CAMPS AND THE MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2651, 23 December 1915, Page 6

CAMPS AND THE MEN

! LATEST PROMOTIONS j MOTORING AT TAUHERENIKAU. "In connection with the overloading [ of motor-cars, great difficulty is experienced in keeping down overloading 1 owing to troops insisting on getting ■ into cars when they are already fully j loaded", (says a paragraph in Tauherenikau Orders). "In future, when oars ; are found to be overloaded, the names ; of all men in tho car will be taken, and . they, will b§ liable to be 'crimed' for , riding in an overloaded oar. O.C. [ units must make, this widely known, i and impress upon their men the neces- , sity for seeing that the regulations govi erning the use of motor-cars are strict- . ly adhered to." \ Twenty-five More N.C.O.'s. At Tauherenikau the following ap- ■ poiutments h'ave been approved by the Camp Commandant: —l'te. J. M'Nicol, i N.Z.V.C., to be lance-corporal; Farrier A. Williams, N.Z.V.C., and Lce.-Corpl. B. Richter, N.Z.V.C., to be farrier-cor-porals; Saddler C. Young, N.Z.V.C., to be lance-corporal; Corpl. C. X. J. Cutler, E Coy., 10th, to be sergeant; Ptes. ' C. Parker, E Coy., 10th, J. H. Kearney, E Coy., 10th, L. Henry, E Coy., 10th, A. C. Cumberland, E Coy., 10th, P. J. Kcegan, E Coy., 10th, A. B. Maides, E Coy., 10th,; R. W. White, E Coy., lOtli, H. Smithers, E Coy., 10th, F. C. Miller, E Coy., 10th, to be lance-corflfcrals; Ptes: 6. L. M'Cabe, A Sqdn., 10th, M. C. Redmond, B Sqdn., 10th, P. Greenlees, C- Sqdn., 10th, J. W. Hindm'arsh, Ist. Res,, 10th, F. Peterson, ; 2nd Res.; 10th, R. B. Narborough, A Coy., 10th, E. Hume, B Cod., 10th, R. Watchman, C Coy., LOth, J. R. Inglis, D Coy., lOt'h, A. V, Durling, E Coy., 10th, G. P. Aldridge, F Coy., 10th, .to be orderly room - clerks and records sergeants. Reducing the Shortage. " On . December 14 the city quota of the 11th Rifles went into camp 96 men, short. A request' was made that the shortage should be caught up by December 2-3. There is only one mors day to go (to-day), and the shortags still totals nearly forty- About sixty men have gone into Trentham from the city -in the last week. The following went-yesterday' Infantrv.—W. Smart, F. Barkett, B. Biggs, W. Gilpin,. W. Murphy, W. Woolett, H. AV. Mitchell. Mounted.—J. Cummins. The city is still being requested to find a- large number of men for the 11th draft, for ' apart from its own shortages ther&"are shortages in other districts to be made up. ;,i Engineers for 12th Draft. The following from t'he city are required for the Engineers of the 12th Reinforcements: —One bricklaycr, 1 plasterer, 1 slatei-j 1 cooper, 1 mason. Christmas Dinner To-day With the Mayor. The Trentham Camp Commandant has received, the- following telegram from His Worship'the Mayor of Wellington: —"I liave pleasure ion belialf of citizens to invite yourself "and your officers and men at- Christmas dinner at camp ay Trentham on Thursday, December 28, at 6 p.m. (Signed) Luke, Mayor." Returned Soldiers' Handbook. ■ This office has received an advance copy of the "Returned Soldiers' Handbook," wliich has been compiled and issued under 1 the direction of Major Norton Francis, Director of Base Records. ' The book, which run?-to-over fifty pages, contains numerous instructions dealing with returned soldiers from the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. The matter is not new,: but the value of the hook lies in the fact that all necessary information is col-, lected and indexed under one liandysized cover. • Officers for Trentham. The following officers liave reported at Trentham for duty:—Lieut. C. N. Mitchell (returned from Egypt), Records; and 2nd-Lieut. P. J. S. George, Infantry, 13th • Reinforcements. The Men at the Forts. Representations were made to a DofiiNiON representative that while soldiers in camp were not being forgotten, those at the forts had been overlooked. The Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) states, however, that those men are being _caiered for, too. They are not being given a Christmas dinner, hut comforts and luxuries are being sent out to-Uipm for their pleasure on Christmas Day. : The Silver Cup. The silver Cup (presented by the principal medical officer at Trentham, and medical officers) for the best-kept hut .has been won by the 9th Reinforcements, Artillery Hut No. 9, who retain the ciro for the period Friday, December 17," .to Friday, December j 24. City Recruiting. The, following fit men were enrolled in tho'city yesterday:— . ' E. M. Jones, shop assistant, Brooklyn (Ambulance). A. G- Trough ton, telegraphist', City (Telegraph). ; . ' N. Skinner, clerk, City (Infantry). G. AVyeth, railway surfaceman, Tipper Hutt (Infantry). R. J. Reid, clerk, Soames Island. (Infantry). / J. L.' W. Aitken, salesman, Soames Island (Infantry). ' W. Smart, bushman, Homeburn (Infantry). J. Keys, miner, City (Infantry). Before n. Tecruit goes into oamp it is the custom for l his friends to make him a presentation. Mr. A. E. M. Rowland slates that ho is prepared to give a special rebate of 15 per cent. (3s. in .the £) off all soldier's requisites, such as wristlet watches, .Irinoculars, etc.—Advt..