Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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PROVISIONAL 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 certify that on account of urgency the following Revised Regulations under the Defence Acts 1903-1904 should come into operation on and from the 1st June, 1908, and make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this twenty-first day of May, One thousand nine hundred and eight.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command—
THOS. EWING.
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The Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth heretofore made, whether provisional or otherwise, are hereby repealed, except that all appointments made thereunder will bear date of the original appointment.
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 “conduct sheet” or “conduct book,” without the prefix “regimental,” will be understood to mean the squadron, battery, or company conduct sheet or book.
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 Acts 1903-1904.
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Regulations
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Paragraphs of the Regulations which have been amended, or redrafted, or are new, are denoted by a black line in the margin.
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Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed to be contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of the Act.
1. 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. If the President is not present at a meeting, the Treasurer, if present, shall preside, and if the Treasurer is not present then the Inspector-General shall 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;(
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.
2. The Military Board consists of regular members and consultative members.
The regular members are the Minister (who is President of the Board), the 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.
The Military Board will refer all matters in connexion with the appointment of Commandants and officers of the District Head-quarters Staffs to the Inspector-General for his advice and recommendation.
3. The Promotion Board consists of officers appointed by the Governor-General in Council to consider and make recommendations with regard to all promotions in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth to ranks above the rank of Captain.
4. The Inspector-General will report 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.
He will furnish a report to the Military Board on the 1st January of each year, and intermediate reports whenever he thinks fit, or is so requested by the Minister or the Board.
He will report on all matters in connexion with the appointment of Commandants and officers of District Headquarters Staffs which are referred to him by the Military Board.
He is President of a Board to consider and make recommendations with regard to all promotions in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth 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.
5. 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.
6. 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—
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a ) Royal Australian Engineers.(
b ) Australian Engineers.(6) The Infantry Regiments.
(7) The Australian Intelligence Corps.
(8) The Australian Corps of Signallers.
(9) The Australian Army Service Corps.
(10) The Australian Army Medical Corps.
(11) The Reserve Forces.
(12) The Military 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.
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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.
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
7a. In all Regulations and Standing Orders of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, including Financial and Allowance Regulations, unless the context otherwise provides, the terms “Commanding Officer,” “Officer Commanding,” “Commanding Officer of regiment, corps, or unit,” include an “Officer Commanding Australian Intelligence Corps for a District.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Australian Intelligence Corps is a combatant corps forming part of the Militia Forces but no officer of this corps 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 or such honorary rank, be entitled to such other privileges, excepting of pay, allowances, promotion, or retirement, as may belong to the corresponding substantive rank.
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.
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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Military Forces. | Naval Forces. | ||||
1. Major-Generals........................ | Rear-Admiral | ||||
2. Brigadier-Generals |
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3. Colonels................................... | Captains over 3 years | Paymasters-in-Chief.
Staff Captains of 4 years’ seniority. | |||
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.
| But junior of that rank | ||
5. Majors...................................... | Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority | Navigating Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority. Staff-Surgeons.
Staff Paymasters. Naval Instructors of 8 years’ seniority. Engineer Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority. Paymasters, but junior of that rank. | |||
6. Captains................................... | Lieutenants under 8 years’ seniority | Surgeons.
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7. Lieutenants............................... | Sub-Lieutenants........................ | Assistant Paymasters under 6 years’ seniority. Engineer Sub-Lieutenants. | |||
8. 2nd Lieutenants........................ | .................................................. | Chief Gunner Chief Boatswain Chief Carpenter |
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| .................................................. | Midshipmen Clerks Gunners Boatswains Carpenters | But senior of that rank; But junior of that rank. | ||
Officers of the Consular Service will rank with officers of the Military Forces as follows:—
| with, but after | Major-Generals. |
| „ „ | Brigadier-Generals. |
| „ „ | Colonels. |
| „ „ | Majors. |
| „ „ | Captains. |
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 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 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.
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.
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 asto their civil office.
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.
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.
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.
25. Officers or soldiers passing troops with uncased colours salute the colours, and also the commanding officer (if senior).
