The Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth heretofore made, whether provisional or otherwise, are hereby repealed, except that all appointments made thereunder will bear date of the original appointment.

DEFINITIONS.

1 “Head-Quarters” means the office of the Central Administration.

2. “District Head-Quarters” means the Office of a District Commandant.

3. “Military Decoration” means any medal, clasp, good conduct badge, or decoration.

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

5. “The Act” means the Defence Act 1903-1912.

6. “Rank,” unless it is otherwise stated, means, in the case of an Officer, the highest permanent rank held by him when serving, whether substantive, brevet, or honorary.

7. “Substantive Rank” shall include all rank except brevet, honorary, local, and temporary.

8. The term “conduct sheet” or “conduct book,” without the prefix “regimental,” will be understood to mean the squadron, battery, or company conduct sheet or book.

9. 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 transport and supply column.

ABBREVIATIONS.

C.M.R.=Commonwealth Military Regulations.

C.M.F.=Commonwealth Military Form.

C.M.B.=Commonwealth Military Book.

D.A.=Defence Act 1903-1912.

S.O. = Standing Order

M.O. = Military Order

Issued by the Military Board.

Regulations referring to Permanent Forces only are marked with the letter “P.” in the margin to Citizen Forces only, with the letter “C.”; to Militia Forces only, with the letter “M”; and to Volunteer Forces only, with the letter “V”

Paragraphs of the Regulations which have been amended, or redrafted, or are new, are denoted by a black line in the margin.

PART II.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.

Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed to be contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of the Act.

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THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE.

Constitution.

1. The Council of Defence consists of regular members and consultative members.

Regular members.

The regular members shall be the Minister of State for Defence (President) the Treasurer, the First and Second members of the Naval Board, the Inspector-General of the Military Forces, the Chief of the General Staff, and the Consulting Military Engineer.

Consultative members.

The consultative members, at a meeting of the Council, are such officers of the Citizen Forces and expert advisers as are summoned by the President to that meeting.

Meetings.

Meetings of the Council shall be convened by the President. If the President is not present at a meeting, the Treasurer, if present, shall preside.

Quorum.

Four (4) regular members, of whom one shall be the President or the Treasurer, shall constitute a quorum. Sub-committees of the Naval and Military Members shall be constituted as required, under the presidency of the Senior Officer detailed as a member of the sub-committee.

Secretary.

The Permanent Head of the Department of Defence is the Secretary to the Council.

Minutes.

Minutes are kept of the proceedings of all meetings of the Council.

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE.

The Council of Defence inquires into, discusses, and records opinions upon matters submitted to it by the Minister affecting—

(a) The general policy of the Naval and Military Defence of the Commonwealth.

(b) Measures necessary for the defence of the Commonwealth in time of war.

(c) The total expenditure on Defence, and its distribution.

THE MILITARY BOARD.

CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION FOR THE MILITARY FORCES.

Constitution.

2. The Military Board consists of the Minister (President), and the following members:—

Regular members.

The Chief of the General Staff (1st Military Member),

The Adjutant-General (2nd Military Member),

The Quartermaster-General (3rd Military Member),

The Chief of Ordnance (4th Military Member),

The Finance Member.

The designation of these officers shall not thereby confer any seniority on the holders thereof.

The Military Board, subject to the control of the Minister, is charged with the administration of all matters relating to the Military Forces.

The Minister will assign their duties to the various Members of the Board. Each Member will be primarily and directly responsible to the Minister for the proper execution of the duties assigned to him.

Unless otherwise directed each Member of the Board will be responsible to the Minister for the drafting for submission of the Regulations dealing with his branch.

The Members of the Board will allot the duties of their Directors.

Meetings are to be convened by the President, and in his absence by the Secretary for Defence.

In the absence of the President the Senior Military Officer present will preside.

Meetings.

Three Members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

Quorum.

There will be a Secretary to the Board, who will be an Officer of the Department of the Secretary for Defence, and who will keep and distribute, as directed by the Minister, all agenda, minutes, and recommendations of the Military Board.

The Military Board will refer all matters in connexion with the appointments of Commandants and Officers of the District Head Quarters Staffs, and the appointments of Officers to command for regiments and corps to the Inspector-General for his advice and recommendation.

Minutes.

2a. The Chief of the General Staff is the Chief of the Commonwealth Section of the Imperial General Staff.

Imperial General Staff.

2b. Rules of Business for Military Board.

The following Rules will govern the conduct of the business of administration:—

(a) Matters of routine are to be decided by and dealt with in the name of the responsible Member of the Military Board, who, if he thinks fit, may delegate this duty to his Directors.

(b) Questions of principle will be decided by—

(i.) The Member of the Board responsible.

(ii.) The Minister.

(iii.) The Minister after obtaining the advice of the full Military Board in session—

according to their importance.

In the case of (iii.) précis of the questions are to be prepared and laid before the Board for discussion and decision.

(c) A session of the Military Board will be convened by the Minister when necessary.

Four days before a meeting each Member will submit to the Minister the agenda of the subjects proposed by him for discussion, together with his recommendation thereon.

(d) The recommendation on each subject discussed will be recorded and forwarded by the Secretary, Military Board, to the Secretary for Defence, for submission to the Minister, and the recommendation before submission to the Minister shall be initialed by each Member of the Board present at the meeting, with a note signifying his concurrence or dissent.

(e) Copies of the decisions and recommendations of the Board will be furnished to the Minister, each Member, the Secretary, and the Inspector-General, directly after the meeting.

Military Board Rules of Business.

Agenda.

(f) The Secretary for Defence will arrange to circulate weekly to the above officers all agenda decisions and orders issued by the Minister, and the Members of the Board either on their own or Ministerial authority.

Duties of Members.

The duties assigned to each Member shall be:—

C.G.S.’s duties.

The Chief of the General Staff is charged with all preparation for War as follows:—

Organization for war. Training and instruction other than that allotted to the Adjutant-General. Education and examination for first appointment and promotion of officers. Field operations and promulgation of operation orders. Schemes for manœuvres, including concentration. Allocation of funds for manœuvres and training. Plans of concentration for war. Preparation and maintenance of defence schemes. Military libraries. Intelligence. Drill books and manuals dealing with training and military instruction and war organization. Censorship.

Under the Chief of the General Staff will be one Director of Operations, one Director of Training, and one Director of Intelligence.

Adjutant-General’s duties.

The Adjutant-General is charged with the enrolment, organization, and mobilization of the troops as follows:—

Registration, exemptions, medical inspection, organization, peace establishments, recruiting and recruit training, musketry, discipline, medical services and sanitation, distribution of units, editing and issuing orders other than operation orders and military books of regulations, editing and issuing mobilization orders, administration of and questions relating to Administrative and Instructional Staff, military clerks, personnel, education and examination of soldiers; appointments, promotion, retirement, posting, exchange and transfer of officers; mobilization of personnel, military prisons and police and detention barracks, military and martial law, duties in aid of the civil power, casualties, discharges, desertion and fraudulent enlistment, medals, ceremonial, rifle clubs and reserves, cadets, chaplains, postal services.

Under the Adjutant-General there will be one Assistant Adjutant-General and Director of Personnel, one Director-General of Medical Services, one Director of Rifle Associations and Clubs, and one Director of Physical Training.

Q.M.G.’s duties.

The Quartermaster-General is charged with the equipment and maintenance of the troops as follows:—

Preparation of regulations for universal training in consultation with the Adjutant-General, dress, transport and remounts, veterinary services, movements by land and sea, conveyance of stores, railways, appropriation, occupation and equipment of barracks; supply of food, forage, clothing, arms and ammunition, stores and equipment; mobilization arrangements connected with the above services; administration of corps dealing with the above services.

Under the Quartermaster-General there will be one Director of Equipment.

The Chief of Ordnance is charged with the questions relating to armaments, fixed defences, and engineer services, as follows:—

Arrangements for the construction and maintenance of fortifications, barracks, store buildings, and ranges; patterns, provision, inspection, and maintenance of armaments and vehicles; patents and inventions; administration of the Staff and Permanent Force connected with the above; technical instruction of artillery and engineers, including schools; promulgation of changes in war material.

Under the Chief of Ordnance there will be a Director of Artillery, a Director of Works, an Inspector of Ordnance and Ammunition, and an Inspector of Ordnance Machinery.

C. of O.’s Duties

The Finance Member will be charged with Military Finance as follows:—

Consideration and compilation of parliamentary estimates; review of proposals for new expenditure, or the re-distribution of the sums allotted to the different sub-heads of defence votes; financial advice; Treasury requirement; claims, compensation—death or injury.

The Members of the Board will assign in detail the duties of the Directors.

F.M.’s Duties.

2c. The Secretary for Defence is the permanent head of the Defence Department.

Permanent Head, Defence Dept.

PROMOTION BOARD.

3. The Promotion Board consists of:—

The Inspector-General, President.

President.

The Adjutant-General and the Senior District Commandant doing duty with troops, Members.

Members.

The Chief of Ordnance will attend the meetings of the Board to advise on all promotions of Artillery and Engineer Officers.

Attendance of C. of O.

The Promotion Board will consider and make recommendations with regard to all promotions in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth to ranks above the rank of Major, as well as the appointments of officers to be Commandants and to command regiments and corps.

The recommendations of the Promotion Board will be forwarded to the Secretary of the Department of Defence for submission to the Minister.

Duties.

DISTRICT MILITARY COMMITTEE.

3a. In each Military District there shall be a District Military Committee, composed of the Commandant and three of the Senior Officers of the Active List of the Citizen Forces of the District, representing different arms, to be appointed by the Commandant.

Constitution.

These Committees shall consider and make recommendations with regard to the promotion of officers of the Citizen Forces, in their respective Districts, from the rank of Captain to Major.

The recommendations of the Committee will be forwarded by the Commandant, together with his recommendation, for the consideration of the Military Board

Duties.

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL.

Inspector-General.

4. The duties of the Inspector-General are to review, and to report to the Minister on the practical results of the policy of the Government as administered by the Military Board.

He will make such inspections, inquiries, and reports as may be required from time to time by the Military Board, and, annually, before the 31st May, he will prepare a general report for the information of the Military Board. For these purposes he is to arrange for the examination of the actual effect of the systems of classification, enrolment, enlistment, registration, and organization of the Cadets, the Permanent and Citizen Forces, and their transport; for the inspection of their training and efficiency, as well as of the suitability of their arms, armament and equipment, the condition of the fortifications and defences; and generally to investigate the state of preparedness for war of the Military Forces.

The Inspector-General will be President of the Promotion Board.

MILITARY DISTRICTS.

Military Districts.

5. The undermentioned Military Districts are appointed under Section 8 of the Defence Act:—

1st Military District.—The State of Queensland, together with that part of the State of New South Wales including the towns of Casino, Lismore, and Grafton, known as the 12th Battalion Area.

2nd Military District.—The State of New South Wales, excluding the 12th Battalion Area above mentioned, and excluding the towns of Broken Hill, Torrowangee, and Silverton, and excluding those parts of the 44th Battalion Area which include the towns of Corowa, South Corowa, Mulwala, Moama, Mathoura, and Denilquin, and together with those parts of the 57th Battalion Area in the State of Victoria, which include the towns of Wodonga, Barnawartha, Chiltern, and Tallangatta.

