TERRITORIALS.

Evening Star, Issue 16347, 13 February 1917, Page 7

TERRITORIALS.

[By Skirmisher.]

terns of interest concerning Corps (Toiin and Country), shooting and Tcni'.m ml notes generally will be accepted. Copy, addressed to “Skirmisher,” should be in hand not later than Monday morning.

Major George Barclay, Now Zealand Engineers (Expeditionary Force), has been awarded a foreign decoration (Montenegrin), the Order of Danilo, 4th class. The information does not give a description of the decoration nor for what deed it was awarded. General Russell received a similar decoration, 2nd class, and an infantrv captain a sth class.

Sergeant-major (W. 0.) Kibblewhitc, who has been stationed in. Oamaru for p. considerable period, has been appointed quartermaster on a troopship, with the rank of lieutenant. Lieutenant Kibbicwhito expects to leave Now Zealand shortly.

Captain Willoughby, who held a commission in the Dunedin Volunteers some years ago, returned here recently in charge of some returned men, and is still in Dunedin,

Some months £go subscriptions were collected from among the members of various units, both Territorial and Cadets, in Dunedin for the purpose of purchasing tobacco, etc., which was forwarded to the boys at the- front. The recent mail brought news to the effect that the package had not arrived, and inquiries were being made as to its whereabouts. It is hoped, however, that some news will be received shortly as to what became of the parcel.

Next Saturday afternoon a parade of ad units in Dunedin is called, at- winch meilMs won on the field by Sergeant-major I.yt-tls f"' 1 Private Church will bo presented. Officers commanding units are asked to make a special effort to have as many members on parade as possible. It has now been officially decided that officers on probation may take the whole of the first appointment- examination at one sitting. Captain A. F. Roberts, at one time an officer in B Battery. Field Artillery 1= now in command of the Wellington Field, tu . ® r 'B a de, and has been granted tno temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel Drived a copy of ‘ Chronicles m the N.Z.E.F.,’ a paper edited by Mr ulutha Mackenzie, who, it will be remembered, was severely wounded during the Gallipoli campaign. The objects of the paper gather and dispense all interesting information concerning New Zea]a,nd soldiers in Europe. The copy rereived contains much interesting matte' and, being well printed, should "have before it a long and successful career. on ® dem contained in ‘ Chronicles of -5> e N.Z.E ; P.’ gives some idea of what me _ mud in tho Somme district- is like luring winter. “To form an idea of rhat one feels like after a few days’ wet A-eather fighting on the Somme, just think af _a cow yard at its worst, say, six weeks’ ram. Multiply the result eleven times, men roll in it, taking special care to rub it well into your hair, eyes, ears, mouth, and rifle. Take a day's rations and stamp them well into the mixture also, and use a newly emptied benzine tin for drinkinp purposes. Carry a nice, hefty load for instance, a bag of potatoes—through it all day, being sure to fall down evcrVminuto. and consider yourself buried several times by shells that are too close for comfort. Continue this treatment for several days, heiag careful not to shave or wash during that period. You can then realise what the cablegram means when it is reported that the weather interfered with the operations.’ ”

Increases in the establishment of officers tor the Hew Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade have been authorised. To each mounted regiment will be added one lieutenant and two second lieutenants, and W each machine gun squadron one second lieutenant.

An enthusiastic meeting of citizens interested in the matter was held last week for the purpose of forming an organisation to be called the New Zealand National Association. of the objects of the association is to provide a more adequate allowance for dependents of soldiers, and flJso to look after soldiers who have returned. _ No doubt there are similar organisations in New Zealand, but the one under notice could easily become a national one, which would do a vast amount of good. Ihe argument of one speaker in its favor was particularly logical, and proved that the present allowance made to children of soldiers was not, in the eyes of the law, adequate. The speaker instanced the case of a man charged with the maintenance of an illegitimate child. If paternity is proved the man must pay at least 7s 6d per week for the child’s keep, yet the State says that 5s 5d is sufficient "for the maintenance of the legitimate child of a soldier. A public meeting will be called in Dunedin shortly for the purpose of explaining the association to all interested in the welfare of our boys at the Iront and their dependents. The Dunedin Field • Engineers have changed their parade night from Wednesday to Monday of each week. Last evening there was a good muster, under Lieutenant Hungerford, when instruction was given in wire entanglements and other obstacles in the field. Next month this company go into camp at Waikouaiti for their annual week’s training. Last Saturday the return match between teams representing Dunedin and Kiwi Rifle Clubs was held, which again resulted in a win for the Dunedin Club, this time by the very narrow- margin of 18 points. The weather was not at “all favorable to good shooting, yet some good scores were registered, particularly that of Riflemen Hippie and Parker, who each just missed the possible by one point at SCO vj.rds, Parker securing six consecutive bulls, and finishing with an outer. The following uniform has been approved for male personnel of the Young Men’s Christian Association working with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force: Cap —service dress, with badge* similar in design to the badge on the Y.M.C.A. note paper; jacket—service dress as for officers, but buttoned up to the throat and fitted with stand-up collar. Leather buttons and embroidered shoulder titles “Y.M.C.A.” The Y.M.C.A. badge on black cloth will be worn on the right sleeve above the elbow. No other badges will be worn. Trousers—service dress! The 4th (Otago) Regiment, with band, marched out to Waitati yesterday morning for the purpose of carrying out their annual training. Lieutenant-colonel-M ‘Ara was in command, and there was a particularly good muster of other ranks. One feature of the march out was that every man on parade was in uniform, and they all looked -smart and soldierly. The men remain under canvas till Sunday iwxt, md a good syllabus of work has been prepared for tho week.

Knowledge of the King's English is not >no of the accomplishments of Harold Bertie Glanville, says the Wellington 'Post.’ In repudiating several charges made against him in the Magistrate’s Court, Glanville frequently became tangled In his phraseology and speech generally, and in one instance occasioned soano amusement by alleging that some unknown person was too, “intermediate” with his wife. Once, when in the witness box, he became unduly agitated and burst forth with the words : “H swear by the Book and by perjury that I am telling the truth.”