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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 9

RANK, CAPTAIN.
One Paper.
Books recommended.
The formation and manœuvre of a company with the battalion on parade and in the field
} Infantry Training.

RANK, MAJOR.
One Paper.

1. Duties in the field—
   Tactics
   Field sketching and reconnaissance
   Command of a battalion under all circumstances on parade and in the field.
2. Regimental duties and interior economy
   } Infantry Training.
   Combined Training.
   Manual of Field Sketching and Reconnaissance.

VOLUNTEER CYCLE CORPS.
RANK, LIEUTENANT.
First Paper.

Same as for All Arms.

Second Paper.

1. Drills—
   Infantry squad drill
   Cyclist drill
   } Infantry Training.
   Cyclist Training.

2. Musketry—
   Instruction of the recruit
   Theoretical principles
   General knowledge of the rifle and ammunition
   Precautions at rifle ranges
   Conduct of field firing
   Judging-distance practice
   } Infantry Training.

3. Field sketching and reconnaissance—
   The candidate will be required to render a report, accompanied by a sketch, of his observations as officer in charge of a reconnoitring party
   } Manual of Field Sketching and Reconnaissance.

FIELD HOSPITAL AND BEARER CORPS.
RANK, CAPTAIN.
First Paper.

Same as for All Arms, so far as applicable.

Second Paper.

Drills and exercises (as laid down in the latest edition of the Manual for the Royal Army Medical Corps).

RANK, MAJOR.
One Paper.

Field training and field hospital organization
} Manual for the Royal Army Medical Corps.

REGIMENTAL (OR BATTALION) STAFF OFFICERS.
ADJUTANT.

Same as laid down for captain of the arm of the service to which the candidate belongs.

PAY- AND QUARTER-MASTER.
First Paper.

Same as for All Arms.

Second Paper.

Rations and forage
Cooking
Pitching and striking camps
Sanitary arrangements
Water-supply
Keeping accounts of money and stores
Transport by land and sea
Mobilisation
} Manual of Military Cooking.
Standing Orders for Mobilisation.
Supply Handbook.
Combined Training.

The examination papers to be prepared by or under the supervision of the O.C. District.

107. The standard of qualification shall be as follows:—
     (a.) Practical Examination.

To qualify for a pass under this head a candidate will require to obtain 60 marks out of 100.

(b.) Written Examination.

The maximum number of marks obtainable for each paper under this head will be 100, and the minimum number of marks required for a pass will be 40 in each paper, and an average of 60 in the whole.
Failure in (a) or (b) or in any paper under (b) will not disqualify a candidate in the whole examination, but will necessitate his being re-examined in that portion only of the examination in which he failed.
Officers who have already passed for a junior rank will be required to pass only in the portion of the examination prescribed for the senior rank. An officer holding a temporary appointment of a senior rank must pass the examination for the junior rank as well as for the senior rank, if he has not already done so.
An officer may take any portion of the examination for his rank at any quarterly examination held in his district, provided that the whole examination is completed within the prescribed time.
Officers of position artillery will be examined as for field artillery, with modifications to suit the armament and equipment on charge to the unit to which the candidate belongs.
Artillery questions will be set to suit the particular nature of ordnance which is in use by the corps to which the candidate belongs.
An officer who has served as quartermaster for five years will be entitled to be appointed captain, but a quartermaster so appointed captain shall not be entitled to be appointed subsequently to the command of a battery, squadron, or company, unless or until he has passed the prescribed examination for a captain for the particular arm of the service to which he desires to be appointed.