THE EMPIRE'S CALL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3277, 3 January 1917, Page 37

THE EMPIRE'S CALL.

NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE

EIGHTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS. WELLINGTON, December 29. Tho Minister of Defence has been advised that the 18th Reinforcements have arrived at their destination, all well. TWENTY-FOURTH AND TWENT Y-FIFTH REIN FOECEMEN TS. Tho local section of the Twenty-fourth Reinforcements will leave Dunedin on Wednesday. The Otago members of tho Twentyfifth Reinforcements will leave on the 11th inst. On a rough computation, the new soldiers will bo made up of about half volunteers and half men called on under the first and second ballots. There is to bo absolutely no discrimination between tho voluntteers and the men called up by ballot. SECOND BALLOT. Notices arc now being sent out to men drawn in the second ballot, notifying them to attend for medical examination in batches of 55 or thereabout, tho first batch on January 5. RETURNING MEN. The Navua, Mokoia, and Waitemata are expected to reach Port Chalmers on the 3rd or 4th of January. The only boat of the three that has men returning to New Zealand, so far as the defence authorities are aware, is the Navua. The Otago soldiers who came home by the Tainui are: James Lowe Coats and R. L. Skinner, of Dunedin; Duncan Murchison, Waikaia; Charles Edward Taylor, Oamaru; and Henry Honey, Birchwood. THE OTAGO PATRIOTIC FUND. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged _ ... £22,445 2 11 Employees of Brown, Ewing, and Co. (Ltd.), 32nd contribution A 5 0 0 Employees of J. and J. Arthur a 0 12 0 Total £22,450 14 11 A To be applied to the Wounded Soldiers and Dependents' Fund. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged ... £27,638 22 Employees of Brown, Ewing, and Co. (Ltd.), 32nd contribution 5 0 0 "W W." 0 10 0 "Scot" 0 7 3 Amount collected at Sheahy's Hotel, Millers Flat, at dinner on Christmas Day ... 19 0 Total £27,645 6 5 SERBIAN RELIEF FUND. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged £1766 13 1 Mount Benger Patriotic Committee 4 10 0 Total £1771 n RED CROSS FUND (OTAGO). THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged £272 11 10 Proceeds collection during action song by children of Lauder Railway School 3 8 3 Yacht Eileen (Watson), prize money, Broad Bay race ... 0 5 0 Total £277 15 1 THE RED CROSS MOTOR AMBULANCE FUND. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged £2319 12 3 Pupils of Cromwell School (per Mr W. R. Miehaelis) 0 10 0 Riverton Red Cross Society ... 20 0 0 Collected by Doris M'Connochie, St. Bathans, proceeds of sale of doll and cot 0 15 0 Total £2340 17 3 [This fund is now closed.] WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION. CLINTON BRANCH. During November and December parHall by the Clinton branch of the Women's Patriotic Association. Two special sewing days were held for the making of service bags. LATEST IN GUNS. In pursuance of the policy of keeping the instruction of the New Zealand Reinforcements as up to date as possible, the Dofonco Department has now introduced trench mortars into tho dominion for use in the training camps. Owing to tho demand for these engines of destruction exceeding the supply at the front, New Zealand's requirements in this respect could not be met as earlv as was desired, but the Imperial Government has dono what it could, and a number of these weapons have now como to hand. They are being issued to Featherston Camp for instructional purposes. Altogether four different types of trench mortars or trench howitzers, as they are sometimes called, have been sent out. They aro all of the 1916 pattern, and therefore tho latest thing in modern war. CAPTIVES IN TURKEY. WHERE THEY ARE LIVING. A New Zealand officer who is held by tho Turks as a prisoner of war at Afion Kara Hissar, where most of the New Zealanders held captive in Turkey are. interned, ha 3

written the following interesting letter about the place and his life there: " We get a lovely view from our windows of the plain, bounded by ridge after ridge of mountains. Wo are 3000 ft above sea-level. Tho air is bracing, the climate is ideal, and the atmosphere wonderfully clear. The plain round here is under cultivation, but little is got from the soil, the main crop being poppies for opium—hence ' Afion Opium. The town dusters at tho foot of a range of hills winding about their base, like an enormous snake. From the centre rises a_ gigantic rock with precipitous sides, on which is perched the citadel with its massive walls and turrets, vast water tanks carved in solid rock, which enabled it hundreds of years ago to resist a sieire for six years. " Tho streets in the town are fairly wide, and paved with cobbles very irregularly. Tho houses, except a few public buildings — mosques and baths—are all made of mud and wood, with tiles laid on the roofs. The walls are whitewashed, and the ceilings arc of wood. There is not a scrap of paint anywhere, inside or out. Tho windows are covered with wooden trellis work shutters, so that inmates can look out without being soon. . . . Shopping in the town is most amusing, being one perpetual haggle, in which vocabulary of only about 20 words is needed."

COMFORTS FOR MEN IN THE TRENCHES.

