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Appendix exceptional circumstances, this should be done free of charge to the Imperial D, para. 5. Government, and that when sites assigned for military purposes cease to be, immediately or prospectively, required for such purposes they should be surren- dered to the colony.
LOCAL FORCES.
36. With regard to paragraph 2 of their instructions, the Committee recommended in their first report—
(a.) That a distinction should be drawn between local troops which it is proposed to raise as regular forces forming a permanent part of a garrison and local auxiliaries, such as Militia and Volunteers. The former, as a permanent portion of the military garrison, must be entirely under the Officer Com- manding the station; and the Committee, therefore, recom- mend that they be raised, equipped, and paid by the Imperial Government, subject to such adjustment as the circumstances of each colony may require.
(b.) That Colonial Militia and Volunteers should be raised, equipped and paid locally by the Colonial authorities in communication with General Officers Commanding. In order, however, that Generals Commanding may be able to use the whole defensive forces of a colony to the best advantage, it is desirable that all local forces, Militia and Volunteers, as well as "Regular" Auxiliaries, should as far as possible be under their command in regard to discipline and military service. In some colonies it may be necessary for the Imperial Government to contribute more or less largely towards the cost of local auxiliaries.
37. If the foregoing recommendation be accepted—
(a.) Local forces of this class will have to be voted in Army Estimates, and the Committee have therefore included the cost of the local regulars recommended by the Colonial Defence Com- mittee, numbering 440 Artillery, and 52 Engineers for sub- marine mining service, in the estimated cost of the garrison to Imperial funds (para. 14).
(b.) Local Auxiliaries of this class will not be voted in Army Estimates, and it will be necessary for the colony in communication with the General Officer Commanding to raise, equip, and maintain, at the cost of its revenues, a Volunteer Artillery force estimated at 200 of all ranks, and a force of 150 Militia for submarine mining service (see paras. 16, 17).
ARTHUR L. HALIBURTON.
JOHN BRAMSTON.
G. L. RYDER.
FRANK T. MARZIALS,
Secretary.
WAR OFFICE,
27th July 1888.
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