New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 30

Page 1045

✨ Military Examination Requirements



APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1045

Commissions in British Army, &c.

REFERRING to the despatch of the 18th October, 1905, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th February, 1906, No. 13, the following despatch, dated the 9th February, 1906, and enclosure are republished for general information.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1906.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

(New Zealand.—General.)
MY LORD,—With reference to my predecessor’s despatch “General” of the 22nd September last, I have the honour to submit to you a revised table, showing the special periods of Military History selected for the examination of Officers of the Regular Forces at home, and in the Colonies, for promotion.

  1. The Army Council intimates that the period of Military History selected for the examination of candidates from the Colonial local Military Forces, and the Chartered Universities in the Colonies, for Commissions in the Imperial Army, and of candidates for admission to the Staff College, remains unaltered.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

ELGIN.

MILITARY HISTORY.
Special Campaigns, &c., Selected for Army Examinations.

Examinations. Date. Special Campaigns, &c. Remarks.
Militia and Imperial Yeomanry Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army. See Appendix IV of the Regulations. March, 1906. The Franco-German War of 1870, up to and including the Battle of Sedan, omitting tactical details of actions.
September, 1906, and March, 1907. *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813.
University and Colonial Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army. (Alternative papers are set in September each year, so that candidates may take up either campaign.) See Appendix IV of the Regulations. March, 1906, and September, 1906. The Franco-German War of 1870, up to and including the Battle of Sedan, omitting tactical details of actions.
September, 1906, March, 1907, and September, 1907. *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813.
May, 1906 First Paper:— General questions on Peninsular Campaign, from July, 1808, to the end of 1810. Second Paper:— Special Campaign, Corunna, 1808–9 For Officers who fail at Home or in the Colonies in November, 1905.
Modern Strategy (Lieutenant-Colonel James). —General Paper, Part I. Special Paper, Part II. For Officers who fail in India in October, 1905.
First Paper:— General questions on the Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. Second Paper:— Salamanca, 1812, from the surprise of Almaraz in May to the occupation of Madrid in August. For Officers attending the examination for the first time.
Captains and Lieutenants of the Regular Forces for Promotion. (Alternative papers are set. Officers attending for the first time should take up the new campaign. Those who failed at the previous examination may take up the old campaign again.) See King’s Regulations, Appendix VII, Army Orders Nos. 2 and 136 of 1905, 3 of 1906, and Indian Army Order No. 374 of 1905. November, 1906 First Paper:— General questions on the Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. Second Paper:— Salamanca, 1812, from the surprise of Almaraz in May to the occupation of Madrid in August. For Officers who fail in May, 1906.
First Paper:— General questions on the Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. Second Paper:— Special Campaign—Vittoria, 1813, from May to the end of June, 1813 For Officers attending the examination for the first time.
May, 1907 First Paper:— General questions on the Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. Second Paper:— Special Campaign—Vittoria, 1813, from May to the end of June, 1813. For Officers who fail at Home or in the Colonies in November, 1906.
The subject for examination of Officers attending for the first time will be announced in Army Orders of July, 1906.
Admission to Staff College. Staff College Regulations and Army Order 153 of 1905. August, 1906 First Paper:— As laid down in the Staff College Regulations, 1905, page 6, with special reference to the Indian Frontier Expeditions to Chitral, 1895–6, and Tirah, 1897–8. Second Paper:— The operations in the Peninsula from the surprise of Almaraz, May, 1812, inclusive, to the capture of San Sebastian, 31st August, 1813. Staff College Regulations and Army Order of 1905.
  • No detailed questions will be set with reference to the action of the Spanish and Portuguese armies, and no question of any kind will be set with reference to these armies when their action had no bearing on that of the British troops,

WAR OFFICE, S.W., 1906.

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🛡️ Military History Examinations for Army Commissions

🛡️ Defence & Military
14 April 1906
Military examinations, Army commissions, Colonial candidates, Staff College, Promotion requirements
  • Lieutenant-Colonel James, Author of Modern Strategy examination paper

  • R. J. Seddon, Minister of Defence
  • Lord Plunket, Governor
  • Elgin