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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

that of which he may have been deprived by the exigencies of
active service, as would afford him an opportunity of passing.

171. No exception to paras. 169 and 170 will be allowed except
     with the approval of the General Officer Commanding.

172. An officer of the Territorial Force may be required to
     resign his commission if he is—

(a.) Absent without leave for more than three months :
(b.) Adversely reported on in two successive years :
(c.) Inefficient in any one year :
(d.) Found to be medically unfit.

173. Any officer required to resign his commission on the
     ground of being unsatisfactorily reported on or inefficient may,
     within one month of being so required, appeal, and such appeal will
     be forwarded for consideration by a Board of officers nominated
     for that purpose by the General Officer Commanding. If after three
     months of being so required to resign, or, in the case of appeal,
     after three months from the promulgation of the decision of the
     Board of officers, any officer so required to resign who neglects
     or refuses to do so shall be retired.

174. An officer who resigns or is retired under paras 169–173,
     except on the grounds of medical unfitness, will be required to
     complete in the ranks the training to which he may be liable.

175. The Minister of Defence may at any time submit to the
     Governor-General the name of any officer of the N.Z. Permanent
     Forces or Territorial Force whom the General Officer Commanding
     reports as being incompetent, or neglectful of his duty, or otherwise
     unsuitable to continue to exercise the duties of his rank or appoint-
     ment, and the Governor-General may cancel the commission of such
     officer.

176. An officer of the N.Z. Military Forces shall be liable to be
     summarily dismissed from the Defence Force, at any time, for
     misconduct.

RETIRED LIST.

177. The Retired List shall consist of the names of officers
     to whom, on retirement, the Governor-General has granted the
     privilege of retaining their rank and the right to wear uniform on
     appropriate occasions. Except in the case of officers who have
     held commissions in the Permanent Forces, or of officers who have
     served as officers on active service, or of officers specified in the
     following paragraph, these privileges are limited to official and
     ceremonial occasions within the Dominion.

178. His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve that,
     in the case of officers who held commissions on the Active List or
     Reserve of Officers between the 5th August, 1914, and the 31st
     August, 1921, these privileges may be extended throughout the
     British Empire.

179. Officers of the N.Z. Permanent Forces may be posted to
     the Retired List if they have been on active service as officers, or
     have completed four years’ commissioned service on the Active
     List of the N.Z. Permanent Forces.

180. Officers of the Territorial Force may be posted to the
     Retired List if they have been on active service as officers, or have
     completed fifteen years’ commissioned service, towards which period
     efficient service on the Reserve of Officers will count as half-time.

181. Officers on the Retired List have no further connection
     with the Military Forces, but their names will be recorded in the
     N.Z. Army List. When using their rank, or appearing in uniform,
     they will be required to conform to the regulations.

182. Officers posted to the Retired List will be posted with
     the highest rank held by them during any period of their service.

183. Officers on the Retired List must report in writing between
     the 1st and 31st January each year to General Headquarters, N.Z.
     Military Forces, Wellington, stating their address. The names of
     those who neglect so to report will be deleted from the list.

N.Z. ARMY LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

184. The N.Z. Army Legal Department will consist of such
     officers as are appointed or transferred to that department.

185. Commissions in the N.Z. Army Legal Department will be
     granted only to gentlemen who are barristers or solicitors of the
     Supreme Court of New Zealand.

186. On first appointment officers will be commissioned in the
     rank of Captain, or, in the case of officers transferred from other
     units, in the rank of Captain or the rank they held previously,
     whichever is the higher: Provided, however, that no officer in the
     N.Z. Army Legal Department other than the Judge Advocate-
     General shall hold rank higher than that of Lieutenant-Colonel.

187. Officers will not be required to attend parades, but may
     be required to deliver lectures, hold classes, and conduct examina-
     tions in military law, and for any such purposes to visit training-
     camps of units in the formation to which attached, or, where neces-
     sary, camps of other units or formations.

188. For purposes of discipline and administration, officers
     attached to the staff of a formation or unit will be under the com-
     mand of the Officer Commanding; officers not so attached will be
     under the command of the Adjutant-General.

189. All matters relating to appointment, promotion, and
     transfer will be under control of the Adjutant-General. A report
     by the Judge Advocate-General, or, in his absence, or if the office be

vacant, the Deputy Judge Advocate-General, on the professional
fitness of the person concerned, will be obtained when an appoint-
ment or promotion is contemplated.

