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(b) Staff College, Camberley. Major W. G. Stevens, R.N.Z.A., graduated at the end of 1927, and Captain K. L. Stewart, M.8.E., N.Z.S.C., joined the College in January of this year. For some years two officers per annum were sent to the Staff College, but the number has now been reduced to one per annum, which is the minimum necessary to maintain the supply of trained Staff officers. (c) Courses. Captain S. F. Allen, N.Z.S.C., proceeded to England to undergo a course with the "Royal Corps of Signals. (d) Officers on Exchange. Six New Zealand officers are now doing duty with British regiments in India, in exchange for six officers of the British Army in India now serving in New Zealand. These officers areMajor A. S. Hooper .. .. .. .. . . Wiltshire Regiment. Now Area Officer at Timaru. Captain A. Le G. Campbell .. .. .. .. Highland Light Infantry. Now Area Officer at Wellington. Captain G. Mcl. S. Bruce .. .. .. .. Lincolnshire Regiment. Now Assistant Area Officer at Wellington. Lieutenant (local Captain) S. Gibbons .. .. .. Durham Light Infantry. Area Officer at Palmerston North and Adjutant Manawatu Mounted Rifles. Lieutenant (local Captain) G. H. Dykes .. .. Lancashire Fusiliers. Area Officer at New Plymouth and Adjutant Taranaki Regiment. Lieutenant (local Captain) E. L. Heywood .. .. Middlesex Regiment (D.C.0.) Area Officer at Blenheim and Adjutant Nelson and Marlborough Mounted Rifles. New Zealand officers in India are — Captain j. A. M. Clachan, N.Z.S.C., now with the Wiltshire Regiment. Captain G. M. McCaskill, N.Z.S.C., now with the Lincolnshire Regiment. Captain D. T. Maxwell, N.Z.S.C., now with the Durham Light Infnatry. Captain L. W. Andrews, Y.C., N.Z.S.C., now with the Highland Light Infantry. Captain A. W. Greville, N.Z.S.C., now with the Lancashire Fusiliers. Captain A. H. L. Sugden, N.Z.S.C., now with the Middlesex Regiment. (e) Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. It is the practice to send to this College cadets between eighteen and nineteen years of age to fill normal vacancies in the Royal N.Z. Artillery. At the end of 1927 Cadet Weir graduated at this College, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, R.N.Z.A., and attached to an Artillery unit in England for further training. This officer will return to New Zealand before Christmas, and it has not been necessary to send a Cadet to join the College this year. (f) Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Replacements of normal casualties in the N.Z. Staff Corps are made from New Zealand Cadets who have graduated from the above College. In December, 1927, Cadets Shuttleworth and Heal graduated and were commissioned 2nd Lieutenants, N.Z.S.C., and attached to British Infantry regiments for a year's further training, They will return to New Zealand this year. Cadets Page and Wooller joined the College in January, 1927, and the reports received show that both are fully up to the standard of the boys of their own age from all parts of the British Isles. Cadet Page headed his class during the first term, and was third in the second term. Two other Cadets—Queree and Davis—joined the College in January of this year. (g) Retirements, &c. Colonel (temp. Col.-Commandant) C. G. Powles, C.M.G., D.5.0., A.D.C. to the King, N.Z.S.C. ; Captain E. H. Sawle, N.Z.A.O.C. ; and Captain J. F. Rockst.row, R. of 0., attached to the General Staff, were retired on superannuation. Captain S. V. Trask, N.Z.A.P.C., died. Major P. H. Bell, D.5.0., N.Z.S.C., Lieutenant J. W. Barry, N.Z.S.C., and Lieutenant A. J. Moore, N.Z.S.C. were seconded to the Samoa Military Police. Captain Villar, South Wales Borderers, and Lieutenant (local Captain) Dillon. R.A., both on exchange in New Zealand, returned to India. (h) First Commissions. The following have been commissioned :— Lieutenant F. Mcintosh, M.C., N.Z.S.C., from warrant officer, N.Z.P.S. Lieutenant J. P. Joyce, D.C.M., R.N.Z.A., from warrant officer, R.N.Z.A. Lieutenant R. J. Eyre, N.Z.S.C., from sergeant, R.N.Z.A. 2nd Lieutenant C. E. Weir, R.N.Z.A., from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. 2nd Lieutenant C. Shuttleworth, N.Z.S.C., from Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Heal, N.Z.S.C., from the Royal Military College. 2nd Lieutenant H. C. Wilson, M.M., N.Z.A.P.C., from warrant officer, N.Z.A.P.C.

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