REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–1918.
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 Naval Defence Act 1910–1918 to come into operation on and from the 1st October, 1918.
These Regulations shall supersede Regulations made by Statutory Rules 1912, No. 212, as amended by Statutory Rules 1913, No. 97, and 1915, No. 186.
Dated this twenty-second day of January, 1919.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
A. POYNTON,
For Minister of State for the Navy.
Training Ship “Tingira” Regulations.
These Regulations may be cited as the Training Ship Tingira Regulations.
General.
1. The Captain of the Boys’ Training ship shall be directly responsible to the Naval Board for the training of the boys entered for service in the Permanent Naval Sea-going Forces, and he is to issue such orders in regard to details as he may consider necessary, subject to the directions contained in Navy Orders issued by the Naval Board, or in the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, by which he shall be guided in all points not specially provided for in these Regulations.
(2) All questions bearing on alterations of ship’s fittings or requiring financial expenditure, or concerning the training and disciplinary system, and any other matters of importance are to be submitted by the Captain for the consideration and direction of the Naval Board prior to adoption. He should regulate the entry of boys in accordance with the instructions of the Naval Board.
Regulations regarding entry of boys.
2. All boys received for entry in the Training Ship who may be kept waiting for examination or completion of papers are to be victualled and entered in ledger on date of appearance, but not finally entered until their papers are duly completed; those who are ultimately rejected are to be discharged from the books with a notation to that effect against their names; the pay of those ultimately accepted is to commence from the date of their original entry on ship’s books.
Clothing.
3. After entry, clothes that are of any value, and if the boy desires it, are to be returned to his parents, carriage prepaid, at Government expense.
4. Uniform clothing shall be issued to new entries in accordance with the scale prescribed from time to time by the Naval Board.
C.19412.—Price 5d.
5. A suitable number of slippers of suitable sizes is to be provided out of the Boys’ Fund and kept in the sick bay for the use of boys who may be suffering from minor injuries to the feet.
6. Boys are on no account to be allowed to purchase on shore any article comprised in the established kit. Any such article procured elsewhere than from the ship’s stores may be confiscated and sold, the proceeds of such sale being credited to Revenue. A notice to this effect is to be posted conspicuously in the Training Ship.
7. (a) Ditty boxes requiring repair are to be surveyed and estimated for by the carpenter of the ship, the Regulating Lieutenant taking care that the charges are kept strictly reasonable.
(b) A new key shall be provided and fitted for 6d., and new hinges for 6d.
(c) If the charge for repairs exceeds 5s., the box should be condemned, and a new one taken up.
(d) The repair of ditty boxes may be executed by contract, the charges being regulated as above.
(2) The cost of these repairs shall be charged against the boys through the Boys’ Small Charge Book.
8. The following shall be the established badges to be worn:—
(2) All badges, crowns, and stars are to be supplied gratuitously. Advanced class badges are to be worn on the right arm.
(3) The distance of the apex of the first good conduct badge is to measure 5 inches from the seam of the sleeve, and this is to be invariable, the star and crown to be placed above this.
9. All purchases of small articles of clothing not kept in stock at the Victualling Yard are to be made by the Accountant Officer in a wholesale manner out of the Boys’ Fund, and issued free to the boys as required.
(2) Such articles—thread, &c., &c.—as are required by the tailor, shoemaker, &c., shall also be purchased from the Boys’ Fund, and supplied by the Accountant Officer on the requisition of the Regulating Lieutenant. An account of receipt and expenditure of these articles shall be kept by the tailor and shoemaker, and examined by the Regulating Lieutenant and Accountant Officer at the end of each month.
(3) These materials are not to be considered the private property of the tailor or shoemaker, and only such quantities are to be issued as will be sufficient for current requirements.
(4) The value of any material so used is to be charged against boys through the Boys’ Small Charge Book.
10. Blankets are to be washed on store, at Government expense, every six months, or oftener, if necessary.
(2) If necessary, beds are to be sent ashore to be picked and cleaned before boys are drafted, the expense being met by the Crown. While blankets are being washed and beds picked, &c., others called “lent bedding,” a supply of which should be kept on board for this purpose, are to be issued to the boys.
(3) A second blanket (marked “LB” and numbered) is to be issued to the boys on the weather becoming cold, and kept in use at the discretion of the Commanding Officer.
