STATUTORY RULES.
1914. No. 14.
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PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1912.
Regulations (Provisional) for Universal Training—Part V.—Citizen Forces—Regulation 155—Amendment.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under this Defense Act 1903–1912 should come into immediate operation, and, further, should be taken to have come into operation on and from the 1st day of July, 1912, and make the Regulation to come into operation accordingly as a Provisional Regulation,
Dated this fifth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. D. MILLEN.
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REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING —PART V.—CITIZEN FORCES.
Amendment.
Regulation 155—
The sub-paragraph relating to Specialists, which reads as follows:—
“Specialists’ pay of £1 per annum will be paid to each qualified Specialist of the Field Artillery and Garrison Artillery, not exceeding the following:—
In each battery of Field Artillery—8 gun-layers, 4 signallers or telephonists, 4 range-takers. In each company of Garrison Artillery—4 gun-layers, 4 telephonists, 3 range-takers. A Specialist becoming non-effective during a half-year will not draw Specialist’s pay for that half-year.
Special duty pay of Six shillings shall be paid to each man borne on the authorized establishment as ‘cook’ for each day’s attendance at the Camp of Training of the Unit to which he belongs, on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that his duties have been efficiently carried out. Provided, however, that this
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allowance shall be granted only to those who have joined, or enlisted, or re-enlisted on and after the 1st July, 1912.”
is cancelled, and the following substituted therefor:—
“Specialists pay of £2 per annum will be paid—
(a) To each qualified signaller below the rank of 2nd corporal borne on the authorized establishment of a Signal Unit, or as regimental signallers of Light Horse and Infantry Units.
(b) To each qualified ‘Specialist’ of the Field and Garrison
Artillery, not exceeding the following:—
In each head-quarters of a Field Artillery Brigade—4 signallers, 2 range-takers. In each battery of Field Artillery—8 gun-layers, 4 signallers or telephonists, 4 range-takers. In each company of Garrison Artillery—4 gun-layers, 4 telephonists, 3 range-takers.
A Specialist becoming non-effective during a year will not draw Specialist’s pay for that year.
Special duty pay of Six shillings may be paid to each soldier below the rank of 2nd corporal or bombardier borne on the authorized establishment as ‘cook’ for each day’s attendance at the Camp of Training of the Unit to which he belongs, on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that his duties have been efficiently carried out. Provided, however, that this allowance shall be granted only to those who have joined, or enlisted, or re-enlisted, on and after the 1st July, 1912.
Payment for the provision of motor cycles and bicycles will be made annually, in accordance with the following scale, to members borne on the authorized establishment of a Signal Unit or as regimental signallers of Light Horse and Infantry Units using privately-owned machines in the Government service, the owners of such machines to be responsible for all damages and repairs, and that machines are kept in good order and fit for service at all times:—
Motor Cycles—
At the rate of 5s. per diem for each day on which the motor cycle (within the approved establishment of such machines) is used in the Government service, provided that the total amount paid for each motor cycle does not exceed £5 per annum.
Bicycles—
At the rate of 2s. per diem for each day on which the bicycle (within the approved establishment of such machines) is used in the Government service, provided that the total amount paid for each bicycle does not exceed £2 per annum.”
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