190. Legal Staff Officers will communicate, on questions of
     military law, directly with the senior legal Staff Officer on the
     command Staff, whose ruling, direction, or opinion shall be binding,
     subject, however, to the right to require that the question shall be
     submitted to the Deputy Judge Advocate-General, whose decision,
     if it supports that of the senior Legal Staff Officer, shall be final;
     if not, a final appeal shall lie to the Judge Advocate-General.

191. All officers of the N.Z. Army Legal Department shall be
     bound by the rulings, directions, and opinions on questions of
     military law given by the Judge Advocate-General, or during his
     absence or a vacancy in the office of the Judge Advocate-General,
     by the Deputy Judge Advocate-General.

192. An officer of the Army Legal Department shall be classi-
     fied as efficient for each year in which he satisfactorily performs the
     duties allotted to him.

193. Officers of the Army Legal Department shall not exercise
     any military command except over such officers and soldiers as
     may be detailed for duty under their orders, or in performance of
     any duties allotted to them under these regulations.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

194. The N.Z. Chaplains Department will consist of—

(a.) The Active List, comprising Chaplains who will be required
for duty with units of the Territorial Force in peace
and on mobilization; and

(b.) The Reserve, comprising the remaining Chaplains, who
will be available for duty as required to fill vacancies
occurring on or after mobilization. Chaplains will not
be eligible for service on the Reserve until they have
completed four years’ service on the Active List.
Chaplains at present on the Reserve who do not fulfil
this requirement may, however, remain on the Reserve.

195. The normal establishment of Chaplains on the Active
     List in each regimental district will be as follows: Church of
     England, 5; Roman Catholic, 2; Presbyterian, 3; Methodist, 2;
     Other denominations (each), 1; Salvation Army, 1. The G.O.C.
     may, however, vary this establishment, on the recommendation of
     an O.C. Command, in order to meet special circumstances.

196. A Chaplain on the Active List who removes from one
     regimental district to another, in which he becomes surplus to
     establishment, may be appointed to Class I of the Reserve until
     a vacancy occurs in his regimental district, when he may be
     reappointed to the Active List to fill such vacancy.

197. All appointments of Chaplains to the Active List will be
     made, on the recommendation of the Chaplains Advisory Com-
     mittee, in the 4th Class, and only on condition that they are
     medically fit for active service and are below the age of forty
     years.

198. Chaplains may be permitted to serve on the Active List
     until they attain the following ages: Chaplain, 4th Class, forty-five
     years; Chaplain, 3rd Class, fifty years; Chaplain, 2nd Class,
     fifty-five years; Chaplain, 1st Class, sixty years.

199. The Reserve will be divided into two classes:—

(a.) The Reserve Class I, consisting of Chaplains who are
medically fit for active service and within the age-limit
for the Active List; and

(b.) The Reserve Class II, consisting of Chaplains who are
medically fit for service in New Zealand but not for
active service, or who are not eligible for Class I on
account of age.

200. All Chaplains, whether on the Active List or Reserve,
     on attaining the age of sixty years will be retired. If eligible
     under para. 180 they will be posted to the Retired List.

201. Chaplains, whether on the Active List or Reserve, will
     have the same liability for service in a national emergency as
     other officers of the Territorial Force. Chaplains on the Reserve
     will be called up to fill vacancies occurring on or after mobiliza-
     tion, Class I being called up before Class II. When called up for
     duty they will receive the pay and allowances of Territorial officers
     of equivalent rank.

202. A Chaplain, by virtue of his appointment, will be an officer
     of the N.Z. Military Forces, and will be commissioned as such,
     but will not hold rank other than as Chaplain, and will not exercise
     any command. He will for precedence rank with other officers as
     follows: Chaplain, 1st Class, with Colonel; Chaplain, 2nd Class,
     with Lieut.-Colonel; Chaplain, 3rd Class, with Major; Chaplain,
     4th Class, with Captain.

Chaplains will take precedence amongst themselves in accord-
ance with their class and seniority therein.

Chaplains will take precedence with officers of corresponding
rank, and with Chaplains of the same class, according to seniority.

203. A Chaplain may, if recommended by the Chaplains
     Advisory Committee and by the O.C. Command, be promoted as
     follows:—

(a.) After ten years’ service, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class.

(b.) Promotion to the 2nd Class will be by selection from
Chaplains, 3rd Class, having not less than eighteen
years’ service.