The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, DEC, 9. 1882. THEVOLUNTEER REGULATIONS

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 50, 9 December 1882, Page 2

The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, DEC, 9. 1882. THEVOLUNTEER REGULATIONS

Wi: continue our rein-irks on the .-ibovi- I suhji-ct, l>e._iini in onr last issue. V.ilun | teers attending al a camp will be granted free pass.-o by ra.il. and :2s t>A per diem ii pre-ent il uring the whole period of tine.imp. Volunteers in cauip are not tquit their lines ur billets except in uniform. Attendance at an onc.-impnien; will not reckon towards capitation. No meeting- may be held by vol un teers for the purpose of exp-c^sing an opinion upou the acts of an officer commanding, and no meetings will be recognised unlcs.authorised by the officer commanding Any volunteer who has cause to thinl hirns.'lf itrtrrieved, may represeuLhisca.se through hi.- commanding o dicer to the • >tlicer commanding the district. Volun leers ma 3' u--i a I lend pol it ii-al meeting. 5 , in uniforni. Officers nnd men will be heli' personally responsible if they prefer com plaints of a liiigious or frivolous character. When a volunteer haa been dismissed for misconduct, a notification will be inserted iv district, corps, and battalion orders. Discinloie depends so essentially on obedience to non- commissioned officers that not only must all commis.-ioncd officers see that it is du'y enforced, but non c mmis-nined officers failing to report any contempt cr neglect of theii authority will be liable to be instantly reduced. An arrest is held, in accordance with the custom of lhe military service, to mean a suspension for all military duty and participation in rifle shooting, until the ease leading to the arrest may be disposed of. Any volunteer who fails to produce for inspection, as required, o.r on dismissal from the force for misconduct to deliver up any arms, or other property entrusted to him. will be pro ceeded against under the Volunteer Act. Volun' eers iv uniform shall give tinmilitary salute to His Excellency tinGovernor and to all commissioned officers of the military forces of the colony, and officers of Her Majesty's service when in uniform. If any number of the volunteer force shall, while wearing his uniforni on duty or parade, disobey the lawful command of his superior officer, and, if not an officer, be lined any sum no! exceeding £3, and further, he may be sus pended, pending a recommendation being approved of for his dismissal from the volunteer force. .Any officer or volunteer proved to have written to a newspaper on matters connected with his corps, or to have called in question tbe act of any superior olih-er. shall, if an officer, be liable to be doprved of his commission, and if a volunteer, be liable to be fined a sum not exceeding £3, and be summarily dismissed from the force. Officers and non-coiuuiissioned officer of the staff will be held responsible that they do not allow themselves to be complimented by means of presents or collective expressions of opinion from persons who are serving, or who have served in the corps to which they are or have been attached. No volunteer is to reply to an officer or non-commissioned officer when found fault with on duty or in the ranks. When a volunteer wishes to nddress an officer he must be accompanied by a noncommissioned officer. No volunteer is *to address in writing an officer on any subject cjnnected with duty. No volunteer is to fall out of the ranks without permission. Commissioned officers and sergeants ouly are permit f ed to wear side arms off duty. We have given such extracts of these regulations as will require particular attention from the men in the ranks. Although some of them appear severe and perhaps too military, yet we firmly believe that where they are strictly carried out the volunteers will be much benefitted, and when in the field will find their duties all the easier to fulfil. Laxity in discipline has been the cause of the ruin of half the volunteers corps in the colony. It is notorious that when a commanding officer is what is called a " taui hand" tbe attendance is better, while the efficiency of the corps is always undoubted. Slovenly officers will make slovenly men. A rigid attention to those rules concerning the relations of officers and men as to addressing saluting, &■• , will always add to their neutral sellrespect, yet as a rule they would be the most difficult to enforce. As a whole the regulations are very complete, and. Emily observed hy any volunteer honestly desirous of doing his duly.