Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Provisional) (Cth)
THE
AUSTRALIAN
REGULATIONS AND ORDERS
FOR THE
MILITARY FORCES
OF THE
COMMONWEALTH.
PROVISIONAL EDITION.
1904.
By Authority
ROBT. S. BRAIN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.
1904.
C.11120.
The following
Regulations and Orders for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia
take effect from the date of the promulgation of the
District Commandants and commanding officers will be held responsible that these regulations and orders are strictly observed, and that any local instructions or regimental orders that may be issued are guided and directed by their spirit and intention.
Head-Quarters, Melbourne,
3rd February, 1904.
The definitions; and
Part I., the whole ;
Part II., paras. 23, 24, 34 to 42, 49 to 58 ;
Part III., the whole ;
Part IV., paras. 1, 2, 29, 61 to 81 ;
Part V., the whole ;
Part VI., paras. 41 to 47, 80 to 82, 165 to 170, 180 to 194 ;
Part VII., paras. 9 to 14 ;
Part VIII., paras. 37 to 58, 93 to 123 ;
Part IX., paras. 19 to 21, 28 ;
Part X., paras. 1 to 23, 28 to 30, 39 to 42 ;
Part XI., paras. 54 to 87 ;
Part XII., paras. 3, 4, 7, 24, 45 to 47 ;
Part XIV., paras. 110, 114 to 119 ;
Part XV., para. 1 ;
Part XVI., the whole ;
Part XVII., paras. 1 to 6 ;
Appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, and O,
of the within Regulations and Orders for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, have been made as Provisional Regulations under the
Defence Act 1903.
CONTENTS.
Paras | |
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| 3 |
| 4–18 |
| 19, 20 |
| 1–4 |
| 5–48 |
| 49–58 |
| 1–53 |
| 54–63 |
| 64–68 |
| 69–70 |
| 71–73 |
| 74–82 |
| 83–87 |
| 88–111 |
| 1 |
| 3–13 |
| 14–29 |
| 30–39 |
| 40–52 |
| 53–60 |
| 61–81 |
| 1–23 |
| 24–27 |
| 28 |
| 29–53 |
| 54–69 |
| 70–76 |
| 77–95 |
| 96–103 |
| 104–142 |
| 143–151 |
| 152–155 |
| 156–159 |
| 160–176 |
| 177–179 |
| 180–212 |
| 213–221 |
| 222–255 |
| 256–267 |
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| 1–14 |
| 15–26 |
| 27–29 |
| 30–47 |
| 48–65 |
| 66–79 |
| 80–99 |
| 100–102 |
| 103–172 |
| 173–195 |
| 1–14 |
| 15–29 |
| 30–41 |
| 1–17 |
| 18–21 |
| 22–36 |
| 37–58 |
| 59–69 |
| 70–86 |
| 87–92 |
| 93–104 |
| 105–123 |
| 1–64 |
| 65–72 |
| 1–11 |
| 12 |
| 13–15 |
| 16–53 |
| 1–40 |
| 41–87 |
| 1,2 |
| 3–22 |
| 23–30 |
| 31–34 |
| 35–44 |
| 45–47 |
| 48–61 |
| 62–64 |
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| 14–17 |
| 18–22 |
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| 23–26 |
| 27–45 |
| 46–51 |
| 52–55 |
| 56–62 |
| 63–70 |
| 71–75 |
| 76–87 |
| 88–94 |
| 95–98 |
| 99–112 |
| 113–119 |
| 1 |
| 1–42 |
| 1–7 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1–18 |
| 19–20 |
| 21–30 |
| 31–37 |
| 38–52 |
| 57–58 |
| 53–56 |
| 59–66 |
| 67–82 |
| 83–85 |
| 86–87 |
Appendix A.—The
Defence Act 1903.
,, B.—Examinations for Appointment to Commissions in the R.A.A. and Corps of A.E.
,, C.—Qualifying Examination for the same.
,, D.—Examinations : Appointment to Instructional Staff.
,, E.—Adjutants' Examinations.
,, F.—Examinations for Confirmation and Promotion.
,, G.—Examinations for Quartermasters.
,, H.—Examinations for rank of Lieut.-Colonel.
,, I.—Examinations for appointment of W.O.'s and N.C.O.'s to the Instructional Stan.
,, J.—Rules for Admission to the National Defences.
,, K.—Rules for the conduct of Examinations.
,, L.—Forms of Warrants, &c.
,, M.—Syllabus of Annual Field Training.
,, N.—Syllabus of Schools of Instruction.
