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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 31, 1917.
Establish- ment of Corps.
Appointment
4. The establishment of the Corps shall be fixed from time to time as circumstances may require.
5-(1) The appointment and promotion of all of staff and members of the staff and officers are vested in the appointment Governor.
and promio- tion of officers.
Appointment
(2.) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all officers of units will be submitted by the-Offeer Commanding the Unit through the Admin- istrative Commandant to the Governor, through the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(3.) Every officer upon his first appointment in the Corps to any rank, and every officer before promotion to any higher rank, shall pass the examination pre- scribed for that rank: provided that the General Officer Commanding may exempt any officer from compliance with this paragraph either wholly or in part.
(4.) The nature of the examination in each case shall be as may be prescribed by the General Officer Com- manding the Troops.
(5.) The examining board shall be appointed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(6.) An officer whose turn for promotion arrives may be superseded if he has not passed the prescribed examination.
(7.) Supernumerary officers may be appointed in any unit but any such officers shall be absorbed into the establishment as soon as vacancies occur therein.
(8.) All appointments and promotions of members of the staff and of officers shall be notified in the Gazette and shall take effect from the date of such Gazette or From such other date as may be specified in the notification.
6.--(1.) The appointment and promotion of all non- commissioned officers of units are vested in the Officer tion of non- Commanding the Unit.
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promo-
commission-
ed officers.
Training. First Appendix.
Uniform.
Second Appendix.
Third Appendix.
Officers outlit allowance.
(2.) Promotion will be by seniority, tempered by selection in each unit, and will be subject to the passing of such an examination as may be prescribed or approved by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
TRAINING.
7. The training to be carried out will be as prescribed in the First Appendix hereto.
EQUIPMENT.
8.-(1) Officers will provide and maintain their own uniform and appointments according to the scale laid down in the Second Appendix hereto.
(2.) Other ranks will be provided with uniform in accordance with the scale laid down in the Third Ap- pendix hereto.
(3) Under no circumstances may articles of uniform be worn with plain clothes.
9.--(1.) An allowance towards the cost of his outfit of not more than twenty pounds or its equivalent in local currency will be paid to each officer on his first appointment as an officer in the Corps: provided that this paragraph shall not apply to those officers who have become officers of the Corps by virtue of section 10 of the Military Service Ordinance, 1917, unless the General Officer Commanding shall otherwise direct.
(2.) Should an officer fail to become proficient within twelve months from appointment he shall at the discre- tion of the Officer Commanding his Unit be liable to refund all or part of the allowance made to him.
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