Section 1 - Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets - Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets | Zoe
Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets
1Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 1
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets.
Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1918 to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1926.
STONEHAVEN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE,
for Minister of State for Defence.
The Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets, being Statutory Rules 1921, No. 82, as amended by Statutory Rules—
are repealed as from the commencement of these Regulations save as to anything lawfully done, or any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred thereunder.
PART I. DEFINITIONS.
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:—
“Secretary” means the Secretary, Department of Defence.
“The Military Board” means the Board of Administration for the Military Forces.
“Finance Member” means the Finance Member of the Board of Administration for the Military Forces.
“Formation, &c., Commander” means Commander of a Cavalry Division, of an Infantry Division, or of a Mixed Brigade or a District Base Commandant.
C. 17553.—Price 1s. 9d.
‘‘Command Head-quarters” means the Head-quarters of a Cavalry Division, of an Infantry Division, or of a Mixed Brigade or a District Base.
“District Finance Officer” means an Officer appointed to be District Finance Officer for a Military District.
“Receiver of Public Moneys” means an Officer appointed to be a Receiver for a Military District in accordance with the Treasury Regulations.
‘‘Commanding Officers of Regiments or Corps’’ in connexion with the administration of moneys received or disbursed on account of Regiments or Corps shall mean the Officers to whom moneys are forwarded or paid for the service of the Regiment or Corps.
PART II.—GENERAL.
Ministerial Approval and Delegation of Powers.
The Minister may approve of any expenditure not covered by these Regulations provided that the necessary funds have been made available by Parliamentary appropriation or by the Treasury in anticipation of Parliamentary appropriation.
(i) The Minister may, by writing under his hand, delegate any of the powers, functions and authorities conferred upon or vested in him by these Regulations.
(ii) Every delegation under this regulation shall be revocable at will, and no delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power, function, or authority by the Minister.
Responsibility of Formation, &c., Commanders.
Formation, &c., Commanders shall be responsible for—
(a) Enforcing due economy on all officers and others charged with any expenditure of public money, or with the care, use, or expenditure of stores;
(b) The economical expenditure of all moneys provided in the Annual Estimates for their respective Commands, and shall be further responsible that no liability is incurred against votes in excess of the provision made.
It is the duty of every member of the Military Forces to assist in carrying out these Regulations.
Except where otherwise provided in these Regulations, Formation, &c., Commanders are authorized to approve of increments to warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Permanent Forces under their command, where such increments are prescribed by the regulations and provided in the Appropriation Act.
Ammunition.
Proposed expenditure under Votes for Artillery and Small Arm Ammunition; Warlike Stores; and Camps and Schools of Instruction shall be submitted to the Minister.
Approval of Military Board.
The payment of grants and band allowance shall be subject to the approval of the Military Board and provision being made by Parliament.
All powers vested under these Regulations in Formation, &c., Commanders or District Finance Officers may also be exercised by the Military Board.
(1) The Military Board may approve of the sale or writing off of condemned, unfit, damaged, or deficient stores, the original value of which does not exceed £100.
(2) The Military Board may also approve of the taking on charge of excess stores.
Persons Ineligible to Hold Appointments.
No person holding a contract with the Defence Department shall be eligible to hold a permanent appointment in the Defence Department.
Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General, State Governors, &c.
An appointment as Aide-de-Camp to a Governor-General or to a Governor of a State or an appointment as Honorary Physician or Honorary Surgeon to the Governor-General shall not entitle an officer to any pay or allowances.
PART III.—DUTIES OF DISTRICT FINANCE OFFICERS.
Each District Finance Officer is authorized:—
(a) To approve of all requisitions for supplies within the votes on the Estimates which are governed by regulations.
(b) To approve of expenditure under the divisions or subdivisions of any votes for contingencies, general services, maintenance of existing arms and equipment, and Expeditionary Forces, provided that he has satisfied himself that funds are available; that the requirements of the remaining period of the financial year will not involve the necessity for applying for additional funds on any vote concerned; that there is nothing irregular in the character of the expenditure; and that it is not an allowance or payment to any member of the Forces, except such as is governed by regulations and does not require Ministerial approval. No new Vote or Item shall be operated upon or expenditure incurred in connexion therewith without approval from Head-Quarters, until such Vote or Item has been passed by Parliament.
(c) To approve of the employment of casual labour and temporary clerical assistance, provided that funds are available; but no person shall be employed under this regulation for a longer period than six months in any financial year without the approval of the Military Board.
(d) To approve—in accordance with regulation 166—of compensation for injuries received, or disease contracted, on duty.
(e) To approve—in accordance with, regulation 184—of compensation for injury to, or loss of, a horse.
(f) To approve—in accordance with Australian Military Regulations—of the striking off charge of stores damaged or deficient, provided that the original value of such stores did not exceed £20.
(g) To approve of payment of claims for overtime, and Sunday pay, provided that such are in order, and correct in every particular.
(a) The District Finance Officer shall, in the event of receiving any claim which appears to him not authorized by regulations or instructions, or in regard to which there is doubt as to the admissibility of any charge, point out the same, in writing, to the Formation, &c., Commander. Should the Formation, &c., Commander consider that, on the contrary, such claim is covered by regulations or authority, and that the charges are admissible, an immediate report as to the circumstances of the case shall be forwarded by him to the Military Board, together with all relating papers. The account in dispute shall not be paid without the approval of the Military Board, whose decision shall be passed without delay to the District Finance Officer and the Formation, &c., Commander concerned.
(b) The District Finance Officer shall also represent in writing to the Formation, &c., Commander any matter which comes to his knowledge wherein he considers that savings of expenditure could be effected. A copy of every such representation and of the Formation, &c., Commander’s remarks shall be immediately forwarded to the Finance Member.
He shall not apply public moneys to any purpose not authorized by regulations, nor shall he advance (except as hereinafter provided), lend, or exchange any sums for which he is accountable, nor shall he exchange private cheques out of public funds. In the case of members of the Forces travelling on duty, where extended absence is probable, and cash payments have to be made, an advance may be made up to 75 per cent. of the maximum allowance that can be claimed.
Married Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers who are frequently required to travel on duty may be granted a small standing advance at the discretion of the District Finance Officer, which must be adjusted on or before the 31st May of the financial year in which the advance is made.
He shall be liable for the amount of disallowances arising from errors or over-issues made by him in disregard of regulations or in the absence of proper authority.
Excepting as provided in these Regulations regarding the disposal of surplus funds of Military Institutes being closed and excepting as may be necessary for the distribution of profit from temporary Military Institutes in camps, he shall not take charge of any Regimental or other similar funds or act on the Committee controlling such funds.
Should difficulty be experienced in recovering vouchers supporting receipts, statements, &c., or money due from officers or others, he shall at once represent the circumstances in writing to the Formation, &c., Commander concerned, who shall, if necessary, refer the matter to the Military Board.
Upon receipt from the Senior Ordnance Officer of a claim for damages or deficiencies against a Corps or Unit of the Citizen Forces, or against a Rifle Club, the District Finance Officer shall demand payment from the Commanding Officer or other officer responsible, and, in the event of such claim not being satisfied within thirty days of such demand, the District Finance Officer shall report the fact to the Formation, &c., Commander concerned, who shall immediately take such action as may be necessary to obtain immediate payment, and shall furnish to the Secretary, within twenty days of the taking of such action, a report if the claim be then unsatisfied.
Instruction as to Payments.
(a) An amount provided on the Appropriation Act as salary for one appointment shall not be utilized for the payment of the salaries or portions thereof of two persons for the same period.
(b) No officer shall be paid the salary of any position to which he has not been appointed by Order in Council.
(c) In no case, unless governed by regulation, shall an allowance be paid to any member of the Forces, unless such allowance be authorized by the Minister, or by the Military Board.
(d) Subject to regulations 6 and 15, any expenditure provided for by a Parliamentary Appropriation and not covered by regulations must be approved by the Minister in accordance with regulation 2.
(e) Salaries must not be paid from any Vote other than a Pay Vote.
23
PART IV.—PAY OF PERMANENT FORCES.
Conditions.
(a) All persona on first appointment to the Permanent Forces shall draw pay and allowances from the date on which they commence duty only, and not from any earlier date.
(b) All appointments shall be at the minimum rate of pay for the respective rank, class, grade, or position to which appointed except with the approval of the Minister on the recommendation of the Military Board.
Increments.
All increments provided in these Regulations shall be subject to provision being made by Parliament and to such conditions as may be prescribed. In the case of officers no increment may be paid unless
approved by the Military Board, and in the case of other ranks unless approved by the Formation, &c., Commander. The right to receive an increment in any year shall depend upon good and diligent conduct and efficiency.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Regulation 37 an officer who is due to receive an increment in pay on or prior to the 1st January, 1922, and who held higher substantive rank in the Australian Imperial Force, shall be eligible to receive an increment irrespective of whether the prescribed examination has or has not been passed, but every officer who is due for increment subsequent to the 1st January, 1922, shall be required to pass the prescribed examination for promotion.
Establishments.
Officers and others in excess of the authorized number of any rank may be carried on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks, and that the total Establishment be not exceeded.
All persons whose pay is governed by these Regulations shall, on promotion to a rank or position carrying a higher rate or improved conditions of pay, draw such pay from the date of promotion, provided that if the duties of the higher rank or position are not taken up within one month from the date of promotion the higher rate of pay shall only be drawn from the date of actually taking up duty or from such date as the Minister may direct.
Officers returning to their Regiment or Corps after holding a position for which they were paid at a higher rate than the regimental pay of their rank, shall revert to the regimental pay.
(a) Members holding Brevet, Honorary, or Acting rank or appointment shall receive the rates of pay fixed for their substantive rank or permanent appointment.
(b) Members temporarily holding higher rank after a period of one month in such rank shall in the case of officers, on the approval of the Minister, and in the case of warrant and non-commissioned officers and men, on the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander, be paid the minimum pay of their temporary rank, provided that a vacancy exists on the establishment of the unit concerned for such higher rank.
(c) A member granted the temporary rank of Warrant Officer, Class II., or of Warrant Officer of any higher grade who holds such rank or grade for a continuous period, shall be entitled to consideration for increments as though he had been permanently promoted to such rank or grade, provided, that the first increment shall not be granted until after twelve months from the date on which the temporary higher rank or grade took effect.
(d) In the event of a Warrant Officer holding temporary rank or grade as such being permanently promoted to that rank or grade, he shall not suffer any reduction in salary or increments and shall receive increments in the same manner as he would have received them had his temporary rank or grade been permanent.
(e) Travelling allowance to a member receiving pay under this regulation shall be payable as though the temporary rank or grade were permanent.
(f) The provisions of this regulation shall have effect from the 1st July, 1926, provided that service as a temporary Warrant Officer since the 1st July, 1921, shall be taken into consideration as from the 1st July, 1926, for purposes of determining eligibility to receive incremental advancement under the provision of sub-paragraph (c) of this regulation.
Pay.
The prescribed rates of pay shall include all allowances except where otherwise provided for in these Regulations.
Daily rates of pay shall be calculated at one-seventh of the weekly rate, or one three hundred and sixty-fifth of the yearly rate.
Under no circumstances shall a member be granted pay for any period after the date on which he was, in the ordinary course, due for retirement, unless authority for the extension of his services has first been obtained.
Deferred Pay.
(i) The sum of 7s. per week shall be withheld from soldiers of the Permanent Military Forces during the first thirteen weeks’ service, and shall be payable as arrears after the expiration of the said thirteen weeks if the soldier is still serving. Soldiers who are discharged or who have deserted prior to the completion of thirteen weeks’ service shall forfeit such arrears. The foregoing portion of this regulation will, however, not apply to a person who has previously served in the Permanent Forces (including the Expeditionary Forces raised under the Defence Act 1903-17) and who was discharged from such service with not less than a good character, provided that the re-enlistment is within two years of such discharge; nor shall it have application to the members referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) of this regulation.
(ii) The sum of seven shillings per week shall be withheld from the pay of men enlisted in Australian Instructional Corps who on enlistment undergo a course of training at the Central Training Depôt. This deduction shall continue for the period of the Course. Sums so deducted shall be payable as arrears on the conclusion of the Course, but a soldier who deserts or is discharged prior to the completion of the Course shall forfeit such arrears unless otherwise approved by the Military Board.
This deduction shall not be made in the case of members of other units of the Permanent Forces attending the Course mentioned preparatory to transfer to the Australian Instructional Corps.
(iii) A soldier who is granted—
(a) A free discharge within three months of date of his enlistment, or
(b) his discharge on purchase in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Australian Military Regulations,
shall pay the unexpired value of the free issue of uniform and necessaries received by him.
2. Rates of Pay.
Officers.
Staff Appointments.—The rates of pay for Officers holding the undermentioned appointments shall, unless otherwise prescribed, be as follows, but Staff or Command Pay shall not be payable in addition:—
Commander of a Cavalry Division................................
1,100
Commander of a Division......................................
1,100
Commander of a Mixed Brigade..................................
1,100
Commandant, Royal Military College..............................
1,100
2nd Chief of the General Staff...................................
1,000
Staff Corps.—The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for officers of the Staff Corps other than those holding appointments included in regulation 37 shall be in accordance with the following table:—
(a) Appointments to Staffs or Commands are graded for Staff or Command pay as set out hereunder, and officers of the Staff Corps formally appointed thereto, whether temporarily or otherwise, may, whilst holding the appointment, and subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament, be paid the rates shown in addition to pay of rank as authorized in Regulation 38:—
(b) Appointments of Colonels on the Staff and Colonels to General and Administrative Staffs shall be subject to the approval of the Governor-General in Council and shall be notified in the Commonwealth Gazette. Appointments of other Staff Officers shall be subject to the approval of the Military Board and shall be notified in Australian Army Orders.
(c) An officer of the. Staff Corps who was graded as a Staff Officer and was in receipt of Staff Pay on the 31st March, 1926, under the provisions of the regulations then in force but whose appointment is not graded as a Staff appointment by this regulation, shall continue to receive such Staff Pay for the remainder of the tenure of his present appointment.
(d) In addition to the provision of Staff Pay in paragraph (a) above, officers of the Staff Corps holding appointments of Brigade Major may from 1st April, 1926, be graded as Staff Officers, Grade 3b, and may receive Staff Pay accordingly at the rate of £40 per annum, provided, however, that such officers shall not be so graded and paid unless and until vacancies exist and funds become available upon the authorized establishment of such grading, and such officers will be appointed to such grading in the order of seniority.
Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent).
The annual rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for Officers of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps (Permanent) shall be—
Pay of Warrant Officers of the Australian Instructional Corps, &c.
Except as otherwise prescribed the rates of pay and of incremental advancement by sub-divisions for Warrant Officers of the Permanent Military Forces shall be in accordance with the following table:—
(i) A Warrant Officer, Class II., before advancement to the second subdivision will be required to obtain—
(a) A “qualified” certificate at a “Rifle and Bayonet Course” at the Small Arms School, Randwick; and before advancement to the fifth subdivision will be required to obtain the following additional certificates:—
(b) “Qualified” in Vickers Gun Course at Small Arms School.
(c) “Qualified” in Light Gun Course at Small Arms School.
Provided that qualifying certificates equivalent to (a), (b), and (c) above as authorized by the Chief of the General Staff and promulgated in Australian Army Orders will be obtained by Warrant Officers, Class II., of or attached to the Field Artillery, Garrison Artillery, Field and Fortress Engineers, Signals, A.S.C., A.M.C., and A.V.C. before advancement to the subdivisions mentioned.
(ii) Provided further that in any case in which the opportunity is not afforded to a Warrant Officer to obtain the prescribed qualification before the date on which the increment is due, the increment will be antedated to the date on which it was originally due, should he qualify at the first opportunity granted to him, but if he then fails to qualify, the increment shall have effect only from the date on which the necessary qualification is obtained.
(iii) Should a Warrant Officer, Class II., fail on two successive occasions to qualify for any of the prescribed certificates, the question of his retention in the Service shall be a matter for consideration and decision by the Military Board.
(iv) Warrant Officers, Class II., borne on the strength on the 1st July, 1924, will have their pay adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 51, and will be granted one increment on the date subsequent to the 1st July, 1924, on which it becomes due, but will be required to obtain the certificates above, provided for before a further increment is approved or before being promoted to Warrant Officer, Class I.
(v) Warrant Officers, Class II., who have qualified for advancement to either the second or fifth subdivision or for promotion whilst allotted to one arm will not be required to further qualify for purpose of advancement to either the second or 5th subdivision or for promotion, as the case may be, when transferred to another arm.
Pay of Non-Commissioned Officers and Men.
Except where otherwise prescribed, the rates of pay of non-commissioned officers and men of the Permanent Military Forces shall be—
Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Survey Section, R.A.E.
The rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Survey Section, R.A.E., shall be—
48A. The rates of pay for Chief Armourers who are members of the the Permanent Military Forces in the Ordnance Department shall be as determined from time to time by the Minister on the recommendation of the Military Board.
Armament Artificers.
The rates of pay and of incremental advancement by subdivisions for Senior Armament Artificers shall be—
The rates of pay for Armament Artificers and Assistant Armament Artificers shall be as determined from time to time by the Minister on the recommendation of the Military Board.
Special Schools of Instruction.
49a. Persons appointed to a Special School of Instruction under section 21b of the Defence Act for the training of an Instructional Staff of non-commissioned officers may be granted pay at the rate prescribed for a Provisional Instructor.
Child Endowment.
(a) Child Endowment shall not be payable to members who are paid on the basis of wages paid for similar classes of employment in outside trade establishments.
(b) Child Endowment shall be payable to members of other arms of the Service in addition to the pay prescribed by these regulations under the following conditions:—
(i) To each member who is married or a widower and who is the father or stepfather of dependent children under the age of fourteen years, and who is in receipt of pay at a rate less than £500 per annum, the sum of £13 per annum in respect of each such child so dependent.
(ii) A similar allowance as in (a) may, on the approval of the Military Board be granted for any member in respect of orphan or adopted children under the age of fourteen years who are dependent on and maintained by the member.
(iii) It shall be the duty of each member who is in receipt of allowance under this regulation immediately to notify his Commanding Officer in the event of his becoming ineligible under the prescribed conditions for the payment of allowance or any portion thereof.
(iv) The annual amount paid to any member shall not exceed the amount by which the pay, together with any of the following allowances per annum, falls short of £500:—
(a) Staff and Command pay.
(b) Allowances payable under F.R. 228 (e).
(c) Value of free quarters other than when granted to a member temporarily absent on duty from his usual residence.
(d) Such allowances in the nature of pay as are determined by the Military Board.
(v) Child Endowment shall not be regarded as pay for the purpose calculating payments in lieu of long leave or furlough or for payments of compensation for injuries or disease contracted on duty.
(vi) The allowance shall not be reduced by any absence from duty on reduced pay, but during absence on leave of any kind without pay the allowance shall cease to operate. When a member elects to take his furlough on half pay, payment of the allowance shall be made at half rates during the period on half pay.
(vii) In the case of members who were serving on the 22nd November, 1923, payment of High Cost of Living Allowance at the rates and under the conditions then in operation may be continued for the following classes of dependants:—
(a) Dependent children between fourteen and sixteen years of age (including adopted children and step-children);
(b) Dependent brothers and sisters under sixteen years of age;
(c) An adult dependant for whom payment of high cost of living allowance was paid at the rate of 3s. 6d. per week.
Payments under the provisions of this sub-paragraph shall cease on the 31st December, 1924, or in the case of children, on the child reaching the age of sixteen years, should such occur prior to the 31st December, 1924. In the event of a child for whom child endowment is paid under the provisions of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this regulation reaching the age of fourteen years prior to the 31st December, 1924, payment may be made at the rate of 3s. 6d. per week until the 31st December, 1924, for each such child who continues to be dependent on the member.
Operation of New Regulations.
The rate of pay which a member shall receive from the 1st July, 1924, under these regulations shall, subject to a satisfactory report, be the rate which he would have received had these regulations been in operation at the date of appointment or promotion to the rank held by him on the 30th June, 1924, provided that a member who, prior to the 30th June, 1924, was receiving a higher rate of pay and allowances than the pay appertaining to his rank under these regulations may continue to receive such higher rate; provided also that the effect of any periods of deferment approved before 1st July, 1924, of increments except those relating to failure to pass an examination for promotion shall be included in reckoning service for the purposes of this regulation.
