Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
1913. No. 327.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.
Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1912 to come into operation on and from the first day of January, 1914.
Such Regulations shall supersede the Provisional Regulations (Statutory Rule 1913, No. 273), under the said Act made on the twenty-second day of October, 1913.
Dated the nineteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. D. MILLEN.
DEFINITIONS.
1. “Head-Quarters” means the office of the Central Administration.
2. “District Head-Quarters” means the Office of a District Commandant.
3. “Military Decoration” means any medal, clasp, good conduct badge, or decoration.
4. “Superior Officer,” when used in relation to a soldier, includes a Warrant Officer not holding a commission, and also a Non-commissioned Officer.
5. “The Act” means the Defence Act 1903-1912.
6. “Rank,” unless it is otherwise stated, means, in the case of an Officer, the highest permanent rank held by him when serving, whether substantive, brevet, or honorary.
7. “Substantive Rank” shall include all rank except brevet, honorary, local, and temporary.
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9. The term “company” will be understood to mean squadron, battery, or company, as the case may be, according to the nomenclature of the portion of the Defence Force to which any regulation may be applied, and includes any corresponding subdivision, such as a transport and supply column.
ABBREVIATIONS.
C.M.R.=Commonwealth Military Regulations.
C.M.F.=Commonwealth Military Form.
C.M.B.=Commonwealth Military Book.
D.A.=Defence Act 1903-1912.
S.O.=Standing Order Issued by the Military Board. M.O.=Military Order
Regulations referring to Permanent Forces only are marked with the letter “P.” in the margin to Citizen Forces only, with the letter “C.”; to Militia Forces only, with the letter “M”; and to Volunteer Forces only, with the letter “V”
C.17302.—Price 2s. 9d.
Paragraphs of the Regulations which have been amended, or re-drafted, or are new, are denoted by a black line in the margin.
PART II.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.
Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed to be contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of the Act.
THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE.
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Constitution. 1. The Council of Defence consists of regular members and consultative members. Regular members. The regular members shall be the Minister of State for Defence (President), the Treasurer, the First and Second members of the Naval Board, the Inspector-General of the Military Forces, the Chief of the General Staff, and the Consulting Military Engineer. Consultative members. The consultative members, at a meeting of the Council, are such officers of the Citizen Forces and expert advisers as are summoned by the President to that meeting. Meetings. Meetings of the Council shall be convened by the President. If the President is not present at a meeting, the Treasurer, if present, shall preside. Quorum. Four (4) regular members, of whom one shall be the President or the Treasurer, shall constitute a quorum. Sub-committees of the Naval and Military Members shall be constituted as required, under the presidency of the Senior Officer detailed as a member of the sub-committee. Secretary. The Permanent Head of the Department of Defence is the Secretary to the Council. Minutes. Minutes are kept of the proceedings of all meetings of the Council. |
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE.
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The Council of Defence inquires into, discusses, and records opinions upon matters submitted to it by the Minister affecting— (a) The general policy of the Naval and Military Defence of the Commonwealth. (b) Measures necessary for the defence of the Commonwealth in time of war. (c) The total expenditure on Defence, and its distribution. |
THE MILITARY BOARD.
CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION FOR THE MILITARY FORCES.
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Constitution. 2. The Military Board consists of the Minister (President), and the following members:— Regular members. The Chief of the General Staff (1st Military Member), The Adjutant-General (2nd Military Member), The Quartermaster-General (3rd Military Member), The Chief of Ordnance (4th Military Member), The Finance Member. The designation of these officers shall not thereby confer any seniority on the holders thereof. |
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The Military Board, subject to the control of the Minister, is charged with the administration of all matters relating to the Military Forces. The Minister will assign their duties to the various Members of the Board. Each Member will be primarily and directly responsible to the Minister for the proper execution of the duties assigned to him. Unless otherwise directed each Member of the Board will be responsible to the Minister for the drafting for submission of the Regulations dealing with his branch. The Members of the Board will allot the duties of their Directors. Meetings. Meetings are to be convened by the President, and in his absence by the Secretary for Defence. In the absence of the President the Senior Military Officer present will preside. Quorum. Three Members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Minutes. There will be a Secretary to the Board, who will be an Officer of the Department of the Secretary for Defence, and who will keep and distribute, as directed by the Minister, all agenda, minutes, and recommendations of the Military Board. The Military Board will refer all matters in connexion with the appointments of Commandants and Officers of the District Head Quarters Staffs, and the appointments of Officers to command for regiments and corps to the Inspector-General for his advice and recommendation. Imperial General Staff. 2a. The Chief of the General Staff is the Chief of the Commonwealth Section of the Imperial General Staff. Military Board Rules of Business. 2b. Rules of Business for Military Board. The following Rules will govern the conduct of the business of administration:— (a) Matters of routine are to be decided by and dealt with in the name of the responsible Member of the Military Board, who, if he thinks fit, may delegate this duty to his Directors. (b) Questions of principle will be decided by— (i.) The Member of the Board responsible. (ii.) The Minister. (iii.) The Minister after obtaining the advice of the full Military Board in session— according to their importance. In the case of (iii.) précis of the questions are to be prepared and laid before the Board for discussion and decision. (c) A session of the Military Board will be convened by the Minister when necessary. Four days before a meeting each Member will submit to the Minister the agenda of the subjects proposed by him for discussion, together with his recommendation thereon. (d) The recommendation on each subject discussed will be recorded and forwarded by the Secretary, Military Board, to the Secretary for Defence, for submission to the Minister, and the recommendation before submission to the Minister shall be initialed by each Member of the Board present at the meeting, with a note signifying his concurrence or dissent. (e) Copies of the decisions and recommendations of the Board will be furnished to the Minister, each Member, the Secretary, and the Inspector-General, directly after the meeting. |
