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116. Members of corps of special arms will be further
     examined on such practical points as may be deemed necessary
     by a Board consisting of the Officer Commanding the District
     and one officer on the staff belonging to the special arm.

117. A non-commissioned officer may be at any time deprived
     of his rank by the Officer Commanding the District for in-
     capacity or misconduct.

PARADES.

118. All Government parades, drills, and duties will be fixed
     by the Officer Commanding the District, and he will be pre-
     viously informed by Officers Commanding Corps of all other
     parades under arms for drill purposes which they may deem
     requisite. No other assemblies of Volunteers under arms, for
     ceremonial or any purpose except as above, will be permitted
     without sanction previously obtained from the Officer Com-
     manding District. Special authority must be obtained from the
     Defence Office for holding any parade which will entail
     expense, either in transport or otherwise. A Government
     parade is to be of two hours' duration, of which not less than
     one hour is to be devoted to actual drill or exercise.

119. The Officer Commanding the District may order such
     other parades as he may consider necessary, and should arrange
     to have as many Government drill parades as possible completed
     during the summer months, as parades held during the winter
     can be regarded as of little practical value except for the
     inspection of arms and accoutrements.

120. An Officer Commanding a District may, at any time,
     under the authority of the Government, order a parade of any
     Volunteer corps for the purposes of any State ceremony.

121. It is competent for the Officer Commanding on parade to
     direct any officer to assume the command for the purpose of
     drill.

122. The hours and places of assembly for drills, &c., shall
     be fixed and made known to corps, and any subsequent altera-
     tion duly notified.

123. The Officer Commanding the District may permit any
     corps to change the day of drill temporarily, during such time
     of the year as the majority of the members are busily employed
     in their ordinary occupations.

124. The strictest punctuality is to be observed by all ranks
     in attending parades and other duties; and no Volunteer is to
     fall in after his corps has been formed up except by special
     permission of the senior officer present on parade.

125. No officer or Volunteer arriving on the parade-ground
     after a parade has been formed up shall be entitled to a record
     of attendance for efficiency or capitation for that parade.

126. Officers and men of the Volunteer Force, when carrying
     arms, even though not strictly on duty—as at shooting matches
     or other occasions connected with rifle practice—will be under
     the authority of the senior officer or non-commissioned officer
     present, and will be liable to the provision of section 47, sub-
     section (4), of the Defence Act; but, though the senior officer
     present will be held responsible for the maintenance of order
     and discipline, yet he is not hereby authorised to interfere in
     other respects.

127. The senior officer present at any open-air parade will
     exercise his discretion as to the continuance or otherwise of the
     parade on account of the inclemency of the weather.

128. At the termination of any parade, drill, or practice, for
     which ammunition has been issued, arms and pouches are to
     be examined, and unused ammunition delivered up, before
     leaving the ground. Commanding Officers of Corps will be held
     responsible that this regulation is strictly carried out, and will
     report to the senior officer present that it has been complied
     with.

129. None but enrolled members, properly dressed in uni-
     form, will be permitted to accompany a Volunteer corps at any
     parade, field-day, or review, or camp of exercise.

RULES.

130. In order to give legal force to the rules proposed by a
     Volunteer corps for the management of its affairs, they must be
     submitted by the Officer Commanding the District to the De-
     fence Office, for the approval of the Governor.

131. A model set of rules is given in Appendix A for the
     guidance of corps; but other sets of rules will not necessarily
     be objected to.

132. Rules of Volunteer corps, to be forwarded for sub-
     mission to the Governor, shall be transmitted in duplicate;
     one copy being for retention by the Government, the other
     to be returned to the corps.

133. The model rules given in the Appendix shall be deemed
     to apply to all Volunteer corps till such corps has submitted
     and gained the Governor's approval to a set of private rules.

134. A copy of the rules in force in a corps is to be given to
     each member on enrolment for his guidance and information,
     but the non-delivery of such copy shall not relieve a Volun-
     teer from any penalty under the Defence Act or these regu-
     lations.

CAPITATION AND PAY.

