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the end of one year should the probationer not have passed the prescribed examination within that period. In special cases the District Selection Board may recommend the detention of the probationer, where the G.O.C. may grant an extension for a period not exceeding one year. Commissions will not be issued to such probationers until they have passed the prescribed examination. In the case of the New Zealand Medical Corps and New Zealand Veterinary Corps first appointments will be made in the rank of Lieutenant. Chaplains will be appointed to the Fourth Class, ranking as Captain.

90. Recommendations for appointment to commissions to fill vacancies in the establishment, or as provided in para. 86, will be forwarded by O.sC. units to the Officer Commanding the District. In the case of units forming part of Mounted Rifles, Artillery, and Infantry brigades, recommendations will be forwarded through the Brigade Commander; in the case of coast defence units, through the Coast Defence Commander.

91. Candidates for commissions in the combatant branches, except as provided for in para. 99, and in the A.S.C. must be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, and must be in possession of a Sixth Standard public-school proficiency certificate or similar certificate.

92. Candidates for commissions in the New Zealand Medical Corps and New Zealand Veterinary Corps must be below the age of forty, and must be registered practitioners.

93. Recommendations for appointments to commissions (but not to honorary commissions) will be considered by a District Selection Board, of which the O.C. District will be President. The Board will consist of the General Staff Officer of the District and of two Territorial officers not below the rank of field officer, to be detailed as required by the O.C. District. In the case of a candidate for the N.Z.M.C. and the N.Z.V.C., the P.M.O. or P.V.O., as the case may be, of the district will be a member of the Selection Board. The Board will meet periodically under district arrangements, and will report to Headquarters. The final selection will rest with the G.O.C.

94. In special cases a District Selection Board may recommend a first appointment to a higher rank.

95. Appointment to commissions as Chaplains may be granted to clergymen of any denomination.

Unattached List of the Territorial Force.

96. The Unattached List will include,—

(a.) Territorial officers for whom no employment in, or vacancies in units of, the Territorial Force are immediately available, and who are specially selected for transfer to the Unattached List.

(b.) Territorial officers, serving with the Senior Cadets, not borne on the strength of Territorial units.

97. Under category (a) only those officers will be transferred to the Unattached List who are certified by the O.C. District as being in every way efficient. Officers in this category will as a rule be required to resign their commissions or to be transferred to the Reserve of Officers on completing five years’ unemployment on the Unattached List.

98. Under category (b) first appointments will as a rule be made direct to the Unattached List in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. O.C. Districts may recommend direct appointment to a higher rank in cases where the age of the candidate or the position which he is to occupy appears to justify such a course.

99. Recommendations for appointment to direct commissions on the Unattached List, under para. 96 (b), will be made by the officer commanding the company of Senior Cadets with which it is proposed that the candidate should serve, or, if this is not possible, by the Officer i/c Area Group, or by any Territorial officer of field rank to whom the candidate is personally known. In the case of companies which form part of the school the recommendation will be forwarded to the O.C. District through the headmaster. If the company does not form part of a school the recommendation will be forwarded to the O.C. District through the Officer i/c Area Group. Candidates for direct commissions under para. 96 (b) must be below the age of forty-five.

If the candidate is a soldier in any Territorial unit or corps, a certificate signed by his C.O. as to his fitness for a commission will be attached to the original recommendation.

100. The retiring-age for officers appointed to serve with the Senior Cadets will, so long as they continue to be so employed, be fifty-five for all ranks, but this may be extended by the G.O.C.

101. Officers appointed to the Unattached List for service with the Senior Cadets will have, as individuals, the same liabilities for service as officers on the establishment of Territorial units and corps; their services on mobilization will be at the disposal of the G.O.C. They will enjoy the same privileges and precedence as other Territorial officers, with whom they are interchangeable.

102. Service on the Unattached List will be regarded as service in the Territorial Force for all purposes, except that no officer under category (a) will be eligible for promotion while on the Unattached List.

103. For promotion of officers serving under category (b), see para. 115.

Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor.

104. Officers not exceeding six in number, two from the Permanent Forces and four from the Territorial Force, may be appointed as Honorary A.D.C.s to the Governor for gallantry or distinguished service in the field, or for meritorious service in the interests of the Dominion.

Officers eligible for the above distinction must, during their tenure of office, be on the Active List or the Reserve of Officers, and must not be below the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. The appointment will be for five years.

A.D.C.s to the Governor will, when on duty, wear on the right shoulder a special gold cord aiguillette of a similar design to that worn by A.D.C.s to the Sovereign.

These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.

Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon to the Governor.

105. Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps, not exceeding two in number, may be appointed as Honorary Physician and Honorary Surgeon respectively to the Governor for distinguished conduct in the field or for meritorious service in the interest of the Dominion. The appointment will be for five years.

These appointments will not entitle the officer to any pay or allowances.

Honorary Colonels.

106. An Honorary Colonel may be appointed to any regiment or corps of the Military Forces, subject to the following conditions:—

(a.) The appointment to be purely honorary, and to confer no right of command.

(b.) No expense to the public to be entailed by such appointment.

107. Honorary Colonels shall not be subject to the provisions for compulsory retirement on account of age, but may continue to hold their appointments during the pleasure of His Excellency the Governor.

108. The above honorary positions are reserved for officers and others who have rendered valuable, distinguished, or gallant service to New Zealand in a military or other public capacity. Appointments will be made by the Governor on the recommendation of the G.O.C.

PROMOTION.

General.

109. Promotion will, except in special cases, be governed by establishment; but no officer, except as provided in paras. 110 and 111, will be eligible for promotion until he shall have passed the prescribed examination.

110. Officers who hold a Staff College certificate will be exempt from all examinations for promotion except the practical examination in tactical fitness for the rank of Lieut.-Colonel.

111. An officer whose turn for promotion occurs whilst he is on active service, or whilst he is medically unfit by reason of wounds or disease contracted on active service, will be promoted without examination.

New Zealand Staff Corps and Permanent Force.

112. Promotions of officers up to the rank of Major, inclusive, in the Staff Corps and Permanent Force will be governed by establishment. Promotion to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel and upwards will be by selection by the G.O.C.

Territorial Force.

113. Promotions in the Territorial Force above the rank of Major will be subject to the recommendation of the G.O.C.

114. Appointments to the command of units will be made in terms of four years. In exceptional cases officers may, on the recommendation of the O.C. District, be granted an extension. If on the completion of their term of command they are considered eligible for further military employment, they will be transferred to the Unattached List (para. 96, category (a)).

115. Promotion of officers on the Unattached List of the Territorial Force, under para. 96, category (b), will be as follows, subject to passing the prescribed examination, viz.:—

To Lieutenant, after two years’ commissioned service.

To Captain, after eight years’ commissioned service.

To Major, after fifteen years’ commissioned service.

116. Subject to having passed the prescribed examination, and being recommended by the P.M.O. or P.V.O. of his district, a Medical Officer or a Veterinary Officer, on completing five years’ efficient service, will be recommended for promotion to the rank of Captain, and after a total of twelve years’ service to the rank of Major. Promotion to the ranks of Lieut.-Colonel and Colonel will be made by selection as required on the recommendation of the Director of Medical Services or the Director of Veterinary Services, as the case may be.

117. Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps posted for duty to a Field Ambulance or Mounted Field Ambulance may be granted temporary rank whilst so employed. Officers granted temporary rank as above will revert to their substantive rank on the General