868

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 24

Members of Court and other persons to be paid if not in receipt of pay from Government.

34. All officers comprising a Court as hereinbefore constituted shall, if they are not at the time in receipt of regular pay as a teacher or from His Majesty's Government in the Dominion, be paid for their services at the rate of £1 ls. for each day or part of a day during which they shall respectively sit as members of such Court; and all witnesses duly summoned by the convener of a Court of Inquiry shall be entitled to the same fees and privileges as if such witnesses had been duly summoned or subpoenaed to attend on a trial in any proceeding before the Supreme Court.

APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ETC., OF OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Commandant and Staff.

Commandant of Cadets.

35. The Commandant, appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister, shall hold a commission on the General Staff of the Defence Forces.

Staff officers.

36. Headquarters staff officers, appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister, who have qualified for substantive commissions shall be included in the Reserve of Officers of the Defence Forces. Honorary staff officers shall hold appointments in the Junior Cadets.

Officers.

37. (i.) The Commandant of Cadets may recommend to the Minister appointments of officers not on the Headquarters staff, and those officers shall hold appointments in the Junior Cadets.
    (ii.) All male teachers on the staffs of schools are liable to act as officers in the Junior Cadets, and may be appointed accordingly.

Head teacher to be consulted.

38. Before any teacher on the staff of a school is appointed an officer, the head teacher of the school at which the aforesaid teacher is employed shall be asked for a recommendation, and such recommendation shall, if made within fourteen days from the date of the communication asking for it, be taken into consideration when the appointment is being made: Provided that in any district where there is an honorary staff officer, the opinion of such officer may be asked and considered in all cases where the head teacher either fails to make a recommendation or when such recommendation does not agree with the wishes of the Commandant of Cadets.

Teachers transferred may fill vacancy at new school.

39. When a teacher who is a Cadet officer is appointed, promoted, or transferred to another school, and there is a vacancy for him in the Cadet unit at such school, he may, subject to the consent of the head teacher, automatically fill such vacancy. In the event of the head teacher not consenting, the procedure prescribed in clause 38 hereof shall be carried out.

Unattached List.

40. If no vacancy exists at such school, the officer shall be placed on the Unattached List pending a vacancy.

Resignations.

41. Officers, when tendering their resignations as teachers, and when being removed to another school, shall advise the Commandant of Cadets of such resignation or removal. In the former case officers who are in command of a unit or corps shall hand over to the next senior officer, or, if there is no other officer in the unit or corps, then to the head teacher of the school, all Government property on issue to the unit or corps, and at the same time notify the Commandant of Cadets of the course taken, and furnish him with an inventory of the articles so handed over. All officers shall retire from the command of units and corps at the age of fifty-five years, and may be placed on the Retired List on same conditions as officers of the Defence Forces.

Promotion.

42. Promotion shall, except in special cases, be given according to seniority, but in the interests of units and corps it may be necessary to appoint or promote officers who are not next in seniority or who have not served in the lower ranks.

Vacancies.

43. When vacancies occur in a unit, recommendations should be made through the officer commanding the corps, indorsed by the head teacher, to the Commandant of Cadets. When a vacancy occurs in a corp's staff, the officer commanding should forward his recommendations direct to the Commandant of Cadets.

Establishment of officers may be completed from General Training Section or Reserve.

44. If from any cause the establishment of Cadet officers for any unit cannot be completed from the male teachers on the staff of the school, the deficiencies shall be made up from the General Training Section or Reserve of Officers, or both. Such officers shall hold appointments in the Junior Cadets.

Appointments to be notified in Cadet Orders.

45. All appointments, promotions, and resignations of officers shall be published in Cadet or other orders, which shall contain a notification of the date from which such appointment, promotion, or resignation shall take effect.

Cadet Orders and Instructions.

46. The Commandant of Cadets shall from time to time issue such orders and instructions as he considers necessary for the proper government and administration of the Junior Cadets, and for giving effect to the provisions of the Act so far as they relate to Junior Cadets and these regulations.

Cadet Orders to be made known to all concerned.

47. Cadet Orders and Instructions are to be made known to all officers of the units or corps, and such parts as affect the rank and file are to be made known to them. All orders and other official correspondence are to be filed and handed over to succeeding officers in the same manner as Government property.

INSPECTIONS.

Head teachers to be notified.

48. The Commandant of Cadets, or any staff officer acting for him, shall give at least one clear day's notice to the head teacher of the school of his intended inspection of the Cadets.

Officers commanding unit to be notified.

49. The officer commanding the unit shall be notified at the same time, and he shall be held responsible that the Cadets under his command and all Government property on issue to his unit are ready for inspection at the appointed time.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

N.C.O.s to be appointed by O.s C. unit or corps.

50. (i.) Non-commissioned officers as per establishments shall be appointed to and promoted in units by O.s C. units, and to staffs of corps by the O.s C. corps. Fitness for the positions is to be the guiding principle in the selection of N.C.O.s for appointment.

Merit to be the determining factor.

(ii.) Social position and other considerations not affecting merit and ability are not to be taken into account.

Opportunity of appointments to be open to all Cadets.

(iii.) When first appointments are being made to a unit, every Cadet shall be asked whether he wishes to be a non-commissioned officer, and the selection shall be made from those offering themselves, unless in the opinion of the O.C. none of the Cadets offering are suitable for the positions, in which case he may make his selection from the remainder of the unit.

Fitness may be tested by examination.

(iv.) If necessary, the test of the fitness of candidates may be made by examination.

Promotions, how made.

51. Promotions shall be made in a similar manner to appointments where more than one candidate in the same rank is available; in other cases seniority shall be considered. "Seniority" shall mean seniority in the Cadets, not at the school.

Instructors appointed by the Minister.

52. N.C.O. instructors may be appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Commandant of Cadets, and shall hold rank in the Junior Cadets and be senior to all non-commissioned officers of units and corps, or they may be attached to the Junior Cadets from the Permanent Force. They shall be under the orders and instructions of the Commandant of Cadets, and shall perform such duties as are assigned to them.

Duties of instructors.

53. (i.) At the beginning instructors will naturally be obliged to instruct the units and corps, but it must be distinctly understood that their special function is the training of the officers, who must eventually, with the assistance of their N.C.O.s, become the instructors of their units and corps. As the officers begin to gain confidence they must gradually be left to themselves, the instructors assisting them when requested to do so.