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Agenda. (f) The Secretary for Defence will arrange to circulate weekly to the above officers all agenda decisions and orders issued by the Minister, and the Members of the Board either on their own or Ministerial authority. Duties of Members. The duties assigned to each Member shall be:— C.G.S.’s duties. The Chief of the General Staff is charged with all preparation for War as follows:— Organization for war. Training and instruction other than that allotted to the Adjutant-General. Education and examination for first appointment and promotion of officers. Field operations and promulgation of operation orders. Schemes for manœuvres, including concentration. Allocation of funds for manœuvres and training. Plans of concentration for war. Preparation and maintenance of defence schemes. Military libraries. Intelligence. Drill books and manuals dealing with training and military instruction and war organization. Censorship. Under the Chief of the General Staff will be one Director of Operations, one Director of Training, and one Director of Intelligence. Adjutant-General’s duties. The Adjutant-General is charged with the enrolment, organization, and mobilization of the troops as follows:— Registration, exemptions, medical inspection, organization, peace establishments, recruiting and recruit training, musketry, discipline, medical services and sanitation, distribution of units, editing and issuing orders other than operation orders and military books of regulations, editing and issuing mobilization orders, administration of and questions relating to Administrative and Instructional Staff, military clerks, personnel, education and examination of soldiers; appointments, promotion, retirement, posting, exchange and transfer of officers; mobilization of personnel, military prisons and police and detention barracks, military and martial law, duties in aid of the civil power, casualties, discharges, desertion and fraudulent enlistment, medals, ceremonial, rifle clubs and reserves, cadets, chaplains, postal services. Under the Adjutant-General there will be one Assistant Adjutant-General and Director of Personnel, one Director-General of Medical Services, one Director of Rifle Associations and Clubs, and one Director of Physical Training. Q.M.G.’s duties. The Quartermaster-General is charged with the equipment and maintenance of the troops as follows:— Preparation of regulations for universal training in consultation with the Adjutant-General, dress, transport and remounts, veterinary services, movements by land and sea, conveyance of stores, railways, appropriation, occupation and equipment of barracks; supply of food, forage, clothing, arms and ammunition, stores and equipment; mobilization arrangements connected with the above services; administration of corps dealing with the above services. Under the Quartermaster-General there will be one Director of Equipment. |
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C. of O.’s Duties. The Chief of Ordnance is charged with the questions relating to armaments, fixed defences, and engineer services, as follows:— Arrangements for the construction and maintenance of fortifications, barracks, store buildings, and ranges; patterns, provision, inspection, and maintenance of armaments and vehicles; patents and inventions; administration of the Staff and Permanent Force connected with the above; technical instruction of artillery and engineers, including schools; promulgation of changes in war material. Under the Chief of Ordnance there will be a Director of Artillery, a Director of Works, an Inspector of Ordnance and Ammunition, and an Inspector of Ordnance Machinery. F.M.’s Duties. The Finance Member will be charged with Military Finance as follows:— Consideration and compilation of parliamentary estimates; review of proposals for new expenditure, or the re-distribution of the sums allotted to the different sub-heads of defence votes; financial advice; Treasury requirement; claims, compensation—death or injury. The Members of the Board will assign in detail the duties of the Directors. Permanent Head, Defence Dept. 2c. The Secretary for Defence is the permanent head of the Defence Department. |
PROMOTION BOARD.
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3. The Promotion Board consists of:— President. The Inspector-General, President. Members. The Adjutant-General and the Senior District Commandant doing duty with troops, Members. Attendance of C. of O. The Chief of Ordnance will attend the meetings of the Board to advise on all promotions of Artillery and Engineer Officers. Duties. The Promotion Board will consider and make recommendations with regard to all promotions in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth to ranks above the rank of Major, as well as the appointments of officers to be Commandants and to command regiments and corps. The recommendations of the Promotion Board will be forwarded to the Secretary of the Department of Defence for submission to the Minister. DISTRICT MILITARY COMMITTEE. Constitution. 3a. In each Military District there shall be a District Military Committee, composed of the Commandant and three of the Senior Officers of the Active List of the Citizen Forces of the District, representing different arms, to be appointed by the Commandant. Duties. These Committees shall consider and make recommendations with regard to the promotion of officers of the Citizen Forces, in their respective Districts, from the rank of Captain to Major. The recommendations of the Committee will be forwarded by the Commandant, together with his recommendation, for the consideration of the Military Board. |
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL.
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Inspector-General. 4. The duties of the Inspector-General are to review, and to report to the Minister on the practical results of the policy of the Government as administered by the Military Board. He will make such inspections, inquiries, and reports as may be required from time to time by the Military Board, and, annually, before the 31st May, he will prepare a general report for the information of the Military Board. For these purposes he is to arrange for the examination of the actual effect of the systems of classification, enrolment, enlistment, registration, and organization of the Cadets, the Permanent and Citizen Forces, and their transport; for the inspection of their training and efficiency, as well as of the suitability of their arms, armament and equipment, the condition of the fortifications and defences; and generally to investigate the state of preparedness for war of the Military Forces. The Inspector-General will be President of the Promotion Board. |
MILITARY DISTRICTS.
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Military Districts 5. The undermentioned Military Districts are appointed under Section 8 of the Defence Act:— 1st Military District.—The State of Queensland, together with that part of the State of New South Wales including the towns of Casino, Lismore, and Grafton, known as the 12th Battalion Area. 2nd Military District.—The State of New South Wales, excluding the 12th Battalion Area above mentioned, and excluding the towns of Broken Hill, Torrowangee, and Silverton, and excluding those parts of the 44th Battalion Area which include the towns of Corowa, South Corowa, Mulwala, Moama, Mathoura, and Denilquin, and together with those parts of the 57th Battalion Area in the State of Victoria, which include the towns of Wodonga, Barnawartha, Chiltern, and Tallangatta. 3rd Military District.—The State of Victoria, together with those parts of the 44th Battalion Area above mentioned, and excluding those parts of the 57th Battalion Area above mentioned; 4th Military District.—The State of South Australia, together with the towns of Broken Hill, Torrowangee, and Silverton, in New South Wales. 5th Military District.—The State of Western Australia. 6th Military District.—The State of Tasmania. The exact boundaries of the Military Districts shall be as approved by the Military Board, and shown on maps issued by District Commandants. |
PRECEDENCE OF CORPS.
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Precedence of Corps. 6. The following is the order of precedence in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth:— (1) The Corps of Staff Cadets. (2) The Regiments of Light Horse. |
(3) The Royal Australian Artillery Regiment.*
(4) Batteries of Australian Field Artillery.*
(5) Companies of Australian Garrison Artillery.
(6) The Corps of Australian Engineers.
(a) Royal Australian Engineers.
(b) Australian Engineers.
(7) The Infantry Regiments.
(8) The Australian Intelligence Corps.
(9) The Australian Corps of Signallers.
(10) The Australian Army Service Corps.
(10a) The Australian Army Medical Corps.
(10b) The Australian Army Veterinary Corps.
(11) The Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps.
(12) The Reserve Forces.
(13) The Military Cadet Corps.
Units of same Arm.
Different units of the same Arm take precedence in accordance with their numerical succession, except that a unit of the Permanent Forces shall always take precedence of a unit of the same Arm not forming part of the Permanent Forces, and in like manner a unit of the Militia Forces shall take precedence of a unit of the same Arm of the Volunteer Forces. Units which are not included in any numerical succession will take precedence by Military Districts and in accordance with the order given in the authorized Military Forces List.
On parade or for the purposes of manœuvring, units will be distributed and drawn up in the mode which the officer in command of such parade or manœuvres may deem most convenient.
COMMAND, RANK, PRECEDENCE, ETC., OF OFFICERS.
Command.
