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JANUARY 2, 1919 Cooke.JA. R. N. Challacombe, J. Brereton, K. R. Powell, F. C. Gibson, J. A. Squire ; Nov. 17th. J. J. Hegan, E. S Olney ; Nov. 18th. R. Wylie ; Nov. 19th. D. L. Kane; Nov. 28th. D. H. Lumb; Dec. 2nd. R. A. Stoker; Dec. 10th. Sec. Lieut. (Acting Lieut.) D. A. Tullis to be Sec. Lieut., from S.O., and relinquishes his acting rank of Lieut. ; April 29th. V. Sands (Sec. Lieut , Middx. R., T.F.) is granted a temp, commission as Sec. Lieut. ; Sept. 30th, and with seniority from April 1st. G. Pitt (Temp. Lieut., R.E.) is granted a temp, commission as Lieut. ; Nov. 5th, and with seniority from April 1st. H. P. Rashleigh to be Sec. Lieut., and to be Hon. Capt. ; Nov. 16th, and with seniority from April 1st. Sec. Lieut. G. F. Henderson to be Sec. Lieut., from (A.) ; Dec. 10th Sec. Lieut. C. Revnolds to be Sec. Lieut., from (A'ship) ; Nov. 7th. Sec. Lieut. R. L. T. Latour (late Gen. List, R.F.C., on prob.) is confirmed in his rank as Sec. Lieut. ; Nov. 18th. Sec. Lieuts. to be Sec. Lieuts., from (A.) :—A. H. Mitchell ; July 9th. G. T. H. Pack ; Oct. 1st. The following Sec. Lieuts. (late Gen. List, R.F.C., on prob.) are confirmed in their ranks as Sec. Lieuts. (Grade B) :—M. Batesou - Oct. 18th. C. F. Scholefield, H. G. McKechnie ; Nov. 17th. The following Sec. Lieuts. (late Gen. Lift, R.FC., ou prob.) are confirmed in their ranks as Sec. Lieuts. :—E. C. Bolton, W. C. Farley ; Nov. 17th. H. C. Dalglish, H. C. B. Good, C. H. Ashworth, A. West ; Dec. 3rd. Lieut. N. Couve to be Sec. Lieut., and to be Hon, Lieut., from Observer Officer ; Nov. 21st. Sec. Lieuts. to be Sec. Lieuts. :—J. L. Tait, from Observer Officer ; Nov. 16th. W. C. Francis, from (A.) ; Nov. 18th. F. H. Jones to be Sec. Lieut., from Sec. Lieut. (Acting Lieut.) Admin., at his own request, and to relinquish his acting rank as Lieut. ; Nov nth. The following are granted temp, commissions as Sec. Lieuts., seniority April 1st. :—A. M. Mulliner (Temp. Lieut., R.W. Surr. R.), and to be Hon. Lieut. ; July 15th. S. L. Boothroyd (Temp. Sec. Lieut., Lab. Corps) ; Oct. 22nd. Sec. Lieuts. to be Sec. Lieuts. from (Admin.) ;—C. W. Richardson ; Sept. 10th. G. E. Litton ; Oct. 8th. A. Potter; Oct. 30th. R. F. Tunmer; Nov. 18th. H. R. Stubbington ; Nov. 25th. A. F. Dodd ; Dec. 9th. Lieuts. to be Sec. Lieuts., and to be Hon. Lieut, from (Admin.) (Grade B) :—I. S. Thomas ; Oct. 28th. J. J. Iremonger; Nov. 18th. To the North Pole by Aeroplane THE Aero Club of America is actively at work on a proposal to send an expedition in charge of Capt. R. A. Bartlett to the Arctic in June next. It is proposed to organise a base at Etah, 600 miles from the North Pole, for the vessel going across to Melville Bay. For the final flight, and for the exploration of the polar regions a la^ge sea or land aeroplane will be used, while smaller machines will be used for scouting purposes. The scouting planes would establish a base at Cape Columbia, from which point the large machine would fly from the American side of the Cape over the Pole to Cape Chelyuskin on the Siberian side. Rear-Admiral Peary is one of the principal movers in the scheme. ABritish Expedition Also ^ IT is understood that there is a possibility of a British expedition to visit the North Pole by aeroplane being ready to start in April. It is being organised by Mr. F. W. Salisbury Jones, of the Northern Exploration Company, and will go wa^Spitzbergen. Capt. Wild, who was second in command Lieut. S. D. Carpenter