11. A boy invalided or discharged through no fault of his own, or whose discharge with or without purchase is allowed for any cause, may take his kit away with him, provided he has been twelve months in the service.
(2) A boy discharged for misconduct may be allowed, at the discretion of the Captain, to take his kit away with him, provided he has been twelve months in the service.
(3) All articles not taken away by boys discharged are to be sold, with the exception of bedding, which is to be returned to the Accountant Officer for re-issue after cleaning and disinfection. The sale is to be conducted according to the custom of the service, and in the presence of an Executive Officer and of an Accountant Officer. Proceeds of sale shall be credited to the ledger accounts of the boys.
12. In the case of a boy discharged within one year of entry but after six months’ service, his kit should be recovered and sold in the manner laid down in the King’s Regulations, except such as is sufficient for his immediate requirements. Any balance received from the sale of the kit in excess of the amount required to pay debt, if any, is to be paid to the boy.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the kit of a boy discharged to the shore for any reason within six months of entry, except what is necessary for his immediate requirements, shall be forfeited to the Crown and disposed of as follows:—
(i) Articles useful for issue as Loan Clothing should be taken on charge for that purpose by the Accountant Officer and issued after being washed at service expense.
(ii) Other articles in a good state of preservation should be taken on charge by the Accountant Officer for issue (after cleaning, &c.), at two-thirds of the cost of new articles.
(iii) The balance of the kit is to be sold before the mast in the usual manner and proceeds credited to Revenue through ship’s ledger.
Call boys.
13. In order to encourage the lads to learn the art of piping calls, a prize of £1 is to be awarded out of the Boys’ Fund, half-yearly, to the boy who is considered by the Regulating Lieutenant to have best mastered the art.
14. To encourage the Instructors to instruct boys, 2s. 6d. is to be paid out of the Boys’ Fund to the Instructors for each boy they qualify.
Money prize for gunnery.
15. All boys who, in passing through their Gunnery Course obtain 100 points at musketry, and who obtain 435 points or above at their examination, are to be awarded prizes of 5s. each from the Training Ship vote.
Training of Buglers.
16. Boys who volunteer to learn to play the bugle are to be carefully instructed by the Instructing Bugler, who is to be paid a fee of 3s. 6d. out of the Boys’ Fund for each boy passed out as bugler.
17. One instructor boy may be used to assist at this instruction, and while so employed is to be paid 6d. a week extra from the Boys’ Fund.
18. From the boys qualified as Bugler, the Captain of the Training Ship shall select two boys to perform the duties of Bugler in the Training Ship. Subject to the approval of the Captain of the Training Ship, an allowance of 3d. per diem is to be paid to the boys performing this duty.
19. On passing, boys are to be rated bugler boys as soon as they are eligible to be rated boys 1st class. They are to wear the bugler badge on the right arm as soon as they have qualified, and are to be paid the ordinary allowance as Bugler laid down in Naval Financial Regulations.
20. Except in the case of the Advanced Class School, prizes are to be awarded every six months to the boys who, throughout the six months, have obtained the highest number of marks during their school period, in the respective classes. No prize is, however, to be given for the highest total in the Lower School.
21. A sum of not more than £10 is to be allowed from the Boys Fund for each half-year to provide for the school prizes for all the sections, and for all boys who have passed through the school during the preceding six months.
(2) The total expenditure for books or other articles should not exceed the money limit of £10 allowed for prizes in each case.
22. The Head Schoolmaster is to requisition half-yearly through the Captain for the stationery for school purposes; the requisition, if concurred in by the Captain, being submitted to the Naval Board for approval.
23. Music, &c., to the value authorized by the Captain, modulators, tuning forks, &c., may be purchased out of the Boys’ Fund.
Choir.
24. One of the schoolmasters is to be selected by the Chaplain as Choirmaster. His duty shall be to train the choir and play the harmonium at Divine Service on Sundays, and he is to receive a gratuity of 3s. a week from the Boys’ Fund, subject to his performing his duty satisfactorily. A small sum may be expended from the Boys’ Fund in giving a choir treat or for distribution as small prizes.
Harmonium.
25. A harmonium or piano is allowed to the Training Ship, and is to be on the carpenter’s charge in his store account. It is for use at Divine Service, singing instruction, and such other purposes as the Commanding Officer may direct.
(2) A sum of twelve shillings a year is to be allowed from the Boys’ Fund for tuning the instrument and keeping it in repair.
