Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACTS 1903-1904.
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 Acts 1903-1904, to come into operation on the first day of October, 1905.
Dated this 22nd day of September, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency's command—
T. PLAYFORD.
The Provisional Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth made on the eighteenth day of February, 1904, are hereby repealed.
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 Acts 1903-1904.
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.
8. The term " defaulter sheet " or " defaulter book," without the prefix " regimental," will be understood to mean the squadron, battery, or company defaulter sheet or book.
9. The term " company " will be understood to mean squadron, battery, of company, as the case may be, according to the nomenclature of the portion or the Defence Force to which any regulation may be applied, and includes any corresponding subdivision, such as a supply column.
ABBREVIATIONS.
C.M.R.=Commonwealth Military Regulations.
C.M.F.=Commonwealth Military Form.
C.M.B.=Commonwealth Military Book.
D.A.=Defence Acts 1903-1904
| Issued by the Military Board. |
Regulations referring to Permanent Forces only are
marked with the letter "
Price, 2s.—C.8980.
Paragraphs of the Regulations which have been amended, or redrafted, or are new, are denoted by a black line in the margin.
The Council of Defence consists of regular members and consultative members.
The regular members are the Minister of State for Defence (who is the President), the Treasurer, the Inspector-General, the Director of the Naval Forces, and the Chief of Intelligence.
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 of the Council are convened by the President. The President presides at all meetings at which he is present. If the President is not present at a meeting, the Treasurer, if present, shall preside; and if the Treasurer is not present, the members present may appoint one of their number to preside.
Three regular members constitute a quorum of the Council.
The Permanent Head of the Department of Defence is the Secretary to the Council.
Minutes are kept of the proceedings of all meetings of the Council.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE.
The Council of Defence inquires into, discusses, and records opinions upon matters submitted to it by the Minister affecting—
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a )The general policy of the Naval and Military Defence of the Commonwealth and of the several States;(
b )Measures necessary for the defence of the Commonwealth in time of war;(
c ) The total expenditure on Defence, and its distribution.
CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION FOR THE MILITARY FORCES.
The Military Board consists of regular members and consultative members.
The regular members are the Minister (who is President of the Board), the Deputy Adjutant-General, the Chief of Intelligence, the Chief of Ordnance, and the Finance Member.
The consultative members, at a meeting of the Board, are such officers of the Citizen Military Forces as are summoned by the President to that meeting.
Meetings of the Military Board are convened by the President. In the absence of the President, the Senior Military Officer present shall preside.
Three members constitute a quorum.
Minutes are kept of the proceedings of all meetings of the Military Board.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. OF THE MILITARY BOARD.
The Military Board, subject to the control of the Minister, is charged with the administration of all matters relating to the Military Forces.
Members of the Board and Officers appointed in connexion therewith severally exercise such powers and perform such duties as are from time to time assigned to them by the Minister.
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The Inspector-General of the Military Forces inspects the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, and the Military Forts and Defence Works and Buildings. He reports upon the results of the administration of the Forces, the efficiency of the troops, the system of training, the equipment, the preparedness of the Forces for war, and the state and condition of all Defence Works, Buildings, and Stores.
He furnishes an Annual Report to the Military Board on the 1st January, and intermediate Reports whenever he thinks fit, or is so requested by the Minister or the Board.
He is President of a Board appointed to consider all promotions to ranks above the rank of Captain.
By virtue of his office, he takes rank and precedence as the senior officer of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.
4. The undermentioned States of the Commonwealth, viz. :—
(1) New South Wales,
(2) Victoria,
(3) Queensland,
(4) South Australia,
(5) Western Australia,
(6) Tasmania,
are appointed Military Districts under the Act.
5. The following is the order of precedence in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth :—
(1) The Regiments of Light Horse.
(2) The Royal Australian Artillery Regiment.*
(3) Batteries of Australian Field Artillery.*
(4) Companies of Australian Garrison Artillery.
(5) The Corps of Australian Engineers.
(6) The Infantry Regiments.
(7) The Australian Army Service Corps.
(8) The Australian Army Medical Corps.
(9) The Departmental Corps.
(10) The Reserve Forces.
(11) The Cadet Corps.
* 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.
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.
6. 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 or battalion, 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
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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, irrespective 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 above, 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.
11. 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.
12. Subject to the fact that any officer, whether of permanent, local or temporary rank, may, as described in paragraph 10, 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Officers relinquishing their commissions are not to be considered as retaining any rank in the service, either on account of such commissions or of any brevet commission they may have held, except in cases specially approved by the Governor-General.
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.
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Corresponding Ranks.
Military Forces | Naval Forces. | |||
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| Captains of the Fleet Commodores, 1st and 2nd Class | |||
| Captains over 3 years................. | Paymasters-in-Chief.
Staff Captains of 4 years' seniority. | ||
| Captains under 3 years............... | Staff Captains.
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Commanders, but junior of that rank |
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| Lieutenants of 8 years' seniority | Navigating Lieutenants of 8 years' seniority. | ||
Staff-Surgeons. | ||||
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Staff Paymasters. | ||||
Naval Instructors of 8 years' seniority. | ||||
Staff Engineers. | ||||
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| Lieutenants under 8 years' seniority | Surgeons. Secretaries to Commodores, 2nd Class. | ||
Naval Instructors under 8 years' seniority. | ||||
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| Sub-Lieutenants.......................... | Assistant Paymasters under 6 years' seniority. | ||
Assistant Engineers. | ||||
8. 2nd Lieutenants | .. | Chief Gunner Chief Boatswain Chief Carpenter | But junior of that rank. | |
| .. | Midshipmen Clerks | But senior of that rank. | |
Gunners Boatswains Carpenters | But junior of the rank. | |||
Officers of the Consular Service will rank with officers of the Military Force as follows:—
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19. The position of warrant officers is inferior to that of all commissioned officers, but superior to that of all non-commissioned officers.
