Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 745

MOUNTED RIFLES.

Members must either train for one week at a time in camp, or else attend a total of eighteen mounted parades in the year, at which at least half of the strength must be present. Parades in camp to count. If the training is in camp for a week each man must be present during the whole of such training, and be present on at least three other dismounted parades during the year, irrespective of camp, of not less than two hours’ duration; these dismounted parades need not be by daylight. If the training of the corps is by eighteen parades during the year, each member, to earn capitation, must be present at such parades, and must be present on at least three other dismounted parades of not less than two hours’ duration, and at which at least half of the strength is present; these dismounted parades need not be by daylight.

In addition to qualifying by either of the above methods, two-thirds of the strength of the company must be present on at least four parades during the year.

The minimum strength of mounted rifle companies is reduced to forty-three.

INFANTRY AND CYCLISTS.

Each company must go into camp for six days each year. Men must be present and sleep in camp four days out of the six, and each man must attend eighteen parades, at which at least half of the strength must be present, three being afternoon parades, during the year. Two-thirds of the strength must be present on at least four parades during the year.

BEARER COMPANIES.

The same as infantry, except for the musketry course, which is not to be gone through, and each man must, in addition, earn a certificate of efficiency in ambulance work, as laid down in “Manual for Royal Army Medical Corps” for the time being in force.

GARRISON BANDS.

Men must have served six months, and be efficient musicians, and attend eighteen parades during the year, three being afternoon parades, at which at least half of the strength must be present. Two-thirds of the strength must be present on four parades during the year. No musketry course.

In addition to the parades mentioned above, necessary for the earning of capitation, the officer commanding the district can order such parades as he thinks necessary.

PAID DAYLIGHT PARADES.

A personal payment of 2s. 6d. per officer and volunteer will be made to those who attend parades as provided below.

Paid daylight parades will not count towards capitation, and no member can earn the personal payment for more than six parades in one year.

Paid daylight parades are not to be held whilst the battery or company is in camp.

Daylight parades to be held in the open, and between the hours of 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. during the months of November, December, January, and February, and between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. during the remainder of the year. Daylight parades to be devoted to practical field manoeuvres; garrison artillery to fort-manning; engineers (S.M.) to practical work on the water.

All parades to be of not less than two and a half hours’ duration.

The strength necessary to be present in order to earn payment is as follows:—

Field artillery .. One complete section.
Garrison artillery .. The complete number necessary for the manning of any fort at which the parade is held, and to which the company, or portion thereof, is detailed by the manning-table.

Engineers (S.M.) .. One officer, fourteen men.
Engineers (Field) ..
Mounted rifle volunteers
Infantry, bearer, and cycle corps .. One-half of the total strength of the company.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

C. 02/3048.]

Volunteer Regulations re Defence Cadets added to.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following addition being made to that portion of the Volunteer Regulations which relates to Defence cadets:—

“In addition to the yearly capitation grant, a yearly allowance not exceeding £10 may, on the recommendation of Officer commanding District, be granted on the approval of the Minister to such cadet corps as are not connected with colleges or high schools for the purpose of defraying expenses for hire of drill-halls, light, and other charges: Provided, however, that no cadet company shall be recommended for such grant unless the said company has earned capitation for that year.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

C. 02/3899.]

Regulations, Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal, cancelled, and other Regulations substituted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of that portion of the Regulations for Institution of the Decoration and Long-service Medal for Colonial Auxiliary Forces, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 33, dated 1st May, 1902, which refers to Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal being cancelled, and the following substituted:—

COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG-SERVICE MEDAL.

1. Members of the auxiliary Forces of all ranks may be granted a medal, designated “The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal,” after twenty years’ service (which need not be continuous) in such Forces. Service rendered partly in the auxiliary Forces of one colony or protectorate and partly in the auxiliary Forces of another colony or protectorate, or partly in the auxiliary Forces of one or more colonies or protectorates, or Indian Volunteers, and partly in the Volunteer Force of Great Britain, shall be reckoned as qualifying service for the medal, service on the west coast of Africa counting double. The medal may also be granted to Volunteers who have retired after completing twenty years’ service, and officers who have served in the ranks but have not qualified for the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

2. Service on the Permanent Staff or service in Defence rifle clubs shall not reckon as qualifying service for the medal.

3. Applications for the medal will be made through the Officer commanding the District, who will forward same, stating why, in his opinion, the applicant is entitled to receive the medal. The applicant’s record of service will then be furnished and verified on Form D by the Under-Secretary of Defence, after which the application will be recommended by the Officer commanding the District and Commandant New Zealand Forces, also on Form D, and forwarded through the usual channel of correspondence to the Governor, whose decision upon the validity or otherwise of any claim to the medal will be final. Retired members will in the first instance apply through the officer commanding the corps in which they last served.

4. Applicants who have performed part of the necessary qualifying service in other portion of the Empire than New Zealand must produce particulars of their previous service certified to by competent authority, and forward such with their application.

5. Names of recipients will be promulgated in the Government Gazette, after the publication of which the original application (Form D) will be returned by the Governor to the headquarters for record and retention. Arrangements for the distribution of the medals will be made by the Officer commanding the District, or as the Governor shall decide, at the earliest time that a good muster of the corps can be reckoned upon.

6. Any officer who is subsequently awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration will not be required to surrender the medal, but he will not be permitted to wear both.

7. When the conduct of any member of the Auxiliary Forces after he has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal has been such as to disqualify him from wearing it, he may be deprived of it by the Governor.

8. A medal forfeited by a member of the Auxiliary Forces under paragraph 7 may be restored to him by the Governor.

9. When a long-service medal has been lost, and it is desired to replace it, a declaration must be made before a Magistrate stating the circumstances under which the loss occurred, and the rank, name, and corps of the individual to whom the medal belonged. The declaration will be forwarded to the Commandant, who will forward same to the Hon. the Minister of Defence for transmission to His Excellency the Governor. The medal will be replaced on payment if the explanation as to its loss is considered satisfactory.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence

C. 03/A/73.]