A most successful entertainment was held in* the Athenaeum Hall, Hampden, under the auspices of the Hampden-Waianakarua branch of tho Otago Women's Association. All the performers were children, who had been carefully trained by Mrs Watt (president of the branch). The hall was packed by an enthusiastic audience, who showed their appreciation by rounds of applause for every item. Tho song " Please Give Mo a Penny" was prettily sung by Miss Isa M'William, and brought forth a shower of pennies and silver coins. In the first part of tho programme piano duets were played by Mrs Watt and Miss I. Cameron and Misses Gloag and VVoodley, a song and chorus was given by Miss Isa M'William and girls, songs by Master Allan Douglas, Misses M. Woolford, Isa Familton, Isa M'William, and the school girls, a tableau by Misses Gloag, Familton, and Taylor (Miss Marshall singing the song), duets by Misses Isa M'William and Marks, and Misses Woolford and Marks, a piano solo by Miss R. Familton, recitations by Misses Gamblo and E. Familton (2). The second part consisted of a fairy play, parts being taken by Misses Gloag, Caldwell, and Taylor, Masters Johnstone, Familton, and S. Johnstone. Miss Jean M'William acted as fairy queen, Misses Kathleen Bishop and R. Familton as princesses, and 20 small girls were dressed as fairies. Tho concluding item on the programme was tho "Good Night" song by eight little girls in character, tho song being sung by Miss Molly Marks. During an interval Mr Johnstone (of the Duncdin Patriotic Association) gave an address on the work done by the people of Otago for men at tho front. Two traycloths were raffled, and brought in £lO 9s to swell the funds. The takings for the concert amounted to £33 14s lOd. JOTTINGS. We have received £5 10s, the proceeds of a patriotic conceit at Rongaherc, to be applied to tho Y.M.C.A. Trench Comforts Fund. Mr S. Hutton (son of the late Mr D. C. Hutton, prinsiyal of the Duncdin School of Art) was second engineer of the Indian Steam Navigation Company's Itonus, which wag torpedoed in the Mediterranean a few days ago. A cablo messago from Malta has boon received by Mrs D. C. Hutton announcing the fact. A cable message in the Sydney iSun states that a heavy shell foil within 10 yards of General Birdwood, on the Sommo front, but, happily, did not explode. Rifleman R. T. Blair, of Dunback, was wounded on the Sommo front on September 15. Under the protection of the artillery his company was charging tho enemy's trenches when ho was struck on tho neck by a piece of flying shell, "and it seemed," he says, "as if a horse had kicked me." After tho wound had been bandaged he lay in a shell-hole till it was safe to get back to the dressing station, as the machine gun bullets were cutting up the ground close by. "My wound is healing, and lam going to the convalescent camp at Hornchurch, and from there we get our furlough of about 21 days." News has been received from the front that Sergeant Gerald Dredco. N.Z.M.C. at ono time a member of the old Duncdin Engineer Volunteers .has been awarded the Military Medal for distinguished service in France'.' Sergeant Dredge left with the first draft of the N.Z.M.C, and has been on active service ever since. He has two brothers at the front, also a nephew, a son of Mr D. E. Dredge, of Roslyn. Mr J. Dredge is another brother. "CRUCIFIXION." A correspondent has forwarded us tho following extract from an article in tho Daily Sketch, London, of October 30, 1916, since it bears on a recent cablo message which had reference to tho infliction in the army of the punishment known as "crucifixion " : .

'• When our soldiers are mentioned in a theatre, at a concert, or public meeting the audience bursts into applause. When wo read about their great deeds our hearts thrill with pride. When Cabinet Ministers praise Britain's great light for liberty and justico they are praising the soldier, and away at the front is a soldier strapped to a wheel. There he is in the open for all men to see. French and Belgian civilians look at him as they pass by, and shrug their shoulders. Britain is on their side in the great war, but surely her soul is the soul of the Hun. The crucified Boldier, whito-faced, with bitten lips, and black rage in his heart, sees everything, though for shame's sake ho cannot raise his eyes. Yes, you will say, but surely it is for some horrible offenco we punish brave men like brute beasts! Why, no! for driving a motor eartoo fast, for taking a glass of stout, for overstaying leave by an hour, for losing a gas helmet, for doing things which in civilian lifo would earn at worst a reprimand. But discipline must be maintained .' Who doubts it? Is not tho French discipline severe and effective? Yet in the French army a soldier is not thus degraded. Our French comrades wonder nt us and our barbarous way.s, and yet, as a rule, we look quite civilised. . . . There are severe punishments all round in tho army. Men are sentenced to 10, 20 years' penal servitude; men are shot. But these things stir tho army far less than the strapping to a

wheel. A good soldier never mutinic

if ever in South Africa our army was nigh to mutiny it was because of tho torture neatly labelled 'field punishment No. I.'" [We believe there is no foundation for the suggestion that "field punishment No. 1" is inflicted for trivial offences. These are said to be invariably punished by the condemnation o"f the offender to tho performance of fatigue duties. It is. we are assured, only for grave offences that " field punishment. No. 1 " is ordered.] LIFE AT THE FRONT. CHEERFUL LETTER FROM A NEW ZEALANDER. The following letter, dated October 21, has been received in Duncdin from a former employee of this office, who leti New Zealand with the 14th Reinforcements, ami who is now serving in France: tell you exactly where we aie, but wo are where the New Zealanders have been ail along, so you may guess. We had a brief excursion to a hell-hole southwards, where, as a matter of fact, the 14th.s joined up with the rest, and had their share ot the gruelling, but we are. now back in the old, fairly quiet position—for tho winter 1 hope. Of the three follows who were particular pals, one is missing and the other two are wounded and in hospital in England. Fleming, of the Christchurch Star, being in Birmingham with bomb wounds in his left leg and left arm. I am the solesurvivor of the quartette. My luck was right in 'when I arrived here, for I had been only a few days in the 'ditch' when 1 was, by a fortunate fluke, made one of a party of five set to guard a bridge over a canal just behind the third line. "Wo arc living in a deserted cstaminet, which boasts tho sign 'Au petit Canard.' It is one of thousands of houses here, fully furnished, which were deserted by their inhabitants upon the approach of Fritz. The town was in possession of the Germans for some weeks, and tho 'empties' in our cstaminet testify to tho right merry time they had whilst in occupation. But Tommy and Jean Jacques caught them one night, so it is said, with wine in and wits out, and drove them forth, to tho outskirts of the salient which we now occupy, retaking the town. "Things are pretty quiet here now, as a rule, though an odd shell lobbing in the back-yard, and an occasional few machine gun pellets singing around our heads during our night spells on guard, serve to keep us fully alive to the fact that there is a war on. We see exciting air duels sometimes. A cheeky Taubo set fire to ono of our observation balloons to-day, and was unceremoniously chased back to Hun country by our war planes, the while many anti-aircraft batteries made perilous its path with bursting shrapnel. The latter, by the way, falling from abovo with no respect for persons, made us below keep well under cover. Wo arc surrounded with batteries, which last night set up a terrific barrage to cover a raid by our chaps on Fritz's lines, and with their confounded concussion bade fair to shake to pieces the 'petit canard,' already somewhat damaged by shells. "There arc still many shopkeepers and other civilians in the town, although Fritz occasionally shells a few of them into eternity when he feels liverish. There is hardly' a building that .is not shell-shat-tered, and all that are prominent —including a couple of beautiful churches—are heaps of masonry. Our house is a good sample of the deserted dwellings. It is fully furnished, and we live pretty well. compared with the trenches. We supplement our rations with oddments purchased in the town, and contrive some tasty messes, even running to a bottle or so of vin blanc when wo feel festive. "Tho townspeople are very mercenarynothing else, indeed, could induce them to remain in so unhealthy a spot. Every second place is an cstaminet—'A' L'arrot des Mariners.' 'Au Poulard Aine.' 'Au Chat Blanc,' and similar choice hostelries—where one may purchase very good light nine and very bad light beer, without getting an overdraft financially, or an overdraught in the other sense. You may spend a pleasant hour, and incidentally improve your French, by strolling about and chatting with the 'women in tho shops, who will talk and joke with you. unreserved and unashamed, on any topic now. and will be willing to flirt with you—'apres la guerre!' It is always 'apres la guerre' with them, though it was not always so, apparently. "It is terribly cold here at nights, and we have a lot of rain. It is beastly cold in the billet, and as for the trenches ! I think there will be a few candidates for the Rock and Pillar Sanatorium by the spring. I am expecting our guard job to blow out any time, and then—back to the ditch. It makes me shiver to think of it. A minor trouble are the lice. We had to leave our kit bags in England. and then our packs 'were stored in the town, and all we could take to tho actual front'was what we stood up in. We have no blankets, and have to sleep m our clothes, with the result that we are all frankly, lousy. I picked n few platoons o good.'active fighters off my shirt to-dav. and executed (hem summarily, without benefit of clergy." LIFE AND DEATH ON THE BATTLEFIELD. AN OTAGO FOOTBALLER'S EXPERIENCES. Mr Peter M'Donald, Gladbrook, Middlemarch, has just received from his brother, Trooper Hugh M'Donald, who left with the Seventh Reinforcements and has been lighting in France, a very interesting better describing some of the daily happenings in the fighting zone. Trooper M'Donald. whoso home is at Fairfield, was in civil life engaged as a telegraph linesman, and his record as a Kaikorai footballer made him a well-known figure in athletic circles in Otago. Writing on October 21 from France, a deliberately vacuo address, Trooper M'Donald says: "Did I tell you that I was put on signalling when we were joined up with the Australian Light Horse and formed tho Anzac Light Horse? Well. I had a couple of months' training at that, and then we went away to the trenches — me a common, cabbage-garden trooper amongst, tho rest. That was the last I hoard of signalling until wo went back to tho trenches the second time, when along comes word one mornin" for all the signallers to report back to tho horses at once. After getting back we were put into a school for a month, and that's where T am now. This is not a bad job for this weather, much safer and more comfortable than sleeping in a dug-out and stopping

