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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

67. An Instructor may be required to do orderly-room work, to superintend the cleaning of guns, harness, and arms, and take charge of accoutrements, &c., 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, to mark at class-firing; but he is not 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 their military duties are in no way interfered with, and their Commanding Officer’s consent is given.

70. Instructors will rank as Sergeants-Major, 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. Instructors must reside within two miles of the headquarters of their districts, 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 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 the application, and shall have delivered up to his Commanding Officer, in good order, fair wear and tear 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 shall 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 determine to reside in another part of the colony, he may be transferred to a corps of the same arm, provided the transfer is recommended by the Officer Commanding the Corps he desires to leave.

77. The Commanding Officer of a Corps shall 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 the 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 Volunteer may enrol himself in the reserve of his corps, as provided by clause 45, “Defence Act, 1886.”

BANDS AND BANDSMEN.

81. All bandsmen on parade in Volunteer uniform must be enrolled Volunteers. Bandsmen to the number of five for each corps 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 six months. Bandsmen will be allowed, in excess of the maximum strength laid down in paragraph 8 of these regulations, to the number of five for each corps.

82. When two or more corps unite for the purpose of establishing a band, such band shall be under the immediate orders and control of the Officer Commanding the District, and the financial and general affairs thereof shall be managed by a committee, consisting of the Officer Commanding the District and a commissioned officer from each of the corps uniting to establish such band, to be selected by such corps respectively. When two or more corps unite to establish a band, all money and property of any kind contributed or given to or for the use of such band shall be vested in the Officer Commanding the District and the Bandmaster, and shall be under the control of the committee appointed in pursuance of the last-preceding regulation.

83. Where the fixed establishment at head-quarters is of not less than four corps the band shall be called a garrison band, and an annual allowance of £25 will be granted towards defraying the expenses thereof.

84. Bands will not be permitted to appear on parade unless dressed strictly in uniform, nor allowed to play in the vicinity of places of worship during hours of Divine service.

85. Garrison bands will be required to attend 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; but those who wish to do so, or to take part in prize-firing, may obtain arms from Officers Commanding the Corps to which they belong.

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 practice, before being permitted to join the ranks for drill purposes. 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 or non-commissioned 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 enrol in a Volunteer corps, prior to the 30th September, 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 every Government parade since the date of their enrolment, and gone through target practice.

EXAMINATION AND INSTRUCTION OF OFFICERS.

90. There shall be constituted a Central Board of Examination, composed of such officers as may from time to time be appointed by the Governor.

91. It shall be the duty of the Central Board to prepare the questions to be put to all officers of the New Zealand Volunteer Force at their examinations for promotion, to examine the papers when returned by the several local Boards, and to award marks accordingly.

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

93. Ordinary examinations will be carried out by the local Boards, which shall consist of not less than three members, one of whom shall be present during the examination, and see that the candidates do not refer to persons or books. Members of Local Boards will not open the envelopes containing the questions sent by the Central Board till the candidates are assembled. The Local Board or two of them will personally decide the proficiency of Volunteer officers in the vivâ voce and drill parts of their examination. The papers containing the answers will not be signed by officers, but will be distinguished by numbers, and the names will not be communicated to the Central Board till marks are awarded.

94. Candidates for commissions or promotions will be required to pass the syllabus laid down by the Central Board of Examination. (Appendix E.)

95. Officers Commanding Districts will encourage as far as possible the formation of classes for the instruction of officers and non-commissioned officers in their various military duties and drill.

VOLUNTEER NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

96. The non-commissioned officers of a corps are appointed by the Commanding Officer of the corps from among the enrolled members.

97. Lance-Sergeants and Lance-Corporals, not exceeding one Sergeant and two Corporals for each corps, may be appointed by the Commanding Officer of the Corps when the duties require it.

98. Members of Volunteers corps selected for the rank of non-commissioned officers must pass an examination within six months of their acting appointment in the following subjects under the District Adjutant or an officer of the Permanent Staff and one officer of the corps, when they will receive certificates, and their appointments be confirmed by Officer Commanding District. Should a candidate fail to pass the required examination he will be allowed to retain his acting appointment for a further period of three months, when he will be again examined. Should he not then succeed in passing his appointment will lapse, and he will not be eligible for re-appointment for a period of twelve months:—

(a) Squad drill with and without arms.