Universal Training Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1913. No. 329.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.

Regulations for Universal Training—Part IV.—Junior Cadets.

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 1903-1912 to come into operation on and from the first day of January, 1914.

Such Regulations shall supersede the Provisional Regulations (Statutory Rule No. 282 of 1913) under the said Act made on the twenty-second day of October, 1913.

Dated this nineteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. D. MILLEN.

INSPECTION AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Regulation 59.

The times and places for inspection and medical examination shall be notified by the Area Officer of each Training Area, by means of notices exhibited at the Post Offices or other authorized places, and posted to the head masters of the schools at which Junior Cadet Training is authorized.

Regulation 60.

Those residing within Exempt Areas, or at a distance of over 3 miles from any place of training, and not attending a school at which Junior Cadet Training is authorized, may be temporarily exempted from attending for inspection or medical examination by the District Commandant or an officer appointed by him, or an Area Officer.

Regulation 61.

Persons who are known by the Area Officer to be blind, deaf, dumb, maimed, insane, or otherwise absolutely unfit for any physical training, may be permanently exempted from inspection and medical examination, and from training, and certificates of exemption from training may be issued to such persons by the Area Officer under section 138 (1) (a)of the Act. For the purpose of this Regulation, the Area Officer shall be the prescribed medical authority referred to in section 138 of the Act.

 

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Regulation 62.

The prescribed medical authority will cause to be entered, in the authorized form, the result of the medical examination, and will certify that the person examined is either—

(1) Fit for Junior Cadet Training;

(2) Fit for Junior Cadet Training, excepting such part thereof as is specified by him;

(3) Temporarily unfit for Junior Cadet Training; or

(4) Permanently unfit for any naval or military training.

Regulation 63.

The prescribed medical authority in respect to Junior Cadet Training shall be an officer of the Army Medical Corps appointed for duty to the Training Area, in which the person liable to be trained resides, or such other duly qualified medical practitioner as the District Commandant may approve, or as prescribed in Regulation 61.

Regulation 64.

(1) All persons liable to be trained shall give to the Area Officer, or the head masters of schools at which Junior Cadet Training is authorized, the following information:—

Name in full.

Date of birth.

(2) The above information, together with the results of the medical examinations, exemptions (if any), and certificate as to annual training performed, shall be entered on the authorized form.

Regulation 65.

(1) Certificates of exemption will be issued by Area Officers, or Brigade Majors, or Assistant Brigade Majors. Those temporarily exempted as temporarily unfit may be required by the Area Officer to again undergo medical examination at any time.

(2) Any person to whom a certificate of exemption has been issued may be required by any of the officers above mentioned to produce such certificate, and to undergo a medical examination, and such officer may withdraw and cancel such exemption.

Regulation 66.

(1) The prescribed training for Junior Cadets shall be as follows:—

(a)Physical training—to be carried out on each school day for not less than 15 minutes, and the attainment of a certain standard of efficiency, the details of which are contained in Appendix VI.

(b)Marching drill, elementary, and the attainment of a certain standard of efficiency therein, the details of which are contained in Appendix VII.,

and the attainment of a certain standard of efficiency in at least one of the following subjects:—

(c) Miniature rifle shooting.

  

Regulation 66—continued.

(d) Swimming.

(e) Running exercises in organized games.

(f) First aid.

(g)Mariners’ compass and elementary signalling (in certain specified State schools in Naval Training Areas only).

(2) The details of subjects (c) to (g)are contained in Appendices VIII., IX., X., XI., and XIV.

(3) The degree of efficiency to be required of each Junior Cadet shall depend upon the length of time during which he has been liable to training, such time as any Junior Cadet may have been exempted being not taken into account.

(4) The arrangement of the periods of training for Junior Cadets not attending school will be so made by Area Officers as not to interfere, if possible, with the ordinary hours of employment of such boys, and will consist of evening drills and drills on weekly half-holidays. The training should be divided into as many drills as can be arranged with the number of Staff Instructors available, and evening drills should not usually be of longer duration than one hour.

(5) The Military Board may authorize variations in the standards and exercises contained in Appendices VI. to XI.

Regulation 67.

The training of Junior Cadets shall be carried out by—

(a)The masters of schools, wherein the training is conducted in accordance with the Regulations, and to the satisfaction of the District Commandant, or

(b) The members of the Administrative and Instructional Staff and Area Officers.

Regulation 68.

All Junior Cadets shall be inspected not less than once in each year of training by the District Commandant or officers representing him. Such officers may be officers of the Military Forces or Inspectors appointed or authorized by the Governments of the States in connexion with Public Education to inspect and report upon Government or other schools.