about in the trenches. The 'buzzer' that \vc use is almost- the same as the Morse instrument used in the telegraph office, and tlje code exactly the sum.'. " The old Huns made tilings pretty warm where we were lust, time, both in and out of the trenches. The t-own we stopped in when out used to get shelled almost every day and some nights, not all I Ik- time, of course, but just a few to keep us in mind that he hadn't forgotten us. I have 6een some gruesome sights in that town, women, and children killed—poor things have nowhere else to go, and there they have to remain- never knowing when a shell is going to crash through their room and clean them all np. Tney are, for all the world, like a lot. of rabbits. Whenever a shell comes they go for the lick of their lives J into a cellar and remain there until thing? are quiet again. On one occasion a shell lobbed in a yard where some Australians were working. Sixteen of them wcro blown almost- to bits; legs, arms, heads, trunks were lying everywhere. I saw thil with my own eyes, and I can assure you it took me some little time to get ■< over it. "The last time we went in to take ovel a portion of trenches. Fritz shelled us all the way up the communication trench, but luckily did not get anybody. A piece of flying shell just missed the back of my nut and buried itself in a wooden upright. I need scarcely mention hero that that part of my anatomy for the remainder of the ' journey was carried almost on a level with my knees, and several times I butted tho man in front of me hard enough to make him think that an ancestor on one side at least must have been a billy-goat, and I had 'thrown back.' I told him afterwards that he ought to write to whoever the inventor of the helmet is, to thank him foi not including spikes like the Huns have got on theirs. "Well, after getting in and settled down, the strafing started, and didn't they got The German parapet was just simply dancing with bursting shells. They are not tryins: to advance here. This bombardment is only to keep their nerves on edge. About 4 o'clock in the morning they retaliated with minnewerfers (trench mortar bombs). I have never been near enough to see these things, but, judging by the report when they burst, I should imagine they are much bigger than that gas holder at Kensington, and they make a big enough holo in the ground for your kitchen to go in easy." A brother of Trooper M'Donald, James, enlisted in Australia, and has served with the Australian forces right through the Gallipoli campaign. He took part in the great offensive on the Somme, where he was seriously wounded in the stomach. He was four times operated upon, the last time successfully, and is now returning to Australia. At tho moment Trooper Hugh M'Donald is probably in London, where he hoped to puss a Christmas holiday.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICES.

PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED. A Gazette announces the following promotions for distinguished services in tha 1 field:— ( General Sir D. Haig, to Field-marshal. Lieutenant-general Rawlinson, to general. Major-generals H. S. Home, G. F. Milne, the Earl of Cavan, Sir L. Kiggell, and Sir 11. do la P. Gough, to lieutenant-generals. Sir F. E. Smith, honorary lieutenantgeneral. NEW ZEALANDERS INCLUDED. The New Year awards, besides many Australians, include tlie following New eZar landers: — Companion of the Bath, Sir Andrew Russell. j Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Brigadier-general Edward Chaytor. Distinguished Service Order, —Lieutenantcolonels William Cunningham, John Findlay, Charles Mackesy, William Meldrum, Charles Mervili, Donald Murray, Alexander Stewart; Majors F. Lampen, C. M'Gill, Alexander Mackenzie, James Pow, Conrad Saxby, Robert Smythe, John Studholme; and Captain Victor Rodgers. The following awards of Military Crosses have been made to New Zealanders:— Captains Donald Dobson, Alfred Horwood, Lindsay Inglis, Leonard Jardine, Charles Lecming, Robert Macquarrie, John Morton, Reginald Miles. Robert Morpeth, Harry Richardson George Sandham, James Stewart, Alan Stitt. William Wray; Lieutenants Alexander Falconer, Turu Hiroti. Hugh M'Kinnon, William Tracey, Stanley Widdowson; Second Lieutenants Leonard Carmichael. Stanley Guthrie. Royal Red Crosses: First class —Matron F. Price; second class—Sisters A. Buckley, F. Speedy. Nurses K. Davie*. E. Hodges. Distinguished Conduct Medals: Six Men'- . torious Service Medals have been awarded—five to New Zealanders.

