DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND: LIST OF THE PRIVILEGES AND ENCOURAGEMENTS GIVEN TO VOLUNTEERS AS SUCH UNDER EXISTING REGULATIONS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1908 Session I, H-19c

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DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND: LIST OF THE PRIVILEGES AND ENCOURAGEMENTS GIVEN TO VOLUNTEERS AS SUCH UNDER EXISTING REGULATIONS.

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List of the Privileges and Encouragements given to Volunteers as such under Existing Regulations. (August, 1908.)

Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. Subject .ccidents ... Accidents. To men and horses in camp : Compensation allowed Regulations 403, 403a. Sands Allowances. £25 per annum special grant, independent of capitation and other payments to garrison and battalion bands. Bands receive a personal payment of 2s. 6d. per man attending such ceremonial parades as the O.C. District may direct Allowing Cadet corps, where no annual camp held, to hold four daylight parades, at payment of 2s. per member per parade Allowance of £10 per annum towards lighting expenses and rent of drill-halls of those corps not belonging to colleges or high schools Capitation for Cadets is 12s. 6d. per efficient per annum It is now proposed to grant full adult capitation to officers of Cadet corps who pass the examination for their rank and receive substantive commissions. Every efficient member of a Cadet corps receives a free allowance of 100 rounds ball ammunition per annum, and is also allowed to purchase another 100 rounds at 5s. per hundred Allowances to officers for attendance at manoeuvres or "manoeuvre" camps, provided half strength of corps is present; Lieut.-Colonel, £1 Is., per diem, with forage allowance for horse ; Major, 18s.; Surgeon-Captain, 18s.; Captain, 15s.; Lieutenant, lis.; Adjutant, 3s. 6d. (in addition to pay for his rank); Quartermaster, 13s. 6d.; Staff-Sergeants, 8s.; Sergeants, 6s.; Corporals; 5s.; Trumpeters or Buglers, 4s. ; Gunners, Sappers, and Privates, 4s. Ration allowance, Is. 6d. per day additional. Free railway passes to site of camp, and free transport of baggage, effects, and Regulations 370, 381. Regulation 517. Cadets Regulation 515. Regulation 514. Regulation 400. Camps Regulation 393.

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Subject. Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. A llowances —continued. Camps— continued, ... Capitation... Classes of instruction Daylight parades Drill-halls... Drill-halls (Cadets) . Escorts Two shillings per diem allowance to Officers, Regulations 323-27. N.C O.s, and men during time in annual squadron or company training camp, and Is. 6d. additional for forage to mounted corps Capitation is paid at the rate of £3 10s. for Regulation 336. Mounted Rifles; £2 10s., all other arms; 12s. 6d. for Cadets, to each member who qualifies in drills and musketry, as provided Bach Volunteer who carries out the necessary Regulation 514. qualifications for capitation may earn the same independently, whether other members of corps so qualify or not It is now proposed that officers of Cadet corps who pass the examination for their rank and receive substantive commissions shall be granted capitation at same rate as for adult corps. Allowances to Volunteer officers and non-com- Regulations 97, 101. missioned officers while away from home attending such classes: Officers, 5s. 6d. per diem; N.C.O.s, 5s. per diem ; with free railway and steamer passages Six such parades per year allowed to each Vo- Regulations 371-76, 517. lunteer corps. Privates receive 2s. 6d. ; Corporals, 3s.; Sergeants, 3s. 6d.; officers, 4s.; three of such parades to count for capitation. Cadet corps: Four daylight parades at 2s. per member per parade During the past five years the amount expended by the Department in the erection of and subsidies to drill-halls was £26,028. Allowance towards lighting-expenses of drill- Regulation 515. halls for Cadet corps, other than those belonging to colleges or high schools, £10 per annum Forage allowance at Is. 6d. per horse per day if Regulation 380. ordered on duty both morning and afternoon of same day Eight of such parades per year allowed to each Regulation 378. Garrison Artillery corps. Privates receive 2s. 6d.; Corporals, 3s.; Sergeants, 3s. 6d.; officers, 4s. Not allowed to count for capitation Allowances of 2s. 6d. to each officer, non-commis- Regulation 379. sioned officer, and man attending Is. 6d. per day Mounted officers, Field Artillery, Regulation 399a. and Infantry battalion staff officers required to be mounted, while in camp All officers who require to be mounted (Mounted Regulations 395, 399a. Rifles officers--' excepted) receive horse-hire allowance, 10s. per diem, and forage, Is. 6d. Forage allowance at rate of Is. 6d. per day when Regulation 397. horses are hired Ditto, Field Ambulances ... ... ... Regulation 398. „ forage ... ... ... ... I Regulation 399. £1,363 allowed for hire of gun-horses during the i Regulation 396. year Grant to Library Fund of officers and N.C.O.'s ■ General Order 138/06. clubs of £5 per annum £1 allowance per adult corps per annum to cover Regulation 382. cost of marking at class firing, &c.; £1 for each Cadet corps Bands receive personal payment of 2s. 6d. per Regulation 381. man attending Allowance at rate of Is. per annum for each Circular Memo. 2, 9th enrolled member of a Volunteer company, and j January, 1907 ; Cir£1 10s. per annum for staff of each regiment, . cular Memo. 523, 8th division, or battalion February, 1907; Circular Memo. 13, 7th April, 1908. Fort-manning: Night parades for Garrison Artillery Guards of honour Groomage allowance Horse-hire: Officers of Infantry battalions, Engineers, &c. Field Artillery batteries Libraries ... Marking ... Military funerals Postage