to be Sec. Lieut., and to be Hon. Lieut, from (A.) Nov. 18th. Sec. Lieuts. to be Sec. Lieuts. from (Admin.) :—H. G. C. Plumridge ; Sept. 5th. J. M. Blake, F. Anderson ; Sept. 10th. A. E. Firth ; Oct. 5th. T. Mattocks ; Oct. 16th. O. P. Aarvold ; Nov. 1st. W. N. Doble ; Nov. 2nd. H. S. M. Coster; Nov. 8th. P. F. Garnett ; Nov. 10th. H. E. Fenton ; Nov. 13th. A. J. Green, A. J. Higgins ; Nov. 16th. T. Wright, G. Dunn, N. W. Chandler, E. W. Husband, S. T. Phillips, J. Norman, W. A. A. Joyner ; Nov. 17th. R. F. Wilson (date of 1st commission, Oct. 13th). L. J. S. Sterlini, F. G. Thompson, A. R. Matthews ; Nov. iHth. H. S. Gain ; Nov. 19th. L. R. Merifield ; Dec. 1st. S. J. Laidler, F. B. Jeffries, C. W. M. Sabine. 1. W. Vanderpump ; Dec. 3rd. J. Mutimcr ; Dec. 9th. A. W. Spice ; Dec. nth. F. J. Nicholson, L. J. Ford ; Nov. 17th. C. W. Cornell, J. Sewell, T. Bell, S. Warburton, A. |. Knight, J. H. Hankins, J. Witton, W. J. Wilkinson, C. R. Orchard ; Nov. 18th. S. J. Collcutt, V, T- Atterton, W. Blakemore, A. H. Allen ; Nov. 20th. G. Hobson • Nov. 21st. E. G. Pugh, G. S. Crowther, G. C. Harrison ; Nov. 24th. F. W. Turner, J. Weeks, A. Sowdon ; Nov. 25th. The name of Maj. L. G. Harber is as now stated, and not as in Gazette, Dec. 13th. Sec. Lieut. (Acting Lieut.) V. A. Cooper relinquishes his commission on account o* ill-health, and 15 grained the lion, rank of Lieut. ; Dec. 25th. Lieut. T. J. Owen relinquishes his commission on account of ill-health, contracted on active service, and is granted the hon. rank ol Lieut. ; Dec . 25th. Memoranda. Capt. (Acting Lieut.-Col.) M. Nicholson, M.B.E. (Lieut., Temp. Cart., R.F.A.) relinquishes his commission on account of ill-health contracted on active service ; Dec. 25th. Capt. (Acting Maj.) E. S. Halford is granted the acting rank of Lieut.-Col. whilst specially employed, without pay and allowanceeot that rank ; Dec. 13th. Sec. Lieut. D. W. Moscrop relinquishes his commission on ceasing to be employed ; Sept. 28th. E. L. Day (late Sec. Lieut., R.A.F.) is granted the hon. rank of Sec. Lieut. ; Oct. 19th. London Gazette, December'27th. Memorandum. The notification which appeared in the Gazette of Dec. 6th, in so far as Lieut.-Col. (Actg. Brig.-Gen.) G.;Livingston, C.M.G., is concerned, is cancelled. to Sir Ernest Shackleton's South Polar expedition, is to direct operations, and a landing-place is in course of con struction at Lowe Sound. 'Venice Bomber Arrested ACCORDING to a report from;.Rome, Capt. Banfield, the crack Austrian pilot, who dropped bombs on Venice, has been arrested in Trieste, where he was posing as a mer chant engaged in the sale of aeroplanes The 1914-1915 Star REGULATIONS have now been issued by the Admiralty and the Army Council regarding the 1914-1915 Star, which will be awarded to officers and men who served in a theatre of war before December 31st, 1915. The decoration will be a bronze star, similar to the 1914 star, and the ribbon will be red, white andjblue, shaded and watered. Trained pilots and observers and men of the R.N.A.S. employed in flying from naval air stations on overseas patrol are en titled to the decoration. The visit of Lord Weir to the National Aeroplane Factory, Crossley Motors, Ltd., Manchester. From left to right, front row, Major Baird, Brig.-Gen. R. K. Bagnall-Wild. C.M.G., Lord Weir, the Lady Mayoress of Manchester, Sir Kenneth Crossley, Bart., Mr. W. M. Letts, C.B.E., and the Lord Mayor of Manchester. 29
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