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203.
REPORTING MOVEMENTS OF H.M.A. SHIPS.
Navy Order No. 112 of 1922 is to be amended as follows :—
At the end of paragraph 8, add the following sub-paragraph (d):—
" (d) In the case of a ship proceeding to sea from a port for a
period not exceeding one week and returning to the same port,
when such movements should not be reported to the Admiralty,
Navy Office will, however, report any such minor movements to
Admiralty by letter from time to time as necessary."
(21/0200.)
TACTICAL TABLE AND WAR GAMES.
It is notified for information that a Tactical Table and War Games are
now available at Garden Island for the use of Officers of the Fleet.
2. The Commodore Commanding H.M. Australian Fleet will arrange
games as convenient.
3. The Commodore Superintendent, Garden*sland, is to be informed when
the use of table is desired.
(21/095.)
204.
LEAVE AND NOTATIONS ON LEAVE HISTORY SHEETS.
It has been decided to cancel the present instructions regarding recreation
leave of Officers and Men, and the various notations on Leave History Sheets.
The instructions contained in the succeeding paragraphs of this Order should
be followed in the future.
2. The leave granted to Officers will be recorded at Navy Office. The
procedure to be followed in regard to applications for leave of absence to
Officers is contained in'Article 310 of the Consolidated Navy Orders 1911-
1920.
Leave granted to Officers by Senior Naval' Officers under clause 2 of
Article 310 of the Consolidated Navy Orders 1911-1920 is not at present
reported to Navy Office. In order that a complete record may be kept at
Navy Office, all leave granted to Officers other than by Naval Board authority
should be reported to Navy Office for record purposes.
3. A Long Leave Book (A.S.539z) and a Leave History Sheet (A.S.539!/)
have been adopted in the K.A.N, for the purpose of recording leave granted
to ratings.
Care should be exercised to insure the accuracy of notations made in the
Long Leave Book and Leave History Sheets of ratings, in order that the
amount of leave due for the current year, or the amount of Foreign Service
Leave due to K.N. ratings and ratings entered in the United Kingdom, oo
transfer from one Ship or Establishment to another, may be correctly
determined.
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4. The Long Leave Book should be kept in each Ship or Establishment
by the Ship's Police ; the names of ratings should be arranged therein
according to their numbers on the Ship's Books.
The Long Leave Book should be checked with the Ledger after each of
the three leave periods during the year, and the responsible member of the
Ship's Office Staff should place his initials in the book when checking has been
completed. The Accountant Officer will be responsible that this check is
carried out.
5. At the end of each Leave Year, or on the transfer of a rating from one
Ship or Establishment to another, the Master-at-Arms should total separately
in the Long Leave Book the amounts of travelling leave and actual leave taken
by each rating during the current leave year, initial in the column provided,
and pass the Long Leave Book into the Ship's Office to be checked and
initialed there also. The Long Leave Book should then be sent to the
Captain's Office for the necessary notations to be made on the Leave History
Sheet.
6. Attention is drawn to the fact that up to the 31st December, 1919, the
Leave Year terminated on 31st December in each year. The ensuing Leave
Year extended from 1st January, 1920, to 31st January, 1921. Each
subsequent Leave Year terminates on 31st January.
1. Attention is drawn to Board decision on Welfare Request No. 114
(Navy Order No. 430/1921) that, as from the 1st February, 1922, all Officers
and Men shall be allowed 42 days' leave per annum irrespective of whether
serving in a Harbor Ship or Establishment, or in a Sea-going Ship. Previous
to 1st February, 1922, Officers and Men were allowed leave as follows :—
Up to 31st December, 1919 .. .. .. 28 days per annum ;
From 1st January, 1920 to 31st January, 1922—
(a) Sea-going Service .. .. .. 42 days per annum ;
(b) Harbor Service .. .. .. 35 days per .annum.
8. In the event of a rating for any reason not proceeding on leave during
one or other of the usual leave periods, a notation should be made in the
Long Leave Book in the columns allotted to such period, stating the decision
of the Commanding Officer as to whether the leave not taken is regarded as—
(a) forfeited ; or (b) deferred by permission.
9." As far as possible, all leave due in respect of a Leave Year should be
taken within the year. It will, however, be. within the discretion of the
Commanding Officer to permit of a rating being allowed to carry over from
one Leave Year to another a limited amount of leave when the rating concerned
is unable to take his leave owing to the exigencies of the Service. This
privilege may also be afforded to ratings whose homes are situated in
Queensland and Western Australia, and who, in accordance with Navy Order
No. 270/1920, are permitted to take their leave once a year, if desired.
On the transfer from one Ship or Establishment to another of a rating
who has been permitted to defer leave from one Leave Year to another, the
number of days' leave so deferred should be shown in the column provided
°n the Leave History Sheet.
An Officer may also be permitted to carry over a limited amount of leave
worn one year to another, if he is unable to take his leave owing to the exigencies
of the Service, but each case should be submitted to the Naval Board for
a Pproval.