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.
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.
27. Officers and soldiers boarding any of His Majesty’s ships will salute the quarter-deck.
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.
29. Non-commissioned officers and men will address warrant officers in the same manner as they do officers, but will not salute them.
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.
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-para.I. and II. will consult with the Adjutant-General.
32. 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.)
32a. 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 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.
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.
33. Mounted Escorts will attend if ordered when Guards of Honour are furnished as provided for in para. 32. 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 32b.
34. Where two flags are issued, the smaller is for use in bad weather.
Flag Stations. | Australian Ensign. | |
12 feet | 6 feet | |
x | x | |
6 feet. | 3 feet. | |
Victoria Barracks, Sydney..................................................... | 1 ‡ | 1 |
Saluting Battery, Sydney....................................................... | 1 | 1 |
Middle Head Fort................................................................. | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Fort Scratchley, Newcastle.................................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Victoria Barracks, Melbourne............................................... | 1 ‡ | 1 |
Queenscliff Fort................................................................... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
Gellibrand Fort..................................................................... | ... | 1‡ |
Victoria Barracks, Brisbane................................................... | 1 ‡ | 1* |
Barracks, Thursday Island..................................................... | 1 ‡ | 1 ‡ |
District Head-Quarters, Adelaide........................................... | 1 ‡ | 1 |
Fort Largs............................................................................. | 1‡ | 1‡ |
District Head-Quarters, Perth................................................ | 1 ‡ | 1 |
Barracks, Albany.................................................................. | 1‡ | 1‡ |
District Head-Quarters, Hobart.............................................. | 1 ‡ | 1* |
Saluting Battery, Hobart....................................................... | ... | 1 ‡ |
On anniversaries, State occasions, and when required for saluting of other special purposes.
‡ On Sundays and anniversaries.
* Daily, except Sundays.
35. The following is a list of stations at which salutes are authorized to be fired:—
New South Wales..................... Saluting Battery, Sydney.
Victoria.................................... H.M.A.S.
Cerberus to return Salutes of foreign Men-of war when available, and at other times, Fort Gellibrand, or the Domain Saluting Battery.
Queensland............................... Brisbane and Thursday Island.
South Australia......................... H.M.A.S.
Protector to return Salutes to foreign Men-of-war when available, and at other times, Fort Largs.
Western Australia..................... Fremantle and Albany.
Tasmania.................................. Saluting Battery, Hobart.
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.
(3) Anniversaries—Birthday (as notified in the
Gazette ), Accession, Coronation of Sovereign, Birthday of Consort of Sovereign, 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, II—
* ‡ 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 |
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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 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.
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 „ „ 2 „ | ||
Colonel Commanding | .. | Three rounds in each case. |
| ||
Lieut.-Colonel............. | |||||
.. | 300 rank and file | ||||
Major.......................... | .. | 200 „ „ | |||
Captain....................... | .. | His own company or 100 men | |||
Lieutenant, or 2nd |
| ||||
Lieutenant........... | .. | ||||
Warrant Officer........... | .. | 25rank and file, under a sergeant | |||
Sergeant...................... | .. | 19 „ „ „ „ | |||
All other grades........... | .. | 13 „ „ „ „ | |||
* 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 35), the same number of minute guns will be fired on its arrival as the deceased was entitled to under paragraph 36 when living.
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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, except that in the Australian Corps of Signallers, two supernumerary Lieutenants or Second Lieutenants per Company may be appointed. Such officers will be required to supply themselves with undress uniform only. 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 of Second Lieutenant (but to rank of Captain in the case of the Australian Army Medical Corps and to the rank of Lieutenant in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps).
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.
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.
60. In accordance with section 11 of the Defence Acts 1903-1904, preference will be given in the first appointment of officers—in case of equality of qualifications—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.
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.
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.)
63. 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.
64. 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.
65. Officers who fail to qualify as above shall be recommended by District Commandants to be retired—having failed to qualify. (Sec. 15, D.A.)