20. The following will be the order of precedence of warrant and non-commissioned officers. Those bracketed together rank with one another according to the dates of promotion or appointment.
(1)
Garrison Sergeant-Major.
Conductor, Army Ordnance Department.
Master Gunner, 1st class.
*Military Staff Clerk, 1st class.
Staff Sergeant-Major, 1st class, A.S.C.
Master Gunner, 2nd class.
Staff Warrant Officer Instructor.
Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major.
Staff Sergeant-Major, A.S.C.
*Military Staff Clerk, 2nd class.
*Bandmaster.
*Armament Sergeant-Major.
*Mechanist Sergeant-Major.
Sub-Conductor (A.O. Dept.).
(2)
Master Gunner, 3rd class.
Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major who is not a W.O.
Staff Sergeant-Major Instructor.
Brigade or Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant.
*Armament Q.M.S.
*Machinist Q.M.S.
*Military Staff Clerk, 3rd class.
Staff Sergeant Instructor.
Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major.
Colour Sergeant.
*Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 3 years' service.
Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant.
Staff Instructor, Class IV.
*Barrack Sergeant.
Sergeant.
*Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 1 year's service.
Lance Sergeant.
Corporal.
*Military Staff Clerk, 4th class on appointment.
Bombardier.
2nd Corporal.
Acting Bombardier.
Lance Corporal.
Armament, Armorer, Artificer, Collar-maker, Farrier, Mechanist, Pioneer, Saddler, Shoeing-smith, and Wheeler, Non-commissioned Officers take precedence according to their rank as Q.M.S., Sgt., &c.)
The warrant and non-commissioned officers against whose names an asterisk (*) is placed are not entitled to assume any command on parade or duty, except over such W.O's, N.C.O.'s, and men as may be specially placed under their orders. In matters of discipline, however, they will, at all times, exercise the full authority attached to their rank.
Classification for pay shall not affect the above classification for purposes of command and precedence.
21. 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 Members 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 Mounted Service 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.
22. The National Anthem is not to be played in connexion with salutes on any occasion than those mentioned in paragraph 21, and is only due to those personages who are entitled to a royal salute.
23. Governors of States who are also General Officers are entitled in every respect to the honours due to their military rank, as well as to their civil office.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
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Officers, soldiers, and colours passing a funeral will salute the body.
Armed parties in paying compliments on the march will be
called to attention, infantry will slope arms, and the command "
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 "
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.
27. 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.
28. Officers and soldiers boarding any of His Majesty's ships will salute the quarter-deck.
29. 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.
30. Non-commissioned officers and men will address warrant officers in the same manner as they do officers, but will not salute them.
31. 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.
32. 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-para. I. and II. will consult with the Deputy Adjutant-General.
33. A guard of honour, as a general rule, of 100 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.)
34. A Guard of Honour, of 50 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 33, or on occasions not specified in paragraph 21, 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.
34a. Voluntary Guards of Honour as in 34 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.
34b. Mounted Escorts will attend if ordered when Guards of Honour are furnished as provided for in para. 33. The strength of the escort for the Governor-General will be—1 Officer, 1 Sergeant, and 20 rank and file, and for the State Governors—1 Officer, 1 Sergeant, and 12 rank and file.
Voluntary Escorts may be furnished as in 34a.
35. Where two flags of the same description are issued the smaller is for use in bad weather.
Flag Stations. | Royal Standard. | Union Jack. | ||
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Victoria Barracks, Sydney................................................................... | 1* | 1* | 1§ | 1§ |
Saluting Battery, Sydney..................................................................... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Middle Head Fort.................................................................................. | ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Fort Scratchley, Newcastle.................................................................. | ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Victoria Barracks, Melbourne............................................................. | 1* | 1* | ... | 1§ |
Queenscliff Fort..................................................................................... | ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Gellibrand Fort....................................................................................... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Victoria Barracks, Brisbane................................................................. | 1* | 1* | 1§ | 1§ |
Barracks, Thursday Island................................................................... | ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Fort Largs................................................................................................ | ... | ... | 1‡. | 1‡ |
District Head-Quarters, Adelaide....................................................... | ... | 1* | ... | 1§ |
District Head-Quarters, Perth.............................................................. | ... | 1* | ... | 1§ |
The Barracks, Albany........................................................................... | ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Saluting Battery, Hobart...................................................................... | ... | ... | ... | 1‡ |
District Head-Quarters, Hobart.......................................................... | ... | 1* | ... | 1§ |
* Royal Standard to be used on Royal Anniversaries and State occasions.
Union Jack.— On anniversaries only, or when required for saluting or other special purposes.
‡ On Sundays and anniversaries.
§ Daily.
36. The following is a list of stations at which salutes are authorized to be fired :—
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37. The forts and batteries referred to in paragraph 36 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.
(3) Anniversaries—Birthday (as notified in the
Gazette ), Accession, Coronation of Sovereign, Birthday of Consort of Sovereign.(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. 39).
* ‡ 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. 39).
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.
38. 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 34) 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.
39. 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.
40. All salutes from ships of war of other nations to His Majesty's forts or batteries named in paragraph 36 are to be returned gun for gun. His Majesty's ships and His Majesty's forts will not, on any account, exchange salutes.
41. Such or 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
43a. The following are the rules for saluting to be observed in military boats :—
(1.) When an officer is in the boat—
Bank. | 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 |
Bank. | When passing. | Under oars. | Meeting at landing place or alongside ship. |
Officers below rank of Field officer |
| " Toss Oars," Officer salutes | Crew " Eyes Front," Officer and coxswain salute |
Officers below rank of Field officer. | Commodore Captain................... Colonel........................ | Lieut.-Colonel | " Lay on Oars," Officer salutes | Crew, " Eyes Front." Officer and coxswain salute |
Officers below rank of Field officer. |
| Officer salutes..................... | Officer salutes |
(2.) When no officer is in the boat—
When passing. | Under oars. | Meeting at landing place or alongside ship. | |
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.
