STATUTORY RULES.
1913. No. 281.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL
DEFENCE ACT 1910–12.
Regulations for the Training, Pay, etc.,
of Men of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going).
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 Regulations under the Naval
Defence Act 1910–12 should come into immediate operation, and, further,
should be taken to have come into operation on the first day of July, 1913, and
make the Regulations to come into operation accordingly as Provisional
Regulations.
Dated this twenty-second day of October,
One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. D. MILLEN.
Regulations for the Training, Pay, etc.,
of Men of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going).
(Note.—All
entries into this branch of the Reserve have now ceased.)
Promotion to Trained Men (T.M.).
1. (a) A
man belonging to the ‘‘Seaman’’ class of the Reserve will be rated “Trained Man”
(carrying with it 1d. per day, when up for drill, or embarked for service
afloat), provided that—
(1) He is
favorably reported on.
(2) He is able to pass a satisfactory examination
as A.B. on board the Drill Ship.
(3) He is
medically fit.
(4) He is 20
years of age.
N.B.—The examination for A.B., which a man must pass,
will be as follows: —
In Gunnery.
To be able to
take any number, including No. 1, at the guns in the ship, and to know the
weight, charges, and fuses used. To be able to perform the rifle exercises and
squad skirmishing.
In Seamanship.
To be able to
heave the lead.
To be able to box
the compass.
How to steer. How
to strop a block. How to make short, long, and eye splices. How to make bends
and hitches. How to steer and sail a boat.
C. 14572.—Price
3d.
(b) A man belonging to the “Stoker” class of the Reserve will be rated “Trained
Man” (carrying with it 1d. per day when up for drill, or embarked for service
afloat), provided that—
(1) He is
favorably reported on.
(2) He is able to
pass a satisfactory examination in cutlass, rifle, and pistol exercise.
(3) He is
medically fit.
(4) He is 20
years of age.
(5) He is in the
opinion of the Engineer Officer of the Drill Ship capable of carrying out the
ordinary duties of a stoker.
Seamen and stokers, who have qualified as
“Trained Men,” will also be exempt from certain elementary drills (see Art. 6).
Qualified seamen and qualified stokers
are not to be paid “Trained Man pay.”
Addresses and Whereabouts.
2. It will be the duty of every Naval Reserve
man employed in the Mercantile Marine, on every fresh engagement to serve on a foreign-going
ship, to acquaint the District Naval Officer of the State to which he belongs,
stating the nature and length of the proposed employment.
3. Every Naval Reserve man must present himself
every six months to one of the District Naval Officers, and state his address,
and his probable movements during the next six months. The District Naval
Officer will make a record in his register of this visit and the address.
It will be the duty of the District Naval
Officers to keep a list of the addresses of all the Reserve men in their
district, and every Reserve man changing his address must inform the District
Naval Officer at once.
4. No man who has
joined this Reserve will be permitted to leave it, except by permission of the
Director of Naval Reserves, and on payment of the sum of £10 for the purchase
of his discharge, or on repaying the amount of retainers and cost of any free
clothing he has received, when such amount is less than £10; and any Reserve
man failing to respond when the Reserve is called out, will, if not physically
incapacitated, be liable to be apprehended and punished in the same manner as
seamen of the Royal Australian Navy.
Training.
5.The
special object of the Reserve being to obtain the services of a picked body of
men trained to the use of arms, it is essential that every man in the force
shall be drilled in the use of heavy guns and small arms, so as to obtain a
thorough practical knowledge of their use. The drill will be performed under
the direction of the Officer commanding the Drill Ship, and will be conducted
generally on the lines of the drill laid down for the Royal Naval Reserve of
the United Kingdom.
The District Naval Officers will be
informed of the proposed movements of the Drill Ships, and of the dates upon
which Reserve Men will be received for drill.
Reserve men, wishing to commence drill,
must, in the first place, present themselves to the District Naval Officer, who
will inform them of the dates available for drill, and furnish them with an “Order
Card” to be produced on board the Drill Ship, stating time for which Reserve
men are up for drill, &c. No
man will be received for drill without producing his Order Card.
The District
Naval Officer will keep a register showing the names of Reserve men presenting
themselves for drill, the date upon which they receive the Order Card, and date
to commence drill.
