Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 46.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1927.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1927, to come into operation forthwith, except the amendment of Regulation 105 which shall come into operation on 1st July, 1932.

Dated this eighteenth day of May, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE

Minister of State for Defence.

Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets.

(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 211, as amended to this date.)

Amendments.

1. Regulation 105 is amended by adding the following subparagraph (c):—

“(c) A soldier below the rank of Corporal or Bombardier who is employed as a waiter in an Officers’ or Sergeants’ Mess at a Camp of Continuous Training may be granted special duty pay at the rate of three shillings for each day upon which he is so employed. ”

2. Regulation 154 is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

“154. Military Clothing shall remain Government property, and not become the property of the soldier at any time. Any member who fails to return on demand any article of clothing or equipment shall be required to pay the value thereof. Stoppages on this account may be made from any money due to the soldier, or action may be taken under Section 79 of the Defence Act. ”

3. Regulation 166 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following words:—

“The allowances prescribed by this Regulation shall be subject to reduction by or under the Financial Emergency Act 1931 in the same manner as they would have been so subject had the regulation been in force at the time of the commencement of that Act. ”

1089. —Price 5d.

4. Regulations 246 to 282 and the headings and sub-headings appearing as associated therewith are cancelled and the following new regulations and the headings and sub-headings appearing as associated therewith are substituted:—

“Part XII.—RATIONS AND FORAGE.

1. Entitlement to Rations.

246. (i) In units of the Permanent Forces where regimental arrangements are made for the issue of rations, the issue may be made as under except as otherwise stated in these Regulations:—

(a) One ration daily for each officer and soldier on the effective strength of a unit;

(b) One ration for a recruit for each day before attestation for which pay is admissible;

provided that for a ration so issued, a deduction from the member’s pay shall, unless otherwise prescribed, be made under regulation 52.

(ii) At Camps of Training, Bivouacs, Schools of Instruction, or on War Service, under conditions necessitating the issue of rations, a ration may be issued daily as under except as otherwise stated in these Regulations:—

(a) One ration for each officer, soldier and member of the Australian Army Nursing Service on the effective strength of the Australian Military Forces;

(b) One ration for each civilian officer and employee of the Defence Department, representative of the Young Men’s Christian Association, officer’s servant and civilian chauffeur in authorized attendance;

(c) One ration for each civilian groom or driver connected with hired transport when the conditions under which the transport is provided contain a clause to that effect.

247. The mode of Issue and Accounting for rations shall be as directed by the Military Board from time to time.

248. At the discretion of the Military Board the peace ration scales prescribed in these Regulations may be commuted to a cash allowance, which will constitute the equivalent entitlement of the issue in kind. This cash allowance will be utilized only for the purchase of provisions so as to provide a ration varied from the standard ration scale. The method of computing the commuted ration allowance and its utilization for messing purposes shall be as laid down by the Military Board.

249. A full day’s ration may be allowed, at the discretion of Commanding Officers, for the first and last days in camp, irrespective of the hours of arrival and departure therefrom, provided that the route allowance under regulation 256 is not drawn.

250. (i) At Schools of Instruction, when rations are supplied by the Department in accordance with regulation 216 (iii) , the scale of rations issuable shall be that prescribed by regulation 259. In

addition a maximum further expenditure as under may be made in respect of each officer, soldier, or employee in attendance at the School of Instruction and entitled to rations:—

(ii) The additional expenditure provided for in sub-paragraph (i) of this regulation shall be applied to the purchase of ration commodities only and shall not be paid to individuals as a cash allowance.

251. Formation, &c., Commanders may sanction special issues of provisions for instructional purposes at Schools of Cookery and at institutions where cookery classes are held.

252. The provision of intoxicating liquor, soft drinks or ice out of any commuted ration allowance is not permissible.

253. Sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 52 shall apply to members of the Permanent Forces who are issued with rations under the provisions of regulation 246 (ii).

254. Rations in kind or the commuted allowance in lieu thereof will not be admissible:—

(a) for days on which travelling allowance is granted;

(b) for members dieted in a military or civil hospital, prison, detention barrack, or in a mental hospital;

(c) for members subsisted on board ship at the public expense;

(d) for members absent without leave for more than 24 hours.

255. A soldier on the day of his release from detention or prison may receive a ration, except when he is released after the mid-day meal period.

Route Allowance.

256. (i) In the case of troops proceeding to or from camp when it may be necessary to provide meals for members or feeds for horses, Formation, &c., Commanders may authorize a route allowance to cover the cost of such meals or feeds not exceeding the following:—

(a) When travelling for not less than six hours 1s. 3d. per member, and 1s. 6d. per horse;

(b) When travelling for not less than fourteen hours 2s. 6d. per member, and 3s. per horse;

(c) When travelling for not less than twenty-two hours 3s. 9d. per member and 4s. 6d. per horse;

(ii) Not more than three meals per member and three feeds per horse shall be paid for in the same twenty-four hours.