,, O.—Form of Charges.
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1. " District " or " Military District " means the parts of the Commonwealth appointed to be Military Districts under section 8 (III.), of the Act.
2. " Head-Quarters " means the staff-office of the General Officer Commanding.
3. " District Head-Quarters " means the staff-office of a District Commandant.
4. " Military Decoration " means any medal, clasp, good conduct badge, or decoration.
5. " Superior Officer " when used in relation to a soldier, includes a Warrant Officer not holding a commission, and also a Non-commissioned Officer.
6. "
The Act " means the
7. 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.
8. 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 supply column.
9. C.M.R.=Commonwealth Military Regulations.
C.M.F.=Commonwealth Military Form.
C.M.B.=Commonwealth Military Book.
D.A.=
Defence Act 1903.
1. 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.
2. 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 Defence 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.
3. 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
4. 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,
* The Royal Australian Artillery Regiment (if mounted), and the Batteries of Australian Field Artillery (if allotted to units of Light Horse) on parade with their guns, to take the right, and march at the head of the Light Horse Regiments.
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
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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 commissions.
8. Officers of the Active Forces shall rank as senior in their respective ranks to officers of the Reserve Forces.
9. 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 Minister.
10. 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.
11. Subject to the fact that any officer, whether of permanent, local or temporary rank, may, as described in paragraph 9, be specially appointed to any particular command, the relative precedence of permanent, local, and temporary rank is as under :—
(i.) Local rank granted by the Governor-General carries with it the same advantages of precedence and command as permanent rank, and will have effect so long as the officer is holding the appointment for which it is given.
(ii.) Officers having permanent or local rank will take precedence of all those serving with them having temporary rank of the same grade.
12. 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. Officers employed as brigade-majors, if of the rank of captain, are to take rank and precedence next after field officers in the brigade or garrison in which they are serving.
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
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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.
18.
Military Forces. | Naval Forces. | |||
1. Major-Generals.............................. | Rear-Admiral | |||
2 Brigadier-Generals.......................... |
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| Captains over 3 years | Paymasters-in-Chief. | ||
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Staff Captains of 4 years' seniority. | ||||
4. Lieutenant-Colonels...................... | 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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Military Forces. | Naval Forces. | ||||
| 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. | |||
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| Chief Gunner Chief Boatswain Chief Carpenter | But junior of that rank. | ||
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| Midshipmen Clerks Gunners Boatswains Carpenters | But senior of that rank. But junior of the rank. | ||
t Officers of the Consular Service will rank with officers of the Defence 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 in one class rank with one another according to the dates of promotion or appointment.
(1)
Class 1.—Conductor, Army Ordnance Department.
,, Master Gunner, 1st class.
,, *Military Staff Clerk, 1st class.
,, Staff Sergeant-Major, 1st class, A.S.C.
Class 2.—Master Gunner, 2nd class
Class 3.—Garrison Sergeant-Major.
Class 4.—Staff- Warrant Officer Instructor.
,, Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major.
,, Staff Sergeant-Major Instructor, if a W.O.
,, Staff Sergeant-Major, A.S.C.
,, *Military Staff Clerk, 2nd class.
,, *Bandmaster.
,, *Armament Sergeant-Major.
,, *Mechanist Sergeant-Major.
,, Sub-Conductor (A.O. Dept.).
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(2)
Class 1.—Master Gunner, 3rd class.
,, Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major who is not a W.O.
Class 2.—Staff Sergeant-Major Instructor.
,, Brigade or Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant.
,, *Armament Q.M.S.
,, *Mechanist Q.M.S.
Class 3.—*Military Staff Clerk, 3rd class.
Class 4.—Staff Sergeant Instructor.
,, Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major.
,, Colour Sergeant.
,, *Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 3 years' service.
Class 5.—Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant.
,, Staff Sergeant Instructor.
Class 6.—Staff Instructor, Class IV.
,, *Barrack Sergeant.
Class 7.—Sergeant.
,, *Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 1 year's service.
Class 8.—Lance Sergeant.
Class 9.—Corporal.
,, *Military Staff Clerk, 4th class on appointment.
Class 10.—Bombardier.
,, 2nd Corporal.
Class 11.—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.
1. Standards and guidons of Light Horse will be carried by squadron sergeant-majors. Colours of Infantry will be carried by the two senior second lieutenants, but on the line of march all subaltern officers will carry them in turn.