135. A capitation allowance at the rate appropriated annually
     by Parliament will be granted for all trained members of Vol-
     unteer corps (who are entitled to draw the same) who have
     attended the drills and musketry course as under. The number
     of Government parades in any one year shall not exceed thirty
     (including the Queen's Birthday, but exclusive of those which
     may be held at the Easter encampment); and to enable the
     members of a corps or company to obtain capitation three-
     fourths of the minimum strength must qualify as laid down in
     regulations hereunder :—

Naval Artillery.

136. The drills of these corps at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttel-
     ton, Dunedin, and Port Chalmers will be principally confined
     to heavy gun, submarine mining, and boat drills, and, to
     qualify for capitation, the corps must go into camp for a fort-
     night each year; every man must be present in camp at least
     seven out of the fourteen days, and must attend at least
     eighteen parades during the year, three being afternoon parades,
     and two-thirds of the strength must be present on at least
     four parades during the year. Naval Artillery corps not above
     mentioned will be under the same regulations as Infantry as
     regards capitation.

Cavalry and Mounted Rifles.

137. These corps must train either for one week at a time
     or else on twelve whole afternoons during the year. If the
     corps train in camp for a week, each man must be present
     during the training, and must put in at least six other mounted
     parades during the year (irrespective of camps). If the train-
     ing of the corps is by twelve whole afternoon parades during
     the year, each man to earn capitation must be present at each
     of such parades, and must put in at least six other mounted
     parades. Two-thirds of the strength of each corps must be
     present on at least four parades during the year.

Garrison Artillery: Batteries.

138. Same as Naval Artillery at Auckland, Wellington, &c.

Field Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, and Bands.

139. Each man must put in eighteen parades, three of these
     being whole afternoon parades, during the year. Two-thirds of
     the strength must be present on at least four parades during
     the year.

140. If for two successive years a Volunteer fails to pass
     into the second class in musketry he shall cease to be a
     Volunteer after the termination of his second year.

141. Any officer making a false return, whether from fraud
     or wilful negligence, will be liable to immediate dismissal from
     the Force, and to the penalty provided for by section 108 of "The
     Defence Act, 1886."

142. Capitation allowance is not granted to officers or non-
     commissioned officers of the Permanent Staff, or to officers
     holding honorary rank, or to commissioned officers and mem-
     bers on the unattached or reserve lists.

143. Marching-out parades (unless for actual and special drill
     purposes) church parades, and guards of honour, will not be
     allowed to reckon towards capitation.

144. When a guard of honour is ordered by Government it is
     to consist of not less than forty rank and file, who will be paid
     2s. 6d. per man per diem.

145. Recruits who have not been passed in their drill are not
     to be detailed for a guard of honour.

MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION.

146. Musketry instruction will be under the supervision of
     a member of the Permanent Staff, and be carried out in the
     order provided for by musketry regulations.

147. Class-firing must be at all times under the superin-
     tendence of either a member of the Permanent or District
     Staff when available, or an officer of the corps, who will sign
     registers before quitting the range, and be responsible that the
     regulations are strictly adhered to.

148. To enable a Volunteer to qualify for capitation he must
     have annually fulfilled the following conditions, viz.:—

(a.) The trained Volunteer must have fired 40 rounds of ball
ammunition at individual firing, and passed into or
fired in the second class. Marksmen and first-class
shots of the preceding year will be exempted from
firing in the first period, third class, provided that
they pass out of the second class. The amount of
ammunition so saved to be at the disposal of the
Officer Commanding the District for field-firing, where
possible, or for matches, &c.

(b.) The recruit must have fired 50 rounds of ball ammunition
at individual firing, and passed into the second class.

(c.) In addition to the above, trained men and recruits must
have fired with their companies or squads—
10 rounds volley firing and 10 rounds independent
firing.

149. The amount granted by the Government for prizes
     will be distributed in such sums as shall be decided by the
     Defence Minister each year, according to the figure of merit
     obtained by corps in volley and independent firing.

150. The District Commanding Officer is responsible for the
     class, volley, and independent firing of the Volunteers being
     carried out in accordance with the Musketry Regulations.