✨ Volunteer Regulations
Num. 50. 625
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1874.
Volunteer Rules and Regulations.
JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of September, 1874.
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 and alter 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:
And whereas by an Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, certain Rules and Regulations were so made; and whereas it is expedient now to alter the same:
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, alter the aforesaid Rules and Regulations, and doth make the Rules and Regulations specified in the Schedule hereinafter written, and doth appoint the penalties for breaches thereof respectively therein set forth.
SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS OF THE NEW ZEALAND VOLUNTEER FORCE.
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The members of a Volunteer Corps are either enrolled, reserve, or honorary.
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Enrolled members are persons of every grade, whose names are duly entered for service in the muster roll of a corps.
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Honorary members are persons who contribute to the funds of a corps, but are not enrolled for service.
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The Volunteer Force is composed of the following arms:—
Light Horse Volunteers
Artillery ditto
Engineer ditto
Rifle ditto
Naval ditto
- The Establishment of Officers and Non-commissioned Officers for all corps will be according to the following Table:—
| Strength. | Captains. | Lieutenants. | Second Lieutenants or Sub-Lieutenants. | Troop Sergeant-Major or Colour-Sergeant. | Sergeants. | Corporals. | Trumpeters or Buglers. | Privates. | Total all ranks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 85 | 100 |
| Minimum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 30 |
Any corps falling below the minimum will be disbanded.
Any corps will be entitled to an Honorary Assistant-Surgeon, and in mounted corps also to an Honorary Veterinary Surgeon.
Four or more rifle companies may be formed into a battalion, which will be entitled to a Major, a Surgeon, Assistant-Surgeon, Adjutant, Sergeant-Major, and Quartermaster-Sergeant, and a Drum-Major.
Bandsmen may be returned on the strength of a corps, and be in excess of the numbers fixed as the maximum entitled to receive capitation allowance, provided they are efficient musicians.
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Volunteer Force, Regulations, Enrolment, Discipline, Training, Establishment
- James Fergusson, Governor