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147. Warrant officers, N.C.O.s, and men of the Permanent Force shall be discharged on completion of thirty-five years’ service, or on reaching the age of fifty-five (vide New Zealand Public Service Classification and Superannuation Acts), whichever is the earlier.

148. In the case of warrant officers and artificers the G.O.C. may, at his discretion, permit continuance in the Force up to sixty years of age.

149. Warrant officers of the R.N.Z.A. will be appointed on the recommendation of the G.O.C.

150. For the issue of personal payments and efficiency badges to the R.N.Z.A., for skill at arms, see Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations. The syllabus of examination and the distribution of badges to the various stations will be arranged and carried out by the O.C. Depot, R.N.Z.A., Wellington.

PERMANENT STAFF.

151. The enlistment, appointment, promotion, and discharge of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Permanent Staff will be in the hands of the Adjutant-General at Headquarters, subject to para. 152.

152. Applicants for enlistment in or appointment to the Permanent Staff must be between twenty-two and forty years of age. Enlistments will be for a term of five years, of which the first six months will be on probation. While on probation candidates may be discharged at any time if found unsuitable. Members of the Permanent Staff may, on the recommendation of the Adjutant-General, be re-engaged for terms of five years up to fifty-five years of age, or up to the completion of thirty-five years’ service, whichever is the earlier, if below the rank of warrant officer. Warrant officers may be allowed, at the discretion of the G.O.C., to continue to serve up to the age of sixty. Promotion will be by selection.

153. Members of the Permanent Staff may claim their discharge at any time after completion of their original term of engagement, except in case of great emergency or imminent national danger. They may purchase their discharge before completion of three years’ service on payment of £10, and at any time during the next succeeding two years on payment of £5.

154. To qualify for superannuation, members of the Permanent Staff must comply with the conditions of the New Zealand Public Service Classification and Superannuation Acts.

155. Officers Commanding Districts will submit from time to time the names of warrant and non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Force, Territorial Force, or of other applicants recommended for appointment to the Permanent Staff.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

156. Recommendation for the appointment of warrant officers will be made by O.C. units or corps and will be forwarded to Headquarters through O.C. Districts; their final appointment will be subject to the recommendation of the G.O.C.

157. The appointment and promotion of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Territorial Force will be in the hands of the O.C. units and corps.

158. O.sC. Districts may, in cases of well-ascertained necessity, sanction the appointment of a small number of lance-sergeants, lance-corporals, and acting-bombardiers in excess of the establishment.

159. N.C.O.s and men of the Territorial Force who change their place of residence from one area group to another are liable to be transferred to another unit of the Territorial Force—if possible, of the same arm of the service.

160. No non-commissioned officer shall be appointed or promoted until he has passed such qualifying examination as may from time to time be prescribed.

161. Non-commissioned officers may, with their Commanding Officer’s consent, resign their rank and revert to the rank or position they previously held; but, without the sanction of the O.C. District, they are not to be allowed to do so in order to escape trial by Court-martial.

162. For inefficiency, or a cause other than an offence, an N.C.O. or soldier may be removed from his appointment by order of his Commanding Officer, and will in that case revert to his permanent rank, remaining as a supernumerary in that rank until absorbed into the first vacancy.

163. An acting non-commissioned officer can be ordered by his Commanding Officer to revert to his permanent rank. The permanent rank of a lance-sergeant is corporal; that of a lance-corporal is private; that of an acting-bombardier is gunner.

164. A non-commissioned officer reduced to a lower rank will take rank and precedence in that lower rank from the date of the signing of the original sentence of the Court-martial, or, in the case of reduction by order of the O.C. District, from the date of such order.

165. N.C.O.s of the rank of sergeant and upwards on reaching the age of twenty-five will be permitted to continue to serve with their units or corps under agreement for a further period of two years, such periods to be renewable on the recommendation of their Commanding Officer. Subject to the above conditions, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers may continue to serve in the Territorial Force up to the following ages:—

Age for Retirement.
Sergeants .. .. .. .. 40
Staff sergeants and colour-sergeants .. 45
Warrant officers .. .. .. 50

TERRITORIAL FORCE RESERVE.

166. Men of the Territorial Force will be transferred to the Reserve in the ordinary course on reaching the age of twenty-five, and will remain in the Reserve until they attain the age of thirty.

167. The transfer to the Reserve of N.C.O.s above the rank of corporal is regulated by para. 165. N.C.O.s and men of the Territorial Force may, subject to the upkeep of establishment, be transferred to the Reserve by their Commanding Officer on the approval of District Headquarters before reaching the age of twenty-five, provided that they have completed not less than four years’ service in the Territorial Force, have reached the first-class standard of efficiency (vide Appendix XI), and have been certified as of good character throughout their Senior Cadet and Territorial Force service.

168. Reservists will not be organized in units, but will carry out their training with Territorial Force units, if possible with those units on the Reserve List of which they are borne, and with which they will serve on mobilization.

169. The details of Reserve training is laid down in para. 229.

170. On transfer to the Reserve, a reservist will continue to be borne on the books of his unit or corps, being shown on the Reserve List. He will hand in his arms and accoutrements, and will retain his uniform. Should he change his place of residence to another area group, he may be transferred to the Reserve List of a unit in that group.

SECTION V.—REGISTRATION, ENROLMENT, AND POSTING.

Registration.

171. All persons as they become liable under the Defence Acts for training in the Military Forces are required to register themselves in the area in which they reside. Registration forms are obtainable at any post-office, police-station, or Defence Office. The form must be filled in and posted or handed to the Area Sergeant-major as follows:—

(1.) By boys who are attending a primary school, or by the school authorities on their behalf—in May of the year in which they will attain or have attained fourteen years of age; or, if they remain at such primary school beyond the age of fourteen, in May of the year in which they will leave or have left such primary school.

(2.) By persons temporarily absent from the Dominion—within two months of their return.

(3.) By immigrants—within six months after arriving in the Dominion.

(4.) By persons whose provincial exemption under para. 164 has ceased owing to change of residence—within thirty days of such change of residence.

(5.) By all others residing in the Dominion, or, in the case of boys belonging to a secondary school or other recognized organization, by the school or other authorities on their behalf—in May of the year in which they will or have become liable.

172. Persons obviously unfit for service owing to permanent physical or mental defect will attach a certificate to that effect, signed by a clergyman or Justice of the Peace, to their registration form. Such persons will be exempted from service by the Area Sergeant-major without medical examination or other formality, an exemption certificate being issued in each case, and a report rendered to the Officer i/c Area Group.

173. A Record-book will be prepared in duplicate by the Area Sergeant-major for each person who registers, except those referred to in para. 172. One copy of this book (the “Personal Record-book”) will be sent to the individual, together with instructions as to when and where he will present himself for medical examination if required to do so. The other copy (the “Duplicate Record-book”) will in the case of boys of the Senior Cadet age, be retained by the Area Sergeant-major, to be ultimately sent to the Company Commander where the Cadet is posted. In cases where the holder is eligible to be posted to the Territorial Force, the Duplicate Record-book will be sent to the medical officer or practitioner who will conduct the examination. The medical officer will make the necessary entries in both books, returning the Personal Record-book to the holder and the Duplicate Record-book to the Area Sergeant-major.

174. The allowance to be paid to medical officers for medical examination of persons registered for military service is laid

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