✨ Military Examination Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(iii.) Every candidate for nomination will be expected to sit for the Junior National Scholarship Examination in the December preceding the date of his application, particulars of which are given below.
He will be further examined if need be, by writing or orally, or in both ways, by the Supervisor appointed to act on behalf of the Government in this matter.
Due notice will be given to him of the time and place of such further examination.
Candidates who are nominated must be prepared to proceed to England as soon as they are informed of their nomination, so as to enter the Royal Naval College on the 15th May, 15th September, or 15th January next ensuing, as the case may be.
Junior National Scholarship Examination.
The examination will be held in December, at the places which are centres for the Civil Service Junior Examination, and at such other places as may be determined. Candidates’ applications to be examined must be made on the blue forms provided, and must be forwarded by their teachers to the Secretary of the Education Board so as to be delivered at his office not later than the 30th September. Forms of application may be obtained from the head teachers of the public schools, from the Secretaries of the Education Boards, or from the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington.
The examination will be in the subjects of the Fifth Standard. Papers will be set in English, arithmetic, geography, drawing, and there will also be a paper containing questions in history and elementary science, and questions to test the candidates’ general knowledge, their intelligence, and their powers of observation.
The drawing will comprise (a) freehand drawing with pencil or brush, including elementary design without instruments; and (b) drawing with instruments, including elementary design with instruments.
The highest marks attainable in the several subjects of the examination will be as follows: In English, 300; in arithmetic, 200; in geography, 100; in the general paper, 100; and in drawing, 100: total, 800.
To pass the examination a candidate must obtain not less than 75 marks in English, not less than 50 in arithmetic, and a total of not less than 400 on the whole examination.
No fee is payable for this examination.
Candidates for nomination for admission in September, 1906, must forward their nominations so as to reach the Under-Secretary for Defence, Wellington, not later than the 1st day of May. If necessary, arrangements will be made to examine those candidates who did not sit for the Junior National Scholarship Examination in December, 1905, in the work prescribed for that examination.
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Commissions in the British Army, &c.
REFERRING to the despatch of the 9th February, 1906, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 19th April, 1906, the following despatch, dated the 25th June, 1906, and enclosure are republished for general information.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1906.
ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.
Downing Street, 25th June, 1906.
(New Zealand.—General.)
My Lord,—With reference to my despatch “General” of the 9th of February last, I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying copies of a Memorandum showing the special campaigns selected for the Examinations in Military Subjects, to be held in October, 1906, March and October, 1907, and March, 1908, for candidates for Commissions in the Imperial Army from Colonial Universities and Colonial Local Military Forces.
- In requesting that this information may be distributed for the information of the University Authorities, and for the guidance of intending candidates, the Army Council point out that a slight alteration has been made in the scope of the examination for March, 1907.
Governor the Right Honourable Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
MILITIA, IMPERIAL YEOMANRY, UNIVERSITY AND COLONIAL CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE REGULAR FORCES.
MILITARY HISTORY.
Special Campaigns, &c., Selected for Examinations.
| Examinations. | Dates. | Special Campaigns, &c. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Militia and Imperial Yeomanry Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army. See Appendix III of the Regulations. | October, 1906. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. | |
| March, 1907. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813, with special reference to the Salamanca Campaign, 1812, from the surprise of Almaraz in May to the occupation of Madrid in August. | ||
| October, 1907, and March, 1908. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813, with special reference to the Vittoria Campaign, from May to the end of June, 1813. | ||
| The Franco-German War of 1870, up to and including the Battle of Sedan, omitting tactical details of actions. | |||
| or | |||
| University and Colonial Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army. (Alternative papers are set in October each year, so that University and Colonial candidates may take up either of the special periods) See Appendix IV of the Regulations. | October, 1906. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. | |
| March, 1907. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813, with special reference to the Salamanca Campaign, 1812, from the surprise of Almaraz in May to the occupation of Madrid in August. | ||
| *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813, with special reference to the Vittoria Campaign, from May to the end of June, 1813. | |||
| October, 1907. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813, with special reference to the Vittoria Campaign, from May to the end of June, 1813. | ||
| or | |||
| March, 1908. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813, with special reference to the Vittoria Campaign, from May to the end of June, 1813. |
- 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., May, 1906.
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