be found in Part III of the Naval Artillery Volunteers Act.
[Sidenote: Meetings not to be held on Actions of Superiors.]
49. Meetings are not to be held in the Corps for the purpose of
expressing an opinion upon the acts of a Commanding Officer, or of
recommending him to take a particular course of action; nor are
memorials to be drawn up to the same effect; and no meetings except
those called together by or under the authority of the Commanding
Officer of a Brigade or Corps, who will be responsible for doing so,
will be recognised.
If any Volunteer has cause to think himself aggrieved, he will represent
his case to the Commanding Officer of his Battery. Any appeal against
the decision of the Commanding Officer of the Battery will be made
through him to the Commander of the Brigade, and any further appeal will
be made through both these officers to the Admiralty.
[Sidenote: Not to attend political meetings in uniform.]
50. Members of the Force are not, individually or collectively, to
attend political meetings, or join in public political discussion or
demonstrations in uniform.
[Sidenote: Bands of music.]
51. Bands of Volunteer Brigades are not to appear in uniform, for any
purpose, without the consent of the Commanding Officer of the Brigade.
[Sidenote: Permanent Staff not to receive presents.]
52. Members of the Permanent Staff will be held responsible that they do
not allow themselves to be complimented, either directly or indirectly,
by presents or collective expressions of opinion from persons who are
serving or who have served in the Brigade to which they are attached.
[Sidenote: Volunteers to salute Superiors of all Services.]
53. Officers and men of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, when in
uniform, are to pay the customary marks of respect to such Officers of
the Navy, Army, and Auxiliary Forces as are entitled to be saluted by
Officers and men of corresponding rank in their own Service.
[Sidenote: Officers to observe and enforce all Regulations.]
54. Every Officer and Petty Officer shall make himself acquainted with
and shall duly observe and obey, and as far as in him lies, enforce the
due execution of the "Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer Act, 1873," and
the Regulations for the "Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer Force,"
together with all Regulations, Instructions, and Orders, which may from
time to time be given or issued by the Admiralty, or by any Superior
Officer, and shall in all respects conform his conduct to the customs
and usages of Her Majesty's Naval Service.
[Sidenote: Discipline in Camp.]
55. When Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers are assembled with the Regular
Forces of the Army in Camp or for training, they will be under the
"Naval Discipline Act, 1866," in the same manner as if they were on
actual service, and will be placed under the immediate command of an
Officer of Her Majesty's Navy.
Camp rules will apply in all respects to the Royal Naval Artillery
Volunteers.
The Naval Volunteers must perform the Camp duties of fatigue, cooking,
&c.
[Sidenote: Case of misconduct when training to be reported.]
56. In case of grave misconduct of any of the Royal Naval Artillery
Volunteers whilst on board any of H.M. ships for the purpose of
training, the Officer in command of the ship will report the
circumstance to the Admiralty through the usual channel.
ASSEMBLIES OF THE FORCE.
[Sidenote: Conditions on which to meet under Arms.]
57. The Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers are not to assemble under arms
for any purpose unconnected with Parade, Drill, or Rifle practice,
except with the approval of the Admiralty.
[Sidenote: Brigaded with other Forces.]
58. The Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers may, when circumstances permit,
be brigaded with other Forces, the sanction of the Admiralty having been
previously obtained.
[Sidenote: Visiting Garrison or Camp.]
59. When any of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers desire to visit any
Garrison or Camp as a naval body, the permission of the Secretary at War
must first be obtained through the Admiralty.
Upon all occasions of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers entering a
Garrison or Camp as a body, the Officer in command must duly report his
arrival to the Senior Naval Officer present, or, if there is not one, he
will wait on the Officer in command of the Garrison or Camp.
[Sidenote: Command at Rifle Shooting Matches.]
60. When the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers are brought together under
arms at Rifle Shooting Matches, on other occasions, with other Volunteer
Corps, or with any of Her Majesty's Land Forces on shore, the Officer in
Command of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, present, shall take
care that everyone under his command complies with all the Regulations
of the Land Forces relative to the Camp or ground on which they may be,
and he shall confer with the Senior Officer of the Land Forces, and act
in concert with him, so that the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer may in
all cases act in accordance with the orders under which the Land Forces
are acting; but it is to be distinctly understood that nothing in this
Regulation is to give a claim to any Officer of Her Majesty's Navy, or
of any Naval Volunteer Corps, to assume command of any of Her Majesty's
Land Forces, nor to any Officer of Her Majesty's Land Forces to assume
command of any of Her Majesty's Naval Forces.
[Sidenote: Surplus ammunition to be collected.]
61. When the Volunteers, at the termination of an exercise, are to
return by railway or boat to their head-quarters, the arms are to be
examined, and all the ammunition which has not been expended must be
collected and placed in a metal or leather case, with a view to its
being conveyed in safety to the head-quarters.
STORES.
[Sidenote: Responsibility for and care of.]
62. The Commanding Officer of a Corps is responsible to the Admiralty
for all stores which are supplied by Government for the use of the
Corps.
[Sidenote: Arms to be supplied by Government.]
63. Each Corps will be supplied gratuitously with arms from the
Government stores to the full number of its enrolled members, if
required.
[Sidenote: Description of arms.]
64. The arms to be supplied are in Appendix C.
[Sidenote: Armouries to be available before arms are supplied.]
65. Before any Government arms can be issued, it is necessary that the
Admiralty shall be satisfied that one or more places of security for the
custody of the arms have been provided at the expense of the Volunteers.
The Drill Ships, Coast Guard Stations, or Police Stations will probably
be available in some places for the purpose.
[Sidenote: Application for arms.]
66. Commanding Officers of Corps are to apply for the arms required in
the prescribed Form of Requisition given in Appendix D, addressed to the
Secretary of the Admiralty.
[Sidenote: Marking arms.]
67. The arms of a Brigade will be marked previously to their issue, and
a request to that effect is to be inserted in the requisition on which
the arms are demanded.
No other marks than those on them when issued are on any account to be
put on the arms.
[Sidenote: Responsibility for arms.]
68. All arms issued to the Corps remain the property of Her Majesty's
Government, and the Commanding Officer for the time being is held
responsible for their being at all times in a serviceable state, and for
their being returned into store when required in good condition, fair
wear and tear excepted.
[Sidenote: Cleaning and care of arms.]
69. Great attention should be paid to the proper cleaning and care of
the arms entrusted to the Volunteers, and the Commanding Officers are to
point out to those under their command that, should rust be allowed to
accumulate on any part of a rifle, it must inevitably impair the
accuracy and efficiency of the weapon.
[Sidenote: Depositing arms.]
70. The arms are to be deposited after drill in the armouries of the
Brigade or Corps, except when the Commanding Officer may judge it
expedient to permit members of the Brigade to keep their arms at their
own houses.
As the Commanding Officer is responsible for the condition of the arms,
this permission may be withdrawn by him whenever he may consider it
necessary.
The arms retained in private custody will be subject to inspection at
any time, and they are to be examined at least once in six months by the
Commanding Officer of the Brigade or Officers appointed by him for that
purpose.
[Sidenote: Repairs of arms.]
71. Arms requiring repair are to be deposited with the Gunner of the
Drill Ship to which the Brigade is attached.
[Sidenote: Charge for repairs.]
72. Repairs of arms arising from fair wear, found to be necessary in
order to make the arms serviceable, will be executed free of charge; the
expense of other repairs will be borne by the Corps.
[Sidenote: Allowance of Ammunition.]
73. Ammunition in the following proportion, to be reckoned from the 1st
April in each year, is allowed:--
For Guns.
For each Battery of Brigade Shot 100
" " " Shell 25
" " " Blank 30
or
For each Trained Man Shot 4
" Efficient Shot 2
And for the Battery Shell 25
" " Blank 30
For Small Arms.
Gratis. Allowed to Total.
be
purchased.
For every Efficient Rifled Ball 70 50 120
for his first year's
service
Blank 10 50 60
Pistol 100 100 200
Caps 110 110 220
For every Efficient Rifled Ball 50 70 120
after his first
year's service
Blank 60 60
Pistol 50 100 150
Caps 60 110 170
[Sidenote: Storing of Ammunition.]
Requisitions for small arm ammunition, in accordance with the
established proportion, are to be forwarded to the Commanding Officer of
the nearest Drill Ship or District Coast Guard Ship for transmission to
the nearest Control Officer. Special demands should be forwarded to the
Secretary of the Admiralty by the Captains of the above ships for
approval, on Form given in Appendix E.
74. Every Brigade is required to provide a secure place for the custody
of its small arm ammunition; but in cases where the store of ammunition
is sufficiently large to make it desirable that it should be stored in
the magazines of any of Her Majesty's ships, used as Drill Ships for the
Volunteers, Commanding Officers of such ships will afford facilities for
its reception.
[Sidenote: Conveyance of Ammunition.]
75. Every care is to be taken in the conveyance and general handling of
ammunition, and the Regulations and customs of the Royal Navy in that
respect are to be strictly adhered to.
[Sidenote: Metal Cylinders, &c.]
76. Metal cylinders, or leather cartridge cases, for conveying the
surplus ammunition collected from the pouches of Volunteers, under the
provisions of Article 61, will be supplied at cost price.
[Sidenote: Return of articles unserviceable or obsolete.]
77. No article of equipment will be returned into store for the purpose
of being replaced, until it has become thoroughly unserviceable. No
articles will be returned into store on account of being of an obsolete
pattern without the authority of the Admiralty.
[Sidenote: Stores lost or injured to be paid for.]
78. All arms or other stores supplied free of cost and placed in the
custody of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, are, if lost,
destroyed, or injured by fault or neglect, to be paid for by the Corps.
[Sidenote: Demands for Stores.]
79. All demands for stores, in accordance with the established
proportion allowed, are to be made out in the War Office Forms in use in
Her Majesty's Navy, and are to be forwarded by the Commanding Officers
of Brigades to the nearest Drill Ship or Coast Guard Ship for
transmission to the nearest Control Officer. Special demands should be
forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty for approval by the Captains
of the above-named ships.
DRILL.
[Sidenote: Nature of.]
80. The drills of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers will comprise the
drills for Great Guns, Rifle, Pistol, and Cutlass, as in the Royal Navy,
and no deviation from those drills is to be permitted.
[Sidenote: By whom to be carried out.]
81. All drills will be carried out by the Instructors attached to the
Brigades under the Officer Instructor, and when on board any of Her
Majesty's ships they will be also subject to the supervision of the
Commanding Officer of the ship.
[Sidenote: Qualification for "Efficient."]
82. The qualification necessary for an Efficient will be found in the
Appendix F, and may be amended as the Admiralty may from time to time
think necessary.
[Sidenote: Badge of Efficiency.]
83. A Badge of Efficiency will be worn by men who were returned as
"Efficient" in the last Annual Return of the Brigade.
The Badge will consist of a chevron of silver lace worn on the right arm
above the wrist.
Men who have been five times returned as efficient may wear one star,
and those who have been returned ten times may wear two stars above the
badge.
[Sidenote: Trained Man.]
84. Volunteers who pass the examination for Trained Man, as in the Royal
Navy, will be so designated, and will wear two chevrons of silver lace
on the right arm above the wrist.
[Sidenote: Non-efficients to attend drills.]
85. Every Volunteer must attend at least two drills a month until he has
obtained the standard of an "Efficient."
[Sidenote: Firing practice to be superintended.]
86. No firing practice with great guns is to be carried on by
Volunteers, except under the superintendence of an Officer of the Royal
Navy, or of an Officer Instructor of Volunteers, unless a relaxation of
this rule has been especially sanctioned by the Admiralty.
[Sidenote: Precautions when at gun-practice.]
87. Sword bayonets are not to be worn at gun-drill, or when moving
powder.
No smoking is on any account to be allowed in the vicinity of magazines
or cases containing powder.
No persons are to be allowed to congregate round barrels or cases
containing powder.
Powder cases or barrels are not to be opened either inside a magazine,
or immediately outside the door.
ALLOWANCES.
[Sidenote: On actual service.]
88. When on actual service the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers will
receive the same pay, allowances, and victuals as the Officers and
Continuous Service Seamen of the ranks and ratings in the Royal Navy of
relative rank, and will have the same means of allotting pay to wives,
relatives and friends, and whilst on actual service will be treated in
the same manner in every respect.
[Sidenote: Not on actual service.]
89. When not on actual service and embarked on board any of Her
Majesty's ships for more than forty-eight hours, the Volunteers will be
victualled for the whole time they are so embarked, or receive
compensation for provisions at the rate of 1_s._ 6_d._ per day; but when
they are embarked for less than forty-eight hours, they will not receive
victuals or an allowance in lieu.
[Sidenote: Wounds or injuries on service or drill.]
90. If a Volunteer is wounded or injured on service or on drill, he will
be entitled to the same pension to which any seamen in Her Majesty's
Navy would be entitled for a similar wound or injury; or if killed,
slain, or drowned on service, or on drill, his widow (if any) will be
entitled to the same gratuities, out of Greenwich Hospital Funds as the
widow of any other Seamen of the Navy of the same rating.
[Sidenote: Hospital or Sick Quarters.]
91. Volunteers taken seriously ill or injured whilst undergoing drill,
may be sent to a Naval Hospital or Sick Quarters for treatment.
[Sidenote: Applications for Pensions.]
92. Applications for pensions or compensations for injuries or hurts
received whilst on service or drill, are to be specially made to the
Admiralty; the nature and cause of the injury are to be fully reported,
and the names of the witnesses, as also whether blame was attributable
to the Volunteer making the application, when the case will be
considered as it deserves.
[Sidenote: Purchase of clothing, &c.]
93. Volunteers are allowed to purchase at the Government rate any
clothing or necessaries that may be requisite for their outfit or dress
as belonging to the Corps.
PERMANENT STAFF.
[Sidenote: Composition.]
94. The Permanent Staff of a Brigade will consist of one Officer
Instructor to the Brigade, and one Petty Officer Instructor for each
Battery composing the Brigade.
[Sidenote: Appointment.]
95. The appointments to the Permanent Staff will be made by the
Admiralty, and will be tenable for a term of five years, or for such
lesser period that the Admiralty may think fit.
[Sidenote: Officer whence selected.]
96. The Officer Instructor will be commissioned as Lieutenant in the
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, and will be selected from Officers of,
or retired from, the Royal Navy, of and above the rank of Lieutenant.
[Sidenote: Qualification.]
97. The Officer Instructor will be required to undergo a course of
Instruction in one of the Gunnery Ships to qualify him for the duties of
Instructor in Heavy and Truck Gun Drills, Rifle, Pistol and Cutlass
Exercises.
[Sidenote: Not to hold other appointment.]
98. As the services of an Officer Instructor will be at all times
required by the Volunteers, he will not be permitted to follow any
profession or appointment, public or private.
[Sidenote: Age.]
99. No Officer whose age exceeds 50 years is eligible for the
appointment of Officer Instructor.
[Sidenote: Rank and position.]
100. An Officer Instructor of Naval Volunteers is purely a Staff
Officer, and except for the purpose of Instruction, is not entitled, by
virtue of his superior rank, to take the command of any Force of Naval
Volunteers, when an Officer of the Corps is present.
[Sidenote: General duties.]
101. An Officer Instructor is appointed to give Instruction to the
Volunteers. He is subject to the orders of his Commanding Officer, and
he is required to assist him in carrying on the naval duties of the
Brigade; but he is not to take any part in the civil affairs of the
Brigade.
It is his duty to keep the muster-rolls of the Brigade, and to make
himself acquainted with all the members of Brigade, and their
qualifications and dispositions.
He is to superintend the drills and exercises of the Brigade, and is to
have complete control over the Petty Officer Instructors of the several
Batteries, and is responsible to the Admiralty that their duties are
properly performed, and that the drills are in accordance with those
laid down for the Royal Navy.
[Sidenote: Diary.]
102. The Officer Instructor is required to keep a diary of the
Instruction imparted by him to the Volunteers according to Form G
Appendix. This diary is to be certified by the Commanding Officer of the
Brigade, and transmitted to the Admiralty on the 1st of every month.
[Sidenote: Control over Petty Officer Instructors.]
103. The Officer Instructor will, under the Commanding Officer of the
Brigade, have control over the Petty Officer Instructors, both as
regards their discipline and their duties as Instructors; and he will,
should he have occasion, report any misconduct or incompetency of a
Petty Officer Instructor to the Admiralty.
PETTY OFFICER INSTRUCTORS.
[Sidenote: Rank and position.]
104. The Petty Officer Instructors will have the rank First Class Petty
Officers in the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer Force, and will be
selected from Pensioned Petty Officers of the Royal Navy and must hold a
Certificate from one of the Gunnery Ships of competency as an Instructor
in Heavy and Truck Gun Drill, Rifle, Pistol and Cutlass Exercises.
They will be purely Staff Petty Officers, and will not be entitled, by
virtue of their superior rank, to take the command of any of the Naval
Volunteers, when a Petty Officer of the Corps is present, except for the
purpose of instruction.
[Sidenote: Duties.]
105. The Petty Officer Instructors are to give instruction to the
Volunteers under the direction of the Officer Instructor. They are
subject to the Command of their superior Officers of the Naval
Volunteers, and are to assist them in carrying on their Naval duties,
but they are not to take any part in the civil affairs of the Brigade.
[Sidenote: Conduct.]
106. The Petty Officer Instructors will be expected, on all occasions,
to set an example of what the Naval Volunteers should attain to, and
they will only be allowed to retain their position so long as they
conduct themselves as Petty Officers of the Royal Navy should do.
They are to consider the Officer Instructor as their immediate head, and
apply to him in all matters that may be necessary.
[Sidenote: Diary.]
107. The Petty Officers Instructors will each keep a diary of the
instruction imparted by him to the Volunteers according to Form in
Appendix H. This diary is to be certified by the Commanding Officer of
the Battery, and transmitted weekly to the Officer Instructor.
[Sidenote: Pay of Permanent Staff.]
108. The Permanent Staff will receive pay as follows:--
Officer Instructor 10_s._ per day.
Petty Officer Instructor 3_s._ "
Uniform For Officers.
109. The Uniform to be worn by the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers is
to be of the same pattern as for Officers of the corresponding ranks in
the Royal Navy, with the following exceptions viz.:
[Sidenote: Distinctive lace.]
110. Instead of each distinctive stripe of half-inch gold lace round the
sleeve, there is to be a stripe formed of two waived lines of
quarter-inch silver braid, running parallel to each other so as to form
bands three-quarters of an inch wide, the blue cloth to show quarter of
an inch between the lines of braid.
[Sidenote: Buttons.]
111. The buttons to be of the Naval Pattern, with the letters R.N. on
one side of the anchor and A.V. on the other side.
The crown and anchor to be gilt, and the remainder of the button silver.
[Sidenote: Epaulettes.]
112. The epaulettes to be silver, and, instead of the anchor on the
epaulette, there is to be a badge consisting of an anchor in the centre,
surrounded by the words "R. N. A. Volunteers," embroidered in gold.
Crown and stars, when worn on the epaulettes, to be embroidered in gold.
[Sidenote: Hat.]
113. Instead of the bullion loop on the cocked hat, the loop to be
formed of two silver braids, waved as on the coat sleeves, and the
tassels to be silver.
[Sidenote: Badge for cap.]
114. The badge for the cap to have the letters R.N. placed on one side
of the anchor, and the letters A.V. on the other side.
The anchor and letters to be embroidered in gold, and the surrounding
laurel leaves in silver. The crown to be embroidered in gold and silver,
as in the Naval Pattern.
[Sidenote: Sword-belt.]
115. The plate of the sword belt and the swivel to be silver. The crown
and anchor on it to be gilt, and the letters R.N.A.V. on each side of
the anchor, also gilt.
[Sidenote: Lace and embroidery.]
116. All lace and embroidery, except where otherwise ordered in these
Regulations, is to be of silver.
Dress Uniform.
117. Coat the same as undress.
Trowsers.--The lace on the seam to be silver.
Sword-belt.--The embroidered lines to be silver.
The dress-trowsers and sword-belt to be worn only on such occasions as
are customary in the Royal Navy.
Petty Officers and Gunners.
118. The Uniform to be of the same pattern as for Petty Officers and
Seamen of the Royal Navy, with the following exceptions, viz.:--
[Sidenote: Buttons.]
119. The buttons on jackets of Chief Petty Officers to be of silver, the
same as those of the Officers.
The buttons of the Petty Officers and Gunners to be of the same pattern,
but of black horn.
[Sidenote: Trimmings.]
120. The tape trimmings of the white frock to be waved in the same
manner as the braid on the coat sleeves of the Officers.
[Sidenote: Badges.]
121. All badges are to be of silver embroidery on the jackets, and of
silver or white on the blue serge.
On the white frock they are to be blue.
[Sidenote: Cap ribbons.]
122. The cap ribbon to have a crown and anchor in front, with the
letters R.N. on one side of the anchor, and the letters A.V. on the
other.
The crown and anchor and letters to be embroidered in silver on a black
silk ribbon.
The letters to be five-eighths of an inch in size.
CORRESPONDENCE AND RETURNS.