1566
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

CLAIMS.

590. All claims for horse-hire and travelling or other allowances will be made out on the proper form provided for the purpose, and dealt with as laid down in the “Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations.”

591. Instructors and Area Sergeant-majors, when entitled to travelling-allowances, will be furnished with railway warrants whenever practicable. The remainder of their travelling-allowances will be claimed in the usual manner.

Miscellaneous Grants, &c.

OUTFIT GRANTS.

592. Officers gazetted to the Territorial Force (including the Unattached List), who have not previously held commissions in the Volunteers, will be allowed on first appointment an outfit grant of £15 for the provision and upkeep of uniform. The issue of this grant is subject to the following conditions :—

(1.) The officer must pass the examination for promotion to the rank next above that in which he was appointed within two years of his appointment.

(2.) The officer must serve for five years as an officer from the date of his appointment.

Should he fail to comply with (1) at the end of two years he will forfeit half of the total amount. Should he fail to comply with (2) he will be liable to refund £3 in respect of each complete year in which he has not so served.

593. Outfit grant will not be issued to officers whose services are only available on mobilization until they are called up on mobilization being ordered. Such officers will then receive the grant, and will not be required to qualify for it.

PAYMENT OF CIVILIAN MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND VETERINARY SURGEONS.

594. In units in which a medical officer or a veterinary officer is not present at the annual training in camp a civilian practitioner may be employed.

595. A medical practitioner thus employed will be paid at the rates laid down in the “Financial Instructions.” When it is proposed to employ a civilian veterinary surgeon, the rates of remuneration will be arranged by the O.C. the unit, and submitted to the O.C. District for approval, before any engagement is entered into.

596. A civilian medical practitioner or civilian veterinary surgeon will be required before appointment to make an agreement accepting the rates.

CHAPLAINS.

597. For each service held on a Sunday or Good Friday a Chaplain will receive, to cover his out-of-pocket expenses, the sum of £1 1s.

598. No other allowances will be paid to a Chaplain in connection with attendance at annual camp.

599. In exceptional cases, where the O.C. District considers that more than one Chaplain is required to perform service during an annual camp, he may approve payment to additional Chaplains.

PAY WHILE IN HOSPITAL, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES.

Officers and Men of the Territorial Force.

600. An officer suffering from disability contracted in and through the performance of military duty will be entitled to treatment in a hospital, or to medical attendance or reimbursement of medical expenses under the conditions laid down in the regulations. Should the injury sustained, though not of a permanent nature, be such as temporarily to disable him from pursuing his civil employment, the pay of his rank may be granted for a period not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the G.O.C.

601. N.C.O.s and men of the Territorial Force when at annual training in camp, manœuvres, during an authorized continuous course of instruction, or when specially called up for duty, may be admitted to a hospital. They will be entitled to draw pay, if in hospital, up to the date of expiration of the period of training for which they are called up.

602. Should a N.C.O. or man be detained in hospital beyond the expiration of the annual training in camp of his unit, manœuvres, &c., or the completion of an authorized course of instruction, as the result of injuries received in and through the performance of military duty and through no fault of his own, pay may be granted for a period not exceeding six months.

603. No charge will be made for subsistence in a hospital for the period of such detention under the above conditions.

604. A sum not exceeding the pay of his rank may be granted, for a period not exceeding six months, to a N.C.O. or man who is injured in and through the performance of military duty and rendered incapable of resuming his trade or calling. The injury will be at once reported to the O.C. District, who will, if he considers it necessary after perusal of the medical evidence, direct an officer of the N.Z.M.C. to report on the case unless the injured man is in a hospital. In the latter event the injured man should be directed to furnish a medical certificate from the hospital authorities as to the nature of his injuries.

605. The issue of pay referred to in para. 602 may be made under the same conditions to a N.C.O. or man who is incapacitated by illness, proved to the satisfaction of the Director-General N.Z. Medical Service to have been contracted in and through the performance of military duty, but no claim will be allowed which is not preferred within three months of the termination of the military duty in question.

606. In cases where, although the N.C.O. or man is able to follow his trade or calling, medical attendance is necessary in consequence of injury or sickness, his actual medical expenses up to a maximum of 4s. a day may be repaid, provided that the Director-General N.Z. Medical Service is satisfied that the disability was contracted in and through the performance of military duty. The total amount issued will not in any case exceed that of a payment of 4s. a day for six months.

607. If pay or medical expenses are claimed on account of an injury, the application will be forwarded for the decision of the O.C. District; if on account of illness, it will be sent to Headquarters; and in all cases it will be accompanied by—

(a.) The proceedings of the Board, if any, which reported on the case, or, if no Board was assembled, a statement setting forth in detail the circumstances in which the disability was contracted.

(b.) A certificate showing the period during which the N.C.O. or man was unable to follow his trade or calling. If this period exceeds two months, a medical certificate showing the state of the case will be forwarded to the O.C. District or Headquarters as the case may be at intervals of one month.

The charges in the accounts will be supported by these documents.

Where the disability is prolonged, the pay may, if desired, be issued in monthly or weekly instalments, provided that it has been duly approved.

FUNERAL EXPENSES.

608. The actual expenses necessarily incurred for the burial of men of the Territorial Force whose death occurs while on, or as the result of, military duty, will be borne by the public.

TRAINING GRANT.

609. To enable the O.C. District to meet the cost of training and instruction he will be credited annually with a sum not exceeding an amount representing the following payments :—

(a.) Nine days’ pay at the rates laid down for the various ranks and arms of the Territorial Force attending the annual camps.

(b.) Allowances for officers for nine days at the rates admissible.

(c.) Rations in kind or an allowance in lieu, as provided, for seven days for each N.C.O. and man, including the Permanent Staff and Permanent Force.

(d.) General expenses of training outside the annual camp, including travelling grants and allowances, pay and allowances at courses of instruction, Staff rides, regimental tours, towage of targets, &c.

(e.) Hire of horses and vehicles required for annual camp and other training.

(f.) Cost of conveyance of units, with their horses, wagons, stores, guns, cycles, and baggage, to and from annual training camps, drills, and instruction.

(g.) Expenses of camps, hiring of ground, laying-on of water, sanitation, &c.

(h.) Grants for rents of buildings used for training purposes (other than for the Permanent Force), lighting, and for structural repairs.

The sum thus arrived at will be placed at the disposal of the O.C. District, no portion being specifically allocated to the training of any particular arm or unit. He will defray from it all expenses in connection with the annual training in camp and instruction of the members of the Military Forces within his command.

610. Personal emoluments are only to be given subject to the conditions laid down in regulations.

611. The emoluments of individuals as prescribed in regulations according to their rank and arm of the service are not to be varied.

612. The O.C. District is given a free hand as to the allocation of his grant. This does not relieve him from the necessity of observing the ordinary rules by which expenditure is regulated.

613. When N.C.O.s and men attend instructional tours, &c., and their personal expenses are paid by their company, &c., commander, an amount representing the pay and allowances admissible under the regulations may be issued to such commander, provided that the conditions are explained to, and concurred in by, those attending the tours, &c. The charge in the accounts will be supported by a nominal roll, showing the names and periods of attendance, and by the company, &c., commander’s receipt.

614. Tents and camp equipment will be issued from store, and the cost of their conveyance to and from the place of annual training in camp will fall against the O.C. District’s training-grant.