THE DEFENCE FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 487, 21 April 1909, Page 8

THE DEFENCE FORCES.

CENERAL ORDERS! In General Orders by tho Now ; Zealand Council of Defence, tho official results of tho examinations for promotion of officers of tho Permanent Stall', and of tho Permanent Force, aro announced. These have already \ been published in Tire Dominion. •In a note appended to tho results, ' it is remarked: "Taken generally, and considering tho limited opportunities for practical work in the field, tho result may well bq considered satisfactory. "It is expected that officers who pass such examinations will uso and pass on the ktiowledgo they have gained whilo studying for and undergoing tho examination; it cannot but provo of value and assistance to other officers in .tho district. A general criticism on tho papers will be sent to officers commanding districts as a guide for other officers coming forward for similar examinations;"

An examination in subjects "C," "D," "E," and "I I'," for officers of tho Permanent Staff and Permanent Force, will be hold during the months of May and November respectively. Candidates for examination to apply through : their . commanding officers. The subject "Military History" • will bo taken. History will bo taken' from "Stonewall Jackson," by Colonel Henderson, vol. 1, for special campaign, both volumes, for general -Candidates are advised to also study the book "Small Wars, their Principles, and Practice," third edition, 1906, by Colonel C. E. Callwell.

Staff Instructors, Engineer Services: Staff-Sergeants-Major H. F. Moiklo (Auckland),. W. Colbert (Otago), J. N. Grover (Canterbury), and W. J. Browning (Wellington), of tho Royal New Zealand Artillery, have''been appointed, 1 on probation, staff-iiistructors for engineer services in their respective .districts. / The .following appointments appear:— Acting-captains: Lieutenant' John Potter, Auckland''Mounted Rifle Volunteers; Henry Neave, Ellqsmqrb Mounted Riflo Volunteers; Joseph Henry Cronin, Woodvillo Rifle Volunteers;' James''Hunter Inglis, • Clutha Rifle Volunteers'. .

Acting-lieutenants.—Charles Alfred Turner, s No.; 2Squa'dhjn, /Waikato Mounted Rifles-; . William' -Thomas, 1 No. 2 Company ,(Auckland^, N.Z.' Garrison ,'Artallery.Ernest 'Albert .Reirdon, .No:' 4- Company, .NiZ. En-, gineers.;. Jack .Chappie, No. 5. Company; N.Z. .•Engineers ;'Alexander Peter M!Kay,,Scottish' Horso .'Mounted■ .•■'Rifles ;[• Richard'"'Walter Johns, Pukekohe Mounted Rifles; Francis Shaw Hood, Masterton Mounted Rifles; David ' Bruce, No., 1- Squadron, ; WaikatoMounted Rifles; Henry Hawthorne, Civil Service Rifles (Wellington); Walter Harold Fletcher, -Taranaki Rifles; William Douglas Little jo lin, No. 1 Company, Oliinemuri Rifles; William Holderness (on re-election), Christ's Collego Rifles;. Hugh Townshend Boscawen (on re-election); Franklin Mounted 'Rifles; Ernest Horace Porrett (Pay and Quartermaster), Ist Regiment, Wellington Mounted Rifles; Charles Pops Cowley (Pay and Quartermaster), . 2nd Regiment, 'Auckland Mounted Rifles; Robert Henry Davis, Ashburton Rifles.

Resignation.—Acting-Lieutenant D. J. Fleming, Huramua Mounted Rifles. cancelled.—Acting-Lieutenant H. I. Boscairen, Franklin Rifles. Passed for Major.—Captain Wilson Came-ron-Morrison, Hawera Mounted Rifles; Captaan William Robert Cooper- Walker, No. 3 Squadron, Waikato Mounted Rifles. The services • of tlie Auckland Highland Rifle Volunteers have been acocpted. ! ,; N.Z., Medical :Corps.—The appointment of Major Alfred George Talbot, M;B.j New Zealand Medical Corps, as principal medical officer for the. Canterbury-Military District, during the absence on 1 -leave, .of LieutenantColonel Geoffrey Clayton, principal medical .offioer, New • Zealand: Medical Corps, is approved. ■ ■ I .-'N.z:. Veterinary; Corps.—The, appointment of Major Charles Jesse Sanderson :as principal veterinary officer for tho Auckland Military District (vice Major, ■ LyonSj..' re. signed),, is a-pproved: Captain Han-y Avery. Reid; in addition to his veterinary duties, is as staff officer to the t)irector-Gen-eral' of Veterinary Services; the' appointment of Major Alexander Reid Young as principal ■veterinary officer for the Wellington Military District (vice Lieutenant Reakes, promoted); is approved; In accordance with the recommendations embodied in the annua] report of ihe New' Zealand Council of Defence last year, the Minister for' Defence'' lias approved of the establishment of District Promotion' Boards to deal with the promotions' of officers above the rank of-captain, such boards to consist of the Inspector-General of,.the "New Zealand Forces, the officer commanding'the district, and the senior combatant officer of the arm of tho service to which the'officer Who?© promotion is under consideration belongs.