OFFICERS' KIT.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14160, 26 April 1916, Page 7

OFFICERS' KIT.

EXTRAVAGANCE DISCOURAGED

The Hon. Colonel J. Allen, Minister of i)efcnee. in : reply to a deputation winch waited on him at Wellington the other day, road over a list of necessary articles for an, officer's kit, which hacbeen carefully prepared and checked by Staff officers, and by Imperial officers who .had just come from the front, ami by .them-declared, to bo-sufficient. He read tho following approved hit: —

DISCOUNTED OFFICER'S FIELD KIT.

Boots, ankle, pairs 2, £3; braces, pairs, 1, Is 6d; belt, waist, 5.8., 1, £1 sh; blankets, singlet., 3, £L os: badges,, stars for great-coat, 3 pairs! 3s; breeches, knieker or pantaloons! 1 pair, 17s 6d; cap, forage, 1, 6\s 6d ■ cardigan jacket, 1, 10s Cd;~Jield service pocket book, 1, Is 3d ; great-coat, 1. £l 2 10s Gd; hat and puguroe, 1, 10s; haversack, 1, Is 6d; housewife, 1, .6(1; jackets, service dress, 2, £4 10s; knife clasp, 1, Is 6d; mess tin and cover, 1, ■ 4s 6d; puttees, pairs 2. 12a ; shoes, pair,!, 7s 6d; socks, pairs, 3, 4s 6d ; iga'us, 2, 2s 6d ; troiu-.vrs, khaki, pair. i, **■, -X} : ties, khaki, 2. 8s- fru.nk, tin', for base, 1, £1 15s ; imclevclofhing, suitsi -J, £i. 4s; valise, 1, £1 15s; whistle ana '".'•(I. l s Is 6d : wuter bottJe and strap, !, -i-s Gd; amipa-ss, magnetic, J :C1 2s Gd. Total, £23 18s 3d. MOUNTED OFKICEIt'S FIELD KIT. Same as above, plus leggings. £1 os: spurs-, 7s Gd; total, £25 10s 9d. Less puttees, 12s. Total £24 18s ik\. Kinoculars in case t to be drawn from ordnance, £5 10s; pistoLs in c;ise, Wgvpt, if not gifted in New Zealand, £4 ).os. Saddlery for officer-; who require to be mounted issued free in New Zealand as equipment. Swords not being taiken to the front noon! not be purchased, but wOl be issued to cineor.s during their training in cinnp, £2 2s. \ny ofFicc-.s at present in camp who have 'jiureimsecl rwords can return them to stores, when refund, will bo made. TAJLOII-MADE UNJFOE.?.JS. The Government, said Mr Allen, nl-io-aed £2o to every officer, so that if he' cf..-rvfl h.o could have a few shi!iin;;-.s for extntx. An officer could got- all or am :>frt of i.is oquipment fron: the Defence Stores for the prices quoted. If an ofii- (■<•]• v/anted tailor-made uniforms, there v.Vis not the slightest objc'Ction io lii« obi.'tiniiH:; them, but the Government was not prepared to p.iy lor them.— %M>ominion."