Deduction for Rations.
(a) A member of the Permanent Forces who is issued with rations under the provisions of Part XII. of these Regulations shall, unless otherwise prescribed in these Regulations, have deductions mentioned hereunder made from his pay for each week of seven days for which rations are issued, a proportionate deduction being made when rations are issued for a portion of a week only:—
(i) for a cooked ration—15s.
(ii) for an uncooked ration—the cost of same at the contract rates in force at the time, provided that no amount in excess of the rate of 15s. per week shall be deducted.
(b) When rations are issued at Camps, or meals are provided at Schools or Courses of Instruction, deductions as under shall be made from the pay of members concerned:—
(i) Members of Units in which arrangements are ordinarily made for the issue of rations.
Single Members.—Deductions shall be made in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation.
Married Members.—The pay of a married member shall not be subject to deduction on account of the issue of rations.
(ii) Members of Units in which arrangements are not ordinarily made for the issue of rations.
Single Members.—Where attendance at Camp or School does not exceed a period of 28 days’ continuous absence from usual place of residence, no deduction for rations shall be made, but where rations are issued for any period in excess of 28 days, deduction in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation shall be made for such period in excess of 28 days.
Married Members.—Provided that absence overnight of the member from his usual place of residence is necessitated, he shall be eligible for a free issue of rations during his attendance at the Camp or School.
(c) An allowance in lieu of rations shall not be payable when rations at a Camp or School are not availed of.
Clothing.
(i) Unless otherwise prescribed, initial issues of clothing shall be provided at public expense for Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men, on first appointment to the Permanent Forces.
(ii) All subsequent requirements of clothing shall be provided by such members at their own expense.
(iii) The cost of repairs to service boots or for washing or maintenance of clothing shall not be a charge against the public.
Deduction for Quarters.
(1) When Government quarters are occupied by a member of the Permanent Military Forces, the following deduction shall be made from his pay irrespective of the number of rooms that may be available for allotment being less than under the scale prescribed by Regulation 62:—
Married members..........................
10 per cent. of pay
Unmarried officers.........................
5 per cent. of pay
Unmarried, other ranks......................
2s. 6d. per week
Provided that no deduction shall be made for tentage or hutments in Camps or Schools, and that the scale of deductions may be varied by the Military Board or as elsewhere prescribed, when quarters are occupied at Camps or Schools of Instruction.
(2) For the purpose of the above deductions Staff or Command Pay as prescribed by these regulations shall be considered as portion of the member’s pay. No deduction for quarters shall, however, be made from Child Endowment, or from District Allowance, or from any other allowance, unless otherwise approved by the Military Board.
3. Forfeiture of Pay.
A member of the Military Forces shall not, except as provided in the Australian Military Regulations, receive any pay or allowances—
(a) For any day of absence from duty on desertion, or without leave.
C.17553.—2
(b) For any day whilst under a charge of which he is afterwards convicted by a Civil Court, Court Martial, or by his Commanding Officer as provided in Australian Military Regulation 563.
(c) For any day whilst under arrest or in confinement in consequence of his having confessed to having been guilty of desertion or fraudulent enlistment, if the forfeiture has been ordered by the authority competent to dispense with his trial.
(d) For any day whilst under sentence of penal servitude, imprisonment or detention awarded by a Civil Court or Court Martial or by his Commanding Officer.
(e) For any day whilst in custody while under sentence of field punishment awarded by a Court Martial or by his Commanding Officer
(f) For any period whilst on active service during which forfeiture of pay has been awarded by a Court Martial or by his Commanding Officer.
(g) For any day whilst absent from his ordinary military duty on account of any illness certified by the medical officer attending him to have been caused by an offence committed by him against the Defence Act or the regulations made thereunder, or the Army Act.
For the purpose of regulation 55, a member of the Military Forces shall be regarded as absent, under arrest, in custody, in confinement, under a charge, or under sentence for one day when—
(a) he has been absent, under arrest, in custody, in confinement, under a charge, or under sentence for six consecutive hours, whether wholly in one day, or partly in one day and partly in another; or
(b) owing to his absence or to his being under arrest, in custody, in confinement, under a charge, or under sentence, he has been prevented from performing some military duty which was thereby thrown on some other person.
If a member of the Military Forces has been absent, under arrest, in custody, in confinement, under a charge, or under sentence for one day as defined in regulation 56, and remains so absent, under arrest, in custody, in confinement, under a charge or under sentence, he shall be regarded as absent, under arrest, in custody, in confinement, under a charge or under sentence for one day for every period of 24 hours, or part of such period, reckoned from the time of its commencement, but no period of less than 24 hours shall be reckoned as more than one day.
58
4. Allotment and Occupation of Quarters.
Where rooms are available, quarters shall be allotted to officers in accordance with the following scale:—
(a) When married officers are not available for vacant married quarters, such quarters, as far as possible, shall be allotted to single officers in accordance with the scale laid down in regulation 62.
(b) Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men of the Permanent Forces shall be allotted public quarters where such are available.
(c) The deduction from pay in respect of such quarters shall be as laid down in regulation 45.
A married soldier stationed at Thursday Island or Townsville, compulsorily separated from his wife and family, on account of the ill health of his wife, may be permitted to occupy quarters, as for an unmarried soldier, in Barracks, without any deduction from pay, provided that in such cases a medical certificate is given—
(i) By the Medical Officer in charge of troops at the place at which the soldier was stationed on transfer, that the wife of such soldier is unable, on account of ill health, to proceed to Thursday Island or Townsville (as the case may be); or,
(ii) By the Medical Officer in charge of troops at Thursday Island or Townsville, that on account of ill health the wife of the soldier is unable to remain at Thursday Island or Townsville (as the case may be).
The foregoing shall also apply to a married soldier stationed at Thursday Island or Townsville who is separated from his wife and family for satisfactory reasons other than the ill health of his wife, with the exception that, in lieu of a medical certificate, the approval of the Military Board must first be obtained.
When quarters are compulsorily vacated, for sanitary or other authorized reasons, deduction for quarters shall cease to be made, and travelling allowance of rank, not exceeding seven days, may be paid, provided the member has been unable to secure accommodation elsewhere. One month’s notice to vacate quarters to be given where practicable. Cases in which special circumstances arise shall be referred to Head-Quarters.
5. Permanent Forces: Allowances.
Outfit Allowance—Uniform.
(i) An allowance in lieu of uniform not exceeding the amounts herein prescribed, may be paid to members on first appointment to the following positions:—
(a) Non-Commissioned Officer of the Instructional Staff, £10.
(b) Topographer of the Australian Survey Corps, £10.
(c) Member of the Armament Artificers Corps, £5.
(ii) Members in receipt of this allowance shall be required to provide and maintain themselves with such articles of uniform as may be prescribed by the Military Board.
(iii) Members of the forces who receive an allowance under this regulation on first appointment, and are discharged at their own request, within twelve months of such appointment under the provisions of Australian Military Regulations, shall be required to refund a sum equal to the amount of the allowance so received less one-twelfth thereof for each completed period of service of one month.
Allowance while Steamers are in Dock.
An allowance of 2s. per diem, to cover increased cost of living, may be paid to members of crews of military steamers for each night required to live ashore while vessels are undergoing periodical overhaul in dock; provided it is necessary to vacate quarters on the vessels, and it is not possible to provide Government quarters ashore.
Flying Allowances.
Members of the Permanent Military Forces who as part of duly approved military duty are detailed to perform flying duties for instructional or other purposes, may be paid an allowance of 3s. per diem for each day of actual ascent.
6. Provision of Horses for Members of the Permanent Forces.
(a) If Government horses are not available, officers and warrant officers of the Permanent Forces when required to be mounted for military duty may be permitted to make their own arrangements for hiring suitable horses and may upon production of receipt recover a sum not exceeding 10s. for each half-day and 15s. for each whole day for which such hiring is authorized.
(b) The horse hire shall be recovered from the Department only for such military duties as in the opinion of the Formation, &c., Commander concerned necessitate the member being mounted when attending camps of training, field manœuvres, staff tours, inspection, schools, mounted parades of mounted units, and special parades such as reviews.
(c) Veterinary and shoeing charges shall not be paid by the Department.
(a) An officer or warrant officer of the Permanent Forces who owns and uses a horse suitable for military purposes may draw the allowance of 10s. or 15s. referred to in Regulation 72 subject to the conditions therein set out and subject to the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander being obtained and forwarded to the District Finance Officer, provided that the maximum amount that may be paid to an officer or warrant officer under this regulation shall not exceed £30 per annum.
7. District Allowances.
(i) District Allowance may be paid to members of the Permanent Military Forces in accordance with this regulation.
(ii) The scale and conditions of payment of District Allowance payable to members of the. Permanent Military Forces shall be the scale and conditions of payment of District Allowance payable to officers of the Commonwealth Public Service under the Commonwealth Public Service Regulations for the time being in force and the practice in the Commonwealth Public Service.
77a. In the cases of members of the Permanent Forces stationed in localities classified, for the purpose of District Allowances, in pursuance of regulation 77, partial reimbursement of fares paid by those members, their wives, and families, when travelling on recreation leave, may be approved by the Formation, &c., Commander subject to the following conditions:—
(a) A married member whose family resides with him at his station may, provided his wife and children (if any) under fourteen years of age travel with him on his recreation leave, be granted an amount equal to the excess beyond £15 on first class return fares between his station and the nearest capital city or other destination of less distance.
(b) A married member travelling alone or an unmarried member (other than members under eighteen years of age residing with their parents or guardians) journeying on recreation leave, may be granted an amount equal to the excess beyond £10 on first class return fares between his station and the nearest capital city or other destination of less distance.
(c) A member who elects to travel while on recreation leave a greater distance than is represented by the distance between his station and the nearest capital city may be granted the amount which would have been allowed him had he elected to travel only to the capital city.
(d) Partial reimbursement of fares under this regulation shall not be granted to a member more than once in every three years, and, notwithstanding anything contained in the Australian Military Regulations, members desiring to avail themselves of the concession under this regulation may be permitted to accumulate recreation leave for a period of three years.
(e) Members who at the date of commencement of this regulation, have served for a period of at least three years in localities in respect of which district allowances are payable, without having had recreation leave, may be permitted to avail themselves of the concession granted by this regulation.
Royal Military College.
Allowances at the rates shown hereunder may be paid to members of the Permanent Military Forces stationed at the Royal Military College of Australia—
Officers not graded as Staff Officers...................
£25 per annum
Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers
8s. per week.
Rank and File..................................
7s. per week.
8. Allowances—Survey Section, R.A.E.
Field Allowance.
(a) Field allowance at the rate of £130 per annum may be paid monthly in arrear to officers of the Survey Sub-section, R.A.E,
(b) This allowance shall cover all expenses other than train, steamer, or coach fares, and may be drawn during periods of sick leave not exceeding one month in each year, and during recreation leave.
(a) A field allowance may be paid monthly in arrear to Topographers of the Survey Section, R.A.E., at the following rates:—
Warrant Officers, Class I......................
£104 per annum.
Warrant Officers (Class II.) and Non-
Commissioned ranks........................
£104 per annum.
(b) The above allowance shall cover all expenses other than train, steamer, or coach fares, also the provision and transport of a personally-owned bicycle for the use of the topographer in the performance of his duty. This allowance may be drawn for periods of sick leave not exceeding one month in each year.
Transport Allowance.
(c) Transport allowance as under may be paid to topographers of the Survey Section, R.A.E., from the 1st May, 1920, on the distinct understanding that the certificate of the Officer Commanding the Section as to the necessity for the expenditure in each case shall be furnished to the District Finance Officer:—
(i) Motor cycle allowance of £1 per week to topographers owning same may be paid when used on military duty only; and then on the certificate of the Commanding Officer.
(ii) Horse allowance of 15s. per week to cover hire and feed of horse when motor cycles cannot be used or are not available.
9. Medical Attendance—Permanent Forces.
(a) Members of the Permanent Military Forces shall be granted medical attendance under the regulations and conditions hereafter defined. The term “medical attendance” throughout these Regulations means—
(i) The professional advice and care during sickness or injury by medical officers appointed for the duty and the supply of medicines and dressings prescribed by the medical officer in charge of the case, and includes surgical operations of a minor nature which do not involve the administration of an anæsthetic;
(ii) The admission to a public or departmental hospital approved by the Director-General of Medical Services of a member of the Permanent Military Forces requiring hospital treatment.
(b) Medical attendance shall be provided as under:—
(i) Within a radius of two miles of District Base Head-Quarters —by the representative of the. Director-General of Medical Services;
(ii) Within a radius of two miles of sub-District stations—by a Military Medical Officer or civilian practitioner appointed as Medical Officer in charge of Permanent Troops, at a rate approved by the Military Board.
(iii) At other localities within a radius of two miles from the Area Medical Officer’s residence—by the Area Medical Officer.
(iv) Members of the Permanent Forces who reside outside the radius of two miles from District Base Head-Quarters, sub-District stations, or the Area Medical Officer’s residence, may be paid an allowance equivalent to the rate paid by local friendly societies for medical attendance.
In cases where the Area Medical Officer does not reside within the Area, the radius of two miles shall be from the Head-Quarters of the Training Area.
(c) Medicines and dressings prescribed by the Medical Officer in charge of the case shall be obtained either from a military dispensary or dispensary controlled by the Department of Repatriation, but in cases where, in the opinion of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services this is not practicable, the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services may arrange for supply of medicines at rates not exceeding the following scale, payable half-yearly in arrear, or failing such arrangements the amount authorized may be paid direct to the member:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:66.22%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Single members</span><span style="width:180.82pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...........................</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">10s. per annum</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:66.22%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Married member and wife</span><span style="width:136.85pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:9.54%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">15s.</span></p></td><td style="width:24.24%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">”</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:66.22%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Married member with wife and Children</span></p></td><td style="width:9.54%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">20s.</span></p></td><td style="width:24.24%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">”</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(d) Members of the Permanent Forces may be treated in a private hospital, but the Department will only be liable for payment of fees which would have been charged had the patient been treated in a public or departmental hospital, except under special circumstances, such as serious injury in the performance of military duty necessitating immediate admission to a hospital.
The circumstances surrounding the admission of a member to a private hospital under the special circumstance herein referred to, or any other cases which in the opinion of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services require special consideration, should be immediately reported to Army Head-Quarters.
Wives and children (children up to 14 years of age) of members of the Permanent Military Forces may receive medical attendance as specified in regulation 81 (a) (i) provided that no extra expense to the public is incurred.
(1) Medical attendance cannot be claimed for confinements or miscarriages.
(2) Regulation 81 shall not apply to members who are on leave of absence without pay other than sick leave nor shall regulation 82 apply to the wives and children of such members.
Discharged members who, on account of illness, are unable to proceed to their homes may be subsisted in hospital at the discretion of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services. In such cases it will not be necessary to cancel the member’s discharge.
Members of the Permanent Military Forces who are admitted to hospital as provided for in these Regulations shall be subject to such deductions in pay as may be prescribed by the Military Board, but in no case shall the deduction exceed the rates prescribed in regulations 52 and 54.
9a. Dental Attendance—Permanent Forces.
Members of the Permanent Forces will be afforded dental treatment in accordance with the conditions specified below:—
(i) Treatment necessary to maintain dental efficiency will be allowed at the public expense, and will be of a conservative nature directed towards the prevention of the necessity for artificial dentures.
The treatment will be limited to—
(a) Extraction.
(b) Prophylaxis.
(c) Fillings (root, and amalgam and cement).
(d) Porcelain crowns which may, subject to the approval of the Senior Dental Officer, be fitted in suitable cases of fracture or extensive decay of incisor or canine teeth, except in cases where the loss of teeth necessitates the provision of an artificial denture.
(e) Dentures—vulcanite—as prescribed in paragraph (ii).
(ii) Dentures will be supplied only under the following conditions:—
(a) A member of the Permanent Forces who, with not less than five years’ continuous service, incurs such loss of teeth as would cause his discharge as an invalid, may be provided with an initial supply of artificial dentures at the public expense if, in the opinion of the Senior Dental Officer, he will thereby be rendered efficient. Except as indicated below, any renewals or repairs which may subsequently become necessary will be provided at the member’s own expense.
(b) A member who, as the result of—
(i) injury received whilst on duty, otherwise than through his own fault, or
(ii) disease directly attributable to military service,
incurs loss of teeth, may be provided at the public expense with artificial teeth and such subsequent renewals or repairs thereto as may be necessary. Where, however, the damage to or loss of a denture originally supplied to such a member from public funds is due to culpable neglect on his part, he will be placed under stoppages for the cost of the repairs or of the new denture with which it is necessary to supply him.
(iii) Dental treatment at the public expense does not include treatment involving precious metals.
(iv) Dental treatment specified herein will be provided by officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps and Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve (Dental Service), in accordance with scale of fees approved by the Military Board, provided that the Military Board may approve of a dental centre being established wherever practicable.
(v) In localities where no dental officer is available civilian practitioners may be employed on the recommendation of the Senior Dental Officer and approval of the representative of the Director-General of Medical Services in accordance with scale of fees applicable to dental officers.
10. Leave of Absence on Ground of Illness—Permanent Forces.
Absence from regular duty on account of sickness or injury, whether in hospital or otherwise, shall be considered leave of absence within the meaning of these Regulations.
All cases of leave of absence granted on the grounds of illness shall be at once notified to the District Finance Officer.
In case of sickness or ill-health the Formation, &c., Commander may, on production of satisfactory evidence, grant leave, not exceeding three months, in accordance with the following schedule:—
In exceptional cases the Military Board may take any special circumstances into consideration, and may vary the scale of payments; provided that in no case shall the leave granted exceed three months on full pay.
Where in case of illness an Officer or soldier who has received leave of absence for three months is not so far recovered as to be able to resume his duties, further extensions of leave may be granted with the approval of the Governor-General, in accordance with the following schedule, provided that on each extension of leave the applicant shall
be subjected to an examination by the Medical Officer in charge of troops, or by a Medical Officer, or by a Medical Board approved by the Military Board:—
In exceptional cases, special circumstances may be taken into consideration, e.g., where a member in discharge of his duty sustains injuries of such a nature as to incapacitate him for all duty, this scale may be varied; provided that in no case shall full pay be allowed for a period exceeding nine months in addition to leave granted by the Military Board under regulation 91.
Leave of absence on account of injuries sustained when in discharge of military duty shall be dealt with as prescribed in these Regulations, but such leave shall not be counted as a portion of the leave which may, under these Regulations, be granted to an Officer or soldier on account of illness.
A member of the Permanent Forces who is absent from his ordinary duty while suffering from Venereal Disease may receive payment at a rate not exceeding two-thirds of that which would have been payable under regulation 90 had his absence been due to ordinary sickness. Any absence due to Venereal Disease will count as portion of the leave of absence on the grounds of illness which may be granted under these Regulations.
If any member is absent from duty on account of illness, and such absence has extended beyond three months, he shall not be permitted to return to duty unless and until the representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services, or some other medical practitioner approved by the Military Board, or a Medical Board, has certified that he is fit to resume work.
Extended Leave.—Sunday Pay.
When extended leave is granted other than on full pay, the rate paid for Sundays and holidays shall be the same as that allowed for the period of leave.
11. Miscellaneous—Funeral Expenses.
An expenditure not exceeding £10 may be authorized by District Finance Officers for funerals of members of the Permanent Military Forces. Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Military Board that the actual necessary expenses incurred on the burial were in excess of £10, the Military Board may approve of payment of such further sums as may be considered reasonable.
The relatives may have the body conveyed at their own expense from the place of death to the deceased’s home for burial or may be issued with two second class railway warrants at Government expense to enable the nearest relative and one other to proceed to and return home from
the military funeral, providing that the journey between the place of interment and the home of the relatives will occupy not more than 24 hours.
Plain Clothes Allowance.
Commanding Officers may, in any case of necessity, provide a soldier of the Permanent Forces, on discharge, with plain clothes, at a cost not exceeding £1 10s.
PART V.—MILITIA FORCES.