3rd Military District.—The State of Victoria, together with those parts of the 44th Battalion Area above mentioned, and excluding those parts of the 57th Battalion Area above mentioned.

4th Military District.—The State of South Australia, together with the towns of Broken Hill, Torrowangee, and Silverton, in New South Wales.

5th Military District.—The State of Western Australia.

6th Military District.—The State of Tasmania.

The exact boundaries of the Military Districts shall be as approved by the Military Board, and shown on maps issued by District Commandants.

PRECEDENCE OF CORPS.

Precedence of Corps.

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

(1) The Corps of Staff Cadets.

(2) The Regiments of Light Horse.

(3) The Royal Australian Artillery Regiment.*

(4) Batteries of Australian Field Artillery.*

(5) Companies of Australian Garrison Artillery.

(6) The Corps of Australian Engineers.

(a) Royal Australian Engineers.

(b) Australian Engineers.

(7) The Infantry Regiments.

(8) The Australian Intelligence Corps.

(9) The Australian Corps of Signallers.

(10) The Australian Army Service Corps.

(10a) The Australian Army Medical Corps.

(10b) The Australian Army Veterinary Corps.

(11) The Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps.

(12) The Reserve Forces.

(13) The Military Cadet Corps.

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 Military Forces 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.

Units of same Arm.

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

7. 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, their precedence shall, except in the case of an officer appointed to command a regiment, battalion, or corps, 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.)

Command.

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

7a. In all Regulations and Standing Orders of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, including Financial and Allowance Regulations, unless the context otherwise provides, the terms “Commanding Officer,” “Officer Commanding,” “Commanding Officer of regiment, corps, or unit,” include an “Officer Commanding Australian Intelligence Corps for a District.”

Half-pay, ill-health.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 local commissions.

Exercise of command.

11. 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 Military Board.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Inspector-General shall be entitled to assume command at any parade of the Military Forces not being a parade held in time of war.

The Australian Intelligence Corps is a combatant corps forming part of the Militia Forces, but no officer of this corps under the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel shall exercise command over other corps except for the substantive rank for which he has qualified in the examinations prescribed for Light Horse, Artillery, Engineers, or Infantry, or for which he has qualified in the practical examination prescribed in the subjects relating exclusively to one of these arms of the service, in addition to qualifying in the examinations prescribed for the corps.

Command of detachments.

12. 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.

13. Subject to the fact that any officer, whether of permanent, local or temporary rank, may, as described in paragraph 11, be specially appointed to any particular command, an officer granted local rank by the Governor-General holds the same advantages of precedence and command as permanent rank so long as the officer is holding the appointment for which it is given.

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.

Local and temporary rank

14 Brevet rank will only be given for Distinguished Service in the Field. Brevet rank in the Military Forces does not count in calculating seniority within the regiment or corps to which the officer belongs, nor for pay and allowances, in which cases the substantive rank is alone to be considered.

Brevet rank.

The rank of Brigadier-General shall be local or temporary only.

15. 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 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.

Honorary rank.

16. 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.

Departmental and other officers.

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

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.

Corresponding rank gives no claim to command.

 18.  Corresponding Ranks.

Military Forces.

Naval Forces.

1. Major-Generals.........

Rear-Admiral

2. Brigadier-Generals.......

Captains of the Fleet Commodores, 1st and 2nd Class

3. Colonels..............

Captains over 3 years

Paymasters-in-Chief.

Chief Inspectors of Machinery and Inspectors of Machinery of 8 years’ service in that rank.

Staff Captains of 4 years’ seniority.

4. Lieutenant-Colonels......

Captains under 3 years

Staff Captains under 4 years’ seniority.

Engineer Captains under 8 years’ seniority.

Commanders, but junior of that rank

Staff Commanders.............

Fleet-Surgeons................

Fleet Paymasters..............

Engineer Commanders and Naval Instructors of 15 years’ seniority.

5. Majors................

Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority

Navigating Lieutenants of 8 years seniority

Staff Surgeons.

Secretaries to Junior Flag Officers, Commodores, 1st Class, or Captains of the Fleet.

Staff Paymasters.

Naval Instructors of 8 years’ seniority.

Engineer Lieutenants of 8 years’ seniority.

Paymasters, but junior of that rank.

6. Captains..............

Lieutenants under 8 years’ seniority

Surgeons.

Secretaries to Commodores, 2nd Class.

Naval Instructors under 8 years’ seniority.

Assistant Paymasters of 12 years’, and Engineer Lieutenants under 8 years’ seniority.

Assistant Paymasters of 6 years, but junior of that rank.

7. Lieutenants.............

Sub-Lieutenants.........

Assistant Paymasters under 6 years’ seniority.

Engineer Sub-Lieutenants.

8. 2nd Lieutenants..........

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Chief Gunner

Chief Boatswain

Chief Carpenter

9. Garrison Sergeant-Majors, Master Gunners, 1st Class

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Midshipmen

Clerks

Gunners

Boatswains

Carpenters

But senior of that rank.

But junior of that rank.

Officers of the Consular Service will rank with officers of the Military Forces as follows:—

Agents and Consuls-General.................

with but after Major-Generals.

Consuls-General.........................

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Brigadier-Generals.

Consuls...............................

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Colonels.

Vice-Consuls...........................

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Majors.

Consular Agents.........................

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Captains.

HONOURS AND SALUTES.

General Instructions.

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

(i.) To the King.—On all occasions, Royal Salute. Standards and colours lowered, officers saluting, men presenting arms, bands playing the National Anthem through.

(ii.) To members of the Royal Family.—Same as (i.) except that the bands will only play the first part (six bars) of the National Anthem.

(iii.) To Foreign Sovereigns; Presidents of those Republican States in which the Sovereign is represented by an Ambassador; and Members of Foreign Imperial and Royal Families.—Same as (i.) or (ii.) respectively, except that their own National Hymn will, when practicable, be played.

(iv.) To a Viceroy; and to a Governor-General, High Commissioner, Governor or Lieut.-Governor of a State, colony, protectorate, or possession abroad; or special Royal Commissioner, acting on behalf of the Sovereign, at State ceremonials such as the opening or closing the session of the Commonwealth or State Legislature.—Same as (i.), except that the bands may only play the first part (six bars) of the National Anthem.

(v.) To Field Marshals.—General salute, same as (vi.), and regimental colours of all forces to be lowered, except when a member of the Royal Family is present.

(vi.) To General Officers and Inspecting Officers below the rank of General Officer.—General salute by the troops under their command; by mounted services with swords drawn, or as laid down in the Light Horse Manual, officers saluting, and bands playing the first part of a slow march; by dismounted services, officers saluting, men presenting arms, colours flying, bands playing the first part of a slow march, and drums beating; by corps not having bands, the trumpets or bugles sounding the salute, or the drums beating a ruffle.

(vii.) To Commanding Officers (if under the rank of General Officer) of Districts, Garrisons, Camps, or Stations.—Honours (not extending to a salute of guns) due to the rank one degree higher than that which they actually hold.

(viii.) To Standards, Guidons, and Colours—when uncased they are, at all times, to be saluted with the highest honours, viz., arms presented, trumpets or bugles sounding the salute, drums beating a ruffle.

Honours and salutes on parade.

20. The National Anthem is not to be played in connexion with salutes on any occasion than those mentioned in paragraph 19, and is only due to those personages who are entitled to a Royal Salute.

National Anthem.

21. Governors of States who are also Naval or Military Officers are entitled, in every respect to the honours due to their rank, as well as to their civil office.

Governors of States.

22. 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.

Acting appointment.

Officers acting in civil office.

23. 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.

24. 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.

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

Saluting funerals.

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

Compliments on the march.

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 Light Horse Manual.

Commanders of parties paying compliments.

An officer commanding an armed party passing a guard, of 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.

All officers will salute their seniors before addressing them or 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. A salute made to two or more officers will be returned by the senior only.

Naval Officers.

26. Officers will salute those 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.

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

Saluting officers.

28. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Permanent Forces 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, non-commissioned officers and men of the Citizen Forces, in uniform, will similarly salute all commissioned officers when in uniform. Warrant officers and non-commissioned officers when wearing swords will salute with the right hand, irrespectively of the side on which the officer saluted may be passing.

Warrant officers.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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:—

(i.) On the arrival of a British or foreign vessel of war an officer is to be sent on board to arrange with the Naval Officer in command as to the exchange of visits.

(ii.) The District Commandant or other Officer commanding is to call first on any Naval Officer (British or foreign) senior to him, as soon as practicable after arrival, or await his visit if he be junior. The visit is to be returned within 24 hours.

(iii.) The visit of a Naval Officer below the rank of Captain is to be returned by the Aide-de-camp or some other Staff Officer on behalf of the District Commandant or other Commanding Officer.

(iv.) The Commandant of the District in which Head-Quarters are situated before taking action in sub-paras. i and ii will consult with the Adjutant-General.

Guards of Honour.

32. A Guard of Honour, as a general rule, of 50 rank and file,

Guards of

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:—

(i.) Upon the King and other Royal personages; and upon Presidents of those Republican States in which the Sovereign is represented by an Ambassador.

(ii.) At State ceremonials.

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.)

honour of 50 rank and file.

32a. A Guard of Honour, of 30 rank and file, with two Officers,

Guards of

one carrying the regimental colour, and a band, will attend:—

(i.) When a Foreign General or Flag Officer lands at a military station, within His Majesty’s dominions, to visit the Governor-General, the Governor, Military Board, or District Commandant.

(ii.) To receive distinguished personages other than those mentioned in paragraph 32, or on occasions not specified in paragraph 19, if it is deemed expedient.

(iii.) (a) At the port where the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Station lands for the first time within the Commonwealth.

(b) On each occasion on which he receives an artillery salute on paying an official visit to the Governor-General.

honour of 30 rank and file

32b. Voluntary Guards of Honour as in 32a may be furnished for the Governor-General or the Governor of a State when visiting Cities or Towns in the Commonwealth on other than State occasions, and provided that troops are available without expense.

Voluntary guards of honour.

33. Mounted Escorts will attend if ordered when Guards of Honour are furnished, as provided for in Regulation 32. The strength of the escort for the Governor-General will be 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant-Major, 1 Trumpeter, 20 rank and file; and for the State Governors 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant, 1 Trumpeter, 12 rank and file.

Voluntary Escorts may be furnished as in 32b.

Mounted escorts.

Flag Stations and Flags to be Flown.

Flag and flag stations.

34. Where two flags are issued, the smaller is for use in bad weather.

Flag Stations.

Australian Ensign.

12 feet
x
6 feet.

6 feet
x
3 feet.

New South Wales.

Victoria Barracks, Sydney.............

1†‡

1*

Saluting Battery, Sydney..............

1†

1†

Middle Head Fort...................

1‡

1‡

Fort Scratchley, Newcastle.............

1‡

1‡

Victoria.

Victoria Barracks, Melbourne...........

1†‡

1*

Queenscliff Fort....................

1‡

1‡

Gellibrand Fort....................

...

1†

Queensland.

Victoria Barracks, Brisbane............

1†‡

1*

Barracks, Thursday Island.............

1†‡

1†‡

South Australia.

District Head-Quarters, Adelaide.........

1†‡

1*

Fort Largs........................

