Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.
Financial and Allowance Regulations (Provisional) for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth—Regulation 100—Addition.
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 Regulation under the
Dated this twenty-eighth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Addition.
After Regulation 100, insert—
Provision of Horses for Officers of the Permanent Forces. 100 (a). (1.) When Officers of the Permanent Forces require to be mounted for military duty, they are to be provided with Government remounts, if these are available
(ii.) No special horses are, however, to be reserved for the use of Officers only, or for any special Officer.
(ii) D.A.Q.M.G.’s are to furnish D.P.M.’s at the end of each month with lists giving such particulars of remounts so used by Officers, and the duty necessitating such use, as will enable the D.P.M. to make in record showing the earnings of the horses at contract rates.
(b.) (1.) When Government horses are not available, Officers of the Permanent Forces requiring to be mounted for military duty are permanent to make their own arrangements for hiring suitable horses, and may recover a sum not exceeding Ten shillings for each half, and Fifteen shillings for each whole, day for which such hiring is authorized.
C.3704.—Price 3d.
(II.) Before entering into any arrangement for hiring, however, the Officer concerned must obtain the approval of the District Commandant to his being mounted for military duty on the occasion for which the allowance is claimed, and this approval, together with supporting receipts from the hirer, must accompany the claim when presented for payment.
(III.) The allowance is only to be claimed for such military duties which in the opinion of the District Commandants necessitate Officers being mounted when attending camps of training, field manoeuvres, staff tours, inspections, schools, mounted parades of mounted units, and special parades such as reviews.
(IV.) Veterinary and shoeing charges will not be paid by the Department.
(c.) In cases where an Officer of the Permanent Forces owns and uses a horse suitable for military purposes, he may draw the allowance of Ten shillings or Fifteen shillings referred to in the preceding paragraph, and subject to the conditions therein set out, and subject to the District Commandant's approval referred to therein being obtained and forwarded to the D.P.M., and provided also that the claimant must obtain a certificate from a Veterinary Officer that the horse for which the allowance is claimed is suitable and fit for military service in every respect. This certificate is to be forwarded to the D.P.M., and must be renewed at the end of each quarter. Veterinary and -shoeing charges for such horse will be borne by the owner.
(d.) District Commandants will forward for the information and approval of the Military Board, to reach Head-quarters not later than the 15th June in each year, lists showing corps, names, and appointments of Officers of the Permanent Forces whom they consider require to be mounted during the following year.
(e.) The provision contained in paragraphs (a.), (b.) , and (c.), have also general application to all Officers not serving under the command of District Commandants, and in such cases the Heads of the Military Departments under which they serve, or Commanding Officers, as the case may be, will give the approval for their being mounted, referred to therein, when the necessity arises.
Printed and Published for the GOVERNMENT of the COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA by ALBERT J. MULLETT, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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