Artillery units, which will be exercised at the works of
defence to which they are allotted on mobilization.
(c.) Seven days annual training in camp (exclusive of the days
of arrival and departure).
(d.) Prescribed course of musketry.
Reserve.
229. Two half-day parades or their equivalent with a Territorial
unit or company.
Senior Cadets.
230. (a.) Fifty drills.
(b.) Six half-day parades.
(c.) Prescribed course of musketry.
231. In all cases the number of drills performed will be entered in
the Attendance Roll-books and in the Record-books in accordance
with para. 223.
232. At the end of each year individual N.C.O.s and soldiers of the
Territorial Force, and each Senior Cadet, will be classified according
to the degree of efficiency attained, either as “1st,” “2nd,” or
“3rd” class, or as “Not classed ” (N.C.). The classification will be
entered in the Record-books.
233. No soldier or Cadet will be eligible for advancement to the
rank of non-commissioned officer until he has reached the standard of
first-class efficiency, nor will any Territorial soldier be eligible for
transfer to the Reserve, under para. 155, until he has reached the
same standard. The standard for classification of the different
arms of the service will be as laid down in Appendix XI.
DEFINITION OF DRILLS : WHOLE OF HALF-DAY PARADES.
Drills.
234. A “drill” will consist of one and a half hours’ actual instruction,
except drills for Cadets, which will consist of one hour’s actual
instruction.
235. Training performed at drills should be of an elementary
character, and consist of individual or company training in the
Infantry and the corresponding training in the other arms. The
men will always be trained by their own officers or N.C.O.s,
assisted by the Permanent Instructional Staff.
236. Drills will be arranged and distributed throughout the year
so as to provide a progressive system of training which should
culminate in the annual camp.
237. Attendances at war games, church parade, funerals, guards of
honour, or on street duty will not count as part of the obligatory
training required under para. 228.
Whole or Half-day Parades.
238. (1.) A half-day parade, both in the Territorial Force and in
the Senior Cadets, will consist of not less than three hours’ con-
tinuous instruction in the open and during daylight.
(2.) A whole-day parade will consist of not less than six hours’
continuous instruction by day or night.
(3.) Whole-day parades will be allowed to count as two half-
days, and a half-day parade will be counted as the equivalent of
two drills.
ANNUAL TRAINING IN CAMP.
239. Every officer and soldier of the Territorial Force will be
required to carry out annual training in camp as prescribed in
para. 228. Attendance at a hospital or other selected institution
(for N.Z.M.C.), in defence-works, or at manoeuvres may be counted
as annual training in camp. Officers of the Unattached List serving
with the Senior Cadets are not required to carry out annual training
in camp; O.C. Districts will, however, afford such officers as may
wish to carry out this training every opportunity of doing so, either
by attaching them to Territorial units or by the formation of special
camps.
240. Camps will be held at any convenient season of the year.
Camps will be held only at places where works of defence, modern
armament, ranges, or ground for field training are available, accord-
ing to the branch of the service. Artillery brigades should encamp
at some place where gun practice is possible.
241. The date and place of formation of camps will be arranged
by the Brigade or Coast Defence Commander in consultation with
the O.C. District.
242. An average of at least six hours’ work per day will be
carried out whilst at annual training in camp. When officers,
N.C.O.s, and soldiers of medical units carry out their annual train-
ing in camp in a hospital or other selected institution, not less
than three hours’ work per day should be performed.
243. N.C.O.s and men who, on joining the annual camp, are found
to be temporarily unfit, but likely to become available for part of the
training, will be admitted into a military hospital when one is avail-
able, or will be treated in quarters. If, however, a man is found, on
joining, to besuffering from an infectious disease he will be tem-
porarily detained and isolated; and the medical officer of health
for the district will at once be informed, with a view to the man’s
transfer to the local hospital for infectious diseases.
244. On arrival at the place of assembly, or on arrival in camp,
all horses, hired harness and vehicles, including mechanically-
propelled vehicles, will be inspected by a Board of officers as to their
fitness and suitability for military duty. The Board should, when
possible, include an officer of the branch of the service for which the
horses, vehicles, &c., are required, and will be assisted by a veterinary
officer in the examination of the horses. On the last day of training,
the horses, harness, and vehicles will again be similarly inspected,
and a certificate of condition filed.
