THE TERRITORIALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 4

THE TERRITORIALS.

~....'.:■'.■;,■■ BS SENTINEL. ;;. .;. •. t Brigadiers, coast defence, and other commanders are requested to make suitable arrangements for storage of ammunition, which ' will saortly be issued to corps. Staff-Armourer-Sergeant J. Hunter, -who will join the ranks of the Benedicts. today, has been presented with a silver K tea service by trie defence, stores staff. Lieutenant, W. T. Beck, Q'M., made the presentation. '•':.'

The following officers are detailed for range duty at Penrose ;on the dates specified :—Lieutenant Dunne, October. 7; Lieutenant Dow, October 14 Captain Derrom, October 21,- Captain Kay,- October 23... 4 ..: ..... , • •••" ' " - ' '•

The following transfers are noted in district orders :—Captain S. Lewis, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment; Captain R.H. R. Bayly, unattached li«t, is transferred to the 15t.5; (North Auckland) Regiment, to be captain.

Half of the- men posted to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment Infantry were called up, and paraded before Captain Hawkins on Monday, and the remaining half last evening. The men were told what company they had been ' posted t<» .The scheme is -now almost ready for training to commence, the enrolment of territorials being practically completer j The enrolment of senior cadets will now bo proceeded with.

It was a coincidence that the sudden death of Major-General Hpgge on Saturday should have been witnessed solely by two military men—Mr. W. 0. Gastjeton, district accountant, and Staff-Sergeant-Majpr Atwell, who saw the old soldier fall in High-street, and helped him ._ to a convenient place near by, where he died almost immediately. A" doctor was called from the Health Department across the road, and came in a ,few minutes, but he was" too late, and could only pronounce life to" be extinct. ,/ • A board of inquiry assembled at the submarine mining yard, Devonport, at 9.30 a.m, on September 30, ,to investigate the circumstances under which the undermentioned members of the Auckland detachment of the ? New Zealand Permanent Force became injured:—QuartermasterSergeant. S. E. Wright, Gunner P. Keeshan. President, Captain G. E. 'B. Mickle, R.N.Z.Ai; v member, Lieutenant G. C. S. Dyer, New Zealand Staff Corps. The medical officer of the Permanent Force attended the board to" give evidence.

The undermentioned defence cadet and other officers are transferred to the unattached list of the territorial force for service with the senior cadets, with the rank specified :--Gaptaias W. H. Shepherd, W. 5. Gardner, W. F. Balham, F. ; Stuckey, W. H. Meves, D. A. Watt, W. Fraser, F. W. Gamble, W. C, Sinel, J. A. Shahd; Lieutenants H. E. -"G. : 'v Smith, A. , E. : Kretschmar, G. S. Mackenzie, J. U. Collins, J. D. Dineen, K. J. Dellow, G. P. O'Shaughnesey, J. P. Kavanagh; Second Lieutenants A. E. Jaggs, J. Fagan.

The general officer commanding has noticed that staff officers and non-commis-sioned officers are in the habit of wearing blue uniforms when at their offices and travelling.; He thinks that this practice will put individuals to unnecessary expense in the upkeep of - their kit, and directs that khaki, which is the working dress, should.as a ride be worn at the office,* and when travelling on all ; ordinary occasions, the him being kept for special parades and functions other than the customary routine of work.

A district order issued by Colonel Wolfe, officer commanding Auckland military district, states that for this year it will not be necessary for territorial officers to attend an obligatory! course of; instruction prior to examination for promotion. Those arißointed to commissions in the senior cadets will not be required to pass «; an "'■ ■ examination for the 'rank ; they; hold, but they will not be promoted to a higher . rank- unless : they k pass the i prescribed examination. This need not prevent them "being examined to qualify . for the rank they hold if they wish it; in fact this will be encouraged."

Jt has been brought to the notice of tie general officer commanding that some officers who have been transferred ti from the old volunteer* to the new territorial force have applied for -the outfit allowance granted to officers on first appointment to the territorial force. The general officer commanding regrets very much that the amount of money which would he involved in making this grant retrospective renders it impossible to consider: it. ; At the same time,, he is anxious to do anything be can to save these officers expense, and has therefore decided/ |n order ito make the old uniforms do as far : as ; possible, that in their case no particular i colour, cut, or material of khaki need be insisted on, and that, therefore, officer* can make use of their old volunteer khaki -uniforms, provided that they are altered to regulation as regards badges of : rank, and that the new regimental cap and collar badges are substituted for those in former use.

