Universal Training Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1911.
Regulations (Provisional) for Universal Training—Part V.—Citizen Forces.
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
Dated this fifteenth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
REGULATIONS, (PROVISIONAL) FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1911.—PART V.—CITIZEN FORCES.
(1.) The following persons may be temporarily exempted from training in time of peace by the District Commandant, on application made in writing to the Brigade Major or Area Officer of the area in which the applicants reside:—
Students, whose time is wholly or substantially devoted to instruction in duties as a minister of religion, or to such duties combined with that of school teaching, while they remain such students, but shall, on ceasing to be such students, unless otherwise exempt, undergo training equivalent to that from which they have been exempt.
(2.) The District Commandant may require a certificate in writing from the head of the theological institution or religious denomination before granting such exemption.
(3.) Such persons may, on ceasing to be eligible for exemption from training, be allotted to a unit for training, but shall, if they so desire, be permitted to perform non-combatant duties.
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Under Section 141 of the Act the following Courts are appointed, namely, all Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth or of a State, and all Naval and Military Courts-Martial.
An application may be made to the prescribed Court by any officer authorized by the District Commandant when he considers there are grounds for such application, and thereupon, or in any other case upon its own motion, such Court may order that any person shall not be permitted to serve in the Cadets or in the Defence Force.
All persons liable to be trained shall attend for inspection and medical examination in the year in which they attain the age of 18 years, or if not then examined, in any subsequent year in which they cease to be exempt, and those who become liable to training at a later age shall in like manner attend for inspection and medical examination.
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, or by means of notices posted to a person’s place of abode.
The medical examination shall be an examination, including eyesight test, by a prescribed medical authority, as to the physical and mental qualifications and characteristics of the examinee and the race to which he belongs so far as is necessary to ascertain his fitness for service, and for the purposes of such examination the examinee shall answer all such questions and do all such things as the prescribed medical authority reasonably requires him to answer or do.
The prescribed medical authorities will cause to be entered in the Record Book of the person examined the result of such examination, and will certify that the person so examined is either—
(1) Fit;
(2) Conditionally fit;
(3) Temporarily unfit;
(4) Unfit;
(5) Not substantially of European origin or descent.
The Area Officer will issue a permanent certificate of exemption to those who are certified as “Unfit.” (See Universal Training Regulation, Part II., 13.)
A temporary exemption, not exceeding one (1) year, may be issued to those who are temporarily unfit, and they may be required by the Area Officer to attend at a subsequent date for inspection and further medical examination. (See Universal Training Regulation, Part II., 14.)
The medical examination shall be carried out by such officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps as may be appointed for duty to the Training Area, or to any unit in the area, or such other duly-qualified medical practitioner as may be approved by the District Commandant. (See Universal Training Regulation, Part II., 15.)
The standards of classification of Senior Cadets and others, who become liable to be trained in the Citizen Forces, in the year in which they attain the age of eighteen years, shall be as follows:—
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(1) Fit................................... | 5 | 4 | 33 | Normal |
(2) Conditionally fit | 5 | 3 | 32 | As in Regulation 98. |
Persons who become liable for training at a later age than eighteen years will be required to possess such higher standard of development as may be reasonably expected for their age.
Eyesight will be tested as follows:—
In examining a recruit’s vision he will be placed with his back to the light, and his visual acuteness will be tested by means of test types (C.M. Forms, D 15 A and B), placed in ordinary daylight, at a distance of 6 metres (20 English feet) from the recruit.
Each eye will be tested separately—
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a ) If the recruit can read D = 24 at 20 feet, or better with each eye without glasses, he will be considered “fit.”(
b ) If he can read D = 6 at the same distance with one eye without glasses, and not less than D = 36 with the other eye, without glasses, he will be considered “fit.”
The foregoing is the standard test of vision for all arms of the service, for which a candidate will be accepted if the examining medical officer is satisfied that his vision, with or without glasses, is good.
The visual acuity of each eye, in the case of approved recruits, will be entered in the Record Book.
Inability to distinguish the principal colours will not be regarded as a cause for rejection, but the fact will be noted in the report and the candidate will be informed.
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The degree of acuteness of vision of all candidates for commissions (including preliminary examinations) will be entered in their reports in the following manner:—
| Right eye V=........................................ | Reads...................................... |
Left eye V=.......................................... | Reads...................................... | |
| Right eye V=........................................ | Reads...................................... |
Left eye V=.......................................... | Reads...................................... ” |
Note.—In the event of test types not being available, a recruit’s vision will be tested as follows:—He will be placed with his back to the light, and made to count the dots and describe their position at the distances specified on the test dot card first with both eyes, and then with each eye separately.