245. The C.O. will be responsible for the issue of notices (N.Z.
Form E. 654) to attend the annual training in camp. Such notices
will be sent by post so as to reach the residence of each officer and
man at least fourteen days before the date of assembly for camp
training. Public notices (see Appendix 12) will at the same time
be sent to the post-offices and police-stations in the area group,
who will be requested to affix a copy as soon as possible to the places
to which Government notices are usually affixed in each locality
within the area group from which the unit is furnished. These
notices will be deemed sufficient intimation, notwithstanding any
failure in the transmission or receipt of the notices sent by post;
and any men not appearing at the time and place appointed in
such public notice will be dealt with as absentees.
246. When a unit or detachment of the Territorial Force enters
or quits a military camp or place at which troops are assembled,
marching in and out returns on N.Z. Form B 230 will be furnished
by its C.O. to the O.C. the troops at such camp or place.
247. At the annual field training units will assemble in camp for
the purpose of being trained as complete units or brigades, and, where
possible, arrangements will be made to carry out combined training of
the different arms. The training of batteries, squadrons, and com-
panies, &c., should be carried out by the Battery, Squadron, and
Company Commanders as part of the training laid down for the rest
of the year.
248. At least one medical officer will be detailed for duty at every
annual camp. The P.M.O. of the District will be responsible (under
the O.C. District) that the necessary number of medical officers is
always present.
249. When, during the annual training of coast-defence units of
the N.Z.G.A., practice is carried out in detachments at different
batteries at the same time, the attendance of a medical officer with
each detachment may, if necessary, be sanctioned by the Coast
Defence Commander.
250. Units of Garrison Artillery specially allotted to defended
ports will be detailed to carry out their annual training in camp
at the works of defence to which they are allotted on mobilization,
all units in the same district carrying out their training simulta-
neously. Units of other arms, detailed as Coast Defence Troops in the
local scheme of defence, will also carry out their annual field train-
ing at the same time as the Garrison Artillery, in order to permit of
the whole of the defences being manned as for war.
INSPECTION.
251. With a view to testing not only the efficiency and capacity
for command of its C.O., but also its readiness for war, including
mobilization arrangements, each unit will be inspected annually
under arrangements made by the O.C. District, the Brigade or
Coast Defence Commander.
252. The inspection will be divided into three parts :-
(1.) In the field to be held during the annual training, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the unit is efficient in
training and discipline.
(2.) Administrative inspection : To be held at any convenient
time during the year in order to ascertain that the arms,
clothing, and equipment are sufficient and in good order,
and that the books and records are properly kept.
(3.) In special subjects-i.e., subjects not common to all arms :
To be held when convenient.
253. The inspection in (1) and (3), para. 252, will include the
following subjects, so far as applicable to the branch of the
service to which the unit belongs : Drill, fire discipline, physical
training, bayonet fighting, sword exercise, revolver practice,
machine-gun drill and practice, signalling, range-finding, musketry
efficiency, field firing, judging distance, or other musketry prac-
tice, field manoeuvres, and the subjects prescribed for the annual
course of training.
254. The inspection of a company, &c., in the above subjects will
be directed towards testing the capacity of the individual officers,
section leaders, and N.C.O.s generally to act as instructors and
leaders, as well as the efficiency and readiness for war attained by
the rank and file of their respective commands.
255. The inspection in (1) and (2) for all arms will be carried out
by the officer exercising the powers of not less than a Brigade Com-
mander, under whom the unit is placed for purposes of command in
peace.
256. The inspection in (3) will be carried out as follows :-
N.Z. Field Artillery : Under arrangements to be made by the
Director of Artillery at Headquarters.
N.Z. Engineers : Under arrangements to be made by the
Director of Artillery at Headquarters.
N.Z. Army Service Corps : Under arrangements to be made
by the Director of Supply and Transport at Headquarters.
N.Z. Medical Corps : By the P.M.O. District.