War Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 93, 15 September 1914, Page 3

War Notes.

GENEROUS MAO3J OFFER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Oisborne, Sept. 14. Tuhoe and Mcw&tu country Natives tffw the Government a block of sixteen hundred acres of rich - land at Ruatwki, to be sold (by the Governmient at the highest market price. The proceeds are to ibe devoted to.the defence fund. DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT. Wellington, Sept. 14. The Frimie Minister, in response to an inquiry regarding vessels for the export of dairy .produce, said that the wiitteii is now being carefully gone inno by tlio G'cvcrtrment and the PaxliamcMt- ■ ary Committee set up for the purpose. As fur as he could ji.dge ail present, there was not lilccly to be any serious difficulty before ifce end of the year. If any difficulty did arise it was likely to lie due to transports now about to leave not getting bade in time for the busy period »f the season." The 'Prime Minister s-.atc> that part of the purchase of wheat recently made by (he Government in -nustralia. has arrived, and is now in etcre in Wellington and Auckland. A .CORRECTION. Christcburch,' September-13. The Hon. J. Allen says that the .staiement in the telegram from Dunedin that "all the Home Government would have to do would be to provide rations for the men in England," is incorrect. The whole expense in connection with the expeditionary force, from the time it leaves New Zealand till it returns, will be borne by the New Zealand Government, and the Imperial Government will not he put to any expense whatever.

NEW ZEALAND'S FOOD. FLOVR. AND WHEAT IN SUFFICIENT SUPPLY. Wellington, September 13. According to a telegram received hy the iPrime Minister from the chairman of tile Food Prices Commission (Mr. Justice Stringer), now sitting in Christchurch, there is a strong preponderance of those best.able to judge tnat there will be just about sufficient flour and wheat to supply the Dominion until next harvest. TILE ENPEDITTONAUY FORCE. EEINFO.KCEME'NT!>. Immediately after tlio departure of the expeditionary force steps will be taken too prepare periodical reinfoyeoanents. These will be (required from, the different units as follows:—Twenty per cuit. nix weeks after the Bailing of the expeditionary force, and five per cent, monthly thereafter. Each, individual unit must provide the officers and- men acquired for the squadron, coovpany, ilc, of the force originally found from the unit. Officers and wen. will bo selected from the volunteers ior over-sea service, taken, from Cue territorial force, ritle clubs, ex-volunteers, civilians, and men selected muM- ibe enrolled in the territorial force forthwith. Officers -will be drawn from the .unattached Iwls "A" and "B" as well as from the territorial force, and .preference will be given to single men. Their agew will lave iv be 20 and 40; tliey leust not be. lush than aft. 4in. in height, and must he under List in weight. Officers and men selected will 1 'he trained at a concentration camp <to he formed at Trenthum, and the course of training will last for Oil working days (sit weeks). Each draft will include infantry anil mounted reserves, artillery, and ambulance.

ON THE MAIKTI. GERMAN ARMY COUP'S LONG COLUMN. No feature of the German campaign in Belgium ami France has been more impressive than the mobility of the huge army. What this astonishing rapidity of" movement involves may he judged from a comment made last year by Mr. .T. Ellis Barker. "A German army corps of 30,000 men, marching on a single road, extends oyer 15 miles, and requires live hours lor deploying for battle," he wrote. It is followed by two ammunition columns and a baggage column whicli extend over another 15 miles of road. Through trm {jreat increase of the, field artillery and of the number of ammunition carts with which the modern quick-firing guns and magazine rides have made necessary, and the recent addition of siege guns, howitzers, mortars, machine guns, wireless telegraphy sections, balloon sections, fiyiitff machines, field kitchens, etc., the length of the army corps is constantly (.-rowing-. As an army corps with all its impedimenta requires thirty miles or road, it is clear that every army corps rpqll ire S a road for itself, and that tle effective use of millions of men ill battle is impossible, except in countries where the ''round is hard, which are all road.