Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Provisional)

THE

AUSTRALIAN

REGULATIONS AND ORDERS

FOR THE

MILITARY FORCES

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH.

PROVISIONAL EDITION.

1904.

By Authority

ROBT. S. BRAIN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.

1904.

Price—One Shilling.

C.11120.

The following Regulations and Orders for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia take effect from the date of the promulgation of the Defence Act 1903.

District Commandants and commanding officers will be held responsible that these regulations and orders are strictly observed, and that any local instructions or regimental orders that may be issued are guided and directed by their spirit and intention.

Commanding the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Head-Quarters, Melbourne,

3rd February, 1904.

The definitions ; and

Part I., the whole ;

Part II., paras. 23, 24, 34 to 42, 49 to 58 ;

Part III., the whole ;

Part IV., paras. 1, 2, 29, 61 to 81 ;

Part V., the whole ;

Part VI., paras. 41 to 47, 80 to 82, 165 to 170, 180 to 194 ;

Part VII., paras. 9 to 14 ;

Part VIII., paras. 37 to 58, 93 to 123 ;

Part IX., paras. 19 to 21, 28 ;

Part X., paras. 1 to 23, 28 to 30, 39 to 42 ;

Part XI., paras. 54 to 87 ;

Part XII., paras. 3, 4, 7, 24, 45 to 47 ;

Part XIV., paras. 110, 114 to 119 ;

Part XV., para. 1 ;

Part XVI., the whole ;

Part XVII., paras. 1 to 6 ;

Appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, and O,

of the within Regulations and Orders for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, have been made as Provisional Regulations under the Defence Act 1903.

CONTENTS.

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Appendix A.—The Defence Act 1903.

,,   B.—Examinations for Appointment to Commissions in the R.A.A. and Corps of A.E.

,,   C.—Qualifying Examination for the same.

,,   D.—Examinations : Appointment to Instructional Staff.

,,   E.—Adjutants' Examinations.

,,   F.—Examinations for Confirmation and Promotion.

,,   G.—Examinations for Quartermasters.

,,   H.—Examinations for rank of Lieut.-Colonel.

,,   I.—Examinations for appointment of W.O.'s and N.C.O.'s to the Instructional Stan.

,,   J.—Rules for Admission to the National Defences.

,,   K.—Rules for the conduct of Examinations.

,,   L.—Forms of Warrants, &c.

,,   M.—Syllabus of Annual Field Training.

,,   N.—Syllabus of Schools of Instruction.

,,   O.—Form of Charges.

DEFINITIONS.

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1. " District " or " Military District " means the parts of the Commonwealth appointed to be Military Districts under section 8 (III.), of the Act.

2. " Head-Quarters " means the staff-office of the General Officer Commanding.

3. " District Head-Quarters " means the staff-office of a District Commandant.

4. " Military Decoration " means any medal, clasp, good conduct badge, or decoration.

5. " Superior Officer " when used in relation to a soldier, includes a Warrant Officer not holding a commission, and also a Non-commissioned Officer.

6. " The Act " means the Defence Act 1903.

7. The term " defaulter sheet " or " defaulter book," without the prefix " regimental," will be understood to mean the squadron, battery, or company defaulter sheet or book.

8. The term " company " will be understood to mean squadron, battery, or company, as the case may be, according to the nomenclature of the portion of the Defence Force to which any regulation may be applied, and includes any corresponding subdivision, such as a supply column.

9. C.M.R.=Commonwealth Military Regulations.

C.M.F.=Commonwealth Military Form.

C.M.B.=Commonwealth Military Book.

D.A.=Defence Act 1903.

PART I.

PRECEDENCE OF CORPS.

Precedence of Corps.

1. The following is the order of precedence in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth :—

Units of same Arm.

2. Different units of the same Arm take precedence in accordance with their numerical succession, except that a unit of the Permanent Forces shall always take precedence of a unit of the same Arm not forming part of the Permanent Forces, and in like manner a unit of the Militia Forces shall take precedence of a unit of the same Arm of the Volunteer Forces. Units which are not included in any numerical succession will take precedence by Military Districts and in accordance with the order given in the authorized Defence List.

On parade or for the purposes of manœuvring, units will be distributed and drawn up in the mode which the officer in command of such parade or manœuvres may deem most convenient.

MILITARY DISTRICTS.

Military districts.

3. The undermentioned States of the Commonwealth, viz. :—

are appointed Military Districts under the Defence Act 1903.

COMMAND, RANK, PRECEDENCE, ETC., OF OFFICERS.

Command.

4. An officer appointed to command, or an officer appointed second in command of a regiment in the Defence Force, shall exercise command over any other officers serving therein, irrespectively of the date of commission. All other officers doing duty with their regiments shall take rank according to their dates of appointment in that rank to such regiments, whether promoted on full pay or appointed from half-pay ; and all officers serving together with officers of other corps shall take rank according to the dates of their respective appointments to that rank in the Defence Force. Should two officers of the same rank have been gazetted to such rank with the same date,

* The Royal Australian Artillery Regiment (if mounted), and the Batteries of Australian Field Artillery (if allotted to units of Light Horse) on parade with their guns, to take the right, and march at the head of the Light Horse Regiments.

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their precedence shall, except in the case of an officer appointed to command a regiment or battalion, be determined by the date of their previous commissions, or in the case of first commissions by the order in which their names appear in the Gazette. (Sec. 19. D.A.)

Half-pay, ill-health.

5. If an officer be placed on half-pay on account of ill-health caused by military service, or under circumstances over which he had no control, and be subsequently brought back to full pay in the same rank and corps or department, he shall for precedence in his rank take the same numerical position as he occupied when placed on half-pay.

Half-pay on account of wounds, &c.

6. If an officer placed on half-pay on account of wounds, or of sickness caused by active service in the field, be subsequently brought back to full pay in the same rank and corps or department, he shall, for precedence in his rank, revert to the original position in relation to the officers of his corps or department held by him when placed on half-pay, except that, should any officers have been promoted during his absence, he shall not be entitled to supersede them in the rank to which they had been promoted, nor have any right himself to promotion, until after his restoration to full pay in the corps or department, and then only in ordinary succession.

Imperial officers.

7. Officers of His Majesty's Imperial Regular Forces, whilst holding local commissions conferred upon them by the Governor-General, shall take rank with officers of the Military Forces according to the dates of their respective commissions.

Precedence of Officers of the Active Forces.

8. Officers of the Active Forces shall rank as senior in their respective ranks to officers of the Reserve Forces.

Exercise of command.

9. The function of command is to be exercised by the senior combatant officer, except in cases where an officer has been specially appointed to the command of a body of forces or appointed to the command of a corps, irrespectively of the branch of the service to which he belongs.

In the case of a District Commandant being temporarily absent from his district, or unable for temporary reasons to perform his duties, the functions of his command may be administered by the senior or other staff officer present, subject to the approval of the Minister.

Command of detachments.

10. When units or detachments of different corps are employed together on any duty, each unit and detachment will, subject to the orders of the officer commanding the whole body, act under the immediate authority of its own commander in matters of a purely regimental character.

Local and temporary rank.

11. Subject to the fact that any officer, whether of permanent, local or temporary rank, may, as described in paragraph 9, be specially appointed to any particular command, the relative precedence of permanent, local, and temporary rank is as under :—

Temporary appointments.

12. Officers appointed to act temporarily in a higher rank shall take rank among themselves, while so acting, according to the dates of their temporary appointments, but as junior to all permanent officers of the same grade.

Brigade-majors.

13. Officers employed as brigade-majors, if of the rank of captain, are to take rank and precedence next after field officers in the brigade or garrison in which they are serving.

Honorary rank.

14. Honorary rank shall not confer the right of any command other than that to which the holder may be entitled by reason of his substantive commission; but an officer holding honorary rank will in

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virtue of such honorary rank, be entitled to such other privileges, excepting of pay, allowances, promotion, or retirement, as may belong to the corresponding substantive rank.

Departmental and other officers.

15. Departmental officers shall be entitled to precedence, and, subject to the regulations for pay, &c., other advantages attached to the corresponding rank of combatant officers. Such rank or position will not, however, entitle the holder of it to the presidency, of courts-martial, or to military command of any kind except over such officers and men as may be specially placed under his command, provided that an officer of the Army Ordnance Department will be the officer of, and will command, the Army Ordnance Corps.

Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps will not be entitled to the presidency of courts-martial, nor will they exercise any military command outside their corps, except over such officers and soldiers as may be attached thereto for duty, and over all patients in military hospitals.

Officers resigning.

16. Officers relinquishing their commissions are not to be considered as retaining any rank in the service, either on account of such commissions or of any brevet commission they may have held, except in cases specially approved by the Governor-General.

Corresponding Ranks in the Military and Naval Forces of the Commonwealth.

Corresponding rank gives no claim to command.

17. Nothing contained in these Regulations is to give a claim to any officer of the Naval Forces to assume command of the Commonwealth Military Forces on shore, nor to any officer of the Commonwealth Military Forces to assume command of any of the ships of the Commonwealth, or any of the officers or men thereunto belonging, unless under special authority from the Governor-General for any particular service.

18. Corresponding Ranks.

Part I. Precedence of W.O.’s and N.C.O.’s. 12

Corresponding Ranks—continued.

t Officers of the Consular Service will rank with officers of the Defence Force as follows:—

PRECEDENCE OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Precedence of warrant officers and noncommissioned officers.

