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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

EXAMINATION RETURNS.

Forms, Books, and Stationery.

596. The numbers and designations of the forms and books which are in ordinary use by units of the Territorial Force, and of which a free issue is made, are shown in the Classified List of N.Z. Military Forms and Books, a copy of which is issued periodically to all concerned. Army forms and books supplied without payment to Staff officers are shown in N.Z. Form L 2.

Indents will be made annually, on the 1st October in each year, direct to Headquarters on N.Z. Forms L 1 and L 2 respectively. Supplementary indents for army forms and books will be made on N.Z. Form L 3.

597. The following will be in possession of every unit :—

Regulations for New Zealand Military Forces.

*King’s Regulations.

Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the N.Z. Military Forces.

The Army Act.

Regulations for Clothing and Equipment of N.Z. Military Forces.

N.Z. Dress Regulations.

Training Manual (for arm of service).

Training Manual (Signalling).

*Field Service Regulations (Part I).

*Field Service Regulations (Part II).

Musketry Regulations.

N.Z. Musketry Instructions.

*Field Service Manual (for arm of service).

*Training and Manoeuvre Regulations.

Manual of Map-reading and Field Sketching.

*Manual of Field Engineering.

*Field Service Pocket-book.

*Animal Management.

*N.Z. Mobilization Regulations.

598. A free issue will be made to each officer and sergeant (except N.C.O.s of Senior Cadets) of all arms of one copy of Regulations for N.Z. Military Forces, one copy of Field Service Regulations (Part I), and one copy of Musketry Regulations; and to each officer and sergeant of each arm, and to each man of the N.Z.M.C., of one copy of the Training Manual relating to the arm to which he belongs. The books marked * will be issued on the scale of one per squadron, battery, or company for use when required by officers and others. The remaining books will be issued on the scale of one per unit.

599. All books issued under this regulation are to be regarded as public property, and those issued to individual officers and sergeants are to be handed over for reissue when officers and sergeants leave the Forces. These books must be produced for inspection when called for.

600. All printing, other than that for units to be provided out of maintenance grant, required in districts will be referred to Headquarters for approval and transmission to the Government Printing Office. In cases of urgency authority may be requested for local printing.

601. Supplies of army forms and books (except examination), whether on payment or as a free issue, can be obtained on application to the Director of Equipment and Stores, Headquarters, Wellington. When issued on payment they will be paid for out of the maintenance grant.

Supplies of examination forms and books may be obtained on application to the Director of Military Training, Headquarters, Wellington.

SECTION XIII.

Rifle Clubs.

FORMATION.

602. Rifle Clubs may be established in such localities as may be authorized by the Governor: Provided, however, that all Rifle Clubs which have been duly gazetted or authorized by General Order prior to these regulations shall be considered Rifle Clubs duly established under these regulations.

603. A Rifle Club may be formed by application on a prescribed form signed by not less than fifteen men eligible to become active members, who must be natural-born or naturalized British subjects, and who are bona fide residents of the locality in which it is desired to form the club, which must be forwarded to the Officer i/c Area Group in which the club will be situated. In special cases the Governor may authorize the formation of clubs to which the surplus men not required for the Territorial Force can be posted to carry out the prescribed training. If at any time after the first year of formation the strength of a Rifle Club falls below fifteen active members, such club may be disbanded by the Governor.

604. The maximum strength of a Rifle Club will be 100 members.

MEMBERSHIP.

605. Rifle Clubs shall consist of—

(a.) Ordinary members;

(b.) Honorary members;

(c.) General Training attached.

606. Ordinary members must be under the age of fifty-five, and shall undertake to serve as a Secondary Reserve to be drafted in time of emergency into the ranks of the Territorial Force when the Territorial Force Reserve has been exhausted.

607. Officers on the Active List and soldiers of the Permanent Force, Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force, including those of General Training Sections, may not become ordinary members of Rifle Clubs.

608. Those under (c) are those liable for service in the Territorial Force, but for whom no vacancies exist, and who are therefore required to carry out the prescribed training in the General Training Section of the Rifle Club.

609. The attaching of these to Rifle Clubs will be carried out by the Area Group Officer during June, concurrent with the postings to the Senior Cadets and Territorial Force.