1‡

1‡

Western Australia.

District Head Quarters, Perth...........

1†‡

1*

Barracks, Albany...................

1‡

1‡

Barracks, Fremantle.................

1‡

1‡

Tasmania.

District Head Quarters, Hobart..........

1†‡

1*

Saluting Battery, Hobart..............

...

1†‡

Royal Military College...............

1†‡

1*

† On anniversaries, State occasions, and when required for saluting or other special purposes, ‡ On Sundays and anniversaries. * Daily, except Sundays.

Saluting Stations.

Stations for firing salutes.

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

Military District.

Salutes to Foreign Men-of-War.

Other Salutes.

1st

Queen’s Park, Brisbane..................

Barrack Square, Thursday Island

Queen’s Park, Brisbane

Barrack Square, Thursday Island

2nd

South Head, Sydney....................

Government Domain, Sydney

3rd

Fort Gellibrand, Williamstown.............

Government Domain, Melbourne

4th

Fort Largs...........................

Parade Ground, Adelaide

5th

Artillery Barracks, Fremantle..............

Esplanade near Law Courts, Perth

6th

Queen’s Battery, Hobart..................

Queen’s Battery, Hobart

Artillery Salutes.

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

No. of guns, 21—

Royal Salute—

(1) The Sovereign; a member of the Royal Family; a Foreign Crowned Head; Sovereign Prince or his Consort; a Prince who is a Member of a Foreign Royal Family; President of a Republican State.

(Salutes will be fired both on arrival and departure.)

(2) The Standard of the Sovereign, or Prince of Wales, when passing in a vessel.

Artillery salutes.

(3) Anniversaries—Birthday (as notified in the Gazette), Accession, Coronation of Sovereign, Birthday of Consort of Sovereign, Birthday of the Queen Mother and Empire Day.

(These salutes will be fired at noon.)

No. of guns, 19—

(1) The Governor-General.

(2) The opening, proroguing, and dissolving Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State.

(3) Other occasions, as directed by the Governor-General.

(4) * ‡Admirals of the Fleet.

No. of guns, 17—

Governors of His Majesty’s Colonies or States (para. 38).

* ‡ Admirals.

No. of guns, 15—

* ‡ Vice-Admirals.

Lieutenant-Governors and officers administering the Government of Colonies or States, and Administrators acting under the Governor-General (para. 38).

No. of guns, 13—

* ‡ Rear-Admirals.

No. of guns, 11—

* ‡ Commodores (no senior Captain being present).

† Consuls-General.

No. of guns, 7—

† Consuls.

* 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 Naval Commander-in-Chief 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 Naval Commander-in-Chief 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 Naval Commander-in-Chief landing within the limits of the Commonwealth.

Salutes for distinguished foreigners.

37. A foreigner of high distinction or a foreign general or a flag officer when visiting the Governor-General, a Governor, the Military Board, or the District Commandant (see paragraph 32A) may, on landing, be saluted with the number of guns which from his rank he is entitled 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 Governor-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:—

(i.) On first landing in their governments.

(ii.) On reading of Royal Commission and taking the oaths of office.

(iii.) On departing from their governments on leave of absence exceeding three months.

(iv.) On returning from leave of absence exceeding three months.

(v.) On finally quitting the Commonwealth, or a State, as the case may be, on expiration of term of office.

(vi.) When officially visiting States, ports, and dependencies within their governments, but not oftener at any one place than once in 12 months.

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. His Majesty’s ships and His Majesty’s forts will not, on any account, exchange salutes.

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.

Salutes in Boats.

Boats saluting.

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

(1) When an officer is in the boat—

Rank.

When passing.

Under oars.

Meeting at landing place or alongside ship.

Field officers.........................

Admiral or General.....................

“Lay on Oars,” Officer salutes

Crew “Eyes Front,” Officer and coxswain salute

Field officers.........................

Other naval and military officers, if senior

Officer salutes........................

Officer salutes

Salutes in Boats—continued.

(1.) When an officer is in the boat—continued.

Rank.

When passing.

Under oars.

Meeting at landing place or alongside ship.

Officers below rank of Field officer

Admiral or General.....................

“Toss Oars,” Officer salutes

Crew “Eyes Front,” Officer and coxswain salute

Officers below rank of Field officer.

Commodore Captain....................

Colonel......

Lieut.-Colonel

“Lay on Oars,” Officer salutes

Crew, “Eyes Front,” Officer and coxswain salute

Officers below rank of Field officer.

Other officers of either Service whom they know to be senior

Officer salutes........................

Officer salutes

(2.) When no officer is in the boat—

When passing.

Under oars.

Meeting at landing place or alongside ship.

Admiral............................

Commodore

Captain.............................

General officer

Colonel

Lieut.-Colonel

“Toss oars,” coxswain salutes

Crew “Eyes Front,” coxswain salutes

All other officers.......................

“Lay on Oars,” coxswain salutes

Crew “Eyes Front,” coxswain salutes

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

(3.) In steamboats, engines are to be stopped in those cases in which, in pulling boats, oars are tossed; engines are to be eased in those cases in which pulling boats “lay on” oars.

(4.) Laden boats, or those towing or in tow, are not to toss or lay on their oars.

(5.) Coxswains of boats under oars or sails when an officer is in charge, only salute at landing places.

(6.) Salutes in boats, under oars or sails, are to be made sitting down; in other cases standing up.

(7.) Boats laying off on their oars are to salute as above, but the bowmen will salute as well as the coxswain.

(8.) Boat-keepers salute standing up in the ordinary manner.

(9.) For a Royal salute the crew toss oars and stand up (in double-banked boats only).

(10.) When a general officer is saluted with guns, he will, on the first gun being fired, if in a steam-boat, stop the engines, or, if in a pulling boat, “lay on oars,” and on the last gun being fired will turn towards the ship and salute

MILITARY FUNERALS.

44. 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.

When to be ordered.

45. 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

Officers when entitled to.

Salutes and firing parties.

46. 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:—

Rank, or Corresponding Rank

Salute of Guns.

Rounds of Small Arms.

Troops to attend with due Proportion of Officers.

Lieut-General..........

13

..

3 Battalions and 4 Squadrons

Major-General..........

11

..

2

,,

,,

3

,,

Brigadier-General.......

9*

..

1

,,

,,

2

,,

Colonel Commanding

..

His own regiment or detachments equivalent thereto

Lieut.-Colonel..........

..

300 rank and file

Major...............

..

200

,,

,,

Captain..............

..

His own company or 100 men

Lieutenant, or 2nd Lieutenant 

..

40 rank and file, under a lieutenant or 20 lieutenant

Warrant Officer.........

..

25 rank and file, under a sergeant

Sergeant..............

..

19

,,

,,

,,

,,

All other grades.........

..

13

,,

,,

,,

,,

* Only when commissioned as Brigadier-General.

Minute guns.

47. 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.

48. The salute of guns prescribed by paragraph 46, 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.

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. 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.

Minute Guns at Civil Funerals.

Salutes at funerals of civil functionaries.

52. 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.

53. 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 36 when living.

Saluting bodies of distinguished foreigners.

OFFICERS.

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

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General.

54. All appointments, promotions, exchanges, transfers, resignations, and retirements of Officers will be notified in the Gazette, and promulgated in 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.

Gazette.

Date of appointments, &c.

55. 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.

Establishment of officers.

56a. Every Officer of the Permanent Forces shall annually be certified fit for active service by the Medical Officer on whose charge he is, and such certificate is to reach the Central Administration not later than 30th June in each year, and every officer of the Citizen Forces shall also be certified fit for active service before promotion to each rank.

First Appointment.

57. First appointments will, as a rule, be made to the rank of Second Lieutenant (but to rank of Captain in the case of the Australian Army Medical Corps and to the rank of Lieutenant in the

To rank of second lieutenant.

case of the Australian Intelligence Corps and Australian Army Veterinary Corps).

58. An officer appointed as 2nd Lieutenant will be required to complete a period of twelve months’ service in that rank, and may then, if he has passed the prescribed examinations, and is recommended by his Commanding Officer and the District Commandant, be promoted, to the rank of Lieutenant.

An officer appointed as Lieutenant in the Australian Intelligence Corps will be required to complete a period of twelve months’ service in that rank, and may then, if he has passed the prescribed examinations, and is recommended by the Officer Commanding the Corps in his District and the District Commandant, be promoted to the rank of Captain.

58a. An Officer admitted to the Royal Military College of Australia as a Staff Cadet will be required to resign his commission from a date prior to his attestation in the Corps of Staff Cadets.

To rank of lieutenant.

Age.

59. Candidates must not be less than 18 years of age, nor more than 40, except as specially prescribed in these Regulations. In special cases recommended by the Military Board, persons may be appointed who exceed the age laid down. Such special appointments, which are reserved for very exceptional cases, will be judged solely on their merits.

Promotion from the ranks

60. (a) When a vacancy for first appointment as an Officer occurs in a Unit of the Citizen Forces, preference will be given, under section 11 of the Defence Act, to persons who have served in the Defence Force for three years without a commission, special consideration being given to military ability and professional experience.

(b) In the event of there being no qualified candidates under (a) the Commanding Officer of the Unit in which the vacancy exists will invite applications from other Non-commissioned Officers and men of such Unit.

The Commanding Officer will forward the applications received together with his recommendation to the District Commandant, and, in the event of none of the applicants being considered to be suitable for appointment to a commission, he will state fully his reasons for such opinion.

60a. Members of a Corps formed in connexion with any approved University may, after serving in such Corps for a period of not less than three years, and passing the examination laid down for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, be granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Reserve of Officers.

Special appointments.

61. 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.

62. No person, except as prescribed in para. 61, shall be appointed an Officer in the Active Forces until he has passed the prescribed examination, but persons who have not passed that examination 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. (Sec. 14, D.A.)

Examinations half-yearly.

63. Examinations will, if necessary and practicable, be held in each district half-yearly. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.

Officers provisionally appointed.

Qualifying examinations.

64. 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 Military Board, or where a less period is prescribed in these Regulations. They must pass at either of such examinations, or the one next following, which, however, must not exceed a period of 18 months from date of provisional appointment. If successful, and if satisfactorily reported upon by their respective Commanding Officers, the provisional appointments may then be recommended for confirmation.

64a. Officers provisionally appointed to the Citizen Forces must, before confirmation of their provisional appointments, attend a camp of training or obtain a “pass” at a school of instruction.

Failure to qualify.

65. Officers who fail to qualify as above shall be recommended by District Commandants to be retired—having failed to qualify. (Sec. 15, D.A.)

Applications for first commissions

66. All recommendations for appointments will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to the District Commandant, on the authorized form.

When forwarding these applications to the Military Board, District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment.

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.

In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps the Adjutant-General will take the advice of the Chief of the General Staff before submitting to the Military Board the names of candidates for appointment to the corps.

66a. As a temporary measure appointments as Adjutants and Quartermasters to the various arms of the Citizen Forces may be granted to selected Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Instructional Staff.

Such Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers will be discharged from the Instructional Staff (W. and N.C.O.’s), and will be appointed temporarily and for a specified period to the Administrative and Instructional Staff (Officers) supernumerary to the Establishment thereof.

The rates of pay for these appointments will be as prescribed in Financial and Allowance Regulations.