19. The position of warrant officers is inferior to that of all commissioned officers, but superior to that of all non-commissioned officers.

Command.

20. The following will be the order of precedence of warrant and non-commissioned officers. Those bracketed in one class rank with one another according to the dates of promotion or appointment.

(1) Warrant Officers.

Class 1.—Conductor, Army Ordnance Department.

,,      Master Gunner, 1st class.

,,      *Military Staff Clerk, 1st class.

,,      Staff Sergeant-Major, 1st class, A.S.C.

Class 2.—Master Gunner, 2nd class

Class 3.—Garrison Sergeant-Major.

Class 4.—Staff- Warrant Officer Instructor.

,,      Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major.

,,      Staff Sergeant-Major Instructor, if a W.O.

,,      Staff Sergeant-Major, A.S.C.

,,      *Military Staff Clerk, 2nd class.

,,      *Bandmaster.

,,      *Armament Sergeant-Major.

,,      *Mechanist Sergeant-Major.

,,      Sub-Conductor (A.O. Dept.).

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(2) Non-commissioned Officers.

Class 1.—Master Gunner, 3rd class.

,,      Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major who is not a W.O.

,,      Brigade or Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant.

,,      *Armament Q.M.S.

,,      *Mechanist Q.M.S.

,,      Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major.

,,      Colour Sergeant.

,,      *Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 3 years' service.

,,      Staff Sergeant Instructor.

,,      *Barrack Sergeant.

,,      *Military Staff Clerk, 4th class, after 1 year's service.

,,      *Military Staff Clerk, 4th class on appointment.

Class 10.—Bombardier.

,,      2nd Corporal.

Class 11.—Acting Bombardier.

,,      Lance Corporal.

(*Armament, * Armorer, *Artificer, *Collar-maker, *Farrier, *Mechanist, Pioneer, *Saddler, *Shoeing-smith, and *Wheeler, Non-commissioned Officers take precedence according to their rank as Q.M.S., Sgt., &c.)

The warrant and non-commissioned officers against whose names an asterisk (*) is placed are not entitled to assume any command on parade or duty, except over such W.O's, N.C.O.'s, and men as may be specially placed under their orders. In matters of discipline, however, they will, at all times, exercise the full authority attached to their rank.

Classification for pay shall not affect the above classification for purposes of command and precedence.

PART II.

STANDARDS AND COLOURS.

Standards. Colours.

1. Standards and guidons of Light Horse will be carried by squadron sergeant-majors. Colours of Infantry will be carried by the two senior second lieutenants, but on the line of march all subaltern officers will carry them in turn.

2. Standards, guidons, and colours are not to be altered without the special permission of the Minister.

Camp Colours.

Camp and saluting colours.

3. Camp colours are to be 18 inches square, and of the colour of the facings of the Regiment using them, with the abbreviated title of the Regiment upon them as worn on the sleeve-badges of the noncommissioned officers and men. The poles will be 7ft. 6in. long.

4. The saluting colour will be an ordinary camp colour, distinguished by a transverse red cross; or when the facings are scarlet, by a transverse blue cross.

Part II. Honours and Salutes. 14

HONOURS AND SALUTES.

General Instructions.

Honours and Salutes on parade.

5. The honours and salutes to be given by troops on parade are as follows :—

National Anthem.

6. The National Anthem is not to be played in connexion with salutes on any occasion than those mentioned in paragraph 5, and is only due to those personages who are entitled to a royal salute.

Governors of colony.

7. Governors of colonies who are also General Officers are entitled in every respect to the honours due to their military rank, as well as to their civil office.

Acting appointments.

8. Officers temporarily acting in any higher command are entitled, during their temporary tenure, to all the honours and salutes appertaining to such command, provided, so far as artillery salutes are concerned, the officer is not under the rank of Brigadier-General.

Officers acting in civil office.

9. Officers temporarily acting in any civil office are entitled, during their temporary tenure, to all the honours or salutes that may appertain to such office.

Foreign officers.

10. The compliments directed in these Regulations are to be paid to officers in the service of any Power in alliance with His Majesty, according to their respective ranks.

Saluting colours.

11. Officers or soldiers passing troops with uncased colours will salute the colours, and also the commanding officer (if senior).

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Saluting funerals.

12. Officers, soldiers, and colours passing a funeral will salute the body.

Compliments on the march.

13. Armed parties in paying compliments on the march will be called to attention, infantry will slope arms, and the command " Eyes right (or left) " will be given ; mounted units will carry swords, or as laid down in the Mounted Service Manual.

Commanders of parties paying compliments.

14. An officer commanding an armed party passing a guard, or paying or returning a compliment, will draw his sword before giving the necessary command. When in command of an unarmed party, he will return the salute with the right hand as he gives the command " Eyes right (or left)." Soldiers in command of parties will conform to the rules laid down for officers.

Officers saluting.

15. All officers will salute their seniors before addressing them on duty or on parade ; when in uniform they will salute with the right hand, in the manner prescribed for soldiers. Officers, except when their swords are drawn, are to return the salutes of junior officers and of soldiers. Salutes by soldiers will be returned by all officers present, and not by the senior only.

Cadets.

16. Cadets will salute all officers in uniform.

Naval Officers.

17. Officers will salute the officers of the Royal Navy and Naval Forces of the Commonwealth when in uniform, who would be saluted by individuals of corresponding ranks in their own service.

H. M. ships.

18. Officers and soldiers boarding any of His Majesty's ships will salute the quarter-deck.

Saluting officers.

19. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men will salute all commissioned officers whom they know to be such, whether dressed in uniform or not, including officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, His Majesty's Army, and the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth, and such warrant officers as have rank corresponding to that of commissioned officers in the Army. Warrant officers and noncommissioned officers when wearing swords will salute with the right hand, irrespectively of the side on which the officer saluted may be passing.

Warrant officers.

20. Non-commissioned officers and men will address warrant officers in the same manner as they do officers, but will not salute them.

Head-dresses in civil courts.

21. In a Civil Court an officer or soldier will remove his headdress while the Judge or Magistrate is present, except when the officer or soldier is on duty under arms with a party or escort inside the Court.

Official Visits.

Official visits between Navy and Army.

22. The following rules are to be observed for the interchange of official visits between Naval and Military Officers at stations where there is a military garrison :—

Part II. Guards of Honour.—Guards and Sentries. 16

Guards of Honour.

Guards of honour of 100 rank and file.

23. A guard of honour, as a general rule, of 100 rank and file, with a Captain in command, two Subaltern Officers (one carrying the standard of Light Horse, or the King's colour of Infantry), a proportion of Sergeants, and a Regimental Band, will attend :—

Similar guards of honour, but with the regimental colour, will attend upon the Governor-General, Governor, and officers administering the Governments of His Majesty's possessions, and such occasions as are customary within the Governments. (Guards of Honour will not be detailed when the Governor-General, Governors, and officers administering the Government are returning after leave of absence, the duration of which has not exceeded three months ; nor when they are merely arriving at, or departing to or from, one or other of the ports within their Government ; nor on merely changing their residence.)

Guards of honour of 50 rank and file.

24. A Guard of Honour, of 50 rank and file, with two Officers, one carrying the regimental colour, and a band, will attend :—

Guards and Sentries.

Guards saluting.

25. Guards, including guards of honour, mounted over the person of the King and members of the Royal Family will pay no compliments except to members of the Royal Family, and guards, including guards of honour, mounted over the Governor-General and Governors within their respective governments will pay no compliments to officers or persons of lesser degree. When any such guards are visited bv officers on duty, they will turn out to them with sloped arms.

Compliments by guards.

26. Guards are at all times to turn out and pay the compliments specified in paragraph 5, to general officers in uniform, and to civil governors within the limit of their jurisdiction. Guards and parties on the march will also pay the prescribed compliments to general officers in uniform.

Bugle and drum.

27. No officer under the rank of general officer is entitled to the compliment of the bugle sounding a flourish, or the drum beating a ruffle, when guards " present arms " to him. No officer who is not dressed in uniform is entitled to the compliment of a guard turning out, except members of the Royal Family, the Governor-General, and Governors or officers administering the Government within the precincts of their governments.

Compliments to commanding officers.

28. To regimental commanding officers—irrespective of their rank—their regimental guards are to turn out and present arms once a day.

To officers passing.

29. When a general officer in uniform, or a person entitled to a salute, passes in rear of a guard, the commander is to cause his guard to fall in and stand with sloped arms, facing the front, but no drums

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are to beat or bugle to sound. When such officers pass guards while in the act of relieving, both guards are to salute as they stand, receiving the word of command from the senior commander.

Guards to turn out under arms.

30. Guards are to get under arms at all times when armed parties of any branch of the service approach their posts; to armed corps¶ they will present arms, and before other armed parties they will stand with sloped arms. They will not pay compliments between sounding of " Retreat " and " Reveille," and will not turn out to an unarmed party. A mounted party, armed, will draw and carry swords to all guards turning out to it.

Sentries saluting.

31. Sentries will present arms to general and held officers, and to all armed parties, and slope to officers of inferior rank. Sentries furnished from a Royal guard will " present arms " only to members of the Royal Family, or to an armed corps ; when officers of whatever rank pass their posts in uniform, they will stand with sloped arms. In the same manner sentries furnished from guards over the residences of the Governor-General and Governors will not present arms to persons of inferior rank.