2. Standards, guidons, and colours are not to be altered without the special permission of the Minister.
3. Camp colours are to be 18 inches square, and of the colour of the facings of the Regiment using them, with the abbreviated title of the Regiment upon them as worn on the sleeve-badges of the noncommissioned officers and men. The poles will be 7ft. 6in. long.
4. The saluting colour will be an ordinary camp colour, distinguished by a transverse red cross; or when the facings are scarlet, by a transverse blue cross.
5. 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, or Governor, or officer administering the Government, opening or closing the Session of a Colonial 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 will 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 a flourish, drums beating a ruffle.
6. The National Anthem is not to be played in connexion with salutes on any occasion than those mentioned in paragraph 5, and is only due to those personages who are entitled to a royal salute.
7. Governors of colonies 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Officers or soldiers passing troops with uncased colours will salute the colours, and also the commanding officer (if senior).
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12. Officers, soldiers, and colours passing a funeral will salute the body.
13. Armed parties in paying
compliments on the march will be called to attention, infantry will slope arms,
and the command "
14. 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 "
15. 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. Salutes by soldiers will be returned by all officers present, and not by the senior only.
16. Cadets will salute all officers in uniform.
17. Officers will salute the 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.
18. Officers and soldiers boarding any of His Majesty's ships will salute the quarter-deck.
19. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men 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 and noncommissioned officers when wearing swords will salute with the right hand, irrespectively of the side on which the officer saluted may be passing.
20. Non-commissioned officers and men will address warrant officers in the same manner as they do officers, but will not salute them.
21. 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.
22. 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 General or other Officer commanding His Majesty's troops 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 General Officer Commanding.
(iv.) Where there is no General Officer Commanding appointed to command, the Senior Officer in command will pursue a similar course of procedure to that above laid down.
23. 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.
(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.)
24. 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 Civil Governor or Officer in Command.
(ii.) To receive distinguished personages other than those mentioned in paragraph 23, or on occasions not specified in paragraph 5, if it is deemed expedient.
(iii.) When the General Officer Commanding and the District Commandants first take up and finally quit their respective commands.
(iv.) (
a )At a port where His Excellency 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.
25. Guards, including guards of honour, mounted over the person of the King and members of the Royal Family will pay no compliments except to members of the Royal Family, and guards, including guards of honour, mounted over the Governor-General and Governors within their respective governments will pay no compliments to officers or persons of lesser degree. When any such guards are visited bv officers on duty, they will turn out to them with sloped arms.
26. Guards are at all times to turn out and pay the compliments specified in paragraph 5, to general officers in uniform, and to civil governors within the limit of their jurisdiction. Guards and parties on the march will also pay the prescribed compliments to general officers in uniform.
27. No officer under the rank of general officer is entitled to the compliment of the bugle sounding a flourish, or the drum beating a ruffle, when guards " present arms " to him. No officer who is not dressed in uniform is entitled to the compliment of a guard turning out, except members of the Royal Family, the Governor-General, and Governors or officers administering the Government within the precincts of their governments.
28. To regimental commanding officers—irrespective of their rank—their regimental guards are to turn out and present arms once a day.
29. When a general officer in uniform, or a person entitled to a salute, passes in rear of a guard, the commander is to cause his guard to fall in and stand with sloped arms, facing the front, but no drums
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are to beat or bugle to sound. When such officers pass guards while in the act of relieving, both guards are to salute as they stand, receiving the word of command from the senior commander.
30. Guards are to get under arms at all times when armed parties of any branch of the service approach their posts; to armed corps¶ they will present arms, and before other armed parties they will stand with sloped arms. They will not pay compliments between sounding of " Retreat " and " Reveille," and will not turn out to an unarmed party. A mounted party, armed, will draw and carry swords to all guards turning out to it.
31. Sentries will present arms to general and held officers, and to all armed parties, and slope to officers of inferior rank. Sentries furnished from a Royal guard will " present arms " only to members of the Royal Family, or to an armed corps ; when officers of whatever rank pass their posts in uniform, they will stand with sloped arms. In the same manner sentries furnished from guards over the residences of the Governor-General and Governors will not present arms to persons of inferior rank.
32. Sentries mounted over the quarters of a general officer will " present arms " to general officers only ; to officers below that rank they will stand with sloped arms.
33. All guards and sentries are to pay the same compliments to commissioned, officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, His Majesty's Army, and the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth—when in uniform—as are directed to be paid to officers of the Military Forces. Guards and sentries will pay compliments to commissioned officers of the departments of the Military Forces according to their ranks, or corresponding ranks, as the case may be.
