New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 52

Page 1323

✨ Military Dress Regulations



JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1323

  1. “Review order, Staff in blue”: When this is the order of dress for a parade the blue frock-coat shall be worn in place of the tunic by officers of Headquarters and District Staff. This order shall be used for church parade.

  2. Officers attached to a unit for temporary duty shall wear the uniform of the unit to which they belong.

  3. Os.C. shall be responsible for the forage caps worn by their men being sufficiently large to afford proper protection to the head.

  4. On detached duties not under arms, and when off duty out of barracks or camps, “review order” shall be worn with forage cap in place of full dress head-dress; waist-belts shall also be worn, but without side-arms (excepting sergeants, who will carry side-arms). In the mounted services the sword-belt shall only be worn by those units in which it is worn over the tunics.

  5. In order to insure uniformity in the dress and equipment of N.C.Os. and men, the following instructions shall be observed:—
    (i.) Rifle or carbine, sword, bayonet, waist-belt and frog, and bandolier, shall be carried on parade in all orders of dress by the several arms and corps equipped with them, but on dismounted duties mounted men shall only carry such of their arms as may be specially ordered.
    (ii.) The bayonet is to hang over the left hip, and under the haversack when that article is worn.
    (iii.) The Infantry sash is to be worn over the right shoulder. Sergeants shall only wear the sash in review order, on orderly duty, and when walking out.
    (iv.) Black pouches or accoutrements are not to be cleaned with jet or other composition. Blacking only is to be used.

TABLE A.

  1. Orders of Dress—Officers.
Order of Dress. Dress. Occasions when to be worn. Remarks.
Review order. No. 1—Full dress. (a.) State ceremonies. When mounted.
(b.) When His Excellency the Governor is present. Pantaloons, knee-boots, and jack spurs.
(c.) Royal escorts. When dismounted.
(d.) Guards of honour. Trousers, Wellington boots, and box spurs.
(e.) Guards, as ordered by general officers commanding and on garrison duties. On guard duties Infantry officers carry greatcoat, haversack and water-bottle.
(f.) Guards of Royal residences
(g.) General courts-martial.
(h.) Church parades. See Regulation 608.
(i.) Funerals.
(j.) Ceremonies or entertainments, when general officer commanding or officer commanding district considers it desirable to do special honour to the occasion.
(k.) Official balls, dinners, luncheons, or breakfasts, and evening receptions.
Marching order. No. 2—Service dress. (a.) Active service. Headquarters and District Staff shall wear their undress uniform with frock, and at manœuvres with brown leather leggings and ankle-boots in place of knee boots.
(b.) Manœuvres.
(c.) Training.
(d.) Marches.
(e.) Field inspection by general officers commanding.
(f.) As may be specially ordered. The following articles will be carried by regimental officers: Haversack, water-bottle, field-glass, and compass.


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Uniform, Service Dress, Full Dress, Military Decorations, Medals, Ribands, Sam Browne Belt, Swords, Spurs, Field Glasses