1784

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

91. Bands will not be permitted to appear on parade unless
    dressed strictly in uniform.
92. Garrison Bands will have to parade for such ceremonial
    parades, guards of honour, &c., as the Commanding Officer of the
    District may direct.
93. Bandsmen will not be required to undergo musketry in-
    struction, or judging-distance practice; but those who wish to
    do so, or to take part in prize-firing, may have arms issued to
    them.

RECRUITS.
94. Recruits on enrolment in Garrison or Head-Quarter
corps, who have not previously received a military training, will
be formed into squads irrespective of the corps for which they
enrolled, and will have to attend at least thirty hours' drill
(exclusive of target and judging-distance practice) before being
permitted to join the ranks.
95. When reported proficient in their drills they will be
passed by an officer of the permanent staff, and will then be
entitled to receive a certificate of efficiency (Form V.-6) which
will carry with it capitation for the Volunteer year in which
they enrolled, provided that the period under instruction has
not exceeded six months.
96. A free issue of a serge suit will be made to these
recruits.
97. Men wishing to join a corps who have served in any
regular force or undergone a military training will be permitted
to enrol at any time in the Volunteer year, provided they pass
in drill to the satisfaction of the Officer Commanding the Dis-
trict, or officer of permanent staff; but these men will not be
entitled to capitation grant for the year in which they were
enrolled, unless they have attended the required number of
Government parades.

EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.
98. A candidate for a commission (unless he shall have
served in a similar arm in the Regular Forces) will be re-
quired to pass satisfactorily the following examinations before
a board of officers to be appointed by the Governor.

Naval Artillery Volunteers.
99. See Artillery Volunteers.

Cavalry Volunteers (Subalterns and Captains).
100. (a.) Practical examinations in drilling a squad, troop,
or company in the prescribed evolutions, including dis-
mounted service. (Cavalry Regulations, 1876.)
(b.) Riding.
(c.) Practical acquaintance with sword exercise and with
the carbine or short-rifle exercise. (Cavalry, Sword, and
Carbine Exercises, and Supplement to the Rifle Exer-
cises and Musketry Instruction, 1879.)
(d.) Duties and formation of advanced and rear guards, and
reconnoitring an enemy. (Cavalry Regulations, 1876,
Part IV., section 5, and "Instructions in the Duties of
Cavalry reconnoitring an Enemy, &c., for the Use of
Auxiliary Forces.")
(e.) Aiming drill and orders at the firing point. (Musketry
Regulations.)

Artillery Volunteers (Subalterns and Captains).
101. (a.) Practical examination in drilling a company in
close order. (Field Exercise, 1877, Part II., sections 1
to 20, 27, and 28.)
(b.) Duties of commander of a guard, mode of marching,
reliefs, and posting sentries. (Field Exercise, 1877,
Part VII., sections 15 to 21.)
(c.) Practical acquaintance with the carbine exercise, manual
and firing. (Snider Artillery Carbine Exercises.)
(d.) Practical acquaintance with drills of the guns in use in
the corps, and methods of mounting or dismounting
the same.
(e.) General knowledge of the ammunition, stores, and car-
riages for the same.
(f.) Sword exercise.

Rifle Volunteers (Captains and Subalterns).
102. (a.) Practical examination in drilling a squad and com-
pany in close and extended order. (Field Exercise,
1877, Parts I. and II.)
(b.) The command of a company in battalion.*
(c.) Duties of commander of a guard or outpost, and mode
of marching reliefs and posting sentries. (Field Exer-
cise, 1877, Part VII., sections 15 to 21.)
(d.) Practical knowledge of the rifle exercises (manual and
firing); aiming and position drill. (Rifle Exercises
and Musketry Instruction, 1879, as adapted by the
Supplement to troops armed with the Snider rifle.)
(e.) Knowledge of and competency to superintend target
practice. Size of targets, dimensions of bull's-eyes and
centres, distances to be fired from, orders to be observed

• Not compulsory for subalterns; but, if not examined then, they must
  be so before promotion to the rank of Captain.

