GENERAL ORDERS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 505, 12 May 1909, Page 4

GENERAL ORDERS

! BY THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE. The resignations have ": been accepted of Lieut.-Col. C.-G. F. Morice, 2nd Batt, Nelson Infantry Volunteers tto active list, unattached); 'Lieut. A. Hewson, No. 4 Company New Zealand Engineers (to active list); Lieut. W. H. Boyes, Takaka Mounted Rifles (to active list);.Lieut. J. A. Northcote, Amuri Mounted Hides (to active list); Capt. Geo. Mitchell, Clutha Rifles (to adjutant 4th Batt., Otngo r.itie Volunteers); Acting-Captain T. P. Wills, Pahiatua Mounted Rilles. •-.-■■'■ ..•■•;- ■•:... ■ Lieut. P. J. Ovcrton is promoted to be captain of • the Amuri Mounted Rifles. ■ Promotions: Tho following promotions have been approved:— ■■'■•'' George Mitchell appointed captain (adjutant) to 4th Battalion, Otago Mounted Rifle Volunteers. ■-. " : • ■ ;'■ '■■ Robert Haldaue Makgill appointed captain to New Zealand Medical Corps. • i Charles Dick appointed lieutenant to Fending Mounted Rifle Volunteers. 'Major James Chicago Maofnrlano appointed acting-lieutenant-colonerto 2nd Battalion, Nelson Infantry. Volunteers. '■■'■; ■.-'■ . Captain William Meldrum appointed aotmgmnjor to 3rd Regiment (Wellington), Mounted Rifle Volunteers. . 'Philip John Ellis appointed actinf-lieutcnaut to No. 3 Company (Wellington Division), New Zealnnd Garrison Artillery Volunteers. 'Duncan Buchanan M'Donald, appointed act-ing-lieutenalit to Wairoa" Mounted Rifle Volunteers. ■ . '■■•'' • • William Kerr appointed acting-lieutenant to Maniototo Mounted Riflo Volunteers. : Lieutenant William , Ernest Christie appointed acting-captain (pay and quartermaster) to Ist Regiment, Otago Mounted Riflo Volunteers. Lieutenant Edwin. Taylor Chapman, appointed acting-captain to Temuka Rifle Volunteers. : ■ ■:■-.- . '■ ■■",'■ .'•■ -■'. '■ ■'■ ; John . Daly appointed acting-lieutenant to Hastings Rifle Volunteers. . . '-..'.. v> 'Rawdon St. John Beere appointed actinglieutonant to Wellington City Rifle Volunteers. James Bolton appointed 'acting-lieu-tenant toWellington Post and Telegraoh Rifle Volunteers. ..-..••.;.. Lieutenant John Robert Garden appointed acting-captain to Popotunoa Rifle Volunteers. ',;Arthur Harry Charlton appointed, actinglieutenant Popotunoa Rifle Volunteers.. '.-'•- Alfred Frank Boys ■ appointed acting-captain (re-elected) to Timaru City Rifle Volunteers. , Evan: M'Lennan appointed actihe-lientenant (re-elected) to Wairaakariri Mounted ■EifioVol-' n'nteersl •■•'■■.'. '•■'■. : ■. ■ ■■...-" " 'Disbanded: ; The .Waitaki Mounted Rifles (Oama'ru) hare been disbanded as from March ,17.-'. ■■-...■:■ .■•-.•:■ • '..-;■ '..'■■ .; • '■" . ■.- ■■

'■■ Long: Service Medals: The Colonial Auxiliary Forces long Service Medals have been awarded to the undermentioned:—lnvercargill City Guards Rifle Volunteers, Captain John Flaus; No. 1 Company,: Canterbury Division, New Zealand Garrison; Artillery Volunteers, Quar-terinaster-Sorgeant • George John Sowden, Gunner Joseph Graham. - ;■-■•" Defence Cadets: The '• disbandment. of the Invercargill Eiflo Cadet Volunteers has been approved. 'The appointments of the undermentioned acting-officers are-' approved :—C. ■ Company, Invercargill Boys' High School Bifle Cadet. Volunteers, William Fritz James Munro, to bo acting-captain; Gisborne Rifle Cadet Volunteers, Adolphus Jacob Zachariah, .to be acting-captain. . •"■' '•■:. : . . : ■--.!' '• Miscellaneous: According .to a new regulation the divisional staff (New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers) shall consist of one lieut.colonel, one major, one adjutant,' one pay and quartermaster, two hon.. chaplains, one divisional sergt.-major, one divisional quarter-master-sergt., and one orderly-room: Clerk. A company establishment; is set down :as one major or captain, fivo subalterns, one company sergt.-major,- one company quartermaster-sergt., six sergeants, six corporals,'.six...bombardiers, four trumpeters, and 127 gunners. ... . ■ The several companies of the regiment of Ne,w - Zealand Garrison Artillery .-.Volunteers, in Auckland,-•Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago shall be formed:into divisions, and'be;styled the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, ■' and Otngo Divisions of. Garrison 'Artillery Volunteers. The- several companies . shall" be numbered in order of seniority in the. division to which they belong. This establishment;provides for an'electric-light section, which'will be formed in each company of Garrison Artillery Volunteers where necessary, and.i7ilr ; cpn.T Eist of one lieutenant, one sergeant; one. corporal, two bombardiers, and six gunners, to'be employed as electricians and engine-drivers.:'' In no case shalli'an : officer be' promoted :to! the : f ank of!major until-he has at least seven years: commissioned service. '••..■■,•,-i, It is notified for general information that No. 1 Company, Auckland' Division, New Zealand Garrison-, Artillery Volunteers, has been successful ■ in';.■ winning . the'.'. "Hudson Cup' for Q.F. shbdting 'for-fhe.current year.-;- .. . Empiro Day. Challenge Cup;;.With;re£erence to G.O. No. 71 of-March 6, 1909, re tho challenge cup, etc., presented by Lioutennnt-Colo-nel Schumacher for competition on Empiro Day, the following'amendment, to the.conditions his'.been leceive'd, and:is circulated for general information:—Tp be shot for on Empire Day, or on the Saturday next' preceding Empire,day. , -'The following amendment will bo made on page" two of the conditions governing tho competition, copies of which have been issued to all concerned:-Pull of tiigger: After "not less than 51b." add "except in-the case of the' Canadian Eoss rifle, of! which the pull-, off is to be not less than 41b." . •■.'