34. Where two flags of the same description are issued the smaller in for use in bad weather.
Flag Stations. | Royal Standard. | Union Jack. | ||
24 feet x 12 feet. | 12 feet x 6 feet. | 12 feet x 6 feet. | 6 feet x 3 feet. | |
| 1* | 1* | 1§ | 1§ |
| ... | ... | 1§ | 1§ |
| ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| 1* | 1* | ... | 1§ |
| ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
| ... | ... | ... | 1‡ |
| ... | ... | 1‡ | 1‡ |
For Notes see next page.
¶ By the expression " armed corps " is meant a regiment of Light Horse, a battery of artillery with its guns, a brigade of artillery without guns, garrison artillery of not less than two companies, engineers of not less than four companies, and a battalion of infantry with or without colours.
Flags—
Flag Stations. | Royal Standard. | Union Jack. | ||
24 feet x 12 feet. | 12 feet x 6 feet. | 12 feet x 6 feet. | 6 feet x 3 feet. | |
| 1* | 1* | 1§ | 1§ |
| ... | ... | 1§ | 1§ |
| ... | ... | 1 ‡ | 1 ‡ |
| ... | 1* | ... | 1§ |
| ... | 1* | ... | 1§ |
| ... | ... | 1‡ | 1§ |
| ... | ... | § | 1§ |
| ... | 1* | ... | 1§ |
35. The following is a list of stations at which salutes are authorized to be fired :—
| Dawes' Battery, Sydney. |
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| Brisbane and Thursday Island. |
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| Fremantle and Albury. |
| Queen's Battery, Hobart. |
36. The forts or batteries referred to in paragraph 35 will fire salutes as follows :—
No. of guns, 21—
Royal Salute—
(1) The Sovereign ; Royal Family ; Foreign Crowned Heads, Sovereign Prince or his Consort ; any Prince, Member of a Foreign Royal Family ; President of a Republican State.
* 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.
Lectures will be given for both classes in the following subjects :—
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a )General principles of Organization and duties of Mounted Troops in the Field.(
b )Interior Economy, Stable Management, and Administration.(
c ) Tactics and Strategy of Mounted Troops, and also of Mounted Troops in conjunction with the other Arms.
Class " B " only—
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d )Theory and Practice of Dismounted Service.(
e ) Map reading, Field sketching, and framing Road Reports and Encampments.(
f ) Marching.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
FOR (
Class " A."
Country Course—For Senior Officers, and Officers of Permanent Troops, including Staff Officers below the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, and Officers of Artillery of and above the rank of Major.—Period, four days.
Organization and Interior Economy of a Battery.
Manœuvre of Battery and Brigade Division.
Tactical Movements.
Fire Effect of Artillery.
Strategy of Artillery in Conjunction with other Arms.
Administration.
Class " B."
For Senior Officers and specially-selected Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Militia Field Artillery.—Period, ten working days.
Organization of Artillery Units.
Equitation.
Equipment.
Drill of Gun, Section, and Battery.
Gunnery. Gun Laying.
Care and Preservation of Materiel.
Entraining and Detraining, Marches, Manœuvre.
Fire Discipline and Fire Tactics.
Field Fortifications, and Concealment of Guns in Action.
Elementary and Service Practice.
Lectures will be given on the following subjects :—
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a )The Special Duties of Artillery in the Field.(
b )General Principles and Duties of Mounted Troops in the Field.(
c ) The Tactical Requirements of the Three Arms.(
d ) Tactics of Artillery.(
e ) Interior Economy, and Management of Horses in Quarters and in the Field.(
f ) Gunnery Lectures.
To be arranged locally by District Commandants in consultation with the Officer Commanding, R.A.A.
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Class " A."
Country Course—For Senior Officers, and selected Officers of Artillery of and above rank of Major, and Officers of the other Arms.—Period, four days.
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a )The Strategic Objects and Functions of Coast Defences.(
b )The Tactical Working of Coast Defences.(
c ) The Command of a Section of a Fortress.(
d )Probable Forms of Attack.(
e ) Fire Effect of Coast Artillery.
Class " B."
Town Course— For Senior Officers and selected Officers of Artillery of and above the rank of Major, and Officers of the other Arms. Period, ten working days.
Use of Levers ; Tackles and Appliances ; Light Elementary ; Gun Drill; Group Drill; Gunnery ; Gun laying ; Command Communications ; Laboratory Operations ; Range Finding ; Manning Batteries by Day and Night ; Light Q.F. Guns ; Elementary and Service Practice.
