TERRITORIAL REFORMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 56, 11 July 1913, Page 3

TERRITORIAL REFORMS.

RESULT OF THE OFFICERS’ CONFERENCE.

[Per Press Association.] Wellington, July 11

The Hon. James Allen, Minister for Defence, informed a “Post” reporter to-day that as a result of a conference of Territorial officers certain recommendations have been made. These include the following: Newspaper correspondents in camp—That district commanding officers be instructed to make it their business to get editors to send accredited reports as correspondents next year, and to do all they can to afford them facilities in camp.

f Bands for Senior Cadets—This will receive every encouragement, ■ but it is impossible that any expense in this direction can be paid by the country; it is purely a matter for private support.

Promotion of Officers—That no officer be allowed to go up for promotion until he has completed a year in his present rank and unless he has fired his course of .musketry and done his full number of parades, drills, and camp, for the year. Transfer of Officers —-That they be required before, transfer to qualify for their rank in the branch to which they wish to be transferred jin those subjects in appendix 4, in which they have not already qualified. Parades on King’s Birthday—That parades be early, short, and compulsory, leave to ,bo given, freely to men who genuinely want to go away on the night before.