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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

CADET BRANCH.

2. Establishment.—The establishment of the Cadet Branch shall be as follows:—

• Or such higher rank as the O.C. Battalion holds in the Defence Forces Reserve of Officers.
  † Each battalion shall be entitled to a medical officer and a chaplain.
  ‡ All male students at the college.

Where there are less than fifteen boys of the required age at any school a patrol of Scouts shall be formed in lieu of a squad of Cadets.

Instructors, as considered necessary, will be provided.

3. Instructors will be provided as considered necessary.

Formation of units: Head teacher to send schedule of boys eligible for training to Commandant of Cadets.

4. The head teacher of every school shall forward to the Commandant of Cadets forthwith a schedule showing the number of boys attending his school who were eleven years of age or over at the end of the previous year. At schools where no Cadet unit is already in existence, or where a new unit has to be formed, he should state which of the teachers he recommends to be officers, and the most suitable one to command the unit at his school. Two or more detachments may combine to form a company, in which the senior lieutenant will become the captain, and another lieutenant will be appointed.

Drill-hours: Not less than one hour a week to be set aside.

5. The head teacher of every school shall, when compiling his time-table for each year, or, if no time-table is compiled, immediately after the beginning of the school-work for the year, set apart not less than one hour each week for military training. This time shall be available exclusively for the military training of the boys of the Cadet unit at the school.

Drill-hours to fit in with visits of instructors.

6. The hours so set apart for military training shall be on such days and at such times as will fit in with the visits of the drill instructors.

TRANSITORY PROVISIONS.

Public-school Cadets to become Junior Cadets on commencement of these regulations.

7. (i.) All Cadet battalions, companies, detachments, and sections of Public-school Cadets under the control of the Minister on the coming into force of these regulations shall continue as Junior Cadets as if they had been formed under these regulations:

Provided that no boy who will not be twelve years of age during any year shall be a Junior Cadet for such year.

(ii.) On the day that these regulations come into force all assets and all lawful liabilities of the Public-school Cadet Corps incurred prior to that date for the purpose of providing uniforms and equipment for those corps shall become the assets and liabilities of the Crown:

Provided that the assets of any corps shall be expended on the provision and maintenance of uniforms, arms, equipment, and ranges, or any of them, of the corresponding unit in the Junior Cadets.

Officers already holding appointments to continue in office.

8. All officers and non-commissioned officers holding office on the coming into force of these regulations shall continue to hold office as if they had been appointed under these regulations.

COMPULSORY TRAINING PROVISIONS.

All boys of required age to become Cadets.

9. (i.) At every school all boys twelve years of age or over that age attending such school shall, on the coming into force of these regulations, become Junior Cadets and be organized into a Cadet unit, or join the existing unit (if any) in accordance with the establishment prescribed in these regulations.

(ii.) The formation of all new units and corps shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

PRECEDENCE OF UNITS AND CORPS.

Precedence to be determined by notice in the Gazette.

10. The precedence of units and corps shall be determined by the dates notified in the Gazette from which the formation shall take effect.

PRECEDENCE OF OFFICERS.

Precedence of officers, how determined.

11. (i.) The precedence of officers is determined as follows: Those holding substantive commissions in the Defence Forces shall take seniority of all officers holding acting and honorary appointments in the same rank.

(ii.) The precedence of other officers is determined by their rank, and the dates of their appointments to that rank; officers of the same rank and appointment to that rank on the same date, by the date of their next lower rank, substantive commissions taking seniority over all other commissions and appointments.

(iii.) If seniority is still undetermined it shall be decided by an examination, unless the parties agree to draw lots. If either party refuses to undergo a test examination, or to draw lots, the other party shall become the senior officer.

DISCIPLINE.

Responsibility of officers.

12. An officer is at all times responsible for the maintenance of good order and the rules of discipline. He is to afford the utmost aid and support to his seniors.

Courtesy to all ranks of society.

13. Officers commanding units and corps should impress upon all under their command the propriety of courtesy in intercourse with all ranks and classes of society, and should particularly caution them to pay deference and respect to civil authorities.

Outside influence.

14. While careful consideration will be given to every application submitted to headquarters in the proper manner, attempts to obtain favourable consideration of any application by the use of outside influence are strictly forbidden, and if resorted to will be regarded as an admission on the part of the applicant that his case is not good on its merits; and it will be dealt with accordingly.

REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

Mode of procedure when officer considers himself aggrieved.

15. If an officer thinks himself wronged by his commanding officer, and on due application made to him does not receive the redress to which he considers himself entitled, he may complain to the Commandant of Cadets through his commanding officer; and if he still does not receive the redress he considers himself entitled to, he may complain to the Minister in order to obtain justice; and the Minister may, if he thinks necessary, order the Commandant of Cadets to convene a Court of Inquiry for the purpose of having the matter inquired into and getting the opinion of the Court.

NOTE.—It is the custom of the service to forward every complaint through the officer commanding the battalion; and an officer would not be justified in deviating from this course unless the commanding officer should unreasonably delay or refuse to forward it. Even if an officer is compelled to deviate from the custom of the service, he should apprise his commanding officer of his doing so, and must observe in the channel of approach to the Minister each intermediate gradation of command. A false accusation or statement made in preferring a complaint under this clause is a very serious offence.

Mode of procedure when N.C.O. or private in C.O.T.U. considers himself aggrieved.

16. If a non-commissioned officer or private of a Cadet officers training unit thinks himself wronged in any matter by any officer other than his captain, or by any non-commissioned officer or private, he may complain thereof to his captain, and, if he thinks himself wronged by his captain, either in respect of his complaint not being redressed, or in respect of any other matter, he may complain thereof to his battalion commander, and, if he thinks himself wronged by his battalion commander, either in respect of his complaint not being redressed, or in respect of any other matter, he may complain thereof to the Commandant of Cadets; and every officer to whom a complaint is made in pursuance of this clause shall cause such complaint to be inquired into, and shall, if on inquiry he is satisfied of the justice of the com-