Lectures will be given on the following subjects :—
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a )The strategic Objects and Functions of Coast Defences.(
b )The Tactical Working of Coast Defences.(
c ) Raids and Torpedo Boat Attack.(
d )Fire Discipline.(
e ) Gunnery Lectures.(
f ) Identification of War Ships.
To be arranged locally by the District Commandants in consultation with the Officer Commanding, R.A.A.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR MILITARY ENGINEERING.
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Class " A "—For Senior Officers, &c. Period 4 days.
Trenches ; Working parties ; Demolitions ; Roads and Approaches.
Class " B "—For Militia and Volunteer Officers of—(1) Mounted Corps.
(2) Dismounted Corps. Period—" Town " Course fourteen days. " Country " Course six days.
(1.—Officers of Mounted Corps). Demolitions and use of Explosives ; Roads and Approaches ; Trestle Bridging. (2.—Officers of Dismounted Corps). Trenches ; Obstacles, Defence of Posts, Working Parties.
Special
Course—For Officers of Field
Rank specially selected. [See also " General Remarks " 1. (
Field Level and Field Geometry ; Trenches ; Gun Pits and Epaulments ; Trestle Bridging ; Camping Arrangements ; Water Supply ; Demolitions.
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Class " A "—Nil.
Class " B "—For Officers of Garrison Artillery and Engineers. Period—" Town " Course Fourteen days. " Country " Course seven days.
Applications of Electricity (Elementary) ; Objects and Main Principles of Submarine Mining ; Classification of Mines and Principal Stores, Cables, and Junction-boxes ; Outline of the system of laying and picking up Mines ; Firing Mines.
Special Course—For Officers of Field Rank specially selected. [See also " General Remarks " 2. (6).] Period fourteen days.
Applications of Electricity (Elementary) ; General Principles of Submarine Mining ; Mines, Cables, and Principal Stores ; Connecting up, laying, and picking up Mines ; Junction-box Boat work ; Outline of the system of maintenance of a Mine Field ; Firing Mines.
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Class " A "—Nil.
Class " B "—For Militia Officers of Garrison Artillery and Engineers. Period—" Town " Course, fourteen days ; " Country " Course, six days.
Applications of Electricity (Elementary) ; General Principles of Electric Lighting as applied to Coast Defence ; Generating Machinery ; Projectors and Lamps ; Controlling Lights ; Electrical Communications.
Special
Course—For Officers of Field
Rank specially selected. [See also " General Remarks," 2. (
Applications of Electricity (Elementary) ; General Principles of Electric Lighting as applied to Coast Defence ; Generating Machinery ; Circuits and Identification ; Projectors ; Lamps ; Controlling Lights ; Telephones ; Electrical Communications.
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Special courses will be arranged for from time to time.
Scales ; Map-reading ; Instruments (Prismatic Compass and Plane Table) ; Simple methods of measuring distances ; Sketching.
Note.—In all the above courses the instruction will comprise both lectures and practical work.
General Remarks.
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All Officers of the R.A.A. (Field Batteries) and members of the Instructional Staff of the Light Horse will go through the " Special Course " of fourteen days.
2. (
All Officers of the R.A.A. (Garrison Companies) will go through the Special Courses of fourteen days.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR INFANTRY.
Class " A."
Period of four days.
Battalion and Brigade Drill, Attack and Defence, Outposts, Combined Tactics. Interior Economy and Military Administration. (Infantry Training, 1902.)
Evening Lectures as for Class " B," but of a more advanced nature.
Class " B."
Town Course—Period of 24 working days.
Country Course—Period of 10 working days.
Class " B " (Town and Country).—Squad, Company, and Battalion Drill, Skirmishing, Attack and Defence, Outposts, Advance and Rear Guards.
Lectures will be given in the following subjects :—
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a ) Modern Infantry Tactics.(
b )Attack and Defence. Outposts.(
c ) Elementary Fortification and Military Sketching.(
d ) Military Law.
Class " A "—As may be arranged.
Class " B " (Town)—7 to 8 a.m., 4.30 to 6 p.m., and Lecture in Evening.
Class " B " (Country)—7 to 8 a.m., 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 4 p.m., and Lecture in Evening.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL
CORPS, ETC.
Class " A."
Nil.
Class " B."
Town Course—Period of eight weeks.
Country Course—Period of six days.
synopsis of work.
Class " B " (Town and Country)—
Stretcher Drill.
Improvised Stretcher and Hand-seat Drill.
Ambulance Waggon Drill.
Pack-saddle Drill.
