TERRITORIAL FORCE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 920, 13 September 1910, Page 3

TERRITORIAL FORCE

•GENERAL ORDERS. •-. General Orders by;'; tho' New Zealand Defence Council include the following announcements:— ' '-': ":' ',"':' , Acting-Lieutenatft " .4. 31. Richardson, Franklin Mounted Rifles—resigned. Major J. C. Macfarlane •is reappointed to the command, of No. 2 Infantry Bat-, talion at Nelson, ivit.li the rank of act-lng-licutonant-colonel, ... ■-..-; j.The Eev. Herbert Watson is appointed honorary-chaplain to the Jdasterton. Mounted Rifles. (Lieutenant;J. A." Northcote,.'.No. 2 Regiment,. North Canterbury Mounted. Rifles, is- reappointed \ honorary-captain, pay-aid quartermaster. ■.. i.Mossrs. CM. Dowd-and'R. Simpson,' Waikato -Mounted Rifles; J. Coe, Elesmere Mounted Rifles; H. ' S.. Atkinson, New Zealand Native Rifles; H, L. C, Mowbray and N. A. Duthie, ■'. Newton Rifles; .C. V. D. Cook, Royal Rifles; S. M. Seel, Gordon Rifles; James Oliphanfc Auckland Highland Rifles; and' D. Grant, Timaru City Rifles; have been appointed to actihg-lieutenantcies in their respective corps. .'-■''• Captain R. St. J. Beere, Victoria College 0.T.C., having qualified by examination for" the rank of 'major,' lias been granted a certificate accordingly. Obituary—Major ,T. A. Young, V.D. \Retired List), at' Winchester,. August 17, 1910. '.'■!■"'■' '..;■"'■"-'

• Senior; Cadets.—Captain M.. N. Skelton, Nelson .College Cadets, and. Acting-Captain J.'S. Columb, Hibernian Cadets, have 1 resigned their . appointments. Mr. G. M'Namara .is. appointed, acting-captain of the St; Vincent Rifle Cadets. ... The .services: of the Palmerston North Technical, School Cadets have been ac-eepte'd...---"'.'.-.V'- ; v. .: Parade . states' and musketry returns!— Owing to the : excessive, delay caused by' oificerS/Commanding companies in not forwarding . parade states and musketry re--tiirns i within the .'prescribed'' time, much inconvenience*.-has' been caused/ Officers commanding districts' may- refuse. to accept such--returns if they consider they have been:':delayed beyond',a reasonable limit;';, v',.'-'" J[v '.; ■'..-: - .v.- /.