New Zealand Gazette – 1866 – No. 11

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✨ Volunteer Force Regulations



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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1866.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the third
day of February, 1866.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Volunteer
Act, 1865," power is given to the Governor in
Council, from time to time, to make Regulations
respecting the enrolment, discipline, training, exercise
and accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance,
pay, rations, lodging, and pensions of the Volunteer
Force, or any part thereof, and to declare what is
requisite to entitle a Volunteer to be deemed an
efficient Volunteer for the purposes of the said Act,
and generally for the more effectual carrying out of
the said Act, and to appoint penalties not exceeding
five pounds for each offence, for any breach of the
provisions of the said Act, or of such Regulations:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the
said recited power and authority, doth by this present
Order, by and with the consent of the Executive
Council, make the Rules and Regulations specified in
the Schedule hereinafter written, and doth appoint
the penalties for breaches thereof respectively, as
therein set forth.

SCHEDULE
REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND
VOLUNTEER FORCE.

  1. The members of a Volunteer Corps are either
    enrolled or honorary.

  2. Enrolled members are persons of every grade,
    whose names are duly entered for service in the
    muster roll of a corps.

  3. Honorary members are persons who contribute
    to the funds of a corps, but are not enrolled for
    service.

  4. The Volunteer Force is composed of the follow-
    ing arms-
    Light Horse Volunteers
    Artillery ditto
    Engineer ditto
    Rifle ditto
    Naval ditto.

  5. The following Tables contain the authorized
    establishment of each corps of the different arms of
    which the Volunteer Force is composed, and no
    corps will be recognized which does not contain the
    minimum number of enrolled members.

Light Horse and Artillery Volunteers.

TROOP OR SUB-DIVISION. Captain. Lieutenant. Cornet, or 2nd Lieutenant. Color Sergeant, or Troop Sergeant-Major. Sergeants. Trumpeter. Corporals. Farrier. Privates. Total Enrolled.
Maximum ........................ 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 65 78
Minimum ........................ 1 1 1 1 2... 2... 20 27

For a squadron or battery of two troops, or two
sub-divisions, an Assistant Surgeon will be allowed;
and for a regiment of two squadrons or two batteries,
one Field Officer, one Adjutant, one Surgeon, and one
Veterinary Surgeon will be allowed.

Engineer and Rifle Volunteers.

FOR A COMPANY.

Captain. Lieutenant. Ensign. Color-Sergeant. Sergeants. Corporals. Bugler. Privates. Total Enrolled.
Maximum ........................ 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 87 100
Minimum ........................ 1 1 1 1 2 2... 30 37


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🛡️ Order in Council establishing Regulations for the New Zealand Volunteer Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
3 February 1866
Volunteer Act 1865, Regulations, Force Establishment, Structure, Discipline, Equipment
  • G. Grey, Governor