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substitute four extra days’ training in camp in lieu of twenty drills under (a). Such training will take place on the four days immediately preceding the annual camp laid down in (c). Rations and forage, but no pay, will be given for the four extra days in camp. The remaining ten drills may, at the discretion of the officer commanding the unit, be converted into whole- or half-day parades. The prescribed course of musketry may be carried out during the extra four days in camp.

All units and portions of units carrying out the scale laid down in para. 247—that is to say, those units who do not go into camp for four extra days in lieu of twenty drills—will complete their annual musketry course prior to the annual camp laid down in (c).

Reserve.

248. Two half-day parades or their equivalent with a Territorial unit or company, &c.

Senior Cadets.

249. (a.) Fifty drills of one hour’s duration or thirty-four drills of one and a half hours’ duration.
     (b.) Six half-day parades.
     (c.) Prescribed course of musketry.

250. In all cases the number of drills and parades, &c., performed will be entered in the Attendance Roll-books and in accordance with para. 242, and at the end of each year in the Record-books.

251. Programmes, &c., of parades, showing the times and places of parades in the Territorial Force and Senior Cadets, will be issued in advance by Company, &c., Commanders, with the approval of the C.O. The programme will be arranged as far as possible to suit the convenience of employers and local conditions. Attendance at parades and drills so ordered, and at any other parades or drills ordered by the proper authority, is obligatory on the part of the person notified to attend. Persons absenting themselves without leave from any parade or drill ordered by proper authority are liable to be prosecuted under section 51 of the Defence Act. Alternative dates will not be given in the case of parades or drills called under para. 247 of these regulations. Voluntary parades may be arranged, but attendance thereat will be purely voluntary, will not count towards the minimum amount of training required under para. 247, and will not be entered in the Record-books.

252. At the end of each year individual N.C.O.s and soldiers of the Territorial Force, and each Senior Cadet, will be classified according to the degree of efficiency attained, either as “efficient” or “non-efficient,” in accordance with the table given in Appendix XI. The classification will be entered in the Record-books.

253. No soldier or Cadet will be eligible for advancement to the rank of non-commissioned officer until he has reached the standard of first-class efficiency, nor will any Territorial soldier be eligible for transfer to the Reserve, under para. 167, until he has reached the same standard.

DEFINITION OF DRILLS; WHOLE- OR HALF-DAY PARADES.

Drills.

254. A “drill” will consist of one and a half hours’ actual instruction, except that in the Senior Cadets a drill may consist of either one hour’s or one and a half hours’ actual instruction at the discretion of the O.C. Company, and provided that not less than fifty hours’ actual instruction is given during the year under para. 249 (a).

255. Training performed at drills should be of an elementary character, and consist of individual or company training in the Infantry and the corresponding training in the other arms. The men will always be trained by their own officers or N.C.O.s, assisted by the Permanent Instructional Staff.

256. Drills will be arranged and distributed throughout the year so as to provide a progressive system of training which should culminate in the annual camp.

257. Attendances at war games, church parades, funerals, guards of honour, or on street duty will not count as part of the obligatory training required under para. 247.

Whole- or Half-day Parades.

258. (1.) A half-day parade, both in the Territorial Force and in the Senior Cadets, will consist of not less than three hours’ continuous instruction in the open and during daylight.
     (2.) A whole-day parade will consist of not less than six hours’ continuous instruction by day or night.
     (3.) Whole-day parades will be allowed to count as two half-days, and a half-day parade will be counted as the equivalent of two drills.

ANNUAL TRAINING IN CAMP.

259. Every officer and soldier of the Territorial Force will be required to carry out annual training in camp as prescribed in para. 247. Attendance at a hospital or other selected institution (for N.Z.M.C.), in defence-works, or at manoeuvres may be counted as annual training in camp. Officers of the Unattached List serving with the Senior Cadets are required to carry out annual training in camp.