Regulation 69.

(1) Those liable to training as Junior Cadets, who are not attending schools at which the prescribed courses are followed, will be required to attend for training under the military instructors at such times and places as are appointed by the Area Officers, and notified at the authorized places.

(2) At the end of each year of training, in the month of June, each District Commandant shall notify to the Military Board the names of those schools in which the training given is not considered by him to be “sufficient.” The Military Board may, by advertisement or otherwise, notify all concerned that the pupils of such schools must, for the following year, attend for training under military instructors as above. Notices to the same effect will be exhibited by Area Officers.

 

Regulation 69—continued.

(3) Head masters or head mistresses may delegate to a teacher the duties prescribed, except in respect to personal responsibility for allowances and equipment.

DISCIPLINE.

Regulation 70.

(1) Discipline shall ordinarily be maintained by requiring those Junior Cadets who fail to obey the orders of the instructors, or give due attention to their training, to attend a lengthened period of instruction, but such additional instruction shall not exceed half-an-hour on each occasion.

(2) Serious breaches of discipline shall be dealt with under section 135 of the Act.

OFFICERS OF JUNIOR CADETS.

Regulation 71.

Masters in schools, in which Junior Cadet training is carried out to the satisfaction of the District Commandant and who have qualified by examination as officers of the Defence Force, or of the Senior Cadets, or at the Special Schools of Instruction referred to in Regulation 86 et seq., may be appointed officers of the Junior Cadets.

Regulation 72.

(1) Officers of the Junior Cadets who qualify for their rank under the syllabus and conditions which apply to officers of the Citizen Forces, may be granted substantive commissions, and be shown on the Reserve of Officers’ List of the Citizen Forces.

(2) The substantive commission on the Reserve of Officers’ List of the Citizen Forces, granted to an officer of the Junior Cadets, will be withdrawn when such officer ceases to serve with the Junior Cadets.

Regulation 73.

(1) The commissions granted to officers of Junior Cadets in any one school shall be limited as follows:—

For every 200 Junior Cadets	..	1 Hon. Major.
„ 100 „	..	1 Hon. Captain.
,, 50 ,,	..	1 Hon. Lieutenant
For a school having between 30 and 50 Junior Cadets	..	1 Hon. Lieutenant.

(2) The honorary commission granted under the foregoing paragraph will be withdrawn when the officer ceases to serve with the Junior Cadets.

Regulation 73a.

An officer of the Junior Cadets admitted to the Royal Military College of Australia as a Staff Cadet will be required to resign his commission from a date prior to his attestation in the corps of Staff Cadets.

ANNUAL CONTINGENT ALLOWANCE.

Regulation 74.

In each year an allowance may be paid to head masters of approved schools, or, in the case of Junior Cadets not attending schools, to Area Officers, and subject to the provision of funds by Parliament, on the following conditions:—

(a)In the case of schools the rate will be 2s. 6d. per Junior Cadet who is certified as efficient and up to the prescribed standard by the Inspecting

Regulation 74—continued.

Officer referred to in Regulation 68, provided that no allowance shall be paid in any school at which the average daily attendance is less than 60 per cent. of the enrolment of Junior Cadets, or in which the enrolment is less than eight (8) Junior Cadets.

(b) The allowance may, in the case of schools, be expended on:—

1. Maintenance of miniature rifle range.

2. Ammunition.

3. Printing, stationery, advertising, postage stamps, and office requisites.

4. Care and protection of stores on charge.

5. Replacing losses or damage to equipment which cannot be recovered from those responsible for the loss or damage.

6. Clerical assistance in connexion with the keeping of records, provided the maximum amount in any one school does not exceed the following amounts:—

Schools with over 200 Junior Cadets in training, £4 per annum.

Schools with over 100 Junior Cadets in training, but under 200, £3 per annum.

Schools with over 50 Junior Cadets in training, but under 100, £2 per annum.

7. Incidental expenditure and provision of equipment as required for the prescribed training.

(c) Claims will be made out by Area Officers, and supported by the certificates mentioned in (a), forwarded to the District Paymaster.

(d)Each head master shall sign the approved document, making himself personally responsible for the disbursement of any allowance paid to him.

In any case, however, in which it is estimated that a greater amount than £50 per annum will be drawn from Departmental funds by any school such head master shall be guaranteed in the fund established by, and in accordance with, Treasury Regulation No 137. District Pay-masters are responsible for the strict observance of this Regulation and that application is made to the Secretary, Department of Defence, to obtain approval of the Treasurer in each case.

