THE VOLUNTEER FORCE.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1092, 29 December 1877, Page 2

THE VOLUNTEER FORCE.

The following is the full text of the now regulations for the Colonial Volunteer Force, as recently gazetted : Rules 5 and 35 are hereby altered as follows — The establishment of officers and non-com-missioned officers for all corps will be according to the following table : —Maximum strength —Captain, 1 ; lieutenant, 1; second lieutenant or sub-lieutenant, 1 ; troop-ser-geant-major or color-sergeant, 1 ; sergeants, 5 ; corporals, 5 ; trumpeter or bugler, 1 ; privates, 85. Total, all ranks, 100. Minimum strength —Captain, 1; lieutenant, 1 ; second lieutenant or sub-lieutenant, 1; troop ser-geant-major or color-sergeant, 1; sergeants, 3 ; corporals, 3; trumpeter or bugler, 1 ; privates, 39. Total, all ranks, 50. Any corps falling below the minimum will be disbanded. Any corps will be entitled to an honorary assistant-surgeon, and in mounted corps also to an honorary veterinary surgeon. Four or more rille companies may be formed into a battalion, which will be entitled to a major, a surgeon, assistantsurgeon, adjutant, sergeant-major, and quarter-master-sergeant, and a drum-major. The maximum strength of bands shall be as follows: — Company band 15 Battalion baud ... ... ... 25 Bandsmen may be returned on the strength of a corps, and be in excess of the numbers fixed as the maximum entitled to receive capitation allowance, provided they are efficient musicians. No claim for capitation will be admitted for any corps if there are less than forty (10) efficient members on the 31st March in any year; and such corps will be liable to be disbanded. Rule 94 is hereby revoked.