66. All recommendations for appointments will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to the District Commandant, on the authorized form.
When forwarding these applications to the Military Board, District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment.
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.
In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps the Adjutant General will take the advice of the Chief of Intelligence and the Officer Commanding the Corps before submitting to the Military Board the names of candidates for appointment to the corps.
Appointments to First Commissions in the Royal Australian Artillery and the Royal Australian Engineers.
67. Notice of vacancies in the Royal Australian Artillery and Royal Australian Engineers will be given by advertisement in all the States and by Notice in Military and District Orders.
Applications from candidates, in accordance with para. 68, 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 the Military Board’s approval of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.
68. The following persons are eligible for appointment in the Royal Australian Artillery, provided they are certified by a Medical
Board to be physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed examination:—
(
a ) Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 27 years at the date of holding the 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 27 years at the date of holding the examination.(
c )Candidates who have served in a campaign, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 27 years at the date of holding the examination.(
d )Other candidates, provided they are between the ages of 18 and 23 years at the date of holding the examination.
“To be eligible for appointment in the Royal Australian Engineers, a candidate must be between the ages of 20 and 30 years, be certified by a Medical Board to be physically qualified, and must have—
(
a ) Served as a pupil for three years in engineering workshops, during which one year shall have been spent in the drafting office; or(
b )Served for three years as an articled pupil, or its equivalent, in a reputable civil engineering, electrical engineering, or architectural firm, or in a Government engineering or architectural office; or(
c )Completed the three years course for a degree of Bachelor of Engineering, or its equivalent, in any university or technical school.”
69. Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the examination will be competitive.
70. First appointments will be made to the rank of Lieutenant.
71. Successful candidates will be appointed for eighteen months on probation, and must, during that period, 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.
72. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be as set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.
73. 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 and District Orders. Applications from candidates, in accordance with paragraph 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 the Military Board’s approval of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.
74. 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.
(
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.
75. Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the Military examination will be competitive.
76. First appointments will be made to the rank of Lieutenant. 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 and 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 Royal Australian Engineers may be seconded or appointed for service on the Administrative and Instructional Staff.
79. Officers appointed to command regiments or corps or larger units may hold such appointments, 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 paragraph 134.
80. 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.
81. Officers eligible for the above distinction must be on the Active List, or the Reserve of Officers, and not below the rank of Major.
82. The appointment to be for five years. In exceptional circumstances Officers may be re-appointed for an additional term of two years.
83. Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General will wear, on the right shoulder, when on duty, a special gold cord aiguillette of a somewhat similar design to that worn by Aides-de-Camp to the Sovereign.
84. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.
85. 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.
86. Regulations applying to the appointment, duties, &c., of Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General will apply to Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons.
87. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.
88. 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.
89. Aides-de-Camp are not to be of higher rank than Lieutenant-Colonel. 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.
90. Aides-de-Camp will be permitted to wear, on the right shoulder, an aiguillette when on duty similar to that allowed for Personal Aides-de-Camp under Dress Regulations.
91. These appointments will not entitle officers to any pay or allowances.
92. 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.
93. The appointment of Adjutant should not exceed a period of three years, but may, if recommended by the Commanding Officer and the District Commandant, be extended for a further period of two years.
93a. A Staff Officer to the Officer Commanding the Australian Intelligence Corps and to each Officer Commanding the Corps in a District may in like manner be appointed, on the recommendation of the Chief of Intelligence and the Officer Commanding the Corps for such period as is thought fit and at the rates of pay provided for Militia Adjutants.
94. Recommendations for appointment as Quartermaster will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to District Commandants, accompanied by the documents specified in para. 66.
95. Candidates promoted from the ranks are eligible for appointment as Quartermaster up to the age of 50.
96. On appointment, a Quartermaster will be granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant, and, after seven years’ service as a Quartermaster, will be granted the honorary rank of Captain.
97. Quartermasters of not less than twelve years’ commissioned service who have held the rank of Captain or Honorary Captain for not less than five years may be promoted to the honorary rank of Major if recommended by the District Commandant.