Cacolet Drill.
Tent-pitching Exercises.
Ceremonial Drill—
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a )Inspection and Review.(
b )Marching past.Organization, Personnel, Equipment, Transport, and Duties of—
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a )A Bearer Company.(
b ) Field Hospitals.(
c ) Base Hospitals.Duties of Medical Officers with—
(1) Fortress Troops ;
(2) Field Force—
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a ) Regimental Units.(
b )Bearer Companies and Field Hospitals.(
c ) Base Hospitals.Correspondence, Books, Forms, &c., in use by Army Medical Services.
Discipline.
Mobilization of Army Medical Services—partial and full.
Note.—Until the Manual for the Australian Army Medical Corps, Military Forces of the Commonwealth, is published, the Manual of the R.A.M.C. and the Manual of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps will be taken as a guide.
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general remarks.
1.
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Town Course (eight weeks : two nights in each week for seven (7) weeks, and one half-day parade).
Hours : 8.30 to 10 p.m.
Country Course (six days).—Instruction will be carried on for four and a half hours each day, except on the last day, when there will be only three and a half hours' instruction.
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8.30 to 10 p.m.
2.
The examination required for " Proficiency " will be in the following subjects :—
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a )Stretcher-bearer, Hand-seat, and Waggon Drill.(
b )Pack-saddle and Cacolet Drill and Tent-pitching.(
c ) Organization, Personnel, Equipment, Transport, and Duties of a Bearer Company (including Mounted Bearer Units), Field and Base Hospitals.(
d ) Drill—Inspection and Review, and Marching past.(
e ) Duties of Medical Officers in the Field—Fortress Troops and Field Force—(1) Regimental Units.
(2) Bearer Companies and Field Hospitals.
(3) Base Hospitals.
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f ) Correspondence, Books, and Forms, &c., in use by Army Medical Corps, Military Forces of the Commonwealth.(
g )King's Regulations, " Discipline."(
h )Mobilization of Army Medical Services—partial and full.3.
Numbers to be Instructed. The maximum number of Officers in each course will be limited to twenty (20).
4.
Arrangements will be made to enable regimental stretcher-bearers to be attached to and to receive instruction with the above-mentioned courses, as far as local circumstances will permit.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Class " A."
Nil.
Class " B."
Town Course—Nil.
Country Course—Period of six days. To be held at Sydney and elsewhere, as may be arranged.
Supply Branch—
Supply Duties.
System of Requisitioning, &c., for Consumable Supplies.
Field Ovens and Field Bakeries.
Inspection of Cattle and Sheep.
Inspection of Forage and Cereals.
Carcasses, Joints, &c.
Frozen Meat.
Instruction in Weighing; Testing Scales.
Issue of Supplies in the Field—
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a )From Depot.(
b )From Supply Column.Purchase of Supplies, Trade Customs.
Accounts and Bookkeeping.
Transport Branch—
Instruction to Drivers.
Stable Management and Picquet Duties.
Packing Waggons.
Dismounting Waggons and Packing same for Sea Transport.
Method of Loading Pack Animals.
Picketing Horses.
Fitting and care of Harness and Saddlery.
Entraining and Detraining Horses, &c.
Duties in Camp.
Waggons as a Laager.
Convoys.
Supply and Transport Duties.
Horses, and their Diseases.
Characteristics of Cereals, Defects, &c.
Detection of Diseases in Meat.
Detection of Adulteration in Groceries, &c.
Forage.
The above Syllabus shall be subject to amendment from time to time by the General Officer Commanding.
Regs and Orders App. O 1
1. Every
charge sheet should be framed in accordance with the rules of procedure for
courts-martial in force in the King's Regular Forces, subject to the
modifications in these Regulations. (
2. A charge sheet should commence in one of the following ways :—
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When the prisoner is a member of the Defence Force )The prisoner (
number, rank, name, regiment, or corps ), a soldier (officer) of the Defence Force, is charged with having, while on duty (in uniform) committed the following offence (offences), namely,
or
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When the prisoner has ceased to be a member of the Defence Force )The prisoner (
name ) is charged with having, while being (number, rank )of the . . . regiment (corps), a soldier (officer) of the Defence Force, and while on duty (in uniform) committed the following offence (offences), namely,
3. The word " duty " is defined in paragraph 31 of Part V.
4. In the case of the Permanent Forces substitute the words " Permanent Military Forces " for the words " Defence Force " in the forms above, and omit the words " while on duty " or "in uniform." See paragraph 6 of Part V.
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