26. The prizes for Advanced Class school work (to the value of not more than £5) are to be awarded three times a year out of the Boys’ Fund.
Long leave.
27. Long leave shall be granted to boys once a year—five weeks at Christmas.
Boys proceeding on long leave are to be provided with a second class return railway ticket, or steerage steamer ticket (second class if steerage accommodation is not available), and travelling allowance in advance at the rate of 4s. per diem (for portion of a day 1s. for the first six hours, and 6d. for every subsequent three hours), while actually travelling from the ship to his home and from his home to the ship, but no travelling allowance should be paid when accommodated in ships or trains where meals are provided at the expense of the Department. If their services can be spared, officers may be granted annual leave not exceeding five weeks during the period that the boys are absent on long leave.
Boys whose credit permits of it may be paid by the Accountant Officer the sum of 40s. as pocket money prior to proceeding on leave. Where the Ledger credit is less than this sum the difference may be drawn from the Boys’ Savings Bank Accounts.
28. Ration allowance at the rate prescribed in the Naval Financial Regulations for members of the Permanent Sea-going Forces is to be credited to all boys when on long leave except for such periods as they are—
(a) In receipt of travelling allowance,
(b) Provided by the Government with rations in steamers or trains, or
(c) In receipt of sick allowance.
Sickness when on leave.
29. When any boy is taken ill whilst on leave, he is, without delay, to report the fact, or cause it to be reported, to the Commanding Officer of the ship.
(2) If the patient is unfit to travel, and his residence is not near the ship, the Captain is to require, him to furnish a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner, specifying the nature of the illness and stating explicitly that the boy is unfit to travel. A similar certificate is to be furnished weekly until the patient is fit to travel (not necessarily fit for duty) or is invalided. Upon receipt of the certificates, the patient may be granted a sick allowance of 6s. a day, in addition to pay, for the period prescribed in clause (3). This allowance is to cover board, lodging, rations, and medical attendance, and it is to be distinctly understood that the bills of any private practitioner whom the patient, or his relations, may have called in will not be paid. The medical certificates must accompany all applications for payment of the allowance.
(3) A boy may be granted the allowance either (a) until pronounced fit for return to his ship, or for removal to hospital, or (b) until he has been invalided. The allowance may be granted up to 91 days by the Captain; beyond that time the approval of the Naval Board must be obtained.
(4) Pay during sickness shall not be subject to reduction except as prescribed in the Medical Regulations for the Permanent Sea-going Forces.
Absence without leave, and desertion.
30. The Naval Financial Regulations as to the recovery of the expenses incurred in the apprehension of deserters and stragglers shall apply to boys under training.
(2) Whenever a boy fails to return from leave, his description is to be sent out, and a reward offered for his apprehension. No specific amount is to be offered, and the only reference to a reward is to be made in the words, “a reward not exceeding £6 (or £2 in the case of a straggler), will be paid for the arrest, &c.”
(3) Every boy after an absence without leave of seven days, is to be marked “Run.” Should the Captain be satisfied that there was no intention to desert, he is to remove the “R” and cause payment to be made of the pay accrued, the case being reported to the Naval Board for information.
(4) The sale of effects of deserters is not to take place until they have been absent three months. Proceeds of sales shall be credited to Revenue through the Ledger. As boys are ignorant of the value of what they are bidding for, special care is necessary in the control of prices, and advantage should be taken of these opportunities to complete deficient kits.
Badges for good conduct, Petty Officer boys, Instructor boys.
31. The total amount of badge money is not to exceed 12 per cent. of the Boys’ Fund, and is to be paid weekly on Boys’ Fund Vouchers, as follows:—
For a badge...........................
6d.
For a petty officer’s crown.................
6d. in addition to badge pay.
For an instructor boy .....................
1s. (exclusive of crown and badge pay).
(2) Badges may be awarded to one boy in each mess of fourteen, while the boys are undergoing their Seamanship Course. No boy with less than two months’ service is to be granted a badge.
(3) On completing the Seamanship Course the class badge boy, if in all respects satisfactory, may be rated petty officer boy, but the number thus rated is to be regulated by the Commanding Officer, so that there is never more than one petty officer boy or instructor boy, in addition to the badge boy, in each mess of fourteen. Advanced class, Signal, Victualling, and Writer Boys under training may retain their badges.