(e)The allowance, in the case of boys not attending schools will be at the rate of one shilling per efficient Junior Cadet as referred to above, and shall be expended on items 3, 4, 5, and 7

Regulation 74—continued.

of sub-para. (b) above. In addition, 50 rounds of ball and 10 rounds blank ammunition will be issued free for all Junior Cadets not attending school, who are on the roll on 1st July of each year.

(f) No part of the Contingent Allowance referred to in this Regulation shall he paid to or expended for the benefit of any individual teacher, or Cadet, except as provided in sub-paragraph (b) 6.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS.

Regulation 75.

(a)All moneys paid to head masters or Area Officers are to be immediately placed to the credit of the Detachment in a Government Savings Bank or such bank as may be approved. No other moneys are to be paid into this account.

(b) All vouchers must show full particulars, and be numbered to agree with the order in which they are shown in the “Cash Statement.” (C.M. Form N. 4.)

(c) Any expenditure not in accordance with the Regulations and Instructions will be disallowed by the Inspecting Officer, and the amount thereof deducted from the next allowance, unless in the meantime adjustment has been made.

(d)On the disbandment of any Detachment, the cash-book and vouchers shall, together with any unexpended balance of the funds, be forwarded to the District Paymaster.

(e) The accounts of all Detachments are subject to audit by the Government Audit Inspector at any time.

(f) At least once in each financial year, if practicable, at the time of the prescribed annual inspection, an Officer will carefully inspect and examine the accounts of those Detachments receiving Departmental funds of a total less than £50 during each financial year. A report of every such inspection will be made to the District Paymaster at District Head-Quarters, on C.M. Form N. 5. In the event of any such report not being received, the District Paymaster will bring the matter to the notice of the District Commandant.

(g) Receipts must be obtained for all expenditure, provided that, where the amount does not exceed 5s., a certificate by the head master or officer in charge of the Detachment “that the money has been paid,” will be accepted in cases where it is impracticable to obtain receipts.

(h)The “Cash Statement” must be properly balanced, and, together with all vouchers for expenditure, and the bank pass-book, showing balance at credit of the Detachment, produced at any official inspection.

Regulation 75a.

In the case of Junior Cadets in attendance at schools under the direction of any State Education Department the allowance specified in Universal Training Regulation 74, sub-paragraph (a), may be paid to the Education Department as a grant, instead of to the head masters of approved schools, in which case Universal Training Regulations 74 and 75 will not apply, but the State Education Department concerned may disburse the grant on any of the items enumerated in Universal Training Regulations 74, subparagraph (b).

EQUIPMENT.

Regulation 76.

All equipment, including arms, ammunition, and all other stores issued for the use of Junior Cadets, shall be accounted for by the Area Officer in whose area such Junior Cadets are situated. Arms may be issued by him on loan to the head masters of schools at which Junior Cadet training is conducted.

Regulation 77.

Area Officers shall at the time of issue obtain a receipt for such equipment from head masters, who will be held responsible for the preservation of the same, reasonable wear and tear excepted. Arms and other equipment are not to be used for any unauthorized purpose.

Regulation 78.

(1) All equipment shall be inspected annually by the Senior Ordnance Officer, or his representative, as notified from time to time in District Orders.

(2) Such inspector will enter on C.M. Form N. 2, all equipment produced in good order, or in bad order, and deficiencies.

The form will, in the case of schools, be signed by the inspector and by the head master, and transmitted to the Area Officer as a new voucher for the equipment on loan.

(3) Application will at once be made by the Area Officer to the Senior Ordnance Officer to write off the stores damaged or deficient, and to the District paymaster to deduct the amount chargeable from the annual contingent allowance payable to the head master or Area Officer, except in cases when approval is obtained to remit the charge.

Regulation 79.

The C.M. Form N. 2, when completed and transmitted to the Area Officer, will cancel all previous receipts for stores, and operate as a fresh account until the next inspection, together with any vouchers for equipment received or returned between the two inspections. A copy will be given to the head master.

Regulation 80.

The equipment in charge of the Area Officer will be verified by the inspector annually, by checking the equipment ledger of the Area with the before-mentioned C.M. Form N. 2, and the equipment produced for inspection by the Area Officer.

Regulation 81.

The head master of a school, on relinquishing such position, shall not be relieved of his liability for such equipment until he has transmitted to the Area Officer C.M. Form N. 2, indorsed “Transfer,” and signed by the new head master.

Scale of Material for Cleaning and Preserving Small Arms.

Regulation 82.