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.
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 of any rank, nor is any expense to fall on the public for the use of a gun-carriage or the attendance of soldiers.
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 Bank | 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 | .. | ,, ,, 3 ,, |
Brigadier-General.......................... |
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Colonel Commanding.................. | .. | Three rounds in each case. |
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| .. | His own company or 100 men | |
Lieutenant, or 2nd Lieutenant.... | .. |
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All other grades............................. | .. | ,, ,, ,, ,, |
* Only when commissioned as Brigadier-General
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 fired must not exceed twice the number of guns to which the deceased was entitled when living.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 36), the same number of minute guns will be fired on its arrival as the deceased was entitled to under paragraph 37 when living.
54. All appointments, promotions, exchanges, transfers,
resignations, and retirements of Officers will be notified in the
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. |
56. Supernumerary Lieutenants and 2nd Lieutenants may be appointed to Regiments and Corps, on the recommendation of District Commandants, not exceeding in number 25 per cent. of the annual establishment of those ranks. Such officers will not be required to supply themselves with, uniform except undress. They will not be entitled to any pay or allowances whilst borne as supernumeraries. |
57. First appointments will, as a rule, be made to the rank Second Lieutenant (but to rank of Captain in the case of the Australian Army Medical Corps). |
58. 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. |
59. In the first appointment of Officers, preference will be given in the case of equality of qualifications to persons who have served in the Defence Force for three years without a commission.
60. 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.
61. No person, except as prescribed in para. 60, 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.
62. Examinations will, if necessary and practicable, be held in each district half-yearly. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.
63. Officers provisionally appointed must present themselves for examination at the first or second half-yearly examination subsequent to their provisional appointment, except under special circumstances, approved by the Military Board, or where a less period is prescribed in these Regulations. They must pass at either of such examinations, or the one next following, which, however, must not exceed a period of 18 months from date of provisional appointment. If successful, and if satisfactorily reported upon by their respective Commanding Officers, the provisional appointments may then be recommended for confirmation.
64. Officers who fail to qualify as above shall be recommended by District Commandants for " To be retired—having failed to qualify."
65. All recommendations for appointments will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to the District Commandant, on the authorized form.
These applications will then, if recommended by District Commandants, be forwarded to the Military Board.
When the candidate has previously held a commission, a certificate from his last Commanding Officer will be forwarded as to whether his services were satisfactory, and whether his retirement or resignation arose from any matter affecting his character or efficiency. A candidate may be appointed provisionally, pending the production of the aforesaid certificate. When the candidate has previously served in the ranks of the Naval or Military Forces, his discharge certificate will accompany the recommendation.
66. Notice of vacancies in the Royal Australian Artillery and Corps of Australian Engineers (Permanent Sections) will be given by advertisement in all the States and by Notice in Military Orders.
Applications from candidates, in accordance with para. 67, will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same to the Military Board. When forwarding applications District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment.
Candidates will be informed of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.
67. The following persons are eligible for appointment, provided they are certified by a Medical Board to be physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed examination :—
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a )Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 25 years at the date of holding the educational examination.(
b )Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men, who have served for 3 years in the Defence Force, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 25 years at the date of holding the educational examination.(
c )Candidates who have served in a campaign, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 25 years at the date of holding the educational examination.(
d )Other candidates, provided they are between the ages of 18 and 23 years at the date of holding the educational examination.
A candidate for appointment in the Corps of Australian Engineers must, in addition, have served as a pupil for three years in engineering workshops, or as a cadet in Civil Engineering or Architecture or as an undergraduate in an Engineering Department of a University, or permanently in connexion with Military Engineering.
68. Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the educational examination will be competitive.
69. First appointments will be made to the rank of Lieutenant.
70. Successful candidates will be appointed for six months on probation, and must, during the sixth month, pass a qualifying examination in military subjects. The appointment of any candidate who fails to pass will not be confirmed. Under, very special circumstances, the term of probation may be extended, on the recommendation of the Military Board, for a period not exceeding three months.
71. The subjects and scope of the literary and military examinations shall be as set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.
72. Notice of vacancies for Officers on the Administrative and Instructional Staff will be given by advertisement in all the States and by Notice in Military Orders. Applications from candidates, in accordance with paras. 73 and 74, will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same to the Military Board. When forwarding applications, District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment.
Candidates will be informed of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.
73. The following persons are eligible for appointment to the Administrative and Instructional Staff, provided they are certified by a Medical Board as being physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed educational and military examinations.
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a )Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, provided they are between the ages of 22 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.(
b )Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men, who have served for three years in the Defence Force, provided they are between the ages of 22 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.(
c )Other candidates, provided they are between the ages of 22 and 30 years at the date of holding the educational examination.
74. Officers of the Royal Australian Artillery and Corps of Australian Engineers (Permanent Sections) are eligible for appointment, subject to passing the prescribed military examination, for the arm to which they desire to be appointed.
75. Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the Military examination will be cocmpetitive.
76. A successful candidate will be appointed for six months on probation. At the end of this period his appointment may be confirmed on the report of the District Commandant under whom the candidate served, that he has satisfactorily performed the duties of an Officer of the Administrative or Instructional Staff, and is likely to become a suitable Staff Officer.
77. The subjects and scope of the examination shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.
78. Officers of the Royal Australian Artillery and Corps of Australian Engineers (Permanent Sections) may be seconded for service on the Administrative or Instructianal Staff.