32. Instructor boys not exceeding four, may be selected from the best of the petty officer boys who have completed their course.
(2) Acting Instructor Boys may be rated at the Captain’s discretion in the event of there being no suitable boys who have completed their courses.
(3) If a boy is found unsuitable as a petty officer boy he is to be deprived of his badge and of all petty officer and badge money, and another boy is to be rated in lieu.
(4) Petty officer boys will be distinguished by wearing a small uniform crown on the left arm, worn above the good conduct badge. Instructor boys will be distinguished from the petty officer boys by wearing a small star below the crown, in accordance with the pattern diagram supplied.
(5) The payment of badge money to boys wearing these distinctions should be stopped in cases where they do not keep them in proper order, and where no heed is paid to this, after caution, the badges should be taken away. New badges and distinction marks may be put on by the
boys themselves, but it is to be regarded as part of the ordinary duties of the tailor to instruct the boys in this work, and to sew badges and distinction marks on the best jumper.
(6) Petty officer boys not rated instructor boys on completing the Gunnery and Mechanical Training Courses may retain the rating of petty officer boy.
Recreations and amusements.
33. Every year athletic sports are to be organized and carried out on the recreation ground. These are to be considered as an extra holiday, every inducement being held out to the boys to enter with spirit into them. Their friends should be invited to be present, and prizes awarded to the successful competitors, the necessary funds being provided out of the Boys’ Fund.
34. Money for the purchase of games is to be provided out of the Boys’ Fund, the library being kept up by this fund.
Newspapers and books are to be provided free for the use of the boys, and charged to the Training Ship Vote.
Stationery for the use of the boys is to be provided free, and kept in charge of the Head Schoolmaster, and issued to the boys in reasonable quantities as required.
35. All amusements and recreations are to be under the control of a committee, consisting of the Executive Officer, Chaplain, and one other officer.
36. A sum not exceeding 30 per cent. of the Boys’ Fund is to be allotted for recreation and amusement, as follows:—
(a)
Recreation in the field Games on shore and on board.........
9 per cent.
(b)
Athletic sports..................................
10 per cent.
(c)
Theatrical, &c., entertainments on board (during winter)......
9 per cent.
(d)
Entertainments during leave.........................
5 per cent.
A sum in proportion to the number of boys borne shall be allowed, as noted against each.
37. The sum allowed to be expended on these subjects may, with the approval of the Captain, be paid quarterly to the committee, to be expended at their discretion, accounts being kept and submitted to the Captain quarterly, and examined, with the rest of the accounts connected with the Boys’ Fund, by the Accountant Officer.
38. All expenses in connexion with the above items should, as a rule, be met out of the sums allotted to each, but in exceptional cases, and when the Boys’ Fund will admit of it without distressing other claims on it, the Captain may, at his discretion, authorize a further outlay.
39. About once a fortnight during the winter months entertainments should be carried out on board ship on Wednesday evening, either by paying some one from the shore to hold one on board, or, preferably, by getting up theatricals, concerts, &c., among the boys themselves.
(2) The funds for this are to be taken out of the amusement fund, to which 6 per cent. of the Boys’ Fund has been allotted for the purpose.
(3) When the condition of the Boys’ Fund will admit of it, boys may be sent occasionally to see a circus or such entertainment on shore but, as a rule, the money should be spent on improving and encouraging entertainments on board.
Punishments.
40. The following punishments are established for boys under training, instead of the summary punishments authorized for the Royal Australian Navy, no others are to be inflicted. A boy’s wages are not to be mulcted for leave-breaking:—
No. 1.—Dismissal with disgrace (under King’s Regulations). Subject to approval of Naval Board, and only after a Court of Inquiry.
No. 2.—Detention (under King’s Regulations). Subject to approval of the Senior Naval Officer at the port. (Maximum, fourteen days).
No. 3.—Dismissal (under King’s Regulations). Subject to approval of Naval Board.
No. 4.—Caning (not to exceed twelve cuts). To be inflicted only under the order of the Captain for serious offences of theft, indecency, insubordination, and bad language, and not to be carried out in public. The number of cuts should be awarded according to the gravity of the case.
No. 4a. One month. Sleep in special billet. Turn out earlier than other boys. To be frequently mustered. To have 6d. per week pocket-money only. To land for recreation twice a week only, on days with proper division, but not on Wednesdays Saturdays, or Sundays. One hour extra evening drill.
