DEFENCE DISTRICT ORDERS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1380, 5 March 1912, Page 3

DEFENCE DISTRICT ORDERS.

Tlio following are district orders issued by Colonel E. \V. C. Chaytdr, commanding Wellington military district:— The undermentioned officers of the Territorial i'orces have passed the examination in tactical litness for command:— Major A. J. Petherick, 1) Battery, X.Z.F.A.; Major 1". J. Courtney, Garrison Artillery; Major A. B. Charters, 3th Regiment (W.E.C.R.); Major C. H. Turner, sth Regiment (Wellington Hifles). Examination in subjects B and D for promotion for officers of the Territorial Force will be held on Wednesday, March 20 and 21, commencing at 10' a.m., as foliows:— Wellington. Garrison Drill Hall-Pre-sident—Captain J. H. Whyte, Brigade Major, Wellington Mounted Rifles Brigade. Membcr-Capt. 11. M. W. Kichardson. Adjutant sth Regiment (Wellington Rifles). Candidates, D—Captain A. M. Samuel, Bth (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles; Captain A. G. Hume, Wellington Division Garrison Artillery; Captain G. W. JTarty, Xo. i Company Field Ambulance; Caplain J. S. Elliott, Xo. 4 Company Field Ambulance; Captain M. Holmes,' Xo. i Company Field Ambulance; Captain P. H. Cook, Xo. 1 Company Field Ambulance. Candidates, B—Lieutenant X. F. Hastings, oth (Manawatu) Mounted Hifles; Lieutenant A. E. Brown, Wellington Division Garrison Artillery; Lieutenant C. K. Blackett; Captain Ateo Frandi, Senior Cadets; Captain W. J. Murphy, Junior Cadets. Marakeko Camp—President—Captain J. T. Bosworth, Assistant-Adjutant and Q.M. General. Member—An officer to be detailed by the O.C. Ist Battalion, 9th licgiment (W.E.C.R,). Candidates, DCaptain fl\ Holderness, Ist Battalion, flth Kegiment (W.E.C.R,); Captain 11. Hart, 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment (W.E.C.R,); Captain J. Osborne-Lillv, 2nd. Battalion, 9th Regiment (W.ErO.R"). Candidates, B-Lieutenant R. Mitchell, Ist Battalion, 9th Regiment (W.E.C.R.); Lieutenant J. Daly, Ist Battalion, 9th Regiment (W.E.C.K.); Lieutenant C. J. Hollard, 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment (W.E.C.R.); Lieutenant G. W. Wardrop, 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment (W.E.C.R.). Ilawcra. Drill Hall.—President—Captain D. E. Cardale, Adjutant 2nd (W.C.) Mounted Rifles. Member—An officer to be detailed by the O.C. 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles): Candidates, D—Cantain A". Leech, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles); Captain R. 11. Hamerton, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Candidates, B—Lieutenant E. P. Cox, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles); Lieutenant C. R. Honeyfiold, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Pnlmerston North. Orderly Room, Gth Manawatu Mounted Rifles.—PresidentCaptain If-.S. X. Robinson. Candidates, D—Captain J. Mounsey, ,1. Battery, F.A.; Captain W. G. Ashworth, oth "(Manawatu) . Mounted Rifles. Candidates, B— Lieutenant .T. A. Cameron, 7th Regiment W.W.C.R. Administrative ■ Staff.—Sergeant-Major S. Moore has been transferred from the junior cadet department to tho New Zealand Permanent Staff, as from February The G.O.C. has approved that the services of Major A. A. Corrigan, sth Regiment (Wellington Rifles) be retained for another two years dating from April 1. Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Duthio (Reserve of Officers) from March 1 to October 1, 1912.

Captain J. H. G. Robertson, X.Z. Medical Corps, for 12 months from March 1, 1912.