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Duties of the Staff at Headquarters, N.Z. Military Forces.

THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE FORCES.

59. The G.O.C. is responsible for the organization, discipline, and efficiency of the Forces, and for their inspection; also for advice on local military policy to be pursued, organization of local Forces in accordance with State policy, plans for local defence, supervision of training of troops, education of officers, and selection of officers of local Forces for study at Imperial Staff Colleges.

60. The Assistant Military Secretary is responsible for the correspondence of the G.O.C.; general and confidential duties; records of all officers, and confidential reports on officers; appointments, promotions, resignations, and retirements of officers, and preparation of notices for the Gazette in connection with the above.

61. Chief Clerk at Headquarters.—The Chief Clerk is responsible for receipts, registration, and custody of all official letters and telegrams received at Headquarters of the New Zealand Military Forces; control and distribution of clerical staff; parliamentary business of the office; preparation of actuarial calculations and statistical returns; domestic economy of the office.

CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF AND DIRECTOR OF STAFF DUTIES AND MILITARY TRAINING.

62. The Chief of the General Staff and the Director of Staff Duties and Military Training is responsible for Staff organization; Staff tours; record of officers suitable for Staff employ; instruction and training of the Military Forces for war on the lines laid down in the Field Service Regulations; education and examination of officers, Training Manuals, arrangements for the examination of candidates for the British Army and Australian Military College; manoeuvres; estimates for and allocation of training and manoeuvre grants; military libraries; leave and exemptions from training of N.C.O.s and men of the Territorial Force and Senior Cadets.

63. Director of Military Operations.—The Director of Military Operations is responsible for information about the Dominion and neighbouring countries; preparation of plans for local defence and strategical distribution of the Forces; mapping and reconnaissance of the Dominion; war establishments and war organization; application of the principles laid down in the Field Service Regulations; intelligence duties; Staff tours; and plans for mobilization.

64. Adjutant-General to the Forces.—The Adjutant-General is responsible for the peace organization of the Military Forces; discipline; martial, military, and international law; Courts-martial; administrative arrangements in connection with training and education; ceremonial; all questions of personnel (excepting R.N.Z.A.); editing and issuing of orders (other than operation orders), Army List, and regulations; leave of absence (except from training); registration, enrolment, and posting for the Territorial Force; appointments to and distribution of the New Zealand Permanent Staff; returns of strength and prosecutions; casualties (excepting R.N.Z.A.); mobilization and other regulations dealing with above services; mobilization of personnel; medals; military chaplains; war claims and pensions; honorary Territorials; National Reserve.

65. Director of Medical Services.—The Director of Medical Services is responsible for organization and training of officers and men of the N.Z.M.C.; N.Z.M.C. establishments; distribution of officers of N.Z.M.C.; advice as to, and examination of, all medical stores and equipment; miscellaneous professional questions; sanitation; medical statistics; all hospital arrangements; co-operation with civilian medical organizations.

QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL.

66. The Quartermaster-General is responsible for mobilization stores; policy as to reserves of clothing, equipment, and general stores (excepting Artillery and Engineer stores); Dress Regulations; scales of clothing, equipment, and stores to be in the possession of troops; movements; quartering and railway transport; inspection, care, and preservation of Maxim guns and small arms; store-buildings; drill-halls and similar buildings; mobilization arrangements as to food, forage, clothing, stores, and equipment (excepting Artillery and Engineer stores and equipment); organization and training of the New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.

67. Director of Supplies and Transport.—The Director of Supplies and Transport is responsible for supplies of food and forage, fuel and light; regulations for supply and transport services; all general questions connected with horses; registration of horses for mobilization; personnel of the New Zealand Army Service Corps; administration, training, establishment, and distribution of the N.Z.A.S.C.; organization and training of all transport, remount, and supply services; A.S.C. technical equipment; organization of civilian transport for training and mobilization; harness and saddlery.

