Runners - Red Regimental Police - Black with letters `RP’.
Sanitary Services - Yellow.
Renewals, if required, will be made every two years. These armlets will be worn during all field training maneuvers, etc, or when specially ordered.
148. Condemnation and Replacement of Clothing and Stores - Condemnation of clothing and stores will be carried out by the Board of survey and demands for replacement will be accompanied by IAFO-2705 in duplicate. Stores and clothing rendered unserviceable through other than fair wear and tear will be charged against the unit or individual concerned. Officers commanding units will ensure that each individual under his command has sufficient balance credit in his account to cover the cost of loss, or damage by unfair wear and tear, of clothing and necessaries issued to him. Balance, if any, having deducted the cost of articles lost or damaged by unfair wear and tear, will be refunded to the individual on his being discharged.
EQUIPMENT
149. Maintenance of Ordnance Equipment - The Ordnance equipment of the Territorial Army will be stored in unit charge in the recognised stores, arms kots or armoury, or, if no such stores, arms kot or armoury exists, under orders of the Area / Div or Independent Sub Area Commander. Units will maintain arms and equipment upto their authorised equipment tables and in accordance with orders as may be issued for various types of units by Army Headquarters.
150. Web Equipment Repairing Courses - Personnel of Territorial Army units are permitted to attend courses of instructions in the repair of web equipment held in arsenals annually, provided they are employed on repairing such equipment in their units. Such individuals will be included by Commands in the total number of candidates authorised in courses of instruction.
151. Return of Hired or Loaned Stores - Stores issued on hire or loan must be returned to ordnance charge on separate vouchers, on which be clearly endorsed in red ink:
(a) The ordnance establishment from which the stores were received.
(b) The number and date of the original issue voucher.
152. Scale of Equipment - The scale of equipment authorized for units of the Territorial Army will be as laid down in the relevant Peace Equipment Tables.
153. Expenditure-Lamps, Wicks, Oil etc - Expenditure on account of lamps, wicks and oil etc, for units of the Territorial Army for use during the non-training period, is debitable to the Defence Services Estimates. All stores will be purchased as repayment issues from the department concerned or if not avail able, then locally and the cost claimed on contingent bills from the Controller of Defence Accounts concerned.
154. Indents for Replacement of Lost or Damaged Stores - In case of stores lost or damaged, indent for replacements will be accompanied by I.A.F.A-498, duly completed with the orders of the competent financial authority who will decide how the cost is to be adjusted.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
155. Medical Equipment.
(a) For Medical units, the scale is as laid down in the Medical Mobilization Equipment of the corresponding Medical unit of the regular army.
(b) For non-medical units, the scale is as laid down for the corresponding unit of the regular army. But the medical equipment will not be drawn by nonmedical units until ordered by the Deputy Director Medical Services at Command Headquarters. The same will be drawn when so ordered from the Medical Stores Depot in the Command.
ACCOMMODATION
156. Accommodation
(a) The buildings authorised to be provided at the headquarters of a Territorial Army unit are given in Appendix XXII. If existing accommodation is not available, suitable buildings of an appropriately similar scale to those authorised may be hired at the discretion of the Area/Div or Independent Sub- Area/Independent Bde Gp Commander. No building should be hired without previously consulting the local Military Engineering Services authorities as to its suitability. Bills for rent should be passed to the local Military Engineering Services for payment for building rented. Where no permanent or temporary accommodation is available tentage will be used upto authorised scales.
(b) Scale of tentage for annual camps is laid down in Appendix XXIII.
(c) Compensation in lieu of quarters is applicable to members of permanent and instructional staff on the same terms and conditions as for the regular army.
(d) Territorial Army officers serving on the permanent staff, who have been allotted accommodation (married or single) at the Headquarters station of a Territorial Army unit will continue to retain the accommodation in the event of their embodiment for service under TA Act Rule 33 for so long as that station continues to be their permanent Headquarters, as in the case of service officers of the regular army.
(e) Territorial Army officers and personnel on embodiment for service under TA Act Rule 33 and moving out to other peace stations are entitled to accommodation as for the regular army personnel serving in peace stations provided the period of embodiment is likely to be one year or more. In such an event. Territorial Army officers will be provided accommodation in the manner laid down in SAO 10/S/86 as for regular army officers and compensation in lieu of quarter will be admissible to TA personnel at the rates laid down in Rule 280 P&A Regs (ORs), when not provided with quarters in accordance with the prescribed percentage applicable to personnel of the regular army. In case the embodied unit moves to an Operational/Field service area, the TA officers and personnel may be permitted to retain married accommodation at the last duty (peace) station on the same conditions as are applicable to service officers and personnel of the regular army.
(f) If and when officers of the Territorial Army employed on permanent administrative and instructional staff cannot be provided with Government accommodation as laid down in para 156 of Territorial Army Regulations, 1948 they will be entitled to the re-imbursement of house rent paid for privately arranged accommodation within the prescribed percentage of 50% for married officers and 50% for single officers under the same terms and conditions as are applicable to regular Army Officers. Reimbursement claims of TA Officers which are pending on the date of issue of AI 28/64 will be admitted if the officers fall within the prescribed percentage of 50% for married accommodation.
157. Furniture - Furniture for Territorial Army units will be provided according to the scales prescribed for corresponding regular army units.
CHAPTER IX FINANCE GENERAL
158. Custody of Funds - The funds and accounts of Territorial Army units will correspond to those of regular army units. Regular accounts will be kept of all public and regimental funds and balance sheets showing in detail the assets and liabilities of each fund on the date of the expiration of each financial quarter, will be prepared.
The regulations as to the custody of funds are as contained in Regulations for the Army, paras 802 - 810.
159. Rules for the Administration of Regimental Funds - The rules for the administration, inspection and audit of regimental fund accounts are as laid down in para 801 to 809 , 820 and 833 to 838 of Regulations for the Army. Quarterly Audit Board will be convened to check all public accounts and cash balances and audit the accounts of regimental funds in accordance with the procedure as laid down from time to time for the regular army units. General rules for the administration of regimental accounts are laid down in the pamphlet “Regimental Accounts - Indian Units”. The Controller of Defence Accounts of the Area in which a unit is raised will arrange for any instructions or advice necessary for the maintenance of the Unit’s accounts.
160. Audit Boards-Provincial Units- In the case of Provincial units only two audit boards annually one at the beginning and one subsequent to the completion of annual training will be assembled for the purpose of auditing the accounts of regimental funds.
161. Banking of Regimental Funds- Rules regarding the banking of Regimental funds are contained in paras 821 to 832 of the Regulations for the Army.
162. Financial Powers of Officer Commanding of a Unit- The Financial powers of the officer commanding a unit of the Territorial Army will be as laid down in paras 20 to 73 , Financial Regulations as amended from time to time.