New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 65

Page 1595

✨ Military Examination Syllabus



Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1595

APPENDIX E.

SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS ON APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION.

Rank of Officer to be examined, &c. Books recommended, and Sources from which Information may be obtained.
Captains for rank of Field Officers and Adjutants:
1. Riding .. Military Equitation, introductory chapter.
2. Military tactics .. Clery’s Minor Tactics, chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, and Field Exercise, parts 5 and 6.
3. Drill, including battalion and brigade drill, outpost, field and camp duties, and proper word of command Field Exercise, parts 3, 4, 5, and 6.
4. Elementary field fortification Manual of Elementary Field Engineering, sections 2, 3, 4, and 5.
5. Military administration Defence Act; Volunteer Regulations; Army Discipline Act, 1881 (Rules of Procedure, pages 197 to 293 inclusive); Queen’s Regulations, sections 6, 8, and 16, parts 1 and 3.
Captains and Subalterns: Cavalry,—
1. Drill: Squad, troop, and *squadron, including dismounted service Parts 1, 2, and 3, Cavalry Regulations.
2. Exercises— Short-rifle or carbine exercises Supplement to Rifle Exercises and Musketry Instructions.
Sword exercise .. Part 1, Cavalry Regulations.
3. Duties and formation of advanced and rear guards, and reconnoitring an enemy Imperial Cavalry Regulations, 1885, section 13, pages 375 to 379 inclusive; Instructions for Use of Auxiliary Cavalry.
4. Musketry instruction N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883, part 4, pages 90 to 111.
5. Discipline .. Volunteer Regulations and Defence Act.
6. Practical drill examination.
7. Duties of commander of a guard, and mode of marching reliefs and posting sentries.
Captains and Lieutenants: Naval Artillery,—
1. Drill: Squad and company drill in close and extended order Field Exercise.
2. Drills of the guns in use in the corps Text Book to be prepared by Council.
3. Duties of commander of a guard, and mode of marching reliefs and posting sentries Field Exercise.
4. Exercises— Carbine exercises .. N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883.
Cutlass exercises .. Gunnery Drill Book for H.M. Fleet, 1883.
5. General knowledge of the ammunition, stores, and carriages for guns in use in the corps, and elementary principles of gunnery Text Book to be prepared by Council.
6. Musketry instruction N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883, part 4, pages 90 to 111.
7. Discipline .. Volunteer Regulations and Defence Act.
8. Practical drill examination.
Captains and Subalterns: Artillery,—
1. Drill: Squad and company drill in close and extended order Field Exercise.
2. Drill of the guns in use in the corps Text Book to be prepared by Council.
Rank of Officer to be examined, &c. Books recommended, and Sources from which Information may be obtained.
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Captains and Subalterns— continued. Artillery—continued.
3. Duties of commander of a guard, and mode of marching reliefs and posting entries Field Exercise.
4. Exercises— Carbine exercises .. N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883.
Sword exercises .. Cavalry Sword Exercise, 1885.
5. General knowledge of the ammunition, stores, and carriages for guns in use in the corps, and elementary principles of gunnery Text Book to be prepared by Council.
6. Musketry instruction N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883, part 4, pages 90 to 111.
7. Discipline .. Volunteer Regulations and Defence Act.
8. Practical drill examination.
Captains and Subalterns: Engineer Volunteers,—
1. Drill: Squad and company drill in close and extended order Field Exercise.
2. Duties of commander of a guard, and mode of marching reliefs and posting sentries Field Exercise.
3. Exercises— Rifle exercises .. N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883.
Infantry sword exercise
4. Elementary field engineering Manual of Elementary Field Engineering, sections 1 to 11, 15 to 20.
5. Musketry instruction N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883, part 4, pages 90 to 111.
6. Discipline .. Volunteer Regulations and Defence Act.
7. Practical drill examination.
Captains and Subalterns of Rifle and Cadet Volunteers,—
1. Drills: Squad and company drill in close and extended order Field Exercise.
The command of a company in battalion* Field Exercise.
2. Duties of commander of a guard or outpost, and mode of marching reliefs and posting sentries Field Exercise.
3. Exercises— Rifle exercises .. N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883, part 3, pages 45 to 85.
Sword exercise .. N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883.
4. Musketry instruction N.Z. Volunteer Drill Manual, 1883, part 4, pages 90 to 111.
5. Discipline .. Volunteer Regulations and Defence Act.
6. Practical drill examination.
  • Not compulsory for subalterns; but, if not examined then, they must be so before promotion to the rank of Captain.

FORM V.-1.

Volunteer Corps.

FORM OF ENROLMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.

[Questions to be separately asked by the Attesting Officer before whom the oath of allegiance is taken. Answers to be affirmed by declaration.]

  1. What are your full Christian name and surname?

  2. Where do you now reside?—At , of , in or near the Town of .



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