APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1163

certificates of military qualifications, practical and theoretical.

In this connection—

(1.) He will be required during his residence at the university, in addition to undergoing the military instruction, which will form a part of the curriculum of his studies, to be an “efficient” member of the Senior Division, Officers’ Training Corps (should there be a unit of that corps at the university to which he belongs).

He will further be required during his residence at the university to be attached to a Regular unit for a minimum period of six consecutive weeks, and to obtain a satisfactory certificate as to his proficiency (Appendix III).

(a.) Under special circumstances, or in a case where there is no unit of the Officers’ Training Corps at the university, a candidate will be required to be attached to a Regular unit for six consecutive weeks in each of two consecutive years, or twelve consecutive weeks in one year, and obtain satisfactory certificates as to his proficiency (Appendix III). Before such attachment a candidate will be required to have been instructed in squad drill, as laid down in “Infantry Training,” under arrangements made by the university to which he belongs.

(b.) For a candidate who is an officer of the Special Reserve of Officers, the probationary period of training with a Regular unit will count as the equivalent of the attachment in (a), and such candidate will not be required to be a member of the Officers’ Training Corps.

(c.) Application for attachment to a Regular unit should be made, through the authorities of the university to which a candidate belongs, to the Secretary, War Office. Arrangements will then be made, firstly, for his appointment to a commission on the unattached list for the Territorial Force, and, secondly, for his attachment to a Regular unit. In the case of such an unattached officer, the compulsory provision of uniform will be limited to the provision of the service dress, with sword, &c.

(d.) In the case of a student at a colonial university, an attachment for six consecutive weeks in each of two consecutive years, or twelve consecutive weeks in one year, will be required, which attachment may be to a Regular unit or to a unit of the Permanent Forces of the colony. Before such attachment, a candidate will be required to have been instructed in squad drill, in accordance with “Infantry Training,” under arrangements made by the university to which he belongs.

(e.) The attachment of a student at a colonial university will be arranged between the university authorities and the general officer commanding-in-chief, or colonial authorities, as the case may be. Certificates similar to those required from candidates from universities in the United Kingdom must be obtained (Appendix III).

(f.) During these periods of attachment, no candidate will be eligible for an outfit allowance, nor will he receive either pay or allowances from Imperial army funds.

(2.) He will be required to qualify in military subjects at an examination which will be held, commencing on the last Tuesday in March and on the second Tuesday in October of each year, at one of the following centres, under instructions from the War Office: London, Aldershot, Dublin, Edinburgh, Portsmouth. Arrangements may be made for the conduct of the examination at any of the approved universities, provided that all local arrangements are made by the university concerned, and that no expense to the public is thereby incurred.

11. Each university in the United Kingdom will furnish to the War Office, not later than 15th February and 15th August, lists of candidates for examination in the following March and October respectively, stating the groups of subjects they wish to take up.

Lists from universities in the colonies should reach the War Office by 1st January for a March examination and by 1st July for an October examination.

The subjects* of examination, and the marks allotted thereto, will be as follows :—

Group A—

1. Military history and strategy (2 Marks. papers) … … … 1,000

2. Tactics (2 papers) … … … 1,500

Group B—

3. Military engineering (2 papers) … 1,000

4. Map-reading, field-sketching, and reconnaissance (2 papers) … … 1,000

Group C—

5. Military law (1 paper) … … 250

6. Military administration (1 paper) … 250

A candidate who so desires may take up the examination in three parts. For this purpose the subjects are divided into groups as shown.

To qualify, a candidate must obtain ‘4 in each paper, and ‘5 in the aggregate of marks allotted to each group. Where, however, the three groups are taken together at one examination, a candidate may be considered to have qualified if he obtain ‘4 in each paper and ‘5 of the aggregate marks allotted to the whole examination.

A candidate who fails in one paper only of a group, but who obtains ‘5 in the aggregate of the remaining papers of the group, will be re-examined in that paper only. When that paper is taken on re-examination, a candidate will, to complete his qualification in the group, be required to obtain ‘5 in that paper. Such a paper must be taken up with any remaining group, paper, or papers in which the candidate has yet to qualify.

A candidate who fails in more than one paper of a group, or in the aggregate of a group, will be re-examined in the whole of that group.

12. Notice will be given from time to time of the number of commissions which will be allotted to candidates from recognised and approved universities, and of the proportion assigned to each nominating unit or group.

In the case of group (f) the number of commissions allotted will be divided evenly between the two subgroups. Any commissions not taken by one subgroup will be available for the other subgroup.

If any approved university, or group of approved universities, in the United Kingdom shall not be able in any half-year to fill up the number of commissions allocated to it, such unallocated surplus will be at the disposal of the Army Council, to be allocated to any other university, or group of universities, which may have qualified candidates over and above the number originally assigned to it.

To provide for such contingencies, any said university, or group of universities, may prepare a supplementary list of qualified candidates both for ordinary commissions and for antedated commissions.

13. The candidates nominated by universities in the United Kingdom each half-year will be arranged in one list, as follows :—

One name will be taken successively from the list of nominations of each university, the order of the universities shown in paragraph 2 being changed in cycle each successive half-year.

Candidates nominated by colonial universities will also be arranged in one list. Names will be taken successively, and the order of the universities changed in cycle in the same manner as for universities in the United Kingdom.

Honours men who are entitled to antedated commissions, under paragraph 7, will take precedence before all other candidates.

Medical Examination.

14. The selected candidates will be examined by a Medical Board, and no candidate will be accepted unless he be pronounced physically fit for His Majesty’s Service. Boards will assemble in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh for candidates in the United Kingdom.

In the colonies, Boards will be convened by the Governor or other proper authority.

The general conditions as to height, weight, chest-measurement, eyesight, &c., are given in Appendix I.

The Board has power—

(a.) To pass the candidate as physically fit.

(b.) To report the candidate as unfit; but

(1.) In a case in which the defect can be cured by operation, to recommend that he be re-examined by a Medical Board after such operation.*

(2.) In a case in which the candidate is slightly below one or other of the conditions as to height, chest-girth, &c., enumerated in Appendix I, and in which the Board considers that he will fulfil them within six months, to recommend that he be re-examined at

• Such a candidate will be re-examined at the end of six months. If not then pronounced fit, his name will be removed from the list of nominated candidates.