In the case of myopia, persons will be certified “Conditionally fit” provided that the error does not exceed 2.5 D, as laid down in the Snellen Test Types, to be read with both eyes at once at a distance of 9 feet.
Persons who fail to attain the above standards shall be certified “Unfit,” and also all those who, notwithstanding they attain such standards, have not a proportionate correlation of weight to height, show less than a difference of 2 inches between maximum and minimum chest girth, are flat-footed, or in any other way, by reason of disease or physical or mental defect, are considered by the examining officer unfit for the duties of a soldier.
Persons who are “Unfit,” but are considered by the examining officer to be likely to attain the required standard within a year, will be classified as “Temporarily Unfit.” And such persons may, if they desire, continue to serve for a further period of one year in the Senior Cadets, and shall be re-examined at the next annual examination, and, if then found “Fit” by the medical officer, may be transferred to the Citizen Forces. Persons found to be “Unfit” at the first or any subsequent medical examination, and persons found “Conditionally Fit,” but for whom no vacancies can be found in the Citizen Forces, shall be certified “Exempt from Training.”
Persons liable to be trained in the Citizen Forces shall in time of peace be allotted to the Militia Forces, and in time of war may be required to serve in any portion of the Defence Force.
The units of Citizen Forces will be organized on a territorial basis, and will officially be known by the name of the arm preceded by numbers, to be allotted in consecutive order, and followed by the name of the locality or other description approved by the Military Board, thus—
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On returns, forms, or orders, and in marking equipment, the abbreviated title will generally be used.
The allotment to arms and corps will be carried out by District Commandants, under instructions issued by the Military Board.
Extra-territorial units may be organized and trained at Universities and other educational institutions, under section 128 of the Act, provided that, of the annual quota of students becoming liable for training in each year and found “fit,” not less than twenty elect to serve in such unit. Such units shall not form part of the organization for war, and the members thereof shall on their own application, or on leaving the institution, or in time of war, be allotted to the units of the areas in which they reside, and they shall, on becoming members of such extra-territorial unit, notify the Area Officer of the area in which they reside, as in the case of transfers.
Units organized under this regulation shall, for purposes of discipline, training, and equipment, form part of the Brigade Area in which the institution is situated.
Statutory parades, in accordance with Section 127 of the Act, will be notified quarterly one month in advance to those concerned by notices posted at the places appointed for training by Commanding Officers or their representatives. All such quarterly programmes will be approved by the District Commandant or Brigade Major on his behalf.
Additional voluntary parades should be held to enable members to become efficient, and to afford opportunities to those who desire to attain a higher standard of military proficiency and to qualify for promotion.
Leave of absence may be granted by Commanding Officers when such is necessary owing to temporary absence from the locality, but the member will, if such absence is over one month, or during continuous training, be required to train with some other convenient unit, unless living at a place where no training takes place. Notification of such training performed elsewhere will be made on Form. O.5.
Leave of absence may similarly be granted for illness or other unavoidable cause, and in other very special cases. In cases of illness, the Commanding Officer may, if he think fit, require a medical certificate.
Except in cases where illness or temporary absence exceeds fourteen days, it shall be necessary for the member to attend additional Voluntary parades of equivalent duration.
Leave is to be recorded on Form O.6.
The term Commanding Officer shall, in regard to grant of leave of absence, include the officer commanding the Staff, Regiment, Battalion, Squadron, Battery, Company, or other corresponding unit to which the member belongs.
Members who remove to another area will be transferred to a Squadron, Battery, or Company raised within that area, and shall ordinarily be, if possible, allotted to the “arm” in which they have been trained.
On transfer they will retain the rank they hold, or be given corresponding rank, and if in excess of establishment will be supernumerary of that rank pending absorption. If transferred to another “arm” they must qualify for such rank within twelve months or revert to the ranks.
Transfers will be notified on Form O.2, and duplicate Record Books transmitted to the Area-Officer of the new area, pending allotment of the member to a unit.
Members of units forming part of other branches of the Defence Forces of the Empire may be attached to units of the Defence Force for training, and members of the Defence Force temporarily resident out of Australia, may at their request be permitted to serve with such units abroad, and to count such service as service in Australia, subject to such directions as may be issued in Military Orders.
No member shall be classified as “efficient” unless he has attended the statutory parades required by the Act or such other equivalents as herein prescribed, but any member who has been granted leave or for any other reason been not liable to be trained, or been temporarily exempted, shall only be required to have attended such statutory parades or their equivalent as have been actually carried out in the locality while he was liable for training.
No member, who has been absent from a parade without leave, shall be classified as “efficient,” unless he has attended two of the voluntary parades of equal duration or their equivalent for each parade missed.