(1) The rates of pay for Officers of the Militia Forces holding appointments as shown hereunder shall be:—
(2) The pay of the above officers shall be issued subject to—
(i) In the cases of Divisional and Mixed Brigade Commanders —The issue of a certificate by the Chief of the General Staff that the duties of the appointment have been efficiently performed for the period claimed for.
(ii) In the cases of Brigade Commanders and Divisional Artillery Commanders—The issue of a certificate by the Divisional Commander that the duties of the appointment have been efficiently performed for the period claimed for.
(iii) In the case of the Judge Advocate General and Deputy Judge Advocate General—The issue of a certificate by the Adjutant-General that the duties allotted or required to be performed during the period claimed for have been satisfactory performed.
(iv) In the case of Officers holding the other appointments referred to in sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) The maintenance of a diary setting forth the hours of employment, the place, and the nature of the duty;
(b) A certificate from their immediate Commander that they have efficiently performed the duties allotted to them and are entitled to pay for the periods named;
(c) Approval of the Formation, &c., Commander concerned.
(3) (a) Officers of the Australian Army Legal Department holding appointments on the staff of a formation or other command shall be paid at the following rates, irrespective of rank, according to the grade, notified in Military Orders, of the appointment to which they are allotted and on the certificate of the officer commanding the formation or command to the staff of which they are attached that they are entitled to pay for the period claimed for:—
(b) Officers of the Australian Army Legal Department who are not appointed to the staff of a formation or command will receive the pay of their substantive rank when required to perform duty.
(4) The periods laid down in this regulation include any camp training attended, but the provisions of regulations 111 and 121 shall not have application to officers referred to herein. Payment shall be made quarterly in arrear in the months of September, December, March, and June.
(5) Members who are on leave of absence for more than one month shall have a proportionate part of their annual pay deducted for the period of such absence, computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual rate for each month of absence.
The rates of pay for personnel of the Militia Forces other than those holding the appointments mentioned in Regulation 100 shall be as under:—
Half-day parades may be paid for at one-half, and night drills at one-quarter, of the above rates.
In the case of the Army Service Corps allotted for duty with Artillery and Engineer Units, vide section 127 of the Defence Act, payment may be made at the rates prescribes by regulation 101 for 25 days per annum, of which not less than 17 days shall be in Camps of Continuous Training.
Recruits.
The rate of pay for all trainees during the first year of their service ending 30th June shall be as prescribed for recruits, and from the 1st July next following the first year for which he has been classified as efficient shall be at the rate for “Trained Soldiers.”
Provided that any trainee promoted to a rank higher than that of private, gunner, driver, lance-corporal, acting bombardier, &c., during his first year of training may be paid at the rate prescribed for the rank to which promoted.
Specialists’ Pay.
Specialists’ pay of £2 per annum may be paid—
(a) To each qualified Signaller below the rank of 2nd Corporal borne on the authorized establishment of a Signal Unit, or as Regimental Signaller of Light Horse and Infantry Units.
(b) To each qualified Specialist of the Field or Garrison Artillery in accordance with the numbers in the authorized establishments.
A Specialist becoming non-effective during a financial year shall not draw Specialists’ pay for that year.
(a) A special duty pay of 6s. may be paid to each soldier below the rank of 2nd Corporal or Bombardier who has qualified as a cook at a course of cookery, and who is borne on the authorized establishment as a cook and is employed as such for each day’s attendance at the Camp of Training of the Unit to which he belongs on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that he has qualified at a course of cookery and that his duties have been efficiently carried out.
(b) A soldier below the rank of 2nd Corporal or Bombardier who has not qualified at a course of cookery but who is borne on the authorized establishment as cook and is employed as such will be paid 3s. per diem extra duty pay for every day’s attendance at the Camp of Training of the Unit to which he belongs on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that his duties have been efficiently carried out.
Motor Cycles and Bicycles.
Payment for the provision of motor cycles and bicycles may be made annually in accordance with the following scale to members borne on the authorized establishment of a Signal Unit or as Regimental Signallers of Light Horse and Infantry Units using privately owned machines in the Government Service, the owners of such machines to be responsible for all damages and-repairs, and that machines are kept in good order and fit for service at all times.
Motor Cycles.—At the rate of 5s. per diem for each day on which the motor cycle (within the approved establishment of such machines) is used in the Government Service, provided that the total amount paid for each motor cycle does not exceed £5 per annum, except on the approval of the Minister, when annual training exceeds 16 days.
Bicycles.—At the rate of 2s. per diem for each day on which the bicycle (within the approved establishment of such machines) is used in the Government Service, provided that the total amount paid for each bicycle does not exceed £2 per annum, except on the approval of the Minister, when annual training exceeds 16 days.
Separation Allowance.
(i) An additional allowance may be paid to a married member receiving less than 8s. per diem for each day’s attendance at the Annual Camp of Training as follows:—
(a) For wife (living at home)................
1s. 3d. per diem.
(b) For each child.......................
0s. 7½d. per diem.
(ii) A similar allowance as in (a) may be paid to a soldier who is the sole support of a widowed mother or of a mother who is entirely dependent upon his earnings, provided that the allowance shall not be payable in respect of more than one adult dependant.
(iii) The allowance under (b) shall be limited to each child under fourteen years of age who is dependent upon his father for support.
(iv) Separation allowance at the rate of 7½d. per diem shall also be payable to a soldier for each brother and sister under fourteen years of age solely dependent on him for support.
(v) The allowance prescribed by this regulation shall only be payable for wives, children, and the other approved dependants who are resident within the Commonwealth.
(vi) The allowances provided for in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) inclusive of this regulation shall not be granted to a soldier who does not complete the period of continuous training as prescribed in the approved syllabus of training for each financial year, provided that payment may be made for each day of attendance at a camp of continuous training to a member who is granted leave by the proper authority on account of illness or urgent business to proceed from camp before completion of the full period of training.
(vii) A declaration setting out the facts establishing eligibility for Separation Allowance under this regulation shall be furnished with each claim made for the allowance. The declaration shall be made and signed by the claimant before a commissioned officer of the unit to which the claimant is attached and shall be endorsed by the officer commanding the unit in camp.
(viii) The total separation allowance payable under this regulation shall not exceed—
In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 3s.—5s. per day.
In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 4s.—4s. per day.
In the case of members whose daily rate of pay is 5s.—3s. per day.
Detention.
No pay shall be granted to members for periods during which they are detained under section 135 of the Act.
Equivalent Additional Training.
(a) Subject to this regulation no pay or allowances shall be payable to any person in respect of any equivalent additional training required of him under the provisions of section 133 of the Act and the regulations made thereunder.
(b) An allowance at the rates prescribed by sub-paragraph (i) of regulation 107 may be paid to a person in respect of each whole day of equivalent additional training referred to in sub-regulation (a) of this regulation performed at a camp of continuous training.
Provided that the dependants shall only be such as are provided for in sub-paragraphs (i) to (v) inclusive of regulation 107 and subject to the conditions laid down in sub-paragraph (vii) of the same regulation.
Provided further that the total allowance payable to any person under this regulation shall not exceed 8s. per day.
No allowance shall be granted under this regulation to any person who has not completed the whole period of continuous training which he was called upon to attend for the purpose of performing the equivalent additional training required of him.
Pay for Prescribed Periods Only.
Except as provided by regulations 102, 112, and 113, pay shall not be issuable in any year in excess of the total amount per annum set out in regulation 101, unless in very exceptional circumstances, which must be approved by the Military Board.
(a) Except as provided in these Regulations, the pay for the number of days prescribed for the Annual Camp of Continuous Training shall be set aside from the total amount provided, and shall not be available for any parade or drill other than continuous training. This amount shall be issuable only for attendance at the camp of training for the unit to which the officer or soldier belongs, or for attendance at another camp within the year to make good absence with leave from the ordinary camp, and shall not be issuable for any camp attended to make good absence without leave.
(b) The remaining portion of the total amount shall only be available for compulsory or alternative parades attended, but pay shall not be issuable for any other parade attended to make good deficiencies caused by absence without leave.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Military Board may approve of payment of Militia pay for any number of days in excess of the number prescribed in regulation 101, at the daily rates specified therein, subject to the necessary provision being made by Parliament.
Guards of Honour.
Payment in addition to the annual maximum amount laid down in regulation 101 for the respective arms and ranks may be made in respect of the following occasions at the rates respectively indicated:—
(a) For attendance at Guards of Honour or Escorts for the Governor-General, or for the Governor of a State, or in connexion with the opening or prorogation of Parliament— payment may be made at the rates provided in regulation 101 for the respective ranks—provided that members of the Militia Forces entitled to the rates of Militia pay less than 8s. 6d. per diem may be paid for each of the proceeding occasions as for a whole day.
Bands.
(b) When the voluntary services of members of a Militia Band have been authorized by the Military Board for special occasions, upon which no other part of the Militia Unit to which they belong, or of any other Militia Unit, is paraded, payment may be made for such services at the rates ruling locally for musicians.
Courses of Training Abroad.
An officer of the Citizen Military Forces who, with the approval of the Military Board, proceeds abroad to undergo a course of military instruction or training, or a member of any unit or of the Unattached List of the Citizen Military Forces who, while temporarily absent abroad is permitted to attend for training with other units of the British Dominions, as arranged by the Military Board, may be granted for each day during which he undergoes such training but not exceeding the maximum period prescribed in F.R. 101—
(a) the daily pay of his rank under F.R. 101.
(b) Field allowance of rank under F.R. 235,
(c) Rations under the scale in force for the unit with which he undergoes training,
provided that Field Allowance and Rations shall be authorized only when such are drawn by members of the Unit with which the member is training.”
Officers—Unattached List.
Officers on the Unattached List when called upon in accordance with Australian Military Regulation 145 to perform Military duty, may receive the pay (as prescribed for Militia) of the rank they held in the regiment or corps from which they were transferred to the Unattached List, but the total number of days for which pay may be drawn shall not exceed four in one year, without the approval of the Military Board.
Reserve of Officers.
115a. Officers on the Reserve of Officers who may be called upon in accordance with the Australian Military Regulations to do duty in Camps of Continuous Training may, with the approval of the Military Board, receive the pay of their rank at the rates prescribed for the active Citizen Military Forces for the period of their attendance at camps, but not exceeding the period of continuous training prescribed in the approved Syllabus of Training for the financial year.
Army Reserve.
The pay and allowances of all ranks of the Australian Army Reserve, other than Class C, during their annual period of training as prescribed by Australian Military Regulation 1371, shall be at the same daily rates as for the corresponding ranks of the Militia Forces.
Officers Provisionally Appointed.
Any person provisionally appointed to commissioned rank in the Citizen Forces other than to the rank of Lieutenant, or any officer provisionally promoted in commissioned rank in the Citizen Forces shall (with the exception of officers of the Australian Army Legal Department), be granted only the pay prescribed for the next lower rank until he passes the final examination for the rank to which he has been provisionally appointed or promoted. From that date if it occurs within
C. 17553.—3
the current financial year (failing which it shall begin on the first day of the current financial year) he shall be eligible for the pay of the higher rank after notification of the confirmation of his provisional rank has appeared in the Commonwealth Gazette.
Miscellaneous.
The higher rates of pay allotted to Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers, although calculated on the number of Parades attended, are intended to include remuneration for the duties of the rank, varying from year to year, in connexion with attendance at Schools of Instruction, Staff or Regimental Tours, Classes, and Administrative Work of Units.
Establishments.
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3), and notwithstanding the issue of any “Establishments” of units, all members of the Militia Forces may be paid according to their rank in cases where such establishment is exceeded, but, in the case of ranks higher than that of Private, no further promotion to such rank shall be made until such Supernumeraries are absorbed, and if the excess be—
(a) In the commissioned ranks
Except as provided in sub-paragraph 3 of this regulation no further appointments as Officers shall be made unless the total authorized establishment of Officers of the unit will not be exceeded thereby, and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of Lieutenant any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank shall not be filled until such excess Officer has been absorbed.
(b) In the rank of Warrant Officer, or of Non-commissioned Officer of or above the rank of Sergeant (exclusive of Farrier-Sergeant, Collarmaker-Sergeant, Saddler-Sergeant, Wheeler-Sergeant, and Armourer-Sergeant)
No further appointment or promotion to these ranks shall be made unless the total establishments of such ranks will not be exceeded thereby; and if the excess be in a rank higher than that of Sergeant, any corresponding vacancy that may occur in the next lower rank shall not be filled until such excess Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer has been absorbed.
(c) In the rank of N.C.O. below the rank of Sergeant
No further appointments or promotions shall be made to the rank in which the excess exists unless the total establishment of the N.C.O. ranks below the rank of Sergeant will not be exceeded thereby.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (1) of this regulation, Officers and others in excess of the authorized number of any rank may be carried on the strength, provided that there are vacancies in higher ranks, and that the total establishment will not be exceeded.
(3) An Officer of the A.A.M.C. who is appointed supernumerary to the establishment shall not be eligible to receive pay for such appointment for any period during which he is supernumerary to the establishment, except in cases where he is detailed for duty at a Camp of Continuous Training in lieu of a medical officer on the authorized establishment who is unable to attend camp, in which case he may be granted the pay and allowances of his rank for the period of the camp.
(4) Acting Ranks and Acting or Temporary Appointments shall not carry any increase of pay, except in the case of Militia Adjutants, for whom a special rate is provided in regulation 126. Lance Ranks shall not carry an increase in pay unless such are authorised as “paid Lance Ranks” in the “Annual Training Establishments.”
Payment to be made in Arrear.
Except as provided in these Regulations the payment of pay of Militia Forces shall be made in arrear and as follows:—
On the last day of Camp of Continuous Training, the amount of pay earned at such camp, provided that for camps of seventeen days an interim payment may be made, and in the month of June the remainder of the amount earned during the financial year, provided further that in the case of Camps of Continuous Training payment may be made either in camp or on return to stations, at the discretion of the Formation, &c., Commander.
Militia Staffs.
(a) The pay, other than for Camps of Continuous Training, of members of Militia Staffs, excluding those holding the appointments referred to in Regulation 100, shall be issued subject to—
(i) A certificate from their Commanding Officers that their duties have been efficiently performed, and that they are entitled to pay for the period claimed.
(ii) Approval of the Formation, &c., Commander concerned.
(b) The total pay for each member for any year shall be limited to the total number of days’ training authorized for the year excepting that pay may be issued for a total of sixteen days for the year to officers who are—
(i) Regimental, Battalion or Artillery Brigade Commanders.
(ii) Commanding Officers of Divisional Engineers, Divisional Signals, or Divisional Train, whose command consists of more than one Squadron or Company or more than the equivalent in numbers of one Squadron or Company.
(iii) Commanding Officer, Australian Garrison Artillery, whose command consists of two or more batteries.
(c)
(d) Senior Dental and Senior Pharmaceutical officers may be paid for such periods as may be authorized, not exceeding sixteen days in any one financial year, notwithstanding that such officers have not attended the Camp training prescribed for the year. Payment will be made on the certificate of the D.G.M.S., that the officer is entitled to pay for the period claimed for.
(e) Members who are on leave of absence for more than one month shall have a proportionate part of their annual pay deducted for the period of such absence computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual rate for each month of absence, provided that the pay allocated for the period of continuous training shall first be deducted.
Citizen Force Officers Holding Appointments as Militia Adjutants (Excluding the Australian Army Medical Corps).
(a) The pay of Citizen Force Officers holding appointments as Militia Adjutants shall be at the rate of £60 per annum, beyond which rate no further Militia pay shall be drawn by such officers.
(b) An officer of the Citizen Forces holding appointment of Militia Adjutant who attends a School of Instruction for which an allowance may be granted under regulation 223 may, subject to the conditions of such regulation, be paid the allowance prescribed therein according to his rank. Provided that during any period for which such allowance is drawn, Adjutant’s pay prescribed in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation shall not be payable.
(c) The rate of pay prescribed by sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation shall include horse allowance and all other allowances except travelling and field or camp allowance.
(d) The pay of Citizen Force officers holding appointment as Militia Adjutants shall be issued quarterly in arrear in the months of September, December, March, and June, and shall be subject to the certificate of Commanding Officers that their duties have been efficiently performed and to the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander.
Cable Guards.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Military Board may approve of payment not exceeding £1 per annum to each member of an approved Cable Guard, subject to necessary provision being made by Parliament and to the provisions of The Australian Rifle Club Regulations.
5. Horse Allowance—Militia Forces.
Horse allowance as under may be issued to members of the Militia Forces in consideration of their providing horses suitable for the Service, provided that in cases where required by the Formation, &c., Commander to be mounted for any period in excess of that therein provided for, such case shall be submitted to Head-Quarters for decision.
(a) Officers and soldiers of Light Horse units may be granted Horse Allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem for each mounted parade attended, provided that the total amount paid to an Officer or soldier in any one year shall not exceed £4, except on the approval of the Military Board
when annual training exceeds sixteen days. Horse Allowance for Light Horse units shall be paid at the same time as Militia Pay and shall be subject to the same conditions as prescribed for pay in Regulation 111.
(b) Non-commissioned officers and men of other than Light Horse units who are required to be mounted and who provide their own horses for mounted parades may be paid horse allowance on the approval of the Formation &c., Commander, in accordance with the rates and conditions laid down for members of the Light Horse in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation.
(e) If Government horses are not available an officer of the Militia Forces (but not officers of the Light Horse units) when required by the Formation, &c., Commander to be mounted for military duty may be paid an allowance for the provision of a horse of ten shillings for each whole day or six shillings for each half day. Payment of the allowance shall be dependent on the certificate of the Commanding Officer that a suitable horse has been supplied and used by the officer for authorized military duty. In cases in which the officer would be eligible for this allowance but in which the hiring of a suitable horse has involved payment greater than the amount of the allowance he may upon production of receipts for the hiring be reimbursed the actual cost thereof not exceeding the rates of fifteen shillings for a whole day or ten shillings for a half day. The total amount payable to an officer in any one financial year under the provisions of this sub-regulation shall not exceed £12 per annum except on the approval of the Military Board when the annual training exceeds sixteen days.
6. Special Allowances—Militia Forces.
Members of Courts Martial.
(1) An allowance in accordance with the provisions of this regulation may be made to a member of the Citizen Forces for services herein referred to, provided that no allowance shall be drawn for such duties when the member is in attendance with his unit at a parade or encampment:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.64%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:64.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">For acting as president or member of a court martial or judge advocate or prosecutor at trial by Court martial</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:54.36%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:10pt; margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; margin-top:-10pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:19"><img src="image.010.png" width="11" height="125" alt="" style="margin-top:0.12pt; margin-left:-22.83pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">An allowance equal to one half day’s pay of substantive rank under Regulation 101 for attendance (inclusive of travelling) of less than three hours and equal to one day’s pay of substantive rank under Regulation 101 for attendance (inclusive of travelling) of three hours or more.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:45.64%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:64.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">b</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) For attendance at meetings of the Military Board, or of any Court, Board or Committee appointed with the approval of the Minister,</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(2) A member with substantive rank higher than that of Colonel may be paid an allowance not exceeding £2 10s. per diem or £1 5s. per half day.
(3) Travelling allowance shall not be payable in addition to the allowance authorized in sub-paragraph (1) of this regulation.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this regulation, the Minister may, in special cases, approve of special rates of payment.
In cases where it may be necessary to employ a Non-commissioned Officer of the Militia to act as an escort of a soldier in connexion with a court martial, such Non-commissioned Officer may be granted an allowance equal to his daily rate of Militia pay.
Medical and Veterinary Attendance at Camps.
Medical and Veterinary Officers in civil practice may be paid an allowance of £1 for each day of authorized attendance at Annual Camp, not exceeding the period of continuous training prescribed for the financial year. This allowance is intended to meet part of the cost of providing a locum tenens and is to be additional to the ordinary pay and allowance of rank. Before payment of this allowance is made a certificate should be furnished in all cases by the officer claiming the allowance to the effect that a locum tenens was employed by him during his absence at Camp.
Medical Officers—Special Duties.
