DISTRICT DEFENCE ORDERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 8

DISTRICT DEFENCE ORDERS.

... CHANGES -ANNOUNCED... • District .orders..'issued, yesterday announce .the resignation 7 of Captain. John Diithie, ■ of ■ the .< Wellington Guards, and Lieut!" Hi"', Eastgate, of the' ■ Wellington Civil Service Rifles. 'The'appointments of acting-Lieut. .E. H. Perrett, of . the. Ist Regiment, . Wellington: Mounted , Rifles,, and .'acting-Lieut. P.. ,S. -Hood, of .the Masterton" Mounted Rifles, are proclaimed.:. Capt;! J. • Sandtman, of ,4tn .Regiment, Wellington Mounted Rifles, - is promoted to -be major; and Lieut. P. do B. Brandon, is promoted to be .captain of .the 2nd -' Regiment, Wellington, Mounted Rifles. . -. .. Captains' certificates have been issued to Lieut. Skelley, of D Battery, Lieut. •J. G. Roache, of the Wellington Guards; Lieut; J. W. • Hutchen, -of the- College Rifles; Lieut. SI A. Atkinson, and Lieut. J. L. Short; of the Victoria College Officers'. Training Corps/ Mr. i{. P. Hastings. .is appointed a lieutenant , in-the" ;Dominion Scouts... . The : resignations : are . announced' of Captain.< C..: Somer.vilie,,.No. 1 : Company, Garrison Artillery; -.Captain O. VI- Ellis, ■No. 2 Company, ; .Garrison Artillery ; and Lieut. E. V. Bevan, of the .Wellington; Division of the Garrison.Artillery;Captain D. Matheson, No. 3 Battalion Wei; lington Defence' ; Cadets;. and acting-Cap-tain J. C.-Pope;.'A . Company, .Wellington College Cadets. - With respect to the, two last-napied officers, Captain Matheson has: been appointed acting-major, of tho Dofence .C'adets, and .Captain Pope has been appointed acting-captain (adjutant) to the Defence Cadet?. -, Tho • Heretaunga Mounted'.Rifles, -as from September 1, 1910,. will !>e posted to and will fohn part of 3rd'Regiment,..Wellington 'Mounted Rifles. ' The' squadrons will: require to be relettered, taking seniority. in accordance' with the date ' .of their acceptance by Department. ' In order to facilitate future reorganisation, and-owing to the fact that -the present 2nd Regiment havo no regimental staff, it is notified ■ for the.information of all concerned, that' the!present. 2nd,and 4th Regiments, Wellington . Mounted Rifles, will from September 1 be. amalgamated, and designed, 2nd Regiment, Wellington Mounted Rifles.-The staff of the present. Ith Regiment, Wellington Mounted Rifles, .will form the Regimental Staff, 2nd Regiment (as constituted above). Tho squadrons of both regiments will 'takeseniority in accordanoe with the date of their acceptance by!-tho Department. It should be noted -that "the Heretaunga Mounted Rifles will in future form part of the 3rd Regiment, Wellington Mounted Rifles. . Officers commanding.'VDefence . Cadot Corps that are eligible to fire in tho Schools of the Empiro Shooting Competition are requested to notify the district office as early as possible if they intend to tako part in the above competition.