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of member.
No. 4 of
1893 Pirst Schedule.
Establish-
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1910.
10. Every volunteer shall, on his admission as a member of the Corps or as soon afterwards as may be, in addition to taking the oath or making the declaration prescribed by the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, sign the form of enrolment set forth in the First Schedule to these Regulations, and shall be bound thereby.
ESTABLISHMENT OF CORPS.
11. The establishment of the staff and units of the Corps and of the Band ment of staff, shall be as set forth in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
uurts, and
Band.
Second Schedule.
Recruiting
12. Recruiting of supernumeraries for any unit will be permitted, so long as of supernu- the total number fixed as the establishment of the Corps is not exceeded.
meraries.
Appoint-
13.-(1.) The appointment and promotion of all members of the staff are ment of staff vested in the Governor.
and appoint- ment and
promotion of Officers.
Appoint- ment of
supernume-
rary Officers.
Notification
(2.) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all Officers of units will be submitted by the Commandant to the Governor through the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(3.) Every Officer appointed to a Commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant, or Captain in the Corps, or promoted in the Corps, will, unless he has served :--
(a.) In the Regular Forces, has passed his examination therein for the rank of Lieutenant, and has been specially reported by the Inspect- ing Officer as competent to carry on the duties of his rank; (4.) In a similar arm of the Special Reserve, or Territorial Forces, and has passed an examination for the rank to which he is appointed ; (c) As a Sergeant of the same arm of the Corps, and obtained a certi-
ficate of proficiency;
be required at or before the second inspection of the Corps after he has obtained such appointment or promotion to pass the examination laid down in the Seventh Schedule to these Regulations for the arm of the service to which he belongs.
An Officer who fails to obtain a certificate will be again examined in six months, and in the event of a second failure will be required to resign his Com- mission. The examinations will be conducted by a Board consisting of a Field Officer and a Captain of the Regular Army and the Staff Officer of the Corps, appointed by the General Officer Commanding.
14. Supernumerary Officers may be appointed in any unit but any such Officers shall be absorbed into the establishment as soon as vacancies occur therein.
15. All appointments and promotions of members of Staff and of Officers of appoint shall be notified in the Government Gazette and shall take effect from the date of
such notification or from such other date as may be mentioned therein.
ment and promotions
of members
of Staff and
Officers. Appoint- ment and promotion of Non-Com-
missioned Officers.
16.-(1.) The appointment and promotion of all Non-Commissioned Officers of units are vested in the Commandant.
(2.) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all Non-Com- missioned Officers of units will be submitted by the Commanding Officers of such units to the Commandant.
(3.) Promotion will be by seniority, tempered by selection in each unit, and will be subject to the obtaining of the necessary certificate of qualification for promotion.
(he members of the Scouts Company will be permitted to elect their own Non-Commissioned Officers subject to the approval of the Commandant.)
(4.) In the case of promotion to the rank of Sergeant a certificate of pro- ficiency must be obtained.
To obtain this certificate candidates will be examined in all the subjects laid down in the Seventh Schedule to these Regulations for the arm to which they belong.
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