✨ Militia Orders and Regulations
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
MONDAY, 6TH JULY, 1863.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, the
6th day of July, 1863.
Present :—
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the "Militia Act, 1858,"
the Governor is empowered to con-
stitute throughout the Colony or in any part
thereof, Militia Districts, and such Districts
from time to time to vary and to designate the
Militia of any such Districts by the name of
a Regiment, Battalion, Corps or Company:
And whereas in and by an Order in Council
made on the 9th day of June, 1860, the
Militia District of Wairarapa was constituted
and defined:
Now, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, doth by this present
Order, designate the Militia within the said
District by the name of a Regiment.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Wairarapa Militia Regulations.
BY virtue and in exercise of the authority
in me vested by the "Militia Act, 1858,"
and the "Militia Act Amendment Act, 1860,"
I, Sir George Grey, K.C.B., the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make
and issue the following orders for the Regula-
tion of the Wairarapa Regiment of Militia:—
-
The Wairarapa Militia District shall not
shall constitute one Battalion : -
Such Battalion shall be divided into three
Classes: -
The First Class shall consist of all unmar-
ried men and all widowers without chil-
dren, between the ages of sixteen years
and forty years both inclusive, who shall
be called the First Class service men.
The Second Class shall consist of all
married men and widowers with chil-
dren between the same ages, who shall be
called Second Class service men. And
the Third Class shall consist of all men
between the ages of forty years and
fifty-five years, who shall be called the
Reserve men. -
The men of each class shall be formed by
the Senior Officer of the Battalion into
one or more Company or Companies, he
having regard in suh formation to
secure as far as possible contiguity of
residence of the men in each Company.
G. GREY.
Government House,
Auckland, 6th July, 1863.
MILITIA.
By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.
WHEREAS by the "Militia Acts Amend-
ment Act, 1862," the Governor is
empowered from time to time to call out the
whole or any part or number of any Regi-
ment Battalion, Corps, or Company in
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🛡️ Order in Council designating Wairarapa Militia District as a Regiment
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Order in Council, Militia Act 1858, Wairarapa District, Regiment designation
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
🛡️ Regulations for the Wairarapa Regiment of Militia
🛡️ Defence & Military6 July 1863
Militia Act 1858, Militia Act Amendment Act 1860, Battalion structure, Service classes, Reserve men
- Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
🛡️ Proclamation regarding calling out the Militia under Amendment Act
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- Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same