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 half-day and night drills may be varied by the substitution of other drills as prescribed of a total duration of not less than forty-eight hours.

This, with the sixteen hours from the prescribed four whole-day drills, make a total orof [sic] sixty-four hours’ training for the year.

In order to be classified as efficient, a Senior Cadet is required to attend all compulsory drills called for the year, provided that a Senior Cadet who obtains leave of absence from a compulsory drill may attend an alternative parade of equal duration in lieu thereof and such attendance shall count for efficieneyefficiency [sic] in the same manner as attendance at a compulsory drill.

A Senior Cadet who absents himself without leave from any compulsory drill shall (in addition to any pecuniary penalty to which he is liable) in order to become efficient, be required to attend two alternative parades of equal duration in lieu of each compulsory drill missed.

In addition to the attendance required in these regulations a Senior Cadet shall be required to attain a sufficient standard of proficiency before being classi­fied as efficient.

Leave of absence may be granted by Commanding Officers but only in special cases. Such leave will be recorded on the authorised form. (The term “Commanding Officer‘” shall mean the officer commanding a battalion or detached company or detachment of Senior Cadets.)

Leave will be granted to Senior Cadets who are students at Technical Colleges and other Educational