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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1349, 29 January 1912, Page 6

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THE' NEW:' ZEALAND MILITARY -•'■ ' ' ' ' JOURNAL. •. If the quality and variety of £he sub'ject; matter of futurc' issues of tho "Ne,w JM.and.Military Journal"" be: Kept up to that of the ■ initial number," which has just 'teen' , published; 'there ■should be ■ a steady.' arid demand for tho publication. , The 'magazine is edited by tlie-i)oHiinio"n':SecHoii "of ; the ' imperial ' General;. Stuff .at' Headquarters,-' Wellington, : the being 'conlriliutqd ' by iiiombers!'.of -tlie --military ''.forces. Tn" an introductory. note by.Colonel'E.-S. Heard,' Director■ pi-''Stuff ■ Duties, it-,- is, .explained that'the : ' ; journal is published with .a •Viw..;to"providing, articles -of, "hjjv-in-teresting; aiid' instructive" nature fo -all raiijc.4' of. -the. military forces : of this "Dbniiriio'n'.,'- ''For'the , present it will be issued quarterly, but late*' on, it is hoped that;" ,when- it ■.becomes,',-better /known throughout the.ponlinioh > aiid , consequently' a ; larg_e, number .'of .articles "are contributed, it may be issued iivoifthly.V Articles ;bf military, .interest; no. matter how short, are.' invited, "for it, is'b'yan ex-, change of ideas, that.'iiisfa'uctibn..is advande'd." Personal experiences of the Jtabri war, other campaigns,'.' ajul of manoeuvres abroad vrill "be interesting and instructive to oiiryoung.spldierti , .. -AVriters. of articles are alone responsible for what thoy contain, the fact ot- publication dods not mean that; ,it has the- nppTpval . of ]iea(lnaartors,';unless' it is' bo» expressly Ftatod. ' Tho "J.ou'rnal",:will .bo' .issued, free'to all officers of the Dominion*''6'd7 the. Active List.-. Tho.'sale-prico'.is 'one.'shil- 1 liivl': ■'.. ; -..".•' \-. ";■ ■'.-.; :■•'" ;.- ; : The , first'number includes an interesting and characteristic article by Lienten-ant-C'qlonel X. T.■ "Durnott-Stuart, D.5.0., Director of Jfilitaiy Operations and Intelligence, on the snbject of "IllementaTy Principles of Training for Territorial Heffimental Officers," written in a bright conversational style, pleasantly free from technicalities—an article to give pleasure in the reading, and food.for reflection as well. " "" "■' .'■■ Captain G.'S. Tlichardson (who is at present, at the Camberley Staff College) contributes n thoughtful article "Obligatory Military Training in New Zealand." Those who are inclined to some hostility towards the new defence scheme will find in Captain Richardson's straightforward review of the arguments in favour of compulsory training, an illuminating statement of the case. ■ "Communication in the Field," by Captain J. E. Diiigan, of the Training Branch, fit General Headquarters, is an interesting artiulo on the modern system of maintaining an efficient intelligence 'system— a brunch of the strvice which, the -writer fays, "is., liable to .be forgotten in peace and overworked in war." It is laid down in field; service regulations that "the full power of 'an army ciin be exerted" only ■when all its parts act in close combination," arid Captain Duigan presents this fundamental principle by expressing a •troll-known' adage in the following 'language: ''For want of a' message, a coin■panj" was lost; for, want of a comp&ny;' a battalion was lost; for want 'o'f a battalion, a , division was lost; for want-of a division, a' battlo was lost."' ' ' , Captain.ll. Eyre Kenny (Ketircd List) contributes some interesting biographicfil Hootches of officers commanding the forces in New Zealand from 1315 till 1870, his subjects including a reference to the first troops'in New Zealand—an"expeditionary company of the uOth Foot, comjnanded by •Captain Johnson, a Peninsula veteran; .■Major Bunbury (80th X'"6pt), ivlro was tho first officers to command tr,oops permanently stationed "in Now Zealand;' Major and Brevpt-Colonel W. Hulmc (flOth Regiment), who led a memorable attack on Heke's •stronghold at Okaihu in 1845; Colonel T)c3pard, who- commanded the colonial forces during the northern rebellion in '■ISJIi (Ohoinwai and Kuapepeka pas). An instructive article entitled "Finance and Defence," is written' by Mr: 1 ,, . B. "Mabin," Director of Accounts at General Headquarter?, in which tho'writor sets forth the maia points of the system under which the money granted by Parliament to the military fprces is spont. This is an article which officers lire recommended to peruse very, carefully..

' 'Tito Mounted ■• Rifleman and His Horse" is the subject of an interesting article by Colonel A. H. Russell. Commanding'tho Wellington ■ Mounted Brigade. "Only well cared-for horses," ho says, "will stand the .continuous strain of prolonged lnanoeuvreHor service. Once this is realised, as well ax the fact that t.hfro will be no'opportunity to turn him out and take another, but that the only nlternative is 'footing it, , the , recruit's common sense will lead him to take every care of his horse's health, and lose no cliancii of nursing the strength of his mount." "Discipline," by Caotain A. A. Grace (New Zealand Field Artillery); "Officers Patrols" (translated extract* from Hop■ppristedt's "Battle of the Future," by Lieutenant-Colonel. J. 'iimdtmann, 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifles); and "Development of the New Zealind Mounted Tiifles" (Colonel ;11. Sinter, V.D., Retired List), with Tcviows of recent military books and magazine articles, comprise the remaining pages of tho journal.