The “efficiency” of members, subject to their compliance with Regulations 110 and 111, shall be determined by a Board of not less than three officers, and the President of the Board shall be the “officer appointed in that behalf” as required by Section 133 of the Act. Such classification shall be entered and signed as authorized by the Military Board on Form O.1.
The above Boards will, in the case of Regiments, Battalions, and Brigades of Field Artillery, be appointed by the Commanding Officer, in other cases by the District Commandant or Brigade Major on his behalf.
The Boards should usually consist of officers of the unit, but other officers may be appointed if necessary.
The procedure of the Boards is not limited, but they may determine by seeing the work of those to be classified, or by taking evidence, or of their own knowledge. Members who narrowly escape being marked non-efficient should be warned by the Boards, verbally or through their Squadron (or other unit) Commander. The determination is to be made solely on the result of the year’s work, except that in doubtful cases any matter of credit to the member occurring in a previous year may be brought to notice.
The standard required should be based on the number of years’ training already performed by the member, the work carried out in the unit during the year, and the grade of proficiency that should be reached by a man of ordinary capacity giving proper attention to his work.
Allowance should be made for those whose intelligence is less developed than the average, and for those who from illness or other sufficient cause have been unavoidably absent from part of the training.
An officer or senior warrant or non-commissioned officer of the Squadron, Battery, or Company, should be present to bring to notice of the Board any facts in favour of such members.
Members of the Senior Cadets or Citizen Forces, who have, at the termination of any year of training, been classified as “Non-efficient,” will, on reaching the year in which they attain the age of 25 years, be required to undergo as many additional annual trainings as the number of entries of “Non-efficient” recorded against them, together with such further similar entries as may be recorded after such additional trainings.
Members who are trained during only portion of a year from causes other than neglect to attend, such as continued leave on account of illness, removal of residence to or from training localities from or to non-training localities or exempt areas, will be certified as follows, on Table XV. of the Record Book:—
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a )If present during any substantial part of the training, and showing sufficient attention in their work, they may be marked “Efficient,” and the cause of such partial attendance noted at the bottom of the Form,e.g., “Exempt eight months,” or “Sick Leave six months.”(
b ) If not present at any substantial part of the training, so as to enable an opinion of their proficiency to be formed, but nevertheless having attended the statutory parades, or their equivalent, while so subject to training, they may be entered as “Exempt,” under the words—
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Those who are liable to train for only part of a year, and neglect to attend the statutory parades, or their equivalent, held in that period, or show want of attention to duties, will be marked “Non-efficient.”
The following shall be the prescribed authorities and persons referred to in Section 135 of the Act:—
Under Sub-section (2)—
The Officer Commanding or Adjutant.
Under Sub-sections (4), (5), and (7)—
Any member of the Administrative and Instructional Staff, or any Area Officer.
The following shall be the prescribed “institution” or “place” referred to in Section 135, sub-section (5) of the Act:—
“Any place kept or used for Military purposes”
Any member may be dealt with by his Commanding Officer for absence from even a single parade, under the disciplinary clauses of the Act and Regulations, if it should appear to him that the circumstances of the absence constitute a breach of discipline.
On completion of the service required by the Act, the Discharge Certificate will be filled in by the Authorized Officer in the Soldier’s Record Book, and duplicate thereof. “Character while Serving” will be recorded, as prescribed in Commonwealth Military Regulations.
At any time during his service a member may be required by his Commanding Officer to be medically examined, and, if found unfit for service, shall receive his discharge as “Medically Unfit,” to be recorded on Table XV. of the Record Book, following the record of the last annual framing. On his Discharge Certificate the words from and including “required” to and including “as” shall be ruled out.
The Discharge Certificate of a person not permitted to serve, under Section 141 of the Act, shall be ruled out, and entered to read “This is to certify that is not permitted to serve in the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia, by order of the Court, at, dated ,19
Signature of Authorized Officer.”
On discharge, members will be permitted to retain the original Record Book of their service, and the uniform in their possession.
District Commandants are empowered to appoint Warrant Officers in the Citizen Forces.
Commanding Officers are empowered to promote to Non-commissioned rank in the Citizen Forces, in accordance with these Regulations.
The examination and promotion of Non-commissioned Officers will be carried out on the principles laid down for the examination and promotion of Officers.
No soldier shall be promoted to Non-commissioned rank until he has qualified by examination. The first examination shall be for the rank of Corporal, but promotions may be first made to the rank of Acting Bombardier, Lance-Corporal, or Bombardier, from those who have passed for Corporal.
Examinations will be competitive as well as qualifying; they will be held annually, towards the end of the military year.