7. An officer appointed to command, or an officer appointed second in command of a regiment in the Defence Force, shall exercise command over any other officers serving therein, irrespectively of the date of commission. All other officers doing duty with their regiments shall take rank according to their dates of appointment in that rank to such regiments, whether promoted on full pay or appointed from half-pay; and all officers serving together with officers of other corps shall take rank according to the dates of their respective appointments to that rank in the Defence Force. Should two officers of the same rank have been gazetted to such rank with the same date, their precedence shall, except in the case of an officer appointed to command a regiment, battalion, or corps, be determined by the date of their previous commissions, or in the case of first commissions by the order in which their names appear in the Gazette.
(Sec. 19, D.A.)
* The Royal Australian Artillery Regiment (if mounted), and the Batteries of Australian Field Artillery (if allotted to units of Light Horse) on ceremonial parade with their guns, to take the right, and march at the head of the Light Horse Regiments.
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Half-pay ill-health.
8. If an officer be placed on half-pay on account of ill-health caused by military service, or under circumstances over which he had no control, and be subsequently brought back to full pay in the same rank and corps or department, he shall for precedence in his rank take the same numerical position as he occupied when placed on half-pay.
Half-pay on account of wounds. &c.
9. If an officer placed on half-pay on account of wounds, or of sickness caused by active service in the field, be subsequently brought back to full pay in the same rank and corps or department, he shall, for precedence in his rank, revert to the original position in relation to the officers of his corps or department held by him when placed on half-pay, except that, should any officers have been promoted during his absence, he shall not be entitled to supersede them in the rank to which they had been promoted, nor have any right himself to promotion, until after his restoration to full pay in the corps or department, and then only in ordinary succession.
Imperial officers.
10. Officers of His Majesty’s Imperial Regular Forces, whilst holding local commissions conferred upon them by the Governor-General, shall take rank with officers of the Military Forces according to the dates of their respective local commissions.
Exercise of command.
11. The function of command is to be exercised by the senior combatant officer, except in cases where an officer has been specially appointed to the command of a body of forces or appointed to the command of a corps, irrespectively of the branch of the service to which he belongs.
In the case of a District Commandant being temporarily absent from his district, or unable for temporary reasons to perform his duties, the functions of his command may be administered by the senior or other staff officer present, subject to the approval of the Military Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Inspector-General shall be entitled to assume command at any parade of the Military Forces not being a parade held in time of war.
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The Australian Intelligence Corps is a combatant corps forming part of the Militia Forces, but no officer of this corps under the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel shall exercise command over other corps except for the substantive rank for which he has qualified in the examinations prescribed for Light Horse, Artillery, Engineers, or Infantry, or for which he has qualified in the practical examination prescribed in the subjects relating exclusively to one of these arms of the service, in addition to qualifying in the examinations prescribed for the corps. |
Command of detachments.
12. When units or detachments of different corps are employed together on any duty, each unit and detachment will, subject to the
orders of the officer commanding the whole body, act under the immediate authority of its own commander in matters of a purely regimental character.
Local and temporary rank.
13. Subject to the fact that any officer, whether of permanent, local or temporary rank, may, as described in paragraph 11, be specially appointed to any particular command, an officer granted local rank by the Governor-General holds the same advantages of precedence and command as permanent rank so long as the officer is holding the appointment for which it is given.
Officers appointed to act temporarily in a higher rank shall take rank among themselves, while so acting, according to the dates of their temporary appointments, but as junior to all permanent officers of the same grade.
Brevet rank.
14. Brevet rank will only be given for Distinguished Service in the Field. Brevet rank in the Military Forces does not count in calculating seniority within the regiment or corps to which the officer belongs, nor for pay and allowances, in which cases the substantive rank is alone to be considered.
Honorary rank.
The rank of Brigadier-General shall be local or temporary only.
15. Honorary rank shall not confer the right of any command other than that to which the holder may be entitled by reason of his substantive commission; but an officer holding honorary rank will, in virtue of such honorary rank, be entitled to such other privileges, excepting of pay, allowances, promotion, or retirement, as may belong to the corresponding substantive rank.
Departmental and other officers.
16. Departmental officers shall be entitled to precedence, and, subject to the regulations for pay, &c., other advantages attached to the corresponding rank of combatant officers. Such rank or position will not, however, entitle the holder of it to the presidency of courts-martial, or to military command of any kind except over such officers and men as may be specially placed under his command, provided that an officer of the Army Ordnance Department will be the officer of, and will command, the Army Ordnance Corps.
Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps will not be entitled to the presidency of courts-martial, nor will they exercise any military command outside their corps, except over such officers and soldiers as may be attached thereto for duty, and over all patients in military hospitals.
Corresponding Ranks in the Military and Naval Forces of the Commonwealth.
Corresponding rank gives no claim to command.
17. Nothing contained in these Regulations is to give a claim to any officer of the Naval Forces to assume command of the Commonwealth Military Forces on shore, nor to any officer of the Commonwealth Military Forces to assume command of any of the ships of the Commonwealth, or any of the officers or men thereunto belonging, unless under special authority from the Governor-General for any particular service.
18. Corresponding Ranks.
| Military Forces. | Naval Forces. | |||
| 1. Major-Generals.................... | Rear-Admiral | |||
| 2. Brigadier-Generals | Captains of the Fleet Commodores, 1st and 2nd Class | |||
| 3. Colonels................................. | Captains over 3 years |
Paymasters-in-Chief. Chief Inspectors of Machinery and Inspectors of Machinery of 8 years service in that rank. Staff Captains of 4 years’ seniority. |
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| 4. Lieutenant-Colonels |
Captains under 3 years Commanders, but junior of that rank |
Staff Captains under 4 years’ seniority. | ||
| Engineer Captains under 8 years’ seniority. | ||||
| Staff Commanders........................ | But | |||
| Fleet-Surgeons................................ | Junior | |||
| Fleet Paymasters........................... | of | |||
| Engineer Commanders and Naval Instructors of 15 years’ seniority. | that | |||
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| 5. Majors.................................... | Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority |
Navigating Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority. Staff-Surgeons. Secretaries to Junior Flag Officers, Commodores, 1st Class, or Captains of the Fleet. Staff Paymasters. Naval Instructors of 8 years’ seniority. Engineer Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority. Paymasters, but junior of that rank. |
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| 6. Captains................................ | Lieutenants under 8 years’ seniority |
Surgeons. Assistant Paymasters of 12 years’, and Engineer Lieutenants under 8 years’ seniority. Assistant Paymasters of 6 years, but junior of that rank. |
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| 7. Lieutenants........................... | Sub-Lieutenants.............. |
Assistant Paymasters under 6 years’ seniority. Engineer Sub-Lieutenants. |
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| 8. 2nd Lieutenants................... | ............................................ |
Chief Gunner Chief Boatswain Chief Carpenter |
But junior of that rank. | |
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9. Garrison Sergeant-Majors, Master Gunners, 1st Class |
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Midshipmen |
But senior of that rank. |
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But junior of that rank. |
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Officers of the Consular Service will rank with officers of the Military Forces as follows:—
| Agents and Consuls-General................................ | with, but after Major-Generals. | ||
| Consuls-General..................................................... | „ | „ | Brigadier-Generals. |
| Consuls..................................................................... | „ | „ | Colonels. |
| Vice-Consuls........................................................... | „ | „ | Majors. |
| Consular Agents..................................................... | „ | „ | Captains. |
HONOURS AND SALUTES.