No. 5.—(a) To have meals at defaulters’ table; to do one hour’s drill during recreation time; leave and pocket money to be stopped. (Not to exceed fourteen days.)
(b) To have meals at defaulters’ table; leave and pocket money to be stopped. (Not to exceed fourteen days.)
Note.—(i) Drill ordered as part of No. 5 (a) punishment is to be as unlike the Physical Training exercises as possible.
(ii) The following articles of food are not to be supplied to boys messing at defaulters’ table:—
Butter at breakfast.
Sweets at dinner.
Jam or marmalade at tea.
No. 6.—Stoppage of leave (not to exceed one month).
Note.—Boys undergoing this punishment are to be employed during recreation hours on any necessary work of ship duties.
No. 7.—Deductions from pay for wilful damage, &c. (under King’s Regulations (1913), Art. 1373).
Note.—See also Art. 128.
No. 8.—Extra drill. Squad drill with arms, up to one hour per day (not to exceed fourteen days).
No. 9.—Stoppage of pocket money (not to exceed one month).
(2) Punishments which are carried out on board, except—
Stoppage of leave,
Stoppage of pocket money,
are to be suspended on Sunday, but that day is to count as part of the period for which any sentence is awarded.
(3) Power to award punishments Nos. 5 and 8 (not to exceed four days), and 9 (not to exceed two weeks) may be delegated to the Executive Officer.
(4) In the absence of the Captain on official leave, or on the sick list, the Executive Officer may award punishments Nos. 4 (not to exceed six cuts), and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, to the full extent.
(5) Scale for leave-breaking—
(i) Petty officer or badge boys are to be disrated or deprived of badges before being punished with No. 7 and above punishments. Except in the case of leave-breaking over twelve hours (when a petty officer boy is to be disrated and a badge boy deprived of all his badges), disrating and deprivation of badges may be considered a portion or (except in the case of leave-breaking) the whole of the punishment.
(ii) A petty officer or instructor boy is to be disrated before being deprived of his badge.
(6) In administering punishments, the general Admiralty Instructions, Chapters XIX., XXI. (x.), XXII., are to be adhered to, where applicable.
(7) The “Boys’ Daily Record of Offences,” Form A.S. 181 Z, is to contain a record of every punishment inflicted, and by whom awarded, those awarded by the Executive Officer being initialed by him, as directed in Art. 827, King’s Regulations (1913). It is to be examined and signed by the Captain, at least once a week, and he will be most careful to satisfy himself that all punishments are entered. The offences from this book are to be copied into the “Boys’ Conduct Book.” A weekly copy of these entries, made on Form T.S. 30 is to be hung up on the notice board on the mess deck.
(8) All punishments are to be included in the quarterly return.
(9) When an offence by a boy is being dealt with, all previous offences committed by him are to be taken into consideration when awarding punishments.
(10) A boy deprived of a badge should be encouraged to regain it by good conduct. It may be restored in two months.
Mess traps.
41. Knives, forks, and spoons in the Training Ship are to be kept in special drawer in mess shelf, and laid out on the table after each meal. They are to be inspected daily, with a view to insuring their being kept clean. Breakages of mess traps, either Government or those supplied by the Boys’ Fund, are to be replaced by the Accountant Officer without any charge being made against the boys, except in such cases where, on investigation by the Executive Officer, articles have been found to be broken by gross carelessness or neglect, when such articles are to be charged against the boy on the ledger under “Fines” column. In exceptional cases of constant breakages or losses which cannot be brought
home to any individual, the whole mess is to be made to feel that every member of it is responsible for the traps, and to replace them each member may be mulcted a sum not exceeding 1s. to be deducted from weekly pocket money as directed by the Captain, but no such charge is ever to be made against a boy without the case being investigated, and the approval of the Captain obtained in writing.
(2) All gear lost or broken is to be entered by the Victualling Chief Petty Officer in a book kept for the purpose (T.S.51) at the end of each week. This book is to be examined by the Regulating Lieutenant on Saturday morning. That officer is to investigate the breakages and losses, and, where it appears that any breakage or loss is due to the gross carelessness or neglect of a particular boy, he is to note the amount which he proposes should be charged against him, either the whole or part value of the articles concerned. As a rule, not more than half the value of the articles broken or lost should be charged. He shall also, in cases of constant breakages or losses which cannot be brought home to any particular boy, note the amount which he considers should be charged against the mess in the manner described in the latter part of paragraph (1) of this regulation. These proposed charges, both against messes as a whole and against individual boys, he is to submit to the Captain, who should satisfy himself respecting the charges before approving them.
