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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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106. MILITARY EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.

The examination of officers shall be as set forth hereunder.

ALL ARMS.

Duties and Discipline.

One Paper.

Books recommended.

1. Duties—
   Roster of duties
   Duties in camp and in the field ..
   Honours and salutes
   Guards and sentries
   Military funerals
   (Officers of each arm will in addition be examined in the special duties of
   that particular arm)
2. Discipline—
   General instructions
   Administration of discipline
   Courts of inquiry
   General knowledge of the King's Regulations, New Zealand Defence Act
   and amendments, and the General Regulations of the Defence Force of
   New Zealand

The King's Regulations.
" The Defence Act, 1886," and its
amendments, and the General Reg-
gulations of the Defence Force of
New Zealand.

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION.

Every candidate must show his ability to command, under all circumstances, a unit corresponding to that which his
rank entitles him to command after obtaining his substantive commission in that rank. The examination will be con-
ducted practically, and by viva voce questions in the field, at the forts, or at the station, according to the arm of the service
to which the candidate belongs. In addition to giving the commands, the candidate is to be required to give the explana-
tion of the exercise or manoeuvre to be performed in a clear and audible manner.

The practical examination for officers of field artillery, garrison artillery, and engineers, and for lieutenant-colonels of
all arms for which examination is prescribed, will be of an exhaustive character, and is set out in detail for each particular
rank, as under :—

FIELD ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

Rank, Lieutenant.

Drill and Field Training.

1. Drills and exercises—
   Instructions on foot
   Equitation
   Stable duties and driving
   Drill and manoeuvre
   Ceremonial (sufficient for inspection and review)
   Various methods of laying
   Tangent sights; telescopic sights
   Clinometer, indirect laying
   Section gun drill
   Care and adjustment of sights
   To lay a gun under same conditions laid down in " Instructions for Practice "
   for layers
2. Equipment—
   Guns, General knowledge of, and capacity to take to pieces and put together
   breech-fittings, and explain their uses
   Carriages : To point out what parts of the carriages are likely to suffer from
   firing, travelling, fair wear, or neglect
   Ammunition : To explain construction and action of projectiles carried by the
   battery ; to explain the action of the fuses, and to prepare quickly any
   round of ammunition that may be ordered

Cavalry Training.
Field Artillery Training.
Field Artillery Handbook.
Handbook.
Handbook.
Handbook.
Field Artillery Training.

Rank, Captain.

1. Drills and exercises—
   Instruction on foot
   Equitation
   Stable duties and driving
   Drill and manoeuvre
   Ceremonial (sufficient for inspection and review)
   Various methods of laying
   Battery gun drill
2. Equipment—
   Guns
   Carriages
   Ammunition
   Practice—
   A thorough knowledge of fire tactics and fire discipline

Cavalry Training.
Field Artillery Training

As for Lieutenant.

Field Artillery Training.

Rank, Major.

1. Drill and manoeuvre as applied to field artillery
2. Ceremonial : Sufficient knowledge for inspection and review of a field battery
3. Practice : A thorough knowledge of fire tactics and fire discipline and " In-
   structions for Practice " (Field Artillery, New Zealand)

Field Artillery Training.
Instructions for Practice.