General Instructions.
Honours and salutes on parade.
19. The honours and salutes to be given by troops on parade are as follows:—
(i.) To the King.—On all occasions, Royal Salute. Standards and colours lowered, officers saluting, men presenting arms, bands playing the National Anthem through.
(ii) To members of the Royal Family.—Same as (i.) except that the bands will only play the first part (six bars) of the National Anthem.
(iii.) To Foreign Sovereigns; Presidents of those Republican States in which the Sovereign is represented by an Ambassador; and Member of Foreign Imperial and Royal Families.—Same as (i.) or (ii.) respectively, except that their own National Hymn will, when practicable, be played.
(iv.) To a Viceroy; and to a Governor-General, High Commissioner, Governor or Lieut.-Governor of a State, colony, protectorate, or possession abroad; or special Royal Commissioner, acting on behalf of the Sovereign, at State ceremonials such as the opening or closing the session of the Commonwealth or State Legislature.—Same as (i.), except that the bands may only play the first part (six bars) of the National Anthem.
(v.) To Field Marshals.—General salute, same as (vi.), and regimental colours of all forces to be lowered, except when a member of the Royal Family is present.
(vi.) To General Officers and Inspecting Officers below the rank of General Officer.—General salute by the troops under their command; by mounted services with swords drawn, or as laid down in the Light Horse Manual, officers saluting, and bands playing the first part of a slow march; by dismounted services, officers saluting, men presenting arms, colours flying, bands playing the first part of a slow march, and drums beating; by corps not having bands, the trumpets or bugles sounding the salute, or the drums beating a ruffle.
(vii.) To Commanding Officers (if under the rank of General Officer) of Districts, Garrisons, Camps, or Stations.—Honours (not extending to a salute of guns) due to the rank one degree higher than that which they actually hold.
(viii.) To Standards, Guidons, and Colours—when uncased they are, at all times, to be saluted with the highest honours, viz., arms presented, trumpets or bugles sounding the salute, drums beating a ruffle.
National Anthem.
20. The National Anthem is not to be played in connexion with salutes on any occasion than those mentioned in paragraph 19, and is only due to those personages who are entitled to a Royal Salute.
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Governors of States. 21. Governors of States who are also Naval or Military Officers are entitled in every respect to the honours due to their rank, as well as to their civil office. |
Acting appointment.
22. Officers temporarily acting in any higher command are entitled, during their temporary tenure, to all the honours and salutes appertaining to such command, provided, so far as artillery salutes are concerned, the officer is not under the rank of Brigadier-General.
Officers acting in civil office.
23. Officers temporarily acting in any civil office are entitled, during their temporary tenure, to all the honours or salutes that may appertain to such office.
Foreign officers.
24. The compliments directed in these Regulations are to be paid to officers in the service of any Power in alliance with His Majesty, according to their respective ranks.
Saluting.
25. Officers or soldiers passing troops with uncased colours salute the colours, and also the commanding officer (if senior).
Saluting funerals.
Officers, soldiers, and colours passing a funeral will salute the body.
Compliments on the march.
Armed parties in paying compliments on the march will be called to attention, infantry will slope arms, and the command “Eyes right (or left)” will be given; mounted units will carry swords, or as laid down in the Light Horse Manual.
Commanders of parties paying compliments.
An officer commanding an armed party passing a guard, or paying or returning a compliment, will draw his sword before giving the necessary command. When in command of an unarmed party, he will return the salute with the right hand as he gives the command “Eyes right (or left).” Soldiers in command of parties will conform to the rules laid down for officers.
Officers saluting.
All officers will salute their seniors before addressing them on duty or on parade; when in uniform they will salute with the right hand, in the manner prescribed for soldiers. Officers, except when their swords are drawn, are to return the salutes of junior officers and of soldiers. A salute made to two or more officers will be returned by the senior only.
Naval Officers.
26. Officers will salute those officers of the Royal Navy and Naval Forces of the Commonwealth when in uniform who would be saluted by individuals of corresponding ranks in their own service.
H. M. ships.
27. Officers and soldiers boarding any of His Majesty’s ships will salute the quarter-deck.
Saluting officers.
28. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Permanent Forces will salute all commissioned officers whom they know to be such, whether dressed in uniform or not, including officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, His Majesty’s Army, and the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth, and such warrant officers as have rank corresponding to that of commissioned officers in the Army. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Citizen Forces, in uniform, will similarly salute all commissioned officers when in uniform. Warrant officers and non-commissioned officers when wearing swords will salute with the right hand, irrespectively of the side on which the officer saluted may be passing.
Warrant officers.
29. Non-commissioned officers and men will address warrant officers in the same manner as they do officers, but will not salute them.
Head-dresses in civil courts.
30. In a civil court an officer or soldier will remove his headdress while the judge or magistrate is present, except when the officer or soldier is on duty under arms with a party or escort inside the court.
Official Visits.
Official visits between Navy and Army.
31. The following rules are to be observed for the interchange of official visits between Naval and Military Officers at stations where there is a military garrison:—
(i.) On the arrival of a British or foreign vessel of war an officer is to be sent on board to arrange with the Naval Officer in command as to the exchange of visits.
(ii.) The District Commandant or other Officer commanding is to call first on any Naval Officer (British or foreign) senior to him, as soon as practicable after arrival, or await his visit if he be junior. The visit is to be returned within 24 hours.
(iii.) The visit of a Naval Officer below the rank of Captain is to be returned by the Aide-de-camp or some other Staff Officer on behalf of the District Commandant or other Commanding Officer.
(iv.) The Commandant of the District in which Head-Quarters are situated before taking action in sub-paras. I and II will consult with the Adjutant-General.
Guards of Honour.
Guards of honour of 50 rank and file.
32. A Guard of Honour, as a general rule, of 50 rank and file, with a Captain in command, two Subaltern Officers (one carrying the standard of Light Horse, or the King’s colour of Infantry), a proportion of Sergeants, and a Regimental Band, will attend:—
(i.) Upon the King and other Royal personages; and upon Presidents of those Republican States in which the Sovereign is represented by an Ambassador.