Reserve men are
to be informed that, if possible, they should complete the period of drill
which they are due to undergo, i.e., 7, 14, 21, or 28 days. Men willing to complete will be given
first consideration.
Reserve
men are to be notified that they must not leave their civil employment for
drill purposes without first ascertaining whether they can be received for
drill. On no
account are they to go on board a ship for drill without the necessary
authority.
All legitimate
complaints are to be noted by the District Naval Officer, and communicated, in
writing, to the Director of Naval Reserves.
6.The
amount of drill required daily will be three and a half hours for qualified
seamen, qualified stokers, and seamen and stokers who are Trained Men, and four
and a half hours for seamen and stokers who are not trained men, and will be
apportioned as may be considered most suitable by the Commanding Officer of the
Drill Ship. The times for drills to commence and cease will be decided by the
Commanding Officers of the Drill Ships after consultation with the District
Naval Officer, and will be arranged, as far as possible, to suit the
convenience of the men to be drilled, but no drill will commence earlier than 9
a.m., or continue later than 6 p.m. The four and a half hours’ drill for
untrained men will include one hour’s elementary instruction in the duties of a
seaman and stoker, as the case may be.
7. The time for
which each Reserve man can be required to drill in any one year will be—
For seamen, 28 days.
This can be made up as follows:—20 entire days’ drill, 4 half-days Saturdays, 4
Sundays.
For stokers, 21
days in their first year, and 14 days in subsequent years.
If, however, the
exigencies of a man’s civil employment render it impracticable or very
inconvenient for him to perform the full number of days required at any one
time, District Naval Officers may, at their discretion, shorten up the period
of drill by not more than one day in seven, by allowing the man to perform
extra daily drill.
8.Seamen
Class Reserve men will be required to do their twenty eight days drill in their
first year, either without a break or in two periods of fourteen days each. In
subsequent years, the twenty-eight days may be divided into shorter periods of
seven days each.
Stokers may be
allowed to do their first year’s drill of twenty-one days either without a
break, or in two periods (fourteen days followed by seven days). The fourteen
days’ drill required in subsequent years will be divisible into two periods of
seven days each, if the man wishes.
N.B.—The second
and subsequent years of drill will be reckoned as commencing from the
anniversary of the day on which the man was enrolled.
Men may be put forward for drill in
advance under special circumstances; no man is, however, to perform drill to
count for arrears without the previous permission of the Director of Naval
Reserves.
All ships are to forward monthly, without
undue delay, to the District Naval Officers concerned, Form C. 145A, Return of
men drilled on board during the month. This return is not required in
duplicate.
9.No
drills will be carried out on Sundays, Good Friday, or Christmas Day, but drill
pay will be paid for those days.
Pay, &c.
10.Reserve
men, when actually on drill, will receive pay as follows:—
Qualified seaman for each day’s drill, 4s. 8d.
Seamen for each day’s drill, 3s. 3d.
Qualified stokers, for each day’s drill, 5s. 1d.
Stokers for each day’s drill, 3s. 8d.
Men
will only be entitled to payment on the completion of the period of drill for
which they are up; they may, however, on the completion of seven days’ drill
receive a portion not exceeding two-thirds of the pay they have earned, the
balance to be paid on completing the period of drill for which they have come
up.
11.Naval
Reserve men will be borne nominally on the ledger and victualled during drill
according to the same scale as seamen of the Royal Australian Navy, if they are
living on board, but if they are living on shore they will be paid the
following allowances:—In lieu of victuals, 1s. 4d. per diem, and in lieu of
lodging, 4d. per diem. These allowances will be paid for Sundays, but only one
Sunday is allowed to count for each seven days’ drill.
Travelling
and subsistence expenses, within the limit of £3 per annum for any man, will be
refunded to the Naval Reserve men when journeying to and from their homes when
attending drill.
12.All
drill pay, retainers, and allowances will be paid by the District Naval
Officers in the same manner as laid down in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve
(M). In the case of a Reserve man drilling in a State other than that to which
he belongs, the drill pay and allowances will be paid by the District Naval
Officer of such State, but the payment of retainers is to be left for his own
District.
