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Liability for Service Abroad. 5. Under section 26 (1), Defence Act, 1909, members of the Territorial Force may volunteer for special service outside New Zealand. Conditions of Service. 6. Liability for service is as follows : — Senior Cadets—fourteen (or date of leaving school) to seventeen inclusive : four years in all. Territorial Foree —-eighteen to twenty-four inclusive : seven years in all. Territorial Force Reserve—twenty-five to twenty-nine inclusive : five years in all. In posting men to units the wishes of individuals are considered as far as possible. Rates of pay are shown in Appendix 111. All ranks in the Territorial Force draw pay for nine days only in each year. Men passed fit for service but not required for the Territorial Force are posted to a General Training Section. They are liable to be transferred to the Territorial Force up to thirty years of age. Scheme of Training. 7. Training under the Act is prescribed as follows : —

The period of the annual camp for rural units is eleven days (exclusive of the days of arrival and departure) in lieu of the equivalent of the four extra days — i.e., twenty drills. Physical training forms an important item in the syllabus of training, especially in the case of Senior Cadets. Boys under the age of fourteen receive physical training at school under arrangements made by the Education Department. War Organization. 8. The military forces of New Zealand are organized for war into a field army and its reserves, coast-defence troops, and lines-of-communication troops. The field army is organized into two Mounted Rifle brigades (one in each Island) and two divisions (one in each Island). The composition and detail of the above are given in Appendix IV. Certain Headquarters units and divisional ammunition columns will have to be formed on mobilization. Otherwise all units required for the war organization are already raised. Numbers required. 9. In round numbers the requirements of the war organization are, — Officers. Other Banks. Field army .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,144 29,551 Coast defence troops .. .. .. .. .. 147 4,168 Lines of communication, district staffs, &c. (about) . .. 200 3,000 1,491 36,719

Designation. Age. I I Service. J Prescribed Training each Year. Senior Cadets From 14 to 18 4 years (a.) Fifty drills of one hour's duration, or thirty-four drills of one and a half hours' duration. (b.) Six half-day parades of three hours' duration. Territorial Force General Training Section.. From 18 to 25 7 years (e.) Course of musketry. (a.) Thirty drills of one and a half hours' dur, .lion, twenty of which are to be outdoor parades. (b.) Twelve half-day parades of not less than three hours' duration, or six whole-day parades of not less than six hours' duration. (c.) Seven days' training in camp (exclusive of days of arrival and departure). {d.) Prescribed course of musketry during (a) and (b). (a.) Eighteen drills of one and a half hours' duration. (b.) Prescribed course of musketry. Two half-day parades or their equivalent. From 18 to 25 7 years Reserve (including men of General Training Section after 25) From 25 to 30 5 years