Numb. 16 381

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1895.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1895.

Volunteer Regulations.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Defence Act, 1886,” power is given

to the Governor from time to time to make, alter, or
revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion, dis-
cipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing,
equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the
Forces, or any portion thereof, and respecting the several
other matters in the said Act relating to Volunteers and the
Volunteer Force: And whereas by three Proclamations,
dated respectively the twenty-sixth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, the eleventh day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and the
twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety, regulations were made under the said Act for the
purposes aforesaid: And whereas it is expedient now to
revoke the said regulations, and in lieu thereof to make
other regulations:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the aforesaid
power, do hereby revoke the aforesaid regulations of the
twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight, the eleventh day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety, and the twenty-ninth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and in lieu
thereof do hereby make the regulations specified in the
Schedule hereto. And I do further declare that this Pro-
clamation, and the regulations hereby made, shall come into
force on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-five.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; 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
February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ENROLMENT.

1. Every person, upon enrolling himself, shall sign an engage-
   ment 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, and
   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 the consent in
   writing of their masters.

4. Enrolments may take place at any time, but men enrolled
   during the last three months of the Volunteer year shall not
   count towards the strength of corps for capitation for the
   current year; 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 follow-
   ing particulars: Age, height, chest measurement, occupation,
   and address.

5. A Volunteer shall be entitled to his discharge after one
   year's service, upon complying with the provisions of section 53
   of “The Defence Act, 1886” (hereinafter called the Defence
   Act).

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 Com-
   manding the District in the case of bandsmen.

ESTABLISHMENT.

8. The establishment of officers, non-commissioned officers,
   and men of all corps will be according to the following table:—

Strength.

Cavalry and Mounted Infantry:
Maximum
Minimum
Naval Artillery:
Maximum
Minimum
Artillery:
Maximum
Minimum
Engineers:
Maximum
Minimum
Rifles:
Maximum
Minimum

Total.
Non-Commissioned Officers.
Officers.

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