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THE TERRITORIALS.

DOMINION STAFF TOUR. (special to "the tress.") AUCKLAND, January 28. A great number of officers eonnecte with the Dominion Defence Staff tot are now assembled at Cambridge, tl composition of the forces being i under:— Dircctor-m-Chief, General A, » Godley, C.8., Commanding New Zes land Forces; assistant military secr< tary, Captain T. E. Estcourt, 2n Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys); aid< de-camp, 2nd Lieut. A. T. G. Rhode! Grenadier Guards (special service) Staff-Colonel E. S. Heard, 1.G.5., Co ■ onel J. R. Purdy, N.Z.G.M., Lieut Colonel J. K. Cochrane, 1.G.5., Captai F. Hudson, N.Z.S.C. The forces are divided, the red one being the supposed enemy, and th bluo the- defending forces. Th enemy are commanded, by Colonel A Bauchop, C.M.G., and the defender are under the command of Golonc Logan, A.D.C. Colonel A. W. Robin C.8., C.M.G., T.D., N.Z.S.C, is th director of the red force, and Colone E. TV. C. Chaytor, T.D., N.Z.S.C directs the blue. Both of them hay four assistant officers to help them. WHAT A STAFF TOUR, MEANS A staff tour is an exorcise on th ground without i)ioops. To ensur that the instructions given are practi cal and interesting, it is importan that the problems considered 6houl< bo such as would have to bo deal , with in war by the unit or formatiqi to which the officers taking part ii the exercise belong. In this case there are two opponents, red, the in vader of New Zealand, and blue, thi defender. The various formations o the forces on either eide are reprc sented by an officer. The commandei P of either side, in the information sup ft plied to him by the directing staff ¥ which is considered to be approximate > to what ho would know of his oppon ent in war, decides on a certain coarse of action, and moves his troop* accordingly. The operations are allowed to run their course without interruption, and the various problems to arise naturally form the development of the scheme. Commanders and staff take all the action they would take in war without any instruction from the directing statt. Administrative problems, such as how the troops are supplied, are duly considered each day. The offiJ eers go out at 5.30 a.m. to the 4 ground which the troops they comb mand would havo to actually traverse 4 TJ Kal 2 vith the Problems that confront them from time to time A . return _is made at 3 p.m., when further information is given to each commander as to the movements of his opponent. Orders are then issued for moves for the following day h* *hi h S« Te n«>? a conference "is held I-t ? ,r ector-'n-Chicf. at 8n m it which a ll the officers representing''one the wort PI T?? t - J At this conference SLj °/ the day is discussed. A second conference for tho other side £5f At 9 , P ' m - betwcoa *"© two : 5532&; %»? gi ™ on «" i A SUPPOSITITIOUS WAR ' «c Last . - nisht the lecture was . "S"PPIy in the Field," by Captain , Robinson, of the Army Service Corps" Wn*? £1 r f c , e , nt, y "rived from England The following will give a genetS«i, -i° f Vh *} ls Btt PP<«ed to have I CaMed thG inVaSiOQ +h Th& J? p *? oeiti ? n m. of Oreafc B "tain to the .partition of Turkey, subsequent to the Balkan war led to strained relations amongst the Powers' of Europe, which finally brought about a declaration of war against Great Britain by one of tho leading powers (green). In this war Great Britain has tho support of another power (white). Tho results of the first naval collision were negative, and green, in order to take full advantage of Groat Britain's embarrassed position, encouraged an Eastern power (red) to embark on a policy of expansion at the expense of the "British possessions in the Southern Pacific. With the active support of green, red defeated the British fleet on the China station. Red then fitted out an oversea expeditionary force, consisting of about one division. This force left Hedlond on January 6th. Australia and New Zealand, fearing an attack, ordered the mobilisation of their land forces on January 4th. Tho expeditionary force of red is supposed to have arrived in the Forth of ThameS on the 22nd of this month, it consisting of about thirty transports, and it commenced to diserilbark troops. At that time the troops of tho Auckland district were concentrated at Hamilton, and those of the Wellington district at Palmerston North. On the receipt of the news that the enemy was disembarking, the troops at .Palmerston were ordered north to Cambridge, as were also the Auckland trcSps. The Mounted Rifle Brigade of the latter were supported by a brigade of infantry and a brigade of artillery, and they were sent forward to Morrinsville to get in touch with the enemy and cover the concentration of the" troops at ■Cambridge. Between the 22n"d and 26th of, tlie month the Auckland •Mounted Rifle Brigade came into contact with the enemy in the neighbourhood of Paeroa. but the home forces were gradually forced back, and on the evening of the 26th both sides were in contact at Waihou, on the banks of the stream there, and that is where and. when the supposed war commenced. It is probable that an neroolane will be introduced in this staff ride, and due consideration will be given to the amount of information they would bo likely to obtain.

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Press, Volume L, Issue 14887, 29 January 1914, Page 5

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THE TERRITORIALS. Press, Volume L, Issue 14887, 29 January 1914, Page 5

THE TERRITORIALS. Press, Volume L, Issue 14887, 29 January 1914, Page 5

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