or conduct themselves in a manner injurious to the efficiency or
credit of the unit.

REGIMENTAL OFFICER OTHER THAN A COMMANDING OFFICER.

34. A field officer should make himself thoroughly acquainted with
    the professional abilities and acquirements of all officers placed
    under his supervision, and a company, &c., commander should
    acquire similar knowledge with regard to his subalterns.

35. Every company, &c., commander, even if the appointment is
    held only temporarily, is responsible for the equipment, ammunition,
    clothing, and public stores on charge to his company, and is
    accountable for them to his C.O. He will pay attention to the
    cleanliness of the men and of their clothing, arms, accoutrements,
    and tents or quarters, and will see that rations when issued are good
    and sufficient. He is bound to take charge of all money received
    on account of his company, &c., and is responsible for the safe
    custody of such money, and for its being expended in conformity
    with regulations, and with due regard to the interests of his men.
    A N.C.O. is not to be subjected to the risk of loss by having public
    money placed in his hands.

36. Kit-inspection will be held only at such times as a company,
    &c., commander may consider necessary, subject to the standing
    orders of his unit.

37. Every officer is expected, after two years service as an officer, to
    be capable of commanding and exercising a company, &c., in every
    situation, and to be perfectly acquainted with its interior management, economy, and discipline; and, after two years’ service as a
    company, &c., commander, to be competent in every respect to
    undertake the duties of a field officer.

O.C. DEPOT PERMANENT FORCE.

38. The interior economy of the Permanent Force, including enlistment, pay, promotion, transfers, clothing, equipment, and dis-
    charge, will be in the hands of the officer commanding the Permanent
    Force Depot, Wellington, who will also be the officer in charge of
    Permanent Force records. He will issue Part II, Permanent Force
    Orders, dealing with interior economy and administration. He is
    responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the depot, and the
    training of recruits. He will submit, in the first instance, to O.sc.
    Districts concerned the annual confidential report on all officers of
    the R.N.Z.A. For the purposes described in this paragraph he is
    the O.C. Permanent Force.

39. O.sC.P.F. detachments will correspond direct with the O.C.P.F.
    Depot on matters connected with interior economy, excepting in
    cases dealing with transfers and movements of personnel, when the
    correspondence will be forwarded through the O.C. District.

40. The distribution of the instructional cadres of the Permanent
    Force throughout the Dominion will be carried out under instructions received from Headquarters.

41. For all other purposes detachments of the Permanent Force will
    be under the command of the O.C. District in which they are serving.

COMPANY COMMANDER, SENIOR CADETS.

42 An officer commanding a company of Senior Cadets will be responsible that—

(I.) Discipline is strictly enforced, and is in accordance with
these regulations and with the rules of the school or
recognized organization (if any) to which the company
belongs.

(2.) The prescribed training is properly carried out.

(3.) The Cadets of his company are properly armed, equipped,
and clothed, and that any deficiencies in this respect are
reported at once to the Officer in charge of the Area
Group.

(4.) The necessary entries are made from time to time in the
Record-books of each Cadet.

(5.) The annual return of Cadets who will become liable for
transfer to the Territorial Force in the following year
is submitted to the Officer i/c Area Group on the Ist
April. This return will include the names of any Cadets
who have become liable to transfer to the Territorial
Force since the last return was submitted, but whose
names did not appear in that return.

Confidential Reports.

43. A confidential report on N.Z. Form B 194 will be furnished
    to the G.O.C. annually on the 1st April on every officer on the
    establishment of the N.Z. Staff Corps and N.Z. Permanent Force.

44. This report will be made out in the first instance by the
    C.O. or other immediate superior of the officer reported on, and
    will record the opinion of the District Commander.

45. An officer of the N.Z. Staff Corps or Permanent Force can
    only be confidentially reported on by an officer holding a permanent
    commission.

