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when parading with troops. Its provision is optional. Officers of the Territorial Force will not provide themselves with frock coats.

498. Uniform is not obligatory for Chaplains except on active service, but a “scarf,” with the crown and monogram N.Z.M.F. in gold, may be worn. The scarf is described fully in the N.Z. Dress Regulations. The uniform authorized for Chaplains is laid down in the N.Z. Dress Regulations.

499. Officers retiring with permission to wear uniform are entitled to wear the uniform of the unit or corps in which they last served, with letters “R,” &c.

500. Officers of the Reserve of Officers will wear the uniform of the unit or corps in which they last served, with the letter “R” on the shoulder-cords or on the shoulder-strap below the badges of rank.

501. Officers on the Unattached List of the Territorial Force, category (b), will wear the universal-pattern service dress, but without collar-badges. The optional full dress and mess dress of these officers will be as described in the N.Z. Dress Regulations.

W.O.s, N.C.O.s¹ AND MEN OF THE TERRITORIAL FORCE AND SENIOR CADETS.

502. The dress for W.O.s, N.C.O.s, and men of the Territorial Force and Senior Cadets will be as laid down in the N.Z. Dress Regulations.

503. The numerical designation of the unit or corps in brass letters will be worn on the shoulder-straps of tunics, serge frocks, service-dress jackets, and greatcoats.

504. Chevrons, badges of rank, and badges of skill at arms, &c., will be as laid down in the Clothing and Equipment Regulations for the N.Z. Military Forces. No other badges than those laid down may be worn.

505. Uniform will be worn at all parades and when travelling on duty.

505A. No Territorial shall wear his uniform or any part thereof (including the military greatcoat) except when performing military duties, or serving in any camp of training or military exercise, or going to or from the place of parade, exercise, training, or military duty. Every Territorial who commits a breach of this regulation is liable to a fine not exceeding £2 for each such offence, recoverable on summary conviction.

Identity Discs.

506. An identity-disc, fitted with a cord, will be held by O.s.C. units and corps for every officer, N.C.O., and man on the establishment.

They will be stored in peace-time, stamped with the title of the unit or corps. On mobilization they will be completed with the registration-number, name, and religious denomination of the individual to whom issued. The marking will be carried out by the unit.

Equipment.

507. The regulations governing the issue of arms and equipment to the Military Forces are laid down in the Equipment Regulations for the N.Z. Military Forces.

Medals.

508. The rules governing the issue of medals are laid down in Appendix IX.

Medals and decorations are worn in the order prescribed in the N.Z. Dress Regulations by all ranks when in full dress.

In units and corps which have no full dress, medals will be worn with the service dress when in review order. On other occasions ribbons only are to be worn. The ribbons of medals will be ½ in. in length, and will be sewn on to the garment or worn on a bar without intervals.

SECTION XI.—CEREMONIAL.

Precedence of Corps.

509. The following is the order of precedence of corps in the Military Forces of the Dominion :—

(1.) The Royal New Zealand Artillery.
(2.) The regiments of Mounted Rifles.
(3.) The New Zealand Field Artillery.
(4.) The New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
(5.) The New Zealand Engineers.
(6.) The Infantry regiments.
(7.) The New Zealand Army Service Corps.
(8.) The New Zealand Medical Corps.
(9.) The New Zealand Veterinary Corps.
(10.) The Rifle Clubs.
(11.) The Senior Cadets.

On mounted parades regiments of Mounted Rifles will take the right of the line; the R.N.Z.A. will be on the right of dismounted troops.

Different units of the same arm take precedence in accordance with their numerical succession as given in the New Zealand Army List.

Command, Rank, Precedence, &c.

OFFICERS.

510. Officers of His Majesty’s Imperial Regular Forces serving in the Dominion, if holding local rank conferred by the Governor, will rank with officers of the Staff Corps and Permanent Force according to the date of their local rank. If serving in the Dominion in the rank granted by the King they will rank as senior to all officers of the New Zealand Military Forces of that rank. Officers of the Staff Corps and Permanent Force will take precedence of all Territorial officers of the same rank.

511. An officer appointed to the command of a unit or corps in the Military Forces shall exercise command over any other officers serving therein, irrespective of the date of his commission. All Territorial officers doing duty with their unit or corps shall take rank according to their dates of appointment in that rank to such unit or corps; and all officers serving together with officers of other units or corps shall take rank according to the dates of their respective appointments to that rank in the Military Forces. Should two officers of the same rank have been gazetted to such rank with the same date, their precedence shall, except in the case of an officer appointed to command a regiment, battalion, or corps, be determined by the date of their previous commissions, or, in the case of first commissions, by the order in which their names appear in the Gazette.

512. The function of command is to be exercised by the senior combatant officer, except in cases where an officer has been specially appointed to the command.

Local and temporary rank will carry the same precedence as permanent rank within the limits wherein the rank is granted.

513. Departmental officers shall be entitled to precedence according to their rank. Such rank or position will not, however, entitle the holder of it to the presidency of Courts-martial, or to military command of any kind except over such officers and soldiers as may be specially placed under their command.

WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

514. The position of warrant officers is inferior to that of all commissioned officers, but superior to that of all non-commissioned officers.

515. The following will be the order of precedence of warrant and non-commissioned officers. Those bracketed together rank with one another according to the dates of promotion or appointment.

(1.) Warrant Officers.

Master gunner, first class.
Master gunner, second class.
Staff regimental sergeant-major.
Brigade or regimental sergeant-major.
Bandmaster.
Armament sergeant-major.
*Mechanist sergeant-major.

(2.) Non-commissioned Officers.

Master gunner, third class.
Brigade or regimental sergeant-major who is not a W.O.
Brigade or regimental quartermaster-sergeant.
Armament Q.M.S.
Mechanist Q.M.S.
Staff squadron, battery, or company sergeant-major.
Squadron, troops, battery, or company sergeant-major.
Colour sergeant and staff sergeant.
†Squadron, troop, battery, or company quartermaster-sergeant.
Sergeant.
Lance-sergeant.
Corporal.
Bombardier.
Second corporal.
Acting-bombardier.
Lance-corporal.

Armament, armourer, artificer, collar-maker, farrier, mechanist, pioneer, saddler, shoeing-smith, and wheeler non-commissioned officers take precedence according to their rank as Q.M.S., sergeant, &c.

516. Warrant and non-commissioned officers against whose names an asterisk (*) is placed are not entitled to assume any command on parade or duty, except over such W.O.s, N.C.O.s, and men as may be specially placed under their orders. In matters of discipline, however, they will at all times exercise the full authority attached to their rank.

† A squadron, troop, battery, or company sergeant-major will rank regimentally senior to the squadron, troop, battery, or company quartermaster-sergeant, except for promotion.

517. Classification for pay shall not affect the above classification for purposes of command and precedence.