Sentries over general officers' quarters.

32. Sentries mounted over the quarters of a general officer will " present arms " to general officers only ; to officers below that rank they will stand with sloped arms.

Compliments to officers of other services.

33. All guards and sentries are to pay the same compliments to commissioned, officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, His Majesty's Army, and the Naval Forces of the Commonwealth—when in uniform—as are directed to be paid to officers of the Military Forces. Guards and sentries will pay compliments to commissioned officers of the departments of the Military Forces according to their ranks, or corresponding ranks, as the case may be.

Flag Stations and Flags to be Flown.

Flag and flag stations.

34. Where two flags of the same description are issued the smaller in for use in bad weather.

For Notes see next page.

¶ By the expression " armed corps " is meant a regiment of Light Horse, a battery of artillery with its guns, a brigade of artillery without guns, garrison artillery of not less than two companies, engineers of not less than four companies, and a battalion of infantry with or without colours.

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Flags—continued.

Saluting Stations.

Stations for firing salutes.

35. The following is a list of stations at which salutes are authorized to be fired :—

Artillery Salutes.

Artillery salutes.

36. The forts or batteries referred to in paragraph 35 will fire salutes as follows :—

No. of guns, 21—

Royal Salute—

‡ On Sundays and anniversaries.

§ Daily.

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No. of guns, 19—

No. of guns, 17—

No. of guns, 15—

No. of guns, 13—

No. of guns, 11—

No. of guns, 9—

No. of guns, 7—

Salutes for distinguished foreigners.

37. A foreigner of high distinction or a foreign general or a flag officer when visiting the Governor-General or a State Governor, or the Military Officer in command (see paragraph 24) may, on landing, be saluted with the number of guns which from his rank he is entitled

* When holding commissions as Commanders-in-Chief, or Commanders of the Forces of a Station, they are entitled to two more guns.

The salutes will not be repeated oftener than once in twelve months, except in case of advance of rank when the scale for the new rank is granted. The salutes being personal, will not be returned.

† On going on board or leaving one of His Majesty's ships; but this is only to be done when within the State to which they are accredited, and only once in twelve months from the same ship to the same person.

‡ 1. The salute to be fired on the landing of the Admiral for the first time will be given on the occasion of his landing to pay his first official visit to the Governor-General.

2. The salute to which the Admiral is entitled after the expiration of twelve months from the first salute, or on promotion will, in the same manner, be fired on the occasion of an official visit to the Governor-General.

3. No salute will be fired on any other occasion of the Admiral landing with in the limits of the Commonwealth.

§ Actually employed, on arrival in or departure from one of His Majesty's ships if going on board more than one ship in the same port, only one salute to be fired. Or on arrival at or departure from the Commonwealth as General Officer Commanding, or Commandant.

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to receive from a ship of war of his own nation, or with such number not exceeding 19, as may be deemed proper; but such salute will not in any case exceed the number of guns given to officers of corresponding rank in His Majesty's army and navy.

Governor-General, State Governors, and Lieut. Governors.

38. The Goverwnor-General, State Governors, and officers administering the Government will be saluted on the following occasions. They will not receive artillery salutes on any other occasions :—

Foreign men-of-war.

39. All salutes from ships of war of other nations to His Majesty's forts or batteries named in paragraph 35 are to be returned gun for gun.

No person to be saluted in more than one capacity.

40. Such of the authorities mentioned in the foregoing instructions as may, from their rank and appointments, be entitled to be saluted in more than one capacity, will be saluted under that rank which shall entitle them to the greatest number of guns, but on no occasion is the same individual to be saluted in more than one capacity.

Foreign Sovereigns and national festivals.

41. Upon the occasion of the celebration of the birthday of the King or Queen of a foreign nation or other important national festivals or ceremonies by any ships of war of such nation, a salute not exceeding 21 guns may be fired in conjunction with any of His Majesty's ships that may be present, on official intimation of the intended celebration being received from the Governor-General.

Salutes in honour of great victories or on special occasions.

42. No salutes other than those authorized by these Regulations are to be allowed, except such as may be necessary for the fulfilment of any treaty obligation; provided that, upon any important occurrence, such as a great victory gained by His Majesty's arms, or highly advantageous national event, the Governor-General may direct such salutes to be fired as the occasion may seem to him to require.

Saluting hours.

43. As a rule no salutes will be fired before eight o'clock in the morning nor after sun-down, nor during the usual hours for divine service on Sundays. The same principle will apply to guards of honour and official receptions. In exceptional cases the course to be pursued will be determined by the Governor-General.

Flags in Vessels and Boats.

Union Jack.

44. The Union Jack, being the distinguishing flag of the Admiral of the fleet only, is not to be flown on military boats and vessels.

Blue Ensign.

45. Defence Department vessels and boats are authorized to carry the blue ensign of the Commonwealth.

Union Jack, G. O. C.

46. A special Union Jack bearing in its centre as a distinguishing mark the Royal cypher surrounded by a garland and a blue shield and surmounted by a crown, is authorized to be flown by general officers commanding when embarked in boats or vessels.

G. O. C. embarking.

47. When a General Officer Commanding embarks in one of His Majesty's ships for the purpose of proceeding on any military duty, this flag may, with the approval of the senior naval officer, be hoisted at the foretop-gallant-mast-head of such vessel, and be kept flying within the limits of the military command.

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Salutes in Boats.

48. The following are the rules for saluting to be observed in Boats saluting, military boats :—

(2.) When no officer is in the boat—

Note.-In boats fitted with crutches oars are never to be tossed, but the salute should be given by laying on oars.

Part II. Funerals. 22

MILITARY FUNERALS.

When to be ordered.

49. Military funerals will not be ordered without special authority, unless troops are stationed within reasonable distance of the burial ground. Gun carriage and other appliances will be supplied when available.

Officers when entitled to.

50. Officers are not to be interred with military honours unless they are, at the time of their decease, on full pay, or employed on the Staff, or in the exercise of some military command or office. No honours are to be paid officially at the funerals of other officers, or of retired soldiers of any rank, nor is any expense to fall on the public for the use of a gun-carriage or the attendance of soldiers.

Salutes and firing parties.

51. Military funerals will be accorded to officers and soldiers buried within the district or station occupied by the troops with which they are serving at the time of their death. Provided the garrison in such district or station is sufficient, military funerals are to be saluted and attended in accordance with the following table :—

Minute guns.

52. At the funerals of general and flag officers, or of commodores and brigadier-generals dying upon service, minute guns are to be fired while the body is proceeding to the burial ground, but these minute guns are not to exceed the number to which the officer's rank entitled him when living. When any such officers who have died when afloat are to be buried on shore, minute guns are to be fired from the ship, if a ship of war, while the body is being conveyed to the shore, and where the means exist, minute guns will be fired from the shore while the procession is moving from the landing place to the burial ground. The total minute guns so fired must not exceed twice the number of guns to which the deceased was entitled when living.

Salute after interment.

53. The salute of guns prescribed by paragraph 51, or, in the case of flag officers and commodores, a salute of the number of guns to which the deceased was entitled when living, will be fired after the body is deposited in the grave.

Pall-bearers.

54. The pall is to be supported by officers of the same rank as that held by the deceased, but if a sufficient number of that rank cannot be obtained, officers next in seniority are to supply their places.

Staff and departmental officers.

55. Honours paid at the funerals of Staff and Departmental Officers are to be regulated according to the ranks, or corresponding ranks, as the case may be.

Parties to attend funerals

56. In addition to the firing parties, the funeral of an officer will be attended by the officers, that of a warrant officer by the warrant officers, that of a sergeant by the sergeants, and that of a corporal by the corporals, of the corps to which the deceased belonged or was attached. The funeral of a non-commissioned officer or private will be attended by the squadron, troop, battery, or company (officers included) to which he belonged, or was attached.

* Only when commissioned as Brigadier-General.

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General.—First Appointment.

Minute Guns at Civil Funerals.

Salutes at funerals of civil functionaries.

57. Upon the authority of the Governor-General at the funerals of civil functionaries the same number of guns will be fired as minute-guns, while the procession is going to the burial ground, as they were entitled to as salutes when living. Civil functionaries not entitled to salutes of cannon when living are not to have guns fired at their funerals.

Salute to Remains of Distinguished Foreigners, &c.

Saluting bodies of distinguished foreigners.

58. Should a vessel carrying the remains of any foreigner of high distinction, foreign general, or foreign flag officer, arrive during saluting hours at any of the authorized saluting stations (see paragraph 35), the same number of minute guns will be fired on its arrival as the deceased was entitled to under paragraph 37 when living.

PART III.

OFFICERS.

Appointment, Promotion, Exchange, Transfer, Retirement, and Resignation.

WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN.

Appointment, Promotion, Reduction, and Transfer.

OFFICERS.

General.

Gazette. Date of appointments, &c.

1. All appointments, promotions, exchanges, transfers, resignations, and retirements of Officers will be notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, and promulgated in General Orders. Unless otherwise stated in the Gazette, these notifications will take the date of the Gazette. Any such resignation or retirement shall mean the absolute withdrawal of the individual concerned from the Military Forces, unless it be specially stated to the contrary, Commissions will take effect from the date above mentioned.

Establishment of officers.

2. Where vacancies exist in the rank of Lieutenant, owing to no Second Lieutenant being qualified for promotion, extra Second Lieutenants may be appointed, provided the total establishment of subalterns is not exceeded. The same principles shall be applied in respect to higher ranks.

