THE TERRITORIALS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15753, 30 October 1914, Page 4

THE TERRITORIALS.

TRAINING TO RESUME.

SUPPLY OF OFFICERS.

PROGRAMME OF WORK.

Active training of the territorials and senior cadets, which was interrupted to some extent by the mobilisation of the expeditionary force, will be resumed on November 1. On that date the scheme outlined by General Sir lan Hamilton, ' when Inspector-General of the Overseas Forces, will be brought into operation. Vacancies caused through officers being posted to the expeditionary force will be filled by units calling up their reserve officers. In cases where there are, not sufficient reserve officers it is provided that promotion, on probation, may bo made from the ranks of the non.commissioned officers. Failing this source of supply, recommendations for the appointment, of officers from outside sources may ho made. All such officers will be transferred to the reserve when their services are no longer required. With a view to bringing territorial units up to their correct establishment, riflo clubs volunteering for the purpose may be embodied in a unit as a troop or squadron, a platoon or company, according to the numbers required. The members of these rifle clubs will bo transferred to the reserve when their services are no longer required. The Government hopes to be able to issue rifles and uniforms to men joining territorial units in such circumstances. Group and Area Officers. The following table gives the names of officers attached to the various groups under the new scheme:— Group No. 3, Whangarei: Group commander, Captain Dyer; areas Nos. 10 and 11, Captain Walker; area No. 12, Captain Turley. Group No. 1, Auckland: Group commander, Captain Rust; areas Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9, Captain Aldred, Captain Peacock, and Lieutenant Burn. Group No. 2, Paeroa: Group commander, Major Brown; areas Nos. 5 and 8, Captain Feldon; areas Nos. 6 and 7, Captain Derroni. Group No. 4, Hamilton: Group commander, Captain Northcroft; areas Nos. 13 and 14, Captain Garland; areas Nos. 15 and 16, Captain Coleman. Table ol Courses. A table showing the courses, classes of instruction, exercises, etc., to be carried out in the Auckland district during the year ending on May 31, 1915, has been drawn up. It is as follows: — November: Fourteen days' district refresher course, voluntary, for officers and N.C.O.'s, territorial and senior cadets. December: Dominion refresher course of seven days, obligatory, for selected officers, probably four from each district,' N.Z.S.G, Permanent Staff, and Permanent New Zealand Field Cadre. January, 1915: (a) Voluntary six days' course of instruction for officers, territorial and senior cadets, preparatory to the February examination for promotion; (b) district exercise on the ground, without troops, three days, for the district staff officer, N.Z.5.0., R.N.Z.A., and senior territorial officers. February: (a) An obligatory six days' course, including the examination for territorial and senior cadet N.C.O.'s going up for commissions; (b) a voluntary district refresher course for selected regimental officers and N.C.O.'s of territorial force units going into annual camps, 14 days, seven days for mounted and other units, and seven days for infantry, limited to two officers per unit. March and April: Annual camps for all units, except those which have been mobilised. May: Casual camps.