CAREERS OF THE RECIPIENTS. WELLINGTON, January 1. Major-general Sir Andrew Hamilton Rua sell, K.C.M.G., C. 8., is general _ officer commanding the New Zealand Division in France. He was born in Napier in February. 1858, and is a son of the late Captain Hamilton Russell (58th Regiment), and a brother of the late Hon. Sir William Ruft- I sell. He received the K.C.M.G. for his | services on Gallipoli, and on tho creation of the New Zealand Division in Egypt ho was appointed to tie command, with tho rank of major-general. Brigadier-general E. W. C. Chaytor, C. 8., C.M.G., N.Z.S.C., is officer commanding tho New Zealand Mounted Rifles' Brigade, which, incorporated in the Anzac Mounted Division, has so greatly distinguished itself in the fighting east of the Sue/. Canal. Genera! Chaytor is a New Zcalandcr by birth, being the son of Mr J. C. Chaytor, of Marshlands, Marlborough. lie becameidentified with the Marlborough Mounted Rifles, and was appointed captain in 1892. He served in the South African war from 1900 till 1902. being in charge of the 3rd New Zealand Contingent from May 19 till May 26, 1900 (when he was severely wounded), and in "command of the 2nd Regiment, Bth New Zealand Contingent, from March 19, 1902. He was mentioned in despatches, and was awarded the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King':; medal with two claps. On the outbreak of the present war ho was appointed Assistant Adjutant-general of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and proceeded with it in that capaoity to the front. During the early months on Gallipoli Colonel Chaytor was severely wounded. Ho was invalided to England, and after making a good recovery returned to his post, visiting the western front en route. In December, 1915. he received command of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles' Brigade, with the rank of brigadier-general. He jvas

again wounded some months ago. general Chajto-- lias already been created a L.lj. for his services during tho present war. Lieutenant-colonel William Meldrum (officer commanding tho Wellington Mounted Rifles' Regiment) is the eldest surviving son of VI r Alexander Lewis Meldrum, of Last Kincaple, St. Andrews, Scotland, and was born at Kamo, Whangarei, on July AS, 1865 He proceeded to the front with the Main Body in 1914 as officer commanding tho Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, and served throughout the Gallipoli campaign. Ho has already been created a C.M.Li, lie is an active Freemason, and is a past grand swordbearer of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. He was married in 1683. . , _,, Lieut-colonel W. H. Cunningham, /th fWtttington and West Coast) Regiment, commands a battalion of the Wellington Regiment at the front. He left as a major in the Main Expeditionary Force. Lieut.-colonel J. Findlay was formerly an officer of the 7th (Southland) Mounted Rides, and left with the Main Expeditionary Force as officer commanding tho Canterbury Mounted Rifles. He served on Gallipoli' and in Egypt, and has already received the 0.8. .... Major H. Lampen, N.Z.S.C, is brigade major to the 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade. He left with the Main Expeditionary Force. Before the war Lieut.-colonel C. E. R. Mackesy held the Kent.-colonelcy of the I.lth ("North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, and went to the front with the Main Expeditionary Force as officer commanding the Auckland Moitnted Rifles —an appointment which he has held ever since. Major C. M'Gilp, N.Z. Field Artillery, proceeded to the front with the Main Expeditionary Force. Lieut.-colonel D. N. W. Murray, N.Z.M.C., has served at tho front with tho New Zealand Expeditionary Force since its arrival in Egypt in 1914. Captain V. Rogers, N.Z.F.A., left New Zealand with the Main Body in 1914, and now has command of a battery. Major C. G. Saxby, reserve of officers, is an officer of tho New Zealand Pioneer Battalion,- having transferred from the Auckland Mounted Rifles. Major James Pow is an officer of the 4th Battalion. New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Major R. B. Smythe, N.Z.S.C, is on the •taff of the Ist Anzac Headquarters. Pie went to the front in July, 1915. Lieut.-colonel A. E. Stewart commands Ahe 2nd Battalion, N.Z. Rifle Brigade. His ionae unit is tho 14-th (South Otago) Regiment.

BACK FROM THE WAR.

RETURNING NEW ZEALANDERS. A ship, due at Auckland on January 3, has troops aboard. Major Fleming, accompanied by a staff sergeant-major, will leave Duncdfn on January 1 to meet the Otago men who arc coming by this vessel. A Wellington message states that the following man are returning by this boat : OTAGO INFANI.rtY BATTALION. Anderson, John M'lntosh, seaman. Carden, Richard Sclwyn, civil servant. Clarke, Peter, bushman. Doyle, Henry Charles, labourer. Jones, George, carter. Kelly, Alfred, farm labourer. Rogers, Albert, miner. Smith, William Hillyer, farmer. Steed, Arthur Henry, storekeeper. Thomson, Thos.- John, driver. J COMPANY. Leslie, John William, sailor. FIELD ARTILLERY. Wilkes, Thomas Sortley, sergeant, insurance clerk. Irving, Arthur, drover. Cameron, Harry Ewen Mailer, tiler. Olsen, Axel Edwin, bushman. Osterman, Christian Fredk, flaxmill hand. Pedler, Richard St. John Ledler, farmer. Harris, Ernest. Scott G, cheesemakcr. Stevens, Arthur Lavvton, chief cook. NEW ZEALAND FIELD ENGINEERS. Washer, William Charles, acting lancecorporal, tea merchant. Izod, Lionel, school master. Nevvbery, Frank Le Blanc, carpenter. Wylie, Robert Stewart, carpenter. MACHINE GUN CORPS. Burnside, Douglas, engineer. NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE. Coleman, Joseph Michael, corporal, railway clerk. Copland, William Leslie, farmer. Ericksen, Arthur Alexander, shepherd. Fatness, Edmund Ernest, clerk. Gilchrist, Archie Edward, labourer. Harris, James William, labourer. ' Harris, Reuben, miner. Midwinter, W., miner. Morris, Patrick C, labourer. CYCLIST COMPANY. Hart, Loveday George Ernest, corporal, labourer. Jacobson, Walter George, prospector. NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Macdonald, Angus Gordon, lieutenant, warehouse manager. Hillsborough, Garland Herbert, metal contractor. NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS. Pierson, Charles William, sergeant-major, ohemist. Comming, William Bruce, farmer