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87. Officers appointed to command Regiments or Corps may hold such appointment, subject to the provisions for retirement on account of age, for a term of five years; but the Governor-General may extend such term for a further period, subject in either case to the provisions of the Regulations for Retirement on account of age.
88. Officers, not exceeding 12 in number, may be appointed as Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General for gallantry and distinguished service in the field or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth.
89. Officers eligible for the above distinction must be on the Active List, or the Reserve of Officers, and not below the rank of Major or relative rank in the Naval Forces.
90. The appointment to be for five years. In exceptional circumstances Officers may be re-appointed for an additional term of two years.
91. Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General will wear, on the right shoulder, when on duty-, a special gold cord aigulette of a somewhat similar design to that worn by Aides-de-Camp to the Sovereign.
92. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.
93. Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps, not exceeding two in number, may be appointed as Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon respectively to the Governor-General for distinguished service in the field, or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth.
94. Regulations applying to the appointment, duties, &c., of Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General will apply to Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons.
95. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.
96. The Governor-General may approve of any officers of the Defence Forces not being in the Permanent Forces, and not exceeding two in number, accepting appointment as Aides-de-Camp on the Personal Staff of a Governor of a State.
97. Aides-de-Camp are not to be of higher rank than Major or relative rank in the Naval Forces. Officers of the Military Forces will not be placed on the Supernumerary List of their Regiments, but when doing duty on the Personal Staff of the Governor of a State will be shown as " On Command " upon the occasions when they may be prevented from carrying out their usual military duties.
98. Aides-de-Camp will be permitted to wear, on the right shoulder, an aiguilette when on duty similar to that allowed for Personal Aides-de-Camp under Dress Regulations.
99. These appointments will not entitle officers to any pay or allowances.
100. Officers not above the rank of Captain will be provisionally appointed as Adjutants on the recommendation of Commanding Officers and District Commandants, and, within a period of nine months of such provisional appointment, will be required to pass such examinations as are set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders, and failing to pass such examination will cease to hold the appointment. Upon passing such examination an Adjutant will be confirmed in the appointment. No officer shall retain the appointment of Adjutant for a longer period than twelve months after promotion to field rank. 101. The appointment of Adjutant should not exceed a period of two years, but may, if recommended by the Commanding Officer and the District Commandant, be extended for a further period of two years. |
102. Recommendations for appointment as Quartermaster will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to District Commandants, accompanied by the documents specified in para. 65. 103. Candidates promoted from the ranks are eligible for appointment as Quartermaster up to the age of 50. 104. On appointment, a Quartermaster will be granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant, and, after ten years' service in that rank, will be granted the honorary rank of Captain. |
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107. An Honorary Colonel-in-Chief may be appointed to the Australian Light Horse, the Australian Artillery, the Corps of Australian Engineers and the Australian Infantry, and an Honorary Colonel may be appointed to any Regiment or Corps of the Military Forces, subject to the following conditions :—
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a )The appointment to be purely honorary, and to confer no right of command.(
b )No expense to the public to be entailed by such appointment.
108. Honorary Colonels shall not be subject to the provisions for compulsory retirement on account of age, but may continue to hold their appointments during the pleasure of the Governor-General.
109. The above honorary positions are reserved tor Officers and others who have rendered valuable, distinguished, or gallant service to Australia in a military or other public capacity. Appointments will not be tendered to any person without permission of the Military Board.
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111. The Governor-General may promote an Officer for distinguished service or for marked ability and gallantry in active service, without his passing the prescribed examination.
112. No Officer below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, except as provided in para, 111, shall be promoted unless he has previously passed the prescribed examination for promotion to a higher rank.
113. Where an officer has had no opportunity of passing the prescribed examination, he may be provisionally promoted subject to his passing such examination within twelve months of such promotion.
114. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.
115. Recommendations for promotions are to be submitted to the Military Board in the same manner as appointments.
116. When recommending an appointment or promotion, by which an Officer will be superseded, the Commanding Officer will state the circumstances which have induced him to make his recommendation.
117. Promotion up to the rank of Captain will usually be made according to seniority, and to higher grades by selection, subject, in all cases, to the passing of such examinations as may from time to time be laid down.
118. No officer is entitled to claim promotion as a right.
119. In the case of squadrons or companies of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, which are detached at some distance from the rest of their Regiment or Corps, promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Captain, and Major, will be limited to vacancies in that Company, unless, in the opinion of the Commanding Officer, an Officer, who is otherwise due for promotion, can be conveniently transferred to the Company in which the vacancy has occurred. | |
In the case of the Australian Field Artillery, Australian Garrison Artillery, Corps of Australian Engineers, and Departmental Corps, promotion to higher rank will be limited to the State in which the vacancy occurs. |
120. Officers on retirement may be granted Honorary Rank, with the right to wear the uniform of their Corps, with the addition of the letter R on the shoulder-strap, as follows :—
Substantive Bank. | Service Qualification. | Honorary Rank. |
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This paragraph will not apply to Officers who retired before the 1st January, 1904.
121. Service in the Reserve Forces will not count.
One-half of any period of service in the ranks of the Permanent Forces, or one-fifth of any period of service in the ranks of the Militia or Volunteer Forces, will be allowed to reckon as commissioned service with reference to the periods of service specified in para. 120. Under no circumstances, however, will the reckoning of service in the ranks under these Regulations give directly, or indirectly, any claim to extra pay or pension.
122. A certified statement in detail, on the authorized form of each Officer's service, signed by the Commanding Officer, will accompany all applications for Honorary Rank.
123. Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers who are retired under Regulation 128 after completing 20 years' service, and who have held the rank of Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer for not less than 15 years, may be permitted to retain their rank and wear the uniform of their Corps, with the addition of the letter " R " on the shoulder-strap, on the recommendation of the District Commandant, and subject to the approval of the Military Board.
