Military Orders, Standing Orders in the Field, Fifth New Zealand Regiment
Production date
1901
1903
Current rights
Public Domain
Object detail
Brief Description
Standing Orders in the Field, Fifth New Zealand Regiment states: The following Extracts from Regimental orders will form the Standing orders for the Regiment in the field. - All officers will see that men under their command are fully acquainted with these orders. Relates to the 5th N.Z. Regiment service in South Africa. Orders pertain to:
Discipline - Military Law, Orders, Routine, Crime and Minor Offences, Procedure, Parades, Private Property, Reports, Officer's Leave, Leave, Neighbouring Camps, Outposts, Sick, Regimental Parade, Looting, Captured Stock, Articles of value found, Gambling, Natives, Orders affecting Inhabitants, Civilians, Tent flies, Information, Alarm, Patrols, Prisoners of War, Military Tickets, Squadron books, Guard
Arms and Ammunition - Ammunition, Carriage of Ammunition and Tools, Scotch Parts to Accompany Reconnaisance, Spare Arms, Leaving Arms unprotected, Care of Arms, Captured Arms
Equipment - Equipment, Clothing and Accessories, Requisitions for Equipment, Equipment Stored at Stations, Use of another's Equipment
Uniform - Dress on Duty, Unserviceable uniform, Adornment, Field Service Cap, Natives
Horses - Stables, Watering, Racing, Sickness & Lameness, Sick Horses, Spare Horses, Picquet, Taking other men's horses not permitted, Horses left at stations, Grooming, Grazing, Care of Forage, Nosebags, Hours for grazing, Unshod Horses, Promiscuous riding forbidden, Branding of Remounts, Dead Horses, Sore backs
Pay - Pay for NCOs and men
Postal Arrangements - Incoming and Outgoing mails
Rations Return - Ration States
Water - Should be boiled for Drinking
Field Dressing - To be carried
Emergency Ration - Must be carried!
Identification Cards - To be carried on
Bugle Calls - Not to be Sounded
Ox Grazing Guard - Instructions
Casualties - Return Required
Graves - Plan to be sent to Headquarters
Sanitation - Bell tents, Bathing, Cooking, Slaughtering, Slops, Refuse Pits, Refuse, Stable refuse, Manure, Latrines
Orders on the March and in the Field - Outposts, Furnishing of Outposts, Patrols, Accessory items, Scouting, Useless firing by Outposts, Flags of truce, Water, Fires & Lights, Waggon (sic) guards, Dismounted men, Sick, Natives, Officer to remain on duty on Outpost, Livestock, Transport
Adhered to the back pages are the following forms and Orders: 5th N.Z. Regiment. Orderly Officers Report, 5th N.Z. Regiment Guard Report, Duties of Regimental Orderly Sergeant, Duties of Squadron Orderly Corporal
Adhered to the back inside cover is an envelope with correspondence or forms: Duties of Battalion - Orderly Sergeant; Form V.-39 New Zealand Military Forces, Company Orderly Sergeant's Report for 4th December 1903 signed E C Pirie, Orderly Sergeant, Ranfurly Rifles Company; Letter to the Brigade Major 2nd Mounted Brigade, 1st Division dated February 28th, 1901 advising of excellent work performed by the Officers and men of the Squadron during the three months they have been under the author's command [signature illegible]; handwritten document headed: De Jameson Inval written in Afrikaans. Possible reference to what is known as Jameson's Raid. Signature illegible: possibly De Klerk. Stamped on the back is: MIJNCOMMISS.KANTOOR KLERKSDORP
Discipline - Military Law, Orders, Routine, Crime and Minor Offences, Procedure, Parades, Private Property, Reports, Officer's Leave, Leave, Neighbouring Camps, Outposts, Sick, Regimental Parade, Looting, Captured Stock, Articles of value found, Gambling, Natives, Orders affecting Inhabitants, Civilians, Tent flies, Information, Alarm, Patrols, Prisoners of War, Military Tickets, Squadron books, Guard
Arms and Ammunition - Ammunition, Carriage of Ammunition and Tools, Scotch Parts to Accompany Reconnaisance, Spare Arms, Leaving Arms unprotected, Care of Arms, Captured Arms
Equipment - Equipment, Clothing and Accessories, Requisitions for Equipment, Equipment Stored at Stations, Use of another's Equipment
Uniform - Dress on Duty, Unserviceable uniform, Adornment, Field Service Cap, Natives
Horses - Stables, Watering, Racing, Sickness & Lameness, Sick Horses, Spare Horses, Picquet, Taking other men's horses not permitted, Horses left at stations, Grooming, Grazing, Care of Forage, Nosebags, Hours for grazing, Unshod Horses, Promiscuous riding forbidden, Branding of Remounts, Dead Horses, Sore backs
Pay - Pay for NCOs and men
Postal Arrangements - Incoming and Outgoing mails
Rations Return - Ration States
Water - Should be boiled for Drinking
Field Dressing - To be carried
Emergency Ration - Must be carried!
Identification Cards - To be carried on
Bugle Calls - Not to be Sounded
Ox Grazing Guard - Instructions
Casualties - Return Required
Graves - Plan to be sent to Headquarters
Sanitation - Bell tents, Bathing, Cooking, Slaughtering, Slops, Refuse Pits, Refuse, Stable refuse, Manure, Latrines
Orders on the March and in the Field - Outposts, Furnishing of Outposts, Patrols, Accessory items, Scouting, Useless firing by Outposts, Flags of truce, Water, Fires & Lights, Waggon (sic) guards, Dismounted men, Sick, Natives, Officer to remain on duty on Outpost, Livestock, Transport
Adhered to the back pages are the following forms and Orders: 5th N.Z. Regiment. Orderly Officers Report, 5th N.Z. Regiment Guard Report, Duties of Regimental Orderly Sergeant, Duties of Squadron Orderly Corporal
Adhered to the back inside cover is an envelope with correspondence or forms: Duties of Battalion - Orderly Sergeant; Form V.-39 New Zealand Military Forces, Company Orderly Sergeant's Report for 4th December 1903 signed E C Pirie, Orderly Sergeant, Ranfurly Rifles Company; Letter to the Brigade Major 2nd Mounted Brigade, 1st Division dated February 28th, 1901 advising of excellent work performed by the Officers and men of the Squadron during the three months they have been under the author's command [signature illegible]; handwritten document headed: De Jameson Inval written in Afrikaans. Possible reference to what is known as Jameson's Raid. Signature illegible: possibly De Klerk. Stamped on the back is: MIJNCOMMISS.KANTOOR KLERKSDORP
Production date
1901
1903
1903
Production period
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width x Depth/Length: 322 x 210 x 20mm
Signature/Inscription
HBAS / HAWKES BAY / ART SOCIETY, Bookplate
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1901-1903
1890s
1890s
Current rights
Public Domain
Other number(s)
4020, 65938
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