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Subject, Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. A llowances —continued. Target £3 allowance per annum per adult corps for maintenance of targets; £1 for each Cadet Regulation 382. Travelling ... corps Allowance when absent from headquarters on duty : Officers and N.C.O.s of battalion, regiment, or divisional staffs, 10s. per annum; other ranks, 8s.; and free railway pass (Further allowances have been recommended in report of Council of Defence for 1908.) Regulation 394. Ammunition. • Ammunition Efficient Volunteers, and members of Reserve corps and rifle clubs, may purchase ammunition at 5s. per 100 rounds per man per annum. Free issue for rifle practice to Field or Garrison Artillery and Engineers, 100 rounds per man ; Mounted Rifles and Infantry, 130 rounds per man; Defence Rifle Clubs, 120 rounds per man; Reserve corps, 100 rounds per man. Blank ammunition, 50 rounds per rifle for skirmishing and ceremonial purposes Regulation 400. Efficiency Badges Badges and Personal Payments. Volunteers are granted an Efficiency Badge, and £1 personal payment, for passing proficiency test in each of the following subjects. If a Volunteer should earn the Badge and payment for three consecutive years, a Distinguished Badge and a further payment of £1 will be granted Field Artillery. —Gunnery, range-finding, driving, gun-laying, signalling Garrison Artillery. —Gunnery, gun-laying, signalling, range-finding Engineers. — Electric lighting, including (a) engine-driving, (b) electricity Field Engineers. —Field telegraph, signalling Infantry. — Signalling; and, for Maxim-gun detachment, efficiency in the use of Maxim Regulations 405-7, 411. Regulation 413. Regulation 414. Regulation 416. Regulation 416. Regulations 418, 418a. Marksmen... guns Field Ambulance Corps.— Ambulance duties Garrison and Battalion Bands. —Ambulance duties Mounted Rifles. —Signalling, Maxim gun ... Marksmen's Badge given to each Volunteer, who qualifies, as a marksman in firing musketry course necessary for capitation for the year. 10s. personal payment granted to twenty marksmen making highest scores in a Mounted Rifle corps, to sixteen marksmen making highest scores in Infantry corps, and the four men making highest scores in Cycle corps. In addition to the above, the marksman making highest score in each regiment or battalion receives 10s. extra and a gold badge Cadets making 120 and over in class firing for capitation receive Marksmen's Badges, and. the five Cadets making highest scores receive 5s. each Every Volunteer who has qualified for capitation for three successive years receives .a Service Badge. Every Volunteer who has qualified for capitation six successive years receives a second Service Badge. Every Volunteer who has qualified for capitation for nine successive years receives a Distinguished Badge Regulation 419. Regulation 419. Regulation 417. Regulations 417, 418. Regulation 420. Service badges payments and Regulations 423, 424.

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Subject. Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. Bands. lands Vide " Allowances " ... Regulations 323, 370, 379, 419. iadges Badges. Vide above Regulations 405-7, 411, 413, 414, 416-18,418a, "419, 420, 423, 424. lamps Camps. Vide " Allowances " Regulations 317-35, 393. • Capitation. iapitation ... Regulations 336, 514. Vide " Allowances " 'or injuries and for horses Compensation. Compensation is paid to Volunteers for injuries sustained when in camp, if recommended by a Court of Inquiry, and is also paid for injury to horses used by Volunteers at camp, if recommended by Court of Inquiry Regulations 403, 403a. ri Jompetitions (see also " Rifle Shooting") Competitions. New Zealand Rifle Association meeting held annually, £1,000 by Government. Free passes on railway to competitors, and accommodation. Free passes on railway to attend military sports, competitions, &c, up to 100 miles Various trophies, shields, &c, have been given by the Government, and also by individuals (Lady Plunket; Sargood, Son, and Ewen ; Mrs. S. A. Rhodes ; and others). Shooting teams have been sent to England on three occasions to compete at the meeting of the National Rifle Association at Bisley, at an approximate average cost, each time, of £1,696. A shooting team was also sent in October, 1907, to compete at the Australian Rifle Association Meeting at Randwick, at a cost of £308. In Nelson District a special fund of £1,000, the interest of which is annually competed for as rifle prizes. Regulations 425-30, 541, 547. Classes of instruction Classes of Instruction. Attendance at classes of instruction is credited for company drills held during absence. Free railway passes and passages by sea to attend classes. Allowances whilst away from home : Officers, 6s;"*'6d. per day ; N.C.O.s, 5s. per day Regulations 97, 101. Daylight parades Daylight Parades. Vide " Allowances " Regulations 371-76, 378. Encouragement to attend Camp. Regulations 323, 393. Encouragement to attend camp Vide " Allowances " Equipment Equipment. Greatcoat available for Volunteers at cost-price ; half cash, balance in twelve months, against capitation. " Accoutrements, belts, pouches, bandoliers, haversacks, water-bottles, &c, issued free. Waterproof sheets and messtins just taken into stock for free issue with camp and cooking-utensils during camps Not a regulation.

