JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1521

The following headings indicate the scope of the examination :-

Principles should be illustrated by examples from military history.)
(a.) The relation between politics and strategy.
(b.) The influence and limitations of sea power.
(c.) Strategic terms and their meanings.
(d.) The dependence of successful strategy on—
(1.) A good system of organization for war, and an efficient Intelligence Department.
(2.) A method of training such as will provide an efficient instrument to carry out its conceptions.
(3.) Secure bases and lines of supply.
(4.) Good roads (and, if possible, railways) along the lines of operations.
(e.) The considerations which dictate the choice of an offensive or defensive attitude.
(f.) The selection of an objective, and of the theatre and line of operations.
(g.) The relation between the fronts of armies and their lines of communication.
(h.) The manoeuvre of turning a flank, and its development.
(i.) The breaking of a front and interposition between the parts of a divided front.
(j.) Operations on interior and exterior lines.
(k.) Combinations resulting from armies operating from divergent bases.
(l.) The modifications in strategic principles which the nationalisation of armies and introduction of railways and telegraphs has brought about.
(m.) The influence on strategy of the physical features of a country and configuration of bases and frontiers.
(n.) The strategic counterstroke and the strategic pursuit.
(o.) The influence which moral factors, and especially the personality and characteristics of an opponent, exert on strategy.

2. Tactics—
   Marks.
   (a.) One paper on the matter contained in “Combined Training,” together with questions on history and development of the tactics of the three arms from 1740 inclusive, to the present date .. .. .. .. 750
   (b.) One paper on the application of tactical principles to schemes worked out on a map .. 750

3. Military engineering—
   (a.) One paper on the subject-matter of the “Manual of Military Engineering, 1905” (Part I) .. .. .. .. 500
   (b.) Application of above principles to schemes worked out on a map .. .. .. 500

4. Military topography—
   (a.) One theoretical paper .. .. .. 500
   The following headings indicate the scope of the examination :-
   Terms and definitions used in topography. Conventional signs. (See “Combined Training.”)
   Scales ordinarily used in military sketching—
   Plain scales. Comparative scales. Diagonal scales. Copying, reducing, and enlarging maps.
   The principles of military sketching, including—
   Selection of a base, intersection, resection, traversing, contouring, and all other practical details, inclusive of those relating to hill-sketching.
   The use of, and methods of working with, prismatic compass and protractor, plane table, and cavalry sketching-board; also the Abney level and the aneroid barometer.
   Variation of the compass. Methods of determining the true north.
   Preparation of sketching-paper with magnetic meridians. Method of keeping a field-book. How to plot a traverse. Map-reading, and theoretical problems connected therewith, including visibility of points and drawing sections.
   Reconnaissance and report. (See “Combined Training.”)
   Marks.
   (b.) One paper to test neatness and accuracy in plotting and finishing a military sketch, including the plotting from a field-book, drawing a map of imaginary country from data given, with appropriate conventional signs .. .. .. .. .. 500

5. Military law—One paper .. .. .. .. 250
   The use of “The manual of Military Law” and “The King’s Regulations” will be allowed for answering this paper.
   [N.B.—Annotated edition and MSS. of any kind, except amendments noted in Army Orders, are strictly prohibited.]

The following headings indicate the scope of the examination :-
Mode of continuing in force the Army Act.
Classification of the contents of the Army Act.
Crimes and punishment.
Arrest of offenders and investigation of charges.
Powers of Commanding Officers with respect to offences.
Framing charges for trial by Court-Martial.
Prisoner’s preparation for his defence.
Courts-Martial, the several descriptions of.
Courts-Martial, convening and composition of.
Courts-Martial, jurisdiction and power of.
Procedure at trials by Court-Martial.
Appointment and special duties of President.
Duties of the prosecutor at Courts-Martial.
Confirmation and revision of proceedings.
Mitigation, remission, and commutation of punishments at the time of confirmation.
Commencement of terms of penal servitude and imprisonment.
Applications of the rules of evidence to Court-Martial procedure, limited to the following extent:—
(1.) What must be proved.
(2.) By which side proof must be given.
(3.) Hearsay.
(4.) Documents made evidence by the Army Act.
(5.) Competency of witnesses.
(6.) Examination of witnesses.
(7.) Privileges of witnesses.
Application of the Army Act to His Majesty’s Indian Forces.
Application of the Army Act to Warrant Officers.
Application of the Army Act to non-commissioned officers.
Application of the Army Act to troops embarked on board His Majesty’s ships in commission.
Application of the Army Act to persons not belonging to His Majesty’s forces.
Application of Military Law as provided by the Army Act, Sections 175 to 184.
Stoppages of pay by award of Commanding Officer.
Stoppages of pay by sentence of Court-Martial.
Stoppages of pay as a consequence of imprisonment or confinement.
Forfeiture of good-conduct badges and pay.
Forfeiture of service for reckoning pensions.
Forfeiture of medals, decorations, &c.
Forfeiture inflicted, either by Court-Martial or as a consequence of certain convictions and sentences.
Courts of inquiry on illegal absence of soldiers.
Confession, by a soldier, of desertion or fraudulent enlistment.
Apprehension of persons suspected of being deserters.
Extension of soldiers’ furlough in urgent cases.
General knowledge of the provisions of the Army Act relating to enlistment, re-engagement, prolongation of service, and transfer.
Customs of war.

Marks.
6. Military administration and organization — One paper .. .. .. .. .. 250
The following headings indicate the scope of the examination :-
(i.) A detailed knowledge for both peace and war of the administration, organization, equipment, establishment, terms of service, and pay of—
An Infantry battalion,
or
A Cavalry regiment,
or
A Field Artillery brigade,
or
A Garrison company.
(ii.) A general knowledge of the following subjects:—
(a.) The titles and general contents of official publications, so as to know roughly what each deals with.
(b.) The general system of administration and organization of the Army.
(c.) War establishments, and the composition of staffs and units in the field.
(d.) The constitution of the Militia, Imperial Yeomanry, Volunteers, and Reserve Forces.
(e.) The constitution of the Forces in India and the Colonies.
(f.) General principles of recruiting, terms of enlistment, extension of service, re-engagement, prolongation of service, transfer, and discharge.

War Office, March, 1906. [D. 06/1451.]