THE LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 18, 1901. 6783

Sergeant-Major John Burke to be Quartermaster, Captain F. J. Duncan, D.S.O., the Roj?al Scots with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, vice (Lothian Regiment), is granted the local rank of Honorary Lieutenant M. C. Rowland. Dated Major in South Africa whilst commanding a 19th October, 1901. Battalion of Mounted Infantry. Dated 18th August, 1901. The West India Regiment, Captain Harry E. M. Captain C. S. Chaplin, the King's Royal Rifle Hutchinson is seconded for service with the Corps, is granted the local rank of Major in South Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. Dated Africa whilst commanding a Battalion of Mounted 20th September, 1901. Infantry. Dated 24th August, 1901. The Royal Army Medical Corps, Colonel W. F. Stevenson, M.B., C.B., is granted the local War Office, Pall Mall, rank of Surgeon-General in South Africa I8(h October^ 1901. whilst Principal Medical Officer on the Lines of Communication. Dated 12th November, The undermentioned Officers to be Second Lieu- 1899. tenants. Dated 19th October, 1901 : — The third Christian name of Major J. J. C. 2nd Dragoon G-uards, Lieutenant Adrian Knapp Watson, M.D., C.I.E., is Curl, and not as pre- Hilyar O'Brien, from 3rd Battalion the Welsh viously described. Regiment, in succession to Lieutenant J. A. Browning, seconded. STAFF. $th Lancers, Lieutenant George Horatio Charles, Major E. E. Carter, C.M.G., Army Service Corps, Earl of Rocksavage, from 3rd Battalion the is confirmed in the appointment of a Deputy- Royal Sussex Regiment, in succession to Lieu- Assistant Quartermaster-General at Head- tenant S. R. Theobald, died of wounds received Quarters. Dated 1st May, 1901. in action. The following appointments made to the Staff in LINE BATTALIONS. South Africa are confirmed :— The Northumberland Fusiliers, Lieutenant Charles Captain W. P. G. Mylrea, Army Service Corps, Edward Thornton, from 3rd Battalion the to be a Deputy - Assistant Adjutant-General Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), in from 10th January, 1901, to 3rd July, 1931. succession to Lieutenant H. R. Sandilands, To be Staff Captains for Intelligence: — promoted. Captain S. W. Robinson, Royal Artillery. Dated 13th August, 1901. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Lieutenant Captain J. P. Law, the Devonshire Regiment. Tom Whaley, from 4th Battalion the Prince of Dated 22nd August, 1901. Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), in succession to Lieutenant A. S. Mitchell, Captain L. F. Philips, the King's Royal Rifle seconded. Corps, to be an Assistant Provost - Marshal, Lieutenant Edward Vesey Morley Shelley, from graded for pay, Rate XIV, Scale B, Article 5th Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, in 115, Royal Warrant 26th October, 1900, whilst succession to Lieutenant C. O'B. H. Methuen, so employed. Dated 15th April, 1901. promoted. Captain A. E. Mainwaring, the Royal Dublin The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), • Fusiliers, to be a Press Censor, graded for pay Lieutenant Guy Vesey Hawtrey, from 5th Rate XIV, Scale B, Article 115, Royal Battalion, vice G. A. S. Williams, seconded. Warrant 26th October, 1900, whilst so The Norfolk Regiment, Second Lieutenant Charles . employed. Dated llth June, 1901. Harold Amys Tuck, from 3rd Battalion. Captain C. J. H. Spence, the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own), to be Extra Aide-de- The Devonshire Regiment, Lieutenant Malcolm Camp to Brevet Colonel (local Brigadier- Roderick Marshall McLeod, from 5th Battalion General) E. A. H. Alderson, C.B., Aide-de- the Lancashire Fusiliers, in succession to Lieu- Camp to the King, Inspector • General of tenant A. J. E. Sunderland, promoted. Mounted Infantry. Dated 18th August, 1901. The Suffolk Regiment, Second Lieutenant John Herbert Robinson, from 4th Battalion, in suc- Indian Staff Corps, The undermentioned Officers cession to Lieutenant E. W. Bell, seconded. are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant- Colonel and Major re.-pectively, whilst serving The Prince of Wales's Own (West Forks/tire Regiment), Captain Frederic Russell Barff, as Regimental Commandant or Second in Command, Indian Army :— from 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant M. H. Logan, promoted. Major Ernest Hunter Rod well. Dated 5th July, Lieutenant Hamilton Leslie Roache, from 3rd 1901. Captain Harold Richard Mead. Dated 26th Battalion the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), in succession to Lieutenant J. S. March, 1901. Crowley, resigned. BREVET. The Royal Irish Regiment, Lieutenant Marcellus Lieutenant-Colonel Walter R. Kenyon-'Slaney, Wood, from 4th Battalion the Connaught half-pay, to be Colonel. Dated 15th October, Rangers, in succession to Lieutenant E. M. 1901. Panter-Downes, promoted. MEMORANDA. The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regi- Lieutenant-Colonel C. V. B. Kuper, from the ment), Lieutenant George Clarke Denton, from Royal Artillery, is continued in the appointment 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant R. of Superintendent, Remount Dep6t, Calcutta. E. Noyes, promoted. Dated loth March, 1900. The Lancashire Fusiliers, Lieutenant Claude Major T. M. Hawtayne. the Prince of Wales's Whitmore Gaitskell, from 6th Battalion, in (North Staffordshire Regiment), is granted the succession to Lieutenant A. C. Ward, seconded. local' rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in South Africa Lieutenant Leonard Ralph Barker, from 4th whilst conrimauding the Wakkerstroom Section Battalion the King's Own (Royal Lancaster of the Volksrust Sub-District. Dated 30th May, Regiment), in succession to Lieutenant F. C. 1901. Tanner, appointed Adjutant.