ORGANISATION OF "SPECIALS."

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14837, 1 December 1913, Page 8

ORGANISATION OF "SPECIALS."

_______ __ fr^Sj. 1 AUCKLAND ARRANGEMENTS FO_ "H A PERMANENT CORPS, *_§

; — .3 tTR-*. ASSOCIATION T_U_o„_.l{.) ' AUCKLAND, November 30., *-<k" The recent movement to establish ».»_- Farmers' Union Constabulary Corps fc_.**-v be ready at a moment's notice in o_h> "~*\ of emergency, has assumed 'definite 1 . 1 5 shape, and a constitution has now.been framed by the provisional up to draft rules. According to th_ **£ constitution drawn up the objects ar* £■_ preservation of the farmers* rights-anj-._" maintenance of the law. Tho corpg'u "?I_J to bo organised by, and under control ??jf of, tho Farmers' Union. Members *t_*:_§s to consist of farmers and others directly-vs* or indirect!? interested in faiminfj.iijjJd W" will also include professional men living'% in the country districts. Members moa% vf be over twenty-one years of age, The-I"-** organisation is to be run as a ffuUtaj*. *\J body under rules laid down in th»-_Js King's and* other Army Regulations .*?> and the Now Zealand Regulations. Th* .4. force is to be formed into troow v __-*!. tweuty-f our men with one officer. Font _£■ troops are to be a squadron, and four:<§* squadrons a ro__iment. - The squad- --*> ron staff is as follows;— Squad* ron leader, second in command, «_£ _g" geant-ma jor, quar farrier-sergeant, two shooing smiths £|_ bugler, and orderly. The reguxtentu 6taff will bo:—-Officer commanding, se& |. ond in command, adjutant, rcgimental--f£ transport officer, qu_rterma_ter, awdj. l\ cal officer, veterinary officer, major, quartermaster-sergeant, __.dd.ej* sergeant, and two orderly room clofat. ,C Two regiments are to form a for which there are to be-similsr.ofi.-^

cers. Tho subscription is to be the first year and 2s 6d thero__er nually. Parades are to bo hold at U__ w half-yearly. •-..-'?■ - • — '-_':_.