THE TENTH CONTINGENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 53

THE TENTH CONTINGENT.

.«■» AUCKLAND, Ap-il 9. "W. A. Craig, Fourth Contingent, has iereived a commission in tlio Tenth Contingent, and left fcr the -outh th:.- oftirnoon. The Rev. S. Hawthorn", of Devonport. i has re-eeived a commi«io;i as tho Anglican ■ chaplain in the Tenth Contingent, and lea.\p-. for Wcllingion to-morrow. April 10. Senior Lieutenant A. Tapper, of the Auckland Engineers, has been given a, commission in the Tenth Contingent, and left for the pouth yetlerday afternoon. .Mr' Tapper will also act as ;i--iitant medical officer on the medical staff. This afternoon the itc-\. Sydney Hawthorne left for Trentham camp to take up his duties as Anglican chaplain, ft is not known to which battalioa lie will be attached. Dr J. F. Dixon, who has previously stued in South Africa, was pa».-ed as medical officer to the Tenth Contingent at the Brigade Office to-day, and left this afteriioou for Wellington. Mr W. S. Harris was given a po-ition in the Tenth, and proceeded south to join the contingent. WELLINGTON, April 8. The captaincies in the North Islpnd Squadron of the Tenth are to be given to Hiieutenant Mo«tyn Jones and Lieutenant V. A. Steward, both now in Afnca with the Sixth. Lieutenancies are to bo given to the following now on serv cc : — Wallis M'Donald, Blinkhorn, Early, and Willis. Acting non-coms, have Lwi appointed as follows:— Regimental Sergeant-major Me>! lournby (Wellington*, who was regimental quartermaster-sergeant of the Second Contingent; Regimental Qu?rtermaster-serges'nt Tennant, who was corpe>ral in the Fouith. The following provisional appointment* have been made to the South Island section of the Tenth Contingent : — Officers. — E Squadron : Lieutenant Derrett, in command : F Squadron, Lieutenant Keddell, in command ; H Squadron, Liomtenant Butler, in command. Noncommissioned Ofiicers-. — E Squadron: Sergeants — H. S. Curtis-, Lyons Fear, and O. W. Durham ; corpora's— -I. Andrew-, Neil C. W. Hill, W. Mather. D. H. Crown, and C. Smith. F Squadron : Sergeant' — J. E. T. Burnett. E. L. Holland; corporals — C. A. Jeffreys and J. Nicholl.-,; lance-cor porals — E. V. John-on and A. L. Burch. G Squadron: Sergeants— Sf>it, F. Booth, P. C. Cooper, and R. Sutlieiland. H Squadron: Sergeants — Challie. A. West, J. Murphy, and Wilkin ; corporals — N. ('. Lacey, C. M'Gregor, F. Aloris-co, and D. Stalker. Sergeant in command of details. Actingsergeant Keddell. Captain Cos{;ro\e has- been nnnointed paymaster and Lieutenant Brenner, of Gisborne, lieutenant quartermaster. April 9. Latest advico toiicerntne; the tioop-lup Norfolk i- that -he will not lia\e Sydney till Fridaj-, will take in sU-ie-, «•*«•., ;n Wellington, and then proceed to Lj tie Hon. whence she will =a'l with the South Inland Battalion of the Tenth o:i the 19th m.-t. April 11. The troopship Drayton Grange arri\ed in the stream just before dark It has been decided to po-tpnne the departure of the North Island Battalion nptil Monday. Tl-e citizens' luncheon to the troop- will take place tomorrow, as pre\iou l -ly arranged. WANGANI'I. April 9. During the past fortnight 350 hor-es ha\ c been r>urcha=ed between Pa)mei-ton North and New Plymouth by the stock ni-pector-for the Tenth Contingent, and "-ewral hundred by the liroerial remount office! s A special train to-morrow ni^lil take- 150 horses for the Tenth to Wellington NELSON. Apnl 8. Mr W. Stevens, of Ncl-on, who was a member of the Second Contingent, and who, for his action at Rheno'-ter Kop in biingir.e; fon\ard ammunition in face of hea\y fiie. was mentioned in Lord Kitchener's de spatches and promottd to the rank of ser geant, has received a l<eiilenaut'& rommis--ion in the Tenth Contingent, and lea\c-to-morrow for Addingt^n. The Ciuthd Leader has publi-h« d the fir-it portion of an account of the .shoctiiLg of Boers which was received from an eyewitness neaily four months ago, with a ipquest not to publish until the c!o-? of the war. The writer was ,nn cve-witne-- of some of the tragedies enae ted by the oflueis; he ■was one of the>-e who laid the informal lonagain=t them, and was a. primipdl witncsat the trial. CHRISTCHURCH. April 11 A \ery pooily attended mot-ting wa- held la.-t night to consider the t|uo-ti'»n of according a send-off to the Tenth Contingent. It was ultimately decided that the entertain ment should take the form of a -uppt r An endeavour is to be made to hate the nip i marched through the city on the day of their departure. (Frou Our Own- Copefspovdevt.) WELLINGTON, April 11 The late armal of the Dravton Grai-go may delay the departure of the Noith I-laud section of the Tenth Contingent till Mon day. This is perhaps just a's well, seeint< that certain stores and outfit items aie late in coming to hand. A party of - 'me 150 men were sent in to town this nr ricing to atie oharse of and chin the hoihev vyhich

had been paddocked all n'ght. As there was no sign of the *hip till late in the evening, both men and horses had a miserable- time of it.