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OUR TERRITORIALS

THE NEW DIRECTOR. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HEARD , APPOINTED. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 22. Colonel Heard, of s tho Northumberland Fusiliers, has been appointed Director of Military Training in New Zealand. A WAR OFFICE SELECTION. Touching upon the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Heard to tho_ position of Director of Military Training and Education in New Zealand, the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) informed a Dominion reporter that the selection was made by the War Office at his request somo time ago; also that the advice of the appointment was sent to him, but he was waiting for liotilicatioii ol' the selection of the Commandant to inform the House in the usual way. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HEARD'S CAREER. Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. Heard's appointment carries with it a salary of XCSO per annum. It is the first announcement of three important appointments which have been pending in connection with the new defence scheme, the others being that of the Commandant of the l>'ofces, and tile Director of Military Operations and Intelligence. The salary of the Director of Military Operations und Intelligence is ,£500; that of Commandant has not yet been stated. Both the Director of Education and the Director of Intelligence are officers of the Imperial General Staff (second grade), and will still remain such, being simply attached to the New Zealand Defence Forces under Mr. Haldaue's system of "interchanges of officers," lor a certain period. Lieutenant-Colonel Heard is 47 years of age, and has had a distinguished career in the Army since he joined the South Yorkshire Regiment in 1883, as a subaltern. In the same year he transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, und in 1892 -received his captaincy. Subsequently he saw service in the Hazara campaign .(medal und clasp), and from 1897 till 1901 was instructor at the Stall College at Camborloy {receiving his majority in 1900). During the South African War he was detached for special scrvice (Queen's medal, three clasps), and was (luring the latter end of that period Chief of the Intelligence Department in. Cape Colony. Later he held a professorship at the Camberley till 1904, and in 1908 was raised to the rank of Lieuten-ant-Colonel,

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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 877, 25 July 1910, Page 5

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OUR TERRITORIALS Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 877, 25 July 1910, Page 5

OUR TERRITORIALS Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 877, 25 July 1910, Page 5

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