124. Officers of different Regiments or Corps, but of the same rank and arm, may be allowed to exchange, subject to the following conditions :—
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Proposed exchanges are to be submitted to the Military Board, in the same manner as appointments. 125. Any Officer may be transferred to another Regiment or Corps subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Governor-General. |
126. Resignations and retirements are to be submitted to the Military Board, in the same manner as appointments.
An Officer who tenders the resignation of his
commission, whether the same be accepted and notified in the
127. The services of an Officer may be dispensed with for any of the following reasons :—
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a ) Absence without leave for three months.(
b ) In the case of Militia, absence from continuous training.(
c ) Medical unfitness.(
d ) Misconduct or incapacity.(
e ) Failing to pass the prescribed examinations.(
f ) On reaching the limit of age prescribed.(
g ) By sentence of Court Martial.(
h )For any other cause which the Governor-General may deem sufficient.
128. Officers and soldiers of the Military Forces shall be retired at the ages set forth in the following table, but in special cases of an exceptional nature the Governor-General may extend the prescribed age for retirement for a period not exceeding two years :—
Bank or Appointment. | Permanent Forces. | Militia Forces. | Volunteer Forces. |
| 62 | ... | ... |
| 60 | 60 | 60 |
| 55 | 60 | 60 |
| 50 | 55 | 55 |
| 45 | 53 | 53 |
| 45 | 48 | 48 |
| 60 | 60 | 60 |
| 60 | 60 | 60 |
| 55 | 55 | 60 |
Local, Temporary, or Honorary Rank will not be considered in reference to the age for Retirement.
129. An Unattached List shall be formed to which Officers shall be appointed, transferred, or promoted when they are temporarily unable to serve with their Corps, or when they are, for any reason whatever, unable to discharge the more active duties entailed by service with defined Regiments, Corps or on the Staff. Officers will only be appointed to the Unattached List who are capable of and desirous for military employment if required. 130. Service upon the Unattached List will count towards Honorary Rank. Officers who have been on the Unattached List more than two consecutive years without either attending a School of Instruction or being employed for at least four days at a Camp of Training, will be transferred to the Reserve of Officers, except those Officers whose civil avocations qualify them for the position they are allotted to in the scheme of Defence. District Commandants are to afford all Officers on the Unattached List facilities to comply with this Regulation. 131. Officers who desire to be placed on the Unattached List will apply to their Commanding Officers, who will forward the applications to the District Commandant, with their observations. 132. Officers upon the Unattached List should be called upon by District Commandants to attend a course of instruction or camp of training, or to perform other military duty. |
133. Officers within the age limit may be transferred to the Reserve of Officers. 134. The Reserve of Officers shall form part of the Reserve Forces. 135. Officers of the Reserve Forces may resign in the same manner as Officers of the Active Forces. |
136. Officers of the Military Forces who are retired with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed Uniform will be placed on the Retired List.
137. An Officer of the Unattached, Reserve, or Retired List shall report himself at the commencement of each year, in writing, to the Commandant of the District in which he last served on the Active List, failing which his name may be removed from the List. An Officer reporting himself will, at the same time, forward his address for the current year, and any subsequent change of address should be notified.
138. District Commandants will report to the Military Board the deaths of Officers within their commands.
139. An officer below the substantive rank of Major may be seconded in his Regiment or Corps :—
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a ) From the date of appointment, as notified in theGazette, to the Administrative, Personal (Paid), or Instructional Staff.(
b ) From the date of appointment to an Adjutancy.(
c )From the date of appointment or embarkation in the case of an over-sea military appointment.(
d )From the date of appointment to any civil office, or to any public position which prevents the performance of military duty.
140. On reverting from the Seconded List an Officer shall, unless liable to retirement, rejoin his regiment as supernumerary, retaining his regimental rank and position.
141. If a vacancy occurs in a regiment in which there is a seconded Officer who would revert, within three months, to the Regimental List, such vacancy may be retained for the absorption of the seconded Officer.
142. An Officer may be retained as supernumerary on the strength of his Regiment or Corps :—
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a )In the case of a reduction in the establishment of the Regiment or Corps.(
b ) While awaiting a vacancy under para. 140.(
c ) As an Adjutant.
APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT AND NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
143. District Commandants and Commanding Officers of Permanent Forces are empowered to appoint Non-commissioned Officers below the rank of Sergeant in the Permanent Forces. | |
144. District Commandants are empowered to appoint Warrant Officers in the Militia and Volunteer Forces, and Commanding Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces are empowered to appoint Non-commissioned Officers in such Forces. | |
145. Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Permanent Forces of and above the rank of Sergeant will be appointed by the Deputy Adjutant-General. |
146. The appointments held by Warant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of the Military Forces, set forth in the following table, confer upon the holder the rank specified opposite that appointment in the table :—
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147. A Non-commissioned Officer or man on receiving an appointment will thereupon be vested with the rank attached to that appointment, and this will be his permanent rank. The rank attached to any appointment is that indicated in the title of that appointment, unless some superior rank is expressly attached to it by regulation; for example, the permanent rank of a Wheeler Bombardier is Bombardier.
148. Non-commissioned Officers shall not be appointed or promoted until the candidate has passed such qualifying examination as may be from time to time authorized, provided that in cases of necessity appointments or promotions may be made on probation; and any soldier so appointed or promoted shall in such event be required to pass the necessary examination within six months of his appointment or promotion.
149. Non-commissioned Officers may, with their Commanding Officer's consent, resign their rank and revert to the rank or position they previously held, but, without the sanction of the District Commandant, they are not to be allowed to do so in order to escape trial by court-martial. The written application of the Non-commissioned Officer and a certificate from the Commanding Officer, stating the cause of the resignation (together with the written authority of the District Commandant, if the case has been referred to him), is to be attached to the soldier's record of service.