First Appointment.

To rank of second lieutenant.

3. First appointments will, as a rule, be made to the rank Second Lieutenant (and First Lieutenant in the case of the Australian Army Medical Corps). In special cases, candidates who have previously served as Officers in the Naval or Military Forces may be appointed to a higher rank.

Age.

4. Candidates must not be less than 18 years of age, nor more than 40, except as specially prescribed in these Regulations.

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Promotion from the ranks.

5. In the first appointment of Officers, preference will be given in the case of equality of qualifications to persons who have served in the Defence Force for three years without a commission.

Special appointments.

6. The Governor-General may appoint any person to be an Officer for distinguished service, or for marked ability, and for gallantry in active service, without his passing the prescribed examination.

Appointments with or without examination.

7. No person, except as prescribed in para. 6, shall be appointed an Officer in the Active Forces until he has passed the prescribed examination, but persons who have not passed that examination for any particular rank may be appointed " provisionally " as Officers of that rank. The requirements of this paragraph may be dispensed with by the Governor-General in the case of persons who are Officers of the King's Regular Naval or Military Forces. See also Part VIII., para. 100.

Examinations half-yearly.

8. Examinations will, if necessary and practicable, be held in each district half-yearly. The subjects and scope of the examinations are set out in Part VIII. of these Regulations and the Appendices.

Officers provisionally appointed. Qualifying examinations.

9. Officers provisionally appointed must present themselves for examination at the first or second half-yearly examination subsequent to their provisional appointment, except under special circumstances, approved by the General Officer Commanding, or where a less period is prescribed in these Regulations. They must pass at either of such examinations, or the one next following. If successful, and if satisfactorily reported upon by their respective Commanding Officers, the provisional appointments may then be recommended for confirmation.

Failure to qualify.

10. Officers who fail to qualify as above shall be recommended by District Commandants for " Cancellation of Commission—having failed to qualify."

Applications for first commissions.

11. All recommendations for appointments will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to the District Commandant, accompanied by the authorized form, which will show particulars of—height, age, chest measurement, occupation, education, previous military experience, &c. ; and will contain the certificate of a medical officer as to the candidate's physical fitness for military service.

These applications will then, if recommended by District Commandants, be forwarded to the General Officer Commanding.

When the candidate has previously held a commission, a certificate from his last Commanding Officer will be forwarded as to whether his services were satisfactory, and whether his retirement or resignation arose from any matter affecting his character or efficiency. A candidate may be appointed provisionally, pending the production of the aforesaid certificate. When the candidate has previously served in the ranks of the Naval or Military Forces, his discharge certificate will accompany the recommendation.

First Commissions in R.A.A. and A.E.

12. Appointments in the Royal Australian Artillery and the Corps of Australian Engineers may be granted to members of the Military or Naval Forces of the Commonwealth and to other persons under the conditions hereinafter prescribed as to age, physical and moral fitness, and literary and military qualifications.

Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces are eligible for transfer to the Royal Australian Artillery, and Corps of Australian Engineers, subject to their passing the prescribed examination in military subjects, and on being certified by a Medical Board to, be physically qualified.

Age.

13. A candidate will not be eligible for appointment on probation unless he is between the ages of 19 and 23 years. Candidates who have served during the campaigns in South Africa or China will be eligible up to the age of 25 years. Candidates over the age of 23

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years who have previously been permanently employed in military service or in Military Engineering, will be considered on their merits, in accordance with the length of their previous military service, and the experience they have gained.

Medical examination.

14. Each candidate will be required to undergo examination by a Medical Board, and will not be allowed to proceed further with his candidature unless certified by such Board to be physically qualified, in all respects, for an appointment in the Military Forces.

Examination by a Military Board.

15. A Special Military Board will report on the general fitness and personal aptitude of-the candidates for military service. The subjects and scope of the examinations are set out in the Appendices.

Applications forwarded to Head-quarters.

16. Applications from candidates will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same to the C.S.O., Headquarters, together with the opinion of the Medical Board and the Special Military Board. A District Commandant, in forwarding an application, will express his opinion as to the candidate being a fit and proper person, in every respect, for appointment, from a personal knowledge. Candidates will be informed of their nomination to undergo the examinations prescribed.*

Previous training for A.E.

17. A candidate for appointment in the Corps of Australian Engineers will not be eligible for an appointment unless he has served as a pupil for over three years in engineering workshops, or as a cadet in Civil Engineering or Architecture, or as an undergraduate in an Engineering College of a University, or permanently in connexion with Military Engineering.

Probation. Qualifying examination.

18. A successful candidate will be appointed for six months on probation, and must, during the period of probation, pass a qualifying examination in military subjects. The appointment of any candidate who fails to pass will not be confirmed. Under very special circumstances, the term of probation may be extended, on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding, for a period not exceeding three months.

Who are eligible. Permanent officers.

19. Officers of the Royal Australian Artillery, Corps of Australian Engineers, and Departmental Officers permanently employed are eligible for transfer to the Administrative and Instructional Staffs, subject to their having passed the necessary examination laid down for the position they hold, and provided that they in other respects satisfy the conditions generally necessitated by the Regulations.

Militia and Volunteer officers.

20. Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces are eligible for transfer to the Administrative and Instructional Staffs, subject to their passing the prescribed examination in military subjects, and on being certified by a Medical Board to be physically qualified.

Conditions.

21. First appointments on the Administrative and Instructional Staffs may be granted to members of the Naval and Military Forces of the Commonwealth and others under the conditions hereinafter prescribed as to age, physical and moral fitness, literary and military qualifications.

Age and service.

22. A candidate will not be eligible for appointment on probation unless he is within the ages of 22 and 35 years, and unless he has served for at least three years in the Naval or Military Forces of the Commonwealth, except under special circumstances, approved by the Minister.

Applications.

23. The applications of candidates who have served in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth will be submitted through District Commandants. Commanding Officers will, in their recommendations,

* If possible, three months' notice of a proposed examination will be given.

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state their opinion, from personal knowledge, as to the eligibility of the candidate for appointment. All applications for nomination to undergo examination must be approved by the District Commandant of the State concerned, who will assemble a Special Military Board similar to that prescribed in paragraph 15 to assist him in his opinion.

Medical examination.

24. Each candidate will be required to undergo examination by a Medical Board, and will not be allowed to proceed further with his candidature unless certified by such Board to be physically qualified, in all respects, for appointment in His Majesty's Service.

Approval

25. Candidates whose applications have been approved under para. 23, and who have passed the test described in para. 24, will be eligible for the educational and military examinations provided in para. 26.

Examinations.

26. The examinations will consist of :—

The papers for each subject will be prepared at Head-quarters by a Special Board, and forwarded to District Commandants. A Board of Officers will be assembled in each district on a date fixed, and will supervise the written and oral examinations, and also conduct the practical test. At the conclusion of the examinations, the Board will return the written questions and answers to Head-quarters, together with their report as to the qualifications of each candidate in the oral portion of the educational examination (reading), and also in the practical test in drill, &c.

The Special Board above mentioned will award marks in the written papers, and report to the General Officer Commanding upon the result of the examination.

The subjects and scope of the examinations are set out in Appendix D.

Appointment on probation.

27. A successful candidate will be appointed for six months on probation. At the end of this period the appointment may be confirmed on the certificate of the District Commandant under whom the candidate has served that he has satisfactorily performed the duties of an Officer of the Administrative or Instructional Staff, and it likely to become a suitable Staff Officer.

Chaplains' Department.

Classification.

Appointments.

20. First appointments will be to the 4th class.

Promotions.

30. Promotions of Chaplains will be governed by length of service as follows :—

Special cases.

31. Special appointments and promotions may be made in exceptional cases if recommended by the General Officer Commanding, but no Chaplain shall be promoted unless he is specially recommended by the General Officer Commanding for such promotion.

Retirement for age.

32. Chaplains shall not be subject to the Regulations governing retirement for age laid down in para. 73, but shall on reaching the age of 60 years be retired. In cases of exceptional nature, the Governor-General may extend the age for retirement for a period not exceeding two years.

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Commanding Officers.

Period of command.

33. Officers appointed to command Regiments or Corps will continue to hold such appointment, subject to the provisions for retirement on account of age, for a term of five years; but the Governor-General may extend such term for a further period of two years. In very exceptional cases a further period may be allowed.

Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General.

Number.

34. Officers, not exceeding 12 in number, may be appointed as Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General for gallantry and distinguished service in the field or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth.

Eligibility.

35. Officers eligible for the above distinction must be on the Active List, or the Reserve of Officers, and not below the rank of Major or relative rank in the Naval Forces.

For five years.

36. The appointment to be for five years. In exceptional circumstances officers may be re-appointed for an additional term of two years.

Aiguilette.

37. Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General will wear, when on duty, a special gold cord aiguilette of a somewhat similar design to that worn by Aides-de-Camp to the Sovereign.

Without pay.

38. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.

Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons to the Governor-General.

Number.

39. Officers of the Medical Services, not exceeding two in number, may be appointed as Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons respectively to the Governor-General for distinguished service in the field, or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth.

Regulations as for A.D.C.

40. Regulations applying to the appointment, duties, &c., of Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General will apply to Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons.

Without pay.

41. These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.

Aides-de-Camp to State Governors.