Appointments to First Commissions in the Royal Australian Artillery and the Royal Australian Engineers.

67. Notice of vacancies in the Royal Australian Artillery and Royal Australian Engineers will be given by advertisement in all the States and by notice in Military and District Orders.

Applications from candidates, in accordance with para. 68, will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same to the Military Board. When forwarding applications District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment.

Notice of vacancies.

Candidates will be informed of the Military Board’s approval of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.

68. The following persons are eligible for appointment in the Royal Australian Artillery, provided they are certified by a Medical Board to be physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed examination:—

Eligibility of candidates.

(a) Officers of the Citizen Forces, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 27 years at the date of holding the examination.

(b) Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men, who have served for 3 years in the Defence Force, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 27 years at the date of holding the examination.

(c) Candidates who have served in a campaign, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 27 years at the date of holding the examination.

(d) Other candidates, provided they are between the ages of 18 and 23 years at the date of holding the examination.

To be eligible for appointment in the Royal Australian Engineers, a candidate must be between the ages of 20 and 30 years,

except in the case of first appointment to the Works Branch or Survey Section, be certified by a Medical Board to be physically qualified, and must have—

(a) Served as a pupil for three years in engineering workshops, during which one year shall have been spent in the drafting office; or

(b) Served for three years as an articled pupil, or its equivalent, in a reputable civil engineering, electrical engineering, or architectural firm, or in a Government engineering or architectural office; or

(c) Completed the three years course for a degree of Bachelor of Engineering, or its equivalent, in any university or technical school.

(Candidates, however, who have not had the opportunity of working in the drafting office may be considered eligible on demonstrating that they are draftsmen and accustomed to the execution and copying of technical plans and drawings.)

Competitive examination.

69. Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the examination will be competitive.

Rank on appointment.

70. First appointment will be made to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Artillery, and to the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Engineers.

Appointment.

71. Successful candidates will be appointed for eighteen months on probation, and must, during that period, pass a qualifying examination in military subjects. The appointment of any candidate who fails to pass will not be confirmed.

71a. Except under special circumstances approved by the Minister an officer on first appointment to the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery will be posted to the District where the Company in which the vacancy exists is located, but he will be allotted for duty during his probationary period to the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery in the 2nd Military District, and Sydney will be regarded as the place at which he first takes up his permanent appointment.

Examination to be as prescribed

72. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be as set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.

Appointment of Officers to the Administrative and Instructional Staff.

Notice of vacancies.

73. Notice of vacancies for Officers on the Administrative and Instructional Staff will be given by advertisement in all the States and by Notice in Military and District Orders. Applications from candidates, in accordance with paragraph 74, will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same to the Military Board. When forwarding applications, District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment.

Candidates will be informed of the Military Board’s approval of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.

Eligibility of Candidates.

74. The following persons are eligible for appointment to the Administrative and Instructional Staff, provided they are certified by a Medical Board as being physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed educational and military examinations:—

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

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

(c) Warrant and non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Forces, provided they are between the ages of 20 and 40 years at the date of holding the educational examination.

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

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

75. Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the Military examination will be competitive.

Competitive examinations.

76. First appointments will be made to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. A successful candidate will be appointed for six months on probation. At the end of this period his appointment may be confirmed on the report of the District Commandant under whom the candidate served, that he has satisfactorily performed the duties of an Officer of the Administrative and Instructional Staff, and is likely to become a suitable Staff Officer.

Appointment.

77. The subjects and scope of the examination shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.

Examination to be as prescribed.

78. Officers of the Royal Australian Artillery and Royal Australian Engineers may be seconded or appointed for service on the Administrative and Instructional Staff.

Seconding or appointing of officers of R.A.A. and R.A.E.

Appointment of Officers in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent).

78a. A Permanent Section of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps may be formed of such officers and other ranks as may be appointed thereto.

78b. The Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent) will be appointed Staff Officers for Veterinary Services.

They will carry out their duties under the orders of the Principal Veterinary Officer or Senior Veterinary Officer of the district.

They will assist the Principal Veterinary Officer or Senior Veterinary Officer in his duties, and will, under his direction, carry out all veterinary duties in regard to horses on the permanent military establishment.

78c.—(1.) Notices of vacancies in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent) will be given by advertisement in all the States and by notice in Military and District Orders.

(2) Applications from candidates will be received by District Commandants who will forward the same to the Military Board. When forwarding applications District Commandants will state their opinion of the fitness of each candidate for appointment. Candidates will be informed of the Military Board’s approval of their nomination or otherwise to undergo the examination prescribed.

Notice of vacancies

(3) To be eligible for appointment a candidate must be between the ages of 21 and 40 years, be certified by a Medical Board to be physically qualified, and be in possession of a degree or diploma of a University or other institution approved by the Military Board.

Eligibility of candidates.

Competitive examinations.

(4) Should there be more candidates than vacancies, the examination will be competitive. The examination shall be of a practical character and shall have reference to the treatment of the diseases of and injuries to horses.

(5) First appointments will be made to the rank of Lieutenant. A successful candidate will be appointed for twelve (12) months on probation. During this period he will be required to pass a qualifying examination. The subjects and scope of the examination shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.

(6) Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent) will not be permitted the right of private practice.

78d. An Aviation Instructional Staff, the members of which shall provide the personnel of a Central Flying School, may be established as a portion of the Instructional Staff of the Commonwealth Military Forces.

The Aviation Instructional Staff may be composed of such officers, honorary officers, and other ranks as may be laid down from time to time, and their duties shall be as prescribed by the Military Board.

Commanding Officers.

Period of command.

79. Officers appointed to command regiments or corps or larger units may hold such appointments, 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, subject in either case to the provisions of paragraph 134.

This Regulation shall not apply to Commanding Officers of squadrons, batteries, companies, or other similar units.

Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General.

Number.

80. 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.

81. Officers eligible for the above distinction must, during their tenure of office, be on the Active List or the Reserve of Officers, and not below the rank of Major, provided, however, that any officer who is holding an appointment, or who for any reason has not yet completed the term of five years in this appointment on the date on which this amendment comes into operation, and is affected thereby, will be permitted to complete the tenure of such appointment.

Tenure.

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

Aiguillette.

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

Without pay

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

Honorary Physicians and Honorary Surgeons to the Governor-General.

Number.

85. Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps, not exceeding two in number, may be appointed as Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon respectively to the Governor-General for distinguished service in the field, or for meritorious service in the interests of the Commonwealth.

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

Regulations as for A.D.C.

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

Without pay.

Aides-de-Camp to State Governors.

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

Number.

89. Aides-de-Camp are not to be of higher rank than Lieutenant-Colonel. Officers of the Military Forces will not be placed on the Supernumerary List of their Regiments, but when doing duty on the

Rank. Not to be seconded.

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.

90. Aides-de-Camp will be permitted to wear, on the right shoulder, an aiguillette when on duty similar to that allowed for Personal Aides-de-Camp under Dress Regulations.

Aiguillette.

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

Without pay.

Consular Representatives.

91a. Officers will not accept positions in the Consular Service of foreign countries without the approval of the Military Board.

Members of the Permanent Forces are not under any circumstances to hold such a position.

Militia Adjutants.

92. An officer of the rank of Captain or Lieutenant may be provisionally appointed as Adjutant on the recommendation of the Commanding Officer and District Commandant—

(a) A Captain, or Lieutenant, who has passed for promotion to the rank of Captain, appointed Adjutant, may be confirmed in such appointment after a period of six months on the certificate of the Commanding Officer and District Commandant, that he has satisfactorily carried out the duties of his appointment.

(b) A Lieutenant appointed Adjutant, who has not qualified for promotion, will be required to so qualify within a period of twelve months of such appointment, and may then be confirmed in the manner prescribed in (a) above.

(c) In special cases where officers of the rank of Captain or Lieutenant are not available, 2nd Lieutenants may be temporarily appointed to act as Adjutants.

Appointment.

93. The appointment of Adjutant shall not exceed a period of three years, but in special cases the appointment may be extended for a period not exceeding two years.

An officer will not be permitted to retain the appointment of Adjutant for a longer period than twelve months after promotion to Field rank.

Tenure.

Staff Officers—Australian Intelligence Corps.

93a. An officer may be appointed as Staff Officer to the Officer Commanding Australian Intelligence Corps in a District on the recommendation of the Chief of the General Staff for such period as is thought fit, and at the rates of pay prescribed by the Financial and Allowance Regulations.

Quartermasters.

Appointment.

94. Recommendations for appointment as Quartermaster will be forwarded by Commanding Officers to District Commandants, accompanied by the documents specified in para. 66.

Age

95. Candidates promoted from the ranks are eligible for appointment as Quartermaster up to the age of 50.

Honorary rank.

96. On appointment, a Quartermaster will be granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant, and, after seven years’ service as a Quartermaster, will be granted the honorary rank of Captain.

Promotion.

97. Quartermasters of not less than twelve years’ commissioned service who have held the rank of Captain or Honorary Captain for not less than five years may be promoted to the honorary rank of Major if recommended by the District Commandant.

Substantive rank.

98. In case of an officer holding substantive rank being appointed as Quartermaster, he will continue to hold such rank.

Honorary Colonels-in-Chief and Honorary Colonels.

Conditions of appointment.

Tenure of appointment.

For whom reserved.

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

(a) The appointment to be purely honorary, and to confer no right of command.

(b) No expense to the public to be entailed by such appointment.

100. 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.

101. 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 Military Board.

Duration of Appointments on the Administrative and Instructional Staff.

Duration of appointments.

102. (a) No Officer, unless re-appointed, shall hold the position of Inspector-General or a position on the Staff of the Inspector-General for a longer period than four years.

(b) No officer of the Permanent Forces, unless reappointed, shall hold the same position on the Head-Quarters Staff, a District Head-Quarters Staff, or the Staff of the Royal Military College of Australia, or a Military School, for a longer period than four years.

This regulation shall also apply to Officers holding positions as above, as if it had been made to come into force from the date of their appointments to such positions.

Promotions.

Special promotion.

103. 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. (Sec. 22, D.A.)

Graduates, Staff College.

103a. Officers who have graduated at the Staff College, England, will be exempt from all examinations for promotion to the ranks of Captain and Major.

Qualifying examination.

104. No Officer below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, except as provided in para. 103, shall be promoted unless he has previously passed the prescribed examination for promotion to a higher rank. (Sec. 21 (1), D.A.)

104a. No officer will be promoted except probationally to any rank above that of Captain until he has passed in accordance with section 21 (a) (1) of the Defence Act one of the Schools of Instruction described in Standing Orders as may be determined by the Chief of the General Staff.

104b. No officer will be promoted to any rank higher than that of Major until he has passed in accordance with Section 21 (a) (2) a School of Instruction as described in Standing Orders as may be determined by the Chief of the General Staff.

104c. The above Regulations 104a and 104b shall not apply to Officers of the Medical, Veterinary, Ordnance, and other departmental services.

105. 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. (Sec. 21 (2), D.A.)

Provisional promotion.

105a. An officer appointed to the Permanent Forces subsequent to the 1st September, 1913, shall not be promoted to the rank of Captain, except under very special circumstances, unless he has served for a period of not less than four years in the rank of Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant in the Permanent Forces.

