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Major L. Potter, N.Z.S.C., relinquished the appointments of S.O.R.D. 6, Palmerston North, and Brigade Major, 2nd Mounted Rifles Brigade, on the 4th November, 1934, and was appointed S.O.R.D. 4, Hamilton, and Brigade Major, Ist Mounted Rifles BrigadeMajor H. D. McHugh, M.C., N.Z.S.C., relinquished the appointment of Staff Officer in Charge No. 12 Regimental District, Invercargill, on the 31st July, 1934, and was appointed Staff Officer in Charge No. 1 Regimental District and Brigade Major, Ist Infantry Brigade, Auckland. Major C. T. Gillespie, M.C., R.N.Z.A., relinquished the appointment of Brigade Major, Ist Mounted Rifles Brigade, on the 4th November, 1934. Major K. L. Stewart, 0.8. E., N.Z.S.C., having returned to the Dominion on the 19th December, 1934, after completing a tour of duty with the Ceylon Defence Force was appointed S.O.R.D. 11, Dunedin, and Brigade Major, 3rd Mounted Rifles Brigade, on 7th May, 1935. Captain M. A. Stedman, M.C., N.Z.S.C., relinquished the appointment of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Southern Command, on 6th May, 1935, and was appointed S.O.R.D. 10, Christchurch, and Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade. Captain A. J. Edney, Royal Engineers, arrived in New Zealand on the 2nd January, 1935, on loan from the British Army, and has been attached to the General Staff at General Headquarters for engineering duties. Captain Edney has been granted the local rank of Major for the period of his tour of duty in New Zealand. The following Warrant Officers were appointed to Commissions in the N.Z.S.C. as from the Ist December, 1934 : — Lieutenant J. H. Sharp. Lieutenant K. N. Todd. Lieutenant W. H. Alexander. Lieutenant J. Vincent, D.C.M., M.M. Lieutenant G. H. Macan. Lieutenant A. R. Cockerell, D.S.O. Lieutenant F. M. Jenkins, D.C.M. Flying Officer C. C. C. Manson, R.N.Z.A.F., was appointed Equipment Officer, Wigram Aerodrome, on the 14th March, 1935. Notwithstanding the new commissions granted, the shortage of officers is still acute, and further measures are necessary to remedy this as soon as financial conditions permit. (h) Military Education. Flight Lieutenant A. deT. Nevill, B.Sc., A.M.I.Ae.E., Royal New Zealand Air Force, proceeded to England on the 22nd June, 1934, to attend the Air Staff College, Andover, to act as Liaison Officer at the Air Ministry and to undergo a special course. Captain W. G. Gentry, N.Z.S.C., proceeded to England on the 24th July, 1934, to undergo a series of courses in Military Engineering. Captain D. T. Maxwell, N.Z.S.C., left for England on the 6th December, 1934, to undergo a course at the Staff College, Camberley. New Zealand is still the only Dominion not represented at the Imperial Defence College, but it is hoped that financial provision may be made for this purpose next year. Seven cadets were entered at the Royal Military Australia for commissions on graduation to the New Zealand regular forces. (c) Liaison with Australia. The system of interchange of officers during the camp training period of both the Commonwealth and the Dominion, instituted at the suggestion of the Commonwealth Government in 1934, was again effected during the year under review. Under this arrangement Captain J. E. Barrett, p.s.c., Australian Staff Corps, visited the camps of various units throughout New Zealand from 26th February, 1935, to 13th May, 1935, and Major L. G. Goss, p.s.c., New Zealand Staff Corps, undertook similar duty in Australia from 22nd February, 1935, to 24th Mav, 1935. This principle has been further extended at the invitation of the Commonwealth Government by the appointment of an officer of the New Zealand Staff Corps as an Instructor at the Royal Military College of Australia. (d) Casualties. Four " other ranks " of the Permanent Forces resigned during the year ; eighteen were discharged for other reasons. 2. TERRITORIAL FORCE. (a) Commands and Staff. Colonel J. L. Frazerhurst, v.d., M.A., M.D., F.R.1.P.H., N.Z.M.C., relinquished the appointment of Director of Medical Services on the 30th November, 1934. Colonel F. T. Bowerbank, 0.8. E., E.D., M.D., F.R.C.P., N.Z.M.C., relinquished the appointment of A.D.M.S., Central Command, and was appointed Director of Medical Services on the Ist December, 1934.

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