Number.

42. The Governor-General may approve of any officers of the Defence Forces not being on the Permanent Staff, and not exceeding two in number, accepting appointment as Aides-de-Camp on the Personal Staff of a Governor of a State.

Rank. Not to be seconded.

43. Aides-de-Camp are not to be of higher rank than Major, or relative rank in the Naval Forces. Officers of the Military Forces will not be placed on the Supernumerary List of their Regiments, but when doing duty on the Personal Staff of the Governor of a State will be shown as " On Command " upon the occasions when they may be prevented from carrying out their usual military duties.

Aiguilette.

44. Aides-de-Camp will be permitted to wear an aiguilette when on duty similar to that allowed for Personal Aides-de-Camp under Dress Regulations.

Without pay.

45. These appointments will not entitle officers to any pay or allowances.

Militia and Volunteer (Acting) Adjutants.

Appointed provisionally.

46. Officers will be provisionally appointed as Acting Adjutants on the recommendation of Commanding Officers and District Commandants, and, within a period of six months of such provisional appointment, will be required to pass such examinations as are laid down in Appendix E. Upon passing such examination an Adjutant will be confirmed in the appointment.

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Failure to qualify

47. Officers provisionally appointed, who fail to pass the prescribed examination within six months, will cease to hold such appointment.

Appointment for two years.

48. The appointment of Acting Adjutant may be held for any period not exceeding two years. Appointments may, however, be renewed in special cases.

Quartermasters.

Quartermaster.

49. Recommendations for appointment as Quartermaster will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to District Commandants, accompanied by the documents specified in para. 11.

Honorary rank.

On appointment a Quartermaster will have the honorary rank of Lieutenant.

Honorary Colonels-in-Chief and Honorary Colonels.

Conditions of appointment.

50. An Honorary Colonel-in-Chief may be appointed to the Australian Light Horse, the Australian Artillery, and the Corps of Australian Engineers; and an Honorary Colonel may be appointed to any Regiment or Corps of the Military Forces, subject to the following conditions :—

Tenure of appointment.

51. Honorary Colonels shall not be subject to the provisions for compulsory retirement on account of age, but may continue to hold their appointments during the pleasure of the Governor-General.

For whom reserved.

52. The above honorary positions are reserved for Officers and others who have rendered valuable, distinguished, or gallant service to Australia in a military or other public capacity. Appointments will not be tendered to any person without permission of the Minister.

Duration of Appointments on the Administrative and Instructional Staffs.

Duration of appointments.

53. The duration of District Head-quarters Staff appointments will be as follows :—

In special cases the above may be, with the approval of the Minister, renewed and extended to seven years and five years respectively.

The appointments of all members of the Instructional Staff will be for three years.

Promotions.

Special promotion.

54. The Governor-General may promote an Officer for distinguished service or for marked ability and gallantry in active service, without his passing the prescribed examination.

Qualifying examination.

55. No Officer below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, except as provided in para. 54 above, shall be promoted, unless he has previously passed the prescribed examination for promotion to a higher rank.

Provisional promotion.

56. Where an officer has had no opportunity of passing the prescribed examination, he may be provisionally promoted subject to his passing such examination within twelve months of such promotion.

Examinations half-yearly.

57. Examinations for promotion will be held, if necessary and practicable, in each district half-yearly.

The subjects and scope of the examinations are set out in Part VIII. of these Regulations and the Appendices.

58. Proposed promotions are to be submitted to the General Officer Commanding in the same manner as appointments.

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Recommendations.

59. When recommending an appointment or promotion, by which an Officer will be superseded, the Commanding Officer will state the circumstances which have induced him to make his recommendation.

Practical tests.

60. Captains, prior to promotion to the rank of Field Officer, must be certified in all respects eligible to take command of the Regiment or Corps in the absence of the Commanding Officer.

All Officers must be practically acquainted with the duties and exercises in respect of which they may have passed theoretical examinations, and will undergo a practical test.

Promotion and appointment by selection tempered by seniority.

61. Promotion up to the rank of Captain will usually be made according to seniority, and to higher grades by selection, subject, in all cases, to the passing of such examinations as may from time to time be laid down.

Officers are to understand that their future advancement will largely depend, not only upon their knowledge of their regimental duties, but also to a very important degree upon their general knowledge and experience of the military profession in all its branches.

Officers will be selected for promotion, and for appointments upon the Staff of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth rather in accordance with their professional capacity and knowledge than by their seniority of rank.

Promotion not a right.

62. No Officer shall be entitled to claim promotion as a right.

Promotion in units detached.

63. In the case of squadrons or companies of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, which are detached at some distance from the rest of their Regiment or Corps, promotion to the rank of Lieutenant and Captain will be limited to vacancies in that Company, unless, in the opinion of the Commanding Officer, an Officer, who is otherwise due for promotion, can be conveniently transferred to the Company in which the vacancy has occurred.

Honorary Rank.

When granted.

64. Officers, if recommended by Commanding Officers through District Commandants, may be granted Honorary Rank, with the right on retirement to wear the uniform of their Corps, with the addition of the letter R. on the shoulder-strap, as follows :—

This paragraph will not apply to Officers who retired before the 1st January, 1904.

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Nature of honorary rank.

Uniform.

65. The above rank will be purely honorary. It will not confer the right of any higher command than that to which the holder may be entitled by virtue of his Substantive Commission. Officers may, however, wear badges of rank and other distinctions in dress pertaining to the honorary rank ; but Captains will not wear the scabbard and spurs of a Field Officer on parade or military duty, except when they are performing the duties of a Field Officer.

No second step.

66. No second step of Honorary Rank will be given upon the same Substantive Commission.

Service to count.

67. Time on half-pay or in the Reserve Forces will not count.

One-half of any period of service in the ranks of the Permanent Forces, or one-fifth of any period of service in the ranks of the Militia or Volunteer Forces, will be allowed to reckon as commissioned service with reference to the periods of service specified in para. 64. Under no circumstances, however, will the reckoning of service in the ranks under these Regulations give directly, or indirectly, any claim to extra pay or pension.

Application for.

68. A certified statement in detail, on the authorized form of each Officer's service, signed by the Adjutant, and countersigned by the Commanding Officer, will accompany all applications for Honorary Rank.

Exchange and Transfer.

Exchange.

69. Officers of different Regiments or Corps, but of the same rank and arm, may be allowed to exchange, subject to the following conditions :—

Proposed exchanges are to be submitted to the General Officer Commanding, in the same manner as appointments.

Transfer.

70. Any Officer may be transferred to another Regiment or Corps subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Governor-General.

Resignations.

Resignation, Effect of.

71. Resignations and retirements are to be submitted to the General Officer Commanding, in the same manner as appointments.

An Officer who tenders the resignation of his commission, whether the same be accepted and notified in the Gazette or not, shall not be thereby exempted from any liability under the Act or these Regulations.

Retirements.

Compulsory retirements.

72. The services of an Officer may be dispensed with for any of the following reasons :—

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Age for Retirement.

Retiring' age.

73. Officers and soldiers of the Military Forces shall be retired at the ages set forth in the following table, but in special cases of an exceptional nature the Governor-General may extend the prescribed age for retirement for a period not exceeding two years :—

Unattached List.

Who may be placed on list.

Counting of service.

74. An Unattached List shall be formed to which Officers shall be appointed, transferred, or promoted when they are temporarily unable to serve with their Corps, or when they are, for any reason whatever, unable to discharge the more active duties entailed by service with defined Regiments, Corps or on the Staff. Officers will only be appointed to the Unattached List who are capable of and desirous for military employment if required. Service upon the Unattached List will count towards Honorary Rank.

Application to be placed on list.

75. Officers who desire to be placed on the Unattached List will apply to their Commanding Officers, who will forward the applications to the District Commandant, with their observations.

Instruction of officers.

76. Officers upon the Unattached List may be called upon by the General Officer Commanding to attend a course of instruction or camp of training, or to perform other military duty.

Reserve of Officers.

Reserve list.

77. Officers, upon resignation or retirement, except for age, may be placed upon a list of Officers which is called the Reserve of Officers.

Liable for service.

78. The Reserve of Officers shall form part of the Reserve Forces, and all those whose names are on the Reserve of Officers List will be liable to serve as Officers if called out for Active Service.

Resignation.

79. Officers whose names are on the Reserve of Officers' List may resign in the same manner as Officers of the Active Forces.

Retired List.

Retired list.

80. The Retired List will be formed of all Officers of the Military Forces who are retired, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform.

Unattached, Reserve, and Retired Officers.

Annual report of address.

81. An Officer of the Unattached, Reserve, or Retired List shall report himself at the commencement of each year, in writing, to the Commandant of the District in which he last served on the Active

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List, failing which his name will be removed from the List. An Officer reporting himself will, at the same time, forward his address for the current year, and any subsequent change of address should be notified.

Death of Officers.

Report of deaths.

82. District Commandants will report to the C.S.O., Headquarters, the deaths of Officers within their commands.

Seconded Officers.

Officers, when to be seconded.

83. An Officer below the substantive rank of Major shall be seconded in his Regiment or Corps :—

Vacation of appointment on promotion.

84. A seconded Officer, or an Officer above the rank of Captain holding an extra regimental appointment or employment, in any of the cases specified in the last para., shall, on being promoted on full-pay or on half-pay, vacate such appointment or employment, unless it is continued to him in the higher rank.