(3) The charges are to be recovered by debiting the amount due against the weekly pocket money on the ledger. When the charge against a boy is over 3d., he is to be mulcted of 3d. a week until the full amount is recovered. Should he leave the ship before he is clear, however, the balance of the debt is to be charged against him as an advance on the pay list.
(4) An account of all mess traps lost and broken (Form T.S. 88) is to be rendered quarterly.
(5) Mess traps are to be inspected daily by the officer in charge of each mess, and once a week they are to be mustered by the Victualling Chief Petty Officer, and deficiencies made good by the Accountant Officer. Mess traps, &c., required for immediate use are, however, to be replaced daily, the instructors making out the demand for them on T.S. 38, which is to be initialed by the Regulating Lieutenant and Accountant Officer before the issue of the articles required.
Canteen or ship fund.
42. The Captain of the Training Ship may enter into contracts with private persons for the sale of confectionery, &c., to the boys, and ship’s company.
(2) The money received from the contract is to be used for the benefit of the boys of the Training Ship, in a similar manner to the Canteen Fund of a sea-going ship. The fund is to be managed by the Executive Officer, under the supervision of the Captain of the Training Ship.
(3) An accurate account is to be kept of all receipts and expenditures, and the account is to be balanced and audited every quarter. The account, together with all vouchers, is to be produced at the Captain’s quarterly inspections.
Victualling.
43. The messing of boys in the Training Ship shall be controlled by the Accountant Officer. He is to be given a free hand to arrange for the satisfactory feeding of the boys.
(2) The ration allowance shall be dealt with by the Accountant Officer, as prescribed in Naval Financial Regulations, except that all the messes of the ship’s company (excluding boys’ messes) may, when considered desirable, be permitted to draw the money allowance and victual themselves.
44. Necessary supplies are to be drawn or purchased by the Accountant Officer, and all direct purchases are to be made through this officer. Articles of provisions stocked at the Victualling Yard are to be obtained from that source in the usual way. In the case of other supplies, where contracts exist, the articles are to be obtained from the contractor. In all other cases they are to be obtained by direct purchase. Two or more quotations are to be obtained wherever possible.
(2) For account purposes, all provisions are to be charged as laid down for sea-going ships.
45. The Boys’ Victualling and Check Book is to be used for noting all entries, checks, and discharges of boys. It is to be carefully kept, so that it may be a trustworthy account for the use of the Accountant Officer.
Materials account.
46. Materials issued for cleaning mess traps and other articles, and for repairing clothes, and other small stores, are to be credited quarterly on the Materials Account as expended, but articles of value or importance are not to be so credited while serviceable, these when worn out are to be surveyed in the usual manner.
(2) The Captain may, at his discretion, order any boy who carelessly or wilfully loses or damages any article of mess gear or other Government property, to replace the same out of his pay or pocket money by debiting him on the ledger.
(3) At the end of each year, and also on the supersession or death of the Accountant Officer, the Materials Account is to be closed and balanced, and the Captain is to order a survey to be held on articles then remaining on charge, by a Lieutenant and another officer, in the presence of the Accountant Officer or one of his staff. No separate reports of survey are required, but the surveying officers are to certify the result of their survey on the account itself.
Boys’ fund.
47. The Boys’ Fund shall consist of a fixed sum allotted each year to the Training Ship, on the approval of the Naval Board.
(2) The object of the Fund is to meet miscellaneous expenses connected with the boys, and the purposes and allotment of the Fund are as follows. The allotment may, however, be varied at the discretion of the Captain:—
Item No.
Per cent.
(i) Mess Gear.—Gear not ordinarily supplied from the Victualling Yard...
1
(ii) Extra Fittings.—Fittings for messes, school, bath, and model rooms...
2
(iii) Cleaning Material.—Blacking, blanco, cleaning and polishing materials generally, and hand sweeping brushes
8
(iv) Band.—Music and instruction books, band instruments, and repairs to same, singing instructors, choir, harmonium, tuning
5
Item No.
Per cent.
