CAMPS AND THE MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2739, 6 April 1916, Page 7

CAMPS AND THE MEN

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS. The following temporary appointments have been approved by tlie Camp Commandant at Featherston: —Lce.-Corpl. R. H. jVpCart^y. l l2th Engineers, toT» . oorporal; Spr. H.. 0. May, -12th Engineers, to - ' be lance-corporalSergt. H.. Broom, Headquarters Q.M. Stor'es.to be 'Q.M.S:: Corpls. M., Mitohell, W. E. Cook, R. Sherson, J. Shepherd to be 'sergeants ;■ Corpl. A: E; T. ; Nixon, Headquarters Q.M. Stores; to be sergeant;' Ptes. R. M'Millan, G. S. Devonport A. S. M'Phail, G. D. Mitshell J. A. Wilson, J. D. Poppleton, W. J. Bradcock, •M. Flynn, A. E. Murphy, I A. B. Stenson, V. Whe'atley, 1 P. Sparrow,' TV. 1 Groves to be corporals; Q.M.S. R. Burgess, D' Squadron, 18th,: to be' R.Q.M.S. Appointments at Trentham;

The following temporary appointments - Save been approved of by the • Camp ' Commandant ? ''at >'■ Trentham Headquarters . Staff (Quartermaster's Stores). —Sergt.-Major .Lewis to be regi'mental sergeant-major; Pte. J.'H. Owen fo be corporal; Pte. G. Smith to bo corporal; Corpls. T. Jones, R. ' Hart,' J. J. Stroull, E. W. Bailey; S. Hyndm&n, • W. A. Walsh, M. J. Thomas, W. Murphy, 0. S. Jones, to be quartermastersergeants. Headquarters Staff (Range Wardens). —Corpl. J.. S. Baskett to be sergeant. • A Company, 14th Reinforcements.— Ptes. J. S.,Dickinson, W.G. Hornibrook, H. Kay, P. J. Ryan, S. J. Saddler, C. W. Twiname to be. corporals ; ■ Ptes. W. Berry. H. N. Grundy, C. 0. M'Coskie, R. White to bo'lanco-corporals. B Company, 14th Reinforcements.—: Ptes. J. F.; M'Donald, A. 1 G. Smith, R, Mather, E. H. Greenhow, P. J. Hill, to be oorporals; Ptes.,'F. Spackman, H. J. Holloway, H. E. Ordish, L. Hirst, F. E. Frederickson, :H. H. Hopkins, R. Jones, P. Grinlinton, IP. Sydow, H. Cooke, P. W-. Billows, R. A. Billows to be lance-corporals. • . 1 . C Company, 14th Reinforcements.— Ptes. L; V. Arrow; J. P. Blakemore, E. 8.. Condell, F. Costello, E. E. Crocker, A. S. Griffiths, H. Momo, A. W. Napper, C. H, Townsend, J. ;S. White,> A. ,W luill' to be lance-oorporals. , E Company, loth Reinforcements — Corpls. W. R. Lascelles, B. J. C. Jellie, A. Sansbury, H. C. Smith, H. L. 1 Moyle fo be sergeants. Leave for Races. : , : " During this week-the.usual hours'of drill at Trentham have been extended slightly; Instead of beginning drill at . 9 a.m., the troops have been starting at 8 o'clock and : finishing at 5 o'clock, instead of 4.15 p:m. The reason for this is that general leave. is; to he granted to . all soldiers in oamp in order to enable them to attend the raoes at .Trent- • ham Thursday aiid - Saturday. General Items. Second lieutenant M. G. R. Newbold has reported at Trentham for duty, and has been posted to the New Zealand Engineers, 12th Reinforcements. 2nd Lieutenant Glanfield, G Co'., 12th, has returned to Featherston Camp, , after being on. sick leave/ "2nd' Lieut. Grierson has reported at Featherston for. duty, and has been. . posted ,to the 2nd Reserve Squadron. ' 2nd'Lieut. W. L. Harrison , has reported for duty at Featherston, and • has been attached to the Reserve Squadrons. The Camp Commandant at FeatherEton regrets to announce the death. oE Pte.'Wm. Dixon Anderson, D Squadron, 10th, who mot his death at Ohine-. . mufcu on April 1. ' A. E. 11. Rowland, the Public Service ' Optician and Jeweller, has been appointed spectacle maker to the Wellington Hospital. • Further, the firm offers 15 por : cent, discount to soldiers and their friends when purchasing for them. See Rowland's "Get-rich-qnick Sale," 90 Manners Street.—Advt. . -