Enclosure 2.
57 C.O.
19374
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 327.
Rece
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Rece 24 JUL 19
The following Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under the provisions of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, on the 25th day of May, 1899, are substituted for those published under Government Notification No. 316 of the 2nd instant.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th June, 1899.
Hongkong.
Regulations for the Hong-kong Volunteer Corps.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
for the Colonial Secretary.
1. Those Regulations may be cited for all purposes as the Hongkong Volunteer Corps Regulations, 1899.
2.-(1) Terms which are defined in the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, have the same meaning when used in these Regulations.
(2) "The Commandant" includes the officer for the time being commanding the Corps.
3. The Corps shall be called "The Hongkong Volunteer Corps."
4. The Corps is raised under the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893. It is subject to the provisions of that Ordinance and of any Ordinance amending it and also to all Regulations made under the authority of that Ordinance.
5.-(1) The Corps shall consist of six units and a Band as follows:--
(a) A Battery of Light Field Artillery;
(b) Three Machine Gun Companies;
(c) An Engineer Company;
(d) An Infantry Company; and
(e) Band.
(2) The Commandant may, with the approval of the Governor, make regulations for the government of the Band.
6. The object of the Corps is to aid the Regular Troops in the defence of the Colony against foreign attack and to assist the Government in the repression of local disturbances.
7. In order to ensure a military character to the Corps, it will, with the consent of the General Officer Commanding the Troops for the time being, be administered by him, under the general control of the Governor.
8. No person shall be eligible to become a member of the Corps unless he-
(1) Is a British subject;
(2) Is not less than 18 years and not more than 50 years of age; and
(3) Is physically fit for military service, according to a standard for the time being fixed by the Commandant, with the approval of the Governor.
9.-(1) No person shall be admitted as a member of the Corps except on the proposal of two members of the unit to which he seeks admission, and with the approval of the Commanding Officer of the unit and of the Commandant.