(iii) The times occupied in proceeding to and from camp are to be considered separately, and are not to be combined for the purpose of calculating the period for which the route allowance may be payable.

2. Scales of Standard Rations.

Peace Ration.

257. The period covered by the standard ration will be from midnight to midnight.

258. The standard ration for the Permanent Military Forces in Barracks or Stationary Quarters in Peace shall be as under:—

In addition 2 oz. of lime juice per diem may be allowed for personnel serving at Thursday Island at the discretion of the Medical Officer in charge of Permanent Troops at that station.

259. The standard ration for Permanent, Militia and Volunteer Forces for Camps, Bivouacs, and the like shall be as follows:—

Field Ration.

260. In the case of active operations in the field a special scale of rations, dependent on the climate and the circumstances of the operations will be fixed by the Military Board, but the following scale will be accepted as the normal field ration:—

1¼ lb. fresh meat or 1¼ lb. frozen meat or 12 oz. preserved meat.

1 lb. bread or 12 oz. biscuit or 12 oz. flour.

3 oz. oatmeal (thrice weekly).

3 oz. bacon.

4 oz. butter (thrice weekly).

2 oz. cheese.

12 oz. fresh vegetables or 3 oz. fresh fruit or 3 oz. dried vegetables.

4 oz. jam.

1½ oz. condensed milk.

⅝ oz, tea.

3 oz. sugar.

½ oz. salt.

1-32 oz. pepper.

1-64 oz. mustard.

1 oz. pickles (thrice weekly) .

2 oz. tobacco a week for those who smoke.

2 boxes matches a week.

1-320 gal. lime juice (on recommendation of the Medical Officer).

1-64 gal. rum or 1 pint Cocoa (at the discretion of the General Officer Commanding, on the recommendation of the Medical Officer).

Iron Ration.

261. An “Iron Ration”, for issue on field service, will consist of the following:—

Equivalents.

262. When it may be necessary or expedient to depart from the authorized scales, the following scale of equivalents may be allowed upon the authority of the Military Board:—

Oatmeal 1 oz. =bread or biscuit 1 oz.

Cocoa ½ oz.=tea ¼ oz.

Bread 1 lb. =Biscuit 12 oz. or flour 12 oz.

Dried fruit of any sort 1 oz.=jam 1 oz. or syrup 1 oz. or honey ½ oz.

Bacon 3 oz.=butter 3 oz. or lard 3 oz, or sausage 6 oz.

Fresh vegetables 12 oz.=dried vegetables 3 oz, or fresh fruit 3 oz.

Tea ⅝ oz.=coffee 1 oz.

If it is necessary to issue other foods as equivalents, the opinion of the Medical Authorities should he obtained and the recommendations submitted for the sanction of the Military Board before a table of equivalents is published. The price should always be considered where practicable so that the cost of the equivalents may be as near as possible to that of the standard ration.

263. On War Service a General Officer Commanding may authorize the issue of free rations to persons not provided for in these Regulations.

3. Hospital Diets.

264. The scales of hospital diets and extras shall be as laid down by the Military Board.

4. Diets in Military Detention Barracks, Prisons, and Barrack Detention Rooms.

Scale of Diets.

265. The scale of diets, whether confined in military detention barracks or prisons, shall be as follows:—

*When meat is used for soup, legs and shins only shall be supplied.

†The issue of rice may be occasionally varied by the substitution of other cereals provided that there is no increase in cost.

266. When a soldier is undergoing detention in a barrack detention room or is confined to barracks or in a guard detention room he will be rationed by the unit in the normal way, the standard ration entitlement being claimed by the unit.

267. Breakfast may be given when necessary to men on the day of their discharge from military detention, and dinner to men not discharged until the afternoon.

268. The scales for ill-conducted and idle soldiers under sentence, and the regulations governing them, are detailed in the Rules for Military Detention Barracks and Prisons (issued by the War Office) which shall be followed.

269. The supplies for the subsistence of soldiers under sentence will be obtained in the same manner as ordinary supplies, either from a supply officer or from contractors direct as the case may be.

Prisoners in Civil Gaols.

270. When any soldier is in a civil gaol as a prisoner, or waiting trial either for a civil or military offence, or as a deserter, charges for his subsistence (if any) shall not be paid from Defence votes, but are a charge to the State Government under section 120 of the Constitution, which provides that every State shall make provision for the detention in its prisons of persons accused or convicted of offences against the laws of the Commonwealth.

5. Issues on Repayment.

271. Issues of rations on repayment to married members of the Permanent Forces may be permitted under conditions which shall be prescribed by the Military Board.

272 to 283. —Reserved. ”

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.