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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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depends so essentially upon obedience to superiors that all must see that it is strictly enforced. N.C.Os. failing to report any contempt or neglect of their authority shall be liable to reduction.

189. After an officer or member of the Defence Forces is reported as having been placed under arrest, he cannot be released except by order of the officer to whom he has been reported, or, in such officer’s unavoidable absence, by the officer next in command.

190. Military duty is held to mean not only presence under arms on parade, but the performance of all administrative duties of a military nature in or out of uniform.

191. Officers and men of the Defence Forces, while going to, present at, or returning from any parade, inspection, or military exercise, will be under the authority of the senior officer or N.C.O. present; but, though the senior officer present shall be held responsible for the maintenance of order and discipline, yet he is not hereby authorised to interfere in other respects.

Discipline of Volunteers.

192. With respect to the discipline of the Volunteer Force, the following provisions shall take effect and be in force while they are not on actual military service or in a camp of exercise.

193. An arrest is held, in accordance with the custom of the military service, to mean a suspension from all military duty, including target practice, until the case leading to such arrest is disposed of.

194. The O.C. a District may, on the report of the O.C. a company or unit, and after due inquiry, dismiss any Volunteer, not being a commissioned officer, and strike his name off the muster-roll of the company or unit. The O.C. battalion or unit may dismiss any N.C.O. thereof for disobedience of any lawful command or order of any of his superior officers while doing any military duty, or for neglect of duty or misconduct by him as a member of the company or unit, or for other sufficient cause; the existence or sufficiency of such cause respectively shall be determined by the O.C. the District.

195. Any Volunteer dismissed as herein provided shall not be eligible to serve in any branch of the Permanent Force or Volunteer Force for three years thereafter; or, in aggravated cases, such further period as may be fixed by the Minister.

196. Whenever an O.C. of a District summarily dismisses a Volunteer, he shall report the same, with the attendant circumstances, to the Commandant, who shall submit the same to the Minister for report to the Governor, who may signify his pleasure thereupon, and give such directions with respect to any such dismissal as may seem to him just and proper.

197. Whenever any person serving in the Volunteer Force is deemed by the officer commanding the unit or company in which such person is enrolled or serving to be guilty of any of the offences following, that is to say:—

Neglecting or refusing to attend any parade, inspection, or military exercise;

Absenting himself without leave from any parade, inspection, or military exercise during any part of the time appointed therefor;

Refusing or neglecting to obey any lawful order of his superior officer while going to, present at, or returning from any parade, inspection, or military exercise;

Behaving in a disorderly manner or in a manner subversive of good discipline while going to, present at, or returning from any parade, inspection, or military exercise;

Being in a state of intoxication while going to, present at, or returning from any parade, inspection, or military exercise;

Being insolent towards his superior officer while in the execution of his duty as such officer;

Failing to keep in proper order any arms, accoutrements, or ammunition, appointments, or property intrusted to him as a Volunteer,—

Such person may, if an officer, be ordered under arrest by such commanding officer until his case is inquired into; and, if not an officer, may be ordered into the custody of any member of the Volunteer Force until the parade, inspection, or military exercise is over; and such commanding officer may, by writing under his hand, order that such person shall pay such fine not exceeding £1 for each offence as such commanding officer may think fit.