MILITARY FORCES

Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 36, 16 August 1940, Page 6

MILITARY FORCES

Appointments Of Officers Appointments in the’ New Zealand Military Forces announced in the Gazette issued 'recently include the following: — Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. W. O’Sullivan. N.Z. Permanent Staff-, hast relinquished the appointment -of assistant camp quartermaster, mobilization camp, Trentham, and been appointed general staff officer', 3rd grade,, army headquarters. Wellington. • Major T. A. 11. Oliphant, M.C., has relinquished the appointment of second in command, Training Battalion, mobilization camp. Papakura, and. has been- appointed camp commandant, mobilization camp,. Ngaruawahia. ' Captain Albert Arthur ' Luckham; C.8.E., has been' appointed assistant adjutant, - mobilization camp, Papa kura. . ! Lieut. D. W. Earle has relinquished the appointment of. dental officer, mobilization camp. Trentham, and is attached to.-the ..Royal N.Z. Air < Force Station. Ohakea. Major A. L. George, Ist Battalion, Wellington’ Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), is to.have the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel while holding' the appointment of officer. commanding,' Ist Battalion.

A colonel of the old school was addressing two guilty-looking privates, whose clothes were torn and ragged. “Look here, you fellows,” he exclaimed, “I’ll have you know that I simply won’t tolerate fighting in my regiment!”' ***** The regimental wit looked down .at the tiny carrot which have been included in his portion of boiled beef. “What’s this?’ ’he asked. “The thin edge of the veg., I presume.”