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APPENDIX A. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, ETC. 1, Principal Appointments made during the Year. (a.) Field-Marsha] His Royal Highness Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, E.G., K.T., X.P.. G. 0.8., G.C.5.1., C.C.M.G., G.C./.E., G.C.V.0., to be Colonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). New Zealand Staff Corps — Brigadier-General Sir Alfred William Robin, K.C.M.G., C.H., t.d., to be Major-General. Neii) Zealand Expeditionary Force — Colonel (temp. Major-General) Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, K.C.M.G-, A.D.C., to be MajorGeneral. Colonel Edward Walter Chaytor, G. 8., C.M.G., t.d., to be temporary Brigadier-General. Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Colonel) Charles Henry Jeffries Brown, D.5.0., to be temporary Brigadier-General. Lieut .-Colonel Herbert Hart, D.5.0., to be temporary Brigadier-General. (/>.) Staff at Headquarters. Deputy Officer in Charge of Administration. —Colonel James Jacob Esson, G.M.G., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, returned from active service for home duties, to be Deputy Officer in Charge of Administration, attached to Headquarters Staff, and graded as Deputy Quarter-master-General while so employed. Director of Organization. —Captain (temp. Major) Charles Eric Andrews, New Zealand Staff Corps, returned from active service for home duties, to be Director of Organization. Director of Personal Services. —Major James Osburne-hilly, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment, to be Director of Personal Services. Director of Recruiting. —Captain (temp.) David Cecil Wallace Cossgrove, New Zealand Permanent Staff, to be Director of Recruiting. Director of Movements and Quartering. —Captain (temp. Major) Henry Charles Nutsford, New Zealand Staff Corps, returned from active service for home duties, to be Director of Movements and Quartering, vice Major W. L. Robinson, N.Z.S.C, proceeding on active service. Director of Supplies and Transport. —Captain (temp. Major) Francis Edward Ostler, Army Service Corps, to be Director of Supplies and Transport, vice Captain (temp. Major) H. H. Wright, A.S.C, proceeding on active service. Director of Dented Services. —Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) John Norman Rishworth to be Director of Dental Services (temp.). (''•) Officers of the Imperial Forces, New Zealand Staff Corps, and Royal New Zealand Artillery who have proceeded on Active Service since Last Report. Lieut.-Colonel H. E. Pilkington, Major W. L, Robinson, Major J. E. Barton, Major W. H. Meddings, Major W. C. Finnis, Captain E. C. Dovey, Captain (temp. Major) H. H. Wright, ■Captain C, W. Braddell, Captain S. C. P. Nicholls, Captain P. W. Skelley, Captain It. N. .1 Eraser, Lieutenant L. Potter, Lieutenant F. V. Brown, R.N.Z.A. General Staff Officer (Canterbury) Captain (temp. Major) W. C. Morrison, N.Z. Staff Corps, returned from active service for home duties, to be General Staff Officer, Canterbury Military District, vice Captain (temp. Major) W. C. Finnis, N.Z. Staff Corps, proceeding on active service. (d.) New Appointments. The operation of the Military Service Act has necessitated the undermentioned appointments, which are unique in the history of the New Zealand Military Forces : — (a.) Military Representatives to Military Service Boards. (b.) Attesting Officers to District Medical Boards. (c.) Medical Officers as members of Special District Medical Boards. (d.) Dental Officers attached to Special District Medical Boards. (''.) Officers attached to the Staff of the Director of Recruiting at Headquarters. 2. Appointments, Promotions, etc., of Territorial Officers. The following table gives a summary of all appointments, &c, in the New Zealand Territorial Forces from the Ist May, 1916, to the 2nd April, 1917 :— First appointments ... ... ... ... ... ... 374 Temporary appointments ... ... ... ... ... ... 153 Appointments confirmed ... ... ... ... ... ... 135 Promotions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 399 Resignations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 To Reserve of Officers ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 •To Retired List ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 48 To Unattached List (a) ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 To Unattached list (b) ... ... ... ... ... ... 553 With Expeditionary Force ... ... ... ... ... ... 352 Commissions cancelled ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Deaths on home service ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Deaths on active service ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 Struck off strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force ... ... 11l