The various grades will be eligible to compete in the examinations for promotion, as specified hereunder:—
Grade 1.—Privates are eligible to compete for promotion to Corporal;
Grade 2.—Corporals, Bombardiers, Acting Bombardiers, and Lance-Corporals are eligible to compete for promotion to Sergeant;
Grade 3.—Sergeants and Lance-Sergeants are eligible to compete for promotion to Sergeant-Major, Quartermaster-Sergeant, or Colour-Sergeant of Squadrons, Batteries, and Companies, &c.
Grade 4.—Sergeants-Major, Quartermaster-Sergeants, Colour-Sergeants of Squadrons, Batteries, and Companies, and others of similar grade, are eligible to compete for promotion to higher Non-commissioned rank or to rank of Warrant Officer.
The Syllabus of Examinations and Instructions to Boards of Examination will be as authorized in Military Orders.
In the event of there not being sufficient qualified candidates for any
vacancy, or not sufficient reaching the standard required, those in the next
grade may be allowed to compete,
The examination for these ranks shall bepractical, and as far as possible, oral. The only written work to be demanded of candidates will be such as they have to carry out in the duties of the rank for which they are being tested.
Boards of Examination shall be appointed by the District Commandant or Brigade Major acting on his behalf, and all acts of a Board of Examiners shall be subject to his approval.
Promotions should usually be dated and take effect from 1st July of each year, except when special vacancies occur.
Non-commissioned Officers who have completed their service, and are not promoted to commissioned rank, may, if they so desire, be transferred to the Reserve Forces, with their existing rank, or with a step of rank if they have passed the qualifying examination for promotion.
Non-commissioned Officers will usually continue to serve in the unit to
which they are first appointed so long as they remain in the Area which
furnishes the
Non-commissioned Officers whose civil occupations necessitate their removing to exempt Areas or to localities at which no training is conducted, may be transferred to the Reserve Forces, but will be re-transferred to the Active Forces if they become resident at a place appointed for training before the termination of their service under the Act.
The transfer of a Non-commissioned Officer from his own to another arm of the Service will be permitted only in special cases. Applications for such transfers must be submitted to the District Commandant for decision.
Non-commissioned Officers may, with the consent of their Commanding Officer, resign their rank, and revert to any rank or position they previously held, but, without the sanction of the District Commandant, they are not to be allowed to do so in order to escape trial by court-martial.
The cause of resignation, and that it was at the Non-commissioned Officer’s own request, will be entered in the Record Book, at Table V., and signed by the Commanding Officer. The written application will be attached to the Duplicate Record Book. The entry in the latter will also quote the record number of the District Commandant’s authority, if the case has been referred to him.
As a temporary measure, and in accordance with the first proviso of Section 11a of the Act, when it is found to be practically impossible to carry out this system of promotion by competitive examinations, District Commandants and Commanding Officers are authorized to
promote to Warrant and Non-commissioned rank respectively, subject to passing a qualifying test only and in the manner heretofore in force, as under:—
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Sufficient Lieutenants may be appointed annually to maintain the total number of officers required by the authorized War Establishment of each unit.
Promotion to the rank of Lieutenant will be made from the most successful candidates at the competitive examinations for promotion. Sergeants, Lance-Sergeants, and all Non-commissioned Officers above that rank, and Warrant Officers, shall be eligible to compete for promotion to rank of Lieutenant.
Examinations of Officers for promotion will be held as a rule, annually, and in the latter portion of the military year.
Examinations shall be competitive as well as qualifying.
Successful candidates receiving an equality of marks will be appointed in the order of seniority they held at the time of the examination.
Candidates who qualify, but for whom vacancies do not exist, shall be eligible for appointment, in the order in which they pass the examination, to any vacancy that may occur until the date of holding the next annual examination.
The Syllabus of Examination and Instructions to Boards of Examination will be as authorized in Military Orders.
Examinations for the rank of Lieutenant and Captain shall be practical, and, as far as possible, oral. The only written work to be demanded of candidates shall be such as they have to carry out in the duties of the rank for which they are being tested.
For the ranks of Major and higher, two-thirds of the marks at least shall be allotted to practical tests in work, such as would have to be performed in war.
Officers of the Senior Grade only, in the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain, shall be eligible to compete for promotion to the next higher rank.
For purposes of this Regulation, officers in their respective ranks shall be graded as follows—
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When, it is found, at the conclusion of an examination of officers for promotion, that more candidates have qualified than there are vacancies to be filled in the next higher rank in a unit, those officers who secure the highest aggregate of marks are entitled to priority in promotion.