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on rifle ranges, &c., and points for each class. (Mus-
ketry Instruction, 1879, as above.)
(f.) Infantry sword exercise.
103. A subaltern who obtains a certificate of proficiency in
all the foregoing subjects need not be examined again when he
becomes a captain.
104. If any candidate fails to pass his examination in the
above subjects within six months of obtaining his acting ap-
pointment, he will be again examined at the end of a further
period of three months; and, in the event of a second failure,
his acting appointment will lapse. Officers of Artillery Volun-
teers will be allowed three months extra to pass the required
examinations.
105. All commissions to date from the day the examination
has been passed.

VOLUNTEER NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
106. The non-commissioned officers of a corps are appointed
by the Commanding Officer from among the enrolled mem-
bers.
107. Lance-Sergeants and Lance-Corporals, not exceeding
one Sergeant and two Corporals for each corps, may be
appointed by the Commanding Officer when the duties of the
corps require it.
108. Members of Volunteers corps selected for the rank of
non-commissioned officers must pass an examination in the fol-
lowing subjects under the Adjutant or an officer of the per-
manent staff, before their appointments can be confirmed :-
(a.) Squad drill with and without arms.
(b.) Company drill in close and extended order, including a
thorough knowledge of the position and duties of
markers.
(c.) Duties of a commander of a guard and the posting
and relief of sentries.
(d.) Carbine or short-rifle exercises.
(e.) They must also be able to fill in a parade state, guard
report, target practice and judging-distance registers,
and be able to write orders from dictation.
(f.) Aiming and position drill, and a thorough acquaintance
of orders to be observed on rifle ranges.
109. A non-commissioned officer may be at any time de-
prived of his rank for incapacity or misconduct by the Officer
Commanding his corps.

CORPS.
110. Volunteer corps of all arms will be classified as fol-
lows :-
(a.) Corps enrolled in centres of population or specified
localities to be termed "Garrison or Head-Quarter
corps," the members of which on being returned as
"efficient Volunteers" will be entitled to receive capi-
tation at full rate of £2 10s., and free issues of ammuni-
tion, &c., as hereafter detailed.
(b.) Corps in outlying districts or localities to be termed
"Country corps," the members of which, on complying
with certain conditions hereafter detailed, will be en-
titled to receive an annual allowance of £1 per man,
and a free issue of ball ammunition.

PARADES.
111. All Government parades, drills, and duties will be fixed
by the Officer Commanding the District, and his authority must
be obtained for all other assemblies of Volunteers under arms,
not provided for in any special rules or regulations.
112. The Officer Commanding the District may order such
other parades as he may consider necessary, but not more than
three parades in any one month will be allowed to count for
capitation.
113. An Officer Commanding a District, or an Adjutant of
the permanent staff, may at any time, under the authority of
the Government, order a parade of any Volunteer corps for the
purposes of State ceremony, such as forming guards of honour,
&c., and any officer or Volunteer who shall absent himself from
such parade, without permission of the officer who shall order
the same, shall pay a fine of five shillings.
114. Cavalry Volunteers must parade twice a day for six con-
secutive days, and half-yearly for inspection of arms, &c., at such
time as may be approved of by the Officer Commanding the
District, or attend twelve Government monthly inspection
parades during the year.
115. Every Cavalry Volunteer corps shall on or before the
31st January in each year elect under which of the above pro-
visions it intends to hold parades for the then current year,
and Officers Commanding Districts will report accordingly to
Defence Office.
116. Country corps must parade once in each quarter for in-
spection of arms and at least one hour's drill on such fixed
dates as may be ordered by the Officer Commanding the District
or an Inspecting Officer, and an alternate date is to be fixed in
case the weather should prove too inclement for holding a
parade on the day first appointed.

• Not compulsory for Corporals, but, if not examined then, they must
  be so before promotion to rank of Sergeant;