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given, during which he will be entitled to have his prior service taken into account.

63. Medical officers who have served in Her Majesty’s Military or Naval Forces shall, in the first instance, be entitled to be appointed with the effective, not honorary, rank which they possessed on leaving the aforesaid service, unless they were dismissed or compelled to leave for any military or disgraceful offence, in which case they are not eligible for the Colonial Military Medical Service.

DISTRICT DRILL INSTRUCTORS.

64. A Drill Instructor will keep a record of attendance at drills at which he may have been present, which he will from time to time compare with the muster-rolls and records of attendance kept by the corps to which he is attached.

65. All Instructors are to be under the supervision of the District Adjutant, who is required to report to the Officer Commanding the District any irregularity of conduct, incompetence, or want of attention which he may observe on the part of an Instructor; and the Officer Commanding the District, when necessary, will report the circumstances of the case to the Defence Office.

66. The principal duty of an Instructor is to attend to the drill and instruction of the Volunteers of the district in which he is stationed, but he may also, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, be intrusted with the custody of arms or rifle ranges, or charged with such other military duties as usually devolve on a non-commissioned officer.

67. Such Instructor may be required to do orderly-room work, to superintend the cleaning of guns, harness, and arms, and to look after clothing and accoutrements in store without extra payment.

68. An Instructor, although he should ordinarily be employed at the firing-point, may be directed by the Officer Commanding the District, or Adjutant only, to mark at class-firing; but he should not be required to mark at private practice, or to undertake any duties at the range not being those of a non-commissioned officer, except with his own consent.

69. Instructors may impart instruction in drill in schools, provided that their military duties are in no way interfered with, and that their Commanding Officer’s consent is given.

70. Sergeant-Instructors will, on parade and on duty, rank as senior to all Volunteer non-commissioned officers.

71. No member of the paid staff will on any pretence be allowed to hold a commission or appointment in any Volunteer corps.

72. Drill Instructors and Staff Sergeants must reside within two miles of the head-quarters of their district, unless specially exempted by the Minister in charge of the Defence Department.

ENROLLED MEMBERS.

73. Enrolled members are those whose names are duly entered for service in the muster-roll of a corps; they are classified as “Efficients,” “Non-efficients,” and “Reserve.”

74. A Volunteer shall be deemed an efficient Volunteer if he has fulfilled the conditions under which he would be entitled to claim capitation for the current Volunteer year.

75. Any Volunteer who wishes to be transferred to another corps in the same district may, except when on actual service, at the expiration of any Volunteer year, and within one month of the same, make application to the Commanding Officer of his Corps to be so transferred, provided that he shall have given three months’ notice of his intention to make such application, and shall have delivered up to such Commanding Officer in good order, fair wear and tear only excepted, the arms and appointments or other property of the Government or corps issued to him; and such Volunteer shall not be accepted in any other corps until he produces a certificate showing that he has paid all money due by him under these regulations or the rules of the corps. The capitation allowance for such Volunteer shall be paid to the corps in which he may be serving at the termination of the Volunteer year.

76. A Volunteer will not be allowed to resign until after a year’s service, except on account of ill-health or departure from the colony or district. Should a Volunteer, after enrolment, determine to reside in another part of the colony, he may be transferred to a corps of the same arm, should one exist in the district to which he may proceed, on paying the amount of his capitation to the funds of the corps, unless such transfer shall be applied for within one month of the termination of the Volunteer year, or may obtain his discharge as provided in succeeding paragraph.

77. The Commanding Officer of a Corps is to give to any Volunteer who voluntarily quits it, and who has complied with the conditions contained in clause 53, “Defence Act, 1886,” a certificate (Form V.—2). This certificate is to be presented to the Officer in Command of the District, who will furnish such Volunteer, if requested to do so, with a discharge certificate (Form V.—3).

78. A number will be assigned to each Volunteer on his enrolment, and will be entered against his name in the muster-roll. A vacant number shall never be filled up.

79. A Volunteer, temporarily absent from his district, may attend the drills of another corps, the Officer Commanding that Corps, or officer of permanent staff, furnishing him with a certificate of the drills he has attended.

RESERVE MEMBERS.

80. Any member of the Volunteer Force may enrol himself in the reserve of his corps, as provided by clause 45, “Defence Act, 1886.”

BANDS AND BANDSMEN.

81. Where the fixed establishment at head-quarters is of not less than four corps a garrison band will be permitted, and an annual allowance of £20 will be granted towards defraying the expenses. The proportion of bandsmen is not to exceed five to each corps.

82. Where there are less than four corps bandsmen will be allowed in excess of the maximum strength at the rate of five per corps, but no allowance for a Bandmaster will be granted. Bandsmen will be entitled to capitation, provided they are efficient musicians and have attended the requisite number of parades to qualify for it, and shall have served at least six months.

83. In places where a garrison band is established it will be under the immediate orders and control of the Officer in Command of the District, who will appoint a committee in the management of each Volunteer year consisting of a member selected by each Volunteer corps to assist him in the financial and general management of the band.

84. Bands will not be permitted to appear on parade unless dressed strictly in uniform.

85. Garrison bands will have to parade for such ceremonial parades, guards of honour, &c., as the Commanding Officer of the District may direct.

86. Bandsmen will not be required to undergo musketry instruction 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.

87. Recruits on enrolment in a 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. Recruits of Artillery corps will have to attend ten hours extra at gun-drill.

88. 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.

89. Men wishing to join a corps who have undergone a military training may, on approval of the Officer Commanding the District or officer of permanent staff, be permitted to obtain admission into a Volunteer corps without undergoing the ordinary recruit drill; 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, and have become efficient Volunteers, as prescribed by section 132.

EXAMINATION AND INSTRUCTION OF OFFICERS.

90. There shall be constituted a Council of Military Education, composed of such officers as may be from time to time appointed by the Governor.

91. It shall be the duty of such Council to prepare the questions to be put to all officers of the New Zealand Volunteer Force at their examination for promotion, to examine the papers when returned by the several Boards, and to award such proportion of marks as they may merit.

92. Members of the Council will be responsible for the preparation of suitable text-books and syllabus of the course of study for each rank and arm of the service.

93. Members of the Council will periodically travel and lecture to the officers of the several arms, and question them on the several most important points of their instruction.

94. Members of the Council will personally examine only officers who are candidates for the position of field officers or Adjutants.

95. Ordinary examinations will be carried out by the local Military Education Board, which shall consist of not less than three members, two of whom shall be present during the whole of the examination, and see that the candidates do not refer to one another or to any one else, or to books of reference, during the examination. The members of the Board will not open the envelopes containing the questions sent by the Council till the candidates are assembled. The Board or two of them will personally decide the proficiency of Volunteer officers in the field work and drill parts of their examination only. The papers containing the answers will not be signed by officers, but will be distinguished by numbers only, and the names will not be communicated to the Council till marks are awarded.