✨ Military Examinations and Training
Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 415
Books recommended.
- The following are the books recommended for the foregoing examinations:—
All Arms.
“The King’s Regulations” (in so far as they apply to New Zealand Forces); “Defence Act and Volunteer Regulations”; “Regulations and Instructions for Camps and Cantonments”; “Notes from Lectures by Lieut.-Colonel R. H. Owen.”
Field Artillery.
“Field Artillery Training”; “Instructions for Practice”; “Handbook for Gun”; “Handbook for Field Range-finding”; “Treatise on Ammunition”; “Field Artillery Service Handbook”; “Tactics of Field Artillery”; “Infantry Manual.”
Garrison Artillery.
“Garrison Artillery Training”; “Handbook for Guns in Use”; “Treatise on Ammunition”; “Regulations for Magazines”; “Handbook of Depression Range-finder”; “Fort Record-book of Work to be manned”; “Infantry Manual.”
Field Engineers.
“Signalling Instructions”; “Manual of Military Engineering”; “Infantry Manual”; “Manual of Field Telegraphy.”
Submarine Miners.
“Manual of Submarine Mining”; “Infantry Manual.”
Mounted Rifles.
“Manual for Mounted Rifles”; “Regulations and Instructions for Camps and Cantonments”; “Manual of Military Topography”; “Signalling Instructions.”
Rifles.
“Infantry Manual”; “Regulations and Instructions for Camps and Cantonments”; “Manual of Military Topography”; “Signalling Instructions.”
Cyclists.
“Infantry Manual”; “Cyclists’ Training Manual”; “Signalling Instructions”; “Field Sketching.”
Bearer Companies.
“Manual for the Royal Army Medical Corps.”
Quartermasters.
“Manual of Military Cooking”; “Standing Orders for Mobilisation”; “Supply Handbook for Imperial Army Service Corps”; “Regulations and Instructions for Camps and Cantonments.”
The use of “The King’s Regulations” will be allowed during examination in discipline.
MILITARY EXAMINATIONS OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
- The subjects for examination of N.C.Os. shall be as mentioned below.
The examination papers shall be prepared by or under the supervision of the O.C. District.
All Arms.
(1.) Discipline.—1, general instructions; 2, general knowledge of Defence Act and Volunteer Regulations.
(2.) Duties.—1, roster of duties; 2, guards and sentries; 3, duties of non-commissioned officers in garrison and in the field. (N.C.Os. of each arm will, in addition, be examined in the special duties of that particular arm.)
(3.) Musketry (field artillery excepted).—1, general knowledge of the rifle and ammunition; 2, precautions at rifle ranges; 3, rifle and firing exercises; 4, judging-distance practice.
(4.) Practical.—Every non-commissioned officer must, according to his rank, show his ability to command in the field a section of the particular arm of the service to which he belongs.
Field Artillery Volunteers, all Ranks.
1, discipline; 2, duties; 3, gunnery and ammunition; 4, material; 5, care of horses; 6, fire discipline; 7, practical.
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 9
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Instructions for Local Boards of Examination - Garrison Artillery and Field Engineer Volunteers
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🛡️ Defence & MilitaryMilitary examinations, Officers, Garrison Artillery, Field Engineers, Signalling, Telegraphy, Gunnery, Coast defence, Training requirements
🛡️ Recommended Books for Military Examinations
🛡️ Defence & MilitaryMilitary training, Examination materials, Reading lists, All Arms, Field Artillery, Garrison Artillery, Field Engineers, Submarine Miners, Mounted Rifles, Rifles, Cyclists, Bearer Companies, Quartermasters
🛡️ Subjects for Non-Commissioned Officers' Examinations
🛡️ Defence & MilitaryNCO examinations, Discipline, Duties, Musketry, Practical command, Field Artillery Volunteers