(ii.) At State ceremonials.
Similar Guards of Honour, but with the regimental colour, will attend upon the Governor-General, Governor, and officers administering the Governments of His Majesty’s possessions, and such occasions as are customary within the Governments. (Guards of Honour will not be detailed when the Governor-General, Governors, and officers administering the Government are returning after leave of absence, the duration of which has not exceeded three months; nor when they are merely arriving at, or departing to or from, one or other of the ports within their Government; nor on merely changing their residence.)
Guards of honour of 30 rank and file
32a. A Guard of Honour, of 30 rank and file, with two Officers, one carrying the regimental colour, and a band, will attend:—
(i.) When a Foreign General or Flag Officer lands at a military station, within His Majesty’s dominions, to visit the Governor-General, the Governor, Military Board or District Commandant.
(ii.) To receive distinguished personages other than those mentioned in paragraph 32, or on occasions not specified in paragraph 19, if it is deemed expedient.
(iii.) (a) At the port where the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Station lands for the first time within the Commonwealth.
(b) On each occasion on which he receives an artillery salute on paying an official visit to the Governor-General.
Voluntary guards of honour.
32b. Voluntary Guards of Honour as in 32a may be furnished for the Governor-General or the Governor of a State when visiting Cities or Towns in the Commonwealth on other than State occasions, and provided that troops are available without expense.
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Mounted escorts. 33. Mounted Escorts will attend if ordered when Guards of Honour are furnished, as provided for in Regulation 32. The strength of the escort for the Governor-General will be 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant-Major, 1 Trumpeter, 20 rank and file; and for the State Governors 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant, 1 Trumpeter, 12 rank and file. |
Voluntary Escorts may be furnished as in 32b.
Flag Stations and Flags to be Flown.
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Flag and flag stations. 34. Where two flags are issued, the smaller is for use in bad weather. |
| Flag Stations. | Australian Ensign. | |
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11 feet x 6 feet. |
6 feet X 3 feet. |
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| New South Wales. | ||
| Victoria Barracks, Sydney............................................ | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| Saluting Battery, Sydney.............................................. | 1 | 1 |
| Middle Head Fort......................................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| Fort Scratchley, Newcastle........................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| Victoria. | ||
| Victoria Barracks, Melbourne....................................... | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| Queenscliff Fort........................................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| Gellibrand Fort............................................................ | … | 1 |
| Queensland. | ||
| Victoria Barracks, Brisbane......................................... | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| Barracks, Thursday Island............................................ | 1 ‡ | 1 ‡ |
| South Australia. | ||
| District Head-Quarters, Adelaide.................................. | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| Fort Largs................................................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| Western Australia. | ||
| District Head-Quarters, Perth....................................... | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| Barracks, Albany........................................................ | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| Barracks, Fremantle.................................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| Tasmania. | ||
| District Head-Quarters, Hobart..................................... | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| Saluting Battery, Hobart.............................................. | 1 ‡ | |
| Royal Military College................................................. | 1 ‡ | 1* |
| On anniversaries, State occasions, and when required for saluting or other special purposes. ‡ On Sundays and anniversaries. * Daily, except Sundays. |
Saluting Stations.
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Stations for firing salutes. 35. The following is a list of stations at which salutes are authorized to be fired:— |
| Military District. | Salutes to Foreign Men-of-War. | Other Salutes. |
| 1st |
Queen’s Park, Brisbane............................ Barrack Square, Thursday Island |
Queen’s Park, Brisbane Barrack Square, Thursday Island |
| 2nd | South Head, Sydney................................ | Government Domain, Sydney |
| 3rd | Fort Gellibrand, Williamstown................. | Government Domain, Melbourne |
| 4th | Fort Largs............................................... | Parade Ground, Adelaide |
| 5th | Artillery Barracks, Fremantle................... | Esplanade near Law Courts, Perth |
| 6th | Queen’s Battery, Hobart.......................... | Queen’s Battery, Hobart |
Artillery Salutes.
Artillery salutes.
36. The forts and batteries referred to in paragraph 35 will fire salutes as follows:—
No. of guns, 21—
Royal Salute—
(1) The Sovereign; a member of the Royal Family; a Foreign Crowned Head; Sovereign Prince or his Consort; a Prince who is a Member of a Foreign Royal Family; President of a Republican State.
(Salutes will be fired both on arrival and departure.)
(2) The Standard of the Sovereign, or Prince of Wales, when passing in a vessel.
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(3) Anniversaries—Birthday (as notified in the Gazette), Accession, Coronation of Sovereign, Birthday of Consort of Sovereign, Birthday of the Queen Mother and Empire Day. (These salutes will be fired at noon.) |
No. of guns, 19—
(1) The Governor-General.
(2) The opening, proroguing, and dissolving Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State.
(3) Other occasions, as directed by the Governor-General.
(4) * ‡Admirals of the Fleet.
No. of guns, 17—
Governors of His Majesty’s Colonies or States (para. 38).
* ‡ Admirals.
No. of guns, 15—
* ‡Vice-Admirals.
Lieutenant-Governors and officers administering the Government of Colonies or States, and Administrators acting under the Governor-General (para. 38).
No. of guns, 13—
* ‡ Rear-Admirals.
No. of guns, 11—
* ‡Commodores (no senior Captain being present).
Consuls-General.
No. of guns, 7—
Consuls.
* The salutes will not be repeated oftener than once in twelve months, except in case of advance of rank when the scale for the new rank is granted. The salutes being personal, will not be returned.
On going on board or leaving one of His Majesty’s ships; but this is only to be done when within the State to which they are accredited, and only once in twelve months from the same ship to the same person.
‡ 1. The salute to be fired on the landing of the Naval Commander-in-Chief for the first time will be given on the occasion of his landing to pay his first official visit to the Governor-General.
2. The salute to which the Naval Commander-in-Chief is entitled after the expiration of twelve months from the first salute, or on promotion will, in the same manner, be fired on the occasion of an official visit to the Governor-General.
3. No salute will be fired on any other occasion of the Naval Commander-in-Chief landing within the limits of the Commonwealth.
Salutes for distinguished foreigners.
37. A foreigner of high distinction or a foreign general or a flag officer when visiting the Governor-General, a Governor, the Military Board, or the District Commandant (see paragraph 32a) may, on landing, be saluted with the number of guns which from his rank he is entitled to receive from a ship of war of his own nation, or with such number not exceeding 19, as may be deemed proper; but such salute will not in any case exceed the number of guns given to officers of corresponding rank in His Majesty’s army and navy.
Governor-General, State Governors, and Lieut. Governors.
38. The Governor-General State Governors, and officers administering the Government will be saluted on the following occasions. They will not receive artillery salutes on any other occasions:—
(i.) On first landing in their governments.