In each of the following units, that is to say—
A Regiment of Light Horse,
A Brigade of Field Artillery and its Ammunition Column,
A Battery of Heavy Artillery and its Ammunition Column,
The Garrison Artillery of a Fortress or Defended Port,
Each branch of the Engineers in any Military District,
A Battalion of Infantry,
The Army Service Corps in any Military District,
The Australian Intelligence Corps in any Military District,
The Army Medical Corps in any Military District,
Each Departmental Corps in any Military District,
there shall be kept a seniority list of all the officers of the unit, and vacancies for promotion will be filled by those within the unit if qualified, but in the case of Squadrons, Companies, or other similar parts of a unit, which are detached at some distance from the rest of their Regiment or Corps, promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Captain, and Major will be limited to vacancies in the Squadron, Company, or other similar part of a unit.
The seniority to be given to an officer on promotion shall be determined by his order of merit in the examination for promotion to that rank.
Unless specially recommended by a District Commandant, officers shall not be permitted to exchange.
Officers will usually continue to serve in the unit to which they are
first appointed so long as they reside in the area which furnishes the
Officers, whose civil occupations necessitate their removing to exempt areas, or to localities at which no training is conducted, may be placed on the Unattached List for the remainder of their term of commissioned service. They may be re-transferred to units if, within the said period, they become resident at a place appointed for training.
An officer desiring transfer to another arm or branch of the Service will make application in writing, giving his reasons for applying, and stating in detail his qualifications for the arm of the Service he desires to enter.
District Commandants will recommend such an application only when fully satisfied that the transfer will be for the benefit of the Service.
Provided that officers of any arm, corps, or branch of the Service may be selected for transfer to the Australian Intelligence Corps.
The maximum terms during which officers will be permitted to serve in units of the Citizen Forces shall be for each rank as follows:—
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provided that, on the recommendation of a District Commandant, an officer may at any time be transferred to the Unattached List or to the Reserve of Officers if considered necessary in the interests of the Service.
In the event of there being no officer in a unit qualified to fill a vacancy in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel the term for that rank may be extended for a further period not exceeding two years.
Officers who have completed the maximum term in their respective ranks as above specified, and are not then promoted in their unit, shall be transferred to the Unattached List with their existing rank for the remainder of their commissioned service, provided that an officer who has qualified for promotion may be given a step of rank on transfer.
The limitations in this regulation may be waived, on the recommendation of the District Commandant, during the years 1912-13 and 1913-14.
Officers on the Unattached List may be posted to Reserve Units or to the Senior Cadets, and will be required to attend annually a period of Continuous Training, School of Instruction, Staff Tour, Muster Parade, or other duty, provided that the total duration of such attendances in any one year shall not exceed the number of days of training specified for the arm of the Service to which they belong.
Officers not subject to training under Part XII. of the Act, who fail to comply with the above requirements, will be transferred to the Reserve.
Officers may be transferred from the Unattached List to units of the Active Forces in special cases, recommended by a District Commandant, but shall revert to their original rank if they have received a step on transfer to the Unattached List.
Officers may be transferred to the Reserve of Officers on completion of their term of service in the Active Forces.
Officers who have passed the qualifying examination for the next higher rank may receive promotion on transfer to the Reserve. Similarly Non-commissioned Officers of and above the rank of Sergeant and Warrant-Officers who have qualified by examination, may be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and transferred to the Reserve of Officers on completion of their service in the Active Forces. Members of the Reserve of Officers may be required to attend a Muster Parade annually.
Officers who are liable to training under Part XII. of the Act, are required to serve as such for a period of twelve years, in order that it may count as such service, except as prescribed in these Regulations. In no case can an officer be relieved of further liability to training, unless he has served as such for the full period required of him if he had served in the ranks.
In other cases, where exceptional hardship would otherwise be caused, an officer may be allowed to count less than twelve years’ service as a compliance with the Act, subject to the special approval of the Military Board.
As a temporary measure, and in accordance with the first proviso of Section 11a of the Act, when it is found to be practically impossible to carry out this system of promotion by competitive examinations, the Military Board is authorized to recommend promotions to the several commissioned ranks subject to passing a qualifying examination only and in the manner heretofore in force, as under:—
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Commonwealth Military Regulations 3 and 3a will continue to apply to promotions to ranks above Captain during the years abovementioned.
All appointments to commissioned rank in Brigade or other Staffs will be recommended by the Promotions Boards under C.M.R. 3 and 3a.
