CAMP NOTES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 6

CAMP NOTES

At Tauherenikau the following noncommissioned officers have been posted to the undermentioned units:—Corpl J I'othergill, A Squadron, 12th Reinforcements, temporary rami of sergeantmajor; Corpl. F. Sterling, Corpl. R. \y. leet, Corpl. J. Banks, Corpl. F. W. J. Stevenson, Corpl. C. J. Western, -V Squadron, lath Reinforcements, temporary rank of sergeant; Corpl. b. It. Jackson, B Squadron, 12th Reinforcements, temporary rank of sergeantmajor; Corpl. A. Evans, Corpl. L G Moss, Corpl. R. Smith, Corpl. G F~ Penhngton, Corpl. M. A. M'Laren, B Squadron, 12th Reinforcements,' temporary rank of sergeant; Corpl. p Hay C Squadron, 12th Reinforcements, temporary rank of sergeant-major; Corn] 11. E. G. Westenra, Corpl. F. C. Matthews, Corpl. G. E. G. Fox, Corpl. J. M'Auley, Corpl. H. Miller, C Squadron, 12th Reinforcements, temporary rank of sergeant; Corpl. J. -H. Coughlan, D Squadron, 12th Reinforcements, temporary rank of sergeant-major; Corpl. A. W. Beanknd, Corpl, F. W. Adamson Corpl. R. W. Kidd, Corpl. A. White' Corpl. H. H. Sheldon, D' Squadron, 12th Reinforcomenta, temporary rank of sergeant.

HIS REASON. Tho reasons which prompt men to enlist aro not' always those which they speak of when yarning to their fellow soldiers about the war, and what led them into it. As a "Punch" joke has it, speaking through the mouth of a recruiting sergeant, "This 'ere's the British Army and there's no bloomin' patriotism 'ere." So the reason given by one soldier may bo taken with a grain of salt, though it is worth recording nevertheless. A number of men had 6tated their reasons for going—most of them wore quite casual ones—when a quiet chap said: "Well, I'm going beoauso I want a fruit farm. I don't see auy chance of ' getting ono if I stay here. And if I go and come back safely thero's a good chance of getting one." No one spoke for a moment. Then a soldier said:

"You're a far-sighted - bloke, all riglit."

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS AT TAUHERENIKAU. Tho following temporary appointments have been made at Tauherenikau Corpl. 0. F. Gibbons, A Squadron, 10th to be lance-sergeant; Lance-Corpl. g! Rutherford, Laucc-Corpl. J. U. M'Nicol and Lance-Corpl. I<\. W. Ludlow' N.Z.V.C., to bo corporals; Pte. g! Clark, N.Z.V.C., to be lance-corporal; Shoeing-smith C. L. Ogle,' N.Z.V.C.. to bo shoeing-smith corporal; Shoeingsmith' M'lntosh, N.Z.V.C., to bo slioe-ing-sniith corporal; Corpl. A. J. S. Winton and Corpl. L. Strong, 0 Squadron, lltli, to be sergeants.