(1) Payment in accordance with the following table may be made to officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps for medical services rendered which do not form part of the authorized duties of their appointment:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">Service.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">Payment.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:9.36%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">£</span></p></td><td style="width:4.94%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">s.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.72%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">d.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Attendance as a member of a Medical Board for each Medical Board attended</span></p></td><td style="width:9.36%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2</span></p></td><td style="width:4.94%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2</span></p></td><td style="width:12.72%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">b</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) Special medical examination of a member of the Military Forces or Cadets, including the writing of a report or the issue of a medical certificate as required for each examination</span></p></td><td style="width:9.36%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:4.94%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:12.72%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">c</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) Visiting camps of continuous training, schools of instruction or detention camps on medical duty—</span></p></td><td style="width:9.36%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:4.94%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.72%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:86.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(i) For each day on which the duration of the attendance exclusive of travelling is three hours or more, or the attendance entails travelling of a total distance of 6 miles or more</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:20pt; margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; margin-top:-20pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:15"><img src="image.011.png" width="7" height="56" alt="" style="margin-top:1.02pt; margin-left:-7.82pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">One day’s pay of rank under regulation 101</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:86.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(ii) For each day on which the duration of the attendance exclusive of travelling is less than three hours and the total distance travelled is less than 6 miles</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; margin-top:-3pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:16"><img src="image.012.png" width="11" height="48" alt="" style="margin-top:1.52pt; margin-left:-7.82pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">One half-day’s pay of rank under regulation 101</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">d</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Attendance for conducting medical or dental examinations of candidates for appointment to the Permanent Forces—</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:86.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:18"><img src="image.013.png" width="16" height="35" alt="" style="margin-top:25.33pt; margin-left:312.62pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(i) For each day on which the duration of the attendance exclusive of travelling is three hours or more</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:17"><img src="image.014.png" width="11" height="34" alt="" style="margin-top:1.12pt; margin-left:-7.82pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">One day’s pay of rank under regulation 101</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:72.98%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:86.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(ii) For each day on which the duration of the attendance exclusive or travelling is less than three hours</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">One half-day’s pay of rank under regulation 101</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(2) When an officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps is not available to perform the services mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation, qualified civilians may be employed and paid at the rates therein authorized for officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps, provided that qualified civilians who are employed on duties enumerated in sub-regulation (c) shall be paid at the rate prescribed for Captain.
Civilian medical practitioners may be paid the rate of Field Allowance as prescribed for Captain in Regulation 235 for such periods as they are employed in Camps or Schools and mess in the Officers’ Mess under circumstances which involve the payment of Field Allowance.
(3) Officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps (Dental Service) and Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve (Dental Service) where employed on dental duty which does not form part of the authorized duties of their appointment, may be paid:—
(a) For each day on which the duration of duty, exclusive of travelling, is 3 hours or more.
(1) An officer of the A.A.V.C. (Militia), when called up for casual duties, may receive pay therefor in accordance with the following scale independently of and in addition to the pay earned by him in the performance of the ordinary duties of his militia appointment:—
(i) For each day on which the duration of the attendance, exclusive of travelling, is three hours or more, or the attendance entails travelling of a total distance of six miles or more
One day’s pay of rank under regulation 101
(ii) For each day on which the duration of attendance, exclusive of travelling, is less than three hours, and the total distance travelled is less than six miles
One half day’s pay of rank under regulation 101
Provided that in cases where the total distance required to be travelled is in excess of twenty miles, and in the opinion of the Military Board the rate of pay herein authorized would not adequately remunerate the officer for the services required of him, payment of an amount not exceeding £2 2s. may be authorized by the Military Board.
(2) When an officer of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps is not available to perform the services mentioned in sub-para. (1) of this regulation, qualified civilians may be employed and paid under the conditions therein stipulated at the rate prescribed for Captain.
7. Corps Contingent Allowance.
140 (1) Subject to provision being made by Parliament, Corps Contingent Allowance may be credited in the District Accounts Office
to Commanding Officers of Militia, Regiments or Corps (excluding Divisional Staffs and Head-Quarters of Light Horse and Infantry Brigades) at the following rates or such less amount as may be approved by the Minister:—
(a) Five shillings per head of the full establishment of the Citizen Forces of their respective units approved by the Minister for the year in which the payment is made, excluding Officers receiving special rates of pay, i.e., other than the militia rates of pay of their rank.
(b) In the case of units having many detachments, or for other reasons, specially recommended by the Military Board, such allowance may be increased to a sum not exceeding 10s. per head, subject to the necessity for such payment being proved to the satisfaction of the Minister.
(c) Three shillings per head of Senior Cadets actually in training on the 1st day of August of the financial year in which payment is made, provided that in the case of Senior Cadet detachments formed at educational institutions, the strength shall be taken as on Tuesday of the week following the commencement of studies after the winter vacation.
(2) District Finance Officers shall deduct from the Corps Contingent Allowance due to a Regiment or Corps the amount of any claims for damages to, or for loss or deterioration of, stores, equipment, or Government property of any kind, which have been approved by the competent authority to be a charge against such Regiment or Corps.
The following expenditure shall be charged to Corps Contingent Allowance:—
(a) Items as under incurred in respect of both Citizen Force and Senior Cadet units:—
(i) Orderly Room expenses—
Cleaning and care of Orderly Rooms and grounds. (The expenditure on the cleaning of Orderly Room or Drill Hall shall not, without the approval of the District Finance Officer, exceed £2 per quarter.)
Lighting and fuel, not including apparatus for lighting or heating, without the approval of the District Finance Officer.
Sanitation and water.
Telephone.
(ii) Cleaning and care of arms. The expenditure on the cleaning of arms in store, together with other equipment of a Squadron, Battery, or Company shall not, without the approval of the District Finance Officer exceed £1 10s. per quarter.
(iii) Care and protection of stores on charge of Corps and in the case of Light Horse, repairs to saddlery on issue to Corps. (In cases where saddlery has not been issued, Commanding Officers are permitted to debit Corps funds with the cost of repairs effected to saddlery, the property of members other than officers, provided that the damage was due to military duty.)
(iv) Replacing losses or damage to stores and equipment which cannot be traced to individuals and are not chargeable otherwise,
(v) Band expenses and upkeep of instruments. Sums in excess of amount voted by Parliament as Band Allowance must first be submitted for approval of the Military Board.
(vi) Other incidental expenses. Where more than £5 on any one item is involved the special approval of the District Finance Officer shall first be obtained.
(b) Items as under incurred in respect of Citizen Force units only:—
(i) Advertising and postage.
(ii) Expenses incidental to Home Training Parades, Inspections, and to the repair of targets on charge to military units.
(iii) Prizes for Gunnery, Musketry, Skill-at-arms, Signalling, &c., if funds are available, and the approval of the Commanding Officer is given. The total amount paid from Corps Funds under this paragraph shall not exceed 5 per cent. of the total Corps Contingent Allowance authorized for the year in which the expenditure is incurred in respect of Citizen Force units only.
(iv) Payments in special cases, to members of the Citizen Forces for services rendered in connexion with the administration of Corps, subject to the approval of the District Finance Officer.
(v) Travelling allowances at rates laid down in regulation 196 to officers of the Militia Forces, provided that, having in view the financial requirements of the Corps, the Commanding Officer certifies that the duty is one for which travelling allowance should be paid, and that funds are available, and that “route” has been approved by the Formation, &c., Commander or the Senior Administrative Officer of the Formation.
Notwithstanding anything contained in regulations 140 and 141, the Minister may approve of any other services or supplies being charged to “Corps Contingent Allowance” upon the recommendation of the Commanding Officer, and indorsed by the Formation, &c., Commander.
Payment for hire of motor cars or any expense in connexion therewith shall not be charged to Corps Contingent Allowance without the special approval of the Minister.
Commanding Officers of Regiments or Corps shall be held responsible that the expenditure of the Corps Contingent Allowance is strictly in accordance with conditions provided in regulation 141. No advance for personal purposes, i.e., purchase of uniform, &c., shall be made from Regimental or Corps Funds.
Commanding Officers shall be held personally responsible for any liabilities in excess of Corps Contingent Allowance.
C. 17553.—4
Record of Receipts and Expenditure.
145a. A proper record of all receipts and payments shall be kept in the authorized Cash Book.
Vouchers.
All vouchers should be personally certified by the Commanding Officer before payment, provided that upon occasions of the Commanding Officer’s absence owing to sickness or upon leave or military duty the vouchers may be certified by the officer temporarily administering the Command, of whose temporary appointment or assumption of office the District Finance Officer should be notified in writing by the Commanding Officer or by an officer superior to the Commanding Officer.
Books and Accounts.
All books and accounts shall be produced by Commanding Officers when required at inspections or for purpose of audit.
8. Financial Administration by Commanding Officers. Banking Arrangements.
(a) All public moneys, except where otherwise stated, (e.g., Camp Pay, payable in camp, vide regulation 121), shall be immediately paid into one banking account to the credit of the Regiment or Corps, in such banks as may be approved by the Secretary as Deputy for the Treasurer, on the recommendation of the District Finance Officer. Any change in signatures to cheques on accounts so opened is to be approved by the District Finance Officer, who will notify the Bank concerned.
(b) No moneys other than public moneys shall be dealt with under such account.
(c) The account shall be operated on by the respective Commanding Officers, and under no circumstances is it to be overdrawn.
(d)
(e) If a Commanding Officer considers that, in the interests of the service, a subsidiary banking account is necessary for any Squadron, Troop, Battery, Company or outlying Detachment, he shall apply in the usual way for authority to open same, and state his reasons for so doing. The responsibility of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment or Corps as regards the funds of the Regiment or Corps as a whole shall remain unaffected.
(a) Payments shall in all cases be made by cheque signed by the Commanding Officer, the Regiment or Corps, and countersigned by the second in command, or by the Adjutant or other member approved by the District Finance Officer.
(b) Cheques shall be drawn only for specific amounts in respect of certified accounts authorized for payment. The counter-signature may then be affixed, but cheques shall not be signed by the Signing Officer until the claimants apply or cheque is to be posted or delivered. Neither signature nor countersignature shall be affixed on any blank cheque forms.
Responsibility for Financial Administration and Accounting.
The financial administration and accounting of a unit is a responsibility of the Commanding Officer, who will ensure by supervision and cheek, that any accounting work performed on his behalf is correctly done. Sections 42 and 43 of the Audit Act 1901-1920 govern the surcharging of accounting officers and the recovery of the amounts of surcharges.
Unclaimed Militia Pay.
In accordance with the provisions of section 29 of the Audit Act all unclaimed militia pay left in the hands of the Commanding Officers must, after a period of three months, be forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys, together with a statement showing the full names, ranks, and numbers of the persons to whom the amounts are due. The sums so returned shall be repaid to the credit of the vote for “Universal Military Training—Pay, Citizen Forces,” and refunds can be made therefrom when claimed on properly certified voucher.
In the case of the disbandment of a unit, any balance of the Commanding Officer’s Petty Cash Advance or any other public money shall be forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys to be paid to the credit of the vote or to revenue, as the case may be.
Fines and Stoppages.
Fines and stoppages against members or payments in respect of damage or deterioration or loss of Government property and any public moneys received other than pay shall be forwarded not later than one month from date of receipt of same to the Receiver of Public Moneys for payment into revenue.
Military clothing shall remain Government property, and not become the property of the soldier at any time. Members on discharge are permitted to retain, for use if subsequently called up for service, the military uniform in their possession, except greatcoats. Any member who does not return his greatcoat, or any articles of equipment and saddlery, on discharge shall be required to pay the unexpired value thereof. Stoppages on this account may be made from any money due to the soldier, or action may be taken under section 79 of the Defence Act.
Fines.
All fines and stoppages shall be noted in the Returns of Pay or in Stoppage Sheet, A.M. Form, B.10.
Discharge Fees.
Moneys received for purchase of Discharges shall be forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys for payment into Defence Revenue.
Audit and Inspection of Unit Accounts.
The audit of all official accounts of Commanding Officers or other persons in Military employ will be carried out periodically by such officers as may be appointed for the purpose by the Auditor-General.
Except where the Auditor-General arranges for the audit to be made by one of his officers, the audit will be conducted by the District Finance Officer or his representative.
(a) When requested to do so, a Commanding Officer of a Citizen Force unit will forward to the District Finance Officer, each financial year, for audit, his Cash Book, Bank Pass Book, Cheque Book, and buts of Official Receipt Books.
(b) When a change in the command of a Citizen Force unit takes place, the officer vacating the command will immediately forward to the District Finance Officer, for audit, the books mentioned in paragraph (a). In addition, the officer vacating the command will complete, in quadruplicate, A.M. Form B.33 which will then be checked in every particular by the officer assuming the command. The four copies of
A.M. Form B.33 duly signed by each of the officers mentioned will then be despatched to the District Finance Officer by the officer vacating the command.
Moneys other than Public Moneys.
(a) All moneys which may come into the possession of a Commanding Officer and which do not belong to the Public Moneys Account as laid down in these Regulations, shall be paid into a separate Banking Account under arrangements to be made by the Commanding Officer, who shall advise the Bank concerned of the names of the officers authorized to operate on such account, and shall at the same time furnish the bank with the necessary specimen signatures.
(b) In connexion with the certification of accounts and the obtaining of proper acquittances, the Commanding Officer shall be guided by the regulations and instructions governing payment from the ordinary Public Moneys Account.
(c) The Commanding Officer shall arrange for the separate account referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation, to be audited at least once annually.
(d) Any bank charges or other expenses in connexion with the separate account referred to in this regulation, shall be defrayed from the funds contained in such account.
(e) When the audit of unit accounts is being made in accordance with F. & A. regulation 157, the District Finance Officer or his representative will ascertain the titles of the separate accounts which have been opened under this regulation and will include in his report a statement as to the date of the last audit thereof and whether such accounts are still operative.”
PART VI—VOLUNTEER FORCES.
Australian Army Nursing Service.
Subject to provision being made by Parliament, the pay and allowances of the Australian Army Nursing Services shall be at the following rates:—
(a) A capitation allowance of £1 per annum to each efficient member during the financial year in which the payment is made.
(b) When employed on continuous military duty with approval of the Military Board—
(i) Grade.
Daily Rate of Pay.
Matron-in-Chief..................
15s.
Principal Matron..................
15s.
Matron........................
12s.
Sister-in-Charge..................
10s.
Sister.........................
9s.
Staff Nurse.....................
8s.
(ii) Quarters with fuel and light may be provided, or where such are not available, an allowance of 1s. per diem may be payable in lieu.
(iii) Rations shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part XII. of these regulations, but when rations are not available a commuted allowance approved by the District Finance Officer, based on the local contract price of the ration, may be drawn.
(iv) A clothing maintenance allowance may be paid at the rate of 2s. per week.
(c) When employed with the approval of the Military Board on administrative duties not entailing continuous attendance, a full day’s pay for attendance exceeding three hours in any one day and a half day’s pay for attendance less than three hours in any one day may be paid at the rates provided in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of this regulation, but no allowances shall be payable in addition. The total amount payable under this sub-paragraph in any financial year shall not exceed the equivalent of sixteen days’ pay according to Grade.
PART VII.—COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES RECEIVED OR DISEASE CONTRACTED ON DUTY.
161a. All amounts payable under this Part shall be calculated in accordance with the regulations therein, but no amount shall be paid in respect of any member who is a contributor to the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund in excess of the maximum amount payable in respect of that member under the provisions of the Commonwealth Workmen’s Compensation Act 1912, if that Act applied; provided that receipt of pay exceeding £500 a year shall not operate to disentitle a member from receiving any compensation under this Part.
1. Permanent Forces.
(a) Compensation may be recommended by a Medical Board appointed to inquire into the case of any member of the Permanent Forces who is retired or discharged on account of wounds or injuries received, or disease contracted while in the performance of military duty, provided the wound, injury, or disease was not due to the member’s default.
(b) The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry assembled under Australian Military Regulation 727, shall be placed at the disposal of the Medical Board.
(a) The maximum amount of compensation payable shall be a sum equivalent to three years’ pay at the rate the member received at the time of his retirement or discharge.
(b) The maximum amount shall only be awarded in case of total disability to earn a livelihood. In case of partial disability the compensation shall be less than the maximum amount and shall be payable on a basis of from ten to one hundred per cent of the maximum amount, so that the amount awarded shall be proportionate to the degree of disability of the member to earn a livelihood.
Widows and Families.
(a) Compensation may be recommended by a Medical Board appointed to inquire into the case, to the widow and family of any member of the Permanent Forces who is killed when, on duty, or dies
of any disease contracted while in the performance of military duty if the death or disease were not due to the member’s default. The amount of compensation awarded shall not exceed three years’ pay at the rate the member received at the date of his death.
(b) No claim for compensation shall be considered unless it be made within twelve months after the death of the member.
2. Active Citizen Military Forces.
Sums not exceeding 10s. per diem to an Officer, and 6s. per diem to a Warrant Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or man of the Active Citizen Military Forces, may be approved for payment, for a period not exceeding six months, out of any moneys which may be voted by Parliament for that purpose, to compensate for loss of salary or wages such Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, or men who may be injured in the performance of military duty and temporarily incapacitated from resuming their calling or trade in consequence of such injury.
(a) Full particulars as to any injury should be communicated to the Formation, &c., Commander within forty-eight (48) hours after its occurrence, and the Formation, &c., Commander shall thereupon direct a Medical Officer of the Army Medical Corps, if possible, to report on the case.
The proceedings of the Court shall be transmitted by the Formation, &c., Commander with his recommendation to the District Finance Officer.
The compensation shall be limited to the period during which the officer or man shall be shown to have been wholly unable to follow his occupation, and shall not be issuable for the day of the accident or any Sunday, or for any period during which he shall have been in camp, and have drawn pay of his rank.
Compensation shall not be allowed to a member in respect of any injury sustained by him whilst proceeding to the place of assembly or whilst returning home after the dismissal of the Corps from duty.
In cases in which an Officer or soldier has not recovered from his injury sufficiently to enable him to resume his ordinary occupation within the period of six months as provided in regulation 166, and has not been permanently disabled, compensation at rates not exceeding those provided in regulation 166 may be continued for such further period as may be approved by the Military Board.
In these Regulations the term “Injury” will be held to include “illness” should such be contracted whilst on duty and be ascribable to conditions of service.
Permanent Injuries.
(a) If, in the opinion of the Medical Officer attending the individual, the injury is of a permanent nature, a, report shall be forwarded to the Formation, &c., Commander, who shall convene a Medical Board to inquire into the case, which may recommend an amount of compensation, if any, in accordance with the following scale: —Permanent disability shall be classified on a percentage basis of from 5 to 100 per cent.
(b) The maximum grant for total disability shall not exceed three years’ pay of the member’s rank in the same branch of the Permanent Forces, or, if there be no such branch of the Permanent Forces, of an equivalent rank in the Royal Australian Artillery. The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry assembled under regulation 168 shall be placed at the disposal of the Medical Board.
Charges not Admissible.
Certificates.
Payment shall not be made for any fees for certificates necessary to support claims for compensation under these Regulations.
Medical Attendance.
174a. Charges for Medical Attendance shall not be admissible in excess of the recognised rates in each District.
Members of the Citizen Forces may be treated in a private hospital on the distinct understanding that the Department shall not be liable for the payment of fees in excess of those which would have been charged had the patient been treated in an approved General Hospital, except under very special circumstances, which must be approved by the Minister.
An officer or soldier may be required by the representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services to go into a Military or Public Hospital for treatment. Should such officer or soldier refuse to do so, the medical expenses otherwise incurred shall not be defrayed by the Government.
Widows and Children.
(a) Compensation may be recommended by a Medical Board appointed to inquire into the case of the widow and children of any member of the Active Citizen Military Forces who is killed when on duty, or dies of any injury received or disease contracted while in the performance of military duty, if the death, injury, or disease were not due to the member’s default.
(b) The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry assembled under A.M. regulation 727 shall be placed at the disposal of the Medical Board.
(c) The compensation awarded shall not exceed three years’ pay of the member’s rank in the same branch of the Permanent Forces, or if there be no such branch of the Permanent Forces, of an equivalent rank in the Royal Australian Artillery.
(d) No claim for compensation shall be considered unless it be made within twelve months after the death of the member.
3. Compensation—General.
(a) All applications for compensation under these Regulations, except as provided for in regulation 15 (d), both in regard to members of the Permanent Forces and Active Citizen Military Forces, shall be forwarded to Head-Quarters. The approval of the Military Board shall be necessary in all such cases before any payments are made.
(b) The whole of the supporting documents shall be submitted with each case, together with a certificate from the District Finance Officer that same are in order.
The Director-General of Medical Services shall report on each case submitted to Head-Quarters. The representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services shall report upon cases covered by regulation 15 (d).
The evidence taken before a Court of Inquiry appointed to inquire in to any case under Part VII. of these Regulations shall be on oath, and the Court shall administer the same oath or solemn declaration to witnesses as if the Court were a Court Martial.
Compensation to Minors.
Compensation payable in respect of any injury received or disease contracted by a member of the Permanent Forces or Active Citizen Military Forces who is under the age of twenty-one years, may, in the discretion of the Minister, be paid either to a member himself, or, on his behalf, to a person or persons approved by the Minister.
Compensation to Dependants who are Minors.
Compensation payable in respect of the death of a member of the Permanent Forces or Active Citizen Military Forces who leaves dependants, all or any of whom are under the age of twenty-one years, may, in the discretion of the Minister, be paid on their behalf, or on behalf of such of them as are under the age of twenty-one years, to a person or persons approved by the Minister.
PART VIII.—COMPENSATION FOR INJURY TO OR LOSS OF HORSE—PERMANENT AND CITIZEN FORCES.
Compensation not exceeding £35 may be granted under the following conditions for the death or loss of, and not exceeding £15 (including veterinary and all other expenses, other than freight) for injury or disease of a privately owned horse used by a member of the Permanent or Citizen Forces:—
(a) That the cause of death, loss, injury or disease occurred in the actual performance of duty in the field (including subject to para, (d) of Regulation 185, authorized “sports”) or while on duty in the field, or while on duty with a detachment in military formation and under the command of an officer, warrant or non-commissioned officer.
(b) That the death, loss, injury or disease was not occasioned by any fault or want of due care, by the member.
(c) That the death, loss, injury or disease was wholly occasioned on duty.
(d) Compensation is not intended to make good the full amount of loss sustained, but the value of the horse, to be supported by a sworn affidavit or statutory declaration, not exceeding £35, may be granted upon application through the Commanding Officer of the regiment or corps in accordance with the above conditions.
(e) Before any approval is given for any compensation for the death, loss, injury or disease of a horse, the District Finance Officer shall ensure that the documents are in order.
(f) Notwithstanding this regulation the Military Board may, in very exceptional cases, approve of payment of an amount in excess of the amounts herein specified.
Compensation for horses shall not be allowed in the following cases, viz.:—
(a) Death, loss, injury or disease when the animal is being taken to the place of assembly for duty or returning home after the dismissal of the Corps from duty.
(b) Lameness due to ring bone, side bone, spavin, splint, osteoporosis, quitter, corn, thrush, canker, seedy toe, navicular disease, defective hoof, or the recurrence of old sprains.
(c) Loss resulting from diseases of the uterus—parturition— abortion—mastitis, nymphomania—tumor, oxaema roaring, disease of the heart, cystic calculus, schirrous cord, entozoa.
(d) Accidents sustained by horses of members of the Permanent or Citizen Forces whilst taking part in any games or sports, which do not form part of the approved training performed on authorized parades.
(e) No claim for compensation for loss of service of a horse will be entertained, except under very special circumstances, which may be approved by the Military Board.
Where it can clearly be shown that the death, injury or disease of a horse is actually occasioned by its being necessarily subjected to severe or extraordinary exertion or climatic conditions, while on military service, the Military Board may take into consideration such cases upon the recommendation of the Formation, &c., Commander.
Injuries must be reported.
Full particulars as to any death, loss or injury, or any disease (likely to entail compensation) should be communicated to the Formation, &c., Commander within forty-eight (48) hours after its occurrence.
(a) Except as provided under Regulation 15 (e) all applications for compensation shall be forwarded for consideration of the Military Board.
(b) The whole of the supporting documents shall be submitted with each case, together with a certificate from the District Finance Officer that same is in order.
Whenever the services of a civilian Veterinary Surgeon are required, the Commanding Officer shall inform such practiitioner that in case of objections being raised to the charges he may make for his professional attendance, they shall be submitted for examination and decision of the Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, in conference with the District Finance Officer, and that their award must be considered as final to the practitioner.
The practitioner shall only be employed if he makes an agreement to this effect, and the Commanding Officer shall be held responsible that such agreements are duly made.
Privately-owned horses injured when in the actual performance of duty in the field or while on duty with a detachment in Military formation shall not be sent at public expense into private veterinary hospitals. They should usually be treated by the Officer in Veterinary Charge of Army Remounts, and may be placed in the care of the Remount Section, except in such cases where it would be more economical to employ a civilian veterinary surgeon, or make use of a private veterinary hospital.
PART IX—(1.) TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES.
Claims for increased rate of travelling or other allowances consequent upon the granting of a higher rate of pay shall not be admitted for any period prior to the date of gazettal or notification of the increase of pay.
(i) Except where otherwise provided, travelling allowance shall not apply to members of the Citizen or Cadet Forces, or to the Topographers of the Survey Corps.
(ii) In special cases where members of the Militia Forces may be directed by the Formation, &c., Commander or Military Board to proceed upon some special duty outside of their ordinary duties at Inspection Parades, Drills, or Encampments, travelling allowance may be paid.
(iii) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the travelling allowance that may be paid to members of the Militia Forces shall be as laid down in regulation 196. In determining the rate of travelling allowance payable under this regulation, the substantive rank only of the member shall be taken into consideration.
Rates.
(i) Subject to these regulations, travelling allowance at the following rates may be paid to members of the Military Forces in respect of the time during which they are absent on duty from their usual place of residence, except when accompanying troops who are rationed, in which case travelling allowance shall not be drawn:—
(ii) The rates of allowances payable under sub-regulation (i) may be increased by one-fourth in the case of members of the Inspecting Staff or other members, when required to travel with the Inspector-General, but the rates so increased shall not exceed the rates prescribed for Colonel.
(iii) Except with the approval of the Military Board, no allowance under this regulation other than for expenses necessarily incurred shall be paid in any case where the member is not required to be absent from his Head-quarters overnight.
(iv) Where an allowance has been paid to a member under this regulation for eight weeks’ residence in the one locality, the case shall be submitted to the Military Board for review. No such allowance shall be continued beyond three months without the concurrence of the Military Board, and if, upon review, the Military Board considers the amount excessive, it shall be discontinued or reduced to such amount as the Military Board thinks fit.
Travelling by Boat, &c.
(i) When members travel by steamer or other vessel, or by railway, and the fare paid includes subsistence, one quarter of the ordinary rates to which such members would otherwise be entitled shall be allowed.
General.
(ii) All travelling allowances shall be in addition to the cost of conveyance. The period for which travelling allowance may be claimed shall be computed from the time of departure of the train, steamer, or other conveyance by which members travel to the time of return by same.
(iii) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Military Board that the travelling expenses a member is entitled to draw under these Regulations do not cover his actual expenses, the Military Board may authorize payment of such sum as may be considered necessary.
(iv) The Military Board may reduce the rates of Travelling Allowance or disallow any claim when the circumstances justify such a course.
(v) Travelling Allowance shall not be paid for any period during which a member unnecessarily, or for private reasons, breaks his journey.
(vi) Officers and others shall be provided, wherever practicable, with tentage or other quarters, and rations in lieu of travelling allowance, and in such cases no deduction for such tentage or quarters and rations will be made from their pay. Officers and Warrant Officers (Class I.) may be granted the camp or Field Allowance of their rank to cover any mess charges.
(vii) When Warrant or Non-Commissioned Officers are attached to the Royal Australian Artillery Sergeant’s Mess, the President of such mess may draw rations and may also draw not exceeding one shilling per diem mess allowance for each member so attached. In such cases travelling allowance shall not be payable.
(a) When a member is provided with subsistence but not with quarters the prescribed travelling allowance shall be reduced by not more than two-thirds.
(b) When a member is provided with quarters or tentage but not with subsistence the prescribed travelling allowance shall be reduced by not more than one-third.
(c) A member who is eligible for an allowance under this regulation shall not be permitted to draw Field or Mess Allowance for the same period.
198a. Subject to conditions which may be prescribed by the Military Board, the rates payable as meal allowance to members absent from their Head-quarters or temporary Head-quarters for periods not extending over night shall be:—
(a) Officers and others travelling with their horses for short distances not involving absence beyond twenty-four hours from their station, shall be reimbursed the actual cost of bait and stabling. Claims must be supported by receipts.
(b) Officers and others proceeding to distant parts, requiring to be mounted, when not taking their horses, may be allowed the cost of horse hire, provided the amount does not exceed the cost of freight. Claims must be supported by receipts. Horse hire or freight on horse shall not be allowed, for journeys of 10 miles and under to members in receipt of horse allowance.
(c) Any case not covered by the above shall be submitted to the Military Board before any liability is incurred.
Cabs and Trams.
(a) Cab and tram fares shall only be admitted by the Authorizing Officer when he is satisfied that the circumstances warrant the charge being made against the Department. Only the legal fare will in any case be allowed, and a receipt must in all cases be furnished for any claim in excess of 5s.
(b) Payments under this regulation shall not exceed 5s. except in special cases, when the District Finance Officer may approve of larger sums being paid.
(c) Gratuities to Ships’ Stewards, Train Conductors, Hotel Attendants, &c., are inadmissible.
Motor Cars.
Motor cars may be hired for journeys where such means of conveyance would be cheaper than normal means of transport due regard being paid to the amount of travelling allowance involved and the amount of time to be occupied on the journey. Motor cars may also be hired for such official duties as cannot efficiently be performed by the medium of normal means of transport.
2. Removal Allowances.
(a) When a member of the Permanent Forces is transferred from one station to another, or from one Military District to another the actual cost of rail, steamer, or coach fares, at Government rates, of
such member, as well as those of his wife and children who are dependent on the member, in addition to travelling allowance for such member and removal of his household furniture and personal effects, subject to the provisions of the next succeeding regulation, may be paid by the Department.
(b) When the transfer is made by way of punishment, or at his own request, all expenses involved by the transfer or removal shall be borne by the member concerned, unless otherwise approved by the Minister.
(c) Subject to sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) of this regulation, a member of the Permanent Forces whose appointment in those Forces is terminated, or who is discharged therefrom except in cases where the termination of the appointment or the discharge is at the member’s own request or on account of misconduct or medical unfitness due to misconduct (and if married, his wife and children who are dependent upon him), may be provided with free rail, steamer or coach transport to the place of enlistment or first appointment, or in lieu thereof transport to any other place within the Commonwealth, provided that the cost of such transport to such other place does not exceed the cost of transport to place of enlistment or first appointment. He may also be provided with free transport for necessary household furniture and effects in his possession in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 203, provided that a member stationed at Thursday Island may on the termination of his appointment or discharge for misconduct or for medical unfitness due to misconduct, be granted transport to the nearest convenient port on the mainland.
No monetary grant shall be made in lieu of the actual transport, and the privilege of transport shall be available only within a period of one month after discharge, provided that in special cases an extension of the period not exceeding two months may be granted by the Military Board.
(d) Except as approved by the Military Board, a soldier of the Permanent Forces who is discharged on the expiration of his period of enlistment or re-engagement, having elected not to re-engage for further service for the prescribed period when given an opportunity by his Commanding Officer of so doing, shall not be entitled to any of the benefits provided by paragraph (c) of this regulation unless he has served continuously for at least two years at the station at which discharged.
(e) The place of enlistment or first appointment referred to in paragraph (c) above shall usually be deemed to be the city or place in which the enlistment or first appointment actually occurred provided that in cases in which members were transported at departmental expense to the place of enlistment for the purpose of immediate enlistment or appointment the place of enlistment or appointment for the purposes of this regulation shall be decided by the Military Board.
(f) When a member is entitled to passages at Commonwealth expense for his wife and children, the term “children” shall include only such sons as are not over the age of 16 years at the date of commencement of the journey, and such unmarried daughters as are dependent on and residing with the father, provided that a fare may be paid for a son over sixteen years of age, who by reason of physical or mental infirmity, is necessarily dependent on the father.
(a) Payment of the cost of removing furniture and household effects shall be subject to the following limitations:—
Provided that where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Formation, &c., Commander that removal cannot be effected for the amount prescribed in the above Schehule as the maximum, the District Finance Officer may on the recommendation of the Formation, &c., Commander authorize the payment of such amount as will, in the opinion of the Formation, &c., Commander, cover the reasonable cost of removal.
(b) In providing for cost of removal, only necessary household furniture and effects shall be taken into consideration.
(c) Before removal is undertaken, the member shall, wherever practicable, obtain offers from at least two carriers, and submit them to the Formation, &c., Commander, who may, subject to this regulation, authorize the acceptance of the most suitable.
(d) Where a member elects to dispose of his furniture and effects instead of removing them to his new station, the District Finance Officer may authorize payment to the member of an amount equal to the loss shown, to the satisfaction of the District Finance Officer, to have been sustained in the disposal, but not exceeding the amount for which removal might have been effected under this regulation. A member who elects to take advantage of this regulation must notify his intention to the Formation, &c., Commander prior to the sale.
(e) A member shall not be entitled to any compensation from the Commonwealth for losses or damages arising from removal.
(f) The cheapest means of conveyance shall be followed in all cases, i.e., by rail, sea or road or a combination of these routes. Furniture shall be removed by rail, where practicable, if the cost be not greater than by other means of conveyance.
(g) Where a married member is transferred to a locality where suitable premises for residence are not available at the time the officer reaches his new station, or where a member, on transfer, cannot occupy his residence through unavoidable delay in the transmission of his furniture and household effects; and the member is thereby obliged to reside for the time being with his family at an hotel or other house of accommodation, an allowance may be authorized by the District Finance Officer for payment to the member equal to the difference between ordinary household expenditure and cost of board and lodging, but not exceeding half the cost of board and lodging of himself and family provided that such allowance shall not be paid for more than four weeks.
Where the member’s family has not removed with him, to his new station, the member may be granted such allowance as may be determined by the Military Board upon satisfactory evidence of increased expenditure.
(h) The cost of removal, into or out of quarters, not occasioned by a change of station, shall not be a charge against the public.
Removals to and from Thursday Island.
The duration of service of officers and soldiers at Thursday Island shall ordinarily be for a period of two years, vide Australian Military Regulation 1007. Any officer or soldier relieved at his own request prior to completion of this period shall, unless under very exceptional circumstances and subject to the approval of the Military Board, be required to pay a proportion according to the unexpired term of service at Thursday Island of the expense of—
(a) Removal to new station from Thursday Island.
(b) Removal of his successor to Thursday Island.
Class of Accommodation.
(a) The following shall be the classes of accommodation by rail and sea:—
* For journeys on the Queensland coast north of Townsville, when the District Base Commandant is satisfied that the authorized class of accommodation on the vessels available is not good, individual members travelling separately may be permitted to travel by the next higher class available.
When a party of soldiers is required to travel by sea, such for example as to or from Thursday Island, arrangements shall be made wherever practicable (unless cost be greater than the fare of the next higher class) for the troops to sleep and mess apart from 3rd class passengers.
In such cases Non-commissioned Officers shall travel in the same class as the men. Arrangements should, however, be made for Sergeants and higher Non-commissioned ranks to be provided with separate messing and sleeping accommodation.
(b) Non-commissioned Officers of the Permanent Forces may travel 1st class, by rail, for distances over 50 miles on the narrow-gauge lines of Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.
(c) The wives and families of members of the Permanent Forces will be granted the same class of accommodation as prescribed for the member, except that where 3rd class accommodation is prescribed, 2nd class may be granted in lieu on the special approval of the District Base Commandant.
(d) A superior class of accommodation may be assigned to invalids upon the recommendation of the representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services.
(e) On rail journeys where sleeping berth accommodation is available, officers may be provided with such accommodation.
(f) Where a journey by rail necessitates more than one night’s continuous travelling, Warrant Officers of the Permanent Forces may be provided with sleeping berth accommodation.
3. Travelling Expenses—General.
(a) Claims shall be submitted for payment not later than one month after the completion of the journey; but in the case of the last month of the financial year, claims must be rendered to the District Finance Officer not later than the 20th of that month. Claims not so submitted may be disallowed.
(b) Members of the Military Forces shall not be granted travelling allowances or transport at the public expense when presenting themselves at the educational or written portion of the military competitive examination for appointment or transfer to first commissions in the Permanent Forces.
Free transport and travelling allowance may be allowed only to members of the Military Forces when presenting themselves at the practical portion of the examination.
(c) No allowance shall, except upon the approval of the Military Board, be made to any person, whether previously temporarily employed or otherwise, upon first appointment to the Permanent Military Forces, for cost of conveyance to the locality of the appointment unless the cost for railways or other fares, including, if the person is married, those of wife and children, exceeds £3, when the District Finance Officer may allow the appointee the amount in excess. The Military Board may increase the allowance where, in its opinion, the circumstances warrant it.
(d) Officers of Intelligence Sections when detailed in writing by the District Base Commandant for Field or Topographical work or any other special duty may be paid travelling allowance in accordance with regulation 195. The District Base Commandant in the District shall be responsible that the time occupied is reasonable, and that the duty has been performed, efficiently, and will certify claims accordingly.
(e) Excess luggage shall not be paid for by the Department, except as in regulation 203.
(f) In all cases where Military Transport is available it must be utilized.
(g) Any cases not coming within the foregoing regulations shall be submitted to Head-Quarters for decision.
(a) A member who provides his own means of conveyance in lieu of ordinary available means of transport for journeys exceeding three miles which have been approved in connexion with official military duty, may, subject to the following conditions, receive an allowance in respect of the use of such conveyance, as under:—
Per mile.
Four wheeled motor cars of and over 10 horsepower............
8d.
Four wheeled motor cars under 10 horse-power, tri-cars and motor cycles with side-cars
5d.
Motor cycles without side-cars...........................
4d.
Other means of conveyance.............................
First 20 miles 3d. per mile, each additional mile over 20, 1½d. per mile
The higher rate allowed for the use of a motor cycle with side-car attached will be payable when the combination is actually used, and will not be confined to occasions on which the use of a side-car is necessary.
(b) In no case shall the allowance drawn under this regulation, together with travelling allowance, exceed the amount that would be payable by the Department for fares or hire of conveyance and travelling allowance had the cheapest normal means of conveyance been utilized.
(c) A certificate from the officer authorizing the journey must be attached to the claim for payment of the allowance that the use of the member’s own means of conveyance has resulted in greater efficiency and/or saving than would have been the case had normal means of conveyance been utilized.
(d) No payment shall be made by the Department under the above authority—
(i) for wear and tear of, or damage occasioned to or by such private means of conveyance;
(ii) for distances travelled between the residence of the member and his usual Head-Quarters, Drill Hall, or place of assembly.
(e) Free issues of petrol shall not be made to members who use their own motor cars or motor cycles on official duty.
(f) This regulation shall be applicable to members of the Military Forces who are in receipt of horse or motor cycle allowance only in cases where journeys for such members have been approved by the Formation, &c., Commander involving otherwise the use of other means of transport at public expense, and provided that the horse or motor cycle allowance is not drawn for the same occasion.
4.—Travelling Warrants and Requisitions.
Subject to the provisions of regulation 202, sub-regulation (c), travelling warrants and requisitions are not to be issued—
(a) to officers on the resignation of their commissions or their appointments in the Permanent Forces;
(b) to soldiers of the Permanent Forces discharged at their own request (whether by purchase or otherwise), at the request of a parent or guardian in the case of soldiers who have made a false answer as to their age on enlistment, or on their release from confinement in gaol;
(c) to officers and soldiers whose services in the Permanent Forces are terminated on account of misconduct;
(d) to officers or soldiers travelling on ordinary leave of absence;
(e) except with the approval of the Military Board to officers or soldiers attending tournaments or sports;
(f) except when approved by the Military Board to competitors at rifle association meetings or rifle matches;
(g) to officers and soldiers attending military funerals except the officer in command, the band, pall-bearers, and firing party.
PART X.—SCHOOLS AND COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
1. Schools of Instruction.
Allowances Admissible.
Schools or Courses of Instruction may be held from time to time as may be approved by the Military Board provided that the necessary funds are made available in accordance with the provisions of regulation 8.
