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APPENDIX II.—SUMMARY OF WEAPON TRAINING. Territorial Force and Cadets. Rifle Course.

APPENDIX III.—NUMBERS PRESENT AT ANNUAL TRAINING CAMPS HELD DURING TRAINING-YEAR ENDED 31st MAY, 1927.

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Territorial Force. Cadets. Number Percentage to w llm ber Percentage to iNumoer. Strength. JN umber. Strength. Strength on 31st May, 1927, of units 15,645 .. 34,232 required to fire Number who fired full course .. 12,727 81 31,761 93 Number who fired part course . . 633 4 512 1 Number who did not fire .. 2,285 15 1,959 6 Number who qualified .. .. 11,938 76 31,083 91 Number who did not qualify .. 3,707 24 3,149 9 Territorial Force. Vickers Gun Course. Light Automatic Course. Number fully exercised .. .. .. .. j 744 1,306 Number partly exercised . . . . . . .. I 418 1,855

Strength of Units. Attended Camp. g> g Name of Unit. ; a "o 0fficers - Ranks. I Total - Ranks. T °*«" | | ; ; I 1 2 s N.Z. Mounted Rifles. 1st N.Z. Mounted Rifles (C.Y.C.) .. .. 23 407 430 15 415 430 100 2nd N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Q.A.W.W.C.) .. 20 374 394 15 277 292 74 3rd N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Auckland) .. 18 288 306 12 277 289- 94 4th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Waikato) .. 17 317 334 13 297 310 92 5th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (O.H.) .. .. 29 314 343 29 314 343 100 6th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Manawatu) .. 17 441 458 15 398 413 90 7th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (W.E.C.) .. 16 397 413 19 361 380 92 8th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Nelson) .. 24 417 441 27 357 384 93 9th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (North Auckland).. 15 260 275 22 253 275 100 Totals . .. .. 179 3,215 3,394 167 2,949 3,116 92 N.Z. Artillery. 1st Field Battery, N.Z.A. . . .. 6 158 164 4 144 148 90 2nd Field Battery, N.Z. A. .. .. 7 134 141 7 123 130 92 3rd Field Battery, N.Z.A. . . .. 8 235 243 5 191 196 81 4th Field Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) .. 7 217 224 5 182 187 83 5th Field Battery, N.Z.A. . . .. 10 179 189 9 175 184 97 6th Field Battery, N.Z.A. .. .. 5 158 163 4 141 145 89 7th Field Battery, N.Z.A. . . . . 6 157 163 8 152 160 98 8th Field Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) .. 6 149 155 4 113 117 75 9th Field Battery, N.Z.A. .. .. 12 157 169 12 157 169, 100 10th Field Battery, N.Z.A. . . . . 15 169 184 15 169 184 . 100 11th Field Battery, N.Z.A. .. .. 8 129 137 9 111 120 87 12th Field Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) . . 5 182 187 8 178 186 : 100 13th Coast Battery, N.Z.A. .. .. 8 245 253 11 171 182 1 72 14th Medium Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) .. 3 174 177 6 150 156 I 88 15th Coast Battery, N.Z.A. .. .. 11 156 167 11 156 167! 100 16th Pack Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) . . 16 128 | 144 16 128 144 j 100 T7th Medium Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) . . 6 214 220 6 138 144 66 18th Medium Battery, N.Z.A. (How.) .. 6 221 ! 227 5 216 221 97 19th Medium Battery, N.Z.A. .. .. 13 176 ! 189 13 176 189 100 20th Pack Battery, N.Z.A. . . . . 6 115 121 3 101 104 86 21st Field Battery, N.Z.A. . . .. 1 127 128 1 117 118 92 Totals .. .. .. 165 3,580 j 3,745 162 3,189 j 3,351 89