106. The subjects and scope of the examinations shall be set out from time to time in Standing or other Orders.

Subjects of examinations.

Officers and other ranks who qualify at an approved University in subjects prescribed for examination will, for a period of five years from date of certificate of having so qualified, be exempted from further examination in such subjects for promotion.

The universities and subjects to which this paragraph applies will be notified from time to time in Military Orders.

106a. In the case of officers of the Citizen Forces and Senior Cadets, the following certificates will be accepted instead of examination:—

(a) Garrison Artillery.—A 2nd Class Gunnery Staff Course or 1st Class Short Course Certificate, if obtained within five years of the date of examination, instead of examination in “Artillery” (special subject).

(b) Field and Garrison Artillery.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within two years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction for Field or Garrison Artillery instead of the practical examination in Drill, and Field Training.

(c) Light Horse and Infantry.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within two years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction for Light Horse or Infantry instead of examination in “Drill.”

(d) Other Arms.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within two years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction in Drill instead of the practical part of the subject for which the certificate was obtained.

(e) All Arms except Field Troops and Field and Fortress Companies, Corps of Australian Engineers.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within five years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction in Military Engineering instead of examination in that subject up to the rank of Captain.

(f) All Arms.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within five years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction in Map Reading and Field Sketching instead of examination in that subject up to the rank of Captain.

(g) Engineers.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within two years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction in Submarine Mining or Electric Lighting instead of the examination in the subject for which the certificate was obtained.

(h) Army Service Corps.—A “Good” Certificate obtained within two years of the date of examination at a School of Instruction in Army Service Corps duties, instead of the examination in the subject for which the certificate was obtained.

106b. Officers who have “passed” a School of Military Equitation will be exempt from the test in riding.

106c. An officer of the Citizen Forces or Senior Cadets who has passed in any of the subjects contained in the syllabus of the military examination for transfer and first appointment to a commission in the Permanent Forces will, for a period of five years from the date of such examination, be exempt from examination in such subjects for the rank of Lieutenant or Captain in the Citizen Forces.

Proposed promotions.

107. Recommendations for promotions are to be submitted to the Military Board in the same manner as appointments, but in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps the Adjutant-General will take the advice of the Chief of the General Staff before submitting proposed promotions to the Military Board.

Recommendations.

108. 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, and also that the officer to be superseded has been informed.

Promotion and appointment by selection.

09. 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. In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps promotions will be by selection subject to the passing of the prescribed examinations.

Promotion not a right.

110. No officer is entitled to claim promotion as a right.

110a. An officer holding the rank of Lieutenant, Captain, or Major, may be granted a step of Army rank, supernumerary to the establishment of that rank, on completion of the following service:—

Lieutenant, after eight years as a Lieutenant.

Captain, after eight years as a Captain.

Major, after eighteen years commissioned service, including not less than five years as a Major.

Provided that an officer has served with a regiment or corps during the periods above described, and has passed the qualifying examination for higher rank, and provided also that the total number of officers in a unit, as laid down in the Peace Establishment for such unit, shall not thereby be exceeded.

This Regulation applies to officers of the Citizen Forces only.

Promotion in units detached.

111. 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, Captain, and Major, 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.

In the case of the Australian Field Artillery, Australian Garrison Artillery, Corps of Australian Engineers, Australian Intelligence Corps, and Departmental Corps, promotion to higher rank will be limited to the State in which the vacancy occurs.

Chaplains’ Department.

112. An establishment of Chaplains will be laid down and published in Military Orders as may be necessary.

112a. The Chaplain’s Department will consist of Chaplains serving on the—

(a) Authorized establishment.

(b) Unattached List.

112b. A clergyman of any recognised religious body may be appointed a Chaplain.

112c. Nominations may be received for appointment as Chaplains from clergymen of any recognised denomination, and will be sent through the Senior Chaplain of the denomination to the Commandant, and will be forwarded by him to the Chaplain-General of the denomination concerned for transmission to the Military Board.

In other cases nominations will be sent by the head of the denomination, or the recognised governing body, direct to the Commandant for submission to the Military Board.

113. Chaplains will be divided into four classes, viz.:—

4th Class, with relative rank of Captain.

3rd Class, with relative rank of Major.

2nd Class, with relative rank of Lieut.-Colonel.

1st Class, with relative rank of Colonel.

114. Four Chaplains-General will be appointed, one for each of the following denominations:—

Anglican.

Roman Catholic.

Presbyterian.

Methodist.

to be the head of each denomination concerned, or a clergyman recommended by the recognised governing or consultative body of such denomination.

114a. A Senior Chaplain for each of the denominations referred to in Regulation 114 will be appointed in each Military District to administer the Chaplains of his own denomination.

115. Promotion of Chaplains will be governed by length of service as follows:—

(i) to the 3rd Class—after ten years’ service as Chaplain,

(ii) to the 2nd Class—after fifteen years’ service as Chaplain, including five years in the 3rd Class.

(iii) to the 1st Class—after twenty years’ service as Chaplain, five of which must have been in the 2nd Class,

provided that a clergyman appointed Chaplain-General or Senior Chaplain may be appointed 1st or 2nd Class Chaplain without having previously served as a Chaplain.

116. Transfers of Chaplains from one Military District to another will receive the sanction of the Senior Chaplains of the Military Districts concerned, or, in the case of other denominations, by the head of the denomination or governing body in each of the Military Districts.

If a Chaplain on the establishment of the Military District is removed to a position in which he is unable to continue to perform the duties of a Chaplain, he will be placed on the Unattached List.

116a. A Chaplain leaving the Military District in which he is resident or changing his address, will at once notify the Senior Chaplain of his denomination, who will report the same to the Commandant.

116b. On intimation being received by the Military Board from the head of a denomination that a Chaplain has ceased to be in the service of the denomination, or is considered to be unsuitable to carry out the duties of a Chaplain, his appointment will be cancelled.

A Chaplain on the establishment who has not performed any duty for two years in succession will be retired, provided that in special cases this period may be extended on the recommendation of the Senior Chaplain of his denomination and the Commandant.

In the event of a Chaplain on the establishment retiring, the fact shall be notified by the Senior Chaplain of his denomination to the Commandant, and a new nomination will be submitted to fill the vacancy.

116c. Chaplains for whom vacancies do not exist on the authorized establishment will be transferred to the Unattached List, and whilst serving thereon, are liable for duty.

117. Chaplains will not be subject to the regulations governing age for retirement laid down in Commonwealth Military Regulation 134.

118. Chaplains are required to perform duty with the troops as may be arranged by their Senior Chaplains.

All arrangements for Divine Service will be made by the Senior Chaplain of each denomination for the service of his denomination, but this shall not prevent two or more Chaplains agreeing to hold combined services at any time with the concurrence of their Senior Chaplains.

Chaplains detailed for duty at Camps of Continuous Training should, if possible, attend for the whole period, and will be granted allowances as laid down in Financial and Allowance Regulations.

119. Chaplains are to be treated with those marks of respect which are due to their rank and profession, and Commandants and Officers commanding are to render them every possible assistance in carrying out their duties.

Exchange and Transfer.

Exchange.

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

(a) Approval must be obtained from the Officer Commanding each Regiment or Corps concerned.

(b) Each Officer shall rank regimentally in his new Regiment or Corps as may be prescribed.

Proposed exchanges are to be submitted to the Military Board, in the same manner as appointments, and in the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps the Adjutant-General will take the advice of the Chief of the General Staff.

Transfer.

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

121a. Members of the Citizen Forces may be transferred to the Permanent Forces, subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Governor-General, being certified by a Medical Board to be physically fit, and to passing the examination for the rank in the Permanent Forces to which they are to be transferred. Provided that the authorized examination for the ranks of Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel shall include those for Lieutenant-Colonel and Major.

121b; (1) Officers applying for transfer under Regulation 121a, who are approved by the Military Board, will be required to pass the educational portion of the examinations referred to in Regulations 67 to 78, provided that any officer holding a higher rank

than Lieutenant, and having not less than ten years’ service in the Defence Force, may be exempt, if he satisfies the Military Board that he has previously passed any educational test of an equivalent character.

(2) Officers who have passed the above examination will be required to pass the military examination authorized for the rank to which it is proposed that they be transferred.

(3) In the event of there being more approved applicants for transfer than vacant appointments, the examination referred to in sub-paragraph (2) will be competitive.

(4) When the vacancy is for a first appointment as Lieutenant or lower rank on the Administrative and Instructional Staff, the Royal Australian Artillery, or Royal Australian Engineers, members who have served for three years without a commission will, under Section 11 of the Defence Act 1903-1912, be given an equal opportunity of competing.

121c. To be eligible for transfer or appointment to commissioned rank in the Royal Australian Engineers, under the provisions of Regulation 121a or 121b, candidates will, in addition to the conditions therein prescribed, be required to have fulfilled the conditions for appointment to the Royal Australian Engineers prescribed in Regulation 68.

121d. In the case of a transfer under Commonwealth Military Regulations 121a and 121b, a successful candidate will be required to undergo a probationary period of six months. At the end of this term his transfer may be confirmed.

Seconded Officers.

122. An officer below the substantive rank of Lieutenant-Colonel may be seconded in his Regiment or Corps:—

(a) From the date of appointment, as notified in the Gazette, to the Administrative and Instructional Staff.

Officers, when to be seconded.

(b) From the date of appointment to an Adjutancy.

(c) From the date of appointment or embarkation in the case of an over-sea military appointment.

(d) From the date of appointment to any civil office, or to any public position which prevents the performance of military duty.

(e) From the date of being appointed or attached to the Australian Intelligence Corps.

123. Officers of the Militia and the Volunteer Forces who are detailed to serve with the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps will be seconded from their Regiments or Corps whilst so serving unless special authority is obtained from the Military Board for them to continue to serve with their Regiments or Corps.

Service with Cadets.

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

To become supernumerary until absorbed.

125. If a vacancy occurs in a regiment in which there is a seconded Officer who would revert, within three months, to the Regimental List, such vacancy may be retained for the absorption of the seconded Officer.

Regimental vacancy, when retained.

Supernumerary Regimental Officers.

126. An Officer may be retained as supernumerary on the strength of his Regiment or Corps:—

(a) In the case of a reduction in the establishment of the Regiment or Corps.

(b) While awaiting a vacancy under paras. 56 or 124.

(c) As an Adjutant.

Supernumerary officers.

Unattached List.

Who may be placed on list.

127. An Unattached List shall be formed to which Officers who have served for not less than five years in a Regiment or Corps as 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 certify I that they are capable of and desirous for military employment if required. (Sec. 24, D.A.)

Application to be placed on list.

128. 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.

Counting of service.

129. Service upon the Unattached List will count towards Honorary Rank. Officers who have been on the Unattached List more than two consecutive years without either attending a School of Instruction or being employed for at least four days at a Camp

 of Training, will be transferred to the Reserve of Officers, except Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and those Officers

whose civil avocations qualify them for the position they are allotted to in the scheme of defence.

129a. Officers will only be permitted to remain on the Unattached List for five years, and failing to gain a re-transfer to a regiment or corps on completion of this period, will be transferred to the Reserve of Officers.

This Regulation will not apply to officers who have been placed on the Unattached List on completion of a period of command, as prescribed in Commonwealth Military Regulation 79, nor to those officers referred to in the last portion of Commonwealth Military Regulation 129.