13. A Reserve
man’s kit will consist, of—
One cap and ribbon.
One blue serge jumper with sleeves.
One pair blue serge trousers.
Two flannels.
Two jean collars.
One black silk handkerchief.
One pair half-boots.
Reserve
men when supplied with free clothing as above, when at drill must appear in
such clothing, and will be required to keep their kits up at their own expense.
They may also be permitted to buy for their own personal use, and at the
discretion of the Commanding Officer, blue serge comforters, jerseys, boots
(one pair annually) from the ship’s stores, if in stock,
14.Any
Naval Reserve man who sells or makes away with any arms, stores, or clothing,
supplied to him free of cost, shall be liable to a penalty of Five pounds, and
any person who knowingly or willfully buys, takes in pledge, or exchanges,
receives, or conceals such articles, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
Ten pounds, in addition to treble the value of the articles.
15. If any Reserve man receives any injury
whilst actually on drill, he shall be entitled to drill pay until he is
sufficiently recovered to resume his drill but such period shall not exceed 60
days. The Medical Officer of the ship, or the District Naval Medical Officer,
will be responsible that the man returns to drill as soon as he is fit, and
will report to the Captain if he does not do so. Payment of drill pay during
sickness is only to be made on the Medical Officer certifying that the man is
actually unfit to resume his drill in consequence of the injury he received
when on drill.
Discipline.
16.Reserve
men, when on drill, and always when on board one of His Majesty’s Australian
ships, will be subject to the same discipline as men of the Royal Australian
Navy. For minor offences, or in cases of absence without leave, the Naval
Reserve man is liable to forfeit the whole or any part of the time and pay due
to him on account of the drill performed. All such cases are to be reported to
the District Naval Officer concerned.
17.In
cases of grave misconduct, insubordination, or any other serious offence, the
Captain of the ship in which the offender was at the time of the offence may,
if he thinks desirable, immediately discharge the offender from the Reserve,
reporting having done so to the District Naval Officer. Any man thus discharged
will forfeit all pay due to him and, at the Captain’s discretion, any uniform
clothing in his possession if it had been supplied to him free of cost.
A man thus discharged will forfeit all claim to
retaining fee.
18.Any
Reserve man who without satisfactory cause neglects to put in his required
period of drills will be liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten pounds, and in
addition to forfeiture of all claim to retainer.
It
will be the duty of District Naval Officers to warn men, whenever possible, of
the penalty they render themselves liable to by not attending drill.
Annual Retainer.
19.Retainers
at the following rates will be paid to each Naval Reserve man so long as he
complies with the Regulations as to drill, and fulfils the other conditions
laid down herein:—
Qualified seamen and seamen, T.M., £8 per annum.
Seamen who are not T.M., £5 per annum.
Qualified stokers and stokers, T.M., £8 per annum.
Stokers who are not T.M., £5 per annum.
Payment of the retainer will be made for
the period on account of which the drill is performed.
The retainer will be paid quarterly in
equal proportions, and will become due on the first day of each quarter. The
first quarterly payment will become payable on the quarter day after the man
has been enrolled, provided he has performed one week’s drill.
The second
quarterly payment will only be payable provided the man has completed fourteen
days’ drill; the third, only if he has completed two-thirds of the year’s drill
(except in the case of stokers in their second, third, fourth, or fifth years,
when half their drill must have been performed); the fourth, only when the
whole of the year’s drill has been completed.
Payment of drill
pay and retainers to relatives, &c., of deceased Reserve men will not be
made without authority from the Director of Naval Reserves.
Service in the Navy when called out by Proclamation.
20. The longest time for which any Naval Reserve
man can, in any case, be called upon to serve in the Navy is five years in the
whole. In the first instance, he may, when called out, be required to serve in
the Navy for three years; if at the end of that time there is actual war, and
if the Naval Reserve man is then serving in one of H.M. or H.M.A. ships, he
will be liable to serve for two years longer.
21.In
such cases, however, the Naval Reserve man will be entitled to receive 4d. a
day in addition to his ordinary pay for such period as he may serve in the Navy
beyond three years.