To become supernumerary until absorbed.

85. On reverting from the Seconded List an Officer shall, unless liable to retirement, rejoin his regiment as supernumerary, retaining his regimental rank and position.

Regimental vacancy, when retained.

86. If a vacancy occurs in a regiment in which there is a seconded Officer whose term of employment will expire within three months, such vacancy shall be retained for the absorption of the seconded Officer.

Supernumerary Regimental Officers.

Supernumerary officers.

87. An Officer shall be retained as supernumerary on the strength of his Regiment or Corps—

PROMOTION, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Promotions.

Who may promote W.O.'s and N.C.O.'s.

88. District Commandants and Commanding Officers of Permanent Forces are empowered to appoint Non-commissioned Officers below the rank of Sergeant in the Permanent Forces.

Commanding Officers, subject to the approval of the District Commandant, are empowered to appoint Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers in the Militia and Volunteer Forces.

Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers of the Permanent Forces, from the rank of Sergeant inclusive, will be appointed by the General Officer Commanding.

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Ranks.

89. The following positions held by Non-commissioned Officers and men of the Military Forces are Ranks—

All other positions are appointments.

Permanent rank.

90. A Non-commissioned Officer or man on receiving an appointment will thereupon be vested with the rank attached to that appointment, and this will be his permanent rank. The rank attached to any appointment is that indicated in the title of that appointment, unless some superior rank is expressly attached to it by regulation; for example, the permanent rank of a Sergeant Instructor in musketry is Sergeant; that of a wheeler Bombardier is Bombardier.

Examination for promotion.

91. Non-commissioned Officers shall not be appointed or promoted until the candidate has passed such qualifying examination as may be from time to time authorized, provided that in cases of necessity appointments or promotions may be made on probation; and any soldier so appointed or promoted shall in such event be required to pass the necessary examination within six months of his appointment or promotion.

Resignation of N.C.O.

92. Non-commissioned Officers may, with their Commanding Officer's consent, resign their rank and revert to the rank or position they previously held, but they are not to be allowed to do so in order to escape trial by court-martial, without the sanction of the General Officer Commanding. The written application of the Non-commissioned Officer and a certificate from the Commanding Officer, stating the cause of the resignation (together with the written authority of the General Officer Commanding, if the case has been referred to him), is to be attached to the man's record of service.

Removal from appointment.

93. A soldier may be removed from his appointment by order of his Commanding Officer, and will, in that case, revert to his permanent rank, remaining as a supernumerary in that rank until absorbed into the first vacancy. In cases where the soldier's permanent rank is higher than that of corporal, and he is not in every respect qualified to perform the duties of the rank to which he would revert, the Commanding Officer will not exercise his power in this respect, but, when necessary, will make application to head-quarters for the soldier's removal, with a view to his reduction to a lower rank being at the same time considered. A bandsman will not be ordered by his Commanding Officer to revert to the rank of private except for misconduct or inefficiency.

Reversion of acting N.C.O.

94. An acting Non-commissioned Officer can be ordered by his Commanding Officer to revert to his permanent rank. The permanent rank of a Lance-Sergeant is Corporal; that of a Lance-Corporal or acting Bombardier is Private.

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Reduction of N.C.O.'s.

95. A Non-commissioned Officer reduced to a lower rank will take rank and precedence in the lower rank from the date of the signing of the original sentence of the court-martial, or, in the case of reduction by order of General Officer Commanding or District Commandant, from the date of such order.

Lance ranks establishment.

96. The following proportion of Lance-Sergeants and Lance-Corporals may be appointed without pay, namely :—

District Commandants may, in cases of well-ascertained necessity, sanction the appointment of a small number of unpaid Lance-Sergeants, Lance-Corporals, and Acting Bombardiers in excess of the establishment.

W.O.'s' and and N.C.O.'s.' books.

97. Every Warrant and Non-commissioned Officer is required to have in his possession a copy of these Regulations, and a copy of the regulation for the drill of the branch of the service to which he belongs. Those of corps armed with rifle or carbine will also have the " Musketry Regulations " and " Rifle and Carbine Exercises."

Appointment of Warrant and Non Commissioned Officers to the Instructional Staff of the Commonwealth Military Forces.

Classification.

98. Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff are classified as follows :—

Warrant Officer.—Garrison Sergeant-Major.

,, Class I., Staff Warrant Officer Instructor.

Non-commissioned Officer.—Class II., Staff Sergeant-Major Instructor.

,, Class III., Staff Sergeant Instructor.

,, Class IV., Staff Instructor (to rank as Sergeant).

If specially recommended, a Staff Sergeant-Major, Class I., may be appointed a Warrant Officer without increase of pay.

Who are eligible.

99. Appointments on the Instructional Staff will be granted to Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth or others, under the following conditions as to age, physical and moral fitness, literary and military qualifications.

Age and service.

100. A candidate will not be eligible for appointment on probation unless he is within the ages of 22 and 35 years, and unless he has served for at least three years in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, except under special circumstances approved by the Minister.

Applications.

101. The applications of candidates who have served in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, as provided in para. (100) will be submitted to District Commandants through the usual channels. Commanding Officers will, in their recommendations, state their opinion from personal knowledge as to the eligibility of the candidate for appointment.

All applications for nomination to undergo examination must be approved by the District Commandant concerned, who will assemble a Special Military Board as per paragraph 23—Appointment of Officers.

Approval.

102. Candidates whose applications have been approved under para. 100, will be informed of their nomination to undergo the examinations referred to in paras. 103 and 104.

District Commandants will forward the names and all particulars of such candidates, so as to reach Head-quarters not later than 31st January or 31st July. The medical, educational, and military examinations will be held during the months of February and August in each year.

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Railway passes.

Railway passes to attend the examinations may be issued to those candidates who have been recommended by their Commanding Officers.

Medical examination.

103. Each candidate will be required to pass an examination by the Medical Officer appointed to the medical charge of the Permanent troops at the Head-quarters of each District, and will not be allowed to proceed further with his candidature until certified to be physically qualified.

Qualifying and competitive examinations.

104. Candidates whose applications have been approved under para. 101, and who have passed the test described in para. 103, will be eligible for the educational and military examinations.

Probationary appointment.

105. Successful candidates will be appointed for six months on probation. At the end of this period the appointment may be confirmed if recommended by the Commandant, and the Commanding Officer, under whom the candidate has served, certifies that he has satisfactorily carried out his duties as a Non-commissioned Officer of the Instructional Staff, and is likely to prove himself an efficient Instructor.

Failure.

106. Any candidate who fails to qualify, or to qualify or successfully compete in the examination provided under para. 104, will be subject, in the event of his applying for appointment at a subsequent date, to be re-examined in each of the three tests prescribed in paras. 103 and 104.

R.A.A.

107. Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Gunners of the Royal Australian Artillery should be specially encouraged to qualify for appointments upon the Instructional Staff of the Military Forces.

Transfers.

Transfer of Militia or Vol. N.C.O.

108. Any Warrant Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, or Soldier of the Citizen Forces permanently removed from the locality in which his corps is raised, may, subject to the approval of the District Commandant, or Commandants, as the case may be, be transferred to any other corps or arm of the Military Forces in the locality to which he has removed, and the order so transferring him shall state what position he is to occupy in the corps to which he is transferred.

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Military Staff Clerks.

Classification.

109. Military Staff Clerks are classified for rank and precedence as Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers, in accordance with Part I., para. 20.

Establishment.

110. The establishment of the various classes will be in accordance with the provision made from year to year on the Estimates.

Promotion.

111. Promotion to higher classes will be subject to the approval of the General Officer Commanding, on the recommendation of the District Commandant, or at Head-Quarters the Head of the Department

PART IV.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING.

DUTIES OF THE HEAD-QUARTERS STAFF.

DUTIES OF DISTRICT COMMANDANTS.

INSPECTIONS AND CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS.

DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT STAFFS OTHER THAN DISTRICT COMMANDANTS.

BRIGADE AND REGIMENTAL STAFFS.

ALLOTMENT AND DUTIES OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.

DUTIES OF MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER REGIMENTAL AND COMPANY STAFFS. LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING.

Powers and duties of the General Officer Commanding.

1. Subject to the administrative control of the Minister, the General Officer Commanding will exercise command over the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, and will hold periodical inspections of the troops.

He will be the adviser of the Minister on all military questions, and will be charged with the general distribution of the Forces. He will be responsible for—

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DUTIES OF THE HEAD-QUARTERS STAFF.

Duties.

2. The duties of the Head-Quarters Staff shall be as laid down from time to time in General Orders.

DUTIES OF DISTRICT COMMANDANTS.

Represent G.O.C.

3. District Commandants are the representatives of the General Officer Commanding within their commands, and, subject to these Regulations, are responsible for the duties laid down in para. 1.

Supervision of the staff.

4. District Commandants will ascertain that the Staff Officers under their command are acquainted with their several duties and competent in all respects to perform them.

Scales of issue to the troops.

5. They will not permit the authorized scales of issue to the troops to be departed from, except for some special reason. In such cases they will report the circumstances fully at the earliest opportunity. Telegrams on these subjects may be sent when the matter is of sufficient importance.

Reports of riots, &c.

6. They will immediately report all cases in which the troops have been engaged in riots or disturbances, either among themselves, or when civilians have been concerned, and will further report the result of their inquiries into the circumstances.

