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Detail of Inspections by the Inspector-General, N.Z. Defence Forces.

The foregoing returns show that the attendance of the combatant portion of the Field Force has been much worse than that of any other part of the Force, only 4,517 of all ranks and all arms (being about 1,500 less than the previous year, accounted for, no doubt, partly by the fact that musters were by regiments and battalions instead of squadrons and companies) out of an enrolled strength, at the end of. last year, of 10,552, and an establishment of 14,329 for the Dominion, having paraded for inspection. The total attendance at the various Easter camps in the Dominion for this Force was 4,545 nil ranks (or about 150 less than the year before), and I am quite confident that I am well within the mark in saying that not more than a total of 5,000 officers and men of the Field Force have done any work in the field in daylight during the year.

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Branch of Service. Number of Corps Present on ordered Parade, out. Enrolled EstablishStrength. ment of Percentage of Corps Corps of Enrolled ordered ordered Strength, out. out. Percentage of Establishment. Auckland Military . District. Coast Defence Force—G.A.V. ... Field Force — Field Artillery, Mounted Eifles, Field Engineers, Infantry Non-combatants—Field Ambulance, Bands Cadets ... ... 3 245 34 924 293 1,814 477 2,746 Per Cent. 83-5 51 Per Cent. 51-5 34 1 12 30 52 40 23-8 9 439 514 591 85-5 74-5 Wellington Military District. 81 49-4 • 41 34-7 Coast Defence Force —G.A.V. ... Field Force — Field Artillery, Field Engineers, Mounted Rifles, Infantry Non-combatants — Field Ambulance, Bands Cadets 3 196 I 50 1,281 3 58 I 243 I 2,599 66 477 3,688 66 88 88 10 422 553 630 76-5 67 Coast Defence Force—G.A.V. ... Field Force — Field Artillery, Mounted Rifles, Infantry Non-combatants — Field Ambulance, Bands Cadets Nelson Military L 1 22 15 265 District. 33-8 28-8 14-1 21-25 65 919 156 1,138 5 80 150 138 53-3 57 4 191 230 264 83 72-5 Canterbury Military i District. 84 54-2 435 34-6 Coast Defence Force —G.A.V. ... Field Force — Field Artillery, Field Engineers, Mounted Rifles, Infantry Non-combatants — Field Ambulance, Bands Cadets 2 139 37 966 4 85 165 1,781 117 331 2,792 118 72-6 72 9 354 446 580 79 61 Otago Military D 2 176 37 1,105 district. 78 54-5 53 41-4 Coast Defence Force—G.A.V. ... Field Force — Field Artillery, Field Engineers, Mounted Rifles, Infantry Non-combatants — Field Ambulance, Bands Cadets 226 2,038 118 331 2,693 118 793 79-5 4 94 15 499 783 961 63-6 511 tail of Ini tpections /< >r Dominio , , Coast Defence Force —G.A.V. ... Field Force — Field Artillery, Field Engineers, Mounted Rifles, Infantry Non-combatants — Field Ambulance, Bands Cadets 11 173 778 4,541 992 9,151 1,772 13,057 78-65 49-5 44-5 34-5 17 329 481 492 68-5 67 47 1,905 2,526 3,046 75-5 63