150. For inefficiency or a cause other than an offence, a soldier may be removed from his appointment by order of his Commanding
Officer, and will, in that case, revert to his permanent rank, remaining as a supernumerary in that rank until absorbed into the first vacancy. In cases where the soldier's permanent rank is higher than that of corporal, the Commanding Officer will not exercise his power in this respect, but when necessary, will make application to the District. Commandant for the soldier's removal, with a view to his reduction to a lower rank being at the same time considered. A Bandsman will not be ordered by his Commanding Officer to revert to the rank of, private except for misconduct or inefficiency.
151. An acting Non-commissioned Officer can be ordered by his Commanding Officer to revert to his permanent rank. The permanent rank of a Lance-Sergeant is Corporal; that of a Lance-Corporal is Private, or acting Bombardier is Gunner
152. A Non-commissioned Officer reduced to a lower rank will take rank and precedence in the lower rank from the date of the signing of the original sentence of the court-martial, or, in the case of reduction by order of the District Commandant, from the date of such order.
153. The following proportion of Lance-Sergeants and Lance-Corporals may be appointed without pay, namely :—
Lance-Sergeants, 50 per cent. of establishment of Sergeants. Lance-Corporals or Acting Bombardiers, 100 per cent. of establishment of Corporals. |
District Commandants may, in cases of well-ascertained necessity, sanction the appointment of a small number of unpaid Lance-Sergeants, Lance-Corporals, and Acting Bombardiers in excess of the establishment.
Appointment of Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers to the Instructional Staff of the Commonwealth Military Forces.
154. Appointments on the Instructional Staff will be granted to Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth or others, under the following conditions as to age, physical and moral fitness, literary and military qualifications.
155. A candidate will not be eligible for appointment on probation unless he is within the ages of 22 and 40 years, and unless he has served for at least three years in the Active Force of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, except under special circumstances approved by the Military Board.
156. The applications of candidates who have served in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, as provided in para. 155, will be submitted to District Commandants through the usual channels. Commanding Officers will, in their recommendations, state their opinion from personal knowledge as to the eligibility of the candidate for appointment.
521. Except in time of emergency, any member of a Rifle Club may resign by giving fourteen days' notice, in writing, to the Captain of his club, and, on such resignation being accepted, his name shall be removed from the list of members. In the case of members who are in possession of Government property, the same must be returned and delivered in good order to the Captain of the club before the resignation can be accepted.
522. The Captain of a club shall at once forward to the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs in the Military District in which the club is situate a notification of the death, departure from the district, or resignation of any member. Absence for a longer period than three months from the locality in which a club is established shall mean departure from the district, and any member so absent, except on leave obtained from the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs of his district, shall be liable to be struck off the strength of the club to which he belongs.
523. Any member on leaving the locality of his club may, at his own request made in writing to the Club Captain, be transferred to a club convenient to his intended place of residence, provided that the transfer is approved by the Captain of the club to which transfer is sought, and the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs of the Military District.
524. The District Commandant may dismiss any member of a Rifle Club for a breach of these Regulations, or for any conduct which, in his opinion, may bring discredit on Rifle Clubs.
525. All orders and directions of the Government with respect to the administration of Rifle Clubs will be communicated to the District Commandant by the Military Board, and the District Commandant will issue the necessary orders to give effect to the same.
526. No member of another branch of the Defence Force may be other than an honorary member of a Rifle Club, and under no circumstances (except as specially provided for in paragraph 516) is his name to be shown on any list of active members submitted to Headquarters, as claiming any privilege allowed to an active member.
Any person on the Reserve of the Defence Forces may, on the recommendation of the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs and with the approval of the District Commandant, be permitted to act as Captain of any club if elected to such position by the members.
527. Every club shall elect a committee, consisting of a captain, a secretary, treasurer, and four members ; and the property of the club shall be vested in such committee.
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529. Captains shall maintain order and discipline amongst the members of their Rifle Club at all rifle practices and other meetings thereof, and shall be responsible for the proper carrying out of all orders and regulations that may be issued from time to time. It shall be their special duty to see that rifle practice is carried out with due precaution to the safety of the public and all concerned, but he may appoint any member of the club to perform such duties as his deputy when he cannot attend personally.
At all times when members of Rifle Clubs are carrying out training under these Regulations, or rules thereunder, the Regulations for the time being governing the Military Forces shall be taken generally as a guide in all matters of discipline not dealt
with under these Regulations. In the absence of a duly commissioned officer, the Captain and the individual members of the committee are to be responsible for the maintenance of discipline and due compliance with these Regulations.
530. The standard set of rules approved by the Governor-General shall be the rules for clubs.
531. Captains of clubs may, on application, be supplied with rifles and spare parts, etc., for active members of their club at the prices given from time to time in the " Ordnance Store Price List."
Martini-Enfield rifles will be issued on loan to Rifle Clubs in accordance with such instructions as may from time to time be issued in District Orders.
Magazine Lee-Enfield rifles will be sold to active members of Rifle Clubs on a deferred payment system, the conditions of which will be published from time to time in Orders.
532. Members of clubs will be required to keep their arms and accoutrements in good order, and to produce them for inspection when called upon. No member may dispose of the rifle purchased by him to another member of the club, or to the club, until three years after such purchase, except on approval of the captain.
533. Rifles, ammunition, and accoutrements supplied by the Government, either by purchase, on loan, or free issue, will be delivered carriage free at any railway station in the vicinity of the club. The Captain of the club, or in his absence a member authorized by him in writing, shall sign the receipt for such, or any other article of Government property issued for the use of members of the club. He will be held responsible for their safe custody and proper distribution, and will issue no article without obtaining the written receipt of the member to whom he issues it.
