JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2815

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence.
Wellington, 10th July, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Staff and Territorial Force:—

Commands and Staff.

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) William Garnett Braithwaite, D.S.O., Imperial General Staff, from General Staff Officer in a district, to be Chief of the General Staff, vice Colonel Edward Severin Heard, Imperial General Staff, and to retain the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while so employed. Dated 10th July, 1914.

Colonel Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, T.D., New Zealand Staff Corps, from Officer Commanding a District, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces, vice Major the Honourable Richard Henn Collins, D.S.O., Imperial General Staff. Dated 16th July, 1914.

Major Francis Earl Johnston, the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), to command a district, vice Colonel Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, T.D., New Zealand Staff Corps, appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces, and is granted the temporary rank of Colonel while so employed. Dated 16th July, 1914.

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Colonel Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, T.D., from Officer Commanding a District, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces, vice Major the Honourable Richard Henn Collins, D.S.O., Imperial General Staff. Dated 16th July, 1914.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Sydney Charles Ashton to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 22nd February, 1913.

Lieutenant John Leslie Carter resigns his commission. Dated 22nd May, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Osmond Henry to be Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 12th March, 1913.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

Major-General Sir Alexander John Godley, K.C.M.G., C.B., Imperial General Staff, to be Honorary Colonel. Dated 1st July, 1914.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants, to complete establishment:—

John Alexander Munro, vice Wilson, resigned. Dated 22nd October, 1913.

John Duncan McArthur, vice Gairdner, promoted. Dated 12th February, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, to complete establishment:—

Charles Robert Spragg. Dated 18th February, 1913.

Harold Noel Kebbell. Dated 19th August, 1913.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Rathborne Foster is transferred to the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment. Dated 8th June, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

2nd Lieutenant James Finley Robertson to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th August, 1913.

New Zealand Railway Battalions.

(North Island Battalion.)

Captain (on probation) Walter Augustus Henry Wright resigns his appointment. Dated 7th April, 1914.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 17th July, 1913, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Stevenson Wright is cancelled.

Stevenson Wright to be Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 7th July, 1913.

Robert Leslie Jamieson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 23rd June, 1914.

(South Island Battalion.)

John Goodet McPherson to be Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 23rd June, 1914.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Major Jabez Alfred Cowles is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 10th June, 1914.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Captain Arthur William Donald Moray to be Major, to complete establishment. Dated 23rd March, 1914.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Captain John Lawrence Short is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 19th June, 1914.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

Major-General Sir Alexander John Godley, K.C.M.G., C.B., Imperial General Staff, to be Honorary Colonel. Dated 1st July, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Rathborne Foster, from the New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th June, 1914.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

Major Jabez Alfred Cowles, from the 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Major. Dated 10th June, 1914.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant William Northey Lace, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th May, 1914.

Tristram Joseph Dennetts Willcox to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 13th June, 1914.

New Zealand Chaplain’s Department.

The Reverend Edward Dering Evans to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 15th June, 1914.

Unattached List (b).

Captain Harry Oram is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 8th June, 1914.

Lieutenant Eben Brown Patrick resigns his commission. Dated 7th February, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant William Henry Cannan to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th April, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant William Northey Lace is transferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps. Dated 30th May, 1914.

Cecil McLean Smith to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 2nd June, 1914.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Philip Hereford is cancelled under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 5th June, 1914.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.
(Wellington Section.)

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 6th October, 1913:—

George Alexander Waddle.

Stephen Henry Matterson.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th July, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Staff, and appointments of officers of and attachments to the New Zealand Staff Corps:—

Staff.

Honorary Major James O’Sullivan, from Director of Equipment and Stores, to be an Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters, and to be attached to the New Zealand Staff Corps while so employed.

Captain Frederick Burton Mabin, Retired List, from Director of Accounts, to be an Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters, and is granted the honorary rank of Major and attached to the New Zealand Staff Corps while so employed.

Major Henry Harwood Browne, New Zealand Staff Corps, from Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters, to command an area group, vice Captain James Edgecumbe Barton, New Zealand Staff Corps.

Captain Henry Charles Nutsford, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be an Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in a district, vice Captain Robert Saxton Matthews, New Zealand Staff Corps, appointed to command an area group.

Captain Robert Saxton Matthews, New Zealand Staff Corps, from Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in a district, to command an area group, vice Captain John Robert Henderson, New Zealand Staff Corps, appointed an Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters.