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Cavalry. To be formed into two regiments,— No. 1. North Island. No. 2. South Island. Artillery. To be formed into one regiment as at present. Infantry. No. 1. Auckland Regiment: To be composed of all Infantry Volunteers within the Provincial District of Auckland, except Gisborne. No. 2. Wellington Regiment: To be composed of all Infantry Volunteers within the Provincial Districts of Wellington and Hawke's Bay, including Gisborne, but excluding Wanganui, Patea, and Rangitikei. No. 3. Taranaki Regiment: To be composed of all Infantry Volunteers within the Provincial District of Taranaki, including Wanganui. No. 4. Nelson Regiment: To be composed of all Infantry Volunteers within the Provincial Districts of Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland. No. 5. Canterbury Regiment: To be composed of all Infantry Volunteers within the Provincial District of Canterbury, including Oamaru. No. 6. Otago Regiment; To be composed of all Infantry Volunteers in the Provincial Districts of Otago and Southland, except Oamaru. Supports to be considered as component parts of a regiment. 15. The proportion of officers to all corps will be regulated, as far as practicable, by the custom in Her Majesty's service. 16. In the event of a troop, battery, or company falling below the authorized minimum strength, and a sufficient number of eligible men not offering their services, at the next half-yearly period of enrolment, to complete the establishment, such troop, battery, or company may be disbanded. 17. Engineer Volunteer corps if raised should, as a general rule, be formed of persons who are connected with the profession of engineers, or employed as telegraphists, masons, joiners, quarrymen, navigators, or the like. ESTABLISHMENTS. 18. The following Tables contain the authorized establishments of the different arms of which the Volunteer Force is composed. In these Tables two numbers divided by a line signify the maximum and minimum strength ; thus fS means not more than 60 nor less than 40.

Table of Establishments for Cavalry Volunteers.

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