MILITARY DETENTION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1804, 17 July 1913, Page 7

MILITARY DETENTION.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS,' Provisional regulations in reference to offenders committed to military , custody aro printed as an appendix to the annual Defence report presented to Parliament on Tuesday. They provido, inter ana, that persons in military custody .will. bo kept, in oustody at any permanent barracks or fort, not being a prison or polioe gaol, in which cell accommodation exists, or other placo in which a lock-up can bo extemporised. Accommodation for those committed to military custody must be certified as suitable from a medical point of v ( iew by a medical officer. On arrival of an offender at the place of, detentioni his civilian clothes will ba removed, lie will.be bathed, and issued a suit of dungaree. Tolxicco, matches, any instrument with which he might do damage, money, and valuables will bo removed from him, and a list thereof entered in a book, which will be signed by the - offender, as well as by tho officer or N.G.O. making'tlie entry. These articles will bo returned, to tho offender on completion of his sentence, and lie will sign tho book again as a receipt. The articles are to bo kept under lock and key until their return. . Each offender' will be medically examined on arrival. In the event of sickness, arrangements will bo mado for medical attention. 1 ■ - Offenders are to be confinccLin separate rooms or cells. Offenders will : be in . charge 'of the N.C'.O.'s and men "of . the permanent cadre supplemented by such officers and permanent staff as necessary, to bo de-. tailed by the O.C. district. If thc-to is no cadre of the permanent force<"at *ho placo of detention, the O.C. district will make such .arrangements as are • necessary to execute the routine laid down in Paragraph 8. •- 1 -' ■'■ ' > An allowance of 2s. per day for tho feeding of each 1 offender is admissible. Cots and mattresses will bo provided by R.N.Z.A.,'or,, where there is no permanent cadre, under arrangements mado bv the O.C. district. Towels, blankets, and feeding utensils will, when necessary, be provided by tho Defence Department. After three dftvs, if the offender's conduct is good, 1 he'may bo given a book to read. . Offenders will be visited daily by an officer on duty, who will enter the visit in a book kept for the 'purpose. "Medical officers will visit offenders undergoing detention as required. ~ . . , .' Chaplains' may • visit offenders should they require to do so. A daily routine is laid down extending from "Rise G a.m.," to "Light out 9 p.m." "•