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Subject. Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. Exemption from juries Exemption from. Juries. Volunteers are exempted from service on any jury Regulation 172a. Groomage Allowance. Groomage allowance Vide " Allowances." Regulation 379. Guards of honour ... Guards of Honour. Vide " Allowances " Horse-hire and forage Horse-hire and Forage. Regulations 396, 398, 399, 399a. Vide " Allowances " Juries, exemption from Juries, Exemption from. Vide above " Defence Act, 1908," section 158, and Regulation 172a. Medals and rewards Medals and Rewards. New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal. — For twelve consecutive years' efficient service in the Volunteers New Zealand Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal. —Granted to members of Volunteer . Force who have served efficiently for twenty years' broken service or for sixteen consecutive years' efficient service Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal. — Granted to officers, N.C.O.s, and men after twenty years' service Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. — Granted to officers with twenty years' service —need not be continuous Government Prize Medals. —Awarded on results made in firing annual musketry course : Gold medals, one for each Island ; gold and silver medals, one for each Island; silver medal, one for each Island Regulation 474. Regulation 473. Regulation 472. Regulation 471. Military Funerals. Regulations 379, 381. Regulations 541-47. lilitary funerals few Zealand Rifle Association meeting Vide " Allowances " Government grant of £1,000 voted annually. Vide " Competitions." )fficers visiting Great Britain Officers Visiting Great Britain. Facilities granted Volunteer officers visiting Great Britain to be attached for training to the forces and,parades. Facilities for social purposes also provided by High Commissioner General Order 62/1907. 'ersonal payments ... Personal Payments. Vide " Badges and Personal Payments " Regulations 97,101, 393, 379, 405-7, 411, 413, 414, 416-18, 418a, 419, 420. 'ostage allowance ... Postage Allowance. Vide " Allowances " Circular Memo. No. 2, 9th January, 1907; Circular Memo. No. 523, 8th February, 1907; Circular Memo. No. 13/08, 7th April. line shooting (see also " Competitions") Rifle Shooting. Grant of £700 per annum distributed amongst districts to encourage rifle shooting Voted annually by Parliament.

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Subjeot. Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. titles Rifle Shooting —continued. Rifles and equipment, &c, issued free to Volunteers. Magazine rifles issued to members of Defence Rifle Clubs at cost-price for cash. Martini-Enfield rifles also issued at cost-price, half cash, balance in twelve months During the past five years the amount expended by the Department in the purchase, formation, &c, of rifle ranges was £28,888. Regulation 530. title ranges lailway passes Railway Passes (Free). (1.) To attend rifle-shooting competition for prizes and challenge shields approved by O.C. District (2.) To attend New Zealand Defence Forces Rifle Association meetings. (3.) District Rifle Association meetings. (4.) To attend rifle-shooting competitions between Volunteer Corps and between Defence Cadets, up to 100 miles. (5.) For class firing. (6.) To camps. (7.) To drills of corps up to a distance of ten miles. (8.) To military sports and tournaments if specially approved. (9.) For attendance at classes of instruction (10.) For concentration of troops. Concessions have been made at certain places to Volunteers in Uniform travelling by tramways. Regulations 425-30. 'ramways Regulations 97, 101. teserve corps Reserve Corps. Formation of Reserve corps and reserves to existing corps, with capitation grant and free allowances and privileges of active corps Regulations 540a, 540b. 'raining of officers in England and India Training of Officers in England and India. Arrangements under consideration for the selection of four officers in each alternate year for duty with Imperial troops in England and India Regulation 111a. Jniforms for new Uniforms for New Corps. Cost of uniforms paid for by Department, and deducted from capitation funds by three yearly deductions. (Corps are not required by regulations to provide expensive uniforms.) Regulation 337. corps