(ii.) On reading of Royal Commission and taking the oaths of office.
(iii.) On departing from their governments on leave of absence exceeding three months.
(iv.) On returning from leave of absence exceeding three months.
(v.) On finally quitting the Commonwealth, or a State, as the case may be, on expiration of term of office.
(vi.) When officially visiting States, ports, and dependencies within their governments, but not oftener at any one place than once in 12 months.
Foreign men-of-war.
39. All salutes from ships of war of other nations to His Majesty’s forts or batteries named in paragraph 35 are to be returned gun for gun. His Majesty’s ships and His Majesty’s forts will not, on any account, exchange salutes.
No person to be saluted in more than one capacity.
40. Such of the authorities mentioned in the foregoing instructions as may, from their rank and appointments, be entitled to be saluted in more than one capacity, will be saluted under that rank which shall entitle them to the greatest number of guns, but on no occasion is the same individual to be saluted in more than one capacity.
Foreign Sovereigns and national festivals.
41. Upon the occasion of the celebration of the birthday of the King or Queen of a foreign nation or other important national festivals or ceremonies by any ships of war of such nation, a salute not exceeding 21 guns may be fired in conjunction with any of His Majesty’s ships that may be present, on official intimation of the intended celebration being received from the Governor-General.
Salutes in honour of great victories or on special occasions.
42. No salutes other than those authorized by these Regulations are to be allowed, except such as may be necessary for the fulfilment of any treaty obligation; provided that, upon any important occurrence, such as a great victory gained by His Majesty’s arms, or highly advantageous national event, the Governor-General may direct such salutes to be fired as the occasion may seem to him to require.
Salutes in Boats.
Boats saluting.
43. The following are the rules for saluting to be observed in military boats:—
(1.) When an officer is in the boat—
| Rank. | When passing. | Under oars | Meeting at landing place or alongside ship. |
| Field officers.................... | Admiral or General............. | “Lay on Oars.” Officer salutes | Crew “Eyes Front.” Officer and coxswain salute |
| Field officers.................... | Other naval and military officers, if senior | Officer salutes............ | Officer salutes |
Salutes in Boats—continued.
(1.) When an officer is in the boat—continued.
| Rank. | When passing. | Under oars. | Meeting at landing place or alongside ship. | |
| Officers below rank of Field officer | Admiral or General........................... | “Toss Oars,” Officer salutes | Crew “Eyes Front,” Officer and coxswain salute | |
| Officers below rank of Field officer. | Commodore | Colonel............... | “Lay on Oars,” Officer salutes | Crew, “Eyes Front,” Officer and coxswain salute |
| Captain.............. | Lieut.-Colonel | |||
| Officers below rank of Field officer. | Other officers of either Service whom they know to be senior | Officer salutes............ | Officer salutes | |
(2.) When no officer is in the boat—
| When passing. | Under oars. | Meeting at landing place or alongside ship. | |
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Admiral........................ Commodore Captain........................ |
General officer Colonel Lieut.-Colonel |
“Toss oars,” coxswain salutes | Crew “Eyes Front,” coxswain salutes |
| All other officers.................................................... | “Lay on Oars,” coxswain salutes | Crew “Eyes Front,” coxswain salutes | |
Note.—In boats fitted with crutches, oars are never to be tossed, but the salute should be given by laying on oars.
(3.) In steamboats, engines are to be stopped in those cases in which, in pulling boats, oars are tossed; engines are to be eased in those cases in which pulling boats “lay on” oars.
(4.) Laden boats, or those towing or in tow, are not to toss or lay on their oars.
(5.) Coxswains of boats under oars or sails when an officer is in charge, only salute at landing places.
(6.) Salutes in boats, under oars or sails, are to be made sitting down; in other cases standing up.
(7.) Boats laying off on their oars are to salute as above, but the bowmen will salute as well as the coxswain.
(8.) Boat-keepers salute standing up in the ordinary manner.
(9.) For a Royal salute the crew toss oars and stand up (in double-banked boats only).
(10.) When a general officer is saluted with guns, he will, on the first gun being fired, if in a steam-boat, stop the engines, or, if in a pulling boat, “lay on oars,” and on the last gun being fired will turn towards the ship and salute.
MILITARY FUNERALS.
When to be ordered.
44. Military funerals will not be ordered without special authority, unless troops are stationed within reasonable distance of the burial ground. Gun carriage and other appliances will be supplied when available.
Officers when entitled to.
45. Officers are not to be interred with military honours unless they are, at the time of their decease, on full pay, or employed on the Staff, or in the exercise of some military command or office. No honours are to be paid officially at the funerals of other officers, or of retired soldiers
Salutes and firing parties.
46. Military funerals will be accorded to officers and soldiers buried within the district or station occupied by the troops with which they are serving at the time of their death. Provided the garrison in such district or station is sufficient, military funerals are to be saluted and attended in accordance with the following table:—
| Rank, or Corresponding Rank | Salute of Guns. | Rounds of Small Arms. | Troops to attend with due Proportion of Officers. | |||||||||||
| Lieut.-General........................ | 13 | .. | 3 Battalions and 4 Squadrons | |||||||||||
| Major-General........................ | 11 | .. | 2 | „ | „ | 3 | „ | |||||||
| Brigadier-General.................. | 9* | .. | 1 | „ | „ | 3 | „ | |||||||
| Colonel Commanding | .. | Three rounds in each case. | His own regiment or detachments equivalent thereto | |||||||||||
| Lieut.-Colonel........................ | .. | 300 rank and file | ||||||||||||
| Major....................................... | .. | 200 | „ | „ | ||||||||||
| Captain.................................... | .. | His own company or 100 men | ||||||||||||
| Lieutenant, or 2nd Lieutenant | .. | 40 rank and file, under a lieutenant or 2nd lieutenant | ||||||||||||
| Warrant Officer...................... | .. | 25 rank and file, under a sergeant | ||||||||||||
| Sergeant................................... | .. | 19 | „ | „ | „ | „ | ||||||||
| All other grades...................... | .. | 13 | „ | „ | „ | „ | ||||||||
* Only when commissioned as Brigadier-General.
Minute guns.
47. At the funerals of general and flag officers, or of commodores and brigadier-generals dying upon service, minute guns are to be fired while the body is proceeding to the burial ground, but these minute guns are not to exceed the number to which the officer’s rank entitled him when living. When any such officers who have died when afloat are to be buried on shore, minute guns are to be fired from the ship, if a ship of war, while the body is being conveyed to the shore, and where the means exist, minute guns will be fired from the shore while the procession is moving from the landing place to the burial ground. The total minute guns so fixed must not exceed twice the number of guns to which the deceased was entitled when living.
Salute after interment.
48. The salute of guns prescribed by paragraph 46, or, in the case of flag officers and commodores, a salute of the number of guns to which the deceased was entitled when living, will be fired after the body is deposited in the grave.
Pall-bearers.
49. The pall is to be supported by officers of the same rank as that held by the deceased, but if a sufficient number of that rank cannot be obtained, officers next in seniority are to supply their places.
Staff and departmental officers.
50. Honours paid at the funerals of Staff and Departmental Officers are to be regulated according to the ranks, or corresponding ranks, as the case may be.
Parties to attend funerals.
51. In addition to the firing parties, the funeral of an officer will be attended by the officers, that of a warrant officer by the warrant officers, that of a sergeant by the sergeants, and that of a corporal by the corporals, of the corps to which the deceased belonged or was attached. The funeral of a non-commissioned officer or private will be attended by the squadron, troop, battery, or company (officers included) to which he belonged, or was attached.
Minute Guns at Civil Funerals.
Salutes at funerals of civil functionaries.
52. Upon the authority of the Governor-General at the funerals of civil functionaries the same number of guns will be fired as minute guns, while the procession is going to the burial ground, as they were entitled to as salutes when living. Civil functionaries not entitled to salutes of cannon when living are not to have guns fired at their funerals.
Salute to Remains of Distinguished Foreigners, &c.
Saluting bodies of distinguished foreigners.
53. Should a vessel carrying the remains of any foreigner of high distinction, foreign general, or foreign flag officer, arrive during saluting hours at any of the authorized saluting stations (see paragraph 35), the same number of minute guns will be fired on its arrival as the deceased was entitled to under paragraph 36 when living.
OFFICERS.
Appointment, Promotion, Exchange, Transfer, Retirement, and Resignation.
General.
Gazette.
Date of appointments, &c.
54. All appointments, promotions, exchanges, transfers, resignations, and retirements of Officers will be notified in the Gazette, and promulgated in Orders. Unless otherwise stated in the Gazette, these notifications will take the date of the Gazette. Any such resignation or retirement shall mean the absolute withdrawal of the individual concerned from the Military Forces, unless it be specially stated to the contrary. Commissions will take effect from the date above mentioned.
Establishment of officers.
55. Where vacancies exist in the rank of Lieutenant, owing to no Second Lieutenant being qualified for promotion, extra Second Lieutenants may be appointed, provided the total establishment of subalterns is not exceeded. The same principles shall be applied in respect to higher ranks.
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56a. Every Officer of the Permanent Forces shall annually be certified fit for active service by the Medical Officer on whose charge he is, and such certificate is to reach the Central Administration not later than 30th June in each year, and every officer of the Citizen Forces shall also be certified fit for active service before promotion to each rank. |
First Appointment.
To rank of second lieutenant.
57. First appointments will, as a rule, be made to the rank of Second Lieutenant (but to rank of Captain in the case
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of the Australian Army Medical Corps and to the rank of Lieutenant in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps and Australian Army Veterinary Corps). To rank of lieutenant. 58. An officer appointed as 2nd Lieutenant will be required to complete a period of twelve months’ service in that rank, and may then, if he has passed the prescribed examinations, and is recommended by his Commanding Officer and the District Commandant, be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. An officer appointed as Lieutenant in the Australian Intelligence Corps will be required to complete a period of twelve months’ service in that rank, and may then, if he has passed the prescribed examinations, and is recommended by the Officer Commanding the Corps in his District and the District Commandant, be promoted to the rank of Captain. 58a. An Officer admitted to the Royal Military College of Australia as a Staff Cadet will be required to resign his commission from a date prior to his attestation in the Corps of Staff Cadets. |
Age.
59. Candidates must not be less than 18 years of age, nor more than 40, except as specially prescribed in these Regulations. In special cases recommended by the Military Board, persons may be appointed who exceed the age laid down. Such special appointments, which are reserved for very exceptional cases, will be judged solely on their merits.
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Promotion from the ranks. 60. (a) When a vacancy for first appointment as an Officer occurs in a Unit of the Citizen Forces, preference will be given, under section 11 of the Defence Act, to persons who have served in the Defence Force for three years without a commission, special consideration being given to military ability and professional experience. (b) In the event of there being no qualified candidates under (a) the Commanding Officer of the Unit in which the vacancy exists will invite applications from other Non-commissioned Officers and men of such Unit. The Commanding Officer will forward the applications received together with his recommendation to the District Commandant, and, in the event of none of the applicants being considered to be suitable for appointment to a commission, he will state fully his reasons for such opinion. 60a. Members of a Corps formed in connexion with any approved University may, after serving in such Corps for a period of not less than three years, and passing the examination laid down for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, be granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Reserve of Officers. |
Special appointments
61. The Governor-General may appoint any person to be an Officer for distinguished service or for marked ability, and for gallantry in active service, without his passing the prescribed examination.
Appointments with or without examination.
62. No person, except as prescribed in para. 61, shall be appointed an Officer in the Active Forces until he has passed the prescribed examination, but persons who have not passed that examination may be appointed “provisionally” as Officers of that rank. The requirements of this paragraph may be dispensed with by the Governor-General in the case of persons who are Officers of the King’s Regular Naval or Military Forces. (Sec. 14, D.A.)
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Armament officer to communicate with I.O.M. 584. The Officer in Charge of Armament will communicate direct with the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, in the event of any defect or break-down occurring which requires to be attended to with greater rapidity than would be obtained by the usual channel. I.O.M. to supervise and order repairs. 585. All repairs or adjustments to ordnance, mountings, machinery, or engines, belonging to the armament, will be executed under the orders of the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery. Fittings, alteration of. 586. No alteration to any existing fitting is on any account to be made without written authority from the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery. Weekly reports. 587. The weekly reports of work performed by the several parties of Armament Artificers and other working parties employed under the orders of the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, will be filed for reference in his office. Copies are also to be filed in the district workshops. Notes on repairs kept by I.O.M. 588. The Inspector of Ordnance Machinery will keep a record of the different repairs and adjustments, with notes on all important matters in connexion with the armament in each State. Work of armament artificers on armament. 589. Armament Artificers will execute any work necessary for the repair or alteration of armament, carriages, slides with their parts and appurtenances, hydraulic jacks, and mechanism of disappearing carriages, and all ordinary operations for the repair of ordnance, and the adjustment of guns and their fittings, including the hydraulic mountings, steam engines, and the machinery used in the service of heavy ordnance. Land armament works. 590. It must be understood that the services of the Armament Artificers are to be considered of the first importance in connexion with land armament works, which may necessarily place guns out of action; their employment must be regulated accordingly. Damaged fittings at gun practice. 591. An Armament Artificer will be present during practice, in order to adjust or repair any fittings that may become damaged Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps. 592. The ranks of officers of the Corps shall be Major, Captain, and Lieutenant. 593. Private soldiers will not be enlisted except in time of war. 594. No person shall be appointed an officer who is not a qualified driver and in possession of an efficient automobile car (certified as suitable by the Committee of an Automobile Club). 595. Officers shall be provisionally appointed as Lieutenants and shall pass the prescribed examinations (Map Reading and the furnishing of Road Reports). 596. The period of service necessary for promotion shall be— For Captain............................................................. 4
years, provided that the prescribed examination is passed. 597. Officers of the Corps shall not exercise command over members of the other arms of the Commonwealth Military Forces. 598. Every officer of the Corps shall make his car and his services, or the services of a competent driver as required, available for military duty, if called upon to do so, for a period of not less than four days in each military year. |
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599. An officer will be appointed to command the Corps in each District, who will keep a roster of the duties of the members of the Corps in his District. In allocating duties, consideration should be given to the convenience of officers and, as far as possible, they should be detailed for duty in their own neighbourhood. 600. The uniform of officers will be as follows:— Khaki Service Jacket with distinguishing badge on collar.