98. In case of an officer holding substantive rank being appointed as Quartermaster, he will continue to hold such rank.
99. 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:—
(
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.
100. 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.
101. The above honorary positions are reserved for 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.
102. (
(
b ) No Officer of the Administrative and Instructional Staff, unless re-appointed, shall hold the same position for a longer period than four years.
103. 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. (Sec. 22, D.A.)
103a. Officers who have graduated at the Staff College, England, will be exempt from all examinations for promotion to the ranks of Captain and Major.
104. No Officer below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, except as provided in para. 103, shall be promoted unless he has previously passed the prescribed examination for promotion to a higher rank. (Sec. 21 (1), D.A.)
105. 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. (Sec. 21 (2), D.A.)
106. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.
Officers who qualify at an approved university in subjects prescribed for examination for promotion will be exempted from further examination in such subjects for promotion to the next higher rank.
The universities and subjects to which this paragraph applies will be notified from time to time in Military Orders.
107. Recommendations for promotions are to be submitted to the Military Board in the same manner as appointments, but in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps the Adjutant-General will take the advice of the Chief of Intelligence and the Officer Commanding the Corps before submitting proposed promotions to the Military Board.
108. 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, and also that the officer to be superseded has been informed.
109. 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. In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps promotions will be by selection subject to the passing of the prescribed examinations.
110. No officer is entitled to claim promotion as a right.
111. 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,
Australian Intelligence Corps, and Departmental Corps, promotion to higher rank
will be limited to the State in which the vacancy occurs, except that in the
case of the Australian Intelligence Corps promotions may be made on transfer
from the Corps in a State to Corps Head-quarters or
112. The Administration of the Chaplains’ Department in each District is vested in the District Commandant of such District.
113. The Regulations governing the maximum age for first appointment of officers to the Military Forces of the Commonwealth shall not apply in the case of Chaplains.
114. First appointments will be to the 4th Class.
115. Chaplains of the 4th Class will hold relative rank of—
Captains.
„ | 3rd | „ | Majors. |
„ | 2nd | „ | Lieut-Colonels. |
„ | 1st | „ | Colonels. |
116. Promotions of Chaplains will be governed by length of service as follows:—
After 10 years’ commissioned service as Chaplain, to the 3rd Class.
After 15 years’ commissioned service as Chaplain, including 5 years in the 3rd Class, to the 2nd Class.
After 20 years’ commissioned service as Chaplain, five of which must have been in the 2nd Class, Chaplains may be recommended for promotion to 1st Class.
117. Chaplains shall not be subject to the Regulations governing retirement for age laid down in para. 134, but shall, on reaching the age of 60 years, be retired. In cases of exceptional nature, the Governor-General may extend the age for retirement for a period not exceeding two years.
118. The appointment of Chaplain will not carry any pay or emolument, except the pay and allowance prescribed when called out for active service.
119. Chaplains are to be treated with those marks of respect which are due to their rank and profession, and Commandants and Officers Commanding are to render them every possible assistance in carrying out their duties.
120. Officers of different Regiments or Corps, but of the same rank and arm, may be allowed to exchange, subject to the following conditions:—
(
a )Approval must be obtained from the Officer Commanding each Regiment or Corps concerned.(
b ) Each Officer shall rank regimentally in his new Regiment or Corps as may be prescribed.
Proposed exchanges are to be submitted to the Military Board, in the same manner as appointments,
and in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps the Adjutant-General will take the
advice of the Chief of Intelligence and the Officer Commanding the Corps.
121. Any Officer may be transferred to another Regiment or Corps subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Governor-General.
122. An officer below the substantive rank of Lieutenant-Colonel may be seconded in his Regiment or Corps:—
(
a ) From the date of appointment, as notified in theGazette, to the Administrative and 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.(
e ) From the date of being appointed or attached to the Australian Intelligence Corps.
123. Officers of the Militia and the Volunteer Forces who are detailed to serve with the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps will be seconded from their Regiments or Corps whilst so serving unless special authority is obtained from the Military Board for them to continue to serve with their Regiments or Corps.