68. Director of Equipment and Stores.—The Director of Equipment and Stores is responsible for the supply of clothing, equipment, and general stores; supplies of stationery, forms, and books; supply of all vehicles and technical equipment, excepting Artillery and Engineers; storage and distribution of small-arms, accoutrements, and camp equipments, Customs shipping entries, and ammunition.

69. Director of Veterinary Services and Remounts.—The Director of Veterinary Services and Remounts is responsible for general administration, training, and distribution of officers and men of the N.Z.V.C.; advice as to veterinary stores and equipment; miscellaneous professional questions; mobilization arrangements; co-operation with the Stock Department of the Public Service.

DIRECTOR OF ORDNANCE.

70. The Director of Ordnance and Artillery is responsible for armaments, including lights, and all accessories; sites, designs, and armament for coast defences; Defence Department vessels; settling scales of reserves of arms and ammunition of all kinds, and of technical equipment and vehicles of Artillery and Engineer units; provision and inspection of guns, ordnance and field-gun ammunition; correspondence with Colonial Ammunition Company; Artillery and Engineer vehicles and technical stores; construction and maintenance of permanent fortifications and works; Artillery and rifle ranges (in consultation with the Chief of the General Staff); general control and distribution of the R.N.Z.A.; recruiting for the R.N.Z.A.; inspection of Artillery and Engineer units.

DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS.

71. The Director of Accounts is responsible for audit and examination of accounts; consideration of estimates; cash payments; financial advice; contracts; control of accountants in districts; compiling and editing “Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces,” in consultation with the Quartermaster-General’s branch.

JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL.

72. The Judge-Advocate-General is appointed by the Minister of Defence. He superintends the administration of military law in the Dominion, gives advice on matters leading up to the convening of Courts-martial, and reviews the proceedings with a view to seeing whether they have been regular and legal. In the event of it being necessary to quash the proceedings he makes recommendations to the Minister of Defence with this object.

He is the custodian of the confirmed proceedings of all General and District Courts-martial. He assists the Minister of Defence in the formulation of any advice it may be necessary to give the Governor regarding the proceedings of General Courts-martial or other such matters.

Duties of Staff in Districts.

STAFF AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS.

73. The distribution of the duties of the Staff at District Headquarters will, as regards administration and general Staff work, be the distribution of the duties of the Staff at Headquarters, New Zealand Military Forces.

PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER OF A DISTRICT.

74. The P.M.O. of a district will, in addition to such duties as may be delegated to him by the Director of Medical Services under para. 65, be responsible for the attendance of the required number of Medical Officers at all camps of training held within his district; and for the provision of medical stores at such camps. He will visit as many training camps as possible in each year, in order to assure himself that the medical and sanitary provisions are satisfactory.

BRIGADE-MAJOR.

75. The Brigade-Major of a Mounted Rifles or Infantry brigade, while acting as Staff Officer to the Brigade Commander, is primarily the Chief Instructor to the brigade, and, as such, is directly under the O.C. District. His duties will be to act as Brigade-Major when required, to generally supervise the work of the Adjutants of the units of his brigade, and to carry out such special and general instructional duties as the O.C. District, through his general Staff Officer, may direct.

STAFF OFFICER TO COAST DEFENCE COMMANDER.

76. The Staff Officer to the Coast Defence Commander is also the Chief Instructor to the Garrison Artillery and other units allotted to coast defence in the command. In commands where there are divisions of Garrison Artillery, he will also act as Divisional Adjutant and Quartermaster. He will command the local Garrison Artillery detachment of R.N.Z.A.

ADJUTANT FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE.

77. The Adjutant of the Field Artillery brigade is also the Chief Instructor to the Field Artillery units in the district, and will also carry out the duties of Quartermaster. He will command the cadres of R.N.Z.A. attached to the brigade.

78. (1.) Non-commissioned officers of the R.N.Z.A. appointed as divisional sergeant-majors to the Territorial Garrison Artillery divisions will be employed on the clerical and instructional work of the division.

When a vacancy occurs, the O.C. R.N.Z.A. Depot at Wellington will forward the names of the non-commissioned officers he considers most suitable for the appointment, for the approval of the G.O.C.