THE CITIZEN ARMY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 7 June 1911, Page 5

THE CITIZEN ARMY.

ENLARGING THE "WAR OFFICE." GARRISON OFFICERS , LECTURES, Tho New Zealand War Office, at Alexftiulra Barracks, is undergoing important •extensions just nw. At present tho General Staff is domiciled in offices in tho low brick sViTicliire which, in tho plan of the original prison building, was tho I ground il</H' of the eastern wing of a .scries of iive which radiated from a ecnii* -"' s Pvel 'yono knows, only tho sonllicr a wing wii.e completed, and is now oceui)ii.Hl by th,, V.ellington detachment ol tlif; Jioyal Now Zealand Artillery. Jn ironl. of i.his wing ore tho foundation.-, ii'iii part of Oie ground floor wall of tho <ii-ciilnr dome, Hanked by tho General fcftid Headquarters' offices on the one 'Me, and by a gun-room on the other KWe. As extra accommodation is now • required for the additional officers recently appointed in England, as well as io): tbu liiiiierial noiwommisMoiied olli- . cars now vn route to New Zealand, tho wills of the (ioiiß- have been built up, Jitl-ed with windows, and roofed in, tho vrholo making a substantial addition of ■mix or seven offices, to tho present office accommodation, as well as removing the uillieilo somewhat dilapidated aspect of th« buildings. Extensions are alto being made (o the Stores Department in Buckle Street, whero a clothing and .equipment depot; is being erected. Captain H. 0. Knox.(A.S.C), who re- ' cently arrived from England to underMifce the organisation of (lie New Zealand -'Winy Service Corps, sat for his "D" certificate examination at General Headquarters yesterday, to complete his qualification for th-3 rnnk of major. Forty-four officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps are preparing for the promolion examinations which .ire to bo held >n December next. At present all the officers of the Now Zealand Staff Corps rank as lieutenants. 4, C0 , 1 , 0 , n 5i 1 . clla J' lor - Officer Commanding Jho Wellington Military District, with his staff—Captain S. V. Trask, district nc oonntajit, Lieutenant J. T. Bosworth, adjutant, and the clerical assistants—moved : into their new quarters at Palmorbion ' North yesterday. A practical examination of (ho noncommissioned officers of the Fifth Wel-i lington Rifles will l )e held at the Garri-' sou Hall on Monday, June 12, at 7.30' p.m. ~T ll£ .,"',n n" l ly » IK, 'ine of all officers of ' the Fifth Wellington Rifles will be held ■■' ■it the Garmon Hall to-morrow, at 8 I P-ra- : Interesting lectures were given before .ho members of the Wellington Garri'onUllicers Club .last evening bv Captain A.. % 00K < UJ'2-> of the Training Branch. General Staff, and Captain G.-S. RichardBon, of the Intelligenee Department, tioncral Staff. Captain Moore discoursed on training and discipline, and .lield the attention of about 70 officers for an hour. Uo was followed by Captain Richardson, who took for ins subject "An Outline of the Strategy of tho Ihisso-Jap. War." i'ho main points of (ho lecture, which occupied an hour, wero illustrated by lantern slides. For tho remainder of tho session, the syllabus of lectures is as follows :— Juno 10—8 p.m.: "How to carry out tho Musketry Training of a Company," Major J. G: Hughes, D.5.0., N.Z.S.C.; ■J p.m.: "Battle of Ynlu," Captain A. A.Corngau, sth Regiment. Juno 30-9 p.m.: Garrison Hall. July (i-8 p.m.: "The Battalion in Attack and Defence," Captain C. J. Thornton, N.Z.S.C.j 9 p.m.: "Yalu to Nan-, shall," Captain J. J. Essoii, sth Rpgi-.: uient. July 14—8 p.m.: "Tho Army Service Corps—lt's Working in War," Major Knox, N.Z.S.C.; 9 p.m.: "Nanshan to Telieu," Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, July 2G—B p.m.: "Progress of Artillery," with lantern slides, Major Courtney, G.A.; 9 p.m.: "Mien ,to Taschiachic," .Major Matkcson, Senior 'Cadets. August 9—B p.m.: "Blood and tho Germ Theory,' , Colonel J. R. Puvdy; 9.p.m.: "Tascliiachic to Liao Yang (exclusive)," Captaiiv Hurray Gardner, R.K.Z.A. August Jβ—B p.m.: "Tho Service of Pro. tectiou," H.-Q. Staff-Officer; 9 p.m.: "Battlo of Liao l'aug," Captain A. J. Coiflcs, sth Regiment. August 25—8 p.m.: (To be selected), Colonel E. W. C. Chayter. 0.C.D.; 9 p.m.: "Battlo of Shaho, Major Courtney, G.A. September B—B p.m.: "Co-operation of All Arms in Attack," Colonel E. S. Heard; 9 p.m.: "Battle of Mukden," Colonel J. R. Piirdy. September 15—8 p.m.: "Summary of tho Lessons from the Study of the Rusfo-Jap' War," Colonel A. W. Robin, C.13.