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the Cadet resides will be notified on the prescribed form by the area
Sergeant-major of the area in which the Cadet has been registered
for training.
662. A Senior Cadet temporarily resident in another part of
the country may perform his drills with a Senior Cadet Company
in that part, provided the consent of the Company Commander
and of his own Company Commander be obtained. The necessary
entries in his Record-book will be accepted as vouchers for the training
performed.
663. On a Cadet being transferred from one area to another
during the course of his Cadet training, his Record-books will be
completed by the officer commanding his company, and the Duplicate
Record-book forwarded to the Area Sergeant-major of the area
to which the Cadet is going. The Duplicate Record-book will be
passed by the Area Sergeant-major to the officer commanding his
company to which the Cadet is posted in his new area.
664. Under the O.C. District the O.sC. companies of Senior
Cadets are responsible for the command and training of their respective companies. They will be assisted by officers of the Staff
Corps and the members of the Permanent Staff of the area group
to which they belong.
Annual Inspection.
665. The Senior Cadet companies in each district will be inspected annually under arrangements to be made by the O.C. District.
Inspection reports will be rendered on the prescribed form.
Control.
666. The responsibility of Officers in charge of Area Groups,
Adjutants of Territorial units, and Area Sergeants-major in regard to
Senior Cadet companies are laid down in paras. 79 (3), 80 (2), and
82 (4).
Appointment of Officers in Senior Cadets.
667. The rules governing the appointment, promotion, and retirement of officers for service in the Senior Cadets are laid down in paras. 96-99 and 115-129.
Duties of the Officer Commanding a Company.
668. The duties of the officer commanding a company of Senior
Cadets are detailed in para. 42.
Appointment of Non-commissioned Officers in the Senior Cadets.
669. Selected N.C.O.s of the Territorial Force may, on the recommendation of their Commanding Officer, be appointed by the O.C. District as colour-sergeant Cadet instructors and attached to
Senior Cadet companies. While so attached they will attend the annual camp of their unit, and will fire the annual course of musketry
laid down for the Territorial Force, but during the rest of the year
will be at the disposal of the O.C. Senior Cadet company to which they belong.
670. Senior Cadets of the age of sixteen and over may be
appointed Cadet non-commissioned officers, and promoted by the
O.C. Company, within the establishment laid down.
671. No Senior Cadet, while serving as such, can rise above
the rank of colour-sergeant, and no Senior Cadet N.C.O. has any authority or powers of command except in the Senior Cadets.
672. In companies forming part of a school the appointment of N.C.O.s shall be subject to the approval of the headmaster.
673. The service of Cadets who have reached the age for transfer to the Territorial Force, and who are of the rank of Cadet sergeant or over, may be retained with the Senior Cadets subject to the following conditions :---
(1.) The number of N.C.O.s whose services are so retained must not exceed a total of four per Cadet company.
These N.C.O.s will be specially selected and recommended by the O.C. Cadet Company, and their retention with the Senior Cadets will be subject to the approval of the O.C. District and to the consent of the N.C.O. concerned.
(2.) These N.C.O.s will be posted to a unit of the Territorial Force in the ordinary course, and will be furnished with arms and equipment by the unit (but not uniform).
After posting they will be shown as detached for service with the Senior Cadets, whose uniform they will continue to wear, and will count this service with the Cadets as Territorial service up to the age of twenty-five so long as their duties are satisfactorily performed.
They are liable to be returned to their unit at any time on the recommendation of the O.C. Cadet Company.
On being transferred to the Reserve at the age of twenty-five these N.C.O.s may continue to serve in the Senior Cadets up to the age of thirty under the same conditions as before, except that they need not attend any annual camp and need not perform the Reservists' parades.
(3.) In addition to their Cadet service these N.C.O.s will attend for a period of seven days annually, exclusive of days of arrival and departure, the annual camp of their unit so long as they continue to be borne on its strength.
They will at these times and when attending camps or courses of instruction be entitled to the same pay, &c., as other private soldiers of the unit, but will not, while serving with the Senior Cadets be eligible to hold any higher rank than that of private in the Territorial Force.
Uniform.
674. The uniform and equipment of the Senior Cadets is laid down in the Equipment Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces.
675. Uniforms, arms, and accoutrements of the authorized pattern will be issued free, under the conditions laid down in the N.Z. Equipment Regulations to Senior Cadets or to Boy Scouts enrolled in the Senior Cadets.
This uniform is Government property.
676. Senior Cadets transferred from one company to another will take their uniforms with them, but will hand in their arms and accoutrements to their Company Commander prior to transfer.
676A. No Senior Cadet 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 Senior Cadet who commits a breach of this regulation is liable to a fine not exceeding £2 for each such offence, recoverable on summary conviction.
Maintenance Grants.
677. The maintenance grant to Senior Cadets is laid down in the "Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations."
Training.
678. The training to be performed by Senior Cadets is laid down in para. 249.
The musketry course for Senior Cadets is laid down in N.Z. Musketry Instructions.
Discipline.
679. Discipline in the Senior Cadets is dealt with in paras. 229-233.
SECTION XV.--THE NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
ESTABLISHMENT.
680. The New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve shall consist of one Lieutenant-Colonel, one Staff Officer, sixteen Majors, thirty-two Captains, and one hundred and twenty-eight Lieutenants.
ADMINISTRATION.
681. The New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve will be administered on mobilization by a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Territorial Force, who will be responsible to the Quartermaster-General, assisted by a Staff Officer, who will be appointed from the Permanent Forces of the Dominion.
The administrative duties in peace will be performed by an officer of the Headquarters Staff under the Quartermaster-General.
REQUISITIONS FOR SERVICE.
682. In peace time requisitions for the services of New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve Officers will be forwarded for approval by O.C. Districts direct to the Quartermaster-General, Headquarters, New Zealand Defence Forces, Wellington.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
683. (a.) Gentlemen accepting commissions in the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve must possess a thoroughly efficient motor-car and a good practical knowledge of it.
They will be required to perform seven days' duty annually (consecutively or otherwise as required, or as fourteen half-days) if called upon.
Their duties will be entirely in connection with the Headquarters and District Staffs of the Defence Forces.
Officers will be asked to perform duty as far as possible in the neighbourhood in which they reside.
(b.) Officers of the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve must be between the ages of twenty-one and fifty-nine inclusive.
They will be placed on the Retired List at the age of sixty.
ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT.
684. Commissioned officers of the Permanent Forces, Territorial Force, Senior Cadets, and compulsory members of Rifle
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NZ Gazette 1914, No 6