Establish- ment of Corps.
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(7.) The company of engineers shall be under the executive command of an officer of the Corps, and shall be under the orders of the Chief Engineer of the Gar- rison for training and inspection,
(8.) The machine gun company shall be under the executive command of an officer of the Corps, and shall be under the orders of the General Officer Commanding the Troops for training and inspection.
(9.) The infantry battalion shall be under the ex- ecutive command of an officer who may be either a volunteer officer or an officer of His Majesty's Regular Forces. If this officer is a volunteer officer the Adjutant of the corps shall be an officer of His Majesty's Regular Forces, appointed with the consent of the General Officer Commanding the Troops, unless no regular officer is available.
(10.) The Administrative Commandant of the Corps shall be the officer commanding the infantry battalion, and he shall be assisted by an administration staff.
(11.) The Administrative Commandant may, with the approval of the Governor, establish one or more cadet companies in connection with the Corps, and every such company shall, as regards its establishment, administra- tion, and government, be subject to such regulations as the Administrative Commandant may make with the approval of the Governor.
(12.) Members of the infantry battalion shall be trans- ferred to the reserve company from the other companies upon attaining the age of 50 years.
4. The establishment of the Corps shall be fixed from time to time as circumstances may require.
Appointment 5.-1.) If any vacancy exists or occurs in the total and promo
establishment of officers, other than the Administrative tion of officers Commandant and the staff, the members of the com- pany in which the vacancy exists or occurs shall submit to the Governor through the General Officer Commanding the Troops the name of the person pro- posed by them for appointment as an officer. On the first formation of the Corps this paragraph shall also apply to the appointment of the commanding officers of the respective companies.
(2.) 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 the Troops may exempt any officer from compliance with this paragraph either wholly or in part, and may extend the time for passing such examination, but if any officer fails to comply with the conditions of any such exemption or extension he shall revert to his former rank.
(3.) The nature of the examination in each case shall be as may be prescribed by the General Officer Com- manding the Troops.
(4.) The examining board shall be appointed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(5.) An officer whose turn for promotion arrives may be superseded if he has not passed the prescribed examination.
(6.) Supernumerary officers may be appointed in any unit but any such officers shall be absorbed into the establishment as soon as vacancies occur therein.