Material for cleaning and preserving arms will be issued annually, as follows, deducting quantities unexpended from previous allowance:—

Materials.	For each 100 Rifles.	Remarks.
			Mineral jelly............................	60 lbs.	When used in lieu of rifle oil
Rifle oil...................................	20 pts
Rangoon oil.............................	5 „	For lubricating actions and removing rust from barrels
Oil, petroleum, Russian, lubricating	50 „	When existing stock of the above oil has been used up this will be issued alone in place of the three materials above-mentioned
Composition, preserving arms, or a mixture of 95 per cent. mineral jelly and 5 per cent. beeswax.	2 lbs.	To be applied at least once a year between fore-end and barrel Within the tropics, 6 lbs. thickened with 3 lbs. beeswax, to be applied at least quarterly
Cotton waste............................	..	1 lb. annually for every ten ·230” rifles
Brushes, cleaning, wire, .230”	..	Two annually for every ten ·230” rifles
Brushes, cleaning, bristle, .230”	..	Four annually for every ten ·230” rifles
Rods, cleaning, .230”...............	..	One will be issued for every ten ·230” rifles on charge, and will be replaced when worn out or otherwise accounted for

PHYSICAL TRAINING INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.

Regulation 83.

(1) A Physical Training Instructional Staff shall be established to be a portion of the Instructional Staff of the Commonwealth Military Forces. It may consist of such officers as may be appointed thereto.

(2) Notice of vacancies for officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff will be given by advertisement in all States, and by notice in Military and District Orders. Applications from candidates 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 approval of their nomination, or otherwise, to undergo the examination prescribed.

(3) The following persons are eligible for appointment to the Physical Training Instructional Staff, provided they are certified by a Medical Board as being physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed educational, technical, and practical examinations:—

(a)Officers of the Citizen Forces provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

Regulation 83—continued.

(b)Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and men, except as specified in (c) who have served for 3 years in the Defence Force, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(c) Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Permanent forces of Australia, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(d)Ex-members of the Imperial Regular Army and of the Permanent Forces of Australia, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 35 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(e) Other candidates provided they are between the ages of 20 and 30 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

(4) The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Military and other Orders. Should there be more candidates than vacancies the technical and practical examinations will be competitive.

Regulation 84.

(1) First appointments will usually be made as Assistant Instructor. A successful candidate will be appointed for one year 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 his duties, provided that an officer of the Physical Training Instructional Staff shall, before being confirmed in his appointment, be required to attend a special course of instruction, as may be prescribed, and satisfactorily pass the examination.

(2) Commonwealth Military Regulation 134, relating to age for retirement, shall not apply to officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff, who will be retired on reaching the age of 60 years.

(3) Officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff may be appointed for a term of five years, renewable from time to time, for the same or for any less period.

(4) Officers of the Physical Training Instructional Staff may be recommended for honorary commissions in the Defence Force, but any officer who qualifies for his rank under the syllabus and conditions which apply to officers of the Citizen Forces, may be granted a substantive commission on the Unattached List, and retained thereon so long as he complies with the conditions prescribed.

(5) The Physical Training Instructional Staff will be administered by the Adjutant-General’s branch of the Staff in Districts, and for the purpose of discipline will be considered to be a “Corps.”

(6) The duties of the Physical Training Instructional Staff shall be as prescribed by the Military Board.

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Regulation 85.

(1) The annual rates of pay shall be as follow:—

Chief Instructor—Honorary Major ................................................	£450 to £550
Instructor—Honorary Captain .......................................................	£325 to £400
Assistant Instructor—Honorary Lieutenant ....................................	£250 to £300

Annual rate of increment, £25, subject to approval of the Minister.

(2) These rates of pay shall be inclusive of all allowances, except “Travelling,” which may be granted at the rates laid down for military officers of corresponding ranks.

SPECIAL SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION.

Regulation 86.

(1) Special Schools of Instruction may be held from time to time for the instruction of masters and mistresses of schools in the courses of training prescribed for Junior Cadets.

(2) The syllabus and method of conducting these schools shall be as authorized by the Military Board.

Regulation 87.

Certificates of having qualified as “Instructors of Junior Cadets” will be issued to those who pass the tests authorized by the Military Board, whether they have attended the special schools or prepared themselves by other means.

Regulation 88.

(1) Railway warrants may be issued, or payment made for coach or steamer fares, if approved by the District Commandant, to masters and mistresses of schools at which Junior Cadet training is prescribed, in order to attend such schools or examinations.

(2) Payment may also be made for subsistence, medical examination of teachers attending, and incidentals in connexion with Special Schools of Instruction in Junior Cadet Training, provided the condition laid down in the preceding paragraph is observed.

(3) The expenditure admitted under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Regulation is contingent on the necessary funds being made available by Parliament, and that the amount placed at the disposal of District Commandants for this purpose is not exceeded.

 

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