22.After
five years’ service in the Navy by Proclamation, each Naval Reserve man may
demand his final discharge from the Royal Australian Navy, and will be liable
to no further service in the Navy.
23.When
circumstances require that the services of the Naval Reserve men shall be
continued beyond the time for which they were originally called out, or that
they shall be called out again after having been once discharged, notice will
be given by Proclamation.
24.As
soon as the Proclamation is issued calling out the Reserve, or any part of it,
it will be the duty of all men belonging to the Reserve to at once inform the
District Naval Officer of their addresses, and to comply with the instructions
they receive from him as to joining any of H.M. or H.M.A. ships. District Naval Officers will use every effort
to bring up all men of the Reserve belonging to their District, and will
arrange for forwarding them to the port at which the ship they are to join is
lying.
25.Reserve
men who are away from their homes on a voyage when the Reserve is called out
must, as soon as possible, inform their own District Naval Officer of their
whereabouts and future movements, and, in addition, on the first occasion of
meeting a man-of-war, or of calling at a port at which there is a District or
Sub-District Naval Officer, must report themselves to the Captain of such ship
or to such District or Sub-District Naval Officer, as the case may be, and
comply with any orders they may receive from those Officers.
26.Rail
or steamer fare and travelling expenses (including travelling allowance when
the journey is over five hours) incurred by Reserve men in complying with an
order to join one of His Majesty’s Australian ships,
will be borne by Naval funds. The State Governments of the Commonwealth
have agreed to allow Reserve men, when called out by Proclamation, to pass free
over their respective railways on production of their Certificate, R.V.2-A.
27. The Director of Naval Reserves will acquaint
the District Naval Officers where men are to be sent, and what ships they are
to join, and the numbers of each class of the Reserve required.
28. If any man belonging to the Reserve fails to
appear when called out by Proclamation, he is liable to be treated as a
deserter, and punished accordingly.
Upon the Reserve
man will rest the onus of proving that he is unable to report himself, and in default
of any satisfactory proof, he will be dealt with as a deserter.
29. Reserve men, when called out by Proclamation
and entered for service in one of H.M. or H.M.A. ships, will be paid as
follows: —
Qualified seamen, per day, 1s. 7d.
Seamen, per day, 1s. 3d.
Qualified stokers, per day, 2s.
Stokers, per day, 1s. 8d.
and, in addition, a special Colonial
allowance of 3s. per diem for qualified seamen and qualified stokers and 2s.
per diem for seamen and stokers. They will be victualled according to the scale
for men of the Royal Australian Navy, and will receive a free kit of uniform
clothing.
30.Payment
of the ordinary retainer to men called out ceases from the date of
Proclamation, and all such Reserve men, whether embarked for service or not;
will be credited with a special War Retainer of £1 per month, subject to the condition that those Reserve men
who may not be actually called upon to serve afloat, shall, if so ordered, come
up for drill. This War Retainer
will not be paid to Reserve men until they are actually discharged from service
in the Navy.
31. Every Reserve man discharged from actual
service because his services are no longer required (after being called out by
Proclamation in case of emergency), or for any other reason except misconduct,
or at his own request, will be paid one month’s pay in addition to any War
Retainer due to him under Article 30. This concession is not restricted to
men whose services are retained for over a year, as at home.
32.Arrangements
will be made for Reserve men, when employed in the Royal Australian Navy, to
send part of their pay to their relatives, if desired. (This does not apply to
men on drill.)
33.Naval
Reserve men, when called out by Proclamation and employed in the Royal
Australian Navy, will be subject to exactly the same discipline as seamen of
the Royal Australian Navy, and in cases of misconduct may, at the discretion of
the Commander-in-Chief or Senior Officer of the Station, and in addition to any
other punishment they may have incurred, be struck off the list of Reserve men,
and forfeit all claim to Annual Retainer which they may have earned in the
Reserves. This does not apply to War Retainer, which can only be forfeited by
desertion.
Miscellaneous.
34.A
Reserve man’s certificate of service in this Force may be replaced if lost, on
the authority of the District Naval Officer.
A fee of 2s. 6d.
should accompany every application for a certificate (duplicate) unless the
applicant can produce satisfactory evidence that the loss was unavoidable.
Printed and Published
for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.