2378

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 99

120. Materials for cleaning and oiling machine guns and their mountings will be supplied in the following proportions:—

SECTION V.—AMMUNITION.

A. Small-arm Ammunition for Practice and Exercise.

121. Service small-arm ammunition will be issued in the proportions as laid down in musketry course for the period.

122. The place of storage and any detailed arrangements for supply of troops on mobilization will be laid down in local mobilization orders and Defence schemes.

All units will be kept informed of these arrangements so far as they are concerned.

123. In case of emergency the ordinary supply of service ammunition can be increased to such additional quantity as the superior authority may consider necessary.

124. Extra issues of ammunition remaining unexpended will be returned to Ordnance Department on the termination of the service that necessitated the supply.

125. Ammunition for Rifle Clubs will be issued under paras. 635 to 641, Regulations for Military Forces, Dominion of New Zealand, 1913.

126. On the 1st June in each year all units will render to the Ordnance Officer of district a return showing the actual strength of warrant officers and N.C.O.s and men on that date, also the number of rounds of blank ·303 in. ammunition (except that authorized under para. 132) actually in possession of the unit. The Ordnance Officer will forward these returns to the D. of E. & O.S. in consolidated form.

127. From these returns the D. of E. & O.S. will compile a statement in duplicate showing the quantities in possession of each unit, and the quantities issuable for the year, the latter being calculated as laid down in Musketry Regulations. This consolidated statement will be passed to the C.G.S. for the decision of the G.O.C. as to whether the quantities shown in possession of units are to be allowed in whole or in part in addition to the quantities issuable for the year, or whether they are to be taken in diminution thereof.

128. The decision will be recorded on the forms, one copy of which will be retained by the C.G.S. and the other returned to the D. of E. & O.S., and will be the authority for the total amount of blank ·303 in. ammunition to be issued in the command during the year.

129. The quantities to be allotted to the several units in the districts will be communicated from time to time by the C.G.S. to the D. of E. & O.S., who will issue the necessary instructions to Ordnance Officers of districts, at the same time notifying the C.G.S. what balance, if any, remains for allotment.

130. Any part of the annual allowance of ammunition authorized under this paragraph not drawn from Ordnance Department by the 31st May in each year will lapse. Quantities so forfeited may not be added to the allowance for the following year.

131. C.O.s may obtain on repayment from the Ordnance Department such quantities of small-arm ammunition as may be required for regimental purposes.

Pistol ammunition will only be issued on repayment for the use of those ranks who are armed with pistols on service.

Bandoliers and chargers issued with ·303 in. ammunition will be charged for at Vocabulary rates.

B. Machine-gun Ammunition.

132. The annual proportion of ammunition for practice and exercise will be as detailed below:—

C. Conveyance of Ammunition.

133. Neither gunpowder nor ammunition of any kind will be forwarded to an Ordnance depot until the officer forwarding the same is satisfied that the consignee is ready to receive it.

134. Whenever ammunition is conveyed in military vehicles the loading will, if possible, be performed by the troops, who will be held responsible for its correctness.

135. When explosives are issued from an Ordnance depot and coverings are considered necessary they will be supplied by the Ordnance Department. They will be returned to store immediately on completion of the service.

136. In the event of the orders existing in the district rendering a military escort necessary, the consignor will apply to O.C. District for the escort, stating the day and hour when it will be required, and, unless the transport is provided by the troops, the number of wagons or carts to be escorted,