PIONEERS. Tehau. Kahu, labourer. Roy, Alexander Francis, seaman. Campbell, Duncan Archibald, labourer. Dyson. Edward, accountant. Hamahona, Hastings, labourer. Lattoa, labourer Malioa, labourer, Makaiitu. O'Connor, John Robert Mouldcjr, Rimu, labourer. Ryan. Patrick, labourer. Tanner. William Edward, labourer. - Tefatumoana, Lupu, labourer. The following are returning on duty:— OTAGO INFANTRY BATTALION. Salmon, Ernest, captain, clerk. NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE. Covvles, Jabez Alfred, lieutenant-colonel, school teacher. Barstow, Robert Arthur, lieutenant .•"hipping clerk. Edwards, Ernest GrcviHe, second lieutenant, bank clerk-

PIONEERS. Pirimi Tahiwi, school teacher.

PARTY DUE AT AUCKLAND THIS WEEK. A nominal roll of invalids and other soldiers who are returning to New Zealand by a steamer due at Auckland on January 3 was issued last week. Tho roll showed that there are 94 officers and men on the vessel, and that nine of tho officers arc returning to the dominion on duty. The list of those on board, together with their military rank, civil occupations, and name and address of next-of-kin, is as under:— WELLINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES. 11/743 Sergeant M'Donald, Colin Telfcr, shearer (Airs M'Donald, Brassy street, Waverley). 11/977 Trooper Butler, Thomas, horse trainer (Airs T. Butler, Havclock North, Hawke's Bay). NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY. 11/1873 Sergeant Wilkes, Thomas Sortley, insurance clerk (Airs A. Wicks, 29 Hanson street, Wellington). 2/1336 Driver Cameron, Harry Ewen Bailey, tiler (Airs A. Cameron, Fox street, Parnell, Auckland). 7/1363 Gunner Irving, Arthur, drover (J. O. Young, King street, Spreydon, Christchurch). 13/2850 Gunner Oisen, Axel Edwin, _ bushman (Mrs Annie Olson, Otangiwai, via Taumarunui). 7/884 Driver Osterman. Christian Frederick, flax mill hand (Miss Kaien Osterman, Strandvy, 188 Charlottenlunt, Copenhagen, Denmark). 11/1360 Gunner Pedler, Richard St. John, farmer (Mrs B. Pedler, 36 Dongola road, Bishonston, Bristol, England). 11/2221 Driver Scott, Ernest Harris G., cheeeemaker (G. W. Scott, Alahoe, Strat- ' ford). 9/1617 Gunner Stevens, Arthur Lawton, chief cook (William Stevens. M Alein street, Wellington). NEW ZEALAND FIELD ENGINEERS. 4/856 Acting Lance-corporal Washer, William Charles, tea merchint (Elizabeth H. Washer. Thackory street, Hailton). 17/427 Sapper tzod. Lionel, schoolmaster (Airs Ethel Izod, Mititai, Northern Wairoa). 4/918 Sapper Newbery, Frank de Blanc, carpenter (Airs Laura Knight, 129 Huxley street. Sydenham, Christchurch). 4/870 Sapper Wylie, Robert _ Stewart, carpenter (Robert Wylie, Cambridge road, Hamilton East) MACHINE GUN CORPS. 7/3267 Private Barnside, Douglas, engineer (Mrs Bertha L. Burnside, 111 Ferry road, Linwood, Christchurch).

AUCKLAND INFANTRY BATTALION. 12/2210 Private Beckerley, William Robbins, mariner (Mrs Jessie Beckerley, 25 Chappell street, Penzance, Cornwall). 12/4059 Private Middleton, Albert Sydney, bridge builder (Mrs B. Middleton, No. 8 road, Tatuanui. Piako County). 10/107 Private Petherick. George Albert, gasfitter (Mrs Mary J. Petherick, 157 Vivian street, Wellington). 12/4548 Private Skews, Fredk. Herbert G., motorman (John William Skews, Hastings street, Napier). WELLINGTON INFANTRY BATTALION. 10/653 Sergeant-major Anderson, Athol Nellis, survey clerk (Mrs Alice Anderson, Kenny street, Waihi). 10/639 Corporal Dawber, Royclen Robert, civil engineer (A. Dawber, Ouruhia, Christchurch). 23/1692 Lance-corporal Hylton, Francis Leonard, presser of clothing (E. G. Hylton, 37 Ellice avenue, Wellington). 10/272 Private Barton,' Gerald Arthur A., clerk (C. A. Barton, S.M. Court, Auckland). 15/104 Private Boggs, Andrew Murray, club steward (Mrs E. G. Boggs, 3 Amsbury street, Palmerston North). 10/1428 Private Burrell, Henry, farmer (Henrv Burrell. Maryland, Feilding). 10/3214 Private Carthew, Ernest Millet, carpenter (Mrs Harriet Carthew, care Mrs Lighfcband, Vogeltown, New Plymouth). 20/334 Private Griffy, John, barber (Mrs J. Griffy, Don fit t street, Waitara). 10/3163 Private Hood, Robert, cook (John Hood-, Cambuslang. Glasgow. Scotland). 14/128 Private Madgwick, Robert Charles, freezing works hand (Mrs Kate Madgwick, 25 Harrison street, Wanganui). 10/3953 Private Miles, Charles Edward, butcher (George Miles, Waitoriki, Inglewood). 10/2207 Private Lewis, Robert, bank clerk (Charles Lewis, 20 Webb street, Wellington). 24/2067 Private O'Sullivan, Fergus Francis, clerk (Mrs Nora O'Sullivan, 64 Oriental Bav, Wellington). 10/2310 Private- Sharkey, Patrick Joseph, labourer (James Sharkey, Strokestown, Roscommon, Ireland). CANTERBURY INFANTRY BATTALION. 6/1452b Private Atkinson, Richard James, farmer (Nathan Atkinson, Danley Lodge, Middleham, Yorks. England). 11/601 Private Ball, Claude, labourer (Mrs Louisa Ball, care of F. Jarvis, Napier). 6/1241 Private Benbow, Reginald, labourer (William Charles Benbow, Ormsby street, Tcmuka). 6/1841 Private Fitzgerald, John Leo, painter (W. Fitzgerald, 3 Wellington street, Timaru). 25/319 Private _ Flutey, Ernest John, labourer (Mrs Emily A. Flutey, Kohutara, Feathcrston). 6/3395 Private Gill, Norman Cyril, telegraph linesman (Mrs W. Gill, P. 0., Wakapuaka, Nelson). 6/1160 Private King, Arthur Albert; baker (Mrs H. Driscoll, Hilton street, Kaiapoi). 6/3792 Private McAllister, Cornelius, driver (Mrs Agnes M'Allister, Putihi, Wanganui). 11/520 Private Oliver, George William, platelayer (Frederick J. Oliver, Telegraph Office. Greymouth). 6/3827 Private Pearce, Arthur Charles William, painter (T. Pearce, 25a Arlington street. Wellington). 13/834 Private Wattey, Peter, packer (Anthony Wattey. Waverloy). OTAGO INFANTRY BATTALION. 8/4080 Private Anderson, John MTntosh, seam/in (Mrs Clara Anderson, Miller street, Ellerslio, Auckland). 8/2260 Private Garden, Richard Selwyn, civil servant (F. R. Carden, Ponsonby, Auckland). 13734 Private Clarke, Peter, bushman (Richard Clarke. Staffordshire, England). 24/1029 Private Doyle, Henrv Charles, labourer (M. J. Doyle, S 9 Athol place, Dunedin). 8/2021 Private Jones, George, carter (Mrs Hicks. Mount Somors, Canterbury). 8/1526 Private Kelly, Alfred, farm labourer (William Kelly, Long Bush, Invercargill). 8/3751 Private Rogers, Albert, miner (Mrs S. Rogers, Kaitangata). 23/1817 Private Smith. William Ilillier, farmer (F. W. Smith, Hope, Nelson).