Instruction of officers.

130. Officers upon the Unattached List should be called upon by District Commandants to attend a course of instruction or camp of training, or to perform other military duty.

District Commandants are to afford all Officers on the Unattached List facilities to comply with this Regulation.

Service with Cadets.

131. Officers on the Unattached List are available for duty with the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps.

Reserve of Officers.

Reserve list.

132a. Officers within the age limit may be transferred to the Reserve of Officers provided (except in the case of officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Army Veterinary Corps) they have served for not less than five years on the active list as officers and are reported upon as efficient and thoroughly capable.

Officers will only be permitted to remain on the Reserve of Officers for seven years and, failing to gain a transfer to a regiment or corps, on completion of this period, will be retired.

To form part of Reserve Force.

132b. The Reserve of Officers shall form part of the Reserve Forces. (Sec. 32.)

Service with Cadets.

132c. Officers on the Reserve List are available for duty with the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps.

Resignation.

132d. Officers of the Reserve Forces may resign in the same manner as Officers of the Active Forces.

Retired List.

Retired List.

133. Officers of the Military Forces who are retired with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform will be placed on the Retired List

Ages for Retirement.

134. 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:—

Rank or Appointment.

Age for Retirement.

Major-General....................................

62

Colonel........................................

58†

Lieutenant-Colonel.................................

55†

Major.........................................

55

Captain........................................

50†

Lieutenant......................................

48

Officers of the Army Medical Corps (Citizen Forces)—

Captains.................................

57

Higher ranks..............................

60

Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Citizen Forces)—

Lieutenant...............................

55

Captain.................................

57

Higher ranks..............................

60

Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve........

60

Quartermaster and Bandmaster holding commissions..........

60

Military Staff-Clerks................................

60

Warrant Officers..................................

60

Armament Artificers, Assistant Armament Artificers, and other Ordnance Department Artificers 

60

Non-commissioned Officers...........................

60

Men..........................................

55*

† Statutory Rule No. 35 (approved 3rd March, 1911, to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation) reads:—

“Regulation 134 is amended as follows:—

Against Colonel, for “62,” read “58”;

Against Lieutenant-Colonel, for “60,” read “55”;

Against Captain for “53,” read “50,”

provided, however, that any officer who is holding an appointment on the date on which this amendment comes into operation and is affected thereby, will be permitted to complete the present tenure of such appointment.’

*Volunteers, and Officers on the Reserve of Officers List, 60.

Local, temporary, or honorary rank will not be considered in reference to the age for retirement.

Rank on Retirement.

135a. Officers on retirement may be granted honorary rank, or may be allowed to retain their rank, with the right to wear the uniform of their Corps, and with the addition of the letter R on the shoulder strap, as follows:—

When granted.

With Step of Honorary Rank on Retirement.

Substantive Rank.

Service Qualifications.

Lieut.-Colonel................

After twenty years’ commissioned service in the Permanent, Militia, or Volunteer Forces.

Major......................

Captain....................

After fifteen years’ commissioned service in the Permanent, Militia, or Volunteer Forces.

Lieutenant...................

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant

Retention of Rank

Substantive Rank.

Service Qualifications.

Colonel....................

After fifteen years’ commissioned service in the Permanent, Militia, or Volunteer Forces.

Lieutenant-Colonel.............

After twelve years’ commissioned service in the Permanent, Militia, or Volunteer Forces.

Major......................

Other ranks..................

After ten years’ commissioned service in the Permanent, Militia, or Volunteer Forces.

This paragraph will not apply to Officers who retired before the 1st January, 1913.

Service to count.

135b. Service in the Reserve Forces will not count, and no Officer will be placed on the Retired List who has less commissioned service than that specified in para. 135a.

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. 135a. 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 honorary ranks.

135c. A certified statement in detail of each Officer’s service, signed by the Commanding Officer, will accompany all applications for honorary rank.

Re-appointment, Active List.

135d. Officers granted a step of honorary rank on retirement shall revert to the rank they held prior to retirement, should they be re-appointed to the Active List.

Unattached, Reserve, and Retired Officers.

Annual report of address.

136. 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 List, failing which his name may 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.

137. District Commandants will report to the Military Board the deaths of Officers within their commands.

Resignations.

Resignation, effect of.

138. Resignations and retirements are to be submitted to the Military Board, in the same manner as appointments.

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.

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.

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

(a) Absence without leave for three months.

(b) In the case of Militia, absence from continuous training.

(bb) In the case of the Australian Intelligence Corps non-performance of the prescribed work.

(c) Medical unfitness.

(d) Misconduct or incapacity.

(e) Failing to pass the prescribed examinations.

(f) On reaching the limit of age prescribed.

(g) By sentence of court-martial.

(h) For any other cause which the Governor-General may deem sufficient.

PRECEDENCE OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

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

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

Precedence of warrant officers and non-commissioned officers.

(1) Warrant Officers.

Garrison Sergeant-Major.

Master Gunner, 1st class.

Master Gunner, 2nd class.

Staff Regimental Sergeant-Major.

Brigade or Regimental Sergeant-Major.

*Bandmaster.

*Armament Sergeant-Major.

*Mechanist Sergeant-Major.

(2) Non-commissioned Officers.

Master Gunner, 3rd class.

Staff Sergeant-Major.

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 and Staff Sergeant.

†Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant.

*Barrack Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Lance Sergeant.

Corporal.

Bombardier.

2nd Corporal.

Acting Bombardier.

Lance Corporal.

Armament, Armourer, 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.

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.

† A Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major will rank regimentally senior to the Squadron, Troop, Battery, or Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, except for promotion.

APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION. RESIGNATION, TRANSFER AND RETIREMENT OF WARRANT AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Appointments and Promotions.

Who may appoint and promote W.O. and N.C.O.’s.

142a. Appointment and promotion to paid non-commissioned ranks in the Royal Australian Field Artillery, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, and Royal Australian Engineers, will be made by the Adjutant-General on the recommendation, in the case of the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, of the Officer Commanding, and in the case of the Royal Australian Field Artillery and Royal Australian Engineers, of the Chief of Ordnance.

In the other arms of the Permanent Forces, District Commandants and Commanding Officers are empowered to appoint Noncommissioned Officers below the rank of Sergeant; promotion to and above the rank of Sergeant will be made by the Adjutant-General.

P

142b. District Commandants are empowered to appoint Warrant Officers in the Militia and Volunteer Forces, and Commanding Officers of the Militia and Volunteer Forces are empowered to appoint Non-commissioned Officers in such Forces.

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143. All Warrant Officers of the Permanent Forces will be appointed by the Adjutant-General.

144. The appointments held by Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of the Military Forces, set forth in the following table, confer upon the holder the rank specified opposite that appointment in the table:—

P

Rank.

Appointments.

(I.) Warrant Officers.

Warrant Officer...............

See para. 141 (1).

(II.) Non-commissioned Officers and Men.

Master Gunner, Class 111.

Quartermaster Sergeant

Brigade or Regimental Q.M. Sergeant.

Armament Q.M. Sergeant.

Mechanist Q.M. Sergeant.

Squadron, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major

Squadron, Battery, or Company Sergeant-Major.

Staff Sergt. Artificer.

Colour Sergeant

Squadron, Battery, or Company Q.M. Sergeant

Sergeant....................

Sergeant.

Armourer Sergeant.

Corporal....................

Lance-Sergeant.

Rank.

Appointments

Bombardier and Corporal

Gunner, Driver, Sapper, or Private

Lance Corporal.

Acting Bombardier.

Assistant Armament Artificer.

Saddler.

Shoeing Smith.

Wheeler.

Trumpeter.

Bugler.

Drummer.

145. 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 Wheeler Bombardier is Bombardier.

Permanent rank.

146. No Non-commissioned Officer shall be appointed or promoted until he 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; the examination will be conducted by Boards appointed by District Commandants.

146a. Any soldier before being appointed to the rank of Farrier-Sergeant in any Corps must previously have qualified for the appointment by attendance, and obtained a pass certificate at a properly constituted Veterinary School under the Principal Veterinary Officer or Staff Officer for veterinary services of a district, for not less than twelve working days.

Examination for promotion.

147. Non-commissioned Officers may, with their Commanding Officer’s consent, resign their rank and revert to the rank or position they previously held, but, without the sanction of the District Commandant, they are not to be allowed to do so in order to escape trial by court-martial. The 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 District Commandant, if the case has been referred to him), is to be attached to the soldier’s record of service.

Resignation of N.C.O.

148. For inefficiency or a cause other than an offence, 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, the Commanding Officer will not exercise his power in this respect, but when necessary, will make application to the District Commandant 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.

Removal from appointment.

149. 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 is Private; that of an acting Bombardier is Gunner.

Reversion of acting N.C.O.

Reduction of N.C.O.’s.

150. 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 the District Commandant, from the date of such order.

Lance ranks Establishment

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

Lance-Sergeants, 50 per cent. of establishment of Sergeants.

Lance-Corporals or Acting Bombardiers, 100 per cent. of establishment of Corporals.

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District Commandants (in the case of the Royal Australian Artillery, the Officer Commanding) may, in cases of well-ascertained necessity, sanction the appointment of a small number of unpaid

Sergeants, Lance-Corporals, and Acting Bombardiers in excess of the establishment.

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

Who are eligible.

152. A Special School of Instruction shall be established for the training of an instructional staff of non-commissioned officers, and all future appointment of persons to act as instructors shall be made from amongst those who have, at the close of the prescribed course, satisfied the Chief of the General Staff, or some person duly appointed by him, that they are competent.

Provided that persons who have acted as instructors in the British Army, or who, having served in the British Army, satisfy the Chief of the General Staff that they have the necessary qualifications, may be appointed without passing through such course. (Section 21b of the Defence Act.)

Age and Service.

153. To be eligible for appointment to the Special School of Instruction referred to in Regulation 152, a candidate must—

(1) Be within the ages of 22 and 40 years at the date of commencement of examination for such appointment referred to in sub-paragraph (5) of this Regulation, except under special circumstances approved by Military Board.

(2) Have served for at least three years in the Active Forces of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, except under special circumstances approved by the Military Board.

(3) Be recommended by his Commanding Officer, or, in the case of a candidate not serving at the time of application, by the Commanding Officer of the Corps in which he last served, as a fit and proper person for appointment to the Instructional Staff.

(4) Be certified as medically fit, in accordance with Regulation 156.

(5) Have passed the examination for appointment to the School referred to in Regulation 157 (in the case of there being more candidates than vacancies the examination in practical drill will be competitive).

154. Notification of intention to hold an examination for appointment to a school under Regulation 152 will be published in orders and by advertisement in each of the States. Such notification shall state the estimated number of vacancies, and the place and dates between which the school will be held.

155. The applications of candidates who have served in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, as provided in Regulation 153 (2) will be submitted to District Commandants through the usual channel and provided they comply with the conditions prescribed in these Regulations, may be approved by them

Approval.

Railway passes may be issued to approved candidates to attend the examination.

Railway passes.

156. Each candidate will be medically examined, either by the Principal Medical Officer or Staff Officer for Medical Services, or the Medical Officer appointed to medical charge of permanent troops of his station of each district, and will not he further tested unless certified to be physically qualified.