46. Officers of R.N.Z.A. will be reported on in the first instance
    by the O.C.P.F. Depot, who will then forward the reports to the
    O.C. District under whom the individual officer is serving. These
    reports will be strictly confidential and privileged, and are in no
    case to be made public.

47. An officer will be recommended in his annual report either :

(1.) For accelerated promotion ;

(2.) For promotion in the ordinary course; or

(3.) For promotion to be delayed.

48. Should the confidential reports of two successive years recommend delay in promotion a special report will be rendered by the
    O.C. District, stating whether he thinks it desirable that the officer
    should retain his commission.

49. In recommending an officer for accelerated promotion, the
    officer submitting the report will record clearly and concisely the
    special qualifications which make the officer more efficient than
    his comrades. Recommendations of this nature should be sparingly
    made, and should apply to cases only where the officer is exceptionally gifted, or where he has displayed special ability in the performance of his duties. These recommendations will carry greater weight
    when an officer has passed his examination for promotion and has
    obtained a special certificate, although the latter is not an essential
    condition.

50. The confidential annual report on each unit of the Territorial
    Force and Senior Cadets (N.Z. Form....) rendered by the inspect-
    ing officer will contain a short confidential report on each officer
    of the unit. This is the only annual confidential report required
    in the case of officers of the Territorial Force.

51. Officers in charge of Area Groups, Adjutants, and all other
    officers of the Staff Corps who have members of the Permanent Staff
    serving directly under them will submit to the O.C. District on the
    1st June in each year a confidential report on such members of the
    Permanent Staff. The report will be forwarded, with the remarks
    of the O.C. District, to the Adjutant-General, Headquarters.

ADVERSE REPORTS ON OFFICERS.

52. When an officer is adversely reported on in regard to his
    fitness for his present position or for promotion to a higher one, or
    in respect of any fault which affects his character as an officer, the
    particulars of the adverse report are, when practicable, to be read
    to him (and a copy handed to him) by the O.C. District or
    other officer to whom the report is rendered, who shall at the same
    time communicate any point which may have come under his
    observation and inform the officer concerned that if he continues
    to be so reported on he will be required to resign his commission.
    If this course is not practicable, the above particulars are to be
    communicated to the officer concerned by letter. A note will be
    made in the report that these instructions have been duly attended
    to, or an explanation furnished when they have not been carried out.

SECTION III.—THE STAFF.

Composition and Distribution.

53. The Staff of the New Zealand Military Forces consists of,—
    The Staff at Headquarters;
    The Staff in districts.

The distribution of the Staff is shown in the New Zealand Army
List.

54. The Staff is divided into,—

(1.) The General Staff;

(2.) The Administrative Staff.

55. Appointments to the higher posts on the Staff will be made
    from a selected list of officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Permanent
    Force considered qualified for such employment, termed the “Staff
    List.”

This list will be prepared and revised each year by the G.O.C.,
but will not be published. The guiding principle in the selection
of officers for this list will be the possession of those qualifications
which render them fitted for the performance of the duties of the
Staff; but as a general rule an officer will not be eligible for employment on the General Staff, or for exchange with Imperial General
Staff Officers in other parts of the Empire, unless he holds a Staff
College certificate or has been noted as qualified for Staff employment in consequence of proved ability on the Staff in the field.

55A. Officers of the Territorial Force may be seconded for service
on the Staff.

56. No officer will hold a Staff appointment longer than four years
    without being reappointed.

Duties of the Staff at Headquarters, N.Z. Military

Forces.

COMMANDANT.

57. The Commandant in his capacity as G.O.C. and Inspector-
    General of the Forces is responsible for the organization, discipline,
    and efficiency of the Forces. In his capacity as Chief of the Dominion section of the Imperial General Staff, he is responsible for
    advice on local military policy to be pursued, organization of local
    Forces in accordance with State policy, plans for local defence,
    supervision of training of troops, education of officers, and selection
    of officers of local Forces for study at Imperial Staff Colleges.