THE DEFENCE FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 15

THE DEFENCE FORCES.

GENERAL ORDERS. F "General Orders by the New Zealand Council -of Defence include the following an--1 hounceraents: — • General Staff— Lioutenant R. 0. Cbesney, ,'Ii.N.Z.A, having been appointed -Assistant Adjutant-General,to the Wellington Military District,' and Captain on tho Permanent Staff of the New Zoaland Defence Forces, ,will cease to act as Staff Officer to the Inspector-General of the Forces. ' Staff Sergeant-Major WiKon, of the Field /'Artillery Instructional Staff,, has been permanently stationed, at Christchureh, for duty with the, E Battery, N.Z.F.A.V:, and is also 'accredited for instructional duty with B Battery*'at Dunedin. J- , ~ Major J. G. Hughes, D.S 0., has been ■ grant-eel six months' leave of absonco (without pay) as from June ,19, 1909. " m The. council regrets to announce the death, 'at Invercargill, on Juno 25, of Staff Sor-geant-Major Instructor H. Taylor. ' New Zealand Militia—Captain E., Harrp-. , well,-N.Z.M., has been -granted twelve 1 months' leave of absenco, ae from August 8, 1909. . * . \ e VoluAteer > Orders—The appointments of ' - , Messrs: N. F. Hastings, Aubrey Houston/ and C. S. Mahoney, as subaltern' officers in the-staff of the Dominion .Scouts (WellingtonS', havo been approved. The following transfers aro approved:— ' Hon. J ,Chaplain-Major the Rev. J. A. Lux--1 ford,'-< First Battalion, Auckland Rifles, to ' No. 2 Battalion, Wellington (West .Coast) -Rifles, Hon. Chaplain-Captain A. MacDon--1 aid,' Johnson, Greytown Rifles, to the Wellington Detachment, Royal New Zealand Artillery. , ' t , 1 Trio, following officers of tbo New Zealand Medical Corps have beomattached for duty: —Captain J. Watt, Wakara Rifles; Captain G. ,W.' Ilarty, No. 3 Company (Wellington) Field Ambualnoe Corps; Captain W. E. Horbert, M.D., No. 5 Company, New Zealand ? Engineers. / s ■ , 'The council regrets to announce the deaths '«f Captain J. 'M'K. Withers, New Zealand Medical Corps,(North Canterbury) on March ■ 18, and Lieutenant W. C.. Fountain, Wellington Cycle Corps, ,on Juno 22. v , Leave of absence has been 'grantea to Captain Alfred .Coutls (active list, nnat- ■ tached), until August 1/ 1909. ' The' undermentioned" officers have been (appointed additional members to the Local Boards of Military Examination:—Major , John Bell M'Clymont, ■ Fourth Battalion, Otago Rifle Volnhteers ' (Otago Board); r i Captain Charles Evans,< East' Coast Mounted , Rifle "'Volunteers (Wellington Board). ' The , New .Zealand (Engineer volunteer companies have been renumbered as under:— No/ 1 Company, Canterbury Engineer Volunteers; No. 2 Company, Dunedin Engineer / Volunteers, r No 3 Company, Auckland Engineer Volunteers; No 4'-Company, Wellington Engineer Volunteers. \ Acting-Captain A. J. Harley, and Aeting- < Lieutenant F. H. C. Smith, nave resigned from the Boys' Institute Cadets.,, Jt is notified for, futuro guidance that converted Marks I'and II .303 Maxim guns, are'not to be used for ball-firing without having- the muzzle attachment fitted, owing ' to the' greater weight of the' component , parts. . These guns wilU not < work, properly ' , without,ik, s' << \ ;GAZETTE'ANNOUNCEMENTS'. ' ,The appointment Mr. J. Eman Smith to, i captaincy in the New Zeajand Militia is gazetted. i ','■•" 'The services of the Gisborne High School i , Rifle Cadets have been accepted. ' ' ' The Colonial Auxiliary Forces' Long Sor- , vice, Medal has been awarded to LieutenantColonel 'T. Jowsey, C.M.G.; Captain S. M.' M'Gee (active list, unattached); Captaini W. Hall, No. 2 Battalion, Otago Rifles; "and Gunner T. Newtown, Canterbury Garrison Artillery. ~