Supplement iSo. g to Cfje Palestine m^tttt Bo. 791 of %m 3|mte, 1938. ROYAL WARRANT. SEAL. (Sgd) GEORGE R. I. GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting! WHEREAS HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH by Warrant under His Royal Sign Manual dated the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, was pleased to make, ordain and establish rules and ordinances for the governance of the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military), re• serving to Himself, His Heirs and Successors full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with those rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, by a notification under Royal Sign Manual: AND WHEREAS by the Eighth Clause of the aforesaid Warrant, as amended by the Warrant of His FORMER MAJESTY KING EDWARD THE EIGHTH dated the thirty- first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, it is ordained that the said Medal shall not be awarded to natives in respect of service in corps for which special Medals for long service and good conduct are already or may sub• sequently be granted : AND WHEREAS it is now Our desire to grant a special Medal for long service and good conduct to native members of permanent military forces in Our Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories under rules and ordinances similar, so far as circumstances permit, to the rules and ordinances governing the award of the said Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) : Now, THEREFORE, WE do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors institute, constitute and create a special Medal to reward the long service and — 687 — — 688 — good conduct of native members of permanent military forces in Our Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories; and WE are graciously pleased to make, ordain and establish the following rules and ordinances for the governance of the same which shall henceforth be inviolably observed and kept :— Tt is ordained that the Medal shall be of silver and shall bear in relief on the obverse the Royal and Imperial Effigy and on the reverse the inscription "For Long Service and Good Conduct" and the name of the Force in which the recipient qualified for the award. It is further ordained that the Medal shall be awarded under such regulations as to grant, forfeiture, restoration and other matters in amplification of these Our rules and ordinances as may, with Our approval signified through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, be issued from time to time, by the Governors, High Commissioners or Officers administering the Government, as the case may be, in regard to the Permanent Forces of Our respective Colonies, Protectorates or Mandated Territories. WE reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with these rules and ordinances, or any. part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual. GIVEN at Our Court of Saint James's this Twentieth day of May in the second year of Our reign and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. By His Majesty's Command, MALCOLM MACDONALD. TRANS-JORDAN FRONTIER FORCE — LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. REGULATIONS MADE BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER THE ROYAL WARRANT DATED THE 20TH DAY OF MAY, 1938. IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by the Royal Warrant dated the 20th day of May, 1938, and with the approval of the Secretary of State, the High Com­ missioner has made the following regulations :— Citation. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force (Long Service and Good Conduct Medal) Regulations, 1938. —׳ Interpretation. 2. In these regulations ' 'Force'' means the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force; "medal" means the medal for "Long Service and Good Conduct" instituted for the Force under these regulations; — 689 — "non commissioned officer" and "soldier" have the same meanings as in the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force Ordinance, 1936. 3—(1) A silver medal for "Long Service and Good Conduct" institution of a similar pattern to that for the British Army, but having the ° me a • words "Trans-Jordan Frontier Force" on the reverse and worn with a ribbon having a crimson ground with a narrow central stripe of green, may be awarded by the High Commissioner to a soldier (including a non-commissioned officer) of not less than sixteen years' service who is recommended by the officer command• ing the Force and certified by him to be of exemplary character as defined in King's Regulations. (2) For the purpose of this regulation service in the Palestine Gendarmerie or the Arab Legion of Trans-Jordan shall be counted as service qualifying for the award of the medal if the soldier was transferred without break from the Palestine Gedarmerie or the Arab Legion of Trans-Jordan to the Force. 4. Recommendations for the award of the medal shall be sub• Kecommendation mitted by the officer commanding the Force to the High Commis• for award of medal. sioner together with a medal roll in triplicate and certified copies of— (a) the conduct sheet for the whole of the soldier's service; and (b) the record of service of the soldier. 5. A soldier to whom the medal has been awarded shall, on Gratuity. discharge, receive a gratuity of five pounds, and in the event of his death while still serving the gratuity shall be added to the amount of his effects. 6. When the High Commissioner has approved of the grant Engraving of of a medal, or medals, for long service and good conduct he will medals. sign the medal roll referred to in regulation 4 of these regulations and transmit it in duplicate to the Secretary of State with a covering despatch requesting that the medal, or medals, may be engraved, and transmitted to him for presentation. 7. Notification of all awards of the medal will be published in Notification of the Gazette and in general and regimental orders. The medal grant and pre• will, whenever possible, be presented to a soldier at a review sentation of medal. order regimental parade. 8. —(1) Every soldier who is convicted by court martial of — Forfeiture and restoration of desertion, or medal and fraudulent enlistment, or gratuity. — 690 — mutiny, or cowardice, or fraud when in charge of money or goods, or disgraceful conduct, as defined in the laws for the time being in force for the Force; or who is sentenced to penal servitude.or to be discharged with ignominy; or who is discharged as incorrigible and worthless, expressly on account of misconduct, or in consequence of a con• viction by a civil court; or who is liable to trial on confession of desertion or fraudulent enlistment, but whose trial has been dispensed with; will forfeit the medal together with the gratuity appertaining thereto. (2) A court martial may, in accordance with the provisions of the laws for the time being in force for the Force, in addition to or without any other punishment, in respect of any offence, sentence an offender to forfeiture of the medal together with the gratuity appertaining thereto. (3) When the conduct of a soldier who has earned the medal has, after the award of the medal and gratuity, been such as to disqualify him from wearing the medal, the High Commissioner may, on the recommendation of the officer commanding the Force, deprive the soldier of the medal and gratuity. The High Commissioner may, on the like recommendation, re• store to a soldier the medal and gratuity forfeited by such soldier under these regulations. Loss and re• 9.—(1) When a soldier is unable to produce his medal the fact placement of shall be reported with a view to inquiry by a board of officers as medals. to the cause thereof. When no evidence regarding the loss of the medal except that of the soldier can be obtained, the board will take evidence regarding his character from an officer acquainted therewith. The board will record, in addition to the evidence, its opinion as to whether the medal was lost — (a) when the soldier was on duty and from causes entirely beyond his control; or (b) by accident; or (c) wilfully. (2) In any case falling under paragraph (a) or (b) of the pre• ceding sub-regulation the officer commanding the Force shall sub• mit to the High Commissioner the application for the replacement of the lost medal together with a copy of the proceedings of the board. Replacement of a lost medal at the public expense will — 691 — not be entertained unless the loss is proved to fall under para• graph (a) of tliat sub-regulation. In any case falling under paragraph (c) of the said sub-regulation, where the soldier is convicted of making away with his medal, such soldier's service for three years must be clear of entries on the regimental conduct sheet before he can be recommended for the grant, on payment, of a new medal. (3) An application from an ex-soldier for a new medal to replace that which he has lost will not be entertained unless the applicant is still in Government employ and is shown to have in• curred the loss on Government service from causes beyond his own control. (4) A new medal will not be issued until a period of six months has elapsed from the date of the loss. 10. When a medal is forfeited it shall be transmitted to the Disposal of High Commissioner for disposal.