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As far as possible, and with the exceptions hereafter noted, the units of the Citizen Forces shall be recruited from those liable to training under Part XII. of the Act, but—
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a ) Soldiers serving in the Militia on 30th June, 1912, may continue to serve until the termination of their term of enlistment;(
b ) Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Militia may, subject to the approval of the Military Board, be permitted to re-enlist on and after 1st July, 1912; and(
c ) In units and detachments of Light Horse, situated at places where no training is conducted under Part XII. of the Act, or when there is an insufficient number of persons liable for training who are willing to serve as Light Horse, soldiers may be re-enlisted, and persons not liable to be trained may be enlisted, under Sections 35 to 38, inclusive, of the Act, as directed by the Military Board, in order to maintain the Peace Establishment.
The rates of pay for all ranks of the Citizen Forces shall, on and after the 1st July, 1912, be as set out in the next following Regulation, provided that members serving before that date, and not liable to be trained under Part XII. of the Act, shall receive the rates of pay heretofore in force with respect to them, so long as they continue to serve on the attestation or re-attestation in force before that date, and all persons who enlist or re-enlist on and after 1st July, 1912, shall receive pay at the rates herein set out from the date of such enlistment or re-enlistment.
Rank. | Artillery and Engineers—25 days per Annum. | Other Arms—16 days per Annum. | ||||||||||
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Colonel or Brigadier...................... | 2 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Lieutenant-Colonel........................ | 1 | 17 | 6 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Major............................................ | 1 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Captain......................................... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Lieutenant..................................... | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Bandmaster................................... | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 0 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Rates
of Pay for Citizen Forces—
Rank. | Artillery and Engineers—25 days per Annum. | Other Arms—16 days per Annum. | ||||||||||
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| 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
2nd Corporal, Bombardier............... | 0 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Half-day parades shall be paid for at one-half and night drills at one-quarter of the above rates.
An additional allowance shall be made to married members receiving less than 8s. per day, for attendance at camp, as follows:—
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A similar allowance as in (
Specialists’ pay of £1 per annum will be paid to each qualified “Specialist” of the Field Artillery and Garrison Artillery not exceeding the following:—
In each Battery of Field Artillery, 8 Gun layers; 4 Signallers or Telephonists; 4 Range takers. In each Company of Garrison Artillery, 4 Gun layers; 4 Telephonists; 3 Range takers. A Specialist becoming non-effective during a half-year will not draw Specialists’ pay for that half-year.
The rate of pay for recruits shall be paid to soldiers during the commencement of their training in the Citizen Forces, and shall be increased to the rate of 4s. per diem on the 1st July subsequent to their first being classified as “Efficient” in the Citizen Forces.
Pay shall ordinarily be issuable only for Statutory Parades, and for such of the Voluntary Parades as are attended to make good Statutory Parades missed through absence with leave, transfer on change ofresidence, or other unavoidable cause, but pay shall not be issued in any year in excess of the total amount per annum set out in Regulation 155, and no pay shall be issuable for Voluntary Parades attended to make good for purposes of “Efficiency” absence without leave.
The higher rates of pay allotted to Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers, although calculated on the number of Statutory Parades attended, are intended to include remuneration for the duties of the rank, varying from year to year, in connexion with attendance at Schools of Instruction, Staff or Regimental Tours, Classes, and Administrative Work of units.
Commanding Officers will report annually, before the last issue of pay, to District Commandants that the officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of his unit have performed all duties required of them during the year satisfactorily, and are in all respects fit for their present rank except (stating names and reasons), and will, at the same time, withhold 20 per cent. of the annual pay of the members so excepted, pending the decision of the District Commandant, and such sums so withheld shall not be payable to the members concerned unless authorized by the District Commandant.
In the case of members of Regimental and other Staffs, who are on leave of absence for more than one month, a proportionate part of the annual rate of pay shall be deducted for the period of absence, to be computed at one-twelfth of the annual rate for each month of absence, after deducting the pay allocated for the period of continuous training.
Except so far as above provided, Financial and Allowance Regulations 101, 102, 102a, 103, 106, and 107, inclusive, shall apply to the pay provided under these Regulations.
Horse Allowance shall be issued in accordance with Financial and Allowance Regulations 108 and 109.
Notwithstanding the issue of any “Establishments” of units, all members of the Citizen Forces may be paid according to their rank in cases where such establishment is exceeded, but, in the case of ranks higher than that of Private, no further promotion to such rank shall be made until such Supernumeraries are absorbed.
Provided, however, that in the case of members voluntarily enlisted under Regulation 153, pay shall be issuable only to such numbers as are authorized by the Military Board, and provided for by Parliament.
Members of any unit or of the Unattached List of the Citizen Forces, temporarily absent abroad, may be permitted to attend for training with other units of the British Dominions, and may be paid accordingly, not exceeding the rates herein provided, as arranged by the Military Board.