Allowance for Attendance.
(a) An Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, Farrier, or Cook of the Citizen Forces or a private of the Citizen Forces who is being trained for appointment as cook who attends a Voluntary School or Course of Instruction other than those referred to in regulation 213 for not less than ten working days and obtains a satisfactory report shall, in addition to being provided with meals and tentage or quarters under these Regulations, be granted an allowance equivalent to one-half of the Militia pay of his substantive rank for each day’s attendance, provided that payment shall not be made for any number of working days in excess of those approved by the Military Board for the School or Course of Instruction.
A cook of the Citizen Forces or a private of the Citizen Forces who is being trained for appointment as Cook who attends a course of cookery for not less than ten working days and obtains a satisfactory report shall in addition to receiving the allowance above referred to and in addition to being provided with meals and, tentage or quarters under these regulations be granted an allowance equivalent to one-half of the special duty pay allowable to Citizen Force cooks under F. & A. Regulation 105 (a) for each day’s attendance provided that payment shall not be made for any number of working days in excess of those approved by the Military Board for the School or Course of Instruction.
(b) The allowance referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall not be payable to any member for attendance at more than two schools in any financial year, except in exceptional circumstances, when the approval of the Military Board may be granted for payment for attendance at an additional School or Schools.
(c) An officer of the Citizen Forces required to attend a compulsory School of Instruction under section 21a of the Defence Act for not less than six working days, who obtains a satisfactory report, shall in addition to being provided with meals (or subsistence allowance in lieu) and tentage or quarters, be granted an allowance equivalent to half the Militia pay of his substantive rank for each day’s attendance.
(d) When a Formation, &c., Commander has approved of the time allotted to a School or Course of Instruction being divided into weekends, whole days not being continuous, afternoons or nights, the allowance authorized in this regulation shall only be granted when the Formation, &c., Commander concerned certifies that it was necessary for the School or Course to be so divided and that attendance for the equivalent number of days authorized by the Military Board for the School or Course of Instruction has been carried out. For the purpose of calculating allowances under this sub-paragraph one day shall consist of not less than six working hours.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing part of this regulation a member who becomes ill during attendance at a School or Course referred to in this Regulation and is thus prevented from completing the ten working days prescribed may be paid the allowance or allowances prescribed in the foregoing part of this regulation for the actual number of working days attended subject to the production of a satisfactory Medical Certificate and of a satisfactory report by the Chief Instructor as to the member’s work.
Candidates for Commissions.
Members of the Citizen Forces attending a School of Instruction for candidates for commissions may receive—
(a) meals and tentage or quarters, or subsistence allowance in lieu thereof in accordance with the provisions of regulation 217;
(b) necessary rail, steamer, or coach fares to and from the School or Course;
(c) travelling allowances as prescribed in regulation 214;
but no pay or any other allowance shall be granted.
Travelling Allowance.
Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers attending Schools or Courses of Instruction shall draw travelling allowance in accordance with these Regulations only while actually proceeding to and from the locality in which such Schools are held.
Adverse Reports.
Officers, Warrant or Non-commissioned Officers attending Schools or Courses of Instruction whose diligence is adversely reported on shall not be granted travelling or other allowance other than subsistence allowance, which may be paid in accordance with the provisions of regulation 217 when meals are not provided.
Meals.
(i) Except as hereinafter provided in these Regulations all members attending Schools and Courses of Instruction shall be supplied with meals either by the Department or by a caterer, whichever arrangement is the more economical to the Department.
(ii) When meals are supplied by a caterer, the caterer will supply labour, provisions, and necessaries required for cooking and serving of same.
(iii) When meals are supplied by the Department provisions according to the scale authorized by the Military Board will be indented for in the usual way, and the necessary cooks and waiters according to the authorized scale may be engaged for the cooking and serving of same.
(iv) Tentage or quarters shall be supplied by the Department.
(v) No allowances other than those prescribed in regulations 212 and 214 shall be granted.
(vi) This regulation shall be applicable to Inspecting Officers and other officers officially visiting the School or Course of Instruction.
(vii) Members of the Permanent Forces shall be liable to deductions from pay for meals supplied, in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 52.
Subsistence Allowance.
(a) Where Schools or Courses of Instruction occupy whole and continuous days, and meals are not supplied, Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers attending to receive instruction without being absent from their usual place of residence may be granted a subsistence allowance not exceeding 3s. 6d. per diem in the case of Officers and 2s. 6d. per diem in the case of Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers.
(b) When Formation, &c., Commanders, have approved of the time allotted for a School or Course of Instruction being divided into week ends, whole days not being continuous, afternoons or nights, the allowances prescribed in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation shall only be granted when the Formation, &c., Commander certifies that it was necessary for the School or Course of Instruction to be so divided, and that the equivalent number of days authorized by the Military Board for the School or Course or Instruction has been carried out. For the purpose of calculating allowances under this sub-paragraph one day shall consist of not less than six working hours.
(c) The allowances referred to in the preceding sub-paragraphs of this regulation shall only be payable when members are obliged to incur expense for meals.
Instructors and Assistant Instructors at a School or Course of Instruction, if required to be- continuously absent from their quarters shall, during the progress of the School, be supplied with tentage or quarters and meals in accordance with the provisions of regulation 216, but if they are on duty at a School or Course of Instruction where members attending are not required to be absent from their quarters overnight they shall be regarded as eligible only for the allowances prescribed in regulation 217, provided that the conditions of that regulation are complied with.
Batmen.
(a) Subject to the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander civilians may be employed as batmen on the following scale for Schools and Courses of Instruction which occupy whole and continuous days when members attending are required to be absent from their usual place of residence overnight:—
At Schools or Courses of Instruction for Mounted Services.—One to every two Officers.
At Schools or Courses of Instruction for Dismounted Services. —One to every six Officers. Provided that an additional batman may be employed where the number of officers is in excess of six or a multiple of six. Provided further that a batman may be employed at a dismounted school if less than six officers are in attendance or at a mounted school if one officer only is in attendance.
Provided that where Government remounts are used at Schools or Courses for Mounted Services, and such remounts are cared for by the personnel provided for the purpose, or at Schools or Courses of Instruction for Mounted Services where horses are not used for instructional purposes, the civilian labour employed shall be as for a School or Course for dismounted services.
Forage.
Forage for one horse may be drawn in accordance with the scale laid down in regulation 284 (a) for each Officer, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officer who is required to be mounted at a Mounted School or Course of Instruction.
Artillery Schools of Instruction.
Married members of the Permanent Forces attending Courses of Instruction at the Artillery Schools of Instruction, Sydney, when unable to return to their quarters at night, shall be provided with tentage or quarters and rations, for which no deduction shall be made.
In addition the following allowances may be paid:—
An allowance in lieu of rations shall not be payable to a member when rations are not availed of.
Voluntary Courses.
Where units carry out voluntary courses or classes for all ranks, either in camp or bivouac, rations shall not be issued by the Department, but an expenditure not exceeding the rate of 2s. per diem for each member attending the course may be allowed, to cover all expenses except those which the Military Board may direct to be provided otherwise. No allowance other than the allowance herein referred to shall be issuable, neither shall the member be entitled to any pay by virtue of his attendance at such voluntary courses or classes. A voluntary course or class shall not be carried out without the authority of the Formation, &c., Commander who shall first satisfy himself that funds are available.
Provided that at voluntary courses of instruction where horses are required, expenditure on forage not exceeding the rate of 1s. 6d. per diem for each horse may also be allowed.
General.
When any of the allowances provided in regulations 211 to 222 inclusive are drawn, no further allowance under Parts IV., X., and XI. of these Regulations shall be issuable.
2. Instruction Abroad—Permanent Forces.
Passages.
(a) Permanent Officers, Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers sent abroad for courses of instruction or exchange shall continue in receipt of their consolidated rates of pay, and may draw in addition the following allowances:—
Passages—Officers, 1st class return fare.
Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers, 2nd class return fare.
(b) In cases approved by the Military Board the amount of passage money by the most direct all-sea route may be paid to the Officer, Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer, who may then make his own arrangements as to route or class, but he must produce in support of such expenditure the shipping company’s vouchers, and in no case will any balance in excess of actual cost of passage money paid by him be retained by the Officer, Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer. Provided that where a member who desires to be accompanied by his wife and children, and passages are not provided under sub-paragraph (c) of this regulation, such member may apply the balance of the passage money referred to in this sub-paragraph towards the cost of passages for his wife and children.
(c) In the case of an Officer, Warrant or Non-commissioned Officer, who will be detained on duty or instruction abroad for a period of two years or over, he shall be granted passages as set out in (a) for his wife, and children under fourteen years of age, and his unmarried daughters dependent upon him.
The following allowances shall be paid to members of the Permanent Forces while abroad on duty:—
(a) While travelling on board steamer from and to the Commonwealth, the following travelling allowances shall be paid:—
Officers............................
3s. 9d. per diem
Other ranks.........................
1s. 9d. per diem
The provisions of regulations 197 (i) shall not be applicable.
(b) While in Canada, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, and on exchange duty in India, an allowance as under shall be payable:—
Officers..........................
12s. 6d. per diem.
(ba) While undergoing attachment with units in India, officers of the Australian Military Forces shall be paid allowances as under:—
(i) If married.........................
£300 per annum
(ii) If unmarried......................
£200 per annum
The allowances herein authorized, shall have effect on and from the 1st day of September, 1926, provided that officers who, prior to that date, were in receipt of allowances greater than the allowances herein authorized may continue to receive such higher allowances during the period of their residence in India.”
(c) While in England (other than at Staff College Course, Camberley), or in New Zealand, the daily allowance shall be:—
Officers..........................
7s. 6d. per diem
Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers
5s. per diem
(d) While at the Staff College Course at Camberley or at Quetta Officers shall be paid a personal allowance at the rate of £228 per annum.
(e) In addition to the allowances prescribed in sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) Officers while abroad on duty may be paid an additional cost of living allowance at such rate and under such conditions as may be approved by the Minister.
(f) Officers undergoing instruction at the Staff College, Camberley, shall be paid an allowance not exceeding three shillings per diem to meet the cost of forage supplied. Officers undergoing Course of Instruction at the Staff College, Quetta, shall be paid Horse Allowance at the rate of £145 per annum.
(g) Officers on completion of the Staff College Course at Camberley or Quetta, shall, if practicable, remain in England or India, for a further period of twelve months—
(a) For attachment to the Staff at Army Head-Quarters or in Commands for practical experience in Staff work; or
(b) For such other instructional duties as may be authorized for them during that period.
The allowance to such officers shall be as prescribed for officers undergoing Courses of Instruction at the Staff Colleges, Camberley and Quetta, respectively, vide sub-paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this regulation.
(h) The above allowances cover cab hire, and all expenses other than actual rail, steamer, or coach fares, except as provided in regulation 231 and excepting that upon embarkation and disembarkation in Australia, carriage of necessary luggage to and from steamer may be allowed.
(i) This regulation shall have effect from the 1st October, 1920, and shall apply to all officers who, on and after that date embark from Australia to attend Courses of Instruction or other duty abroad, provided that Officers who were attending Courses of Instruction abroad prior to the 1st October, 1920, and remained abroad subsequent to that date, may be paid allowance in accordance with the rates in force on the 30th September, 1920, for the remainder of such Courses of Instruction.
Outfit Allowance.
A grant for outfit may be at the rates shown hereunder before embarkation and without production of vouchers, to personnel selected for Courses of Instruction, or other duty abroad:—
Officers attending Staff Colleges at Camberley and Quetta
£35
Officers proceeding to England (other than to the Staff College, Camberley) and New Zealand
£10
Officers proceeding to India (other than to the Staff College, Quetta), Canada, China, Japan, and Straits Settlements
£25
Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers proceeding to England
£5
Instruction Abroad—Citizen Forces.
Passages.
Officers of the Citizen Forces who may be sent to India for Courses of Instruction may be granted 1st class passages to and from India and may be paid:—
(a) An allowance of 18s. per diem while in India, and of one-fourth that rate while on board ship proceeding to and from India. The allowance of 18s. per diem shall cover all “living and other expenses” such as hotel and mess bills, servants’ wages, rent of quarters, coolies, baggage, hire of furniture, conservancy tax, &c.
Outfit Allowance, &c.
(b) A grant for Outfit Allowance of £25 may be paid before embarkation without production of vouchers, to cover cost of necessary articles of outfit and equipment.
(c) Such other allowance as may be specially approved by the Military Board.
Instruction Abroad—General.
While travelling on official duty in India, officers of the Permanent and Citizen Forces may draw such allowances as may be authorized by the Minister.
Staff Tours and Regimental Exercises.
(a) Officers attending Staff Tours and Regimental Exercises shall draw Allowances as laid down in regulation 196, subject in the case of Militia Officers to regulation 195, except when tents are provided for occupation, in which case District Finance Officers may authorize an expenditure in lieu thereof of 6s. per diem for subsistence, and 5s. per diem for forage, if mounted.
(b) In addition to the above, District Finance Officers are authorized to grant an allowance of 5s. per diem to, each officer of the Citizen Forces attending Staff Tours.
(c) Officers shall be allowed their travelling expenses whilst actually proceeding to and from the rendezvous of the Staff Tour or Regimental Exercises.
PART XI.—CAMPS.
Field Allowances.
(a) When in Camp or in bivouac, or when travelling with troops by road, Officers and Warrant Officers, Class I., of the Military Forces may be allowed the undermentioned Camp and Field Allowances:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Per diem.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:6.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">£</span></p></td><td style="width:5.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">s.</span></p></td><td style="width:8.68%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">d.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Members of the Military Board, Inspector-General, Lieut.-General or Major-General holding temporary or substantive rank as such, Colonels in Command and Colonels on the Staff</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:6.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td><td style="width:5.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">10</span></p></td><td style="width:8.68%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Colonels and Lieut.-Colonels</span><span style="width:199.27pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..............................</span></p></td><td style="width:6.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td><td style="width:5.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">7</span></p></td><td style="width:8.68%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Majors</span><span style="width:297.34pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............................................</span></p></td><td style="width:6.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td><td style="width:5.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5</span></p></td><td style="width:8.68%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Other Officers (including Quartermasters of the Permanent Military Forces)</span><span style="width:25.83pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:6.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td><td style="width:5.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">3</span></p></td><td style="width:8.68%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:79.14%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:50.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Warrant Officers, Class I.</span><span style="width:215.19pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................................</span></p></td><td style="width:6.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td><td style="width:5.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:8.68%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">0</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(b) Officers below the rank of Major (including Quartermasters of the Permanent Military Forces) attached to Divisional or Command Head-Quarters may be paid Camp or Field Allowance at the rate of 5s. per diem instead of at the rate of 3s. 6d. per diem.
(c) Officers of the Permanent Forces holding temporary rank and in receipt of rate of pay prescribed for corresponding substantive rank, may receive Camp or Field Allowance at the rate provided for that rank.
(d) Except where otherwise provided in this regulation Camp or Field Allowance shall be at the rate prescribed for the substantive rank.
(e) Warrant Officers of the Permanent Forces who have held commissioned rank in the Australian Imperial Force and have been granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant in the Australian Military Forces may
be paid the rate of field allowance as prescribed by this regulation for Lieutenant for such periods as they are employed in Camps or Schools and Mess in the Officers’ Mess under circumstances which involve the payment of Field Allowance to Substantive Officers.
(f) Chaplains detailed for duty at Camps of Training will be granted—
(i) a field allowance of 7s. 6d. per diem irrespective of classification, and rations whilst in camp;
(ii) travelling allowance of the rank corresponding to their classification, subject to regulation 195, whilst proceeding to and from Camp.
236 In addition, an allowance of 1s. per diem may be granted for each—
Warrant Officer,
Sergeant and Acting or Lance-Sergeant, provided the establishment of Sergeants is not exceeded,
Corporal of Engineers,
in Sergeants’ mess, when a Sergeants’ mess of not less than four members is formed under canvas. The amount shall be paid to the Mess Secretary, as it is intended that the allowance shall go to cover mess expenses, and shall not be paid to individuals.
The allowance referred to in regulations 235 and 236 shall not be drawn by members of the Cadet Forces, except as prescribed by regulation 325 for Officers of Senior Cadets selected to attend Camps of Continuous Training with the Citizen Forces.
Advance and Rear Parties.
(a) Payment may be made to members of the Citizen Forces included in Advance and Rear Parties at Camps of Continuous Training of an allowance at the daily rate of pay of their respective ranks, for each day on which they are so employed, provided that the allowance shall not be payable for any day for which ordinary Militia pay is drawn.
(b) The strength of Advance and Rear Parties, as well as the number of days of such employment, shall be as approved by the Military Board.
Civilian Labour.
(a) Civilian cooks and waiters may be employed in connexion with Officers’ Messes at Camps of Continuous Training in accordance with such scales as may be approved by the Military Board.
(b) The most economical arrangements possible shall be made as regards obtaining the services of the required number of cooks and waiters and shall be subject to the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander.
Civilian labour may be approved by the Formation, &c., Commander for attendance on officers of the Permanent Forces and
Chaplains at Camps of Continuous Training, in the proportion of one batman to every two officers. A batman may also be employed where one officer only is in attendance at the Camp.
PART XII. —RATIONS AND FORAGE.
1. Rations—Permanent Forces.
Issue of Rations.
In units where regimental arrangements are made for the issue of rations, the issue may be made as under:—
(a) One ration to each Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, or soldier on the effective strength, except as stated in regulation 247.
(b) One ration to a recruit for each day before attestation for which pay is admissible.
Provided that for ration so issued, a deduction from the member’s pay shall, unless otherwise, prescribed, be made under regulation 52.
When not Issuable.
Rations in kind shall not be admissible—
(a) for days on which travelling allowance is granted;
(b) for members dieted in a military or civil hospital, prison, detention barracks, detention room, or in a lunatic asylum;
(c) for members subsisted on board ship at the public expense.
Members A.W.L.
Members absent without leave for more than 24 hours shall be struck off the Ration List.
A soldier, on the day of his release from detention or prison, may receive a ration, unless he is not released until the afternoon and is subsisted whilst under detention or in prison.
Overdrawals.
Rations unavoidably or accidentally drawn in excess of the requirements of the unit for any day shall be retained for issue on the following day. Indents must be limited to actual necessities.
The daily scale of a ration shall be as follows:—
In Barracks or Stationary Quarters—
1½ 1bs. fresh or 1 lb. preserved meat
1¼ lbs. bread or 1 lb. of biscuit
1 lb. potatoes and ¼ 1b. other vegetables
2 ozs. sugar
l-16th oz. pepper
⅓- oz. tea
½ oz. salt
⅓ oz. coffee
l-16th oz. mustard.
And weekly—
1 lb. flour
⅛ lb. raisins and
¾ lb. butter.
An issue of 2 ounces of lime juice per diem may be made to personnel serving at Thursday Island at the discretion of Medical Officer in charge of Permanent Troops at that station, but no commuted allowance will be permitted in lieu of this issue.
Formation, &c., Commanders may sanction special issues for instructional purposes to Schools of Cookery, and to Hospitals where Cooking Classes are held, but proposals for such Schools or Classes shall first be submitted to the Military Board for approval.
Permanent, Militia, and Volunteer Forces.
(1) At Camps of Training, Bivouacs, or War Service within the Commonwealth, necessitating residence in Camp, a ration shall be issued daily for all Officers, Warrant, and Non-commissioned Officers, Soldiers, and Nurses of the A.M. Forces, civilian officers, and employees of the Defence Department, and Officers’ servants, including Chauffeurs (not soldiers), at the rate of one for each such person in authorized attendance at the camp, as follows:—
(a) Provisions.
1¼ lbs. bread, or 1 lb. of Army biscuit,
1½ lbs. fresh meat, or 1 lb. preserved meat or salt fish.
⅓ oz. coffee.
l/32nd oz. pepper.
8 ozs. mixed vegetables, or 2 ozs. cheese.
1 lb. potatoes.
3 ozs. sugar.
½ oz. salt.
½ oz. tea.
¼ lb. jam.
(b) Straw for Tents.
10 lbs. per Officer or Soldier to be exchanged periodically as required.