8/4483 Private Steed, Arthur Henry, storekeeper (Mrs A. G. Steed, Frasortown, Hawke's Buy). 14001 Private Thompson, Thomas John, driver (Thomas Thompson, 10 Webb street, Wellington). J COMPANY. 19151 Private Leslie, John William, sailor (George Bruce, secretary Wharf Labourers' Union, Wellington) N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE. 12986 Corporal Coleman, Joseph Michael railway clerk (Mrs Elizabeth Coleman, 18 Home street, Wellington). 24/720 Rifleman Copland, William Leslie, farmer (Alexander Copland, Esk Valley, St. Andrew's). 12163 Rifleman Erieksen, Arthur Alexander, shepherd (C. Erieksen, Rangakokako, Ekatahuna). 25/1241 Rifleman Furness, Edmund Ernest, clerk (Mrs Elizabeth M. Furness, Hamilton road. Hataitai, Wellington). 22964 Rifleman Gilchrist, Archie Edward, labourer (William Gilchrist, M'Cullum street, Dannevirke) 23376 Rifleman Harris, James William, labourer (Mrs A. Woods, Hawea Flat, Otago Central). 13013 Rifleman Harris. Reuben, miner (D. Mettrick, Blackball, Greymouth). 11073 Rifleman Midwinter, W., miner (Mrs Thornhill Cooper, Palmerston South, Otago). 12432 Rifleman Morris, Patrick C, labourer (Mrs Louisa Morris, Crawford road, Gisborne). CYCLIST COMPANY. 10746 Corporal Hart, Ernest George Loveday, labourer (Mrs E. G. L. Hart, Willowbridge. Oamaru). 10840 Private Jacobson. Walter George, prospector (Mrs M. A. Jacobson, 59 Milton street, Nelson). N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS. 5/639 Lieutenant MacUonald, Angus Gordon, _warehouse manager (Mrs MacDonald, Ring's load, Coromandel). 16162 Driver Garland, Herbert Hillsborough, metal contractor (Mrs Mary A. Garland, Chapman road, Hillsborough, Christchurch). N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS. 3/1353 Staff Sergeant-major Pierson, Chas. William, chemist (Mrs Ellen Pierson, Elizabeth street, off Edcndale road, Mount Albert, Auckland). 3/662 Private dimming, William Bruce, farmer (Mrs Emma Gumming, care Morrison arid Smith, solicitors, P.O. Box 83, Wellington). PIONEERS. 16/61 C.Q.M.S. Tehau, Kahu, labourer (Pita To Hau, Muriwai, Gisborne). 14522 Private Alexander, Francis Roy, seaman (Mrs E. Alexander, 7 M'Farlane street, Wellington). 16/1030 Private Alotau, settler (Folole, Alofi, Niue Island). 9/1285 Private Duncan, Archibald Campbell, labourer, (Mrs -Agnes Taylor, North road, Timaru). 14536 Private Dyson, Edward., accountant (Mrs Gertrude Dyson, Rotorua). 16/1263 Private H amah on a, Hastings, labourer (Horetuma Hamahona, Petane, Hawke's Bay). 16/1066 Private Latoa (Fineata, Hakupu, Niue Island). 16/1034 Private Mahoa, labourer (Piharao, Parapara, Rarotonga). 16/1094 Private Makafitu (Navahe, Mutulan, Niue Island). 15761 Private O'Connor, John Robert, moulder (Mrs B. O'Connor, 25 Barker street, Wellington). 16/1195 Private u:ma, labourer (Pa, Nirau. Avarua, Rarotonga). 15781 Private Ryan, Patrick, labourer (Mrs W. Cooper, 12 Cleveland street, Darlington. Sydney). 10/3086 Private Tanner, William labourer (Mrs Agnes Tanner, 41 France

