New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 52

Page 1325

✨ Military Uniform Regulations



JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1325

TABLE B.

  1. Orders of Dress—Non-commissioned Officers and Men.
Orders of Dress. Dress. Occasions when to be worn. Remarks.
Review order. No. 1 — Full dress. (a.) State ceremonies.
(b.) When His Excellency the Governor is present.
(c.) Royal escorts.
(d.) Guards of honour.
(e.) Guards of Royal residences.
(f.) Guards, as ordered by general officer commanding, and on garrison duties.
(g.) General, district, and garrison courts-martial, garrison Boards, and Courts of inquiry.
(h.) Church parades.
(i.) Funerals.
(j.) As may be specially ordered.		 Artillery and Mounted Rifles: When mounted, pantaloons, knee-boots, and jack-spurs; when dismounted, trousers.
Horse Furniture: Saddle and bridle complete, with head-rope, and wallets and shoe case unpacked, breast-plate and hoof-picker; nose-bag, haversack, and water-bottle; greatcoat rolled behind the saddle, when ordered.
Unmounted Troops: Greatcoat, ammunition pouch, haversack, water-bottle, when ordered.
Marching order. No. 2 — Service dress. (a.) Active service.
(b.) Manoeuvres.
(c.) Field days.
(d.) Marches.
(e.) Field inspection by general officer commanding.
(f.) Guards, when full dress is not worn.
(g.) Fort manning for Garrison Artillery.
(h.) And as may be specially ordered.		 All Troops: Service hat, haversack, and water-bottle; greatcoat (when ordered).
Mounted Troops: Horse furniture: Saddle and bridle complete, with head-rope; breast-plate, wallets, and shoe case packed; hoof-picker, nose-bag, forage-net, heel-rope.
Drill order. No. 3 — Service dress. Divisional and brigade parades, as may be ordered.
All ordinary drills.
Regimental courts-martial, Courts of inquiry, and Boards.
Escorts for prisoners.		 Forage cap shall be worn in place of service cap, unless when otherwise ordered.

OFFICERS.

  1. BADGES OF RANK.

The rank of officers is denoted by badges as under, worn on shoulder-knots or straps:—

Colonel … … Crown and two stars below.
Lieut.-Colonel … Crown and one star below.
Major … Crown.
Captain … Two stars.
Lieutenant … One star.
Medical Officers … According to rank.
Quartermasters … According to rank.
Paymasters … According to rank.
Chaplains … According to rank.

Officers on the retired list shall wear the letter “R” below the badge of rank on shoulder-straps.

In service dress, officers’ badges of rank shall be in brass.

In full dress, if the shoulder-knots are of gold lace, the badges shall be in silver, and vice versâ.

  1. GORGET PATCHES.

Gorget patches shall be worn by officers in undress and service dress.

Gorget patches shall be of cloth, 4½ in. long, and showing ⅜ in. of collar above and below the patch, and to be pointed at outer end, sewn on each side of the collar in front, a loop of silk braid along centre with a gorget (20 line) button near the point.

The following gorget patches shall be worn by the officers of the following branches of the service. Staff instructors or inspectors shall not wear gorget patches.

Headquarters Staff and District Staff.—Scarlet cloth, with loop of scarlet silk.

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🛡️ Dress Regulations for New Zealand Defence Forces (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
Uniform, Service Dress, Full Dress, Drill Order, Review Order, Marching Order, Non-commissioned Officers, Men, Horse Furniture, Field Equipment

🛡️ Badges of Rank for Officers in the New Zealand Defence Forces

🛡️ Defence & Military
Rank, Badges, Shoulder-knots, Shoulder-straps, Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Medical Officers, Quartermasters, Paymasters, Chaplains, Retired List

🛡️ Gorget Patches for Officers in Undress and Service Dress

🛡️ Defence & Military
Gorget patches, Collar insignia, Scarlet cloth, Silk braid, Headquarters Staff, District Staff, Uniform regulations