(2) Civilian grooms or drivers connected with hired transport may also each be supplied with the camp ration if the conditions of contract under which the transport is provided contain a clause to that effect.
(3) At Camps of Training, Bivouacs, War Service, or Active Service, all rations must, if possible, be drawn in kind. No commutation shall be allowed, except when rations cannot be supplied under a contract, and in such cases the approval of the District Finance Officer must be first obtained.
(4) Biscuits and preserved meat may be issued in accordance with such instructions as may be issued by the Military Board, or, under exceptional circumstances, when bread and fresh meat are not available.
(5) In the case of active operations in the field, a special scale of rations, dependent on the climate and circumstances, will be fixed by the Quartermaster-General, but the above scale will, as far as possible, be adopted as a guide.
(6) At Schools or Courses of Instruction a special scale of provisions may be authorized by the Military Board.
(7) The provisions of sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 52 shall apply to members of the Permanent Forces who are issued with rations in accordance with the preceding sub-paragraphs of this regulation.
In the case of troops proceeding to or from Camp, when it may be necessary to provide meals for members or feeds for horses, the
District Finance Officer may authorize the issue of a commuted allowance to cover cost of such meals or feeds not exceeding the following:—
(a) When travelling for not less than six hours, 1s. per member, and 1s. 6d. per horse;
(b) When travelling for not less than fourteen hours, 2s. per man, and 3s. per horse;
(c) When travelling for not less than twenty-two hours, 3s. per man and 4s. 6d. per horse (not more than three meals per man and three feeds per horse shall be paid for in the same twenty-four hours).
Formation, &c., Commanders may, to suit local conditions, vary the scales laid down in regulations 251 and 253 of these Regulations, at their discretion, by authorizing the issue of any equivalents in articles of food, provided that the contract price of the ration shall not be exceeded.
Mode of Issue and Accounting.—Staff and Departments.
Requisitions and Returns, Staff.
In Camp, at Staff Tours, and in the field, unless the Staff is attached to a unit for rations, an Officer or Non-commissioned Officer shall be told off for the duty of making requisitions for the Officers, soldiers, and civilian subordinates of the Staff, and shall act upon the rules laid down for Quartermasters of Regiments.
Regimental Issues and Returns (Ordinary Service).
A.M. Forms F.751 and F.753, shall be kept by all permanent units. The Quartermaster of a unit, or Officer acting for him, shall requisition on a Supply Officer when such exists, or on contractor (as the District Base Commandant may decide), for all supplies required; he shall forward with the requisition a statement showing how delivery is required to be made, using A.M. Form, F.55, where a Supply Officer exists, and A.M. Form H.1 when supplies are drawn direct from contractors. A copy shall be kept of all requisitions in block. At the end of each month these forms must be balanced, and the contractors’ claims for payment checked therewith.
Officers commanding units shall keep a ration return, A.M. Form H.2, which shall include all soldiers attached for rations. At the end of each month, they shall forward this return to the District Finance Officer to check Pay Lists.
(a) The adjustment of rations in kind shall be made daily. The District Finance Officer shall satisfy himself that any overdrawal found to exist at the conclusion of the month was or was not unavoidable. If he considers that the overdrawal was due to negligence, the member or members held to be responsible shall be called upon to refund an amount equivalent to the contract value of the rations overdrawn. Overdrawals which are not due to negligence will be carried forward.
Underdrawals shall be forfeited as back rations.
(b) Rations in kind which have not been claimed in the month to which they belong shall be considered as “back rations,” and no issues on account of them shall be made.
(c) Surcharges made for over-issues shall not be accounted for by replacing the articles in kind, but by payment of their value, and amounts so recovered shall be forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys for payment into the Commonwealth Public Account.
The rations drawn by Batteries, Companies, or Schools of Instruction shall be accounted for in the abstract of rations, A.M. Form H.2, which shall show all casualties affecting rations, and be prepared from A.M. Forms F.751 and F.753, vide regulation 258.
2. Supplies—Camps of Training, Manoeuvres, or Active Service.
Active Service.
(a) Supplies for units in the field shall be drawn from supply depôts, and such issues shall be treated as final, only Officers in charge of Depôts shall be required to keep accounts.
(b) Indents upon A.M. Form F.55 shall be made by the Officer Commanding each unit upon the Officer in charge of Supplies for the supplies required by his unit. The Officer in charge of Supplies will treat the indent when duly receipted as his voucher for issue. In cases in which small detachments or working parties cannot receive their rations with their respective units, the return for rations so required shall express the number of individuals belonging to each corps, and shall be signed by the Officer in Command of the detachment or working party.
(c) Upon receiving the supplies in conformity with the indent, the Officer Commanding shall insure that a record of the amounts received is kept upon a counterfoil of the indent for the day in question. No further interchange of vouchers between the unit and the Officer in charge of supplies will be required.
(d) Supply Officers of brigades shall notify to the Senior Supply Officer of the division, the total number of rations they require for the units of their formation, obtaining the information from the total of the indents received from Commanding Officers. The Senior Supply Officer of the division shall then demand the total number of rations required for the division in bulk from the supply park or depôts. On their receipt each detail Supply Officer shall receive the quantities required by him, and carry out the issues to his units. Officers in supply charge of detached brigades or columns will demand their supplies direct from parks or depôts.
(e) Supply Officers of brigades or divisional troops, or other formations in the field, or on the lines of communication shall compile a statement on A.M. Form F.773, at least once a week, showing the strength of corps, bodies of prisoners, drawing rations from them, and shall submit the same to the Officer in charge of “States” for comparison therewith. These “States” shall give the numbers of all who are entitled to draw rations. Supply Officers shall arrange with the Commander the exact dates in the week for which the compilation should be made, so that it may agree with the date on which the “States” are rendered. Any discrepancy or error which may appear shall be at once reported to the General or other Officer Commanding for any necessary action. The statement shall show separately the numbers of any corps joining during the week (as given on the ration indents) for comparison with the “States.”
(f) Issues on repayment or sales by units are prohibited.
(g) The monthly account for supply depôts on the lines of communication, or at the base, shall be compiled on A.M. Form F.753, in duplicate, one copy being kept by the Supply Officer.
(h) When purchases of supplies have been made during the month, Depôt Supply Officers shall be careful to see that the quantities shown on A.M. Form F.753 correspond exactly with each separate bill which they certify for payment. All such bills shall be countersigned by an Administrative Staff Officer, and reported in the monthly return to be rendered to the—Peace—Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General.— War—Inspector-General Communications.
Camps of Training, Manœuvres, &c.
(a) Field supply forms of account will be issued during drills or manœuvres on peace service, and supplemented by the usual peace vouchers to enable the ordinary check to be carried out.
(b) In such cases, the numbers of rations actually issued to units will be summarized daily on A.M. Form F.751 which, with the indents A.M. Form F.55 attached, will form a voucher to the Supply Officer’s account on A.M. Form F.753, in which will be entered the quantities and description of the supplies comprising the number of rations as summarized. The account will be compiled in duplicate, one copy being transmitted, with the supporting vouchers, to the District Finance Officer of the command, its despatch being notified by letter separately, and the other copy will be kept by the Supply Officer for record purposes.
3. Hospital Rations.
Issues shall be made to patients as provided in the following scales, according to the diet upon which each patient may be placed:—
Articles Comprising the Different Diets for a Day—Avoirdupois Weight.
Article.
Milk Diet.
Milk Foods Diet.
Hall Diet.
Full Diet.
Remarks.
Meats (without bone)..............oz.
..
..
12
..
White meat
Meats (Beef or Mutton) with bone.....„
..
..
..
20
Bread........................„
..
8
16
16
Salt.........................„
..
..
¾
¾
Tea..........................„
..
½
½
½
Sugar........................,,
..
2
2
2
Milk.........................„
60
30
15
15
Butter........................„
..
2
2
2
Potatoes......................„
..
..
8
8
Vegetables.....................,,
..
..
8
8
Jam.........................,,
..
3
3
3
Oatmeal......................,,
..
4
4
4
Eggs.........................,,
..
2
1
Jelly Crystals................packets
..
1
Pepper (every 100 diets)............oz.
..
..
2
2
Mustard (every 20 diets)............,,
..
..
..
1
Soup.......................pint
..
..
..1
1
Pudding.......................
..
Vide Reg. 267
Vide Reg. 267
Vide Reg. 267
Extras.
(a) Extras may be ordered when considered necessary for the treatment of the case, on all diets.
(b) Spirits shall not be considered an extra, but will be provided for by the Dispenser.
(c) Milk, wines, and malt liquors are to be calculated at 20 ozs. to imperial pint. The reputed quart bottle should contain 5⅓ gills, or 26 ozs.
(a) When any of the following items are ordered, they shall be made and charged to the following proportions:—
Barley-water.—Barley 2 ozs., sugar 2 ozs., for every 5 pints.
Rice-water.—Rice 2 ozs., sugar 2 ozs., for every 5 pints.
Lemonade.—Lemons, large, 2, sugar 1½ ozs., to every 2 pints.
Gruel.—Oatmeal 2 ozs., sugar 1½ ozs., to every 2 pints.
Meat (white).—12 ozs., or fish 12 ozs., or half a rabbit equals half a fowl.
On Active Service or Camps.
268 On active service or camps of training the scale of diet laid down in regulation 265 must be followed as far as practicable, and any deviations found necessary on account of the position, climate, or the supplies obtainable may be sanctioned by the Formation, &c., Commander, on the advice of the Senior Medical Officer present. If a special hospital for officers is formed on active service, the scale of issues shall be such as from time to time may be ordered by the Minister, or by the Officer Commanding in anticipation of his authority.
In the event of a soldier not being likely to require treatment beyond that of the day on which he has reported himself sick, he shall be detained in the hospital for that day only and subsisted from his unit, to which he shall return if considered fit for duty. If, however, at the evening the soldier is found unfit for duty, he shall be regularly admitted to hospital and placed on hospital diet for the following day notice, to that effect being sent to the Officer Commanding his unit.
Patients absent with or without leave for more than twenty-four hours shall not be dieted.
Patients may be placed on diet for the day of admission, notwithstanding the time of such admission, subject to the provisions of regulation 269.
When, owing to there being no hospital at the station, members have to be treated in quarters, the extras specified in regulation 267 shall be supplied when considered necessary by the medical officer.
4. General.
Medical officers in charge shall be guided, as regards admissions to Military Hospitals, by regulations 81 to 86 governing medical attendance to the Permanent Forces.
All supplies required for hospital diets, extras, and medical comforts shall be obtained by medical officer’s requisition as laid down in regulations 258 and 262, either from the Supply Officer or from the contractor direct, as the case may be.
Hospital stoppage return, A.M. Form B.9, showing all cases treated during the month and the number of stoppages, if any, due from each soldier, shall be prepared from the admission and discharge book on the termination of each month, and shall be signed by the medical officer in charge. These returns shall be forwarded direct to the Officer Commanding the unit, who shall, in turn, transmit them to the District Finance Officer.
When a transfer of members from one unit to another while in hospital is absolutely necessary, a notification shall be sent to the medical officer in charge.
Detention Rations.
Scale of Diets.
Whether confined in detention barracks or barrack detention rooms, issues will be as given in the following tabulated statement:—
—
Bread.
Cheese.
Cocoa.
Flour
Beef or Mutton.*
Pork.
Milk.
Oatmeal.
Peas (split).
Potatoes.
Salt.
Sugar or Molasses.
Suet.
Vegetables.
Vinegar.
Pepper every 100 soup Diets.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
ozs.
Scale.
For soldiers under detention by sentence of Court Martial or award of Commanding Officer, for seven days and under—
Sunday and Wednesday
24
..
..
4
..
..
..
4
..
..
½
..
¾
..
..
..
Monday and Friday........
24
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
..
8
½
..
..
..
..
..
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
24
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
..
..
¾
..
..
..
..
..
Scale 2.
For soldiers under detention exceeding seven days and not exceeding 42 days—
Sunday................
18
..
..
8
..
..
..
4
..
16
½
..
1⅓
..
..
..
Monday and Friday........
18
..
..
¼
8
..
..
4
..
16
½
..
..
½
..
..
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
22
2
..
..
6
..
..
4
2
8
½
..
..
3
..
1
Wednesday.............
18
2
..
..
..
4
4
4
16
½
..
..
½
¼
1
Scale 3.
For soldiers under detention exceeding 42 days, without hard labour—
Sunday................
20
..
½
8
..
..
2
3
..
16
½
¾
1½
..
..
..
Monday. Thursday, and Friday.
20
..
½
½
8†
..
2
3
..
16
½
¾
..
½
..
..
Tuesday and Saturday
20
2
½
..
8
2
3
2
16
½
¾
..
3
1
Wednesday.............
20
2
½
4
2
3
4
16
½
¾
½
¼
1
Scale 4.
For soldiers under detention exceeding 42 days, with hard labour—
Sunday................
24
..
½
3
..
..
2
3
..
16
½
¾
1½
..
..
..
Monday, Thursday, and Friday.
24
..
½
¼
9†
2
3
..
16
½
¾
..
½
..
Tuesday and Saturday
24
2
½
..
8
..
2
3
2
16
½
¾
..
3
..
. 1.
Wednesday.............
24
2
½
..
..
4
2
3
4
16
½
¾
..
½
¼
1
* The proportion of bone is not to exceed 2 ozs. in every 1b. of meat supplied.
† Mutton on Thursdays only. When meat is used for soup, legs and shins only shall be supplied.
Detention Rations.
A breakfast meal may be given when necessary to soldiers on the day of their discharge from detention, also a dinner meal to soldiers not discharged until the afternoon. In the case of soldiers awarded long terms of detention, who may be temporarily confined in detention barracks or rooms where no means of preparing the higher class of diet are at hand, such additions of bread and oatmeal gruel shall be made to the diet as may be considered necessary by the Medical Officer.
The scales for ill-conducted and idle soldiers while under detention, and the regulations governing them, are detailed in the rules for Military Prisons and Detention Barracks (Imperial) which shall be followed.
Mode of Obtaining and Accounting for Supplies for Soldiers under Detention.
The supplies for subsistence of soldiers shall be obtained by contract or by local purchase by the officer in charge of the soldiers under detention; such officer shall at the end of each month claim amounts expended—properly supported by tradesmen’s receipts, and certified by the Assistant Adjutant-General or Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, as the case may be.
For a soldier released from a detention barrack or room, but confined to barracks, not doing duty, or for a soldier confined in the guard detention room, the ordinary ration shall be drawn.
Prisoners in Civil Gaols.
When any soldier is in a civil gaol as a prisoner, or waiting trial either for a civil or military offence, or as a deserter, charges for his subsistence (if any) shall not be paid from Defence votes, but are a charge to the State Government under section 120 of the Constitution, which provides that every State shall make provision for the detention in its prisons of persons accused or convicted of offences against the laws of the Commonwealth.
Scales of Forage.
(a) The daily scales of forage for issue to horses shall be as follows:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">S</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">cale i.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">S</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">cale </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">II.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">S</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">cale </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">III.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">—</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">For horses the property of the Commonwealth Government, private horses of members of the Military Force, when attending Schools of Instruction, Continuous Training, Staff Tours, and horses hired as “Riding” or “Light Draught.”</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">For horses hired as “Medium Draught”; and (in lieu of Scale I.) for Army Service Corps horses, the property of the Commonwealth Government, when recommended by the P.V.O., and approved by the Formation, &c., Commander.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">For horses hired as “Heavy Draught”; and for Government Remounts used for Army Service Corps transport work, for such specified period as they may be regularly employed on heavy work, when specially recommended by the P.V.O. or S.O.V.S. and approved by the Formation, &c., Commander. Such approvals, with particulars, to be forwarded to the District Finance Officer for information.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In Quarters.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In Camps.*</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In Quarters.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In Camps.*</span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In Quarters.</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In Camps.*</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Oats</span><span style="width:66.24pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">10</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">12</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">10</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">12</span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">12</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">14</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Chaff</span><span style="width:61.35pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">8</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">12</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">12</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">14</span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">12</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">14</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Hay</span><span style="width:68.07pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">6</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bran</span><span style="width:65.02pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Straw</span><span style="width:60.74pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">7</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">7</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">7</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:19.84%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Salt</span><span style="width:69.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........</span></p></td><td style="width:11.82%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 oz.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.32%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 oz.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 oz.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.96%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 oz.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.86%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 oz.</span></p></td><td style="width:16.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 oz.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
* The Camp scale may be approved by the Formation, &c, Commander in other circumstances which, in his opinion, are equivalent to Camp.
Provided that hired horses shall only be supplied with forage when such is provided for in conditions of contract or agreement
(b) For the purpose of calculating fractional parts of a day’s forage, a ration shall be considered to consist of four equal feeds of oats and chaff, or their equivalent, viz., “morning,” “mid-day,” “evening,” and “night” feeds. Any hay and bran shall be considered part of the ‘‘night’’ feed. A full day’s ration of forage shall count from, and including, the “evening” feed, any other feeds before or after such full day being requisitioned as fraction of a ration.
(a) Officers commanding units shall exercise their discretion as regards the method of distribution and proportion for issue to individual horses.
(d) Formation, &c., Commanders, may decrease or vary the scales, according to local requirements, by means of subtitutions at the following rates:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:87.2%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:52.64%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:64.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Oats, maize, and barley, each</span></p></td><td style="width:5.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:7.18%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lb.</span></p></td><td rowspan="4" style="width:34.38%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:4"><img src="image.020.png" width="11" height="69" alt="" style="margin-top:0.93pt; margin-left:-8.38pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Either of these may be taken as an equivalent of the other.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:52.64%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Hay and chaff, each</span><span style="width:74.05pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...........</span></p></td><td style="width:5.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1½</span></p></td><td style="width:7.18%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:52.64%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bran</span><span style="width:140.62pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.....................</span></p></td><td style="width:5.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1½</span></p></td><td style="width:7.18%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:52.64%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Straw</span><span style="width:136.34pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:5.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2</span></p></td><td style="width:7.18%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">lbs</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(e) Commanding Officers may vary the scales, by increasing or decreasing the quantities of any article of forage, and by adding carrots, green fodder, linseed, &c., provided that the total cost of the forage is not greater than for the authorized scale at, the contract prices.
(f) All contracts shall include conditions giving the necessary power to make variations as authorized by (d) and (e).
(g) The scale for “pack horses” shall be as recommended in each case by a veterinary officer.
(h) Excess forage on hand at termination of camp shall be returned to contractor and allowed for in his claim. When it is certified in writing by the Camp Commandant that such course is impracticable, the excess forage shall be sold as directed by him. The certificate, with proceeds of sale, and the original “account sales,” shall be immediately forwarded to the Receiver of Public Moneys.
Remounts, Agistment of.
(i) Army remounts may be placed on agistment in cases where it is considered by the District Base Commandants to be in the interests of the Service and when a saving will be effected thereby. District Base Commandants shall make the best arrangements possible under this regulation for the agistment of remounts.
285
PART XIII.—FUEL AND LIGHT.
1. General Instructions.
The following scales of fuel and light are calculated upon the general requirements of the service as are clearly necessary, and do not, except in the case of personal issues, profess to fix rates in exact detail for each service named; savings on one service can therefore be applied to meet deficiencies on another. District Base Commandants are held responsible that the fuel and light allowed are economically and fairly distributed to meet all services within their respective Districts, and, in order to effect as large a saving as possible, District Base Commandants are granted discretionary power to defer the issues of both fuel and light as from the 1st of May to a later date in cases where they consider the use of fires or illuminants unnecessary.
For the purposes of these Regulations the winter season for allowances of fuel and light shall be from 1st of May to 30th September; the summer season from 1st October to 30th April.
On the 1st of October in each year the District Base Commandant shall convene a Board of Officers, consisting of the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General and Staff Officer for Works, to draw up and submit, in duplicate, to the District Base Commandant for approval a detailed list of fires and lamps on A.M. Forms F.8 and F.7, recommended to be authorized for quarters, barrack-rooms, offices, buildings, and accessories in occupation by or appropriated for the use of the Permanent Forces within their respective commands for the ensuing year. Fuel and light shall only be allowed for such fires and lamps as may be so approved. A copy of approved schedule shall be forwarded to the District Finance Officer.
