Royal Military College Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1955. No.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1953.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1953.

Dated the third day of November, 1955.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) J. FRANCIS

Minister of State for the Army.

 

Amendments of the Royal Military College Regulations. 

Definitions.

1. Regulation 4 of the Royal Military College Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “ Formation, &c, Commander ” the words “, not below the rank of colonel,”.

Conditions of eligibility of Commonwealth candidates.

2. Regulation 5 of the Royal Military College Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “ in Table A or Table B ”.

Selection of Commonwealth candidates.

3. Regulation 8 of the Royal Military College Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (5.) the words “ Table A or Table B in ”; and

(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (7.) the words “ State or Territory ” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “ State, Territory or overseas country ”.

Organization.

4. Regulation 16 of the Royal Military College Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.).

5. Regulation 26 of the Royal Military College Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

Precedence.

“ 26.—(1.) Members of the Staff who are officers of the Military Forces have precedence according to their respective ranks or classifications and, as between officers of the same rank or classification, according to the dates of their respective appointments to that rank or classification.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1955.

  Statutory Rules 1951, No. 40.

871/55.—Price 5d. 9/15.6.1955.

“ (2.) Professors, lecturers and assistant lecturers who are members of the Staff have the status of officers and have precedence amongst themselves according to their respective grades and, as between members of the same grade, according to the dates of their respective appointments to the Staff.

“ (3.) Medical officers, dental officers and chaplains who are members of the Staff, if not officers of the Military Forces, have precedence as captains in the case of medical and dental officers and as Chaplains Fourth Class in the case of chaplains, with seniority dating from the dates of their respective appointments to the Staff.

“ (4.) The Finance and Civil Secretary has precedence as a Major with seniority dating from the date of his appointment to the position.”.

The College year.

6. Regulation 28 of the Royal Military College Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “ the Wednesday nearest to the fifteenth day of December ” and inserting in their stead the words “ the second Wednesday in December ”.

7. Regulation 29 of the Royal Military College Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—

Organization of course.

“ 29.—(1.) The course of instruction at the College consists of military studies and civil studies.

“ (2.) The military studies are divided as follows :—

(a) Military Art—

(i) Tactics—

Topography ; Infantry Minor Tactics ; General Tactics, including the organization and employment of armoured, artillery, engineer and signals units ;

(ii) Administration—

Organizations ; War Administration ; Staff Duties ; Training and Intelligence ; Peace Administration ; Hygiene and First Aid ;

(iii) Leadership ;

(iv) Military History and Imperial Military Geography ;

(v) Current Affairs ; and

(vi) Military Law ;

(b) Other Military Subjects—

(i) Weapon Training ;

(ii) Drill and Ceremonial ;

(iii) Physical Training ; and

(iv) Mechanical Vehicle Training ; and

(c) Specialist Training—

Armour ; Artillery ; Engineers ; Signals ; Infantry ; Army Service or Ordnance.

“ (3.) The civil studies are divided into an Arts Course, a General Science Course and a Science and Engineering Course and shall be organized into the following Departments :—

(a) Department of Mathematics ;

(b) Department of Physics and Chemistry ;

(c) Department of English and Languages ;

(d) Department of History and Economics; and

(e) Department of Engineering.

“ (4.) The syllabus of instruction for the subjects in both the military and civil studies shall be as approved by the Commandant.

 

“ (5.) The educational qualifications for admission to particular courses are as specified in the relevant provisions of the Second and Third Schedules to these Regulations.

“ (6.) Cadets admitted by way of special entry shall receive instruction in such subjects as are determined by the Military Board.”.

Board of Studies.

8. Regulation 31 of the Royal Military College Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “ Department ” and inserting in its stead the word “ subject ”; and

(b)by inserting in sub-regulation (2.) of that regulation, after the words “ the Director of Military Art ” the words “, the Director of Civil Studies ”.

9. After regulation 43 of the Royal Military College Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Part VIII.:—

Keeping motor-cycles, &c.

“ 43a. A cadet shall not keep on the College premises a motor-cycle or a pet.”.

Second and Third Schedules.

10. The Second and Third Schedules to the Royal Military College Regulations are omitted and the following Schedules inserted in their stead :—

 

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Regulations 5 and 29.

Educational Qualifications Required of Commonwealth Candidates for Normal Entry.

1. The educational qualifications required for admission to the College are, subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule, a “ pass ” or higher qualification at the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent) held by a public examining authority or a university in Australia in English, one Mathematics subject and any two other subjects considered by the Selection Board to be suitable as pre-requisites for the College course.

