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THE HONGKONG

The Shekorespondent

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1938.

Army To Have 1,000

More Sergeant-Majors

And New Reserve Class

About 1,080 non-commissioned officers, the War Office announce, were promoted on October 1 to form the first batch of selections for a new class of troop.sergeant-majors, section sergeant-majors, and platoon sergeant-majors, to be known as Warrant Ofllcers Class III.

It has also been decided to form a new see- tion of the Army Reserve, to be called Section E, Promotion to provide a source of warrant officers and non- commissioned officers "to fill responsible positions prospects mobilisation, which would otherwise have to be filled from serving personnel."

Section E will be open only to pensioner warrant and non-commissioned officers aged fifty and under. Each man will be allotted a specific mobilisation_post.

widen

further

be 9d, a day.

Terms of service will be enlistment and ru-engagement for one year at a time. Pay will When called out they will not count their additional service towards increase of pension, but will continue to draw their pensions concurrently with their pay.

NEWS Man Had Bullet in His Back For 23 Years

DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT

SNAPSHOTS

receive the bullet.

Warrant Ofteers Class Ill. are lo consist of men of special character

and ability promoted to hold com-

mand of platoons and equivalent sub- units hitherto commanded by subal-

ufficers.

tern

They will be trained in offlcers' duties in tactics, in the use of wea- pons, and ha administration. They will also be available for other officer employments such

those with signals, transport, etc.

A bullet lodged in a mun's back for 23 years, was only discovered when he was X-rayed before undergoing They will be able to undertake an operation for an Internal com- duty as orderly officers on courts of plaint, says a message from Sydney. Inquiry and on regimental and garri- Arthur Coombs, of Toombul, took son boards, and will be given Anan- part in the landing at Gallipoli dur-ciat powers so that the handling of ing the war. It was then that he money and responsibility for no- counts may be delegated to them in "On the morning of the landing." the same way as is done at present he said, "when was falling to take with subalterns. cover. something struck me. thunght

I had been hit in the stomach, but later felt blood near my left shoulder

der blade and thought I must have been only grazed by the buliet. Later in the morning I was hit on the foot and put out of action. The

doctors pald title attention to: the scratch on my back, and the only i effect 1 felt was a paralysed left! arm for few days."

After about a month in hospital, Mr. Combs went back into action and fought through the rest of the

war.

ARMISTICE MEMORIES

RECALLED

WIDER POWERS Steps have been taken which will widen the powers of warrant officers,

མར whether Class I., II. or 111, to enable them to be given financial powers to handle money and to have adminis trutive powers to check stores, sign certificates, cor

conduct drafts, supervise range practices, etc.

will be

Warrant Officers Class I Introduced into Royal Artillers, foot guards, Infantry into cavalry of the line, of the line, and Royal Tank Corps in alt units. In the Royal Signals they will be introduced into certain units only. Searchlight units, shortly become ILA, will also have

them.

changes, say the Wor Once, mark definite innovation in Army organisation. They con- siderably widen the prospects of The opportunities promation, and

Memories of the Annistice were re- calted in dramatic faction ut the Frem garrizon fown of Belfort, recently, When Comporal Bugler Sellers, who sounded the "Cease Bre" for the armies in 1918, sounded as spectal vall on the same bunle for the ritums to peace, He was taking part in in itaposing ceremony, at which; several important military person- Simultaneously, the ages were present, says Central News non-commisioned officers of posts from Paris, During the ceremony hitherto

of high responsibility to the rank and file, enabling advantage to be taken of the superioe education and ability of the present-day soldier auf non-commiksluned officer. opening

held

to

by commissioned the company in which he serves ollicers reduces the proportion ol

tood af attention,

Sellers was one of the Reservists Army,

junior officers to called up for service recently.

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A large parchment eroil bearing

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to senior oflcers in the and thereby improves the

of promotion of apruspects of

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"An Infantry battalion con- sts of four companies; a company of four platoons; a platoon of four rections.

in the Bishopric of Melbourne, was produced in the Victorian Legislative found in a second-hand shop in Council by Mr. C. Eager, tineial London. leader of the Counell, says Ren.cri The serolt was quoted to show that Trom Melbourne,

the City of Melbourne had been Mr. Ruger said that it had been created unter Royal prerogative,

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