MILITARY DETENTION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1837, 25 August 1913, Page 8

MILITARY DETENTION.

THE REGULATIONS.

NO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.

Regulations governing, the treatment of offenders committed to military custody for refusing to comply with tho provisions of the Defence Act tfro published in District Orders. In some respects tho regulations differ from the provisional regulations published on July 17. They read as follows :—

1. Persons in military custody will be kept in any permanent barracks or fort, not being a prison of police gaol, in which cell accommodation exists, or other place in which a lock-up can bo extemporised. Accommodation for th'oso committed to military custody must be certified as suitable from a medical point of view by a medical officer.

2. On arrival of an offender at the place of detention his . civilian clothes will bo removed, , he will be bathed, and.issued with a suit of dungaree. Tobacco, matehes, 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 bo signed by the offender as well as by tho officer making the entry. These articles will be returned to the offender on completion of his sentence, and he will sign the book again as a receipt. The articles are to be kept under lock and key until their return.

3. Each offender will bo medically examined on arrival.' In the event of sickness, arrangements will bo made for medical attention.

4. Where there are' more offenders than one undergoing detention they will not be separately confined in the daytime, except in cases of insubordination. .

5.-Offenders will be in charge of the non-commissioned officers and men of the permanent cadre, supplemented by such officers and permanent staff as necessary, to bo detailed by tho officer commanding tho district. If there is no cadre of the permanent force at the place of detention tho officer commanding the district will make such arrangements as are necessary to execute the routine.

6. An allowance of 2s. per day for the feeding of each offender is-admissible.

7. Cots, and mattresses will be provided by the' R.N.Z.A., or, where there is no permanent cadre, under arrangements mado by the officer-commanding the district. Towels, blankets, and feeding utensils will, when necessary, bo provided by tho Defence Department. - 8. After three days, if the offender's conduct is good, ho may be given, a book.to read. 7 9. 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 requiro to do so. The Daily Routine. The following daily routine will be carried out during the summer months, and may. be modified to suit conditions in the winter months: —Rise, 6 a.m.; physical drill, 6.30 to. 7 a.m.; breakfast, 7.30 a.m.; fatigue, 8.15 a.m. to 11 a.m. (consisting of sweeping barracks, scrubbing floors, cleaning, sand' polishing armament, and other fatigue work of a useful or necessary character); squad drill, 11 a.m. to 12 noon; dinner, 12.15 p.m.; fatigue, 1 p.m.' to 3.30 p.m.; semaphore drill, 3.45 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; locked up, 4.30 p.m.; tea, 5 p.m.; exercise in yard, 6 to 6.30 p.m. j visit by corporal or private on duty between 7 and 8 p.m.; lights .out, 9 p.m. Offences Under the Act. ' An offender in military custody shall be guilty of an offence within the meaning of Section 8 of.the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, if he— (1)' Disobeys any ,brder given by the O.C. Detention Barracks, or disobeys any detention barrack regulations. (2) Treats with disrespect any member of the detention barrack or staff, or any visitor, or any person employed in connection with the detention barrack, or prison, or works. (3)' Is idle, careless, or negligent at work, or refuses to work. (4) Is absent without leave'from any parade. (5) Swears, curses, or uses any abusive, insolent, threatening, or other improper language. (6) Is indecent in language*, act, or gesture. (7) Converses or holds ' intercourse with another offender in military custody without authority. (8) Sings,, whistles, or creates any unnecessary noise or disturbances,, or gives unnecessary trouble. (9) Leaves his room or other appointed location, or his. place of work, without permission. (10) In any way wilfully disfigures or damages any part of the detention barrack or place of confinement, or any article to which hs may have access. (11) Commits any nuisance. (12) Has in his room or possession • any article he is not allowed to havo. (13) Gives to or receives from any offender in' military custody any article whatever without leave. (14) Is inattentive at dull, etc. (15) Uses personal violence to a member of the staff or to an offender' in military custody. (16) Escapes or attempts to escape from detention barrack or place. (17) In any other way offends against good order and discipline.