124. On reverting from the Seconded List an Officer shall, unless liable to retirement, rejoin his regiment as supernumerary, retaining his regimental rank and position.
125. 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.
126. An Officer may be retained as supernumerary on the strength of his Regiment or Corps:—
(
a ) In the case of a reduction in the establishment of the Regiment or Corps.(
b ) While awaiting a vacancy under paras. 56 or 124.(
c ) As an Adjutant.
127. An Unattached List shall be formed to which Officers who have served for not less than five years in a Regiment or Corps as 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 certify that they are capable of and desirous for military employment if required. (Sec. 24, D.A.)
128. 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.
129. 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 Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and those Officers whose civil avocations qualify them for the position they are allotted to in the scheme of Defence.
130. 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.
District Commandants are to afford all Officers on the Unattached List facilities to comply with this Regulation.
131. Officers on the Unattached List are available for duty with the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps.
132a. Officers within the age limit may be transferred to the Reserve of Officers. (Sec. 25. D.A.)
132b.
The Reserve of Officers shall form part of the Reserve Forces. (Sec. 32, 4
132c. Officers on the Reserve List are available for duty with the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps.
132d. Officers of the Reserve Forces may resign in the same manner as Officers of the Active Forces.
134. 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:—
Rank or Appointment. | Age for Retirement. |
| 62 |
| 62 |
| 60 |
| 55 |
| 53 |
| 48 |
| 60 |
| 60 |
| 60 |
| 60 |
| 60 |
| 60 |
| 55* |
* Volunteers, 60.
Local, temporary, or honorary rank will not be considered in reference to the age for retirement.
135a. Officers on retirement may be granted honorary rank, or may be allowed to retain their rank, with the right to wear the uniform of their Corps, and with the addition of the letter R on the shoulder strap, as follows:—
With Step of Rank on Retirement.
Substantive Rank. | Service Qualifications. |
Colonel....................................... | After ten years’ service in that rank. |
Lieut.-Colonel............................. Major.......................................... |
|
Captain Lieutenant.................................. |
|
Retention of Rank.
Substantive Rank. | Service Qualifications. |
Lieut.-Colonel.............................. Major........................................... |
|
Quartermaster.............................. |
|
This paragraph will not apply to Officers who retired before the 1st January, 1904.
135b. Service in the Reserve Forces will not count, and no Officer will be placed on the Retired List who has less commissioned service than that specified in para. 135a.
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. 135a. 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.
135c. A certified statement in detail of each Officer’s service, signed by the Commanding Officer, will accompany all applications for honorary rank.
135d. Officers granted a step of honorary rank on retirement shall revert to the rank they held prior to retirement, should they be re-appointed to the Active List.
136. 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.
137. District Commandants will report to the Military Board the deaths of Officers within their commands.
138. Resignations and retirements are to be submitted to the Military Board, in the same manner as appointments.
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.
An Officer who tenders the
resignation of his commission, whether the same be accepted and notified in the
139. The services of an Officer may be dispensed with for any of the following reasons:—
(
a ) Absence without leave for three months.(
b ) In the case of Militia, absence from continuous training.(
bb ) In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps non-performance of the prescribed work.(
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.
140. The position of warrant officers is inferior to that of all commissioned officers, but superior to that of all non-commissioned officers.
141. 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.
Master Gunner, 1st class.
*Military Staff Clerk, 1st class.
Master Gunner, 2nd class.
Staff Regimental Sergeant-Major.
Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major.
*Military Staff Clerk, 2nd class.
*Bandmaster.
*Armament Sergeant-Major.
*Mechanist Sergeant-Major.
(2)
Master Gunner, 3rd class.
Staff Squadron, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major (Class II.).
Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major who is not a W.O.
Staff Squadron, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major (Class III.).
Brigade or Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant.
*Armament Q.M.S.
*Mechanist Q.M.S.
*Military Staff Clerk, 3rd class.
Staff Squadron, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major (Class IV.).