534. Active members of Rifle Clubs will be classified as " Efficients " and " Non-Efficients " on the 1st of July of each year, to be reckoned from the 1st of July in each year until the 30th June in the following year.
535. No active member of a Rifle Club serving under these Regulations shall be entitled to classify as efficient on the 1st of July in any year unless during the previous year he has fulfilled the requirements hereunder specified :—
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a )Fired through a course of musketry under such conditions, and classifying therein in accordance with such standard, as may from time to time be determined by Standing Orders.(
b )Keeping such arms and accoutrements as may be in his possession clean and in good order, and producing the same for inspection when required.
536. The following free issues of ammunition will be granted, subject to the conditions laid down in paragraph 535 :—
For Efficiency For Musketry.
For each active member ... 150 rounds. 50 rounds.
Each active member shall be credited with 100 rounds of free ammunition on his first enrolment, to enable him to acquire the requisite proficiency in learning to shoot.
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537. Ammunition issued free annually to clubs for the use of its members is to be expended during the year for which it is issued. Ammunition is not to be accumulated from year to year. Captains of clubs will furnish a yearly return on or before the 15th of July in each year, showing the balance of efficiency and musketry ammunition on hand, and such unexpended balance shall be deducted from the issue for the following year.
538. Each efficient active member of a Rifle Club shall be entitled to purchase 200 rounds, and each non-efficient active member 100 rounds, of ammunition per annum, at the rate of 5s. per 100 rounds for .303 inch rifles, and 2s. 6d. per 100 rounds for M.H. rifles.
539. Captains of clubs will be expected to make arrangements for the collection of empty cartridge cases, and for the disposal of the same ; the proceeds of the sale of such empty cases to be credited to club funds, and to be used only for club purposes.
540. Each new Rifle Club which has a membership upon its formation of not less than 30 members shall be entitled to a grant of £20 for the formation of a rifle range, and if the membership upon formation is not less than 100 members the grant shall be £40. In cases where it may be necessary to alter any rifle range, similar grants as before mentioned will be allowed, but no money will be paid until voted by Parliament, and on the certificate of the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs, and supporting vouchers for expenditure.
541. An officer or other qualified person may be deputed to inspect as to the suitability of any site which may be proposed for a new rifle range, or to inspect any completed range, and report thereon as to its safety for rifle practice.
Rifle practice shall not be carried out on any new rifle range until the issue of authority by the District Commandant for the use of such new rifle range.
542. Rifle ranges which are used by any of the Militia or Volunteer units will be available for the Rifle Clubs in the locality, but as these ranges are under the charge of the officers commanding the local units, Rifle Clubs will only be permitted to use them at such times as may be arranged by the responsible officers.
543. If any accident should happen to a marker or to any other person while practice is proceeding on the rifle range, the same must be reported in writing at once by the Captain of the club to the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs.
544. Every active member classified as a marksman shall receive and be entitled to wear a marksman's badge (worked in worsted) for the year in which he becomes a marksman. The best shot of the whole of the Rifle Clubs in each State, and the best shot of each Rifle Club District in each State, shall receive and be entitled to wear a badge (worked in gold), similar to that worn by the best shot in a regiment and company respectively. The grant of badges shall, however, be dependent on the necessary provision being made by Parliament.
545. On or before the 15th of July in every year the Captain of each club shall prepare and forward a return showing—
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a )The names of all active members of the clubs on the 30th June, and opposite every name state the description and number of the rifle in the member's possession.(
b ) A record of the drills and musketry performed by each active member.
Printed forms for the returns will be supplied. No free ammunition will be issued to any club from which this return has not been received.
546. In order to afford opportunities to members to undergo instruction in drill, an annual course of instruction will be carried out in such localities and at such centres as may be arranged by District Commandants. Attendance at this course of drill will, however, be voluntary on the part of members.
547. Any member who so desires may, on the recommendation of the Captain of a club and with the approval of the military authority, be attached temporarily to any corps of the Defence Forces for purposes of instruction. While under instruction, members of Rifle Clubs shall be subject to the same discipline as that imposed upon the members of the corps to which they are temporarily attached. Members of Rifle Clubs shall be given preference as recruits for the Militia and Volunteers.
548. An effective grant of 5s., subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament, will be made each year for every active member of a Rifle Club who fulfils the prescribed conditions and is classified as " Efficient " on the 1st July of any year for services performed during the twelve months immediately preceding.
549. The following are the services upon which the grant made under paragraph 548 may be expended :—
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a ) Payment of markers for musketry course.(
b ) Maintenance and repair of rifle ranges.(
c ) Stationery and postage.(
d )General expenses in connexion with the interior economy of Rifle Clubs.
550. Effective grants are not to be considered the property of any individual, but will be handed over to the Captain of the club for the purpose of meeting the expenses mentioned in paragraph 549.
551. The effective grant will be paid into a bank to the joint account of the Captain and Treasurer or Secretary of the club, and will be kept distinct from any private account. A cash-book will be kept, in which will be recorded all sums received, and each item of expenditure on the service specified in paragraph 549. Receipts for all payments will be obtained wherever possible, and, in the absence of a receipt, a certificate signed by the Captain and Treasurer or Secretary of the club, that the amount has actually been paid for the purpose stated, will be accepted instead.
552. The accounts will be balanced on the 30th June of each year, and a statement on a prescribed form will be prepared and signed by the Captain and Treasurer or Secretary of the Club, and will be forwarded to the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs as soon after that date as practicable, but not later than the 30th September. This statement will show the receipts from the Government during the year, and the full expenditure on the authorized services mentioned in paragraph 549.
