Numb. 60.

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1913.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1913.

Appointment of an Officer to command New Zealand Defence Forces during Absence from Dominion of the General Officer Commanding.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st July, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment:

Staff.

Colonel Edward Severin Heard, Imperial General Staff,
Chief of the General Staff, to be Commandant of the New Zealand Defence Forces during the absence from the Dominion of Major-General Alexander John Godley, C.B.
Dated 20th June, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Regulations in reference to Offenders committed to Military Custody.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st July, 1913.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section 8, subsection (1), of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, and of every other statutory power me enabling, I, Edward Severin Heard, Commandant, New Zealand Defence Forces, do hereby prescribe and appoint, with the approval of the Honourable Minister of Defence, the following military training, discipline, and duties to be performed by persons committed to military custody under the provisions of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

1. PERSONS in military custody will be kept in custody at any permanent barracks or fort, not being a prison or police-gaol, in which cell accommodation exists, or other place in which a lock-up can be extemporized. Accommodation for those committed to military custody must be certified as suitable from a medical point of view by a medical officer.

2. On arrival of an offender at the place of detention his civilian clothes will be removed, he will be bathed, and issued with a suit of dungaree. Tobacco, matches, any instrument with which he might do damage, money, and valuables will be removed from him, and a list thereof entered in a book which will be signed by the offender as well as by the officer or N.C.O. making the entry. These articles will be returned to the offender on completion of his sentence, and he will sign the book again as a receipt. The articles are to be kept under lock and key until their return.

3. Each offender will be medically examined on arrival. In the event of sickness, arrangements will be made for medical attention.

4. Where there are more offenders than one undergoing detention they will not be separately confined in the daytime, except in cases of insubordination.

5. Offenders will be in charge of the N.C.O.s and men of the Permanent Cadre, supplemented by such officers and Permanent Staff as necessary, to be detailed by the O.C. District.

If there is no cadre of the Permanent Force at the place of detention, the O.C. District will make such arrangements as are necessary to execute the routine laid down in paragraph 10.

6. An allowance of 2s. per day for the feeding of each offender is admissible.

7. Cots and mattresses will be provided by the R.N.Z.A., or, where there is no Permanent Cadre, under arrangements made by the O.C. District. Towels, blankets, and feeding utensils will, when necessary, be provided by the Defence Department.

8. After three days, if the offender's conduct is good, he may be given a book to read.

9. Offenders will be visited daily by an officer on duty, who will enter the visit in a book kept for the purpose. Medical officers will visit offenders undergoing detention as required.

10. Chaplains may visit offenders should they require to do so.

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