Aug. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2575

(a.) In either case the Board shall consist of the Chief of
the General Staff and two members not under the
rank of lieut.-colonel.
(b.) Officers appointed to serve on these Boards should
be selected for the knowledge of tactics of three
arms, and for their experience in such exercises.
(c.) One member of these Boards shall, if possible, be an
officer of the arm of the service to which the
candidate belongs.

17. A substantive major who under previous regulations
    was promoted without undergoing examination in (c) and (d)
    will be required to pass in those subjects before being ex-
    amined in tactical fitness to command in accordance with
    paragraph 15.

SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION FOR OFFICERS OF PER-
MANENT STAFF AND PERMANENT FORCE.

(a.) REGIMENTAL DUTIES.

The examination under this head will be by oral and
written questions set by the Board.

Books on which the Examination will be based.—“King’s
Regulations,” Defence Act, and “New Zealand General
Regulations,” books and forms in use.

Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers on Selection for
Commissions as Lieutenants and Cadets before Promotion
to Lieutenant.

1. Discipline,—
   General instruction.
   Administration of discipline.
   Courts of inquiry.
   Deserters.
   Disposal of prisoners.

2. Duties,—
   Roster of duties.
   Duties in garrison and in the field.
   Honours and salutes.
   Guards and sentries.
   Military funerals.
   Duties in respect to protection from domestic violence.

3. Interior Economy,—
   Officers.
   Non-commissioned officers.
   For a separate battery or company,—
   (1.) System of keeping books, accounts, returns, &c.
   (2.) System of messing and payment when mobilised.
   Enlistment, transfers, and discharges.

4. Miscellaneous,—
   The method of supplying troops with food, forage, ammu-
   nition, and stores, in quarters and in the field.
   Movements of troops by land and sea.
   Detail of carrying arms, ammunition, and equipment,
   and the detail of saddlery.
   Mobilisation.
   Bivouacs, billets, and camps.

(b.) DRILL AND FIELD TRAINING (PRACTICAL ONLY).

The examination under this head will be conducted prac-
tically in the field and by viva voce questions. There will be
no written examination. In addition to giving the words of
command, the candidate is to be required, in respect of his
own branch of the service, to give in a clear and audible
manner the explanation of the exercise or manœuvre to be
performed.

Books on which the Examination will be based.—Artillery :
“Infantry Training”; “Handbooks of Guns”; “Garrison
Artillery Training,” Vols. i and iii; “Instructions for Prac-
tice”; “Garrison Artillery Handbook for New Zealand.”
Engineers and Infantry: “Infantry Training”; “Combined
Training”; “Musketry Regulations.” Mounted Rifles:
“Infantry Training”; “Combined Training”; “Musketry
Regulations”; “Mounted Rifle Training.”

Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers on Selection for
Commissions as Lieutenants and Cadets before Pro-
motion to Lieutenant.

Subject. Books recommended.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.

1. Drills and Exercises—
   Infantry drill as far as applicable to garrison artillery.
   Gun drill with the guns in his district, moving, mount-
   ing, and dismounting guns.
   Laying tests as for qualified layers.
   (N.B.—An officer who fails in this will not be dis-
   qualified, but a record of his laying will be kept.)
   Stripping and assembling portions of the mounting and
   breech mechanism of one gun in his district.

Fitting and adjusting aiming-rifle used with the same
gun.
Testing electric gear of 12 pr. Q.F. and 6 in. B.L. guns,
and testing for adjustment of auto-sights.
General knowledge of telephones and telephone circuits
according to instruments in use.

2. Coast Defence—
   Duties of all ranks up to and including B.C.
   Use of D.R.F.

3. Equipment—
   Identification of stores and ammunition.
   Practical use and care of instruments used for testing
   and firing.

ENGINEERS AND INFANTRY.

1. Drills—
   Squad drill.
   Company drill.
   Command of a company in battalion drill.*

2. Exercises—
   Rifle and firing exercises.
   Advanced and rear guards and outposts.
   Skirmishing.
   Company drill.
   The company in attack and defence.

3. Musketry Instruction—
   Instruction of the recruit.
   Preliminary drill and practice.
   Drill and practice returns.*

4. Miscellaneous—
   Ceremonial.

MOUNTED RIFLES.

The subjects laid down for infantry marked with *, and,
in addition, the formation and movements of a squadron
mounted on parade or in the field.

Miscellaneous Subjects.—As given in “Mounted Rifle
Training.”

(c.) DUTIES IN THE FIELD (PRACTICAL AND ORAL).

1. Practical Military Topography,—
   (1.) A sketch of ground, or road or river, reconnaissance,
   at the discretion of the Board, to be set in connection with a
   simple tactical idea. Roughly, about one square mile of
   country, or about six miles of road or river. Time allowed,
   six hours.
   (2.) The practical application in the field of the subject-
   matter indicated by the following headings :—
   Terms and definitions used in topography.
   Conventional signs (see “Combined Training”).
   Scales ordinary used in military sketching.
   Plain scales, comparative scales, diagonal scales, copy-
   ing, reducing, and enlarging maps.
   The principles of military sketching, including selection
   of a base, intersection, resection, traversing, con-
   touring, and all other practical details, inclusive of
   those relative to hill-sketching.
   The use of and methods of working with prismatic com-
   pass and protractor, plane-table, and cavalry sketching-
   board, also the use of any instrument for measuring
   vertical angles.
   Variation of the compass, methods of determining the
   true north.
   Preparation of sketching-paper with magnetic meri-
   dians.
   Method of keeping a field-book. How to plot a tra-
   verse.
   Map-reading, and theoretical problems connected there-
   with, including visibility of points and drawing sec-
   tions.
   Reconnaissance and reports (see “Combined Training”).

2. Practical Military Engineering.—The practical applica-
   tion in the field of the subject-matter dealt with in the
   “Manual of Military Engineering” (Part I).

3. Practical Tactics.—All matters dealt with in “Com-
   bined Training” (Chapters i to vi inclusive), and their
   practical application in the field.

4. Horsemanship (for Mounted Branches only),—
   (1.) Practical management in stables, in camp, on the
   march, by rail, and on board ship.
   (2.) First-aid treatment and nursing.
   (3.) Method of lessening the spread of contagious
   diseases in camp, and diseases due to bad
   stable management.
   (4.) Shoeing.
   (5.) Ageing and judging horses for purchase.
   (6.) Fitting saddlery and harness under all conditions.

5. Riding.—For captains of Permanent Force, and Staff,
   not doing duty with a mounted branch.