Military Regulations




  1. When attending a continuous course of instruction with pay, officers who

do not reside at the station where instruction is given will, if not provided with
quarters or tents, receive lodging-allowance.

  1. N.C.O.s or men who do not reside at their usual place of abode while
    attending a continuous course of instruction will be provided with quarters or
    tent, or with lodging-allowance in lieu thereof, if accommodation is not available
    during the period.

  2. The following will be the rates of lodging-allowance to be drawn by
    officers and N.C.O.s of the Territorial Force when attending continuous courses of
    instruction under para. 294–297 “Regulations for the New Zealand Military
    Forces.” This allowance will be granted only where tent accommodation or
    quarters are not provided.

s. d.
Colonels and Lieut.-Colonels .. .. 7 6 per day.
Majors .. .. .. .. 6 3 ,,
Captains and Lieutenants .. .. 5 0 ,,
Warrant officers and N.C.O.s .. .. 4 0 ,,
The allowance in lieu of rations will not be granted when lodging-allowance is
drawn.

Ration Allowance

  1. When under instruction at continuous courses of instruction, N.C.O.s
    and men (if not able to live at their own homes) will be entitled to rations in
    kind or an allowance of 2s. per diem in lieu thereof.

Horse Hire, Forage, and Grooming Allowances

  1. All officers, N.C.O.s, and men other than those belonging to units of the
    Mounted brigades, or detached squadrons of Mounted Rifles, authorized to be
    mounted at annual training in camp or other duty sanctioned by the O.C.
    District shall be entitled to the allowance for horse-hire if a horse is not provided
    by the Department.

  2. Where a horse is not provided by the Department an allowance not
    exceeding 10s. per diem will be granted for the hire of a horse when necessary, if
    approved by O.C. District.

  3. An amount of 1s. 6d. per diem will be allowed for forage (when forage
    is not supplied free) for one horse each for Mounted officers and men during
    annual training in camp or other authorized duty for which the employment
    of a horse has been sanctioned by the O.C. District, a grooming-allowance of
    1s. 6d. per diem may also be drawn by Mounted officers while in camp.

  4. An officer of the Territorial Force serving temporarily as Acting Brigade-
    Major or Acting Adjutant in the place of an officer of the Staff Corps or Royal
    New Zealand Artillery will be allowed the sum actually and necessarily expended
    in horse-hire, not exceeding 10s. per diem, for any mounted duties he may be
    called upon to perform. When horse-hire is claimed for an Acting Brigade-Major
    or Acting Adjutant, the name of the officer for whom he is acting must be shown
    in the claim.

TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCES

  1. Officers Commanding Brigades—15s. per day (or 10s. per day : see below).
    Coast Defence Commanders—15s. per day (or 10s. per day : see below).
    Officers commanding units—12s. 6d. per day (or 10s. per day : see below).
    Other officers—10s. per day.
    N.C.O.s and men—8s. per day.

  2. Brigadiers, Coast Defence Commanders, and officers commanding units
    shall draw the above allowance of 15s. per diem in addition to steamer, rail,
    or coach fares for a period not exceeding twenty-one days per annum, for the
    purpose of inspecting their units.

  3. All officers (including Brigadiers, Coast Defence Commanders, and
    officers commanding units) shall be entitled to a travelling-allowance of 10s. per
    day in addition to steamer, rail, and coach fares when ordered to attend—(1) Staff
    tours, (2) Courts-martial, (3) obligatory or voluntary courses of instruction,
    (4) Boards, (5) conferences. This allowance shall only be drawn for the day (or
    days) of arrival and departure.

  4. All officers (including Brigadiers, Coast Defence Commanders, and
    officers commanding units shall be entitled to a travelling-allowance of 10s. per
    day in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares when travelling to or from the
    annual camp, for each day on which pay is not drawn.

  5. N.C.O.s and men shall be entitled to a travelling-allowance of 8s. per
    day in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares when ordered to attend—(1) Courts-
    martial, (2) obligatory or voluntary courses of instruction, (3) Boards. This allow-
    ance shall only be drawn for the day (or days) of arrival and departure.

  6. N.C.O.s and men shall be entitled to a travelling-allowance of 8s. per
    day, in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares, when attending the annual camp
    for each day on which pay is not drawn. The four extra days in camp are not
    to be reckoned as days for which pay is not drawn (i.e., no travelling-allowance
    is payable for the four extra days in camp, although pay is not drawn for that
    period).

  7. No travelling-allowance whatsoever shall be payable to any officer,
    N.C.O., or man unless the distance travelled exceeds ten miles.

  8. All travelling-allowances are to be calculated from the officers' official
    headquarters, or, if no greater expense is involved, may be calculated from the
    officers' residences.

  9. The cost of conveyance of units to and from annual training in camp,
    drills, and musketry shall be defrayed out of the district training grant.

  10. No grant from public funds shall be made for the conveyance of officers’
    horses or other horses in excess of the number laid down in the Territorial
    Force establishments.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1913, No 22


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1913, No 22





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