Medical examination.

157. The examination (Regulation 153 (5)), will consist of:—

Subjects.

Subject.

Marks.

Arithmetic—

Reduction, simple practice and proportion, vulgar and decimal fractions

12

1½

100

60

English—

Writing from dictation, extracts from Commonwealth Military Regulations or Standing Orders—

(a) Handwriting..........................

..

..

40

28

(b) Spelling.............................

..

..

60

32

Composition—To write a letter or simple essay on any given subject

..

1

100

50

Practical Drill—

Light Horse—

Squad, troop and squadron drill, rifle and musketry exercises, guards and sentries, skirmishing, instruction in equitation and stable duties

or

Infantry—

Squad and company drill, rifle and musketry exercises, skirmishing, guards and sentries

..

..

..

..

300

300

150

150

The papers for the written portion of the examination will be prepared by a Board appointed by the Adjutant-General, and will be forwarded to District Commandants, who will assemble Boards to supervise the written portion of the examination, mark the examination papers, and carry out the practical test.

As soon as possible after the conclusion of the examination, the results of the examination, showing the names of the successful candidates in order of merit, will be forwarded by Commandants to the Adjutant-General at Head Quarters.

158. The required number of successful candidates in the order of merit in which they pass the examination will be seconded from their Corps, and provisionally appointed to the Special School of Instruction with the rank of Sergeant. Whilst attending the School, they will be granted pay at the minimum rate prescribed for Non-commissioned officers (Staff Sergeant-Majors) of the Instructional Staff, and will be provided with uniform and rations.

159. At the conclusion of the school, candidates, in order to be recorded as having qualified for appointment to the Instructional Staff, will be required to pass an examination in Military Subjects, and to satisfy the Chief of the General Staff, or some person duly appointed by him, that they are competent to act as instructors.

Vacancies existing on the Instructional Staff for first appointments thereto will be filled by successful candidates according to the order or merit, in which they passed the qualifying examination. The remainder will be discharged from the school.

Successful candidates for whom no vacancies exist will be eligible, without further examination, for appointment to any vacancy that may occur within eighteen months of the date of their discharge from the school, provided, however, that they are again passed as physically qualified in the manner prescribed in Regulation 156.

Military Staff Clerks.

160. (a) The following are the regulations for the appointment of Military Staff Clerks.

(b) Notification of vacancies and of intention to hold an examination will be given by notice in Orders and by advertisement in each of the States.

Applications from candidates will be received by District Commandants, who will forward the same direct to the Military Board, with their recommendations.

Candidates will be informed of the approval or otherwise of the Military Board for them to present themselves for examination.

(c) The following are eligible for appointment provided they are certified to be efficient typists, are physically qualified, and subject to passing the prescribed examination.

(i.) members of the Permanent Forces, provided they are between the ages of 19 and 35 years;

(ii.) other candidates, provided they are between the ages of 16 and 24 years.

(d) The subjects and rules of examination, marks, &c., will be as prescribed for entrance to the Clerical Division of the Commonwealth Public Service, and should there be more candidates than vacancies, the examination will be competitive, except that candidates who have served for not less than two years in the Permanent Forces, and have qualified, will be granted priority of appointment.

(e) Successful candidates will, as vacancies occur, be appointed for twelve months on probation, and must, during this period, be in possession of a certificate that they can write shorthand from dictation at the rate of at least 80 words a minute. Subject to this certificate being obtained, the appointments may be confirmed by the Military Board, if so recommended by the Commandant (or, in the case of clerks appointed to the Central Administration, by the Staff Officer) under whom they are serving.

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(f) In special cases Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of the Permanent Forces who possess special technical qualifications, approved by the Military Board, may be exempt from the examinations above referred to, provided they are in possession of a 1st Class Certificate of Education.

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161. Military Staff Clerks will be classified for rank and precedence as follows:—

Class.

Salary

Rank.

III.....

II......

I......

£110 and less....................

Above £110 and less than £130

Above £130 and less than £ 160

£160 to £180.....................

£210 to £300.....................

£310 and less than £360.............

£360 to £400.....................

Corporal

Sergeant

Company Sergeant-Major

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant

Warrant Officer

Honorary Rank of Lieutenant

Honorary Rank of Captain

The seniority of Non-commissioned Officers and Men transferred from other branches of the Permanent Forces shall be as approved by the Military Board.

Promotion will be based on selection.

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

Establishment.

APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT TO POSITIONS OF A NON - COMBATANT NATURE UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT.

163. In the case of a member of the Commonwealth Public Service employed in the Department of Defence who may be appointed to a position under the Defence Act, the duties of which are of a non-combatant nature, and who, consequent on such appointment, is required to be enlisted for a prescribed period in the Permanent Military Forces, the prescribed period of engagement shall be until such time as he reaches the prescribed age for retirement under the Public Service Act, subject to the provisions of Commonwealth Military Regulation 188, and in the case of the person enlisted the right of resignation at any time on giving three months’ notice, in writing, to his Commanding Officer of his intention to claim his discharge under this Regulation.

RANK ON RETIREMENT.

164. Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers who are retired under paragraph 134, or who resign, provided that they—

(1) have completed 20 years’ service,

(2) have held the rank of Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer for not less than 10 years, and

(3) are in possession of, or are eligible for, the award of the Long Service Medal,

may, on the recommendation of the District Commandant, and subject to the approval of the Military Board, be granted honorary rank on retirement as under, with the right to wear the uniform of their Corps, with the addition of the letter “R” on the shoulder straps:—

Warrant Officers (after 5 years’ service in that rank).—May be granted honorary rank of Lieutenant.

Warrant Officers (with less than 5 years’ service in that rank).—May be permitted to retain rank.

Honorary rank on retirement W. and N.C.O.’s.

Staff Sergeants and Sergeants (after 5 years’ service in rank of Sergeant or Staff Sergeant).—May be granted honorary rank of Warrant Officer.

Staff Sergeants and Sergeants (with less than 5 years’ service in rank of Sergeant or Staff Sergeant).—May be permitted to retain rank.

Non-commissioned Officers below the rank of Sergeant.—May be permitted to retain rank.

Other soldiers who have completed twenty years’ service, and are in possession of or are eligible for the award of, the Long Service Medal, may, on retirement under Regulation 134, or on resignation, be permitted by Commanding Officers to wear the uniform of their Corps, with the addition of the letter “R” on the shoulder straps.

Members of the Defence Force granted the right to wear uniform on discharge under this Regulation may be permitted by Commanding Officers to retain one suit of such uniform

This Regulation will not apply to Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and men who retired or resigned before the 1st January, 1905.

SOLDIERS.

ENLISTMENT.

Standard.

165. The standard age, height, and chest measurement for recruits for each arm of the service shall be:—

———

Age Limit.

Height Minimum

Chest Measurement Minimum.

Permanent—

Years.

Ft.

In.

Inches.

Royal Australian Artillery 

18 to 30

5

7

35

Royal Australian Engineers 

,, ,,

5

7

35

Army Service Corps 

,, ,,

5

7

35

Australian Army Medical Corps 

,, ,,

5

7

35

Army Ordnance Corps 

,, ,,

5

7

35

Militia—

Australian Light Horse* 

18 to 35

5

6

34

Australian Field Artillery—Gunners

,, ,,

5

6

34

,, ,, ,, Drivers

,, ,,

5

4

33

Australian Garrison Artillery 

,, ,,

5

7

35

Corps of Australian Engineers 

,, ,,

5

6

34

Infantry 

,, ,,

5

6

34

Australian Corps of Signallers 

,, ,,

5

6

34

Army Service Corps 

,, ,,

5

6

34

Australian Army Medical Corps 

,, ,,

5

6

34

Australian Army Veterinary Corps 

18 to 45

5

4

33

Army Ordnance Corps 

18 to 35

5

6

34

Volunteers—

Infantry 

18 to 45

5

4

33

Departmental 

,, ,,

5

4

33

Recruits

166. Recruits for the Permanent and Militia Forces will be medically examined as regards general fitness for military service before final approval.

* Embraces all Mounted Services, exclusive of Field Artillery.

167. Boys between the ages of fourteen and seventeen years may be enlisted in the Permanent Forces for service as musicians, trumpeters, and buglers, subject to being passed as medically fit, and their probable physical fitness under Regulation 165 on reaching the age of eighteen years.

Boys so enlisted shall be entitled to a free discharge on the date on which they attain the age of eighteen years, or within a period of three months after such date, provided that they give to their Commanding Officer, beforehand, not less than one month’s notice, in writing, of their intention to claim their discharge under this Regulation.

168. Recruits for Light Horse Regiments should be good horsemen, and must have in their possession, or at their disposal, a quick, active, compact, well-built horse, showing quality, and capable of carrying weight of not less than 16 stone.

Light Horse Regiments.

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169. Horses should not exceed 16 hands, but in special cases Commanding Officers are authorized to approve of horses slightly in excess of 16 hands, and, in very special cases, of horses less than 15 hands. Under no circumstances will horses less than 14.2 hands be permitted.

Horses.

170. Exceptions to the foregoing standards may in special cases be allowed by District Comman-

Exceptions.

dants (in the case of the Royal Australian Artillery, by the Officer Commanding)

Continuance of service under Defence Act.

171. Any soldier who was a member of the Military Forces before the commencement of the Defence Act 1903, and who continued to serve under the Act and these Regulations, shall not be liable to pay on resignation from such continued service a greater sum than is herein provided, or than he would have been liable to pay before the commencement of the said Act and Regulations under any other Act and Regulations.

172. Men approved for voluntary enlistment shall engage to serve—

(a) In the Permanent Forces—

For a period of five years, and subject to the conditions with regard to forfeiture of service prescribed in Regulation 458.

(b) In the Active Citizen Military Forces—

For a period of three years.

(c) In the Reserve Forces—

For an unlimited period, subject to the right of resignation. (Section 36, Defence Act.)

172a. Discharges, indentures, testimonials, &c., handed in by a recruit on enlistment in the Permanent Forces will be attached to his attestation-sheet and retained until the termination of his service.

173. In the enlistment of soldiers in the Permanent Forces, preference shall be given to men of the Militia or Volunteer Forces, who are otherwise suitable, and who are efficient members in such Forces

Preference.

174. No soldier of one regiment or corps shall be enlisted in another until he has legally ceased to be a member of the former corps.

Soldier cannot belong to more than one unit.

175. No person who has been dismissed or discharged from a regiment or corps for disciplinary reasons, or has been called upon to resign, shall be enlisted in any other regiment or corps without express authority from the District Commandant.

Bad characters not to be enlisted.

176. Enlistments shall be carried out, as follows:—

(a) Every person before enlisting in the Defence Force shall be given a notice on the prescribed form, stating the general requirements of attestation and the general conditions of the engagement.

Procedure on enlistment.

Notice.

Appearance before attesting officer.

(b) Upon the appearance before an officer or a justice of the peace of a person offering to enlist, the officer or justice shall ask him whether he has been given and understands the notice, and whether he assents to be enlisted.

Enlistment questions.

Declaration.

