A DISTRICT ORDER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 October 1913, Page 3

A DISTRICT ORDER.

FOR SENIOR CADETS. The following District Order by Col. E. W. Chaytor, Officer Commanding the Wellington Military District, is published for general information: — A limited number of Senior Cadet N.C.Os., on attaining the age of transfer to the Territorial Force, may be allowed to continue serving in their Companies in the Senior Cadets, subject to the following conditions: — (1) In order that promotion in the Senior Cadets may not be blocked, the number of N.C.Os. so retained will ndt exceed a total of three, and will consist -of & Colour-Sergeant ; and two Sergeants, who will he specially selected and recommended by the Officer Commaiding the Cadet Company* concerned. Their retention will still further be subject to the approval of the Officer Commanding the District and to the consent off the N. 0,05. concerned.

(2>) tThey .may continue .to servo with their Company up to the age of 25 years, provided their duties are satisfactorily performed and so long as they are not transferred from the headquarters of their Company;; and such service will count as equivalent to service in the Territorial Force.

Upori transfer, or upon the- recommendation of the Officer Commanding the Company, "they may be posted to the Territorial Force..

(3) They will wear the uniform of the Territorial Force. In addition to their Cadet Service, these N.C.Os. will attend the annual camp of the Territorial Unit to which their companies are affiliated. They "will, at these times and when attending camps or course of instmction, be entitled to the same pay, etc., as Territorial N.C.Os. of the corresponding ■rank.