street, Newton, Auckland). 16/1143 Private Tefatumoana (Tctua, Liku, Niue Island). 16/1197 Private Lupu, labourer, (Ani Arutanga, Aitiitaku). RETURNING ON DUTY. AUCKLAND INFANTRY BATTALION. 12/15 Major Price, Athol Graham 8., merchant (Mrs Isabella Price, Abbott's road, Mount Eden, Auckland). WELLINGTON INFANTRY BATTALION. 11/1276 Captain Bond, "Victor Roche, clerk (Stephen Bond, Lower Symons street, Auckland). 10/3916 Lieutenant Rouse, Thomas Albert, carter (Mrs L. J. Rouse, 1 Cambria street, Hawera). 10/608 Lieutenant Wells, Godfrey Clapham, farmer (J. M. Wells, Wanganui). OTAGO INFANTRY BATTALION. 8/2504 Captain Salmon, Ernest, clerk (Joseph Salmon, Central Fire Station, Dunedin). NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE. 25/1 Lieutenant-colonel Cowles, Jabez Alfred, school teacher (Mrs Jenny H. Cowles, Carterton). 25/111 Lieutenant Barstow. Robert Arthur, shipping clerk (T. 11. Barstow, Gillies avenue, Auckland). 26/1544 Second Lieutenant Edwards, Ernest Greville, bank clerk (Mrs T. S. Edwards, care Railways, Nelson), PIONEERS. 16/3041 Captain Tahiwi, Pirimi, school teacher (Rawiri Rota Tahiwi, Otaki). THE MILITARY FORCES. PROMOTIONS IN THE FIELD. LATEST LISTS ISSUED BY HEADQUARTERS. The following appointments, promotions, and grants of officers serving in the field have been approved:— CANTERBURY MOUNTED RIFLES. Captain G. R. Blaekett, M.C., to be major (dated August 9). Lieutenant L. 11. O. Macfarlane is granted the temporary rank of captain "dated August 9). WELLINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES. Second Lieutenant A. D. Herrick, to be lieutenant (dated August 9). N.Z. CYCLISTS' CORPS. 10721 R.S.M., A. C. P. Hay, to be second lieutenant (dated October 2). N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY. To bo captains:— Lieutenant, N. E. Lee (dated September 9). Lieutenant W. 11. Johnson (dated September 16). Lieutenant F. M. Turner, R.N.Z.A. (dated September 25).

iSccond Lieutenant B. D. Smith, having been transferred to the Royal Navy, is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forco (dated September 8). INFANTRY. A [ICELAND REGIMENT. Second Lieutenant (temporary lieutenant) I). W. M'Clurg relinquishes the temporary rank of lieutenant (dated September 15). Lieutenant (temporary captain) J. R. Bodley relinquishes the temporary rank of captain (dated September 30). CANTERBURY REGIMENT. Second Lieutenant M. R. Walker is granted the temporary rank of lieutenant (dated September 21). Second Lieutenant 11. M. Foster is granted the temporary rank of lieutenant (dated August 21). OTAGO REGIMENT. Captain (temporary major) W. G. Wray relinquishes the temporary rank of major (dated September 15). Captain (temporary major) S. Rice relinquishes the temporary rank of major (dated September 30). Major J. A. Mackenzie is granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel (dated July 26). Major G. Mitchell is granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel (dated October 10). WELLINGTON REGIS IENT. 10/750 Staff Sergeant-major N. A. Arthur, to bo second lieutenant (dated September 11). NEW. ZEALAND RIFLES. Lieutenant (temporary captain) K. A. Henderson relinquishes the temporary rank of captain (dated September 22). Lieutenant J. 11. Cock, having been transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force (dated September 24). Second Lieutenant J. A. B. Thompson, having been transferred to the Essex Regiment, has been struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force (dated May 1). N.Z. PIONEER BATTALION. To be lieutenants : Second Lieutenant H. Wilson (dated May 28). Second Lieutenant A. R. Curtis (dated June 18). Second Lieutenant 11. D. Dansoy (dated June 18). Second Lieutenant J. Bright (dated August 29). Second Lieutenant J. H. Hall (dated October 1). NFAV ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS. The undermentioned are granted the temporary rank of captain : Lieutenant R. M. Quinn (dated April 6). Lieutenant J. Temple (dated May 1). NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS. Major C. H. Tewsley is granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel (dated September 8). Captain A. Clarke is granted the temporary rank of major (date September 2). Dr S. D. Rhind is taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force with the rank of captain (dated October 2). NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS. Lieutenant J. M. Turner, Paragraph 34, List 25, issued with New Zealand Expeditionary Force Orders, dated September 7, is amended to read "to date 3ilay 17," instead of "dated August 22." NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT. No. 32180 S. Parr, to bo chaplain to the forces, 4th class (dated September 24). NEW ZEALAND ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS. Lieutenant N. J. Levien to be captain (dated October 10). \ QUARTERMASTERS. To be captain (dated October 10): Hon. Major A. 11. Wilkie, Wellington Mounted Rifles. Hon. Major 11. W. Smith, Auckland Mounted Ritles. Hon. Major J. T. Graham, Auckland Regiment. Hon. Captain W. J. Shepherd, Wellington Regiment. Hon. Captain F. J. W. Stewart, Canterbury. lion. Captain A. F. Grenfell, Otago Mounted Rifles. Hon. Captain F. N. Marchant, Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Hon. Captain W. E. Christie, New Zealand Rifles. Hon. Captain A. Anderson, Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Hon. Captain G. Sandham, New Zealand Medical Corps. Hon. Lieutenant J. Mitchell, New Zealand Medical Corps. Note.—Captains A. 11. Wilkie, W. 11. Smith, and J. T. Graham are permitted to retain the honorary rank of major. • NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE. To be sisters (dated August 21): 22/65 Staff Nurse C. E. Brigham. 22/22 Staff Nurse E. Harris. 22/109 Staff Nurse C. Condrick. 22/90 Staff Nurse F. Valentine. 22/79 Staff Nurse A. L. Maclean. The undermentioned is taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forco (dated June 15): Staff Nurse L. H. Donald.

ANOTHER LIST. In addition to the foregoing, the undermentioned appointments and promotions of officers serving in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force have been approved:— AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES. No. 13/600 Sergeant M. E. Johnstone, to be second lieutenant (dated August 9). CANTERBURY MOUNTED RIFLES. To be second lieutenant (dated August 9), No. 7/386 S.S.M. L. Parkinson. No. 7/188 R.S.M. T. J. Denton, No. 7/133 Sergeant T. Tennant, NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY. The undermentioned lieutenants to be captains :-J. G. Jeffrey (dated October 4), G. H. Forsyth (dated September 9). INFANTRY. AUCKLAND RKG IMENT.

