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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Cooks .. .. .. 2 men per company.
Washhouses and latrines .. 2 men.
Regimental refreshment room or tent .. .. .. 1 man.
Regimental recreation room or tent 1 man.
Police .. .. .. 1 N.C.O. and 3 men.
Grooms to mounted officers .. All.
Staff sergeants, except N.Z.M.C. .. All.

389. Brigade and regimental fatigues will be carried out in the early morning or in the evening, and will be limited as follows:—
     Cleaning lines.
     Officers’ mess.
     Sergeants’ mess.
     Refreshment room or tent.
     Recreation room or tent.
     Kitchens (all cleaning-up to be done by the cooks).
     Rations for sick (as required, but not to exempt from any parade or duty).
     Guard room or tent (to be done by the guard).
     Rations should, if possible, be issued in the early morning, and drawn by the Quartermaster of the unit.

Medical and Hospital Duties in Camp.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.

390. A regimental officer will be allowed access to his men in hospital at suitable hours.
391. The examination of the sick will be made at such hours as will enable them to reach the hospital before 10 a.m.
392. The name of every soldier reporting himself sick will be entered in the “Sick-report,” which will be prepared in duplicate.
393. A soldier temporarily unfit, but for whom treatment in hospital is not essential, will attend at the hospital or inspection-room as directed by the Medical Officer.
394. A soldier attending hospital will not be permitted to leave camp. According to medical recommendations, he will be relieved from all duties, or employed on light duties and fatigues.
395. When a man is to be discharged from hospital the Medical Officer in charge will, on the day preceding his discharge, if possible, or as early as practicable on the morning of his discharge, notify the fact in writing to the O.C. the unit concerned.

Messes.

OFFICERS’ MESSES.

396. Every officer of the unit or corps will be a member of the regimental mess. The C.O. is responsible that all the regulations relating thereto are observed. He will also insure that the mess is conducted without unnecessary expense or extravagance, and by his personal example and advice will encourage economical habits and careful management.
397. The senior combatant officer present at mess is responsible for the maintenance of discipline.

SERGEANTS’ MESSES.

398. A sergeants’ mess will invariably be formed when practicable. The C.O. will be responsible that it is conducted with economy, regularity, and order. The senior Major will, as a rule, be charged with its immediate supervision.

SOLDIERS’ MESSING AND COOKING.

399. It is the duty of the C.O. to see that the soldiers’ meals are properly and sufficiently provided. The system laid down in the Manual of Military Cooking will be adhered to as far as practicable.
400. An orderly officer will inspect the kitchens and cooking-apparatus daily, and company, &c., officers will visit their lines during the breakfast, dinner, and evening meal-hours, to see that the meals are properly prepared and that there is no cause for complaints.

Exemptions from Jury Service.

401. All members of the N.Z. Military Forces, except officers of the Reserve of Officers, N.C.O.s and men of the Territorial Force Reserve, and members of Rifle Clubs, are exempted from jury service.

Bands.

402. Officers commanding Infantry battalions and regiments of Mounted Rifles may form regimental bands up to the maximum of twenty-five bandsmen of military age, exclusive of the Bandmaster. In addition, supernumeraries to the number of ten of any age will be permitted. No extra allowance or pay will be made from the Government funds for bands or in respect of men acting as bandsmen.

403. A Bandmaster (W.O.) may be granted an honorary commission in the rank of Lieutenant, on the special recommendation of the O.C. District. No Bandmaster shall be recommended for this distinction unless (a) he has been a Bandmaster (W.O.) for seven years, during the whole of which period he has been in charge of a military band recognized by the regulations; and (b) the band of which he is in charge is thoroughly efficient.

404. Bandsmen will perform the training laid down for their arm in para. 247, except that they will only be called upon to perform half the drills and parades laid down in para. 247 (a) and (b).

405. During the annual training in camp they will be trained as stretcher-bearers and in first aid to the wounded.

406. Bandsmen when their turn comes for transfer to the Reserve may be retained with the unit as supernumerary to the establishment under agreement with their C.O. provided that the number authorized in para. 402 is not exceeded. Supernumeraries will attend the annual training in camp, but will not be called upon to perform any other training during the year, except such as may be required in their capacity as musicians. They will be entitled to pay and rations when in camp, and to free issue of uniform and accoutrements, and will be subject to military law as Territorial soldiers.

407. Bandsmen will wear the uniform of their unit.

408. Regimental bands will not perform as such in public, or appear in uniform for any purpose outside the ordinary training, without the consent of their C.O.

Veterinary Duties, Transport, Horses, Forage, &c.

VETERINARY DUTIES.

409. Principal Veterinary Officers will be appointed in each district, and will be responsible to their respective O.C. District for—
     (1.) The distribution, instruction, and efficiency of the N.Z. Veterinary Corps in his district.
     (2.) Supervision of veterinary instruction in units.
     (3.) Maintenance and supply of veterinary stores.
     (4.) Veterinary charge of all horses on permanent military establishments within his district, and examination of all horses submitted for purchase for permanent establishments.
     (5.) He will be the adviser of the O.C. District and other Commanding Officers on all points connected with his department. He will attend the O.C. District at his inspection of horses proposed for casting. He is to have free access at all times to all military stables and horses, infirmary stables, sick-horse depots, or sick-horse lines, but he will acquaint the Commanding Officer of his intended visit.
     (6.) Questions of veterinary hygiene.
410. Officers of the N.Z.V.C. will not exercise any military command outside their corps, except over such officers and soldiers as may be attached thereto for duty or who may be placed under their orders.
411. Other officers of the New Zealand Veterinary Corps will be responsible for—
     (1.) Veterinary duties in the units to which they are attached.
     (2.) The veterinary stores issued to the unit to which they are attached.
     (3.) Veterinary instruction in units.
     (4.) Such other duties as may be required of them by the P.V.O. from time to time.
412. Veterinary arrangements for units which have no Veterinary Officer attached will be made by the P.V.O. District.
413. The farrier-sergeants and shoeing-smiths of units will carry out their veterinary duties under the Veterinary Officers attached to the units.
414. The Veterinary Officer when the unit is in camp is to make a daily report to the Commanding Officer of such horses as are unfit for service through sickness, lameness, or other causes.

Privately-owned Horses.

415. All units will render a return, immediately on arrival at the camp of continuous training or at manœuvres, of all privately-owned horses brought in for military duty.
     The return will show the age, sex, description, owners’ name, and valuation.
416. The officer in command of the camp or body of troops referred to in the preceding paragraph will have the return of horses verified as soon as possible after their arrival in camp, &c., and an official valuation will be made and inserted in the return by the senior Veterinary Officer or any other officer detailed for the duty.
417. For compensation for loss or injury of a privately-owned or hired horse, see Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for N.Z.M.F.
     In all cases involving a claim for compensation, a Board will be assembled to investigate and report on the circumstances of the case.

Regimental Transport.

418. A C.O. will maintain the full complement of trained men for the regimental transport of the unit, as given in “Territorial Force Establishments.”
419. The number of horses and vehicles allowed for the annual camp will be as laid down in “Territorial Force Establishments.” C.O.s will make their own arrangements for hiring according to their requirements within the limits laid down.