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[This Document is the Property of His Britannis Majesty's Government.

Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence. May 1911.

SECRET.

OFFICERS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH NAVAL FORCES.

IN the provisional arrangement made by the Imperial Conference of August 1909 and unanimously accepted by the Commonwealth Parliament, the following paragraphs

occur :-

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"When desired, officers and men of the Australian Service might be sent for See

training and service to vessels and training schools of tho Royal Navy and Clauses 96 their places taken by officers and men of the Royal Navy, who, with the and 43 approval of the Admiralty, should volunteer for service in vessels of the Defence Australian Navy,"

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great stress was laid upon the maintenance of the same general standard of training, discipline, and general efficiency both in ships and officers "and men."

appears from the Navy List of January 1911 that the number of active service officers of the Commonwealth Naval Forces is-

4 Captains (1 late Director of Naval Forces, 3 late Commandants of State

Divisions),

1 Commandant (late Commandant of State Division),

6 Lieutenants (4 late R.N.R.),

3 Sub-Lieutenants,

3 Engineer Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants,

22 Gunners and Boatswains,

3 Carpenters,

3 Artificer Engineers,

2 Medical Officers,

5 Accountant Officers,

and that they are either serving on the Staff, or as Instructors, or in the "Paramatta "

and “Yarra," two of the older class of torpedo-boat destroyers.

The Australian Unit, composed of the following:—

1 "Australia"-armoured cruiser,

3" Bristols,"

6 Destroyers (river class),

3 Submarines,

would require approximately the following officers :--

4 Captains.

2 Commanders.

35 Lieutenants.

10 Sub-Lieutenants.

20 Engineer Officers.

5 Medical Officers.

9 Accountant Officers.

22 Gunners and Boatswains.

Carpenters.

6 Artificer Engineers. 12 Midshipmen, [609]

Naval

Act, 1910.

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