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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Regulations for the Special Entry of Naval Cadets.

Defence Department,
Wellington, 27th June, 1916.

THE following extracts from regulations, received from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, respecting the special entry of Naval cadets are published for general information.

The “special entry” scheme has been in force for several years, and according to advice received from the Admiralty will remain in operation during 1917, and thereafter until further notice.

Applicants for admission under the special-entry scheme are required to attend for examination in England.

The regulations for the entry and training of Naval cadets at the Royal Naval colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth, together with a special notice for New Zealand candidates, are contained in a separate pamphlet, which can be obtained on application to the Director of Education, Wellington. The scheme of entry through Osborne and Dartmouth is the main method by which officers are admitted to the Royal Navy.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

2. Candidates for admission must be not more than 18½ nor less than 17½ years of age on the 1st of June of the year in which the examination is held. No nomination is required. Applications should be made to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W., not later than the 1st April. A form of application to be filled in by the parent or guardian of the candidate may be obtained from the admiralty.

3. Candidates must be of pure European descent, and the sons either of natural-born or naturalized British subjects. In doubtful cases the burden of clear proof will rest upon the candidate.

Candidates must be unmarried.

4. Applicants who satisfy these conditions will be invited to appear before a committee at the Admiralty. This committee will interview each candidate and examine credentials furnished by the headmaster of the school he is attending or last attended. A report will be obtained beforehand from the headmaster for the information of the committee as to the candidate’s conduct, abilities, past training, and general promise of suitability. On the report of this committee it will be determined whether the candidate shall be admitted to compete. Candidates will be required to pass at the same time a medical examination, according to the prescribed regulations, as to their physical fitness for the Navy.

5. Every candidate must be in good health, and free from any physical defect of body, impediment of speech, defect of sight or hearing, and also from any predisposition to constitutional or hereditary disease or weakness of any kind, and be in all respects well developed and active in proportion to his age.

It should be particularly noted that full normal vision—as determined by Snellen’s tests—is required for candidates for Naval cadetships. A memorandum is issued by the Admiralty which gives details of the physical requirements of candidates.

6. Candidates admitted to compete will present themselves for examination in June by the Civil Service Commissioners. The subjects of examination and a syllabus of the subjects are shown in Appendix I. Any further particulars of the examination can be obtained from the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Burlington Gardens, W.

By arrangement between the Admiralty and the War Office a candidate who is admitted to compete in the examination for special entry as a Naval cadet may, if he so desires, and provided he fulfils all the necessary conditions, present himself at the same time for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, or Royal Military College, Sandhurst, or to supplementary first appointments in the Royal Marines, in which case he must express definitely his order of preference* before the examination has begun. For particulars of the conditions of entry to the Royal Military Academy and Royal Military College, application should be made to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.

† Regulations for supplementary first appointments in the Royal Marines may be obtained from the Secretary of the Admiralty.

7. A list of successful candidates in order of merit will be published by the Civil Service Commission.

*Following the Army Regulations, a candidate may say that if he is not among the first (so many) successful competitors for the Royal Military Academy or the Royal Military College (as the case may be) he will elect for a Naval cadetship.

8. Successful candidates will be appointed as cadets to undergo a course of training for a period of 1½ years. During this period they will be accommodated on board a cruiser, part of the instruction being given on board and part on shore.

On completing this course, and passing out satisfactorily, they will join the fleet as midshipmen. They will become midshipmen later in age than cadets who enter through Osborne, but their services in that rank will be shorter, with the general result that except for the effect of the accelerated promotion which they may obtain by doing well in their final examinations their age will usually be about a year more on attaining the rank of Lieutenant. This will be no bar to their advancement according to merit. The same subsequent career will be open to them as to officers who have entered the Navy through Osborne and Dartmouth.

9. Naval cadets under training will be subject to the regulations for the time being in force respecting such cadets.

10. Parents or guardians are required to make a private allowance of £50 per annum to cadets from the time they join the Naval service until they reach the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant (namely, for a period of about 3 years and 4 months), and thereafter a private allowance at the rate of £20 a year for the period (usually not exceeding two months) that they remain Acting Sub-Lieutenants with pay at the rate of 3s. 6d. a day before becoming Sub-Lieutenants. On reaching the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, an officer is required to provide himself with the uniform of a commissioned officer.

11. Cadets will be paid 1s. a day from the time of entry until they become midshipmen, when their pay will become 1s. 9d. a day. On reaching the rank of Sub-Lieutenant an officer will be paid 5s. a day. The commencing rate of pay of a Lieutenant, reached after at most two years as Sub-Lieutenant, is 10s. a day.

A Sub-Lieutenant can meet his mess and other necessary expenditure on the pay of 5s. a day.

12. The parent or guardian of every cadet is required to provide outfit under the regulations in force. A list of the outfit required under present regulations is attached. The outfit, together with a sextant, costs about £60.

13. All travelling expenses for cadets are advanced by the Paymaster of the ship to which they are attached, but will be charged to the cadet.

Such money as may be required by cadets for any special circumstance will be advanced by the Paymaster under the authority of their Commanding Officer.

14. Parents or guardians of cadets must, in all cases of permanent change of residence, inform the Admiralty and the Commanding Officer of the ship in which their sons are serving.

15. Cadets may be required to withdraw at any time, if in the opinion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty—
    (1.) They fail to obtain a satisfactory standard; or
    (2.) Their conduct is unsatisfactory; or
    (3.) They are considered unsuitable for the Naval service.

16. It will be open to officers, after reaching commissioned rank, to volunteer for service in any one of the special branches, undertaking either navigation, gunnery, torpedo, or engineering duty.

By Command of Their Lordships.

W. GRAHAM GREENE.

Admiralty, November, 1913.

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LIST OF ARTICLES REQUIRED ON JOINING.

• A pattern can be seen at the Admiralty Pattern Rooms, Broadway, Westminster.

Sheets, 6. Pillow-cases, 3. Uniform jackets (superfine), 1. Uniform trousers (superfine), 1. Uniform waistcoat (superfine), 1. Uniform caps, peak ½ turned down (superfine), 2. Working summer suit, blue tweed, with two pairs trousers, 1. Working winter suit, of special material, 1; the material of pattern jacket is to be strictly adhered to. Cloth uniform monkey jacket, 1. Uniform greatcoat, 1. White flannel trousers (well shrunk), 6. White flannel shirts (with collars to turn down), 6. White day shirts, 8. Collars, 12. Pyjama suits, 4. Socks (merino, thick woollen), 8 in all. Drawers (thin merino, short; thick for winter, long), 6 in all. Vests (thin merino, thick for winter), 6 in all. Bath-towel, 4. Face-towel, 4. Sweaters (high neck), 3. Neckties (black silk of uniform pattern), 2. Pocket handkerchiefs, 12. White woollen gloves, 2. Braces, 2. Boots, strong laced, soles at least ⅜ in. thick, 2; plain fronts, no toecaps. Shoes, Oxford patent leather, with strong soles; plain fronts, no toecaps, 1. Uniform gaiters, 1. Hair-brush, comb, clothes-brush, tooth-brush, nail-brush, sponge, 1. Soiled-linen bag, with name, 2. Rug, of uniform pattern,* 1. Portmanteau, with name, 1; to be of following dimensions—2 ft. 4 in. by 1 ft. 5 in. by 1 ft. 1 in. Travelling bag,