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83. Field Transports. Each district has now on charge wagons and harness, and during this year's camps the Remount Department lent districts sufficient draught horses to enable all transport being performed by the Army Service Corps. This entailed a saving to the Department, as well as being of the greatest use for Army Service Corps instruction. 84. Field Cooking. The cooking in camps was carried out as last year, partially by military cooks and partially by civilians. Roberts field cookers were used, supplemented in some cases by trench cooking. Several units in the Canterbury District used a new field cooker built by Scott Bros., which was found very satisfactory. 85. Camps and Barracks. The services rendered by the Public Works in the erection of the training-camps has been of the greatest service to my Department. A Director for Camp and Barrack Construction with an efficient staff has been established to maintain these camps and barracks, and to provide for possible expansion still working in conjunction with the Public, Works. The Director of Camp and Barrack Construction has done excellent and wholly voluntary work in Ibis direction. 86. Printing. I. wish to convey grateful thanks to the Government Printing Office for their great assistance in so willingly dealing with the increased amount of printing and stationery required, often at short notice. A. W. Robin, Brigadier-General, Commanding New Zealand Military Forces.

APPENDIX A.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, FTC. 1. Principal Appointments made during the Year. {a.) The Honourable Sir Walter Clarke Buchanan, lit,., M.L.C., to be Honorary Colonel of the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. (b.) Staff at, Headquarters, Director-General of Medical Services. —Colonel Robert Samuel Findlay Henderson, M.8., K.U.P., Army Medical Service, with the local rank of Surgeon-General whilst so employed. Adjutant-General. —Lieut.-Colonel Robert Ward Tate to be Adjutant-General (temporarily), vice Lieut.-Colonel Herbert Edward Pilkington, Royal New Zealand Artillery, proceeding on active service. Assistant Military Secretary and Aide-de-C-amp to the Commandant. —Lieutenant Douglas Bryan, New Zealand Staff Corps, returned from active service for home duties, vice Captain Frank Hudson, New Zealand Staff Corps, on active service. Director of Supplies and Transport and Inspector New Zealand, Army Service Corps. — Captain Hubert Havard Wright, Army Service Corps, vice Major Annesley Craven Robinson, Army Service Corps, with the local rank of Major whilst so employed. Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport and Assistant Inspector of New Zealand Ann// Service Corps. —Lieutenant (temp.) Francis Edward Ostler, Army Service Corps, with the temporary rank of Captain. Assistant Director of Military Training. —Captain (temp. Major) .lames Lewis Sleeman, Royal Sussex Regiment. Director of Camps and Barrack Construction. —Colonel Ernest Haviland Hilev, New Zealand Railway Battalions. Deputy Inspector, Equipment and Ordnance Stores. —Honorary Major James O'Sullivan. Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores. —Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Thomas McCristell, New Zealand Staff Corps, with the honorary rank of Major whilst so employed. Assistant Musketry and Machine Gun Instructor. —Captain Richard Neave, Essex Regiment. Assistant Instructor of Infantry. —Captain Sir Robert Walker, Bart., Coldstream Guards. Accounting Offi,cer, Equipment and Ordnance Stores. —Lieutenant Thomas Joseph King returned from active service for home duties.