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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

Director of Air Services.

29. The Director of Air Services is responsible to the General Officer Commanding for—
    (a.) Technical advice on all Air Force matters:
    (b.) The organization, administration, and training of the N.Z. Air Forces.
    He will command the N.Z. Permanent Air Force.

Director of Financial Services.

30. The Director of Financial Services is responsible to the General Officer Commanding for—
    (a.) The compilation of parliamentary estimates:
    (b.) Reviewing proposals for new expenditure or for redistribution of the sums allotted to the different subheads of the vote:
    (c.) Financial adjustments and relations with other Departments and Governments:
    (d.) Accounts and audit:
    (e.) Cost accounting:
    (f.) The issue of pay to Permanent Forces and Territorial Force, and organization of pay-offices:
    (g.) The administration of the N.Z. Army Pay Corps:
    (h.) The control of civilian staff:
    (i.) Financial statistics.
    He is Commanding Officer of the N.Z. Army Pay Corps.

Judge Advocate-General.

31. The Judge Advocate-General will be responsible to the Minister of Defence for—
    (a.) Superintending the administration of military law in the Dominion:
    (b.) Giving advice on matters leading up to the convening of Courts-martial:
    (c.) Reviewing the proceedings with a view to seeing that they have been regular and legal:
    (d.) In the event of it being necessary to quash the proceedings, making recommendations to the Minister of Defence with this object:
    (e.) The custody of confirmed proceedings of all Courts-martial:
    (f.) Assisting the Minister of Defence in the formulation of any advice it may be necessary to give the Governor-General regarding the proceedings of General Courts-martial or other such matters.

Deputy Judge Advocate-General.

31A. The Deputy Judge Advocate-General will be attached to General Headquarters, and will be responsible to the Judge Advocate-General for—
(a.) Assisting the Judge Advocate-General, and in his absence, or when the office is vacant, performing the duties of Judge Advocate-General:
(b.) Proceedings of Courts-martial, all of which will in the first instance be referred to him, and except in cases of doubt or difficulty may be finally dealt with by him, subject nevertheless to the right of appeal against his decision to the Judge Advocate-General.

Committees.

32. The composition of committees will be as under:—
    (1.) Mobilization Committee—
    Chief of the General Staff (Chairman):
    Director of Military Training and Intelligence:
    Adjutant-General:
    Director of Artillery.
    A second representative of each of the above-mentioned branches of the Staff shall also attend meetings of the committee.
    (2.) Establishments Committee—
    Chief of the General Staff (Chairman):
    Director of Military Training and Intelligence:
    Adjutant-General:
    Quartermaster-General:
    Director of Artillery.
    (3.) Small-arms Ammunition Committee—
    Director of Artillery (Chairman):
    Director of Military Training and Intelligence:
    Quartermaster-General:
    Director of Ordnance Services:
    Director of Financial Services.

II. IN COMMANDS.

Colonel-Commandant.

33. Subject to the regulations and instructions issued from time to time from General Headquarters, the Colonel Commandant of a military command will exercise command over all troops within his command. Within that area he is the representative of the General Officer Commanding the Forces, and is responsible to him for—
    (a.) The training and efficiency, interior economy, and discipline of the troops under his command:
    (b.) The registration, enrolment, posting, transfer, and discharge of all those within his command who are or become from time to time liable for military service under the Defence Act:
    (c.) The annual inspection of all units of the Permanent Forces, Territorial Force, and Cadets under his command, and reporting thereon:
    (d.) The administration and discipline of all troops under his command:
    (e.) The arrangements for mobilization, and the maintenance of mobilization equipment:
    (f.) The maintenance and administration of armament, works, lands, and Defence property generally:
    (g.) The economical control of expenditure, whether money, supplies, or stores:
    (h.) The proper conduct of all departmental services:
    (i.) The compilation of the necessary estimates for all services.

34. An Officer Commanding a Command will furnish annually to General Headquarters, on the 1st May, a report bringing to notice any difficulties or defects due to local conditions, containing suggestions for rectifying them, and generally for increasing the efficiency of the Military Forces. The report should be of a general nature, and should deal with such subjects as the following:—
    (a.) How far local conditions have affected registration, enrolment, and training within his command during the year under report; whether the regulations and orders which have been issued have been difficult of application, with any suggestions for amending the same; suggestions for facilitating the training of the troops within his command by the acquisition of training-areas, rifle ranges, buildings, &c.:
    (b.) Other matters affecting his command which may be considered of sufficient interest or importance to be brought to notice.

(NOTE.—Reports and tables of statistics made to an O.C. Command by Staff Officers or heads of services or departments are not to accompany the annual report.)

35. Questions of importance which an O.C. Command desires to bring to the notice of General Headquarters should not be held over for this report, but should be dealt with as they arise, in separate communications.

36. He is responsible for obtaining all information concerning the military resources of his command.

37. He will not under any circumstances quit the area of his command without permission, and in applying for leave of absence he will specify the officer on whom the command will devolve.

38. He will revise annually the scheme for mobilization and for defence of all fortresses or defended ports in his command, and will render to General Headquarters, on the 1st February, copies of such revised scheme.

39. He will furnish a confidential report on the prescribed form, on the 3rd February in each year, on every officer of the Permanent Forces under his command.

General Staff Officer, 1st Grade.

40. The General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, in a command will assist the O.C. Command and be responsible to him for the following:—
    (a.) The co-ordination of Staff duties in the command:
    (b.) The training of all units in the command:
    (c.) Such inspectional duties as the Colonel Commandant may direct:
    (d.) The issue of Command Headquarters orders, instructions, and circulars:
    (e.) Defence schemes, and their annual revision:
    (f.) Co-ordination, preparation, and revision of plans of mobilization:
    (g.) Censorship and intelligence:
    (h.) The custody of secret documents:
    (i.) Preparation of yearly command estimates.
    In the absence of the O.C. Command, the G.S.O. (1) will act for him.

Staff Officers at Command Headquarters.

41. The duties of Staff Officers at Command Headquarters will be allocated by the O.C. Command, and will, as far as possible, follow the lines laid down for Staff Officers holding similar appointments at General Headquarters.

Assistant Director of Medical Services.

42. The Assistant Director of Medical Services will be the technical adviser to the O.C. Command on medical and sanitary matters, and will carry out the following duties:—
    (a.) Detail Medical Officers for duty as required within the command:
    (b.) Arrange for medical examination and treatment of members of the N.Z. Military Forces in the command, as authorized:
    (c.) He will seek the co-operation of the officers of the Public Health Department in matters affecting the camps and quarters in the command.