THE DEFENCE FORCES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 19

THE DEFENCE FORCES.

DISTRICT ORDERS. <■ District, Orders by Lioutonant-Colonel A. Bauchop, C.M.G.,. Ufficei 1 Commanding the .^Vellington;.district,, include the: following att-iiouncementi:-7 ; ■'• Government : prize' medals.—ln order to qualify'for: the Government prizo.medals, the marksnlen's 'practicps must be .supervisedvby, an 'officer/bf either...thto'.Pormanent',or'\vßattali6ri Staff,v arid : tho original scores sh'ould bo; immediately: sent 'to 'district headquarters. .' -. .■■'-Training camps.—Permission hafbeen granted the following corps to hold training camps .'as "under:—Yictoria;CpllSg6 "O.F.C;, •Jannary;6; .Engilibers, ol January: 2D-' Fdbruary 13; Huruntii Mounted Rifles, January Mejirua'ry.; 5;,. D Battery, January ■ .8-25; Eketaliuna Mounted-_ Rifles,,'-/.'January;.^l3-23; Miisterton ' Moiinted'-i .Rifles,- " r , February { Hunteryillc-Mourited i2G-March' 7) Hawera. Mounted Cadets/•January 18-28.' ' ;! Noii-commissioned ' officers' examinations.— The :un(lormcntioned N.C.O.'s have passed the examination for qualifying certificates:— ! H. Minett, Napier Rifle Volunteers, sergeant; J. 'T. Laing,'-Ranforly Volunteers, corporal;. J. S. Thomßon, Ranfurly Rifle' Volunteers; corporal;;J;.J. Barns,'Mastertdn'Monnted Rlflo l .Volunteers, stfrgeanl; A. . C. Williams, Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers, sergeant;; AY.'N. -BateSj No.j4 Company..Engineer..Volun-. \teers,''corporal; Kv-;Carter,'.'No;'l'.-C6mpany--Eii-'fcinfcbr- Volttnt^^;e6tpdrttl';rT.-'roi.*y; , No. 4 Company . Engineer VolunteGrsV' corporal; Barnes, I*o. 1 Company Engineer •Volunteers, : corporal; ;R;. C. Johnston, No. ; 4 -Company.; Engineer-Volunteers,' corporal, v - , • Govorriment , grant ; forv' rifle shooting.—The Government to the Wellington volunteer -district:for. tpo' current -.year'ifor thelencouragemoiit,:of :rifle-sliobting is JIICO, open- to. the. public, with J!72 7Si 3d. apportioned in small prizes:/'amongst'mounted rifles, • infantry, 1 and defence.cadets 'on. the': results obtaihed'-'ih- the - a'nmial course:'of target' practice -year ending Tebruiry 23,1910. -.No special competitioi -will ;bo. nccessary*. for' the .latter amount: . Wellington ■ city- to Summit by Government railway;. and to Otaki. Riv.r -by Maiiawatn railway—Open-to: the .public only, .-£27'2s. 6tl;; ,open' t to;V6luntGcrs-'only/ .C2i:ss. - - if WairflrapaV- Summit- tb. Manawatu ■ River, and ysastwardt6 < coast-lino—Opeir.Stp the.: public, '.£l2 '16s!, fid.; -i'dpen:; to .volunteers- only, ss. Hawke's; Bay; -Manaivatu River' to , Napier and thcnco to > Gisborne—Open to the public, i!2O ':16s. ;Vbpeii: to. .volunteers duly,. Xl 3 7s.' \Vahganui,: ,otiki: Rjvor. to Patea'. River—Open'--to; tho'public,. X 23 '7sv; open-to volunteers onlvr iCI6 3s 3d. '

Ttiranaki, Patea River to > Hivcr— .Open, to the. public, -815 18s.; odch to voluu;teers. only, Vc6l3 7s/. v/ j The - officers: « : iho .•,above sub* districts will. be:r-We]hngton,-.; LieutenantColonel "JV. JD-uthie; .Wairarapa, /Lieutenant-. Colonel K. W. late; Hawke's Bay, Lieutonant,Colonel .1;: Hislop r'-rWanganui,'. \Lieutenant-Uloncl.-Jl. Hughes; -and -Taranaki,. LieutenantColonel h. W. L. Okey, VB officers will arrange;..with their;respectivo' local rifle associations/-for -special./matches, to; 'be fired' under,- service;:Cdnditions''for 'the prizes. The" entrance fee, is not to excced Is. .per man. ■?