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All ranks of those undergoing training, under Part XII. of the Act, shall be subject generally to the Commonwealth Military Regulations in force for the Militia, and with respect to discipline, with such additions and modifications as are herein prescribed. Provided that dismissal or discharge shall not be awarded as a punishment, unless by sentence of court-martial, and then only in cases such as are mentioned in Section 141 of the Act.
It shall be a military offence for any member of the Citizen Forces, when on duty, to use blasphemous or obscene language, to speak or act indecently, or engage in immoral conversation.
Members of the Citizen Forces are always on duty during continuous training, or when in uniform, and shall be considered to have been on duty, although not in uniform, in respect to any act done, or omitted to be done, by them in a military capacity or with intentional reference to their military capacity.
Liquor, as defined by Section 123a of the Act, may be kept in a military canteen, camp, fort, or post only when such liquor is the property of the Government, and in the charge of the officer commanding a Military Hospital, or, if there is no Military Hospital, the Senior Medical Officer of the camp, fort, or post. And such officer shall make and certify to a return monthly, or at the termination of any such camp, to be rendered to the District-Commandant, showing the quantity and nature of all such liquor received and issued, and the disposal of the balance. Where such camps, forts, and posts are detached, all within 1 mile of one another shall be considered one camp, fort, or post, within the meaning of the Act.
The prohibition in respect to liquor does not apply to canteens, camps, forts, posts, or barracks at which training of those liable under Part XII. of the Act is not being carried out, but liquor shall not be supplied to or consumed therein by such persons.
Intoxicating or spirituous liquor, ordered by a medical authority to be issued to troops in bad weather, or on other special occasions, shall be consumed in the presence of Officers Commanding Companies or like units, and the issue and consumption of the liquor shall be carried out in such a manner that no one who refuses the issue shall be subjected to ridicule, and no issue shall be made to persons under 21 years of age whose parents have notified the Commanding Officer, in writing, that they so desire.
Ordinarily, in cases of severe weather or excessive fatigue, an extra issue of coffee, tea, or cocoa, and sugar should be made to the troops, rather than liquor.
No cigarettes, or materials for making them, shall be sold or supplied in any Camp of Continuous Training, and no member of the Citizen Forces shall have such articles in his possession when on duty or during any continuous training.
Commonwealth Military Regulations 298 (6) shall not apply to persons liable to be trained under Part XII. of the Act.
Fines shall ordinarily be stopped from the pay of the member fined, but in the event of insufficient pay being available, action will be taken under Commonwealth Military Regulation 262.
No pay shall be made to members for periods during which they are detained under Section 135 of the Act.
Entries may be made in the Record Book by—
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a )Area Officers for return of Senior Cadet issues in Table VII.;(
b ) Area Medical Officers, or other authorized person, for entries in Table III.;(
c ) Officers Commanding Squadron, Battery, Company, &c., for entries in Table IV., V., VI., X., XI., XIII., XV.;(
d ) Authorized N.C.O.’s for entries in Table VII.;(
e ) Authorized Inspectors for entries in Tables VIII., IX.;(
f ) For punishments, the officer awarding the punishment; but, in the case of punishment by a court or court-martial, the Adjutant, or Commanding Officer, as in (c );(
g )For discharge certificates, the Officer Commanding the Regiment, Battalion, or other similar unit.
On and from 1st July, 1912, all uniforms, including great-coats, hats, caps, puttees, leggings, boots, and similar articles will be supplied free to all ranks of the Citizen Forces, excepting Reserves.
Officers commanding units will obtain the above stores from the Ordnance Store of the District, and will account for them as ordered by the Military Board.
The Clothing and Corps Contingent Allowance authorized by Financial and Allowance Regulations 113 and 113a will, after 30th June, 1912, be payable to all units of the Citizen Forces at the rate of five shillings per member of the unit on 31st July of each year, and such Allowance may be expended on “Corps Contingencies” only, and shall be subject to the conditions of Financial and Allowance Regulations 113 to 125a, so far as applicable.
In the case of units having many detachments, or for other reasons, specially recommended by the Military Board, such allowance may be increased to a sum not exceeding 10s. per head, subject to the necessity for such payment being proved to the satisfaction of the Minister.
The following shall be the scale of issue of uniform, &c., to soldiers of the Citizen Forces:—
Article. | At Commencement of Undermentioned Years of Service. | ||||||
1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | 5th. | 6th. | 7th. | |
Bag, kit, universal.................. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Boots, pairs*.......................... | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Breeches, cord ..................... | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Cap, field service................... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Great-coat ............................ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Leggings, pairs‡..................... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puttees, pairs§....................... | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Shirt, military, woollen | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
* To be kept greased, and used for parades only.
