TERRITORIALS.

Evening Star, Issue 17333, 22 April 1920, Page 3

TERRITORIALS.

[By Skirmisher.] items of interest concerning Corps (Town *nd Country), shooting and Territorial note* generally will be accepted. Copy, addressed to "Skirmisher," should be in hand not later than Monday morning. A reader ha-s been good enough to Eend ttia a clipping from a Home paper, the | Minister'.? Gazette of Fashion,' m which is announced that the wearing of military decorations on morning dress has recently been approved by the King, ami the regulation published in the ' London Gazette ' U as follows; —"All members of the vari:ms Orders of Knighthood, etc., and alt persons who have been a-warded decorations and medals may, should they wish to do eo, wear their insignia, decorations, end medals with morning dress on official occasions and at public functions. The ribbons of the orders, decorations, and medals may be worn on all occasions at. the discretion of the holder. The method of wearing tha insignia of orders, also decorations and medals, on official occasions, and at public functions with morning dress, is as follows : —Knights Grand Cross, iuiights Grand Commanders, Dames Grand Cross, Knights Commanders, and Dames Commanders should wear the star only on the left breast of the coat, or in a corresponding place on the'dress, as the case may ba. _ Members of the Order of Merit, men . who are members of (ho Order of the Companions of Honor, Companions of the several Orders of Knighthood, Commanders of the Royal "Victorian Order, and men who are Commanders of the Order of the British Empire s-hould wear the ribbon to which the badge is suspended under the tie, which should bo a bow, the badga hanging about threequarters of an inch below the bow. Women who are members of the Order

of the Companions of Honor, Companions of the Distirguished Service Order, officers of the Order, of the British Empire, members of the fourth and fifth classes of the Royal Victorian Order, members of

the Order of the British Empire, persons who have been decorated with the Victoria Cross, the Royal Red Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Military Crops. the Distinguished Flying Cross, tho Air Force Cross, and persons who have been awarded medals' should wear the badges. decorations, and medals on the left breast of the coat, or in a corrasponding place on the dress, as the case may be. The methodof wearing the ribbons of orders, decorations, and medals, which will be the earns in all cases, both for men arid women, is as follows:—A'niece of the ribbon Uin wide, or the width of the medal ribbon, and in depth, mounted on a bar of metal in the form of a brooch, to be worn on the left breast of the coat, or in a corresponding plaep on the dress, as the case may be. Note.— The above intimation refers to only morning dress." The Gr.up Commander Otago niilitnry district has issued to all unit and company commanders a provisional time-tnble'' for the concentration of troops at Diinedhi on the occasion of the visit of H.TI.H the Prince of Wales. Certain adjustments may have to bo made at a later date. but the information is forwarded ns an intimation as to the movements of troops should the itinerary be left unaltered Wednesday, May 19*, is the date fixed for the military review and presentation of war decorations to be held at Forbiny Park at 2.60 p.m. _ The guards of honor to be furnished m Dunedin during the Royal visit are as follow:—4th Regiment to parade at Railway Station for arrival 0 f His Roval Higbr.ess on May 17. Coast Defeive detachment for presentation of civic 2d lv C « at the Town Hall on Mav 18: Boys' High School Cadets" at Railway - Station on departure of H.R H on Mav 2p- The Waituki Boys' High Scln.d Cadets will furnish the guard at O-inr"-" and the Gore High School Cadets nfc"(V,vo Railway Station. The Bth 'Regiment a-H [nverrargill High School Cadets wiH'fnvrr, the guards at Invercargill on May 20 and

Presentations of war decorations are to . be made By His Royal Highness at the ; parades at Oamaru, Dunedin, and I'ivc-- * cargill; but no war medals or for-uqi decorations will he presented. All parades attended by Territorial- r.-d Cadets during the visit of H RH~ the Prince of Wales will count towards efficiency requirements. The following i s the order from right to lett in which troops will be drawn up at tire military review at Forburv Pa-k on Wednesday May 19:-{1) Veteran* (in lines of 25); (2) returned sailors «in li.U of 2d); (0) returned soldiers, as battalion in mass, eacn platoon 'rentage, 25 men single rank only; (4) returned nurses ir Jines of 25 (distance between ranks - ; our paces),- (5) other. women's war 01-™%! turns, m lines of 25 {distance between ranks four paces) ; (6) Mounted Rifle* -"n squadron columns: (7) X.Z. V le ]d Arti'lery, in column of sections ; (8) N.Z. Oarri- *?" A s l] } ln colum * of section; ' (9) tieJd Engineers, i n C ob,mn of 4c tions; (10) N.Z. Railway Battalion in column of sections : (11) N.Z. Signal Troon and VZ. P. and T. Engineers, in column of sectionsl; (12) Ist and 4th (Otago) In-" ni V7 S °i Infa 2 t! T.battalion, in mass; (14) -\ Z. Army Service Corps, in column of sections; (15) X.Z. Medical Corps In column of sections; U6) one or more composite Cadet battalions, in battabon m mass. ■■>

For soma time past some sporting mpm . bers of the local telegraph staff have been anxious to try conclusions with a team picked from No. 4 Companv, P. ailf l T Engineers A match was duly arran-od to be tired on the Pelichet Bay ran-e he tween teams of seven a side, the conditions being seven shots and an optional sighter at- ranges 200 and 500 va-ds and last Saturday afternoon, the dav fixed for the contest, proved id;%i for shooting The Jight was good and no wind. The "Old 5? we " represented by Messrs W White F. M'Farlane, T. Francis, and P. Bardsley: the P. and T. Corps' team being. Captain A. O Williams, Lieutenants D. Teitch, and R. J. Anderson, Corporal Bugden, and Sappers ' M'CreadBriggs,_and Tall. A verv enjovable and interesting match ended in n. win for the Territorial team by 46 points. Rut for the somewhat disappointing displav bv one or two of the " Old Sports," who went on to the range with great reputations. the margin would have been considerablv reduced. As the 200 yds range was aho being usnd by the Coast Defence Detach- ? eJ i*' ifc i. was found impossible to move back to the.soo mound, so it was decided to fire a eecond practice at 200. The total scores were :—V. and T. Corps : Ist prae- *< C n, , 158, 2nd P ra ctice 159; total, 317 Old Sports": Ist practice 140, 2nd 1 ' ' ZII out of a Possible •Jfi. Ihe best individual scores were: Lieutenant Anderson 49. Lieutenant Veitch 48; Sapper M'Cready 47, for the Corps; and Messrs Bardslay 46, M'Farlane 44 and Roberta 44, for the " Old Sports.'.' It is probable that another match wilf be arranged between these teams before the season closes, whea the " Sports " expect or at least hope, to reverse the result. ' General Orders for March contain the following high tribute to Maior-general Sir A. H. Russell by the French Minister of Wari—"Republic of France, Ministry of War, -Minister's Office, Paris, 28th November, 1919. The President of the Council of the Ministry of War mentions in Army Orders the name of the following English officer:—'Major-general Sir A. H. Russell, N\Z. Division. Has led to countlesa victories a splendid division. whose exploits have not been equalled, and •whose reputation was such that on' the arrival of the division on the Somme battlefield during the critical days of March, 1913, the departure of the inhabitants was stopped immediately. The division covered itself with fresh'glory during the battles of the Ancre a la Sambre, at Pnisieux au Mont, Bapaume, Crevecoenr, and Le Quesnoy.' For and by the order of the President of the ' Council of the Ministry of War.—Boeker, Colonel, Ad-jutant-general to the Cabinet."