2. After admission to the College, a Cadet may be allocated to the General Science Course or the Science and Engineering Course if—

(a) at the Leaving Certificate Examination (or equivalent other than the Tasmanian Schools Board Examination) held by a public examining authority or a university in Australia, he has obtained a “pass” or higher qualification in English and three other subjects, being subjects specified respectively in each of three of the following clauses :—

(i) Mathematics I. or Mathematics A ;

(ii) Mathematics II. or Mathematics B ;

(iii) Physics; and

(iv) Chemistry,

and has, in a fourth subject being a subject specified in the remaining clause, obtained a “ pass ” or higher qualification or reached a standard which the Commandant regards as satisfactory ; or

(b) at the Tasmanian Schools Board Examination, he has obtained a “ pass ”, not being a “ lower pass ”, or higher qualification in English, Mathematics II., Mathematics III. and General Science A.

3. The Selection Board may accept a “ pass ” or higher qualification in a subject obtained at an examination other than an examination referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Schedule in lieu of a pass in a particular subject at an examination so referred to if, in the opinion of the Selection Board, the nature of the subjects is substantially similar and the standard of the first-mentioned examination is not lower than the standard of an examination so referred to.

4. All subjects need not necessarily be passed at the one examination.

5.A candidate shall be deemed to have the educational qualifications specified in paragraph 1 if, having failed in one of the required subjects, he has, in the opinion of the Selection Board, passed in three subjects at a standard sufficiently high to justify the application of this provision.

6. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Schedule, “ public examining authority ” includes a school approved to conduct Leaving Certificate, Senior Public or Matriculation examinations.

 

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Regulations 5 and 11.

Examination of Commonwealth Candidates for Service Entry.

1. In order to qualify for a pass, a candidate must obtain not less than half marks in each of the military subjects of Division I., and in each of the civil subjects of Division II. appropriate to either the Arts Course, or to the General Science Course or the Science and Engineering Course, as follows :—

(a) Arts Course.—English, Economics, General Mathematics and Physical Science.

(b) General Science or Science and Engineering Course.—Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English Expression.

2. After admission to the College, a Cadet shall be allocated to the Arts Course if he has passed in the subjects appropriate to that Course, and to the General Science Course or Science and Engineering Course if he has passed in the subjects appropriate to those Courses.

3. A candidate will be exempted from the examination in a subject of Division II. if he has passed University First Year in that subject or if he produces evidence to the satisfaction of the Commandant that he has passed an equivalent examination in that subject.

4. The examination of the military subjects specified in Division I. will be set from the latest editions of the official manuals. The subject-matter will be that contained in the sections in the current editions of those manuals specified in the following syllabus.

Syllabus.

Subject. Marks.

Division I.—Military Subjects.

1. Fieldcraft...............................................................................................................................................	200
Observation and concealment, recognition of targets, judging distance ; Fire discipline ; Elementary movement and obstacle crossing by day ; Elementary observation, concealment, and movement by night ; Advanced observation and concealment by day ; Keeping direction, fire positions, selection of lines of advance, and stalking by day ; (Infantry Training, Vol. 1 Pam. 2.)
2. Drill and Ceremonial..........................................................................................................................	100
Squad drill without arms ; Squad drill with arms ; Guards and Sentries. (Drill (All Arms) 1953.)
3. Small Arms Training...........................................................................................................................	300
The candidate shall attain the trained soldier standard in the following :—
(a) The Rifle and Bayonet (Infantry Training, Vol. I., Pam. 3, Lessons 1-73). Classification Practice, Part II.; Training tests 1 to 8.
(b) Machine Carbine (Infantry Training, Vol. I., Pam. 4) Owen Lessons 1-3. Classification Practice.
(c) Light Machine Gun (Infantry Training, Vol. I., Pam. 6, Lessons 1-23). Classification Practice, Part II., Tests 1-5.
(d) Grenades. (Infantry Training, Vol. I., Pam. 7, Lessons 1-3). Training Tests 1-3.
4. Hygiene and First Aid.........................................................................................................................	50
Personal (including dental) hygiene ; First Aid to the injured. Handbook of Army Health 1950.

 

5. Physical Training........................................................................................................................................	50
The candidate will be required to show a fair standard of performance in the Physical Efficiency Tests as laid down for Fourth Class cadets. These tests are as follows :—
(a) Run 5 miles cross country in 40 minutes.
(b) Run 1 mile in 6 minutes 30 seconds.
(c) High jump 3 feet 9 inches.
(d) Do a standing high jump of 3 feet.
(e) Broad jump 13 feet.
(f) Deep knee bend 20 times with 50 lbs. on shoulders.
(g) Press up 15 times.
(h) Chin the beam 6 times.
(j) Climb up a 15 feet rope.
6. Mechanical Vehicle Training....................................................................................................................	50
The theory of the I.C. engine—a general knowledge only ;
The main components of an Army vehicle ;
The Army vehicle servicing system and inspection ;
M.T. administration.
(Military Board Instructions 100/54.)
(S.O.’s for Vehicle Operation and Maintenance (1952).)
(S.O.’s for Drivers (1945).)