Admission to works. &c.

7. The orders regulating admission to the national defences are laid down in Appendix J.

Official secrets.

8. District Commandants are responsible that all persons employed under them are made acquainted with the provisions of the Official Secrets Act 1889, and a record that this has been done should be kept in every staff, regimental, and departmental office.

Schemes of Defence.

Revision of defence schemes.

9. District Commandants will revise annually the schemes for the defence of the fortresses or defended ports under their command, and will render to the General Officer Commanding on the 1st of January, a report that this has been done, together with copies of their revised schemes, and this report shall be submitted for the consideration of the Minister.

Scope of revision.

10. As schemes of defence should deal only with the men and materiel actually available, or that can be made available on emergency, the annual revision should represent the plan on which the District Commandant would defend the place with the existing resources. This is not to preclude a District Commandant from making any recommendation in connexion with the defences under his command which he considers desirable, but such recommendation should be submitted separately.

Proposed changes in armaments or defences.

11. When making recommendations for new armaments or defences or for changes in existing ones, the report of the District Commandant will be accompanied by illustrative plans.

Naval advice.

12. If the proposals in any way affect seaward defences, the District Commandant will communicate with the senior naval officer at the station, with a view to a naval officer being detailed to assist with his advice on the naval aspect of the questions involved.

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Organization in peace.

13. The District Commandant should assimilate, as far as lies in his power, the peace organization of his command to that which, under his scheme, of defence, he would put into force in war, and he will see that the troops are acquainted with, and exercised in taking up, the posts to which they are allotted.

INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTION REPORTS.

Inspections by District Commandants.

Annual inspections.

14. District Commandants (or officers representing them), will inspect anually each of the units of all branches of the service under their command. The annual inspection should be so supplemented by subsequent visits as to enable the District Commandant to report, as far as possible, on each squadron, battery and company from his own personal knowledge of their efficiency.

Method of inspection.

15. The inspection will be divided into three portions :—

Efficiency of corps to be tested.

16. The inspection of a unit as a whole in the field and in quarters will be directed to testing not only the efficiency and capacity for command of the Commanding Officer and second in command, but the general readiness for war of the unit as regards training, discipline, and interior economy.

17. The inspection will include the following subjects so far as may be applicable to the branch of the service to which they belong :—Drill, firing exercises and fire discipline, physical training, bayonet fighting, sword exercise, revolver practice, machine gun drill and practice, signalling, range finding, field firing (when possible) or other musketry practice, field manœuvres, and the subjects prescribed for the annual course of " Field Training."

18. It is to be borne in mind that such exercises as the manual and firing exercises, sword exercise, physical drill and training, should not as a rule be executed for the purpose of inspection by a unit larger than a squadron or company.

Officers to be tested.

19. The inspection of a squadron, battery, and company in the subjects above mentioned, will be directed towards testing the capacity of the individual officers, section leaders, and non-commissioned officers generally, to act as instructors and leaders, as well as of the efficiency and readiness for war attained by the rank and file of their respective commands (vide Part VIII.).

Staff to accompany G.O.C.

20. As a rule, District Commandants will be accompanied by one Staff Officer only on their tours of inspection. When circumstances necessitate their taking another, an explanation of the reasons for having done so will be given when transmitting claims for travelling expenses.

21. Officers below the rank of General Officer are not entitled, except when performing the duty of a District Commandant, or under the special authority of the General Officer Commanding, to be accompanied by a Staff Officer on tours of inspection.

All ranks to be on parade.

22. Every effort will be made to insure the attendance of every officer and soldier at the inspection of the unit itself or its component parts.

Inspection reports.

23. All inspection reports will be made out on the authorized forms, in accordance with the printed instructions contained in them, and will be addressed to Head-Quarters.

Complaints and claims.

24. The manner in which officers or soldiers should proceed to obtain redress for any grievance under which they conceive themselves to be suffering is prescribed in these Regulations, Part V., paras. 1

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and 2 ; if they should desire to bring their grievances to the notice of an Inspecting Officer, they are to be afforded an opportunity of doing so.

25. When claims are advanced by soldiers they are to be fully and distinctly stated, and such explanations are to be annexed as may be necessary, with a view to their being duly investigated and adjusted as soon as practicable, irrespectively of the occurrence of the annual inspection, which is not in ordinary cases the occasion on which they should be brought forward for adjustment.

26. Anonymous complaints are strictly prohibited.

Orders issued by Inspecting Officer.

27. Whenever an Inspecting Officer has occasion to mention in his report any defects or irregularities, he will also state the orders he has given, with a view to their rectification. He is also to state in his report in what manner, and with what effect the orders issued at the previous inspection have been obeyed.

Restrictions as to local matters.

28. The inspections held specially, or at the termination of the Annual Field Training (vide Part VIII., para. 26), are not to interfere with the immediate control and supervision of the District Commandant. The Inspecting Officer will report to the General Officer Commanding, through the District Commandant, on all matters in his own branch of the service not locally connected with such districts, and before making his inspection he will communicate with the District Commandant on the subject.

Special inspections.

29. It shall be competent for the General Officer Commanding to direct an inspection of any Regiment or Corps, and such inspection may be declared by him necessary for efficiency during the current year.

CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS.

Confidential reports.

30. District Commandants will forward to the General Officer Commanding annually, not later than 1st July, a confidential report on every Staff, Regimental, or Departmental Officer serving in their districts.

31. These reports will be made out in the first instance by the Commanding Officer, or other immediate superior of the officer reported on, in accordance with the instructions contained below. They will be strictly confidential and privileged documents, in no case to be made public, except under the condition specified in paragraph 39.

32. Staff and Seconded Officers should only be reported on by immediate superiors, and in such cases the appointment held should be shown in red ink on the report ; but Regimental Commanders are to bring to notice any circumstances affecting them which should be laid before the General Officer Commanding.

33. Seniors of regimental grades should be specially reported on in anticipation of the annual report, if anything should occur likely to prejudice their promotion.

General Officers Commanding' and Inspecting Officers to record their opinions.

34. District Commandants will record on the confidential reports and in continuation of the same whether they concur in the opinions expressed in them, and they will supplement them with any information which they may consider necessary for the guidance of the General Officer Commanding.

Army forms to be used.

35. Confidential reports for all officers of the different branches of the service, whether they are doing duty with their corps, or are otherwise employed, will be made out on the authorized forms for their branch of the service, and in accordance with the instructions on those forms.

Officers other than General Officers Commanding to record their opinions in certain cases.

36. The following officers will also record their opinions in the particular cases specified below, prior to the reports being submitted to the General Officer Commanding :—

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Reports on Commanding Officers.

37. In reporting on Commanding Officers, District Commandants will state clearly their opinion as to their fitness for further promotion or employment, and the nature of appointment, if any, for which they appear to be most suited.

Mode of compiling reports.

38. As the object of rendering confidential reports is to furnish the General Officer Commanding with an accurate knowledge of an officer's character, acquirements, and professional value, on which to base in a great measure his selections for promotion and for employment on the Staff and on special duties, it is important that they should contain a concise but clear description of the officer reported on. Commanding and Inspecting Officers should bear in mind that no such description can be of any value unless it brings to notice an officer's weak points as well as his strong ones. As it is not to be expected that all points in an officer's character are equally strong, the fact that the weak ones have been brought to notice need not necessarily be considered to constitute an adverse report, and need not, on this account alone, be communicated to him. But a Commanding or Inspecting Officer may use his discretion in bringing to the notice of an officer any weak points which have been recorded against him which, in their opinion, might be improved by increased energy or attention.

Adverse reports.

39. When, however, the officer who, in accordance with paragraph 33, first renders the report, considers it necessary to record any fault which affects an officer's character as an officer and a gentleman, or his fitness for his present position, or for promotion to a higher one, the particulars of the adverse report are to be read verbatim to him by the officer making it, in the presence, when possible, of the second in command of the corps, and when this is not possible by letter. A note will be made in the report that these instructions have been duly attended to, or an explanation furnished when they have not been carried out. If the result of the report is considered by the General Officer Commanding to prejudice the officer's chances of further promotion, he will be so informed.

DUTIES OF DISTRICT STAFF, MEDICAL, AND DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS.

Duties of Staff and Departmental Officers.

Officers of the General Staff.

40. When there is more than one Staff Officer in the District Command, one will be named in orders as " Chief Staff Officer." The District Commandant will allot amongst his staff the several duties in such a manner as will best insure their efficient performance.

Distribution of duties.

41. The duties of Staff and Departmental Officers in each District will be allotted under the District Commandant, upon the same principle as that laid down to the Head-Quarters Staff.

The staff and departmental duties are to be kept separate, but they may, in the case of the smaller districts or commands, be concentrated in one or more individual officers ; thus one officer may perform the duties of both Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General.

42. The duties of the following appointments allotted to each State will be carried out as follows :—

S.O. of A.

S.O.E.S.

S.O.O.

P.M.O.

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Officers performing their regimental or departmental duties concurrently with their staff duties are not required to provide themselves with staff uniform.

Official Secrets Act.

43. Staff Officers will observe the provisions of paragraph 16, relating to the Official Secrets Act 1889.

Artillery and Engineer Duties.

Distribution of. Duties.

44. Before the preparation of the annual estimates the Assistant Adjutant-General for Engineer Services will draw out a detailed statement of the proposed general distribution of the Corps of Engineers, and will submit it for the consideration of the General Officer Commanding.

