New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 9

Page 461

✨ Military Dress Regulations



FEB. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 461

  1. On detached duties not under arms, and when off duty out of barracks or camps, “review order” shall be worn with forage cap in place of full dress head-dress; waist-belts shall also be worn, but without side-arms (excepting sergeants, who will carry side-arms). In the mounted services the sword-belt shall only be worn by those units in which it is worn over the tunics.

  2. In order to insure uniformity in the dress and equipment of N.C.Os. and men, the following instructions shall be observed:—
    (i.) Rifle or carbine, sword, bayonet, waist-belt and frog, and bandolier, shall be carried on parade in all orders of dress by the several arms and corps equipped with them, but on dismounted duties mounted men shall only carry such of their arms as may be specially ordered.
    (ii.) The bayonet is to hang over the left hip, and under the haversack when that article is worn.
    (iii.) The Infantry sash is to be worn over the right shoulder. Sergeants shall only wear the sash in review order, on orderly duty, and when walking out.
    (iv.) Black pouches or accoutrements are not to be cleaned with jet or other composition. Blacking only is to be used.

TABLE A.
579. Orders of Dress—Officers.

Order of Dress. Dress. Occasions when to be worn. Remarks.
Review order. No. 1—Full dress. (a.) State ceremonies.
(b.) When His Excellency the Governor is present.
(c.) Royal escorts.
(d.) Guards of honour.
(e.) Guards, as ordered by general officers commanding and on garrison duties.
(f.) Guards of Royal residences.
(g.) General courts-martial.
(h.) Church parades.
(i.) Funerals.
(j.) Ceremonies or entertainments, when general officer commanding or officer commanding district considers it desirable to do special honour to the occasion.
(k.) Official balls, dinners, luncheons, or breakfasts, and evening receptions.		 When mounted. Pantaloons, knee-boots, and jack-spurs.
When dismounted. Trousers, Wellington boots, and box spurs.
On guard duties Infantry officers carry greatcoat, haversack, and water-bottle.
See Regulation 608.
Marching order. No. 2—Service dress. (a.) Active service.
(b.) Manœuvres.
(c.) Training.
(d.) Marches.
(e.) Field inspection by general officers commanding.
(f.) As may be specially ordered.		 Headquarters and District Staff shall wear their undress uniform with frock, and at manœuvres with brown leather leggings and ankle-boots in place of knee-boots. The following articles will be carried by regimental officers: Haversack, water-bottle, field-glass, and compass.
Drill order. No. 3—Service dress. Divisional and brigade parades, as may be ordered.
All ordinary drills, and regimental duties and fatigues, and when attending examination for promotion.
District regimental courts-martial, and courts of inquiry; garrison and Regimental Boards.
Regimental orderly duties in barracks or camps, and on other occasions when not on duty with troops for which no special order of dress in regulation.		 Headquarters and District Staff shall wear their undress uniform with frock, and, if mounted, knee-boots. Forage cap shall be worn in place of service dress hat unless otherwise ordered. Swords shall be worn when on duty, and as the occasion may require when not on duty.


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