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58. Staff Officer to Commandant, and Assistant Military Secretary.—The Staff Officer to the Commandant is responsible for the Commandant’s correspondence; general and confidential duties; records of all officers, and confidential reports on officers; appointments, promotions, resignations, and retirements of officers, and preparation of notices for the Gazette in connection with the above.

59. Chief Clerk at Headquarters.—The Chief Clerk is responsible for receipts, registration, and custody of all official letters and telegrams received at Headquarters of the New Zealand Military Forces; control and distribution of clerical staff; parliamentary business of the office; preparation of actuarial calculations and statistical returns; domestic economy of the office.

DIRECTOR OF STAFF DUTIES AND TRAINING.

60. The Director of Staff Duties and Training is responsible for Staff organization, Staff tours, record of officers suitable for Staff employ, instruction and training of the Military Forces for war on the lines laid down in the “Field Service Regulations,” education and examination of officers, Training Manuals, arrangements for the examination of candidates for the British Army and Australian Military College, manœuvres, estimates for and allocation of training and manœuvre grants, and military libraries.

DIRECTOR OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.

61. The Director of Military Operations is responsible for information about the Dominion and neighbouring countries, preparation of plans for local defence and strategical distribution of the Forces, mapping and reconnaissance of the Dominion, war establishments and war organization, application of the principles laid down in the “Field Service Regulations,” intelligence duties, Staff tours, and plans for mobilization.

ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL TO THE FORCES.

Adjutant-General’s Branch.

62. The Adjutant-General is responsible for peace organization of the Military Forces; discipline; martial, military, and international law; administrative arrangements in connection with training and education; ceremonial; all questions of personnel; editing and issuing of orders (other than operation orders), Army List, and regulations; recruiting for the Permanent Force; registration, enrolment, and posting for the Territorial Force; casualties; mobilization and other regulations dealing with above services; mobilization of personnel; medals; military chaplains; war claims and pensions.

63. Director of Medical Services.—The Director of Medical Services is responsible for organization and training of officers and men of the N.Z.M.C.; N.Z.M.C. establishments; distribution of officers of N.Z.M.C.; advice as to, and examination of, all medical stores and equipment; miscellaneous professional questions; sanitation; medical statistics; all hospital arrangements; co-operation with civilian medical organizations.

Quartermaster-General’s Branch.

64. The Quartermaster-General is responsible for mobilization stores; policy as to reserves of clothing, equipment, and general stores; scales of clothing, equipment, and stores to be in the possession of troops; movements; quartering and railway transport; Defence Department vessels; drill-halls and similar buildings; mobilization arrangements as to food, forage, clothing, stores, and equipment.

65. Director of Supplies and Transport.—The Director of Supplies and Transport is responsible for supplies of food and forage, fuel and light; regulations for supply, transport, and barrack services; all general questions connected with horses; registration of horses for mobilization; personnel of the New Zealand Army Service Corps; administration, training, establishment, and distribution of the N.Z.A.S.C.; organization and training of all transport, remount, and supply services; A.S.C. technical equipment; organization of civilian transport for training and mobilization; harness and saddlery.

66. Director of Equipment and Stores.—The Director of Equipment and Stores is responsible for clothing, equipment, and general stores; supplies of stationery, forms, and books; supply of all vehicles and technical equipment, excepting Artillery and Engineers; storage and distribution of small-arms and ammunition.

67. Director of Veterinary Services.—The Director of Veterinary Services is responsible for general administration, training, and distribution of officers and men of the N.Z.V.C.; advice as to veterinary stores and equipment; miscellaneous professional questions; mobilization arrangements; co-operation with the Stock Department of the Public Service.

DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE AND ARTILLERY.

68. The Director of Ordnance and Artillery is responsible for armaments, including lights and all accessories; sites, designs, and armament for coast defences; settling scales of reserves of arms and ammunition of all kinds, and of technical equipment and vehicles of Artillery and Engineer units; provision and inspection of guns, small arms, ammunition; correspondence with Colonial Ammunition Company; machine-guns, Artillery and Engineer vehicles and technical stores; construction and maintenance of permanent fortifications and works; store buildings; Artillery and rifle ranges (in consultation with the Director of Training); organization and training of the New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps; general control and distribution of the R.N.Z.A.; inspection of Artillery and Engineer units.

DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS.

69. The Director of Accounts is responsible for audit and examination of accounts; consideration of estimates; cash payments; financial advice; contracts; control of accountants in districts; compiling and editing “Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces.”

JUDGE-ADVOCATE GENERAL.

70. The Judge-Advocate General is appointed by the Minister of Defence. He superintends the administration of military law in the Dominion, gives advice on matters leading up to the convening of Courts-martial, and reviews the proceedings with a view to seeing whether they have been regular and legal. In the event of it being necessary to quash the proceedings he makes recommendations to the Minister of Defence with this object.

He is the custodian of the confirmed proceedings of all General and District Courts-martial. He assists the Minister of Defence in the formulation of any advice it may be necessary to give the Governor regarding the proceedings of General Courts-martial or other such matters.

Duties of Staff in Districts.

STAFF AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS.

71. The distribution of the duties of the Staff at District Headquarters will be on the same lines as the distribution of the duties of the Staff at Headquarters, New Zealand Military Forces.

BRIGADE-MAJOR.

72. The Brigade-Major of a Mounted or Infantry brigade is directly under the Brigade Commander, whose Staff officer he is. He is the Staff officer and Chief Instructor to the brigade, and, while generally supervising the training of the units of his brigade throughout their areas and the work of their Adjutants, will not interfere with the administrative work of officers in charge of groups of areas, or intervene between them when acting in that capacity and the O.C. District.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH THE WORK IN AREA GROUPS AND AREAS.

OFFICER IN CHARGE OF AREA GROUP (ADJUTANT, INFANTRY BATTALION).

73. The following will be the duties of an Officer in charge of Area Group:—

(1.) He will control the officers or N.C.O.s in charge of the areas included in his group, and will supervise and coordinate their work.

(2.) He is responsible direct to the O.C. District for the registration, enrolment, and posting to units of all persons liable to military service in his group.

(3.) He is responsible to the O.C. District, through the officer attached to the district Staff as Staff officer for Senior Cadets, for the organization and equipment of the Senior Cadets in his group, and will assist in their training and see that it is carried out in strict accordance with the principles laid down.

(4.) He will be the channel of communication between the Rifle Clubs of his group and District Headquarters.

The officer in charge of a group is also Adjutant to the Infantry battalion drawn from that group. As such he is directly under his battalion commander. His duties as Adjutant are distinct from and in addition to his duties as officer in charge of an area group, and include the control of instructors attached to his unit.

ADJUTANT, MOUNTED RIFLE REGIMENT.

74. The following will be the duties of the Adjutant of a mounted regiment as regards his work in areas:—

(1.) He will control the instructors attached to his regiment.

(2.) He will assist the Officer in charge of the Area Groups from which his regiment is drawn, especially in regard to the posting of men to the mounted branches, supervision of the outlying Senior Cadet companies and Rifle Clubs, and the co-ordination of the work of all instructors, whose services should not be confined entirely to the arm to which they are attached.