Squadron, T 100p, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major.
Colour Sergeant.
*Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 3 years’ service.
Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant.
*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, Armourer, 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.
Specialists of the Royal Australian Engineers will take precedence in accordance with their relative ranks.
Specialists of the Royal Australian Engineers and 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.
A Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major will rank regimentally senior to the Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, except for promotion.
142a. District Commandants and Commanding Officers of Permanent Forces are empowered to appoint Non-commissioned Officers below the rank of Sergeant in the Permanent Forces.
142b. 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.
143. Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Permanent Forces of and above the rank of Sergeant will be appointed by the Adjutant-General.
144. The appointments held by Warrant 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:—
Rank. | Appointments. |
(I.) Warrant Officers. | |
Warrant Officer............................. | See para. 141 (1). |
(II.) Non-commissioned Officers and Men. | |
Master Gunner, Class III. | |
Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
Squadron, Battery, or Company Sergeant Major |
|
Colour Sergeant............................ | |
| |
Sergeant........................................ |
|
Corporal....................................... |
|
Rank. | Appointments. |
Bombardier.................................. | |
2nd Corporal................................ | |
Gunner, Driver, Sapper, or Private |
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145. 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.
(4) The business of a club shall be managed by a committee, consisting of a captain, secretary, treasurer, and four members, 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 or printed 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 preside at all committee and 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 the Club as defined by the by-laws 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 by-laws, 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 shall have power to frame such by-laws as may from time to time be necessary for carrying on the business of the club; such by-laws shall, however, be subject to approval of the club at a general meeting thereof and shall be confirmed by the Officer Supervising Rifle Clubs.
(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.
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556. There shall be a Commonwealth Council of Rifle Associations of Australia composed of two representatives from, and elected by, each State Rifle Association.
557. The objects of the Commonwealth 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 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 endeavours 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.
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562a. The general safety precautions to be observed, and also the prescribed distances referred to in Section 72 of the Act, outside of which all ships, boats, or persons must keep, shall for Artillery Practice on Sea Fronts, be those prescribed in “Instructions for Practice Seawards, Royal Garrison Artillery,” published annually.
Similarly the general arrangements for the safety of Artillery Practice on Land Ranges shall be those prescribed in “Instructions for Practice, Horse, Field and Heavy Artillery,” also published annually.
District Commandants are responsible for the issue of any detailed instructions for carrying out the principles of these instructions, and also that notices of times and dates of Practice are published beforehand, and that such notices state the distances, in accordance with the practice to be carried out, at which ships, boats, or persons must keep.
It is the duty of the officer superintending the practice to satisfy himself that all precautions for safety have been carried out, and that all necessary steps are taken to, as far as possible, prevent misunderstanding or accident.
563. The Inspector of Ordnance Machinery will be available for expert duty with the Military Board and the Commandants of the several districts. All reports will pass direct between the officers concerned.
564. The Inspector of Ordnance Machinery will be Officer Commanding the Armament Artificers of the Commonwealth Military Forces, and will exercise all disciplinary powers as prescribed in the Regulations for the Commonwealth Military Forces, but during his absence the Armament Artificers in a Military District will be under the Commanding Officer, Royal Australian Artillery, for discipline.
565. Establishment—
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Victoria.......................................... | 4............ | 7............... | 11 |
Queensland.................................... | 1............ | 2............... |
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566. The Military Staff Clerk to the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery will carry out all clerical duties under the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
567. Armament Artificers and Assistants are attached
to the Royal Australian Artillery for pay. The rates of pay are given in the
568.
Blue serge coat, badge as per rank.
Blue serge vest.
Blue serge trousers.
Blue cloth cap (peak), with blue cloth band and Corps badge.
Great coat (universal pattern).
Buttons (universal pattern).
Working Dress—
Blue dungaree coat, badge as per rank.
Blue dungaree trousers
White cotton hat.
Blue cloth cap (peak).
569. Armament Artificers and Assistants will be enlisted in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, and will be under the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery for discipline, work, and duties.