Division II.—Civil Subjects.

7. English—one three-hour paper—

(a) Literature.—A study of selected authors from the Elizabethan period to the Romantic Revival.

Text-books—

Drama—

Harrison—Introducing Shakespeare.

Shakespeare—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra.

Johnson—Volpone.

Webster—The Duchess of Malfi.

Massinger—A New Way to Pay Old Debts.

Etherege—The Man of Mode.

Dryden—All for Love.

Prose—

Swift—A Tale of a Tub.

Defoe—Moll Flanders.

Richardson—Pamela (1st Vol.).

Fielding—Tom Jones.

Boswell—Life of Johnson.

Poetry—

Selected poems of Donne, Herrick, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth, Keats and Byron.

Seaman—A Short Social History of England.

(b) English Expression.—Essential grammar ; idiom ; the use of words ; sentence and paragraph construction ; the planning and writing of papers ; the cultivation of a simple, clear prose style.

Text-books—

Ralph—Putting it Plainly.

Clay—Advanced English Exercises.

The Little Oxford Dictionary.

8. Economics—one three-hour paper—

(a)Introduction—The nature, scope and methods of economics ; a general survey of the subject.

(b) Theory of Demand.—The Labour and Cost of Production theories of value ; criticisms ; theory of wants and marginal utility theory of value ;

Wicksteed and Relative Utility ; the demand schedule and curve ; elasticity of demand ; changes in demand ; Marshall’s consumer’s surplus ; general equilibrium of demand, supply and price.

 

(c) Production.—The concept ; the forms of business organization ; the division of labour ; advantages and disadvantages of specialization and large-scale enterprise.

(d)The factors of production.—Concept, classification ; combination of factors ; increasing, constant and diminishing returns ; land as a factor ; labour as a factor ; labour supply with a given population ; theory of population ; vital statistics of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand ; capital as a factor ; supply of and demand for capital goods and monetary capital ; organization as a factor ; authority and responsibility in the firm.

Text-books—

Benham—Economics.

Eastham—Introduction to Economic Analysis.

Copland—The Australian Economy.

Hicks—The Social Framework.

Clay—Economics for the General Reader.

Gray—Development of Economic Doctrine.

Downing—National Income and Social Accounts.

Mills and Walker—Money.

9. General Mathematics—one three-hour paper—

(a) Algebra.—Revision of equations ; simple, simultaneous, quadratic, simultaneous quadratic ; factors, including remainder and factor theorems ; theory of indices ; surds ; ratio and proportion ; arithmetical, geometrical and harmonic progressions ; theory of quadratic equations ; logarithms ; permutations and combinations ; binomial theorem ; exponential and logarithmic series ; partial fractions.

(b) Calculus.—Elementary differentiation and integration illustrated with special reference to various curves ; equations of tangents and normals ; exponential, logarithmic and other simple series ; hyperbolic functions ; partial differentiation ; differential equations of first order ; polar co-ordinates.

(c) Trigonometry—

(i) Measurement of angles and bearings ;

(ii) Trigonometrical ratio :

acute angles ; definitions ; solution of right-angled triangles ; particular angles ; angles of any magnitude ; relation between trigonometrical ratios ;

(iii) Trigonometrical identities:

sum and difference of two angles ; multiple angles ; transformation of sums into products ; relation between sides and angles in a triangle ;

(iv) Solution of triangles :

given three sides ; given two sides and included angle ; given one side and two angles ;

(v) Heights and distances ;

(vi) Circular measure ;

(vii) Solution of equations :

acute angles ;

general solution.

(d) Co-ordinate Geometry—

(i) Cartesion co-ordinates ;

(ii) Distance between two points ;

(iii) Division of line into given ratio ;

(iv) Equation of a straight line :

tangent form ;

intercept form ;

perpendicular form ;

(v) Straight line satisfying given conditions ; through given point in given directions ; through two given points ;

(vi) Angle between two straight lines ;

(vii) Parallel and perpendicular lines ;

(viii) The circle.