45. Subject to the supervision of the A.A.G. for Artillery and the A.A.G. for Engineer Services respectively, and the responsibility of those Officers for the efficiency and discipline of their Corps, the following special duties and responsibilities devolve upon the respective Commanding Officers of those Corps in districts or stations :—

The S.O.E.S. will, as regards the (a) duties, act as an Officer on the Staff of the District Commandant ; he will, in addition, carry out the duties of a Regimental Staff Officer to the Officer Commanding Engineers, in connexion with the duties (b), as follows :—

46. Staff Officers for Artillery and Engineer Services will act as advisers of the District Commandant on all technical matters connected with the Artillery Armament and with the Engineer Services respectively.

Duties of the Army Service Corps.

Duties.

47. The Officers of the Army Service Corps are intrusted with the duties connected with the supply of transport, provisions, fuel, light, and supplies of every kind for the use of all branches of the Military Forces.

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Duties of the Director-General Medical Services and Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps.

48. The duties of the Director-General Medical Services, State Principal Medical Officers, Staff Officer Medical Services, and Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps are laid down in Part XII., and in the Regulations for the Australian Army Medical Corps.

Duties of the Australian Army Ordnance Department and Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

Duties

49. The Australian Army Ordnance Department provides, inspects, and supplies the Army with warlike stores, and on active service holds and supplies clothing and necessaries, as laid down in the Regulations for Australian Army Ordnance Services.

Command.

50. The Australian Army Ordnance Corps is under the command of a specially appointed Officer of the Australian Army Ordnance Department, who, subject to the general instructions of the Assistant Director of Artillery and Stores, administers all matters relating to the interior economy of the corps.

Details.

51. The duties of the A.A.O.D. and A.A.O. Corps, in detail, are published in the " Regulations for the Australian Army Ordnance Department." (See also Part XIV. of these Regulations.)

Duties of the Army Veterinary Department.

Control and duties.

52. The Officers of the Army Veterinary Department will be under the general control of the Principal Veterinary Officer. The duties of administrative and executive veterinary officers are defined and laid down in the " Regulations for Army Veterinary Services." The duties of Principal Veterinary Officer are temporarily performed by the Director-General of Medical Services.

BRIGADE AND REGIMENTAL STAFFS OF MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Militia and Volunteer Staff of Militia and Volunteer Regiments.

53. Brigade and Regimental Staffs are composed of Officers, Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers, in accordance with the authorized establishments. The Militia Officers and Non-commissioned Officers selected will carry out, within at least the limit of time for which they receive pay, all those administrative duties which fall to the lot of a Brigade or Regimental Staff. The Officers, Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers of Militia, as well as of Volunteer Regiments and Corps composing the Brigade and Regimental Staffs will perform, as far as they are able to do so, the important duties allotted to their respective appointments, viz. :—

Brigade Staff—

Regimental Staff—

ALLOTMENT AND DUTIES OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.

Instructional Staff. Allotment of to Brigades and Regiments.

54. It will be one of the most important duties of the District and Instructional Staff of Officers, Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers attached to Brigades and Corps to instruct the members of the Militia and Volunteer Staffs in the method of carrying out their administrative duties, and to insure that the Brigade and Regimental routine administrative duties are efficiently maintained.

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With a view to enabling the above order to be carried out, the Instructional Staff will be detailed to duties as follows :—

Duties of the Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the General and Instructional Staff.

55. In view of the foregoing, it is necessary to define the duties of Officers, Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.

Officers.

(a) Staff Officers of the Instructional Staff are attached to Brigades and Corps for imparting instruction in drill,, tactics, discipline, organization, and administration. They are under the command of the Brigadiers to whose Brigade they are attached, and they will hold themselves entirely at the disposal of Commanding Officers generally. They will assist the Brigadiers and Commanding Officers in the administrative duties connected with their commands, and they will supervise all the administrative duties in connexion with the Units to which they are attached. They are placed at the disposal of the Brigadiers and Commanding Officers of the various Brigades, Regiments, and Corps as Instructors in the broadest sense of the term. It will be their especial duty to instruct (and assist) the Brigade-Majors, Adjutants, and Acting Adjutants of Regiments in their administrative, clerical, and other duties, making as far as possible these officers responsible for performing the duties pertaining to their positions.

(b) Staff Officers will personally impart practical and theoretical instruction to all Officers of the Units to which they belong, more especially by lectures. They are held responsible that the Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff are in all respects equal to their instructional duties, and that they carry out the same in a satisfactory manner. They will in this regard therefore exercise constant supervision over the Instructional Staff concerned.

(c) Officers of the Instructional Staff are available for general staff duty when required. Brigadiers and Commanding Officers will be informed when the Staff Officers are required for duty away from the Units to which they are attached.

(d) By carrying into practice the principles above laid down each Staff Officer, while supervising and carrying on the routine administrative duties of the Brigade or Unit for whose instruction he is responsible, will be assisted by the Militia Brigade Major within the limit of the time for which he receives pay.

Each Staff Officer will similarly supervise and instruct the Adjutants or Acting Adjutants of each Regiment in all their administrative duties, taking care to insure that the regimental routine is carefully maintained (and see para. 58).

Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers.

(e) Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff are allotted to Units to instruct and to insure, as far as lies in their power, that the administrative routine work is carried on with efficiency. It is their duty to instruct the Militia and Volunteer Non-commissioned Staff of Units in their clerical and administrative duties, as well as in their duties on parade.

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(f) Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff will be careful not to relieve the Militia Sergeant-Majors, Staff-Sergeants, Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeants, Colour Sergeants, and Squadron Sergeant-Majors, of the duties and responsibilities pertaining to their appointments.

(g) The Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff will supervise and instruct the Militia and Volunteer Warrant Officers and Non-commissioned Officers respectively, in carrying out their administrative duties as follow :—

Duties interchangeable

56. All members of the Instructional Staff will be considered as interchangeable between the various units, and between the different positions to which they are allotted, as the exigencies of the service may demand.

Success of instruction.

57. The capabilities of the Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff will be gauged by the success which attends their efforts in enabling the Militia or Volunteer Brigade Regimental Staff and Company Staff to carry out their duties in a satisfactory manner.

Monthly diary.

58. Each Officer and Non-commissioned Officer of the Instructional Staff will keep a Staff Diary, in which will be noted the duty performed by them, particularly those of instruction. This Diary or a copy of the same will be forwarded monthly, not later than the 7th of the succeeding month, to the Chief Staff Officer of the District for transmission to Head-Quarters.

Militia and Volunteer Regimental Staff.

Militia and Volunteer Regimental Staff.

59. It is most undesirable that the Militia and Volunteer Officers, Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers should be relieved of their responsibility of carrying out the administrative work connected with their appointments.

It will be their duty to acquire from the Permanent Instructional Staff a knowledge of the administrative work pertaining to their positions.

They will be temporarily appointed to their positions, and will assist the Permanent Regimental Instructional Staff within the minimum limits laid down in the Regulations for Efficiency until reported as efficient. The appointments may then be confirmed. They will then be responsible for the efficient performance of the duties devolving upon them.

Militia and Volunteer Squadron, Battery, and Company Staff.

Militia and Volunteer Squadron and Company Staff.

60. The Instructional Staff will not be permitted to relieve the Militia and Volunteer Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of their proper responsibilities.

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It will be the duty of the Militia and Volunteer Squadron, Battery, and Company Sergeant-Majors, Quartermaster-Sergeants, and Colour Sergeants to acquire and carry out the administrative duties connected with their respective Units under the Officer Commanding the same.

It will be the duty of the Instructional Staff to afford the necessary assistance in order to secure the satisfactory performance of the duties in question, and to impart the instruction and afford the help required by the Militia Non-commissioned Officers in carrying out their administrative functions.

Leave of Absence.

(Permanent Forces—Paras. 61 to 81.)

Ordinary leave.

61. Every member of the Permanent Forces may be granted leave of absence for any period or periods not exceeding in the whole eighteen days (exclusive of Sundays and holidays), provided that his services can be spared, and that the Commanding Officer approves.

62. District Commandants will make such arrangements as will allow each member of the Permanent Forces such leave of absence annually, but if it is found impracticable to grant such leave in any year, or for any sufficient reason, the General Officer Commanding or District Commandant may permit the leave to be taken in the following year, provided that in other cases leave not taken during the years it accrues shall lapse.

63. In the case of soldiers, the leave of absence mentioned in the last paragraph may be granted by Commanding Officers, subject to such limitations as may be found necessary, and laid down from time to time in General or District Orders.

Leave of Absence on Ground of Illness.

Short periods.

64. Applications for short periods of leave of absence may be granted on the ground of illness, if supported by the certificate of the medical officer in charge of troops, of a duly qualified medical practitioner, or of a medical board.

Extended leave.

65. In cases of sickness or ill-health the Minister may, on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding, and the production of satisfactory evidence, grant extended leave, not exceeding three months, in accordance with the following schedule :—

Further Extensions

66. Where, in case of illness, an officer or soldier, who has received leave of absence for three months, is not so far recovered as to be able to resume his duties, further extensions of leave may

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be granted with the approval of the Governor-General, in accordance with the following schedule, provided that, on each extension of leave, the applicant shall be subjected to an examination by the medical officer in charge of troops, or by a medical officer, or by a medical board, approved by the General Officer Commanding.