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Field Ambulance Duties.

306. All officers of the N.Z. Medical Corps will, as far as possible, be attached to a field ambulance for training for at least two years.

Staff Tours.

307. O.C. Districts will arrange suitable dates and places for at least one Staff tour to take place in their districts annually for officers not below field rank. The General and Special Ideas, together with a map and programme of work, should be submitted to Headquarters for approval at least one month before the proposed date of the tour.

308. Officers who wish to take part in a Staff tour will apply through the usual channel to their respective O.C. Districts.

Brigade and Regimental Tours.

309. Brigade Commanders and officers commanding units will, when possible, arrange brigade or regimental tours of from one to three days’ duration for the instruction of officers of their units. Officers of other arms should be invited to attend. General and Special Ideas, together with a map and programme of work, should be submitted to District or Brigade Headquarters, as the case may be, one month previous to the proposed date of the tour. Any expenditure involved must be approved by the O.C. District.

ATTACHMENT TO REGULAR TROOPS OUTSIDE THE DOMINION.

310. Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and R.N.Z.A. may be sent to the United Kingdom or to India for courses of instruction or for attachment to Regular troops. No officer will be eligible for selection under this paragraph until he has passed the prescribed examination for promotion to the next higher rank.

311. Officers sent out of the Dominion under para. 310 will not, except in special cases, be absent for more than twelve months. The pay and allowances of officers so absent will be as laid down in Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations.

STAFF COLLEGES.

312. The Chief of the General Staff and Director of Staff Duties and Military Training will keep the “Selected List” referred to in King’s Regulations, para. 721, for officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Permanent Force.

313. On a vacancy or nomination at Camberley or Quetta being placed at the disposal of the G.O.C. N.Z. Military Forces by the Army Council or Government of India, the officers whose names are recorded on this list may compete at the Entrance Examination under the “Regulations for Admission to the Staff College.” No officer will be allowed to compete unless he is fully qualified under the King’s Regulations, and no officer will be allowed to attend the Staff College course unless he has duly qualified at the Entrance Examination.

OBLIGATORY COURSES OF INSTRUCTION, TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Officers.

314. All Territorial officers of the rank of 2nd Lieutenant upwards to that of Major, inclusive, will be required to undergo a prescribed course of instruction of six days, or its equivalent in hours (thirty-six), before they are eligible to attend the examination for promotion to the next higher rank.

315. The courses referred to in para. 314 will be held under District arrangements.

Non-commissioned Officers.

316. Corporals of all arms of the Territorial Force before promotion to sergeant will be required to undergo a prescribed course of instruction of six days, or its equivalent in hours (thirty-six).

317. The courses referred to in para. 316 will be held under arrangements made by Brigade and Coast Defence Commanders.

VOLUNTARY COURSES.

318. Special courses of instruction for Territorial officers or N.C.O.s and men will be held at such times and places as may be directed by O.C. Districts, provided that the money placed at their disposal for training purposes is not exceeded.

319. The dates and hours of attendance will be arranged, as far as possible, to suit the personal and professional obligations of officers and others attending, and to meet local circumstances.

320. Officers, warrant officers, and N.C.O.s and men, before attending a course of instruction, will be expected to have read and studied the authorized manuals.

321. Officers commanding units will, when recommending officers or N.C.O.s for a course of instruction, certify that those recommended have such a knowledge of their duties as will enable them to benefit by the instruction imparted at the course.

322. The number of officers, warrant officers, and N.C.O.s and men attending each course will be limited by O.C. Districts according to circumstances, and according to the facilities that may exist for providing individual instruction and supervision.

323. Officers, warrant officers, and N.C.O.s and men attending courses will, where it is possible, be accommodated in quarters or under canvas.

324. The syllabus to be followed at these courses of instruction will be laid down by the O.C. District to suit the status and degree of efficiency of those under instruction.

325. The pay and allowances of officers and men attending courses of instruction is regulated by the instructions contained in “Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations.”

Qualification of Officers for Promotion, &c.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS AND PERMANENT FORCE.

326. To be eligible for promotion, officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and N.Z. Permanent Force will be required to pass the necessary qualifying examinations laid down in the King’s Regulations for officers of the Regular Forces.

Applications from officers desiring to sit for the examination in May and December must be forwarded through the proper channels so as to reach Headquarters not later than the 1st January and the 1st August respectively.

327. An examination in D. IV (a) Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, Registration, Posting and Enrolment, for Lieutenants of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Royal New Zealand Artillery before promotion to Captain, will be held on the 3rd Monday in May and 1st Monday in December in each year.

Names of officers sitting for this examination must be submitted to Headquarters not later than the 1st January and 1st August annually. Marks allotted, 300. One paper. 3 hours. To pass, an officer must obtain 0·5 in the paper.

N.Z. TERRITORIAL FORCE.

328. To be eligible for promotion an officer will be required to qualify in the following examinations, and to attend and qualify at a course of instruction as laid down in para. 314. The details of these examinations for each arm are given in Appendix III.

2nd Lieutenant before Promotion to the Rank of Lieutenant (except N.Z.M.C. and N.Z.V.C.).

Examination A (practical and oral).

329. Lieutenant before Promotion to the Rank of Captain.

Mounted Rifles
Artillery
Engineers
Infantry
A.S.C.
N.Z.M.C.
N.Z.V.C.

} Examination B (written).

} Examination A (practical and oral) and Examination B (written).

330. Captain before Promotion to the Rank of Major.

(Captains of dismounted branches will be required to be in possession of a riding-certificate).

Mounted Rifles
Artillery
Engineers
Infantry
A.S.C.
N.Z.M.C.
N.Z.V.C.

} Examination C (practical and oral).

} Examination D (written).

} Examination C (written).

331. Majors before Promotion to the Rank of Lieut.-Colonel.

Mounted Rifles
Artillery
Engineers
Infantry
A.S.C.
N.Z.M.C.
N.Z.V.C.

} Tactical Fitness for Command.

} Examination E (written).

General Conditions.

332. An officer can only take up the examination to qualify for the next higher rank to that which he holds.

(1.) Lieutenant of the N.Z.V.C. cannot take up Examination B until he has completed two years’ service.

(2.) A Captain cannot take up Examination C and D until he has completed two years’ service in that rank.

333. An officer who has been superseded for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant or to the rank of Captain in consequence of not having obtained the qualification required by paragraph 328 will, unless he qualifies at any one of the three subsequent examinations held within eighteen months of the date of such supersession, be required to resign his commission.

334. Brevet rank will not exempt an officer from passing the usual examination laid down before promotion to each substantive grade.