MILITARY MATTERS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2624, 20 November 1915, Page 14

MILITARY MATTERS

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS CAMP NOTES The following military appointments have been approved:— Staff. Major 0. R. M'Donald (Imperial General Staff) has been appointed temporary lieutenant-colonel. Lieut E. Purdon (N.Z. Staff Corps) has been promoted to the temporary rani: of captain. Major G. E. Benson Mickle (R.N.Z.A.) has resigned his commission. Major N. P. Adams (N.Z.F.A\) lias been granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel. Medical Oorps. Captain George Pearce Baldwin to be major. ' The, following to be oaptainDrs. W. C. Greig, C. Raymond, E. J. Deck. A. M'G. Grant, P. F. M'Evedy, A. N. M'Kelvey, W. H. Hargreaves. To hold 'honorary rank of captain dliring period of the war.—Doctors E. H. Colbeck, A. Hertz, A. V. Evans, J. E. Eiddell, D. G. MacPherson. Chaplains. To be' Chaplains.—The Revs. P. H. Radford, D. B. F. Carlisle, H. Grinstead, G. Knowles-Smith, J. C. A. Calder, G. H. Lawrence, and A. Hardie. The following officers have reported for duty at Taulierenikau Camp :—2nd Lieut. I). Stewart, 2nd Lieut. T. E. Y. Seddon, 2ml Lieut. C. Barry, 2nd Lieut. D. Herbert, 2nd Lieut. R. Quillam, 2nd Lieut. A. Sutherland, 2nd Lieut. A. Hudson. The following temporary appointments have been approvod by the Camp Commandant at Taulierenikau:— Pte. L. A. Trussell. C Coy., 9th, to bo corporal; -Dvr. A. F. Leadbetter, A.S.C., 9th, to be lance-corporal; Dvr. H. C. M. Jones, A.S.C., 9th to be lance-corporal; Dvr. E. J. M'Cluggage, A.S.C.,'9th, to be lance-corporal; Dvr. S. M'Lcan, A.S.C., 9th, to be Luiceoorporal; Dvr. M: R. Seales, A.S.C., 9th, to be lanco-corporal; Dvr. A. J. Neville, A.S.C., 9th, to be lance-cor-poral; Dvr. J. Craig. A.S.C., 10th, to. bo corporal; Dvr. G. G. Stephenson, A.S.C., 10th, to be corporal; Pte. E. Gustafson,. F Coy., 9tli, to be corporal; Pte. A. Beeeroft, F Coy., 9th, to -be lance-corporal; Pte. G. A. Headifen, F Coy., 9th, to be laaice-corporal; Pte. F. M. Mason, F Coy., 9th, to be lance-corporal; Pte. E. C. D. Hamlin, A Sqcln., 9i!h, to bb records-sergeant; Pte. W. A. Roddell, B Sqdn., 9th, to be record-sergeant; Pte. J. L. Menzies, C Sqdn., 9th, to be record-sergeant; Pte. C. A. Stevens; D Sqdn., 9th, to be record-sergoant; Pte. H. A. Twining, A Coy., 9th, to bo record-sergeant; Pto. A. B. Matthews, E Coy., 9thj to be record-sergeant; Pto. W. H. Horton, D Coy., 9th, to be record-sergeant; Pte. G. C. Cooke, E Coy., 9th, to bo'recordsergeant; Pte. D. Glasspole, F Coy., 9th, to be record-sergeant. _ A memorandum from the RegistrarGeneral for the information of soldiers has been published as under:—"Under Section 9 of the Marriage Amendment Act, 1915, three days' residence as required by tho Marriage Act is not necessary by both parties to a proposed marriage when one of (the parties is a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In such cases, however, it i 6 ab«solutely necessary that one of tho parties (either tho brido or the bridegroom) shall liave resided in the district where tho marriage is to bo solomnised for three days before tho Registrar of Marriages can issue a certificate to authorise the marriage." . The following officers have reported for duty at Trentham Camp:—Captain A. Magnay, N.Z. Rifle Brigade; Lieutenant F. B. French, Mounted Rifles, 12tli Reinforcements. Tho undermentioned officers having reported their arrival at Trentham from Taulierenikau, on November 17, rejoin their respective units:—2nd Lieutenants P. C. Ashby and C. H. S. Johnstone, A'Squadron, 10th; and 2nd Lieutenants' A. J. France, M. C. Milne, and J. M. Turner, C Squadron, 10th. The following N.C.O.'s have reported for'duty at Trentham Camp, and are appointed to the Staff of Instructors:— Sergt. R. Loper. N.Z.F.A.; Sergt. A.. W. Thomas, Ist Field Engineers, assistant engineer'instructor on probation; Sergt. F. Bowles, musketry instructor on probation. The undermentioned officers are allocated to following units: — 10th Reinforcements. 2nd Lieut. T. A. Rouse, to B Company, 10th; 2nd Lieut. H. Goudy, to C Company, 10th; 2nd Lieut. F. Richardson, to D Company, 10th; 2nd Lieut. H. H. Daniel, to E Company, 10th; 2nd Lieut. J. Brown, to F Company, 10th; 2nd Lieut. H. D. Richardson, Ist Reserve Company; 2nd Lieut. W. Kirkley, to 2nd Reserve Company; 2nd Lieut. C. R. Jones, to 3rd Reserve Company. ' 11th Reinforcements. 2nd Lieutenants J. M'Elliffe, W. F. Colbeck, W. R. Bamford, C. A. Dickenson, W. L. Girling-Butcher, C. A. Caigou, R. D. Boyle, C. J. Ashton, • C. Oxonham. M. H. B. Burrell, C. C. Ziesler, W. W. M'Clclland, C. B. Sheridan, R. C. Wood, A. J. Nimmo, and J. A. B. Thompson, to 11th Reinforcements. The following temporary appointment. has been approved of by the Camp Commandant at Trentham:— New Zealand Medical Corps.—Pte. S. L. Boyd, to be corporal. AVhen recruits enter camp, aaid are allotted a certain hutment,, it is a mistake for them to imagine that it will their domicile during the whole period that they are in camp. A good deal of changing round of men is often necessary ere the various platoons are settled in their quarters. Sometimes a little amusement attaches to the moving of the 30 men and their belongings which each hutment accommodates. One lot of 32 men had been moved several times in a few days. Then, one night, just before "lights out" when all the men were comfortably in bunk, the voice of a camp n.c.o.' was heard. "Well, I'm blowed," a man exclaimed, "I believe he's going to move us on again." . "All you men turn- out," tho n.c.o. ordered. "What's up?" a recruit asked. "There's 32 of you in here, and the hutment only holds 30." "You want two'of us?" "I want tho lot of yer," the n.c.o. retorted. "Come on." Nobody spoke or moved. Threats of C.B! were of no avail. Only loud snores wore evoked. And when "lights out" was sounded, the n.c.o. went away, vowing duo vengeance on the thirty-two. It is practically cortain that the 3rd and 4tli battalions of' tho New Zealand Rifle Corps will leave May Morn Camp for Rangiotu on December 1. The men ''started yesterday with their advanced musketry training, «nd after doing up to the 100 yds. range, will proceed to 'L'rentham each day aiid practice at tho rifle range tlioro, up to 500 yards. The May Moni Camp dried rapidly unvler tlio influence of the sunshine aud wind of tho past two days. On Thursday a few showers fell at tho camp, though tho weather in the City was perfect'. It is understood that "after the rifle batnlions havet lef, May Morn will bo used as a relief camp for mounted, men.