(v) Badges.—Sixpence per week for each good conduct badge; 6d. per week for petty officer crown, whether 1st or 2nd class boy, in addition to badge money; 1s. per week, exclusive of crown and badge money, for each instructor boy
12
(vi) Recreations.—Entertainments during leave to boys with no homes. Schoolroom and outdoor games and sports; entertainments
30
(vii) Miscellaneous.—Printing expenses, marking ink, boatswain’s calls, half-yearly prizes, washing expenses, or any other incidental expenditure in connexion with the boys
21
(viii) To meet extraordinary expenses connected with half-yearly prizes, &c.
17
(ix) Repairing Materials.—Thread and small materials for tailor and shoemaker, braid for marking frocks, and shoe strings, also Barber’s implements and necessaries
4
100
(3) The administration of this fund is to be under the control of the Captain.
(4) Tenders are to be invited, wherever practicable, for the supply of all materials, and, where such is not practicable, supplies are to be purchased, if possible, from wholesale firms. Great care is to be taken that the articles are of good quality, and of reasonable price. All purchases are to be authorized, in writing, by the Captain before the articles are ordered.
(5) All articles purchased are to be in the charge of the Accountant Officer, and he is to keep an annual account of their receipt and expenditure upon the established form.
(6) All articles purchased are to be accompanied by bills, in duplicate, and are, on their receipt, to be inspected by a Lieutenant. He is to certify upon each bill or voucher in attestation of the quantity and fitness of the articles.
(7) The Accountant Officer is to quote on each voucher the authority of these Regulations, or any subsequent Naval Board authority, for the purchase, and to note that the articles paid for have been taken on charge in his “Materials Account.”
(8) Claims are to be submitted to the Captain for his approval before payment, and should be paid at once, so as to insure that there are no outstanding liabilities, and that the allowance is not exceeded. Vouchers are to be numbered consecutively, a fresh number commencing on the first day of each quarter; they are to be attached to the Boys’ Fund Account when forwarded to the Director of Navy Accounts.
(9) The Boys’ Fund Account, and the money belonging to it, are to be in charge of the Accountant Officer, who, upon the Captain’s written approval on each claim, will pay all bills.
(10) The Boys’ Fund Accounts are to be considered in all respects as public accounts.
(11) (a) The allowance is to be allocated by the Captain at the beginning of each quarter. The Executive Officer is to submit the estimated sum which is expected to be required for Boys’ Fund purposes up to the end of the quarter, specifying the items of anticipated expenditure as far as possible and allowing a reasonable margin for contingencies.
(b) At the same time a report is to be made showing the amount authorized for the previous quarter, and giving details of all sums expended. Any portion of the amount authorized which has not been expended is to be carried over to and allotted in the succeeding quarter, irrespective of the financial year.
(c) Money received from boys for Boys’ Fund gear sold or damaged is to be credited to Revenue.
(d) Should it be desired to incur any expense beyond the amount authorized for the quarter, the permission of the Captain is to be obtained in writing, the request stating exactly the sum desired and the reasons. If possible, all reasonable requirements are to be met.
(e) The quarterly statements of expenditure and the estimate are to be made out in duplicate. One of the forms is to be retained with the Boys’ Fund Account as a debit voucher.
(12) Should there be any liabilities unavoidably outstanding on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, or 31st December, a statement thereof is to be appended to the Boys’ Fund Accounts for these quarters.
(13) The Boys’ Fund Account is to be kept on the established form (T. S. 9). The Accountant Officer is to show on the account the sum allotted under clause 11 (a) of this article for each quarter.
(14) Each item of expenditure is to be entered in the Boys’ Fund Account under the correct head of expenditure, as enumerated in clause (2) of this article.
(15) Officers and petty officers who may have the custody of articles belonging to the Boys’ Fund are to keep an account of the receipt and expenditure of the articles in their charge; the said account to be examined monthly and initialed by the Regulating Lieutenant and Accountant Officer, and submitted to the Captain quarterly.
(16) Cleaning materials and other articles in constant use should be purchased for the whole quarter’s requirements.
Wholesale instead of retail prices will thus be paid, and the multiplication of bills and inspections avoided.
(17) Credit is to be taken by the Accountant Officer, by certificate, for any accounts paid under head (v) which cannot be covered by vouchers.
Detailed lists are to be kept on board by which these payments are to be made, duly witnessed by an officer at the time of payment. From lists the Examining Officer is to verify and certify (on T.S. 11) to the correctness of the total amounts for which credits will be taken each quarter.