2. Fuel.
The allowance of fuel may be as follows:—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:43.94%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Classification.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coal (lbs. per authorized fireplace per diem).</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:34.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Remarks.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:10.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Winter.</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Summer.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Detachments—</span></p><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">One man</span><span style="width:136.39pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">37</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">For all purposes, one fire only</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Two to ten men</span><span style="width:107.05pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">50</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">40</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">For all purposes, one fire only</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Barrack Rooms</span><span style="width:129.27pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">50</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In rooms occupied by more than twelve men, with only one fireplace, a recommendation shall be made as to the quantity considered necessary in such cases</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Offices</span><span style="width:165.63pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........................</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">30</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Recreation, Library, Gymnasium and Billiard Rooms (but not canteens)</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">50</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">In the case of Gymnasium Rooms, fuel shall only be supplied when specially authorized by the District Base Commandant as being absolutely necessary</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Workshops (Tailors)</span><span style="width:106.66pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">When required</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Guard Rooms</span><span style="width:136.59pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">112</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">40§</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">§ Summer fuel for cooking when done on guard</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Officers’ or Sergeants’ Mess</span><span style="width:71.24pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">30</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Court Martial or Court of Inquiry Rooms</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Each day of sitting</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Musketry, Lecture, or Board Rooms</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">When used only</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Stores for clothing, bedding, arms, accoutrements, and other articles subject to deterioration by damp</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">When required only</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Gun sheds, waggon sheds, harness rooms, and shelter sheds</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Nil</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">When required only</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Hospitals, surgeries, and cells</span><span style="width:66.95pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">As ordered by the Medical Officer in charge thereof</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Kitchens or cook-houses (for cooking purposes only)</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">50</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">50</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ordnance and engineer workshops, engineer vessels, submarine services, electric or searchlight apparatus, including oil for consumption in oil engines</span></p></td><td style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="height:0pt; text-align:left; display:block; position:relative; z-index:5"><img src="image.021.png" width="12" height="39" alt="" style="margin-top:49.67pt; margin-left:-1.38pt; position:absolute"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Shall be supplied in such quantities and kinds as required on demands from officers concerned</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Shoeing and farriery</span><span style="width:107.59pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:10.7%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:10.78%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:34.58%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Shall be supplied as required</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:43.94%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Browning arms</span><span style="width:129.87pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Unless other fuel is cheaper, coal as a rule shall be drawn, but to govern cases where it is difficult or expensive to obtain, the following scale of equivalents, each equal to 1 lb. of coal, is authorized:—
1 lb. coke.
4 lbs. fuel wood (2-ft. billets).
Where gas or electricity is used in lieu of fuel for heating and for cooking purposes the consumption authorized shall be based on the value of the coal that would have been issued for these purposes under the authorized scale. Any consumption which entails expenditure in excess of that amount shall be paid for by the mess or individuals concerned.
In cases where coal only is drawn, firewood, in not less than 2-ft. billets, for kindling purposes, may also be drawn at the rate of 56 lbs. of wood for each ton of coal supplied.
In camps of training or instruction the daily issue for each officer or soldier and civilian attached to the camp shall not exceed six pounds (6 lbs.) of fuel wood, in not less than 2-ft. billets.
When a cubic ton of wood does not realize for distribution a ton avoirdupois, the Supply Officer shall ascertain and certify the ratio of weight to measurement and purchase of supply shall be regulated accordingly. The Supply Officer shall forward such certificate to the District Finance Officer.
When on active service, the troops shall, wherever possible, cut and gather the necessary firewood. When wood is difficult and expensive to obtain and the use of coal proves more economical, coal may be issued at the rate of 2 lbs. per diem per officer, soldier or other person entitled to ration of provisions.
Kindling wood at the rate of 1 lb. for every 20 lbs. of coal issued may be allowed. On active service a quantity of dry kindling wood should always be carried.
3. Light.
Where gas or electricity is, not available for lighting purposes kerosene oil may be drawn at the following rate for each authorized lamp:—
9 gallons per lamp from 1st April to 30th September.
7 gallons per lamp from 1st October to 31st March.
Ten chimneys per annum per authorized oil lamp may be allowed, but a stock of not more than twenty chimneys per authorized lamp shall be kept on charge at any time by the unit requiring the use of the lamp.
Wick may be allowed at the rate of 6 inches per gallon of oil supplied.
When candles are necessarily drawn in lieu of oil, the equivalent shall be six ounces of candles equal one pint of oil.
Candles for minor services, such as visiting stables, and sentries, may be supplied as actually necessary. Candles for use in offices may be issued as actually necessary.
When under canvas one candle per bell tent per diem shall be allowed, and two candles per diem per mess, hospital, or Indian marquee (S.S. or E.P. pattern) in actual occupation. Candles or kerosene oil for hospital tents or for marquees used for medical purposes shall be supplied in such quantities as may be requisitioned for by the medical officer in charge, who shall be held responsible that no waste occurs.
When lampsticks are used for lighting lamps, 1 gallon of colza oil and 2 ounces of wick may be drawn for each stick per annum.
Illuminants and lubricating oil for the following services shall be supplied as required upon demands from officers concerned:—
Engineer Machinery, Engineer Workshops, Engineer Vessels, Submarine Services, Electric Light Apparatus, Magazines and Defences, Signalling, Ordnance Workshops.
When gasfittings or lamps of any kind are authorized the issue of light may be made at once, in accordance with regulation 295 et seq.
Officers’ and Sergeants’ messes, also Recreation, Library, Gymnasium, and Billiard Rooms (but not Canteens) may be allowed a consumption not exceeding 750 cubic feet of gas per authorized burner per month. Where, however, incandescent burners are in use, the consumption allowed shall not exceed 450 cubic feet per authorized burner per month.
Where electric light is used the consumption authorized shall not exceed 5½ units per authorized lighting point per month.
Any consumption in excess of the above figures shall be paid for by the mess or individuals concerned.
Fuel and Light Accounts.
Proper accounts of all fuel and light authorized and supplied shall be kept by the Supply Officer, or the Senior Ordnance Officer.
Form No. T.S. 3 shall be used as a requisition upon Supply Officers or contractors.
305
306
PART XIV.—MISCELLANEOUS.
Allowances to Witnesses at Courts Martial or Courts of Inquiry.
Witnesses who are summoned or ordered to attend at a Court Martial or to attend at a Court of Inquiry at the request of the Department or by order, may receive remuneration for such attendance as follows:—
For Civilians.
In accordance with the rates payable (in the State in which the Court Martial or Court of Inquiry is held) to witnesses attending the Supreme Court of that State in its criminal jurisdiction.
For Members of Forces not Permanently Employed.
The daily rate of travelling allowance as prescribed by Regulations 195 and 196, provided that Militia Adjutants shall not be so entitled.
For Members of Forces Permanently Employed.
Their usual rate of travelling allowance if so entitled by the clause of the regulation authorizing such allowances.
2. Postage.
(a) The correct amount of postage shall, in all cases, be determined before letters and packets are despatched. No unnecessary papers shall be sent through the post. The cost of such postage shall be defrayed by means of postage stamps marked “O.S.,” which shall be obtained by the District Finance Officer on purchase from the Postmaster-General’s Department.
(b) Officers in charge, Heads of Departments, and Commanding Officers shall requisition on the District Finance Officer for supplies of postage stamps as may be necessary.
Telegrams and Cablegrams.
(a) Telegraphic communications shall be limited to messages on the public service of urgent necesstiy, and recourse shall only be had to telegraphic communication in cases where the delay involved in the transmission of a letter by post would be prejudicial to the public service.
(b) To be admitted as charges against the public, the value of the stamps expended shall be vouched by copies of the telegrams sent, and all such copies of telegrams shall be forwarded to the District Finance Officer when submitting the next requisition for stamps expended.
(c) It shall be the duty of the District Finance Officer to see that all telegrams are in strict compliance with these regulations, and to bring under the notice of Formation, &c., Commanders concerned any irregularity in the despatch of telegrams.
(d) In the event of any messages being improperly sent as on the public service, or of any messages not being of sufficient urgency or importance, the officers or others sending them shall be called upon to defray the cost.
(e) “O.S.” stamps shall not be used on telegraphic messages relating to leave of absence or private business sent by Officers of the. Military Forces and its Departments for the personal convenience of the senders or receivers. The cost of such messages shall not be admissible as a charge against the public.
(f) In preparation of telegrams all unnecessary wording shall be avoided.
(g) Cablegrams shall not be sent to places outside the Commonwealth without approval from the Military Board.
Stamp Accounts.
(a) A stamp account shall be kept in AM Book 22a in which addresses of all letters and telegrams chargeable to the public shall be entered. These accounts shall be examined daily by the officers responsible for the expenditure, whose signatures shall be affixed as a voucher for correctness, provided that in the case of Militia and Area Officers’ stamp accounts the examination referred to herein shall be at least once a week.
(b) The stamps accounts kept by Area Officers and Commanding Officers of Citizen Force and Senior Cadet units will be audited by the District Finance Officer or his representative at the same time as the audit of the cash accounts of the Citizen Force Units is being conducted in accordance with F. & A. Regulation 157.
3. Sale of Stores, &c.
(1) Government stores, except as hereinafter provided, shall not be lent, exchanged, or sold without the Minister’s approval.
(2) The above prohibition shall not apply to—
(a) The sale of the following articles, the issue of which is governed by regulations or Standing Orders:—
(i) Small arm ammunition, rifles, spare parts, oil, flannelette, chevrons, and badges.
(ii) Materials in connexion with the use or cleaning of small arms.
(iii) Articles of kit and other goods or stores on charge to the Ordnance Department or a Quartermaster.
(b) Deficiencies in unit stores paid for on “strike off” requisitions.
(c) Condemned, unfit, or damaged stores, the sale of which may be approved by the Military Board provided the original value does not exceed £100.
(3) Except as hereinafter provided, military stores which form part of the equipment of the Defence Forces for war shall not be issued for use for other than military purposes.
(4) Stores may, with the special approval of the Minister, be loaned for purposes of a very exceptional nature. In such cases the stores shall be delivered only to responsible persons, who shall sign an undertaking to be personally responsible for all damage to, or loss of, such stores, and shall, before issue of the stores, deposit with the Receiver of Public Moneys, 5 per cent. of the value thereof. The assessed value of any loss or deficiency may be deducted from such deposit or recovered from the person signing the undertaking.
(5) Camp equipment, if urgently required for other Government purposes, may be loaned to other Government Departments, provided that such other Departments shall, if they retain the articles for a greater period than one month, obtain and transfer similar articles to the Defence Department, or be charged hire therefor.
(6) Camp equipment may be loaned to the Boy Scouts Association, subject to such general conditions as may be approved by the Minister.
4. Prizes for Artillery, Musketry, and Skill-at-Arms.
Subject to provision being made by Parliament and provided that the numbers for whom the amounts under paragraphs (b) and (c) may be paid shall not exceed the authorized peace establishment, the following sums may be made available for distribution by Formation, &c., Commanders to Commanding Officers:—
(a) Artillery.—£15 per battery or company.
(b) Musketry.—Light Horse, Infantry—2s. for each member who completes the prescribed musketry course.
(c) Skill-at-arms.—Engineers, Corps of Signallers, Army Service Corps, and Army Medical Corps, 2s. for each member who completes the approved competitive practice.
The method of distribution shall be approved by Formation, &c., Commanders in accordance with general instructions from Head-Quarters.
A portion of the sums specified in regulation 313, not exceeding 20 per cent., may be expended in payment of entrance fees for teams in Service Matches at State Rifle Association Meetings, and the remainder shall be allotted for payment in prizes in competitions authorized under this regulation.
Prizes shall be competed for and won prior to 30th April (and 31st May in the case of Artillery) and paid over to prize-winners on or before 30th June.
(a) All sums not competed for before the 30th June shall be forfeited and returned to the Receiver of Public Moneys to be paid into Defence Revenue.
(b) Claims for amounts competed for but not paid to Commanding Officers on or before the 30th June shall be paid from similar appropriation for the year in which the application is made, and the allowance to the Regiment or Corps concerned shall be reduced for that year by the amount so paid.
5. Production of Official Documents.
(1) If any person who is a party to any legal proceedings between private litigants or the solicitor of such person desires the production of official documents as evidence in those proceedings, the person or his solicitor may make an application in writing to the authorizing officer, in whose custody the documents are, for the production of the documents, setting out full particulars of each document required to be produced, the name of the Court or of the Justice, Judge or Magistrate before whom the documents are required to be produced, the place, date and hour when production is required and the names of the parties to the action or to pending proceedings.
(2) Should there be no objection to producing such documents and the same are not confidential public documents, the applicant may be notified that upon payment of the fee and expenses prescribed by this regulation the documents will be produced.
(3) An authorizing officer upon being served with a summons to produce documents in any action, suit or other proceedings may authorize the production of official documents which are not confidential public documents.
(4) The following charges shall, except as hereinafter provided, be paid in all cases before the production of the documents:—
(a) A fee of one guinea.
(b) A sum sufficient to cover the necessary expense incurred in searching for, and the necessary travelling expenses of the officer producing the documents, including a reasonable amount of sustenance if deemed necessary.
Provided that an authorizing officer may in his discretion in special cases waive the payment of the whole or portion of the amounts mentioned in this sub-regulation.
(5) An authorizing officer for the purpose’ of this regulation means—
(a) The Secretary for Defence;
(b) A District Base Commandant;
(c) The Officer in Charge of Base Records, or
(d) An Officer appointed for that purpose by the Minister or Secretary for Defence.
(6) Authority for the production of official documents in cases to which the Commonwealth is a party or is otherwise concerned may only be granted by the Minister.
6.—Military Institutes (Canteens, &c).
Permanent Forces.
Upon the closing down of a Military Institute the assets will be realized and after payment of all liabilities the surpluses, if any, will be paid to the District Finance Officer to be held in the Trust Fund. Upon the establishment subsequently of Military Institutes by the regiment or corps which has paid in surplus monies as above, such portions of the above monies as may be approved by the Military Board may be utilized for the purpose of establishing such Military Institutes.
The accounts of a Military Institute shall be audited by the District Finance Officer or one of his staff detailed by him. The audit above-mentioned will be free of charge to the Institute. In cases in which an Institute’s office is located so far from the District Accounts Office as to render the expense of such audit disproportionate, other arrangements for audit recommended by the District Finance Officer may be approved by Army Head-Quarters. Any payments thereby necessitated to ordinary commerical auditors or an auditor from another Government Department will be charged to the Institute.
Citizen Forces.
All monies received by way of deposits on tenders, contracts or agreements for the sale of groceries, for the establishment of booths, barbers’ shops and other like institutions in Camps of Training or approved Schools or Courses of Instruction shall be forwarded immediately they are received to the District Finance Officer.
320a. All monies derived as profits from a, Military Institute (Canteen, &c.) conducted on the regimental system for the Citizen Forces or received in pursuance of contracts or agreements made in connexion with the sale of groceries, non-alcoholic liquors, &c., in a Camp of Continuous Training and at approved Schools or Courses of Instruction shall be divided between each regiment, corps or portion of same in camp in proportion to the members attending the Camp, School or Course, and will be disposed of as follows:—
(i) All such monies shall be forwarded immediately they are received to the District Finance Officer.
(ii) A certified statement showing in detail the amounts received and the proposed division in accordance with the above will be forwarded to the District Finance Officer immediately after the conclusion of the camp, &c. The District Finance Officer will then take action to make the amounts available to the respective units.
(iii) The amounts received from the District Finance Officer will be paid into each Corps’ Public Monies Banking Account, to be used at the discretion of the Commanding Officer in providing games for regimental recreation rooms or tents, or for expenditure for the benefit of the troops in
camps such as extra messing. &c. The money will not be expended for the purchase of band instruments, furniture, gymnastic gear or other articles ordinarily provided from other sources.
General.
320b. Officers who are concerned in the control or custody of the above monies or the monies of any fund raised for the benefit of a unit will have the same responsibilities and duties in regard thereto as for Public Monies.
PART XV.—SENIOR CADETS.
These Regulations do not apply to the Commonwealth Cadet Forces unless specifically stated or as prescribed hereunder.
Allowances to Officers.
Allowances—Officers, Senior Cadet Units.
(1) Subject to provision being made by Parliament, an allowance at the rate of £3 per annum may be paid to officers of the Senior Cadets, other than officers allotted from Citizen Force Units, within the Authorized Establishment.
(2) A pro rata amount, based on each complete month of service rendered, may be paid to officers within the Authorized Establishment who serve for portion of the year only.
(3) Payments which will be made—
(a) on and after the month of February, of claims accruing during period of six months ending 31st January, preceding;
(b) on and after the 1st August, of claims accruing during period of the six months ending the 31st July, preceding;
shall be dependent on the approval of the Formation, &c., Commander and the certificate of the Battalion Commander that the duties of such officers have been efficiently carried out.
(4) The allowance prescribed in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation is granted to enable officers to provide themselves with rank badges, drill books, accoutrements, and all other incidental expenses.
An officer of the Senior Cadets who attends a school or course of instruction which is held in conjunction with or as part of a school or course for Citizen Force officers, and which has been approved by the Formation, &c., Commander may, if the Formation, &c., Commander approves, and the necessary funds are available from the amount provided for such School or Course, be granted—
(a) Rail transport to and from the School or Course;
(b) Travelling Allowances;
(c) Tentage or quarters and subsistence whilst attending the School or Course.
Provided, however, that the Formation, &c., Commander will not approve of the attendance of any Senior Cadet Officer unless he is satisfied that such attendance will not debar suitable Citizen Force personnel from attending.
Senior Cadet Officers who attend Camp under the provisions of A.M. Regulation 804 for a period of not less than eight days may be paid the field allowance of their rank, as prescribed for officers of the Militia Forces, and shall also be granted free rations.
2. Area Medical Officers.
Subject to provision being made by Parliament a sum not exceeding £85 will be allowed annually for each training area for the following medical services:—
(i) All medical examinations for Australian Military and Cadet Forces within the training area, except medical examinations of candidates for the Royal Military College of Australia and for enlistment in the Permanent Military Forces.
(ii) Medical attendance on members of the Permanent Forces and their wives and families in accordance with regulations for “medical attendance” excepting those attended by a Medical Officer in charge of Permanent Troops and members of the Permanent Forces residing outside the two-mile radius referred to in Regulation 81 (biv.).
(iii) Attendance of the Area Medical Officer as a member of any Medical Board on members of Militia Forces or Cadets within the training area.
(iv) Attendance on members of the Militia Forces or Cadets residing in the training area, when such members are suffering from injuries contracted in the performance of military duty. Any case, however, extending over five visits may be dealt with as a special case and treated in a general hospital where available. In cases, however, where this is not practicable, a fee at the rate, of one guinea for every three visits may be allowed for visits in excess of five.
When medical examinations necessitate the absence of the Area Medical Officer from his head-quarters overnight, travelling allowance at the rates and under the conditions prescribed in these Regulations may be paid to him and, in addition, necessary rail or steamer warrants may be supplied, provided that local practitioners may be engaged by the representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services to carry out such medical examinations at a rate not exceeding 2s. 6d. for each examination if such would be more economical to the Department.
In all other instances when the Area Medical Officer fails to examine any of those allotted to him local medical practitioners may be employed to make such examinations at a rate not exceeding 2s. 6d. for each examination and any sums so paid shall be deducted from the Area Medical Officer’s allowance.
The medical examination of recruits of units of the Militia Forces raised at localities which are not places appointed for training under Australian Military Regulation 773 may be carried out by a local civilian medical practitioner appointed by the representative in the District of the Director-General of Medical Services, and a payment of 2s. 6d. for each recruit so examined may be made.
Any officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps may be appointed to the position of Medical Officer of a Training Area (or of part of a training area) and be paid the amount, or proportion of the amount provided in Regulation 326, in addition to that allowed for other duties.
When more than one Area Medical Officer is appointed to a training area under Regulation 329, the amount allotted to the training area will be divided between the Area Medical Officers so appointed in the proportion the number allotted to each medical officer for examination bears to the total number liable for examination in the training area, provided that where a medical officer fails to examine the whole of those allotted to him, thus necessitating examination by another medical practitioner, there shall be deducted from such proportionate amount the sum of 2s. 6d. for each member so examined by that other medical practitioner.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.