THE DEFENCE SCHEME.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 4

THE DEFENCE SCHEME.

NEW TEMPORARY -APPOINTMENT!' Matters are now being "arranged in 'con- . ' nection with the camp of instruction aa regards the officers who .have been, iiom- . inated for the positions' of adjutants ah.d, .-' instructors. _ * A circular has been' issued to all tha iofficers-concerned notifying them that"-a r camp of instruction, will be held near Wellihgton commencing about January 7. It is understood that the location of tha . camp will be .at Pigeon' Bush, nearFeatherston. 1 The camp will last two v months. : Captain H. H. Brownv of the 'general instructional staff, is to occupy the position of quartermaster at the camp. .It is stated in' the _circular that the . officers concerned are to distinctly under-. , stand that-their attendance, at .the .camp gives no. guarantee that they will be taken' on permanently, and that they will ba. liable to dismissal from camp at any time during their six months' probation: should they be found unsuitable. They ■will, he required to attend in servica dress uniform. The - key pass .to the . camp will be issued at the .district office. The- following books are recommended to be'taken to camp, viz.: Musketry Regu- . lations, 19IV.I; Infantry Training; Field, . Service Pocket Book; Cavalry Training; Field Service Regulations, Part I and. II; Mahual Field Sketching Reconnaissance; Manual Military ..Engineerings Part I; notebook;, sketching material. Lieutenant Lampen; who has: been appointed to go into training, with' a of qualifying for the position of an adjutant (mounted), was a-lieutenant is i. the Indian-Staff ; Corps. - Captain "R. S. Matthews, nominated for . position of an adjutant (mounted) for tha , Nelson district; is at present at Homo for. acouHa of training at .his own,expense. ■ £... ; Lieutenant Richardson is at presentserving, as intelligence officer to the Wellington district. . - ' ! ' , , Lieutenant D. B. Blair, who is;selected': fo? a temporary appointment, as an.-ad? ,' jutant (mounted) .for the Wellington ; _dis- : . : . trict, is residing 'in San -Francisco" just now. - • , ''i-As- 1 regards the temporary, appointments- . as instructors for., the .Wellington district, thd !fAllowing;.-particulhw iwjth reference ; to some "of the nominees, will: be of in- ■ J. 1 H. Olnev v>-a? an X.C.0., in. tha Transvaal ".Field Artillery. ,E. W.: Grant'-.ivas a.member-of,D ; Bat- : R. Moonßy -was a sergeant in -the Sixteenth, Lancers., Corporal Morrison is late of the. ncotca . . Guards, and is • 'at present -corporal of , the Second Battalion, Wellington, Rifles. . i Sergeant.. Steele. is at . present a petty officer in No. 1 Company, G.A ; . Sergeant Ryan holds-a. position,as-in. structor in the-Permanent Force.; ■ , - ' Colour-Sergeant Grmdell, is a member of, the Third Battalion, Wellington Rifles, at Napier. ■ .- , • ' Seigeant Dobsoiv.is a sergeant m-ths Wellington Highlanders..' It'is understood that Captain Seddon and Captain Trask, ..staff officers to tha 'Adjutant-General ;and Chief of the General'Staif, respectively .will: shortly j ba • transferred ■to appointments under district commands. . Major- J.. G. Huehes, Assistant-: 'Ad-..: jiitant-Gensral at IJelson, -will .probably, .- v attend the instructional camp for area of- , v fleers.as a member-of tho instructional.staff.. • An innovation at-Defence headquarters is a rule of the: office requiring officers on . the General Staff to appear in uni-, -.. form during oflice hours.. .Hitherto these officers: have only, had to appear .in uni-: • form Avlien on parade, and have been'ac- y customed, during ,office "hours to be' in mufti. • - •'