570. Vacancies for Armament Artificers will be filled by specially enlisted men, or by the appointment of men already serving, who—
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a )are thorough and competent tradesmen and possess a knowledge of mechanical drawing;(
b ) are not more than thirty nor less than twenty-one years of age;(
c ) can produce satisfactory references as to character.
All applicants will futhermore be required to pass the usual military medical examination, and also examinations of a practical nature, and in mechanical drawing.
571. Candidates will receive the rank of Sergeants on attestation.
572. Armament Artificers may be promoted to Staff Sergeant after three years’ service as Sergeant, and to Quartermaster-Sergeant after four years’ service as Staff Sergeant.
573. Assistant Armament Artificers will be selected from members of the Royal Australian Artillery or other branches of the Permanent Forces who are well recommended by their Commanding Officer.
They will be enlisted as Assistant Armament Artificers.
574. Assistant Armament Artificers may be promoted to Bombardier after three years’ service as Private, to Corporal after four years’ service as Bombardier, and to Sergeant after ten years’ service as Corporal, but junior to Armament Artificers of that rank.
575. All increments to and promotions of Armament Artificers and Assistant Armament Artificers will be subject to the approval of the Commandant, on the recommendation of the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
576. The working hours will be forty-eight hours each week. When on special duty, and it is found impossible to work the regular hours appointed, the best arrangement for carrying out the necessary work is to be made. The actual time worked on each job is to be recorded on the time-sheet daily. The Senior Artificer must be on duty at each commencement of work to see that all Artificers and Assistants are punctual in attendance, and he will be responsible that the whole of their time is employed on departmental work to the best advantage of the service. He will also give the signal for cessation of work.
577. The workshops in each State are under the supervision of the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, and all machines, tools, and stores therein are under his charge.
578. For ordinary repairs requisitions, in duplicate, will be forwarded direct to the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
For the manufacture, repair, or alteration of ordnance machinery or stores, or for work involving expenditure or alterations to existing patterns of armaments, requisitions, in triplicate, will be forwarded through the District Commandant to the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
No work which involves an alteration to existing patterns of armaments will be passed for execution until the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery has obtained the approval of the Chief of Ordnance for such alteration.
579. In the case of work for a District being carried out in another district, all expenditure in connexion with same shall be charged to the District for which the work is performed.
580. Upon receipt at the workshops, requisitions will be entered in the workshops’ day-book, and a consecutive number given to each order. The Inspector of Ordnance Machinery will cause a record to be kept of the material and labour expended on the service requisitioned for.
581. Guns, mountings, and machinery on Artillery charge will be examined as frequently as possible by the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
582. All trials of guns and mountings will, if possible, be attended by the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
583. Practice with heavy guns will, as far as possible, be attended by the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, and it will be his duty to assist the Commanding Officer at the practice in every point connected with the gear or machinery in use, calling attention to any points that may occur to him in the use of the gear, and advising as to the continuance of practice in case of the suspected or apparent development of defects in any portion of the ordnance, mountings, or machinery.
584. The Officer in Charge of Armament will communicate direct with the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, in the event of any detect or break-down occurring which requires to be attended to with greater rapidity than would be obtained by the usual channel.
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.
586. No alteration to any existing fitting is on any account to be made without written authority from the Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.
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.
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.
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.
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.
591. An Armament Artificer will be present during practice, in order to adjust or repair any fittings that may become damaged.
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,
For Major......................................................... 8 „
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
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.
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Breeches, cord.
Leggings.
Brown Boots.
Gauntlets.
Waterproof Cloak.
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,
Major..................................................................... 15s. per diem
Captain................................................................... 12s. 6d. „ „
Lieutenant.............................................................. 12s. 6d. „ „
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,
For a motor car with two or three seats
(exclusive of the space occupied by
the chauffeur)............................................. 4d. per mile.
For a motor car with four or more
seats and a similar reservation
chauffeur ................................................... 6d. per mile.
Mileage will be reckoned from the place where the duty commences.
604. Claims for compensation for damage to cars will not be recognised.
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