THE TERRITORIAL FORCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 6

THE TERRITORIAL FORCE

SOME AMENDING KEGULATIONS. ''' . y

i iV; Some emending regulations for the niiliI . taryforces of New Zealand have been ;■ issued. They provide that the term' }: "military forces" shall mean "all officers, ?on.-comniissiohed and men in the ermanent force, the permanent .staff, he Territorial force, Senior Cadets,

!••' general training section, and reserve, and ; "include'any rifle club and any volunteer i < body enrolled in„the . forces under tho : authority of, the Governor-General, for j; i special service within or beyond New '. Zealand." -- >' ; The following now provision'is' made with relation to,the assistant-directors of - medical services in the various districts: :' ".'■"—"The A.D.M.S. of.;a district will be' ; responsible for the attendance of the |.v /required number of medical officers at nil I camps of training held within his dis- ; trict, and for the provision of medical 1 '.(-stores, at such camps. He will visit as ' 'many .training camps as possible in each 'year in order to assure himself that, the '.medical and sanitary provisions 'are ;• ■.-■• Satisfactory.;' The A.D.M.S. of a district ;' i.will correspond direct with the head of i *. the medical services at headquarters on all technical subjects, but on all other i '..matters will communicate with headi .'"quarters through,the O.C. district." ■.'. : " The following amending provisions are ./made for the enrolment of persons, liable ■for military training in New Zealand: — '"If'any. person liable to be registered \: ' "'for.training 'under the Defence Act is en- ! rolled on the roll of any ■ school, such enrolment shall be accepted in lieu of ;-. ■ 'registration. Application for registration, ; "''or. 'registration, Bhall not bo a condition

.precedent to the enrolment, drafting,"or /jtransfer of any person into the Senior i Cadets, general training section, or Territorial force."' -" ', :

.'.■;'.■'' Persons' 'obviously' unfit for service lowing to permanent physical or mental ■ defect will attach a certificate to that ..effect,'-signed'by a--registered medical ?ractitioner, to their registration form, f- it 'is considered necessary by the ■ group' bommander, the person claiming yiemption will be-examined by a district medical-board appointed under the Military Service Act, 1916, if- such be- in existence at the' time, or by a board 'of . : officers of the New Zealand '. Medical .-.Corps, who may either (a). grant total •(exemption, (b) grant exemption for a -certain period, or (c) disallow the claim/ ';/.'} "-4 roll will be kept by the area ser-geant-major of all persons who have registered in his area, and instructions" will (tbVsent by post to each individual regis.'te'red as to'•■when; and where he willpre- ' "(sent himself for medical examination, ex- : ce'pling in cases where' the person re/ris(tered is to ,'be ' posted' to the Senior /Cadets." . . ,': Some other new regulations include the following:— . ' ' :J ; # '""Chaplain? will be retired on attaining the age of fifty-five years irrespective of their classification. In special 'cases the G.O.C. may grant extensions for ,a'_poriod. of one'year, bu(| no chaplain '.will be retained oh the active list be.'yond the. age of sixty yoars." ; "Ex-soldiers of'the regular forces or of the Royal New Zealand Artiflery speci,'alls.Tccommonded. by the O.G. regiment , of E.N.Z.A.,may-J?e;enrolled thoueh over the age ,of twenty-five years, but in such ; cases the .applications must first be re--ferred to the adjutant-general for approval."