TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 8

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

NEWS AND NOTES. ;'....' Colonel E. W. C. Chaytor, Officer Commanding tho AVellington' Military District, left for, Napier yesterday, on a visit of inspection to tho East Coast troops. C £ pt £i," V \ R.A., Staff Officer.to tho Commandant of tho lorces, has gono to Featherston to assist the instructional staff nt tho Tauhcrinikau camp in tho mounted infantry course which is now being given to the probatioaary officers and non-commissioned officers. . .-.■.-• Tho District Signalling Staff Officer (Lieutenant Hulbort) continued his examination of signallers oh Saturday last, when tho Wellington engineers wero put through their flag and. hclio; test. This month has been a busy ono for local signallers, and upwards of 50 men havo undergone, or are undergoing, examination by Lieutenant Hulbert. This branch of the service has considerably improved during,;the last:few. years. > A*t, ono timo it was considered sufficient for a man to be. able to send and receive groups of letters in • Morse and semaphore at tho rate of four to'six words a minute. Now, in order to qualify as a trained signaller, each man must send nnd receive service mes-agos on tho holiogrnph, lamp, and small flag, at the rate of eight words per minute, nnd a paragraph message in semaphore at tho rate of ten words per minute, in addition to which a thorough knowledge of signal station work nnd tho application''of signalling in the field are required. On completion of his cour.se, each signaller must undergo a theoretical examination. After completing the engineers' lamp tost?. Lieutenant Hulbort will examine the D. Battery signallers. ' . ■ .. . . ■