260. Camps may be held at any convenient season of the year. Camps will be held only at places where works of defence, modern armament, ranges, or ground for field training are available, according to the branch of the service. Artillery brigades must encamp at some place where gun practice is possible.

261. The date and place of unit camps when held will be arranged by the Brigade or Coast Defence Commanders in consultation with the O.C. District.

262. An average of at least six hours’ work per day will be carried out whilst at annual training in camp. When officers, N.C.O.s, and soldiers of medical units carry out their annual training in a hospital or other selected institution, not less than three hours’ work per day should be performed.

263. Individuals who on joining the annual camp are found to be temporarily unfit, but likely to become available for part of the training, will be admitted into a military hospital when one is available, or will be treated in quarters. If, however, an individual is found on joining to be suffering from an infectious disease he will be temporarily detained and isolated; and the medical officer of health for the district will at once be informed, with a view to the individual’s transfer to the local hospital for infectious diseases.

264. On arrival at the place of assembly, or on arrival in camp, all horses, hired harness and vehicles, including mechanically propelled vehicles, will be inspected by a Board of officers as to their fitness and suitability for military duty. The Board should, when possible, include an officer of the branch of the service for which the horses, vehicles, &c., are required, and will be assisted by a Veterinary Officer in the examination of the horses. On the last day of training, the horses, harness, and vehicles will again be similarly inspected, and a certificate of condition filed.

265. The C.O. will be responsible for the issue of notices to attend the annual training in camp. Such notices will be sent by post so as to reach the residence of each officer and man at least fourteen days before the date of assembly for camp training. Public notices (see Appendix X) will at the same time be sent to the post-offices and police-stations in the area group, who will be requested to affix a copy as soon as possible to the places to which Government notices are usually affixed in each locality within the area group or groups from which the unit is furnished. These notices will be deemed sufficient intimation, notwithstanding any failure in the transmission or receipt of the notices sent by post; and any men not appearing at the time and place appointed in such public notice will be dealt with as absentees.

266. When a unit or detachment of the Territorial Force enters or quits a military camp or place at which troops are assembled, marching in and out returns on N.Z. Form B 82 will be furnished by its C.O. to the O.C. the troops at such camp or place.

267. At the annual field training units will assemble in camp for the purpose of being trained as complete units or brigades, and, where possible, arrangements will be made to carry out combined training of the different arms. The training of batteries, squadrons, and companies, &c., should be carried out by the Battery, Squadron, and Company Commanders as part of the training laid down for the rest of the year.

268. At least one Medical Officer will be detailed for duty at every annual camp. The P.M.O. of the District will be responsible (under the O.C. District) that the necessary number of Medical Officers is always present (vide para. 74).

269. When, during the annual training of coast defence units of the N.Z.G.A., practice is carried out in detachments at different batteries at the same time, the attendance of a Medical Officer with each detachment may, if necessary, be sanctioned by the Coast Defence Commander.

270. Units of Garrison Artillery specially allotted to defended ports will be detailed to carry out their annual training in camp at the works of defence to which they are allotted on mobilization, all units in the same district carrying out their training simultaneously. Units of other arms, detailed as coast defence troops in the local scheme of defence, will also carry out their annual field training at the same time as the Garrison Artillery, in order to permit of the whole of the defences being manned as for war.

INSPECTION.

271. With a view to testing not only the efficiency and capacity for command of its C.O., but also its readiness for war, including mobilization arrangements, each unit will be inspected annually under arrangements made by the O.C. District, the Brigade or Coast Defence Commander.

272. The inspection will be divided into three parts:—
     (1.) In the field: To be held during the annual training, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the unit is efficient in training and discipline.
     (2.) Administrative inspection: To be held at any convenient time during the year, in order to ascertain that the arms, clothing, and equipment are sufficient and in good order, and that the books and records are properly kept.
     (3.) In special subjects—i.e., subjects not common to all arms: To be held when convenient.