STATUTORY
RULES.
1931. No. 14.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1908-1927.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth
of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby
make the following Regulations under the Defence
Act 1903-1927, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-eighth day of January, 1931.
ISAAC A. ISAACS
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
A. E. GREEN
Minister of State for Defence.
Regulations for
the Royal Military College of Australia.
(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 179, as
amended to this date.)
Amendments.
1.
Regulation 14 is amended by deleting the word “Director” (where it first
occurs) and substituting the words “combatant officer” and by omitting the
words “and in the absence of a Director the Senior Combatant Officer present.”
2.
Regulation 18 is amended by deleting the word “battalion” and substituting the
word “company”.
3.
Regulation 20 is amended by omitting paragraph (iii) thereof.
4.
Regulation 23 is repealed.
5.
Regulations 29, 30, 31 and 32 are repealed.
6.
Regulation 47 is amended by deleting the word “arrest” and substituting the
word “custody” and by deleting the figures “28” and substituting the figures
“21”.
7.
Regulation 54 is amended by deleting the words “within the Federal Territory”
and substituting the words “at the College or within any naval, military or air
force establishment”.
8.
Regulation 56 is amended by inserting the words “During the College term”
before the word “Cadets” and by omitting the words “or disposed of” and the
words “in Canberra, Queanbeyan, or elsewhere in the vicinity of the College”.
67.—Price 3d.
9.
Regulation 65 is amended by deleting
the table therein and substituting the following table:—
Military
Departments. | Civil Departments. |
1. Military Art including Strategy and Military History
and Geography.
| 1. Mathematics,
Pure and Applied, and Astronomy.
|
2. Tactics of all Arms.
| 2. Physics and
Chemistry.
|
3. Military
Engineering including Surveying and Anti-gas Measures.
| 3. English.
|
4. Map Reading,
Photo Reading and Field Sketching.
| 4. Modern
Languages—French, German, Japanese.
|
5. Artillery.
| 5. Geometrical
Drawing and Solid Geometry.
|
6. Signalling.
| 6. Sanitation,
Hygiene, and First Aid.
|
7.
Administration and Military Law.
| 7. Manual
Training.
|
8. Drill, Small
Arms Training, Physical
Training and
Equitation.
| 8. Book-keeping
and Accountancy.
|
10. Regulation 68 is amended by deleting in
sub-regulation (ii) thereof the word “Directors” and substituting the words
“two senior combatant
officers”.
11.
Regulation 72 is amended by deleting the word “September” and substituting the
word “February”,
12.
Regulation 73 is repealed.
13.
Regulation 76 is amended by deleting the word “five” and substituting the word
“three”.
14.
Regulation 79 is repealed.
15.
Regulation 81 is amended by inserting next after the words “use by any person”
in sub-regulation (i) thereof the words “of the College grounds or buildings
or”.
16.
Regulation 82 is amended by adding at the end thereof the words “This
regulation shall cease to have effect as from the 5th February, 1931”,
17.
Regulation 83 is repealed.
18. The
following section is inserted next after Regulation 84:—
“XV.—Supply And
Accountancy—Ordnance Stores.
85.—(i). The
Commandant will demand supplies of clothing arms, ammunition, equipment and
general stores from the Ordnance Branch, 2nd District Base.
(ii). The
Commandant or a senior officer appointed by him will account for all such
stores with the Ordnance Branch, 2nd District Base, in the manner provided for
a unit of the Permanent Military Forces.”
19.
Appendix III. is repealed.
20.
Appendix IV. is amended by inserting the words “ (preferably Physics and
Chemistry.)” next after the word “subjects” in subparagraph (d) of
paragraph 1 of Part (ii) thereof.
21.
Appendix V. is amended ns follows:—
(1.)
The words “Duntroon, Federal Territory” wherever occurring are omitted.
(2.) The table
contained in Division I. of Part (ii) is deleted and the following table
substituted:—
Subject. | Marks. |
1. Tactics. | 150 |
The
subject-matter contained in Infantry Training, Vol. I., 1926, Sections 148-150;
Vol. II., 1926, Chapters I., II., III., IV.; Field Service Regulations, Vol. II.
(Operations) 1929, Chapters I., II., V., VI., VII., and VIII. and Infantry
Section Leading, 1928, or corresponding matter contained in any subsequently
issued Manuals.
|
2. Military Engineering. | 100 |
The
subject-matter contained in the Manual of Field Works (all Arms) 1925
regarding:— Tools
and Materials; Field Level and Field Geometry; Obstacles; Details of
Trenches; Knotting and Lashings; Blocks, Tackles and Use of Spars; Camping
Arrangements; Characteristics of Service Explosives, or corresponding matter
contained in any subsequently issued manuals.
|
3. Map Reading, Field Sketching, and Surveying. | 150 |
The
subject-matter contained in the Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading and
Field Sketching, 1929. Introduction; Chapters II., III., IV., V., VI., VII.,
VIII, IX., X., XI, XIV., XVI, XIX.,
Appendix I., Appendix II., or corresponding matter contained in any
subsequently issued manuals.
|
(3.) The figures and word “1922 (provisional)” in
Division II. of Part (ii) are deleted and the figures “1926” are substituted.
(4.) The words “Chapter II., Sections 38-66, Sections
67-69” in Division II. of Part (ii) are deleted and the words “Chapter II.,
Sections 38-69” are substituted.
(5.) All words under the heading “6. Signalling” in
Division II. of Part (ii) are deleted and the following substituted:—
“Subject-matter
contained in Signal Training (all Arms) 1928:—
(a) Small Flag (Morse)—send and receive a
message at six words per minute.
(b)
Telephone D Mark III. (Morse)—send and receive a message at eight words per
minute.
(c) Knowledge of the message
form A.F.C. 2128
or corresponding matter contained in any subsequently
issued manual.”
(6.) The figures and word “(i) and (iii)” under the
heading “11. Geometrical Drawing” in Division III. of Part (ii) are deleted and
the figures and word “(i), (ii) and (iii)” substituted.
(7.) The word “Katagana” under the heading “Japanese”
in Division III. of Part (ii) is deleted and the word “ Katakana ” substituted.
By Authority: H. J. Green, Government
Printer, Canberra.