Volunteer Intelligence.
Tlie following item" from W Sduttoern paper will interest volunteers:— -Xh r will l>e well for volunteer officers to" take note of the decision of the Christchurch Magistrate m the capitation case?. , Inasmuch as thai decisi6n was' founded on the mistaken idea that volunteers should receive copies of- the Regulations, which, being' incorporated *with the Volunteer Act, everybody is bound therefore to know and obey (whereas they are only entitled to copies of tliei'r own rules) the decision .was , wrong 1 . But it; was given. To avoid such a contretemps m future, officers; should see tliat their 'men are all supplied with' copies i both of rules and regulations. Then it will l>e .impossible for astute counsel to confuse the amiable magisterial mind between Two things that are distinctly different. Then the law will be upheld, and volunteers compelled by fear of fine to make themselves efficient by 'attendance at drill. After all, what is a ; volunteer if he does not drill but a foolish popinjay, wLo js given to walking smartly about' under., false "pretences Pi; ' : ■ ' -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 97, 20 March 1884, Page 2
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179Volunteer Intelligence. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 97, 20 March 1884, Page 2
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