553. Regulations for railway travelling are issued in each State, and are governed by local arrangement. District Commandants will submit for the consideration and approval of the Military Board, their proposals for free travelling to rifle competitions, such proposals being within the expenditure provided for Rifle Club travelling in that State.
554. A pattern of simple and inexpensive uniform clothing has been approved, but the wearing of same by members of Rifle Clubs shall be optional.
555. The following shall be the Standard Rules of Rifle Clubs referred to in para. 530 of the Regulations :—
Rules of the Rifle Club.
(1) This club shall be known as the Rifle Club.
(2) No person shall be admitted as a member of the club unless proposed by two or more members of the club, except in the case of a transfer, which is provided for by paragraph 523 of the Regulations, and on payment of such entrance fee and annual subscription as may be fixed by the by-laws.
(3) Life members may be enrolled on payment of a donation, to be fixed by the by-laws.
(4) The business of a club shall be managed by a committee, consisting of a captain, secretary, treasurer, and four members, and such other officers (if any) as may be prescribed by the by-laws, three to form a quorum.
(5) The office-bearers and members of committee shall be elected at the annual meeting of the club, which shall be held on such date as may be fixed by the by-laws.
(6) Any office-bearer or member of committee being absent without leave for three consecutive meetings of the committee shall be liable, at the discretion of the committee, to have his seat declared vacant.
(7) Any vacancy in the committee, caused either by resignation or enforced retirement under rule 6, may be filled up by the committee.
(8) All meetings of the committee shall be convened by the secretary ; but should he fail to do so within seven days after receiving a requisition signed by two members of the committee, any two such members may themselves convene a meeting of the committee.
(9) No meeting of the committee shall be held to have been duly convened unless a written notice be forwarded to each member thereof at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting.
(10) The annual meeting of the club for the election of office-bearers shall be convened by notice by post to each member, and not less than seven days' notice shall be given of such meeting.
(11) A balance sheet, duly audited by two members duly appointed at the preceding annual meeting, shall be laid before the members at every annual meeting.
Should a vacancy or vacancies occur among the auditors, the committee shall have power to fill the position.
(12) The captain shall, unless it be otherwise prescribed by the by-laws, preside at all committee meetings and all general meetings at which he is present.
In his absence, the members present may elect a chairman for any meeting.
(13) The captain, or a deputy appointed by him, will conduct all correspondence with the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs.
(14) The secretary shall keep minutes of all general meetings of members, and of meetings of the committee, and shall conduct all correspondence ordered by the committee, and he may, if duly authorized, act as the deputy of the captain.
(15) The subscription of every member shall become due on such date as may be fixed by the by-laws, and no one shall be entitled to the privileges of membership until his subscription be paid.
(16) No member, by reason of his being such, shall have any estate or interest in the property of the club other than the right to use the club property at the rifle ranges, in accordance with the resolutions or decisions of the committee.
(17) A general meeting of the club shall be called at any time by the secretary on receiving a requisition signed by so many members as may be prescribed by the by-laws ; the time and object of such general meeting to be notified by post to each member one week previous to such meeting.
(18) Any member may be expelled from the club against whom a vote for his expulsion shall have been carried by a majority of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting specially called to consider the case. The expulsion of any member shall be at once notified to the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs of the Military District, with a report of the circumstances.
(19) The practice days of the club shall be fixed by the bylaws, but the committee may, on giving due notice to every member, alter the time as they may think necessary, or appoint such other days in addition to the above as may appear expedient.
(20) After providing for the necessary expenses of the club, the committee may expend the balance of any moneys other than those received from Government in granting prizes to its members, the rifle matches at which such prizes are to be competed for being duly notified by advertisement.
(21) In addition to the annual subscription, the committee shall have power to exact such entrance fee as may be prescribed by the by-laws from every member who shall compete in a match for prizes, provided always that the entrance fees be devoted to the prize list.
(22) The rules for the matches and club practices, the distances, the conditions of firing, the nature and value of the prizes, and all other details, shall be decided by the committee.
(23) The committee, subject to the approval of a general meeting of the club, shall have power to frame such by-laws as may from time to time be necessary for carrying on the business of this club.
(24) An active member of the club who has been returned as efficient at least six times in the annual return of the club may, on his resignation, become an honorary member of the club without payment of any annual subscription, provided that a resolution to this effect is passed at a general meeting of the members of the club convened for this purpose.
(25) The conditions and regulations of State Rifle Associations shall generally be observed in the matches and practices of the club.
556. There shall be a Commonwealth Rifle Association Council, composed of two representatives from, and elected by, each State Rifle Association.
557. The objects of the Commonwealth Rifle Association Council shall be the promotion and conduct of all Inter-National and Inter-State Rifle Competitions, and the decision of any question in connexion with rifle shooting which may be referred to it by any Rifle Association.
558. In each Military District there shall be a State
Rifle Association, and the Council of the same representing the State shall be
charged with the conduct of all rifle matches other than those laid down by the
Military Regulations, and the promotion of rifle shooting generally. The
District Commandant shall be the President
559. The Rules of the Commonwealth Rifle Association Council, and of the State Rifle Association Councils, shall be submitted for the approval of the Military Board.
560. All State Rifle Associations receiving a Government grant are required to send to District Head-Quarters a copy, in duplicate, of their Rules and Regulations, and amendments thereof, for approval.
561. Each such Association will also send to the District Commandant, on or before the 30th June in each year, an Annual Report and Return.
562. Officers will on all occasions use their utmost endeavour to promote the success of the annual competitions of the various Rifle Associations. They will promulgate within the limits of their respective commands all notices forwarded to them by the Councils of the different Associations, and specially direct attention to the date on which returns of entries or other matters are to be rendered. Competitors at Rifle Meetings will be expected to conform to the Regulations under which the competitions are carried out.
By Authority : Robt S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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