Mounted or dismounted pattern, according to the arm.
‡ For mounted services.
§ For dismounted services only.
Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of and above the rank of Sergeant in the Citizen Forces, will also be supplied with—
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Officers in the Citizen Forces will be supplied with—
One additional every— | |||
| One of each on issue of commission. | 8 | years |
| 3 | „ | |
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| 4 | „ | |
| 6 | „ | |
| 6 | „ | |
| 3 | „ | |
| 6 | „ | |
| 6 | „ | |
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| 12 | „ | |
| 3 | „ | |
| 6 | „ | |
* Mounted or dismounted pattern, according to nature of ordinary duty.
If not yet supplied. Pattern to be as for rank and file.
‡ Khaki cotton garments of equivalent value may be substituted for woollen garments.
§ For mounted services, and mounted officers of dismounted services on appointment as such.
║ For dismounted services.
Additional articles of clothing may be issued to members of the Citizen Forces on payment, and the amounts so paid shall be credited to the Trust Fund—“Clothing and Necessaries Account.”
A price list of clothing shall be published annually in Military Orders.
Officers, and warrant and non-commissioned officers, may supply themselves privately with the clothing authorized, in lieu of receiving the ordinary free issue, and may, on production of sub-vouchers, recover the cost of such clothing, not exceeding the published prices above-mentioned. The payment of such sums shall be entered in the record of clothing issues of the unit, as if the articles paid for had been issued in kind. Such payments shall be debited to the Trust Fund—“Clothing and Necessaries Account.”
Annual Military Competitions shall be conducted with the object of encouraging voluntary effort in the attainment of a higher standard of training in the several arms of the Citizen Forces.
The Competitions will be arranged in the undermentioned series, and the
Arm. | Unit Supplying Team. | Prizes. | Remarks. | ||
Officers. | Others. | ||||
REGIMENTAL SERIES. | |||||
Light Horse.................... | Squadron............ | 1 | 20 | Badges | |
Infantry.......................... | Company............ | 1 | 43 | „ | |
BRIGADE SERIES. | |||||
Light Horse.................... | Regiment............ | 1 | 20 | Badges |
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Infantry.......................... | Battalion............. | 1 | 43 | „ | |
Arm. | Unit Supplying Team. | Prizes. | Remarks. | ||
Officers. | Others. | ||||
DISTRICT SERIES. | |||||
Light Horse.................... | Brigades or Regiments | l | 20 | Silver Medals | Best teams of Brigade or Regimental competitions |
Field Artillery................. | Battery or Ammunition Column | l | One sub-section | „ | |
Garrison Artillery........... | Company.......... | 1 | 20 | „ | |
Engineers....................... | Company or Troop | 1 | 20 | „ |
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Infantry.......................... | Brigades or Battalions | l | 43 | „ | Best teams of Brigade or Battalion competitions |
A.S.C............................. | Company............ | 1 | 18 | „ | |
A.M.C............................ | Ambulance | l | 18 | „ | |
Unless there are three or more units competing in the District Series, badges only will be given as prizes.
The best teams in the District Competitions will be allowed to compete in an annual Commonwealth Competition, for which the prizes shall be gold medals.
Competitions shall be carried out by Committees with the same powers and duties as are prescribed in Regulation 58a. The details required for the several arms shall be as authorized in Military Orders.
The Regulations contained in this Part shall come into force on 1st July, 1912, save in so far as they specifically prescribe action at an earlier date in preparation for the commencement of Universal Training in the Citizen Forces on that date.
On and after 1st July, 1912, the Regulations in this Part shall apply not only to those liable to training under Part XII. of the Act, but also so far as practicable to the Militia, especially when the term “Citizen Forces” or “Defence Force” is used.
When the word “Company” is used in these Regulations it shall be taken to include also “Squadron, Battery, or other similar unit.”
Regulations for Universal Training shall be cited as follows:—
U.T. Reg. 54=Regulation 54 for Universal Training.
APPENDIX A.
FORMS APPROVED FOR USE IN CONNEXION WITH UNIVERSAL TRAINING (PART V).
O.1. | Efficiency Return. See Regulation 112. |
O.2. | Transfer Return. See Regulation 108. |
O.3. | Allotment Rolls. See Instruction 19. |
O.4. | Allotment Return. See Instruction 22. |
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O.6. | Record of Leave. See Regulation 106. |
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O.8. | Form of Requisition to strike off Clothing. |
O.9. | Size roll for shirts and hats. |
O.10. | Size roll for Breeches. M.S. |
O.11. | Size roll for Breeches. D.S. |
O.12. | Size roll for Great Coats and Boots. |
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