CAMP NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3047, 7 April 1917, Page 2

CAMP NOTES

——*- TEMPORARY. APPOINTMENTS. The following temporary appointments " have been approved by tho Camp' Commandant at Trcntham:— Headquarters Staff (Q.M. Stores) ,-rPto. C. E. .Chittenden to bo quarter-master-sergeant. '.— ..,. E , Company, {&th Reinforcements. — • Lce.-Corpl. D. Duncan to be corporal; Ptes. P. Riley, A. G. Print, D:. Henry to bo lance-corporals. . -- D' Company, 24th Reinforcements.— Ptos. J. Houston, N. Av Weir to be lance-corporals. ■.-..-■—.....-. F Company, 24th Reinforcements.— Corpl. A. J. Ferguson-to-be-sergeant;, Pte. F. J. M'Donald, Lce.-Corpls. P. W. A. Balmer, H. F. Vaughan, S. F.J. Cowen to bo. corporals; Ptes. J. Hickev, A. B. -Taylor, P. E. Doyle, E. H. W. Kenny, E. M. Philips; N. o.'. M'Kay to bo lance-corporals. . N.Z. Medical-Corps—Pto. J. W. Robson to be corporal whilst employed as clerk; Pte. H. Curtis to be corporal whilst employed as cook; Lce.Corpl. W. Virgin to be corporal whilst specially employed. The undermentioned, having passed qualifying examination, and their promotion having' been approved by tho Camp • Commandant, are granted the temporary rank in the Expeditionary Force as sot opposite their names :— Headquarters Staff (Q.M. Stores).— Corpl. W. H. M. Roberts to be regimental quartermaster-sergeant; Corpl. H. 0. Totman, Ptes. W. J. E. Lons- ( dale, J. H. Costello, C. T., Jamieson, E. A. Pankhurst, H. Parkinson, R. S. Vercoe, J. Simpson to "be quartermas-ter-sergeants. C . Company, 28th Renforcements.— Sergt. W. S. G. _Camerp_n..tpJbe..com- ■ pany sergeant-major. ------- B Company, 28th. Reinforcements,—.., .Sergfc..':H. H. Hind„io„be cpm£any_ser-. -geant-major. --'—- -f"--^- ■•■■■■■■■- ■•""■•" ■ •"' G Company, 28th Reinforcements.-r Sergt. R. D. Vincent to be company sergeant-major. J Company, 28th Reinforcements — Sergt. A. H. Davies to- be company . isergeant-major. • H Company,- 2Sth Reinforcements:—. Sergt. W. T. Bray to be company ser-geant-major. • A Company, 28th Reinforcements,— Sergt. J. J. B. Woods to be company sergeant-major. D Company, 28th Reinforcements.— Sergt. S. E. Deacon.to be company ser-geant-major. F Company, 28th Reinforcements.— Sergt. A. Thome to be company ser-geant-major. ■ Staff-Sergeant Royden MfDowell has been appointed assistant officer in charge of supplies, Featherston Camp, with the rank of 2nd lieutenant, on probation. The Binns shooting cup ' (presented by Mr. Binns, camp jeweller at Trentham) for the best shot in the Twentyfourth Reinforcements Infantry, was won by Sergt. J, P. B. Woods, E Company, Twenty-fourths. The following are tho scores:—Sergt. J. P. B Woods, E Coy., 165; Pte.- Brooker; D' Coy., 157; Lieut. Stark, G Coy., 156; Corpl. Porteous, J Coy., -154; Pte! H. P. Atkinson, B Coy., 152; Sergt W ' E. Hendry, C Coy., 149; Sergt. W. J Adams. H Coy.. 148; Lieut. H. G. Carruth, F Coy., 146; Lce;,-Corpl. HV-J Phillips, A Coy., 144; Pte. S. Phillips, A Coy., 144. The following men of the Twentyfourth, N.Z.F.A., having passed the prescribed tests, have been classified as trained signallers, and are entitled to wear the efficiency badgo:—Bomb. H E. Goldsbro, Gnrs..M. J. Lynch, P E Key, S. H. Faulkner, W. E. Diack, R. C. M'Lean, J. Lawson, V. H. K Perkins, D. J., M'Millan, R. A. Judd' E. C. Newman, J. F. Donnelly. Tho following temporary appointments have been approved .by the Camp Commandant at Featherston-— .24th. N.Z.F.A.-Corpl. L. AV. Menkes to be sergeant; Bombs. E.-W M Wallis, P. G. Tilson, H. E. Goldsbro' to be sergeant; Gnrs. S. H. Faulkner, 0. Mi Jones to bo bombardiers F.-Sergt. G. Williams, P.E.A.S.C, to bo F.-S.-sergeant; Dvrs. J. A. M'Leod J. R. Morrison, 24th, N.Z.A.S.C. to be lance-corporals; Corpl. A. M'Millan, N.Z.V.C., .to be sergeant. '