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Royal Military College op Australia Five New Zealand Cadets were selected for entry to the Royal Military College of Australia in 1946. There are at present twenty New Zealand Cadets at the College. Regular Army The strength of the Regular Force is now 144 officers and 400 other ranks. Of the 400 other ranks, 131 hold temporary or N.Z.E.F. commissions. The strength by Corps against the approved establishment in 1939 is : (a) Officers — Present Strength. Establishment. N.Z. Staff Corps .. .. .. 104\ , QA Royal N.Z. Artillery 14/ 130 officers. N.Z. Ordnance Corps .. .. .. 9 20 officers. 127 150 (b) Other Ranks — Present Strength. Temporary Commissions. N.Z. Permanent Staff .. .. .. 70 officers 67 other ranks. Royal N.Z. Artillery .. .. .. 39 „ 168 „ N.Z. Ordnance Corps .. .. .. 12 „ 31 „ N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps 9 „ 6 „ N.Z. Medical Corps .. .. 1 „ 3 „ 131 officers. 269 other ranks. Establishment. Quartermaster Commissions. N.Z. Permanent Staff .. .. .. 12 officers 162 other ranks. Royal N.Z. Artillery .. .. 3 „ 321 „ N.Z. Ordnance Corps .. .. 2 „ 83 „ N.Z. Permanent Army Service Corps .. .. 45 „ N.Z. Medical Corps .. .. .. .. 7 17 officers. 618 other ranks. Army School of Instruction The Army School of Instruction has continued to maintain a high standard of efficiency. A total of 1,875 students has attended courses in signals, various trades, small-arms, engineering, and tactics. An O.C.T.U. has been established to provide officers for the Occupational Force in Japan. Artillery The installation of heavy coast artillery guns at Auckland and Wellington is nearing completion. The technical proof-firing has been carried out at .one Auckland site and will shortly be proceeded with at the Wellington Battery. At all minor ports coast artillery equipments have been removed to main-centre storage, and at major ports equipments have been centralized where possible.

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