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(b.) After three years as staff sergeant instructor, to the rank
of warrant officer, Class II:
(c.) After three years as warrant officer, Class II, to the rank
of warrant officer, Class I:
Provided that in all cases the warrant or non-commissioned
officer has passed the examination for the next higher rank and has
been recommended for such promotion by the O.C. Command in
which he is serving.

N.Z. PERMANENT AIR FORCE.

238. Applicants for enlistment into the N.Z. Permanent Air
Force must fulfil the following conditions:—
(i.) Be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five years:
(ii.) Be unmarried:
(iii.) Have passed the Sixth Standard of education or its
equivalent:
(iv.) Be physically fit for active service in any part of the
world.

239. For the purpose of administration and promotion the
other ranks of the Force will be organized into five sections, viz.:—
A Section .. .. Clerks and ledger-keepers.
B Section .. .. Armourers.
C Section .. .. Tradesmen and specialists.
D Section .. .. Storeholders and storemen.
E Section .. .. Non-technical personnel.

Personnel in Sections B and C will be required to pass trade tests
on first appointment and before each subsequent promotion to
higher rank. Personnel in Sections A, D, and E will be required
to qualify for promotion by examination.

240. Promotion to non-commissioned ranks in the various
sections will be as under, subject to passing the necessary exami-
nations and being recommended:—
(a.) Section A, clerks and ledger-keepers: As for Section A of
N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.
(b.) Section B, armourers: As for Section C of N.Z. Army
Ordnance Corps.
(c) Section C, tradesmen and specialists: As for Section B of
N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.
(d.) Section D, storeholders and storemen: As for Section E
of N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.
(e.) Section E, non-technical personnel: As for other ranks of
Royal N.Z. Artillery.

Boys may be attested as Cadets. On reaching the age of
eighteen years they may, if efficient, be mustered privates.
Conditions for future promotion will then conform to (1) of
Section B under the heading N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS.

241. Applicants for enlistment into the N.Z. Army Pay Corps
must be between the ages of twenty-two and forty years, must be
physically fit for active service in any part of the world, and must
have passed the Matriculation Examination or its equivalent.

242. Appointments to the N.Z. Army Pay Corps will normally
be made in the rank of sergeant. Non-commissioned officers so
appointed will be eligible for promotion as under:—
(a.) After three years as sergeant, to the rank of staff sergeant:
(b.) After three years as staff sergeant, to the rank of warrant
officer, Class II:
(c.) After three years as warrant officer, Class II, to the rank
of warrant officer, Class I:
Provided that in all cases the warrant or non-commissioned officer
has passed the examination for the next higher rank and has been
recommended for such promotion by the O.C. Command in which
he is serving and by the Director of Financial Services.

GENERAL DUTY SECTION OF THE N.Z. PERMANENT FORCES.

243. The General Duty Section of the N.Z. Permanent Forces
is composed of non-commissioned officers and men holding such
appointments as caretakers, range-wardens, firemasters, and night-
watchmen, personnel employed on Defence vessels, &c.

244. Appointments to this section may be made by transfer
from other units of the Permanent Forces, or may be made by
original enlistment.

245. Applicants for enlistment must be under the age of fifty
years, and if not fit for active service will be required to give an
indemnity to the effect that no claim will be made for sick-leave
on pay or other benefits in connection with any recurrence or aggra-
vation of their original disability.

246. All enlistments will be made in the rank of private, but,
subject to establishment, rank higher than private may be granted
on enlistment at the discretion of the Adjutant-General.

247. Further promotion will be made without examination,
to fill vacancies in the establishment, subject to favourable recom-
mendation and to qualifying service as follows: Private before
promotion to lance-corporal, three years; lance-corporal before
promotion to corporal, three years; corporal before promotion to
sergeant, five years.

C

DISCHARGE.

251. With the exception of the Royal N.Z. Artillery, which
is dealt with in para. 251A, warrant officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men may be permitted to take their discharge during
their original term of engagement, on the recommendation of their
officer commanding regiment or corps, provided the exigencies of
the service permit. After the completion of their original term of
engagement, and subject to giving one month’s notice, they may
claim their discharge at any time unless a state of great emergency
or national danger exists.

Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men shall
unless re-engaged under para. 209, be discharged on completion of
their original term of engagement.

251A. Every member of the Royal N.Z. Artillery may obtain
his discharge at his own request at any time during the first three
years of his service on payment of the sum of £10, and at any time
during the next succeeding two years on payment of the sum of
£5, and after five years of service without payment: Provided
that the right conferred by this paragraph shall not be exercisable
during any period in which the N.Z. Permanent Forces are on
active service.

252. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of
the Permanent Forces shall be discharged on attaining the age of
fifty-five years, subject to the following provisions:—
(i.) In special cases the General Officer Commanding may,
subject to the physical fitness and efficiency of the
soldiers concerned, grant an extension (a) not exceeding
two years, or (b) up to sixty years of age, or such earlier
age when they will, if retired, have become entitled to
a retiring-allowance under the provisions of the Public
Service Classification and Superannuation Act.
(ii.) Those warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men
who during the year 1917 were transferred from the
Civil Service to the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps or the
N.Z. Army Pay Corps may, subject to the approval of
the General Officer Commanding, be allowed to continue
to serve until they reach the age of sixty-five years, or
until such earlier age when they will have completed
forty years’ service towards a retiring-allowance from
the Public Service Superannuation Fund.

253. A soldier of the Permanent Forces who may be found at
any time during his service to be permanently medically unfit will
be discharged, unless under special circumstances his retention is
approved by the General Officer Commanding.

254. The General Officer Commanding is empowered to dismiss
or discharge any warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or man,
or to order the reversion to a lower grade or to the ranks of any
warrant officer or non-commissioned officer, who is adversely reported
upon in the matter of zeal or efficiency, or who has been found
guilty of misconduct.

255. On a soldier’s discharge being approved his commanding
officer will, on the termination of the soldier’s service, forward all
documents in connection with the case to the Officer i/c Permanent
Force Records, General Headquarters, who will make out the dis-
charge, which will be confirmed by the Adjutant-General, or his
deputy, at General Headquarters, on the date on which a soldier
terminates his service. All documents in connection with soldiers
discharged from the N.Z. Permanent Forces will be held by the
Officer i/c Permanent Force Records, General Headquarters.

256. With a view to assisting a soldier on discharge to obtain
employment in civil life, the Commanding Officer under whom he
has immediately served will provide him with a testimonial as to
his experience and suitability for employment in a civil vocation,
and a copy thereof will be attached to his documents.

SECTION V.—TERRITORIAL FORCE AND CADETS: REGISTRATION, ENROLMENT, POSTING, PROMOTION, TRANSFER, AND DISCHARGE.

REGISTRATION, ENROLMENT, AND POSTING.

257. Subject to the provisions of the Defence Act, all male
inhabitants of New Zealand who have resided therein for six
months and are British subjects are liable to be trained—
(a.) In the Cadets, from the 1st June in the year in which they
attain the age of fourteen years (or the date of their
leaving a primary school, if later) until the 31st May in
the year in which they attain the age of eighteen years
(or such later date on which they cease to attend a
secondary school);
(b.) In the General Training Section or Territorial Force, from
the 1st June of the year in which they attain the age
of eighteen years (or such later date immediately follow-
ing that on which they cease to attend a secondary
school) until the 1st June of the year in which they
attain the age of twenty-five years, or such earlier date
on which they may have been posted to the Reserve;
and