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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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be submitted to district or brigade headquarters as the case may be
one month previous to the proposed date of the tour. Any ex-
penditure involved must be approved by the O.C. District.

ATTACHMENT TO REGULAR TROOPS OUTSIDE THE DOMINION.

290. Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Permanent
     Force may be sent to the United Kingdom or to India for courses
     of instruction or for attachment to regular troops. No officer
     will be eligible for selection under this paragraph until he has passed
     the prescribed examination for promotion to the next higher rank.

291. Officers sent out of the Dominion under para. 290 will not be
     absent for more than twelve months. The pay and allowances of
     officers so absent will be as laid down in “Financial Instructions.”

STAFF COLLEGE.

292. The Director of Staff Duties and Military Training will keep
     the “Selected List” referred to in King’s Regulations, para. 721,
     for officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Permanent Force.

293. On a vacancy or nomination at Camberley or Quetta being
     placed at the disposal of the G.O.C. N.Z. Military Forces by the
     Army Council or Government of India, the officers whose names
     are recorded on this list may compete at the entrance examination
     under the “Regulations for Admission to the Staff College.” No
     officer will be allowed to compete unless he is fully qualified under
     the King’s Regulations, and no officer will be allowed to attend
     the Staff College course unless he has duly qualified at the entrance
     examination.

OBLIGATORY COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

Officers.

294. All Territorial officers of the rank of 2nd Lieutenant up-
     wards to that of Major, inclusive, will be required to undergo
     a prescribed course of instruction of six days, or its equivalent
     in hours (thirty-six), before they are eligible to attend the examina-
     tion for promotion to the next higher rank.

295. The courses referred to in para. 294 will be held under
     District arrangements.

Non-commissioned Officers.

296. Corporals of all arms of the Territorial Force before promo-
     tion to sergeant will be required to undergo a prescribed course of
     instruction of six days, or its equivalent in hours (thirty-six).

297. The courses referred to in para. 296 will be held under
     arrangements made by Brigade and Coast Defence Commanders.

VOLUNTARY COURSES.

298. Special courses of instruction for Territorial officers or N.C.O.s
     and men will be held at such times and places as may be directed
     by O.C. Districts, provided that the money placed at their disposal
     for training purposes is not exceeded.

299. The dates and hours of attendance will be arranged, as far as
     possible, to suit the personal and professional obligations of officers
     and others attending, and to meet local circumstances.

300. Officers, warrant officers, and N.C.O.s and men, before
     attending a course of instruction, will be expected to have read and
     studied the authorized manuals.

301. Officers commanding units will, when recommending officers
     or N.C.O.s for a course of instruction, certify that those recom-
     mended have such a knowledge of their duties as will enable them
     to benefit by the instruction imparted at the course.

302. The number of officers, warrant officers, and N.C.O.s and
     men attending each course will be limited by O.C. Districts
     according to circumstances and according to the facilities that may
     exist for providing individual instruction and supervision.

303. Officers, warrant officers, and N.C.O.s and men attending
     courses will, where it is possible, be accommodated in quarters or
     under canvas.

304. The syllabus to be followed at these courses of instruction
     will be laid down by the O.C. District to suit the status and degree
     of efficiency of those under instruction.

305. The pay and allowances of officers and men attending courses
     of instruction is regulated by the instructions contained in
     paras. 559–567, Section XII, “Finance.”

Qualification of Officers for Promotion, &c.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS AND PERMANENT FORCE.

306. To be eligible for promotion, officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps
     and N.Z. Permanent Force will be required to pass the necessary
     qualifying examinations laid down in the King’s Regulations for
     officers of the Regular Forces.

N.Z. TERRITORIAL FORCE.

307. To be eligible for promotion an officer will be required to
     qualify in the following examinations, and to attend and qualify at
     a course of instruction as laid down in para. 294. The details of
     these examinations for each arm are given in Appendix IV.

2ND LIEUTENANT BEFORE PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF
LIEUTENANT (EXCEPT N.Z.M.C. AND N.Z.V.C.).

Examination A (practical and oral).

308. LIEUTENANT BEFORE PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.

Mounted Rifles
Artillery
Engineers
Infantry
Signal Corps
A.S.C.
N.Z.M.C.
N.Z.V.C.

} Examination B (written).

} Examination A (practical and oral) and
} Examination B (written).

309. CAPTAINS BEFORE PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF MAJOR.

Captains of Dismounted Branches will be required to be in Possession
of a Riding Certificate.

Mounted Rifles
Artillery
Engineers
Infantry
Signal Corps
A.S.C.
N.Z.M.C.
N.Z.V.C.

} Examination C (practical and oral).
} Examination D (written).

} Examination C (written).

310. MAJORS BEFORE PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF LIEUT.-COLONEL.

Mounted Rifles
Artillery
Engineers
Infantry
Signal Corps
A.S.C.
N.Z.M.C.
N.Z.V.C.

} Tactical Fitness for Command.

} Examination E (written).

General Conditions.

311. An officer can only take up the examination to qualify for
     the next higher rank to that which he holds.

(1.) A Lieutenant of the N.Z.V.C. cannot take up Examina-
tion B until he has completed two years’ service.

(2.) A Captain cannot take up Examination C and D until he
has completed three years’ service in that rank.

312. An officer who has been superseded for promotion to the
     rank of Lieutenant or to the rank of Captain in consequence of not
     having obtained the qualification required by paragraph 307 will,
     unless he qualifies at any one of the three subsequent examinations
     held within eighteen months of the date of such supersession, be
     required to resign his commission.

313. Brevet rank will not exempt an officer from passing the usual
     examination laid down before promotion to each substantive grade.

314. An officer transferred from one branch to another in the
     Territorial Force will be required to qualify for his rank in the
     branch to which he is transferred, in those subjects of Appendix IV
     in which he has not already qualified, within one year of his transfer.
     An officer who does not so qualify will usually be required to
     retransfer to his former branch, or to resign his commission. An
     officer appointed direct to a rank higher than that of 2nd
     Lieutenant (except to the rank of Lieutenant in the N.Z.M.C. or
     N.Z.V.C.) will be required to qualify for his rank in the branch to
     which he is appointed within one year of his appointment. An
     officer who does not so qualify will be required to take the
     next lower rank, or to resign his commission.

315. A Quartermaster will be required to qualify, within two
     years of his appointment, in the examination for Quartermasters
     laid down in Appendix IV, 7.

316. Examinations A and C (except Examination C for A.S.C.
     Captains) and the examination for Quartermasters will be carried
     out periodically under arrangements made by the O.C. District.
     Except under special circumstances, when authority will be
     necessary from Headquarters, an officer will not be permitted to
     attend Examination A or C outside the command to which his
     unit is allotted.

317. For Examinations A and C (except C for A.S.C. Captains),
     the President of the Board of Examination will be a regular officer,
     not below the rank of Major and Lieut.-Colonel respectively.
     The number of officers to constitute a Board will be not less than
     one President and two members.
     At least one-half of the members will be regular officers not below
     the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain respectively. The remaining
     members may be officers of the Territorial Force, not below the
     ranks of Captain and Major respectively.
     The Board will comprise at least one officer of the arm or branch
     of every candidate examined.

318. To qualify in the practical Examinations A and C a candi-
     date must be reported by the Board as being “fit for promotion.”
     To qualify in the examination for Quartermasters a candidate must
     be reported as “fit for his appointment.” Each examination must
     be taken up as a whole.