TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1081, 21 March 1911, Page 7

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

THE N,Z, STAFF CORPS. SENIORITY LIST Tho following is the seniority list of the new officers and non-commissioned officers of tho New Zealand Staff Corps and Permanent Staff who have lately passed out from the camp of instruction at Featherston. They aro on probation for a period of six months tram tho date on which they first joined tho camp. Their seniority has been determined mainly by the result of examinations held in camp, ' but age, previous service, and former 'J seniority fiavo also been taken into con- ti sideratiou, and allowances have been 11 made for those officers who did not have C the onnortunity of being in camp for tho li whole" neriod. The new lion-commissioned n officers" tako rank next to the old in- n structional staff. M a Officers, To rank as lieutenants in the New Zea- ti land Staff Corps, in the following order s] of seniority:— H C. Brown F. G. Hume W. C. Finnis B. S. Hay ,i W. L. Mcddings A'. W. SKelley " C. W. Melvill C. L. Hawkins £ C. G. Andrews TI. E. Avery .. C. G. Powlcs S. C. P. Nicholls ti W. C. Morrison . N. W. B. B. Thorns P R. S. Matthews It. M. W. Richardson » H. C. Knutsford 11. S. N.. Robinson £ .r. T. Bosivorth V. A. Ivclsall ? D. M. Poison, D'.S.O.J. R. Henderson " F. H. Lampen A.'II. Burn n C. F. Thornton G. B. Banks 0 11. C. Glendining 11. B. Wheeler r; E. Fraser H. L. Garland t' F. Hudson G. W. Bracldell Ci W. L. H. Bnigess G. C. S. Dyer I A. B. Morton F. A. Wood u G \ King D. E. Cardale tl W. M'G. Turnbull A. H. Eassam D. B. Blair <j Non-Commissioned Officors, r To rank as non-commissioned officers on ' the New Zealand Permanent Staff, in tho j order of seniority stated as follow:— ' O'Sullivan, Tingev, Mooney, Stedman, • Ivimoy, Woodward, Wright, Jameson, 1( Muir, Bond, Walker, Salt', MoncnefT, u Seal, M'Goun, Stevenson, Connolly, Rob- s erts Hatt, O'Hara, R. Davis, Morrison, ¥ Steel, M'Lardy, West, Edwards, Alkm- b der, Cuff, Olncy, Hobbs, Manners, Bright- g , ing, Dunham, Glanville, Lyons, Thatcher, c ; Turner, Ritzema, Millctt, Donaldson, C. Davis, Dallinger, Marr, Collins, Corkill, w Mahoney, Webb, Smeal, Notley. , u • a: WELLINGTON DISTRICT STAFF. £ REGIMENTAL AND AREA STATIONS. The officer commanding the Wellington w District (Colonel E. ,W. C. Chaytor) has (1 posted to the following stations the ad- t iutants and non-commissioned officers ap- o pointed to his district, by tho General o Officer Commanding tho iorces (MajorGeneral A. J. Godley, C.8.), at the con- a elusion of the school- of instruction at li Tauherinikau last week:— Mounted Brigade, Stations. J Adjutant officers appointed to 1 the ]( Mounted Brigade regiments, in charge-ot , area group:— t Napier—Lieut. W. C. Morrison. , Palmerston North—Lieut. C. (j. Powles. ] Wanganui—Lieut. D. E. Cardale. , Regimental-Scrgeants-Major posted -to ( the mounted brigade regiments:-Wanganui-Sergeant-Major H. J. Dun- i; Napier—Sergeant-Major C. J. Eitzema. < Infantry Brigade Stations.: . < Adjutant officers appointed to-the in- I fantry brigade battalions, in charge of j area groups: — . ' Wanganui—Lieut. T\ G. Hume. Stratford-Lieut. F. H. Lampen. Napier-Lieut. P. W. Skellev. ; j . 'Wellington— ■ Re™iment'al-Sergeants-Maj'or posted to tho , infahtrv brigade battalions:— • i Wellington—Sergeant-Major J. M..Eose. | ' 'Napier—Sergeant-Major L. F. M'Nair. - , . Stratford— Sergeant-Major F. W. Kibble- < white. .... | Area Stations. Non-commissioned officers in charge of ] area stations:— Wellington—Sergeants-Major F. ,H. ■ Woodward, R. J. Danes, J. J. Corkill. ' Hutt— Sergeant-Major M..J. Millett. j Huuterville— Sergeant-Major H. h. , Sergeant-Major D. Walker. ; Feilding—Sergeant-Major J. Morrison. , Palmerston .North-Sergeant-Major. E. Sergeant-Major J- Bishop. ] Napier—Sergeant-Major J. W. Steele. j Dannevirke— Sergeant-Major W. J-. ( Sergeant-Major T. M'Chrys- ' ttt New • Plymouth—Sergeant-Major 0. A. j B Stratford-Sergeant-Major J. T. Bal- } Sergeant-Major' C. G. Mah- ! ol ßaetihi— Sergeant-Major 11. Olney. J As many of the areas to be covered by the officers and non-comnnssioned officers cover a wide extent of country, arrangements are being made for the provision of horses and equipment', and an annual allowance for fodder. THE TAUHERINIKAU CAMP. AN EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS. ' In connection with the recent school of instruction at Tauherinikau, the A\ airarapa Racing Club, by resolution, extended the following compliment to Major General Godley, commanding New Zealand defence forces:— , "Tile stewards of the W airarapa Racing Club, with a desire to show their sympathy with the defence training scheme, will grant the use of their grounds and furnituro to the -military camp free ot charge." In acknowledgment of the courtesy General Godley replied:— "I shall bo glad if you will convey to the stewards of the Wairarapa Racing Club my sincere thanks for their courtesy - and generosity. I have already made referenco in camp to our great indebtedness to the stewards, but I should like. - to express once more how much I myself I and all ranks feel that we owe to the stewards for their kindness and their 1 sympathy in our work." s 1 A Letter From the Governor. j His Excellency thp Governor has also - expressed his appreciation of the Taui herinikau Camp, which he visited just j before the conclusion, in a letter addressed by his private secretary (Mr. Arthur Guise), to tho Commandant:— ! "I am instructed by the Governor to convey to you and to ask you to transmit to Colonel Heard and the officers and 1 non-commissioned officers under his com--1 mand at the camp of instruction at Tau--1 lierinikau, an expression of his Excellency's high appreciation of the military efficiency displayed by all ranks during J his' visit to tho camp on Saturday last. His Excellency was greatly imnresscd by the admirable manner in which tho af- - tack was delivered during the morning ' proceedings; also the smart and efficient I manner in which both the company and r troop drill was performed in the after- ' noon. His Excellency is sure all who f witnessed the day's proceedings must with „ him have realised that so hisrli n st.m- , dard can only have been attained by the y most careful training and nssiduous apj plication i." camp during the past two c months. Ho boas to congratulate all rnnks on the splendid effort being displayed ti start the new defenc scheme ® on 'such lines of high military efficiency." d Messrs. G. W. Wilton and Co. .invite t- inspection of a largo variety of scientific it apparatus at their premises, 61 Lower Cuba Street. Messrs. R. ,1. Goodman and Co., auctioneers, Palmerston North, insert n spers cial announcement in this issue. 1S Miss Stenhenson (late of Messrs. Caterer „ and Carey's) has resumed business at 108 Cuba Street. Messrs.. Husband and Finch, land re agents, Woodville, advertise 200 acres of i„ land for lea.-e. ol The secretary of the Wellington Acre climatisation Society inserts an advers- tisement in this issue referring to the decr-shootinc season.