(c) If he assents to be enlisted, the officer or justice, after cautioning such person that if he makes any false answer to the questions read to him he will be liable to be punished, as provided by the Act and Regulations, shall read or cause to be read to him the questions set forth in the attestation paper for the time being prescribed, and shall take care that such person understands each question so read, and after ascertaining that the answer of such person to each question has been duly recorded opposite the same in the attestation paper, shall require him to sign the declaration as to the truth of those answers set forth in the said paper, and shall then administer to him the oath of allegiance as prescribed by the Act.

Oath

(d) Upon signing the declaration and taking the oath, such person shall be deemed to be enlisted as a soldier of the Defence Force.

Attestation.

(e) The officer or justice shall attest by his signature, in manner prescribed by the said paper, the fulfilment of the requirements as to attesting a recruit.

Amendment of errors.

(f) A District Commandant, or the Commanding Officer of a recruit, if satisfied that there is any error in the attestation paper of a recruit, may cause the recruit to attend before an officer or a justice, and such officer or justice, if satisfied that such error exists, and is not so material as to render it just that the recruit should be discharged, may amend the error in the attestation paper, and the paper as amended shall thereupon be deemed as valid, as if the matter of the amendment had formed part of the original matter of such paper.

(g) Justice of the Peace means a Stipendiary, Police, or Special Magistrate, or some Magistrate of the State who is specially authorized by the Governor-General.

Recruit training.

177. Upon enlistment all persons shall be required to attend a course of recruit training, as may be from time to time prescribed in Orders, and shall not be passed into the ranks until they have been inspected by an officer detailed for the purpose, who shall certify that the recruits are acquainted with the drill of the arm of the service to which they belong, that they have received the prescribed musketry training, and that they have the necessary knowledge of their duties.

Super-numeraries.

178. Officers commanding Regiments and Corps, subject to the approval of District Commandants, may enlist men as supernumeraries not exceeding in number 10 per cent. of the annual establishment of privates. Men enlisted as supernumeraries are to sign a declaration, upon attestation, that they are aware that they are not entitled to receive any pay or allowances whilst borne as supernumeraries to the annual establishment of the Regiments or Corps.

TRANSFER.

Transfer and
re-attestation.

179. Any soldier of the Military Forces may, subject to the approval of the Commanding Officers concerned, be transferred at his own request from one regiment or corps to another, provided he fulfils the standard of physical fitness prescribed for the corps to which he is to be transferred, and provided that if the soldier

is transferred from the Reserve or Volunteer Forces to the Militia or Permanent Forces, he shall be again attested and medically examined. The fresh attestation shall be for the period laid down for the force to which he is transferred.

RE-ENLISTMENT.

180. Any soldier of the Military Forces within three months of the completion of the period of service for which he was enlisted may, subject to the approval of the Commanding Officer, be re-enlisted for a period of—

(a) Three years in the Permanent Forces,

(b) Three years in the Militia Forces,

(c) One or two years in the Volunteer Forces,

and in the case of the Permanent and Militia Forces, provided that he is still medically fit.

Term of re-enlistment

Commanding Officer, in the case of the Militia and Volunteer Forces, shall mean the Officer commanding a squadron, battery, or company.

181. Re-enlisted soldiers shall be attested in the same manner as on original enlistment.

Attestation.

182. Soldiers who re-enlist without a break in their service will not receive a new number.

Regimental number

DISCHARGE.

183. Any soldier who has enlisted as a member of the Active Forces shall be entitled to be discharged therefrom at the expiration of the period of service for which he engaged, unless such expiration occurs in time of war, in which case he shall not be entitled to his discharge until war has ceased. (Sec. 39, D.A.)

On completion of term of service.

184. Any soldier may, except in time of war, resign from the Militia or Volunteer Forces on giving three months’ notice in writing to his Commanding Officer of his intention to claim his discharge, and by paying the following sums:—

Resignation, Citizen Forces

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Militia Forces—

£2, if such resignation is tendered during the first year of the soldier’s service.

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£1, if such resignation is tendered during the second year.

10s., if such resignation is tendered during the third year.

Volunteer Forces—

£1, if such resignation is tendered during the first year of the soldier’s service.

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10s., if such resignation is tendered during the second year.

Provided that such payments may, for special reasons, be waived by the Commanding Officer, subject to the approval of the District Commandant. (Sec. 40, D.A.)

In the case of the Reserve Forces, 14 days’ notice is sufficient, and no sum is payable except for loss of or damage to Government property in charge of the soldier. (Sec. 41, D.A.)

Permanent Forces.

Discharge on purchase and “Free.”

185. No soldier in the Permanent Forces can claim his discharge until the expiration of his term of service, but, at any time within three months after enlistment, he may, subject to the approval of the District Commandant and his Commanding Officer, obtain his discharge “Free.” At subsequent periods, he may, subject to the approval of the District Commandant and his Commanding Officer, purchase his discharge at the rate set forth below:—*

Under one year’s service, £10.

Over one year and under two years’ service, £8.

Over two years and under three years’ service, £6.

Over three years and under four years’ service, £4.

Over four years and under five years’ service, £2.

To the above sums shall be added the unexpired value of the soldier’s uniform and kit.

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Except in time of war, a re-enlisted soldier of the Permanent Forces shall be entitled, upon the expiration of three months’ notice given in writing to his Commanding Officer, to be granted a free discharge before the expiration of the period of service for which he has re-enlisted, and subject to paying the unexpired value of his uniform and kit.*

In special cases, to be determined by the Commanding Officer, the three months’ notice of intention to claim discharge may be either waived or reduced.

Provided that the amount of purchase money as above prescribed (but not including the unexpired value of uniform and kit) may, for special reasons, be waived by the Commanding Officer, subject to the approval of the District Commandant.

In the case of the Permanent Forces, the Commanding Officer for purposes of “discharge” shall mean the senior permanent officer of his regiment in the district.

Re-enlisted soldiers of Citizen Forces.

186. Any re-enlisted soldier of the Militia or Volunteer Forces who has, under his present and previous attestations, completed without a break the length of service prescribed for the portion of the Military Forces to which he belongs, shall be entitled to be discharged, under para. 184, without payment.

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Discharge of recruits.

187. A recruit may be discharged by a Commanding Officer, at any time prior to his being passed into the ranks, if he should seem to be an undesirable character, or is unlikely to become an efficient soldier. (Sec. 112, D.A.)

For medical unfitness.

188. Any soldier of the Military Forces who may be found at any time during the continuance of his military service to be medically unfit, shall be discharged, unless under special circumstances,

which must be reported to and approved by the District Commandant (in case of the Royal Australian Artillery by the Officer Commanding).

The discharge of soldiers of the Permanent Forces, medically unfit, will be conducted as laid down in Orders for Australian Army Medical Services.

* A soldier stationed at Thursday Island will not be permitted to obtain his discharge until the expiration of his period of service, except under special circumstances, and in any case where a soldier stationed at Thursday Island is permitted to obtain his discharge prior to the expiration of his period of service, he will be required to pay, in addition to the purchase money (where such is payable) and the unexpired value of his uniform and kit, an amount equal to the cost of the transport of a soldier from some other State (to be decided by the Officer Commanding, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery) to take his place at Thursday Island.

189. Any soldier dismissed from the service by the District Commandant, or by his Commanding Officer, or by sentence of court-martial, for a military offence, shall forfeit to the Government the amount he would have to pay if he were purchasing his discharge on the day the offence was committed, or such smaller sum as the District Commandant may determine, and such sum may be stopped from his pay, if any.

Penalty on discharge for disciplinary reasons.

190. Upon the discharge of any soldier of the Military Forces for any reason whatever, he shall, in the Permanent Forces, be given a Certificate of Discharge (C.M. Form A. 16), and in the Citizen Forces upon application (C.M. Form A.17), which shall serve as a record of his military service and military character, and shall be signed in the case of the Permanent Forces by the District Commandant, and in other cases by the soldier’s Commanding Officer.

Discharge certificate.

191. No duplicate or copy of the discharge certificate, of extract from official records, will be issued to a discharged soldier.

No duplicate certificate.

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192. When a soldier is brought forward for discharge, his Commanding Officer will prepare the “Proceedings on Discharge” on the authorized form (C.M. Form A.45), for confirmation in accordance with the instructions thereon.

Proceedings on discharged.

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193. When a man on discharge submits a claim which cannot be settled on the spot, the discharge documents will be completed and forwarded to the District Head-Quarters for settlement of the claim and confirmation of the discharge.

Unsettled claims.

194. The competent officer to authorize a discharge shall be, in the case of the Permanent Forces the District Commandant, otherwise the soldier’s Commanding Officer, and the competent officer to confirm discharges shall be the soldier’s Commanding Officer.

Authorizing and confirming officers.

In the Corps of Staff Cadets, the competent officer to authorize a discharge shall be—

(a) for breaches of discipline and moral unfitness, the Commandant, Royal Military College;

(b) for other causes, the Minister for Defence,

and the competent officer to confirm all discharges shall be the Commandant, Royal Military College.

195. The confirming officer will see that the entries in the “Proceedings on Discharge” of a soldier of the Permanent Forces are in agreement with the regimental books, and, in the case of the Permanent and Militia Forces, that a non-effective account on the authorized form has been made out and signed by the soldier and the officer commanding his company.

Duty of confirming officer.

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196. (a) The cause of discharge of a soldier of the Permanent Forces is to be stated in the following terms:

Cause of discharge.

Class

i.

Having irregularly enlisted.

,,

ii.

Not being likely to become an efficient soldier.

,,

iii.

Having been claimed as an apprentice.

,,

iv.

Having claimed a free discharge within three months of his attestation.

,,

v.

Having made a misstatement as to age on enlistment.

,,

vi.

Having made a false answer on attestation.*

,,

vii.

Unfitted for the duties of the corps.

,,

viii.

Having been convicted by the Civil Power for an offence committed before enlistment.

* When a man has been convicted of having wilfully made a false answer to any question set forth in the attestation paper, the District Commandant will decide whether he is to be retained in the service or not.

Class

ix.

Being incorrigible and worthless (or misconduct).†

,,

x.

Having been sentenced to penal servitude (or imprisonment) by Court-martial (or by Civil Power).‡

,,

xi.

Having been sentenced to be discharged with ignominy.§

,,

xii.

At his own request on payment of £………….under para………..of the Regulations.

,,

xiii.

Free after………..year’s service, under para……of the Regulations.

,,

xiv.

Having been found medically unfit for further service.

,,

xv.

The termination of his period of enlistment.||

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xvi.

Having reached the age for retirement.

,,

xvii.

His services being no longer required.

,,

xviii.

In the case of a member of the Corps of Staff Cadets, in addition to the above, for the causes laid down in Royal Military College Regulations and Orders.

(b) The cause of discharge of a soldier of the Militia or the Volunteer Forces will be stated as in (a), omitting Class ix.

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Permanent Forces—Industrial Disputes.

198a. No member of the Permanent Military Forces shall be ordered or required to do any work or to act in the place of civilians who have refused to work because of some dispute as to wages, hours, or conditions of labour, unless and until the matter has been referred to the Minister, and his consent to the Permanent Military Forces doing such work has been obtained.

EFFICIENCY.

Militia Forces.

Requirements for Efficiency.

Attendances.

199. Officers and soldiers serving under the Militia System, except those enumerated in para. 200, shall not be entitled to be classified as efficient on the 1st July of any year unless during the previous twelve months they have attended as under:—