Num. 64.

1297

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1888.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1888.

Volunteer Rules and Regulations.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Defence Act, 1886,” power is given to the Governor from time to time to make, alter, and revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion, discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the forces, or any portion thereof, and respecting the several other matters specified in the said Act, and providing generally for the more effectual carrying-out of the said Act:

And whereas by a Proclamation dated the fifteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, certain regulations were made under “The Defence Act, 1886,” for the purposes aforesaid, and by subsequent Proclamations dated the twenty-first day of April, and the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, certain amendments were made in the said regulations: And whereas it is expedient now to revoke the several regulations and amendments so made by the above-recited Proclamations, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, do, by this present order, revoke the aforesaid rules and regulations, and do make the rules and regulations specified in the Schedule hereinafter written, such regulations to come into force from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable 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; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

THOS. FERGUS.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

REGULATIONS.

ENROLMENT.

1. Every person, upon enrolling himself, shall sign an engagement to serve until lawfully discharged, and take and sign the oath or make a solemn affirmation as prescribed by the Act, and the document so signed shall be attached to the attestation paper (Form V.—1). The attestation paper, duly numbered and recorded, is to be kept in the District Office.

2. No person under seventeen years of age shall be enrolled as a Volunteer, except by special authority, or in the case of boys who are to be trained as trumpeters, drummers, buglers, or musicians, not exceeding two to a corps or company, who may be enrolled at twelve years of age, with the sanction of the Officer Commanding the District.

3. Apprentices are not to be enrolled without consent in writing of their masters.

4. Enrolments will take place quarterly, namely, in the months of January, April, July, and October in each year, except in the case of trained bandsmen; and persons desirous of joining the Force must submit their names to the Officer Commanding the Corps they wish to enter, for his approval, and must give him the following particulars: Age, height, chest measurement, occupation, and address. The Governor may direct an enrolment at other times if he shall see fit.

5. A Volunteer shall be entitled to his discharge after one year’s service, upon complying with the provisions of clause 53 of “The Defence Act, 1886.”

6. No member of one corps shall be enrolled in another until he has legally ceased to be a member of his former corps.

7. The members of a Volunteer corps are either enrolled, reserve, or honorary. The minimum height for Volunteers shall be, for Artillery corps, 5ft. 6in., and for all other corps 5ft. 4in., with a chest measurement of not less than 32in.; but exceptions to this standard may be allowed by the Officer Commanding the District in the case of bandsmen.