The undermentioned lieutenants to be captains:: —F. L. G. West (dated September 15), A. E. Alexander (dated September 16), J. R. Bodley (dated October 2). The undermentioned second lieutenants to bo lieutenants:—F. A. Taylor (dated September 2). R. L. Jamieson (dated September 4), M. Steele, D. W. M'Clurg (dated September 15), S. Wood, G. D. Page (dated September 16), A. G. M'Gregor (dated September 25), A. M. Forbes (dated October 2).

OTA GO REGIMENT. The undermentioned captains to bo majors:—1). White, W. Domigan, W. I. K. Jennings, J. L. Saunders (dated August 12), W. G. Gray (dated August 25). The undermentioned lieutenants to bo captains:—E. M. Gabites, VV. J. Bevia (dated August 12). G. L. M'Clure (dated August 25), L. M. Scott (dated September 15), P. W. G. Spiers (dated September 29), F. T. Christian (dated October 2). The undermentioned second lieutenants to bo lieutenants: — R. B. Caws, H. T. Morton, J. R. Paterson (dated August 25), J. F. M. Fleming, E. F. Selby (dated September 15). C. 11. Clark (dated September 21), A. P. M'Cormac (dated September 27), 11. G. Brodie, P. Pile (dated September 29), P. A. Spurdle, K. R. Gow, W D. Stewart (dated September 30). WELLINGTON REGIMENT. Captain J. L. Short to be major (elated March 1). Second Lieutenant 11. J. D. Sheldon to be. lieutenant (dated May 1). NEW ZEALAND RIFLES. Lieutenant L. M. Liardet, to bo captain (dated September 24) ; since killed in action). The undermentioned second lieutenants to bo lieutenants::—F. G. Massey, N. L. Macky (dated September 1), A. C. A. Sexton (dated September 16), J. L. Prescott (dated September 22), C. J. H. Davidson (dated September 24). N.Z. PIONEER BATTALION. Second Lieutenant P. Kaa, to bo lieutenant (dated October 1). N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS. Captain J. A. Mac Donnell is taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (dated September 4, 1916). N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT. The Rov. T. W. P. Price is taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as chaplain, 4th class (dated August 17). N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE. The undermentioned to* be staff nurses, and are taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force: —Alexandria Whiteman (dated Juno 19), M. T. S. Milne (dated Juno 20), N. J. Sullivan, Ann Stewart, M. S. Silvester, Fiances Cook, Grace Davison (dated July 20), Ruth Marshall (dated July 21), M. M. Coates (dated August 14). THE LATEST LIST. The following members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force are the September nominees for commissions in the Imperial Forces :—9/144 Sergeant J. E. Hunt, Otago Mounted Rifles; 13/1023 Trooper M. R. Farrer, Auckland Mounted Rifles; 11/793 Sergeant J. M. Morrison, Wellington Mounted Rifles; 26/1029 Sergeant A. Rutherford, New Zealand Rifle Brigade. The names of Staff Sergeant-major H. Leake and Driver E. Johnston have been deleted from the :ist of August nominees for Imperial commissions, and the following substituted therefor:— 6/941 Q.M.S. R, PL Shipton, Ist Battalion Canterbury Regiment; and 6/2047 Corporal A. D. R, Rendle, 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment. The following non-commissioned officers and men serving at the front have; been nominated for commissions in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, and arc returning to New Zealand to join reinforcement drafts:—4/465 Q.M.S. J. H. Cosset, Divisional Signal Service; 24/594 S.M C E. Taylor, N.Z. Rifle Brigade; 7/614 Sergeant Basset, Canterbury Mounted Rifles; 7/437 Sergeant P. G. Doherty, Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Following are the names of candidates who passed and the marks they obtained at the special examination for first appointment to commissions hold at Feathcrston in September, October, and November last: —

18th Infantry: C.S.M. T. W. Warwick 945, Sergeant E. R. Bloomfield 1054, C.S.M. R. B. Spiers 998, Sergeant F. J. Cox 1171. Serjeant R. I). Fitch 1113. Sergeant E. P. Kelly 1066, Sergeant F. Kingsford 1176. Serjeant J. 1,. Bennett 943, Sergeant D. J. Willis 1161, C.S.M. G. R. Buttle (Specialist Company) 1090. 19th Infantry: Sergeant H. R. Rodwell 1095, Sergeant W. H. Stevenson 1070, Serjeant J. C. Nicholson 1203. Sergeant W. K. Fowler 1060, Sergeant A. F. T. Munro 1060, Sergeant T. H. Noble-Beasley 1240. Serjeant E. G. Ellis 1059. Sergeant R. P. Worlev 1303. Sergeant L. W. T. Grace 952. Corporal N. R. W. Thomas 1125, Sergeant R. E. Taylor 1124, Sergeant J. Armstead 1120, Sergeant F. J. Fisher 1200, Sergeant F. W. Parrv 1156, Sergeant H. M'K. Douglas 1130.' Sergeant W. D. Cleland 1133, C.S.M. G B. Brunton 895, Sergeant S. G. Prehblo 1020. C.S.M. E. A. Craig 922. Sergeant G. H. Henderson 975. C.S.M. A. P. Sands 964, Sergeant C. R. Cameron 1011, Sergeant F. J. Baker 1062. 20th Infantry: Sergeant H. G. Carruth 1098. Sergeant W. T. Deavall 995. Serjeant J. G. Harcourt 1180, Serjeant E. Clarke 1102. Sergeant E. S. Smith 1117. A.S.M. A. D. Jack 1147, Sergeant D. G. Cody 1135, Sergeant S. M. Salterthwaite 1112, Sergeant L. J. Nutting 1111, Sergeant J. C. M'G. Nutt 1057. The maximum number of marks obtainable in each examination was 1800, and the number required to pass 900.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF TWENTY-FIRST. The following non-commissioned officers of tho 21st Reinforcements have been granted commissions as second lieutenants, and will be posted to subsequent reinforcements: —Sergeant W. C Mackay; A Comany; Sergeant R. P. Towle, A C'omany; Sergeant F. W. F. Fagan, A Company; Company Sergeant-major C. K. Grierson, F Company; Company Sergeant-major N. G. Sutherland, B Company; Sergeant T. E. Brown, C Company; Sergeant 11. R. Domigan, D Company; Sergeant W. T. Findlay, E Company; Sergeant D. W, Russelli G Company; So/rgeant H. G. Johnston, A Company.