(18) The Victualling Chief Petty Officer is not to issue any article belonging to the Boys’ Fund without a written requisition, signed by the person in whose custody it will be placed and countersigned by the Regulating Lieutenant and Accountant Officer.
(19) The expense of printing invitations and programmes for the sports is to be borne by the Boys’ Fund.
(20) Small articles of clothing for the use of the boys, as detailed in regulations on “Clothing,” are to be purchased by the Accountant Officer.
(21) A certificate on Form A.S. 17, showing the total amount disbursed during each month on account of the Fund, is to accompany the monthly cash account.
(22) The Boys’ Fund Account is to be completed and closed on the last day of each quarter, or on the supersession or death of the Accountant Officer; it is to be examined and signed by the Assistant Paymaster or Senior Writer, to be signed by the Accountant Officer and approved by the Captain, and, after being examined by the officer appointed for the purpose, it is, with all necessary vouchers and sub-vouchers, to be forwarded to the Director of Navy Accounts.
Pay.
48. The rates of pay for boys entering for service in the Training Ship shall be as prescribed in Naval Financial Regulations, viz.:—
Per.
diem
Per.
diem
s.
d.
s.
d.
Boy, 1st class...............................
1
6
..
10
6
Boy, 2nd class..............................
1
0
..
7
0
(2) Weekly payments (pocket money) on account of pay may be made as follows on the weekly pay list:—
Boys, 2nd class, after twelve weeks’ service.....................
1
6
Boys, 2nd class, under twelve weeks’ service.....................
1
0
Boys in debt on the Ledger who have not an equivalent amount to their credit in the Commonwealth Savings Bank
0
6
(3) Within fourteen days after the close of the quarter, the balance of pay to the credit of each boy shall be paid into the Commonwealth Savings Bank to the credit of the boy.
The pass-books shall be retained in the Training Ship, in charge of the Accountant Officer, and no withdrawal from the bank shall be made except with the approval of the Commanding Officer.
(4) When a boy, whose pocket money is stopped, or who is in debt is discharged to any ship, a notation to that effect is to be made on the transfer list; and when a boy’s pocket money is stopped, he is not to be allowed to draw any out of his Savings Bank account.
(5) In special circumstances, such as boys going on week-end or Sunday leave, the Commanding Officer may allow boys who are in credit to draw an additional sum on account of weekly pay not exceeding 2s. The Commanding Officer may also approve of other special payments for Easter leave and for week-end leave when a holiday is involved.
49. Boys with sufficient credit are to be afforded all facilities for allotting to their parents, and care is to be taken that the regulations on the subject are strictly observed.
(2) No boy is to be allowed to allot until the expiration of the first six months of his training; great care should be taken that clothing and other charges are regulated, so as to prevent the necessity for stoppage of allotments on account of debt.
(3) When, however, boys are unavoidably brought into debt, their allotments are to be stopped at once until they recover their credit, and the allottees are to be informed by the Accountant Officer.
50. The following special allowances in connexion with the Training Service shall be payable from Boys’ Fund:—
Description of Allowance.
To Whom Payable.
Rate of Special Allowance.
Instruction of boys in singing
Schoolmasters (Singing Instructors)
3s. a week
Instructing boys in bugling
Bugler Instructor.....
3s. 6d. for each boy passed as bugler
Instructing boys in bugling
Instructor boy.......
6d. a week
Instruction of boys in piping
Piping Instructor.....
2s. 6d. for each boy qualified
Good conduct badges......
Boys in Training Ships
6d. a week
Petty Officer boys........
Ditto.............
6d. a week (exclusive of badge pay)
Instructor boys..........
Ditto.............
1s. a week (exclusive of Crown and badge pay)
51. Provided the Captain is satisfied as to the reasons given, and the exigencies of the service permit, discharge of a boy may be permitted by the Naval Board on payment by the parents or guardians of the following amounts:—
Boys not exceeding one month’s service, £10.
Boys over one and not exceeding three months’ service, £20.
Boys over three months’ service, £40.
(2) In exceptional circumstances, the discharge of a boy without purchase may be allowed, subject to the approval of the Naval Board.
52. In the case of free discharge, the Naval Board will decide whether cost of passage to a boy’s home should be borne from public funds. Where discharge by purchase has been approved, the cost of passage home is not to be borne by the Crown.
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