The following promotions are mentioned in district orders :-r Second Lieutenant A. R. Neilsen, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, to be lieutenant to complete establishment; Lieutenant E. A. Viuond, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, to be. captain, vice Bent. resigned; Major ■W. H. Hazard, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, , to be lieutenant-colonel to command a division } Second Lieutenant A. ": : T. Dow, New Zealand Engineers, to be lieutenant; Second Lieutenant H, S. Atkinson, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment, to to lieutenant, vice Procter, transferred to: the ! 3,5 th n {North Auckland) Retrtmejot J s Second Lieutenant V. Dunne, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment, ~ to be lieutenant, : vice. - Finlayson,' resigned; }<i Second Lieutenant N. A. Duthie, 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, to be U : lieutenant The undermentioned second I lieutenant* to be lieutenants in the New Zealand Garrison Artillery :— Q. 0, Parker, E. H. Skeatw. F. D'O.- Mears. The following appointments have been made:—To be second lieutenants in the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles : H. L- Beecroft, S. C. Ashton, T. E. Patoh, N. J. Ellingbam; A. Herrick to -be • second lieutenant, New Zealand Field Artillery.

BOY SCOUTS, If proof were wanted to show the widespread interest throughout America in the boy scout' movement the fact that in the University of California Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler (president) has added to its curriculum a course for scoutmasters would be ample. The new course, which will count toward the degree of A.8., like work in Latin, French, English, and philosophy, •' will go : ,"'deeply into the activities of the boy scout organisation, and will equip men' thoroughly in > the methods of handling ~. boys and developing them along .the lines worked out by the leaders of the" boy scout movement. It may also be stated as a proof that the boy, scout movement j » deemed'to be an import-, ant educational factor that Dr. Wheeler, Dr. David Starr Jordan (president of the Leland Stanford Jnr. University), Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown (United' States Commissioner "of Education), and Dr. Henry"" Van \ Dyke ' have gone thoroughly into the ideas of the boy scout organisation, and realise its great value in the allround development of the boy. They ap. prove of it because it aim* to systematise the boy's play, and arouse the enthusiasm in many things that, .while providing fun, train him. for the struggles of■ life.-

The news that Scoutmaster Alexander is leaving the Papakura district has been' received with much regret hy the local troop of scouts, which numbers some 30 boys, during the time that he has been consecind with w.e ffisveiniot, Mr: : Alexander has done very good work, -and he has been extremely popular with the boys. Mr?, Alexander lias also taken an interestin their welfare, and will be greatly mifised. In token of their esteem the Papakura scouts h§ve presented Scoutmaster and Mrs. Alexander with a handsome travelling rug.

Between 200 and 300 scouts, headed by the Peu&eaby scout" drdm and fife band, under Bandmaster Caiman, marched from ?c»aoßbj laaarvoi* to the old Stone Jug,

Great North Road, last Saturday £ VJ ,; j§ noon, for the purpose of rehearsing yd'J J I !of the work done by boy scouts, wEy. "*-? ;if is intended to enow to the public t%wwy ''' S the medium of the cinematograph. ft day being fine the photographer took ad || vantage of the light, and snapped'«os'p fW excellent examples of first aid, bridi '" I' building, tent-pitching, transport ds&£ s f '1 signalling, skirmishing, etc. On Safari,!! .u ' I next a further 2QCft of film will be t- * posed, when other ' interesting ! sections «* scout -work will be photographed a* til , ?n same place. ■-....■ : Vi ;i s»#l|ii Colonel White will, it is expected, w» S' 1 sent Scout Reginald Lord (of Pec:", ' ; 1 with the special badge for uravery ws£d| has been sent out from London «SfiSS chief scout (Sir R. S. S. Baden-PowW|| Scout Lord has been for some time &£ Pi tached to the South Auckland battalia-'<&;» (Chief Scoutmaster George) as quarts. § master. ■ - ~ ~-~ •/&,'■ MF* : : §fgj ||| At the conclusion of last Saturday*' ' manoeuvres District Commander H. SttV* ■'■-"- bing took the opportunity of thanking jfa f scoutmasters present for the splendid isdiscipline which they maintained dorinr, the somewhat strenuous exercises ' through which the boys had passed. The':be.-, | haviour of the scouts was something tjjg movement in Auckland should be proajv'- [ of. Everything pasued without a hitch-; - The district commander was ably asaistej by Chief Scoutmasters Ashton, Rust, sai '■ ; Kingsbury, and by Inspectors Campbell /yrand Applegrath. Next Saturday tl» 1§« troops will again muster at tit ':; j§ Ponsonby reservoir ■at ' 2.30 p.ta,, _;,, if when the parade will be in charge of Cap. | jf tain R. W. dimming. * -'■ 'J Mr. A. H. Messenger, who has recently 1:1 taken up his residence at , Northcote, h?s" I || been 1 nominated for the appointment of I & scoutmaster to the Northcote battalion. " ?-'| Mr. Meseenger has taken a keen interest l | M in the movement since its inception in ,f a Auckland, and should make a very capabl* I and popular scoutmaster. " -il