ANSWERS TO .CORRESPONDENTS.'

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3112, 16 June 1917, Page 6

ANSWERS TO .CORRESPONDENTS.'

"One of Them."—The Queen's Medal (South Africa) was awarded to officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the British, Indian, and Colonial forces, and to all nurses and nursing sisters -who actually served in South Africa between October 11, 1899, _and the close of the war. Tho ribbon has an orange centre, bordered with blue, and red edges. The King's Medal (South' Africa), to be worn in addition to the Queen's Medal, was awarded to those who completed eighteen months' service in. South Africa during the war. The ribbon is green', white, and orange. No man is entitled to wear the ribbon unless he has actually received tho corresponding medal. "Only in. Camp."—A man who has entered camp as a volunteer and later has been.,discharged medically unfit is entitled to wear tho khaki arm-badge. Ho should receive this badge - from tho camp authorities on application. Recruits who have been discharged from 'the Forces without service outside New Zealand will not receive the war medal. "Henry Walton."—Yes. The Minister of Defence staled in the House of Representatives that the censor at Samoa was a British snbjcct, born in. New Zealand, and had held a commission in the sth (Wellington) Regiment since February, 1912.