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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 23, 1927.
(c) If either of the said Cadres is called out for actual military service every member thereof shall thereupon take the oath or make the declaration specified in Forms Nos. 1 and 2 in the Second Schedule to the Volunteer Ordi- nance, 1920, unless he has already taken the said oath or made the said decla- ration and has not quitted the corps after the taking of such oath or the making of such declaration.
(d) The members of the said Cadres shall not be required to undergo any training, and shall not, unless called out for actual military service, be required to attend any parade or inspection.
(e) No uniform will be issued to the members of the said Cadres unless they are called out for actual military service.
(f) A member of either of the said Cadres may also be a member of the Reserve Company, in which case he shall be subject to all the obligations to which members of that company are subject.
(g) All members of the Army Service Corps Cadre and Lights Section- Cadre shall be at liberty to attend any voluntary parades or exercises organized- by their officers.
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(10) Any officer of the Corps whose transference to the Reserve of Officers is approved by the Governor, and every officer of the corps who shall be absent from the Colony for a longer period than fifteen consecutive months, shall be transferred to the Reserve of Officers. The said period of fifteen consecutive months may be wholly or in part prior to the date of this regulation.
(11) An officer who shall have been transferred to the Reserve of Officers by reason of absence as aforesaid and shall thereafter return to the Colony may be transferred to the active list or be retained in the Reserve of Officers at the discretion of the Commandant.
(12) Members of the Reserve of Officers shall not be required to undergo any training, and shall not, unless called up for actual military service, be required to attend any parade or inspection.
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(13) The Commandant may, with the approval of the Governor, establish one or more cadet companies in connexion with the corps, and
such com- pany shall, as regards its establishment, administration, and government, be subject to such regulations as the Commandant may make with the approval of the Governor.
3. The First Appendix to the First Schedule to the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, as duly enacted on the 5th day of November, 1926, by the Officer for the time being com- manding His Majesty's regular forces in the Colony, and published in the Gazette of the 12th day of November, 1926, is rescinded and the following is substituted therefor :-
First Appendix.
TRAINING.
[First Sch., Reg. 7.1
1. For training purposes the year will be divided into the two following periods:-
Cold weather:-15th October to 15th April. Hot weather:-16th April to 14th October.
2. There will be a camp of exercise during the cold weather.
3. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, and subject to the regulations in the First Schedule to the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, relating to members of auxiliary units, every officer and every volunteer shall undergo the following training annually :— (a) Attend 15 drills or instruction parades, each drill or instruction parade to
consist of not less than one hour's actual instruction.