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that some force should be retained permanently under arms, so as to be ready on the spot to meet any sudden appearance of an enemy. The Scheme, apparently, contemplates the Volunteers remaining at their ordinary avocations until the alarm signal is made on the enemy heaving into sight. It might then be too late to assemble a force capable of making an effective and timely resistance.
7. Having decided what force is to be permanently maintained under arms, the Local Committee can then deal with any special measures required for their quartering, supplies, &c.
8. The paragraph stating that the primary dispositions of the volunteers would rest with the Commandant of Volunteers acting in concert with the Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Forces ill defines the proper responsibility. The responsible command should be vested in the Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Forces, under whose direct orders the Commandant of Volunteers should act.
9. Appendix (A 2). Section 10, Law 27, 1885. "Field officer" might with advantage be substituted for "Colonel,” in the fourth line.
Appendix (B). Instructions to Civil authorities, &c. Under the foregoing amendment, "the Colonel Commanding" in the last paragraph would read "the Officer Commanding."
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