Breeches, cord. 601. Officers of the Corps while employed on duty with their motor cars may receive daily allowance in accordance with the scale laid down in the Financial and Allowance Regulations, i.e.,—
For each hour, 1-24th of the above. 602. Chauffeurs employed by officers of the Corps may receive travelling allowance at the rate of 6s. per diem. 603. The following mileage allowance may be paid to officers of the Corps, based on the number of miles travelled on military duty, as prescribed in the Financial and Allowance Regulations, i.e.,—
Mileage will be reckoned from the place where the duty commences. 604. Claims for compensation for damage to cars will not be recognised. RESERVE FORCES LIST. 605. Those who have served as Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officers, or soldiers, in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth or a State for a period of not less than two years, or on active service with Imperial Troops, may be enrolled in the Reserve Forces of the Commonwealth; and a Reserve Forces List of such members shall be formed in each Military District. 606. Applicants for enrolment shall furnish such particulars of service as may be required by the Military Board, and take the oath prescribed by section 42 of the Defence Act before any justice of the peace or military officer. 607. Members of the said Reserve Forces may resign at any time in accordance with section 41 of the Defence Act, and may be discharged and their names removed from the said List if they fail to register their addresses annually as required by the Military Board. |
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608. The members of the said Reserve Forces shall in time of war be liable to be called out, individually or collectively, under section 47 of the Defence Act, and employed on active service, notwithstanding that they belong to the classes 2, 3, or 4, enumerated in section 60 (3) of the Defence Act, and may be detailed for duty with any regiment or corps then existing, or formed into new regiments or corps. Australian Army Veterinary Corps. 609. An Australian Army Veterinary Corps will be formed in place of the Veterinary Department. 610. The Officers now holding commissions in the Veterinary Department will continue to hold such commissions, with the same seniority, as Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps. 611. The Australian Army Veterinary Corps will form part of the Militia Forces, subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament. 612. An Officer of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps may be appointed Principal Veterinary Officer in each Military District, subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament. 613. Soldiers may be enlisted in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps to form Transport, Remount, Sick-horse, or other Depôts, subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament. 614. Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps will not exercise any military command outside their corps, except over such Officers and soldiers as may be attached thereto for duty, or who may be placed under their orders. Free Issues of Books, &c. 615. An account of all printed books, records, maps, forms, and the like, received for free issue in a district, shall be kept at District Head-Quarters. Such free issues shall be made from District Head-Quarters, and it shall not be necessary to obtain receipt vouchers for the individual books, &c., issued, except when the cost of a single book, map, &c., exceeds 2s., and the issues from such stock at District Head-Quarters shall be vouched for by the approved list of free issues and a certificate by the responsible person who issued the books, &c., by post or otherwise. War Railway Council. Constitution. 616. The War Railway Council shall consist of— President: The Quartermaster-General or other Officer at Head-Quarters performing his duties......... 1 Members: The Senior Officer of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps of the Commonwealth railway system and of each State railway system, or, in his absence, another officer of the Corps detailed by him 7 The Consulting Military Engineer.................................................................................. 1 Representatives of the Naval and Military Forces approved by the Minister...................... 2 __ An officer detailed by the Military Board will act as Secretary. |
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Meetings. 617. Meetings of the War Railway Council will be summoned by the President. In order to prepare subjects for submission to the Council, and to arrange for movements of troops and materials, the President may consult members individually, and, with the concurrence of the Senior Officer of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps of the States concerned, appoint sub-committees of officers of such Corps. Duties. 618. The duties of the War Railway Council shall be— Peace. (1) Generally, to furnish advice on such railway matters as are referred to it by the Minister for Defence; and, in particular— (2) To determine the method of supplying information to, and obtaining it from, the various Railway Departments. (3) To suggest regulations and instructions for carrying out movements of troops. (4) To suggest the method of organizing Railway Transport Officers in time of war, as intermediaries between the various railway authorities and the troops. (5) To consider the question of extra sidings, loading platforms, &c., and proposals towards unification of gauges. (6) To suggest the organization and system of training railway troops, when the development of Universal Training supplies sufficient personnel, whose ordinary employment is railway work. War. (7) In time of war, to advise also on questions of mobilization. Proceedings. 619. The proceedings of the War Railway Council shall be recorded as recommendations to the Minister, and shall not be binding on the Government concerned, until accepted by them. Channel of Communication. 620. The duties of the War Railway Council and sub-committees thereof shall be carried out by direct communication between the members of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps and Head-Quarters or District Head-Quarters, as the case requires. Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. Appointments 621. Commissions in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps may be granted to officials of the Commonwealth and State Government Railways on the recommendation of the Government concerned, and officers holding such commissions shall not be subject to the limitations in respect to age or medical examination provided for the Defence Force generally, or to retirement on account of age, but shall be placed on the Retired List on ceasing to hold appointments as officials of such railways. Honorary Commissions. 622. Commissions in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps shall ordinarily be honorary; but any officer, who may desire may receive substantive rank on passing the ordinary military examination prescribed for his rank for any arm of the service. Ranks. 623. The rank of officers who are Commissioners or General Managers shall be Colonel, the Chief Commissioner or General Manager in each State to be graded as senior to Deputy |
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or Assistant Commissioners or General Managers. Other officers shall have the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel or Major, as recommended by the Senior Officer of the Corps in the Commonwealth or State. Uniform. 624. The wearing of uniform by officers of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps is optional. Uniform will be provided by the Department similar to that authorized for the Staff, with a distinctive badge. Establishment. 625. The establishment of the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, and its subdivision into branches, shall be—
Allowances. 626. Travelling allowances, as prescribed, will be payable to officers when on military duty, and for Commissioners or General Managers shall be as for Commandants. |
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