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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

79. A Drill Instructor will keep a record of attendance at
    Government parades, which he will from time to time compare
    with the muster-rolls and records of attendance kept by the
    corps in the district to which he belongs.

80. 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 Officer
    Commanding the District, 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.

81. 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 pay-
    ment.

82. An Instructor, although ordinarily employed at the
    firing-point, may be directed by the Officer Commanding the
    District 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.

83. 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.

84. Instructors will rank as Sergeants-Major, senior to all
    Volunteer non-commissioned officers.

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

86. Instructors must reside within two miles of the head-
    quarters of their districts, unless specially exempted by the
    Minister in charge of the Defence Department.

ENROLLED MEMBERS.

87. Enrolled members are those whose names are duly
    entered for service in the muster-roll of a corps, company,
    or garrison band; they are classified as "Efficients," "Non-
    efficients," and "Reserve."

88. 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 he has given three
    months' notice of his intention to make the application, and
    has 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.

89. 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 another
    corps, provided the transfer is recommended by the Officer
    Commanding the Corps he desires to leave.

90. The Commanding Officer of a Corps shall give to any
    Volunteer who voluntarily quits it, and who has complied with
    the conditions contained in section 53 of the Defence Act, 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).

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

92. 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 CORPS.

93. A Reserve corps may be formed at the head-quarters of a
    district.

94. It will be composed of officers who have served for over
    seven years, and non-commissioned officers and men who have
    served as efficient Volunteers for at least four years.

95. Non-commissioned officers and men joining the Reserve
    corps will be allowed to take their uniform.

96. The arms for the Reserve corps will be kept in store, from
    which the rifles may be drawn for shooting purposes, but must
    be returned clean and in good order.

97. Officers passing to the Reserve will retain their rank and
    wear their uniform, and will be liable to be called on for service
    in case of emergency for seven years from joining the Reserve.
    Their names will be retained for that period on the Reserve list.
    At the conclusion of their Reserve service officers will cease to
    be in the service, but will be permitted to retain their rank and
    wear their uniform. Non-commissioned officers and men will
    be permitted to remain five years on the Reserve.

98. The Reserve corps will be under the immediate control of
    the District Commanding Officer.

99. The Reserve corps will be inspected annually by the
    inspecting officer.

100. Those men who put in a quarterly drill will receive
     twenty rounds of ammunition per drill.

BANDS AND BANDSMEN.

101. A garrison band will be allowed for each centre, to be of
     the strength of one bandmaster and twenty-five men.

102. An annual allowance of £25 will be made.

103. All bandsmen must be enrolled Volunteers and in uni-
     form.

104. Corps outside the centres will be allowed five men per
     corps in excess of the strength laid down in paragraph 8.
     These men will be supernumerary, and not allowed to count in
     any way towards the capitation of their corps, and will only
     receive capitation provided the corps complies with the require-
     ments in earning capitation.

105. Bandsmen will be entitled to capitation, subject to the
     above rule, provided they are efficient musicians, have attended
     the requisite parades, have served six months, and are properly
     clothed in uniform.

106. Garrison bands will be under the immediate orders and
     direct control of the District Commanding Officer, and the
     financial and general affairs thereof shall be managed by a
     committee. The Officer Commanding the District shall be
     President, and all money received from Government and all
     property of any kind contributed or given for the use of the
     band shall be deemed to be vested in the Officer Commanding
     the District, and shall be under the control of the committee.

107. All bandsmen may be required to undergo an annual
     course of instruction in ambulance drill.

108. Garrison bands will be required to attend such cere-
     monial parades, guards of honour, &c., as the Commanding
     Officer of the District may direct, and for which they will
     receive 2s. 6d. per man per diem.

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

RECRUITS.

110. Recruits on enrolment, except in Field Artillery and
     mounted corps, who have not previously received a military
     training, will be formed into squads, and must attend at least
     thirty hours' drill, exclusive of target practice, before being
     permitted to join the ranks for drill purposes. Recruits of
     Artillery corps must attend ten hours extra at gun-drill. When
     two or more corps or companies are in the same locality the
     recruits of the different corps or companies, Field Artillery and
     mounted corps excepted, will be drilled together.

111. When reported proficient in their drills they will be
     passed by an officer or non-commissioned officer of the Per-
     manent 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.

112. Men wishing to join a corps, who have undergone a
     military training, and who have not left any service for more
     than two years, may, on approval of the Officer Commanding
     the District, be permitted to enrol in a Volunteer corps up to
     the 30th November 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.

VOLUNTEER NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

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

114. 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.

115. 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 under-mentioned
     subjects under the District Commanding Officer, who will con-
     firm their appointments if they pass. 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 reappointment for a period of twelve months. The
     subjects are:—

(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.) Ability to fill in a parade state, guard report, target-
practice and judging-distance registers, and to write
orders from dictation.

(f.) Aiming and position drill, and a thorough acquaintance
of orders to be observed on rifle ranges.