 

(e) Applied Mathematics—

(i) Introduction ;

(ii) Statics :

Composition and resolution of forces ; forces acting on a particle ; moment of a force ; three forces on a body ; conditions of equilibrium ;

(iii) Dynamics :

Acceleration and velocity ; equations determining motion ; motion under gravity ; laws of motion ; work, energy ; impulse.

Text-books—

Bowman—Elementary Calculus.

Siddons, Snell and Dockeray—Elementary Mechanics.

10. Physical Science—one three-hour paper—

(a) General Physics and Heat ;

(b) Substances and Molecules ;

(c) Electricity and Magnetism ;

(d) Chemical Reactions and Atoms ;

(e) Electrolytes and Ions ;

(f) Atomic Structure and Sub-atomic Particles ;

(g) Wave Motion, Sound and Light, Radio and Radar ;

(h) Descriptive Chemistry.

11. Pure Mathematics—one three-hour paper—

(a) Algebra.—Permutations and combinations ; binomial theorem ; logarithmic and exponential series ; partial fractions ; determinants.

(b) Calculus—

(i) Differentiation :

Rules of differentiating composite functions and functions defined implicitly; applications to curve tracing; extreme values, rates; circular functions and their inverses and applications ; exponential and logarithmic functions and applications.

(ii) Integration :

Formulae for change of variable and partial integration; integration of rational algebraic functions ; integration of simple rational algebraic combinations of the Transcendental Functions included above ; definite integrals ; applications to areas, volumes, arc lengths.

(iii) First Order Approximations:

Small errors; higher order approximations, Taylor-Maclaurin formula.

(c) Analytical Geometry—

(i) Straight line :

Equation; parallel and perpendicular lines ; angle between two lines.

(ii) Circle :

Equation in terms of centre and radius ; equation of tangent.

(iii) Conics :

Their definitions and some geometrical properties ; tangents and normals ; parametric equations.

(iv) Space Analytical Geometry:

Distance and direction; angle between directions ; equations of a line and of a plane.

Text-books—

Bowman—Elementary Calculus ; or any equivalent book.

Osgood and Graustein—Plane, Solid, Analytic Geometry ; or any similar book.

 

12. Applied Mathematics—one three-hour paper—

(a) Statics.—Composition and resolution of forces ; parallel forces, moments, couples; equilibrium of a rigid body acted upon by three co-planar forces ; general conditions of equilibrium of a rigid body acted upon by any number of co-planar forces (elementary treatment only) ; centre of gravity (elementary) ; machines, friction; graphical statics.

(b) Dynamics.—Motion of a particle in a straight line ; velocity, acceleration, mass, force, momentum, work, power, impulse, energy, projectiles (under constant gravity ); direct collision of elastic bodies ; dynamics of a particle moving in a circle ; S.H.M. ; elementary vector analysis ; relative velocity ; centre of mass and moments of inertia, including parallel axes theorem, perpendicular axis theorem for lamina, Routh’s rule ; dynamics of a particle and rigid body.

Text-book—

Loney—Elements of Statics and Dynamics.

Reference book—

Bullen—Introduction to Theory of Mechanics.

13. Physics—one three-hour paper—

The elementary principles of Physics, including the following topics :—

Physical quantities, units and measurements ;

Mechanics ;

Gravitation ;

Hydromechanics ;

Properties of matter ;

Descriptive account of the Kinetic Theory of gases ;

Heat ;

Magnetism ;

Electrostatics ;

Electric currents; their chemical, heating and magnetic effects ;

Electromagnetic induction ;

Introduction to Cathode rays, Rontgen rays ;

Radioactivity; Isotopes, Atomic structure, Wave Motion and sound ;

Geometrical Optics.—Optical instruments including range-finders, dial sights and periscopes.

Text-books—

Houston—Intermediate Physics.

Smith—Intermediate Physics.

Lemon & Ference—Analytical Experimental Physics.

Adams—The Student’s Guide.

Kitson—How to use your Mind.

Champion—University Physics.

Noakes—Text-books of Heat, Light, Electricity and Magnetism.

14. Chemistry—one three-hour paper—

(a) The properties of gases ;

(b) Fundamental Chemical Theory ;

(c) The properties of liquids ;

(d) The properties of solutions ;

(e) The properties of solids ;

(f) Thermochemistry ;

(g) Chemical Equilibrium and its applications ;

(h) The electronic theory of matter and its applications ;

(j) Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry.

15. English Expression—one paper of one and one-half hours—

Essential grammar ; idiom, the use of words, sentence and paragraph construction; the planning and writing of papers ; and the cultivation of a simple, clear prose style.

Text-books—

Ralph—Putting it Plainly.

Clay—Advanced English Exercises.

 

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