BRIGADE ORDERS.

BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL TREVOR TERNAN, C.M.G., D.S.O.,

COMMANDING 102^nd (TYNESIDE SCOTTISH) BRIGADE.

HEADQUARTERS, ALNWICK,

1^st JUNE, 1915.

373 – His Majesty the King’s Birthday –

            June 3^rd being the Anniversary of His Majesty’s Birthday will, as far as the exigencies of the Service permit, be observed as a holiday.

374 – Brigade Parade – Cancellation of –

            Owing to vaccination, there will be no Brigade Parade this week.

375 – Extracts from Northern Command Orders –

NECESSARIES –

            It was proposed to reduce stocks of necessaries not required for active service in possession of regiments, by issuing only such as are included in the active service scale.  All concerned are now informed that it has been brought to notice that brushes, blacking, polishing brass, and clothes, button brasses and wax polish, cannot be dispensed with, if the men are to appear smart.  The issue of these articles may, therefore, be made as heretofore.

Authority, War Office letter A.C.D./Southern/2612 (R.A.C.D.), dated 27^st May, 1915.

C.R.N.C. No. 45434 (O.S.).  Northern Command Order No.910.

BLANKETS –

            Three blankets only are authorised for troops in Billets, Hutments, and Camps.  All above this number should be returned at once to the Chief Ordnance Officer, York.  This order does not apply to any blankets held by troops from Officers i/c Barracks.

C.R.N.C. No.61195 (O.S.).  Northern Command Order No.905.

CLOTHING AND NECESSARIES –

            Clothing and necessaries required for the outfit of all Units authorized to be raised by individuals or by Municipalities will, in future, so soon as any Contracts that have been entered into by the raisers have been completed, be issued by the Army Ordnance Department.

A list showing the initial outfit of each man is published below, and indents for clothing and necessaries should be forwarded to the Ordnance Officer, Clothing Depot, of the area in which the Unit is being raised.

The Clothing Depots and the areas which they supply are as under:-

Stirling. – Scotland and Berwick-on-Tweed.

York. – Northern Command (except Staffordshire), Westmoreland and Cumberland.

Chester. – Western Command (except Westmoreland and Cumberland)

Aldershot. – Aldershot Command.

R.A.C.D., Grosvenor Road, London, S.W. – Surrey Kent, Middlesex, and Sussex.

Weedon. – Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Essex, Northampton, and Staffordshire.

Southampton. – Devonshire, Somersetshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire.

Dublin. – Ireland.

Local arrangements should be made for the marking of clothing and necessaries, fitting of clothing and sewing on of chevrons, badges, etc., for which an inclusive sum of 3s. 1d. per mounted man and 2s. 4d. per dismounted man will be admitted as a charge against the Public.

Specifications showing the scales of fitting proportions for garments will be supplied on application to the Chief Ordnance Officer, Royal Army Clothing Department, Grosvenor Road, London, S.W.

SCALE OF CLOTHING AND NECESSARIES FOR EACH MAN.

Article.	Number.
	Mounted.	Dismounted.
Necessaries. Badge, cap Bag, Kit Braces, pairs Brass, button Brush, Brass      “      Blacking      “      Clothes      “      Hair      “      Polishing      “      Shaving      “      Tooth Cap, comforter Comb, hair Disc, identity with cord Fork Holdall Housewife Knife, Clasp, with marline spike, tin opener and lanyard      “      Table Laces, leather (spare) pairs Razor Shirts, flannel Socks, worsted pairs Spoon Towels, hand, Turkish Wax, polish, tin of               Clothing. Boots, ankle, pairs Cap, Service dress Drawers, cotton, pairs      “      woollen, pairs Greatcoat, drab mixture Jackets, Service dress Pantaloons, cord, pairs Puttees, pairs Shoes, canvas, pairs Spurs, jack, ordinary, pairs Titles, metal, for shoulder straps, sets Trousers, Service dress, pairs Waistcoat, cardigan	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 1                 2 1 2 – 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 1                 2 1 – 2 1 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 1

Authority, War Office letter 20/General Number/3838 (Q.M.G. 7), dated 24^th May, 1915.

C.R.N.C. No. 38875/28 (O.S.).  Northern Command Order No.912.

EMPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS IN CIVIL OCCUPATIONS –

            The following extract from Army Order 14^th May, 1915, on the employment of Soldiers in Civil Occupation is published for information:-

A soldier so employed shall remain in possession of all his rights and privileges as a soldier in respect of himself, his family, and dependants, except that he shall not receive any Army pay and allowances in respect of himself unless his earnings from his civil employment are less than any such Army pay and allowances, in which case the balance shall be made good to him in the form of a special allowance paid from Army Funds.

This warrant shall have effect from the 1^st January, 1915.

With reference to the above the following supplementary instructions relating to the employment of soldiers in the production of munitions of war and other similar duties, are issued for information.

The emoluments to which the soldier will be entitled are as follows:-

1. He will continue to draw his ordinary Army emoluments until the date on which he takes up civil employment.
2. Thereafter he will draw civil pay as earned, and all Army emoluments will cease except as stated below.
3. If the civil pay earned for any week falls below his weekly rate of Army pay and allowances assessed as in Appendix A, the amount of the deficiency will be made good from public funds, except in so far as the deficiency is due to the soldier’s own fault.
4. In cases in which the soldier, while in civil employment, is unavoidably separated from his family or dependents, separation allowance (less the allotment portion) will be issuable to the wife, etc., under the usual conditions, as a clear addition to any other earnings or emoluments of the soldier.

Authority, War Office letter No. Contracts/1268 (F. 2), dated 22^nd May, 1915.

C.R.N.C. No. 60566 (A.).  Northern Command Order No.913.

376 – Command Orders – Attention called to –

            The attention of Officers Commanding Units is drawn to Northern Command Order No.906 of 30^th May, 1915.

T.L.B. SOUTRY, Captain,

Brigade-Major, 102^nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade.