MAY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1591

(9.) The Regiments of Mounted Rifles.
(10.) The N.Z. Artillery.
(11.) The N.Z. Engineers.
(12.) The N.Z. Corps of Signals.
(13.) The Infantry Regiments.
(14.) The N.Z. Air Force.
(15.) The N.Z. Army Service Corps.
(16.) The N.Z. Medical Corps.
(17.) The N.Z. Dental Corps.
(18.) The N.Z. Veterinary Corps.
(19.) The Cadet Battalions.
(20.) The Rifle Clubs.
(b.) When on parade with aircraft the New Zealand Air Force will be on the right of the Mounted Rifles.
(c.) Mounted Rifles and Artillery will be on the right when mounted on parade, and dismounted troops of the Permanent Forces will come next and be on the right of the dismounted troops.
(d.) Units of the same arm will take precedence among themselves according to the dates of their formation.
(e.) When a unit has been formed by the amalgamation of two or more units the reorganized unit will take precedence according to the oldest of the units composing it.

PRECEDENCE OF RANKS.—WARRANT OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

766A. The position of warrant officers is inferior to that of all commissioned officers, but superior to that of all non-commissioned officers.

766B. The order of precedence of warrant and non-commissioned officers will be as follows (those bracketed together rank with one another according to the dates of promotion or appointment) :—

(A.) Warrant Officer, Class I.
(1.) { Staff sergeant-major, N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Conductor, N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps.
Master gunner, 1st Class.
Master gunner, 2nd Class.
Regimental sergeant-major, Royal N.Z. Artillery.
Bandmaster (if Warrant Officer, Class I). }
(2.) { Armament sergeant-major.
Armourer sergeant-major.
Sergeant-major artificer.
Sergeant-major coxswain.
Other warrant officers, Class I. }

(B.) Warrant Officer, Class II.
(1.) { Sergeant-major, N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Master gunner, 3rd Class.
Regimental quartermaster-sergeant.
Staff quartermaster-sergeant.
Armament quartermaster-sergeant.
Armourer quartermaster-sergeant.
Quartermaster-sergeant artificer.
Quartermaster-sergeant coxswain. }
(2.) { Squadron sergeant-major.
Battery sergeant-major.
Company sergeant-major.
Other warrant officers, Class II. }

(C.) Non-commissioned Officers.
(1.) { Staff sergeant instructor, N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Squadron quartermaster-sergeant.
Battery quartermaster-sergeant.
Company quartermaster-sergeant.
Staff sergeant, N.Z. Permanent Staff.
Staff sergeant, N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps. }
(2.) { Staff sergeant coxswain.
Staff sergeant artificer.
Armament staff sergeant.
Armourer staff sergeant.
Staff sergeant fitter.
Other staff sergeants. }
(3.) { Sergeant.
Sergeant artificer, fitter, armourer, &c. }
(4.) { Lance-sergeant. }
(5.) { Bombardier.
Corporal. }
(6.) { Lance-bombardier.
Lance-corporal. }

766c. Warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Forces will rank senior to warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the same rank and grade in the Territorial Force.

HONOURS AND SALUTES.

767. The honours and salutes to be given by troops on parade, and by guards of honour, are as laid down in King’s Regulations.

768. Officers temporarily acting in any Civil office are entitled, during their temporary tenure, to all the honours or salutes that may appertain to such office.

769. The compliments directed in these regulations are to be paid to officers in the service of any Power in alliance with His Majesty, according to their respective ranks.

770. Officers or soldiers passing troops or naval landing-parties with uncased colours will salute the colours and also the Commanding Officer (if senior).

771. Officers, soldiers, and colours passing a military funeral will salute the body.

772. Armed parties in paying compliments on the march will be called to attention; Infantry will slope arms, and the command “Eyes right” (or “left”) will be given; mounted units will act as laid down in the training-manual for their particular arm.

773. Each year on the morning of Armistice Day, 11th November, at 11 o’clock, all troops will stand at attention for two minutes, and all guards will turn out and present arms.

774. An officer commanding an armed party passing a guard, or paying or returning a compliment, will draw his sword before giving the necessary command. When in command of an unarmed party he will return the salute with the right hand as he gives the command “Eyes right” (or “left”). Soldiers in command of parties will conform to the rules laid down for officers.

775. All officers will salute their seniors before addressing them on duty or on parade; when in uniform they will salute with the right hand in the manner prescribed for soldiers. Officers, except when their swords are drawn, are to return the salutes of junior officers and soldiers.

A salute made to two or more officers will be returned by the senior only. When not on duty or parade but in uniform, officers under the rank of field officer will salute all officers of field rank and upwards. General Officers and field officers will salute their superiors in rank.

776. Officers and soldiers boarding any of His Majesty’s ships or a foreign man-of-war will salute the quarter-deck.

777. When on parade or duty, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the N.Z. Military Forces will salute all commissioned officers whom they know to be such, whether in uniform or not, including officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and such naval warrant officers as have rank corresponding to that of commissioned officers in the Army.

The salute will be given with the right hand irrespective of the side on which the officer saluted may be passing. When from physical incapacity a right-hand salute is impossible the salute will be given with the left hand.

778. Non-commissioned officers and men will address warrant officers as “sir,” but will not salute them. Non-commissioned officers when addressed by their juniors or private soldiers will be called by their rank.

779. In a Civil Court an officer or soldier will remove his headdress while the Judge or Magistrate is present, except when the officer or soldier is on duty under arms with a party or escort inside the Court.

780. When the National Anthem is played for a Royal salute all ranks in military uniform not under the orders of the officer commanding the parade will stand at attention; officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers saluting.

781. Officers in attendance on, or on the personal staff of, His Majesty or other Royal personage, or Governors-General or Governors (when such Governors-General or Governors represent the Sovereign on official occasions), will not salute when the National Anthem is played for the Royal salute.

782. For the purpose of para. 781 the following officers will be considered to be in attendance: (a) Officers whose duty it is to receive Royalty or the Governor-General on official occasions; and (b) officers whose duty it is to be at the saluting-base on the occasion of a military review. Such officers will be considered as in attendance from the arrival of the Royal personage or Governor-General until such time as the Royal salute has been given, after which only the General Officer Commanding and/or O.C. Commanding concerned will be regarded as in attendance.

783. All ranks in military uniform not on parade will stand to attention when the National Anthem is played during the feu-de-joie and for the Royal salute; but officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers will salute only when the Royal salute is given.

784. When the National Anthem is played on occasions when there is no parade, or on occasions of a non-military nature, all ranks in military uniform will stand at attention; officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers, if wearing headdress, saluting.

GUARDS OF HONOUR.

785. The King’s Regulations will govern the provision and conduct of guards of honour.

786. A guard of honour carrying the regimental colour will attend upon His Excellency the Governor-General—
     (a.) On the occasion of his first landing in the Dominion:
     (b.) At the opening of Parliament:
     (c.) At other State ceremonies as may be specially ordered.