago) Regiment, are a f , follows: —Cant am AV. Fleming to be major, vice Major A. L, AA’oistenholmo, killed m action. Tile annttal training camn will be held at, Waitati from 12th to 20th February tuxr 'hotly days inclusive). Now unil.a Lins v, ill ijv i- ■ it'll jo mm on Monday Tuesday. \\ i diiesday, and Thursday of next week. Men who so far have no: completed me musketry course will parade, at, rifle range on Saturday, February 24. As this wiil be the last opportunity to fire the course nn? year men tire advised to attend too range ,-n the dale mentioned. A davItL’hr parade of ,j s hours' duration will he carried out on Eaturdav next. -• V" Company will parade with rifles llie Best and Telegraph Comp-anv a.re, arranging to hold three dayi-ght parades during February, and tor that purpose the officer commanding .Major AVortliu-.groni i? prey, :ir . m a ??: la hi is o: work, which wdj be insmte- , ■ ,n te.egraph c.‘*mmuuic;uia n work and {! f. -''-nulling. Tin? oompanv ' have , had somy extra equipment issu«d inc.uomg a camn carl, which wiil facilitate 10 v ' or « Of Tie company. Tim men of (Ins ’j" 1 ' are mast enthusiastic, and will re--shortly be one .if tho most efficient, com-p-nur? in t.-in nonunion. Sergeant-major AV. Colbert fAV.O i 1,-it Dnneam yesterday for luv.-reareill lor tire ISO 1 , i;;™ 1 '"- ,:.m P -- ■ u - I h-.-ro was not i carried was'pehonmM w 1 Srie'to M : ;:;"h 25.

,A . rn " n fi Chine?e woman. Mi-- Tr'n,. r ,.* 0£ C aulim. ha? recent iv pa.-?,-d ;i.-r-r-?fttlfv ner examiiiati?iii- lu-fore the faruit?- of G-V in lan?, A Ropnblicim by conviction, flu? young g.rl of 24 took an active P a rt in tlu> involution of 1917, .. V' iU ' r in n " I'AighNh exclianr-o ? av ? . A gtr! ] know, wim has been working op, (be land tn ,A arwu ksiiirc tl:i? summer received in paymenl 9? a day for an eighthour day. wet weather in, p a v. She tells me that working overtime! Dm made 14? ocl a v:reic (except otic we.-!;, when the ra ; n prevented all wot I;.. Out of this she had to keep herself and pay all e.\nen?es, with the exception of rent, the , f *j r j s ~ Indged j„ a big bant. .They bad to take ah their own bedding and kibben a ;; d pacing utensil?. For the heavy expense oi travelling they had no ttllowa-ue at all.”