STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 55.
PROVISIONAL
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1914.
Regulations for the Entrance Examinations to
the Royal Military College—Amendments.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the
Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations
under the Defence Act 1903-1914 should come into immediate operation and
make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional
Regulations.
Dated
this twenty-third day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His
Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE
OF AUSTRALIA.
Amendments.
part
ii.—syllabus for candidates under nineteen years of age.
Division I.
Subject “1. English.” is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
Subject. | Marks. |
Maximum. | Pass. |
1. English. | 100 | 50 |
(i) Essay. |
(ii)
One short precis of correspondence, reports, or similar documents.
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(iii)
Meaning of selected passages. |
(iv)
Analysis of sentences. |
(v) Dictation—passage
from a standard book. |
Marks
will be deducted for bad handwriting.
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C.3317.—Price 3d.
Subject
“2. History.” is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
Subject. | Marks |
Maximum. | Pass. |
2. History. | 100 | 50 |
(i) (a)
The expansion of the British Empire. |
(b)
English History in the nineteenth century.
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(ii)
History of Australia and New Zealand from 1851 to 1901.
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Eight questions will be set on section (i), and three questions on section (ii). |
Not more than eight questions to be answered, of which at least one must be taken from section (ii). |
PART III.—SYLLABUS FOR CANDIDATES NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE AND OVER.
Division I.—Military Subjects.
Subject “1. Tactics” is cancelled, and the following substituted
therefor:—
Subject. | Marks. |
1. Tactics. | 150 |
The subject matter
contained in Infantry Training, 1914, Chapters IX. to XVI., and in Field
Service Regulations, Part I., 1909 (reprint 1912), Chapters I., II., III.
(Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32), V, and IX., or corresponding
matter contained in any subsequently issued manuals.
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Subject
“2. Military Engineering.” is cancelled, and the following substituted
therefor:—
Subject. | Marks |
2. Military
Engineering | 100 |
The subject matter
contained in the Manual at Military Engineering, 1911, Chapters I., II., III.
(omitting Section 23), IV., V. (omitting Sections 40 and 41), VI, VII.
(omitting Sections 55 and 56), VIII., IX. (omitting sections 64, 65, 66, and
68), X., XI, XIII. (omitting Sections 80 and 81); or corresponding matter
contained in any subsequently issued manual.
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N.B.—Omit Appendices. |
Subject “3. Map Reading,
Field Sketching, and Surveying.” is cancelled, and the following substituted
therefor:—
Subject. | Marks. |
3. Map Reading, Field Sketching, and
Surveying. | 150 |
The subject matter
contained in Manual of Map Reading and Field Sketching, 1912, Chapters I., to
VII. and IX. to XI., and Appendix IV.; or corresponding matter contained in
any subsequently issued manuals.
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Division II.—Drills and Exercises.
Subject “4. Drill.” is cancelled, and the following substituted
therefor:—
Subject. | Marks. |
4. Drill. | 150 |
At least two questions
will be asked on each of the following sub-heads:— |
Infantry Training 1914—
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(a) Squad Drill—with and without
arms;
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(b) Section, Platoon, and Company
Drill;
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(c) Extended Order Drill;
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(d) Battalion Drill;
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Ceremonial—Guards;
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or corresponding matter contained in any subsequently issued manuals.
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Subject
“5. Musketry.” is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
Subject. | Marks. |
5. musketry. | 160 |
Subject matter contained
in Musketry Regulations, Part I, 1909 (reprint,
1912, with amendments)—
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(a) Chapter II., Sections 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12;
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(b) Chapter III., omitting
trajectory tables;
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(c) Chapter IV., Sections 36-54, 63, 64;
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(d) Chapter V., Sections 65-67;
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or corresponding matter obtained in any
subsequently issued manual.
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Subject
“6. Signalling.” is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
Subject. | Marks. |
6. Signalling. | 60 |
Subject matter contained
in Training Manual Signalling, Part II., 1914, Chapter I., or corresponding
matter contained in any subsequently issued manual.
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Sending and Reading
Semaphore, eight words a minute; also
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Small Flag (Morse), six
words a minute;
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Large Flag Drill;
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Knowledge of the Message
Form.
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