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46. All increments in pay as applicable to the schedule specified above are entirely dependent upon the recommendations of the responsible officers controlling the various units, and all promotion is contingent upon such recommendation.

47. The term “married” in Regulations 44 and 45 shall be deemed to include a widower with a dependent child or children under the age of eighteen years.

48. Forty badges, each carrying a personal payment of £1, shall be issued annually to the R.N.Z.A., and shall be distributed regimentally by the O.C. Depot, R.N.Z.A., to those men who best qualify as specialists at the annual examination.

SECTION III.—UNIFORM ALLOWANCE, TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES, AND OTHER ALLOWANCES OF THE N.Z. PERMANENT FORCES AND MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL OR OTHER DOMINION FORCES ATTACHED THERETO.

Uniform Allowance.

49. On appointment to a commission in the Permanent Forces an officer shall be granted an outfit allowance of £16, and a subsequent annual upkeep allowance of £6.

The initial allowance shall not be granted to any member of the Territorial Force or officers of the Reserve employed on a temporary basis.

PERMANENT FORCES.

50. Free issues of clothing to warrant and non-commissioned officers and men of the N.Z. Permanent Forces will in future be made only to individuals when they are first attested for permanent service, in accordance with the following scale:—

    Badges, cap . . . . . . . . . . 2
    Badges, collar (sets) . . . . . . . . . . 2
    Bag, kit . . . . . . . . 1
    Boots, ankle (pairs), (tan in the case of N.C.O.s above the
    rank of sergeant) . . . . . . . . 2
    Cap, S.D. . . . . . . . . 1
    Drawers, woollen (pairs) . . . . . . . . 2
    Greatcoat (mounted or dismounted) . . . . . . . . 1
    Hat, with puggaree . . . . . . . . 1
    Jacket, denim . . . . . . . . 1
    Jacket, S.D. . . . . . . . . 1
    Pantaloons (pair) . . . . . . . . 1
    Puttees (pair) . . . . . . . . 1
    Shirts, flannel . . . . . . . . 2
    Socks (pairs) . . . . . . . . 3
    Titles, brass (sets) . . . . . . . . 2
    Trousers (pair) . . . . . . . . 1
    Trousers, denim (pair) . . . . . . . . 1
    Vests, woollen . . . . . . . . 2

    • Artificers and Ordnance personnel only.

51. No subsequent renewals at Government expense will be made, but a uniform allowance of £5 per annum, payable on the 1st January, in advance, will be made to each Permanent soldier for upkeep of uniform. The soldier will be held responsible that his uniform as enumerated above is at all times complete and serviceable. This grant will not be payable until after twelve months from date of enlistment. Prior to the payment of the annual uniform allowance being made, a certificate must be furnished to the Paymaster by the soldier’s Commanding Officer, to the effect that he is in possession of a complete and serviceable uniform.

TEMPORARY PERSONNEL.

52. Warrant officers, N.C.O.s, and men (other than M.T. personnel) engaged on a temporary basis, and civil employees of the Ordnance Department, will, on being engaged, be supplied with two suits of denims, which will be worn when on duty, and will be replaced at stated intervals when necessary. On all other occasions temporary personnel, as above, will wear plain clothes. Temporary personnel of the M.T. Section A.S.C. will, as regards clothing, be treated exactly as artificers of the Permanent Forces.

Allowances to Members of the N.Z. Permanent Forces holding Honorary Commissions.

53. Members of the N.Z. Permanent Forces who have been granted honorary commissions will be entitled to the travelling-allowances, together with the allowance for upkeep of uniform, laid down in regulations, in the same manner as commissioned officers of the N.Z. Permanent Forces.

Forage Allowance when Travelling.

54. Forage allowance will be paid to an officer, warrant officer, or non-commissioned officer when travelling on duty for which detailed (with his horse) at the rate of 1s. 6d. per feed, with a maximum of 4s. 6d. per diem, provided the distance travelled is, not less than ten miles from his headquarters.

Travelling-allowance on Temporary Transfer.

55. Unless otherwise approved by the G.O. i/c A., the maximum period for which travelling-allowance may be paid to all ranks temporarily transferred for duty at any station (where neither rations nor quarters are provided) outside their own headquarters shall be—Married, twenty-eight days; single, seven days.