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21.-Effective Members of the Corps leaving the Colony for any period exceeding one month shall give at least three days' notice in writing to the Captain of his Battery and shall return his clothing into store.
Any Member disobeying this Rule will subject himself to a fine not exceeding $5 in the discretion of the Commandant.
5.---Honorary Members are those who, being unable, because of their occupations or otherwise, to attend regularly to drill and on parade, are nevertheless desirous of lending their support and cour. tenance to the movement and who subscribe an annual sum of at least $5 to the Funds of the Corps,
6.--Honorary Members are entitled, on signing the roll as Honorary Members, and on pay. ment of an annual subscription to the Fund of not less than $5, to wear on all public occasions the uniform of the Corps and to take part in all shooting matches and other amusements of the Corps, but are not liable to be called on to perform military duty, and shall have no voice in the management of notice of departure, and after the expiration of said period will be transferred to the list of Honorary
of the Funds of the Corps.
7.--Effective Members of the Corps, who are temporarily absent from Hongkong for any period exceeding six months, shall rank as Honorary Members without payment of any subscription and exceeding titled to be restored to the roll of the Corps as Effectives on their return to the Colony, if they desire it.
8.-The Effective Members of the Corps shall be formed into Batteries to be known as A. B. C., &c. Batteries according to the number thereof.
9.-The strength of a Battery shall be
1 Captain,
2 Lieutenants,
i Sergeants, one of whom shall perform the duties of Battery Ser-
geant Major and Quarter Master Sergeant,
4 Corporals,
36 Gunners,
1 Trumpeter.
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10.--The Commandant of the Corps shall be a Military Officer appointed by the Governor. 11.-There shall be a Major 2nd in command, to be appointed by the Governor from among the Volunteer Officers.
12.-The appointment of officers is vested in the Governor of the Colony, but His Excellency has consented to select the officers from a list of names to be chosen by the Volunteers themselves.
13.-At this election all gentlemen who shall have eurolled themselves as Members other than Honorary Members shall be entitled to vote.
14.---All subsequent promotions and appointments among the Officers will be made by the Governor.
15.-The appointment of non-Commissioned Officers vests in the Commandant. Promotions the non-Commissioned Officers will be, as a rule, by seniority.
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Enrolments, Resignations, and Dismissals.
16.---All Members of the Corps shall sign the roll of the Corps, each stating opposite his name whether he joins as an Honorary or Effective Member, and the latter shall take the oath prescribed by the Ordinance.
17.-All Members desirous of qualifying as Effective Members must first be passed as physically fit by the Honorary Surgeon of the Corps, who will attend in the Orderly Room of the Corps every Monday and Saturday from 6 to 7 P.M., for the purpose of passing recruits.
18.-The Honorary Surgeon will on each occasion make out and sign and return to the Com mandant a list of the gentlemen passed by him.
19.-A Justice of the Peace or the Commandant will attend at the Orderly Room at all convenient times to administer the oath of allegiance, and the Commandant will then enroll members passed by the Honorary Surgeon.
20.-Every Member on signing the Roll shall be furnished with a printed copy of these Rules and Regulations and by his signature of the Roll bind himself to the observance of them, and of any Rules and Orders to be made by the Commandant for the better governance of the Corps under the Ordinance or under these Rules.
22.-Absent Members will be retained on the rolls of the Corps as Effectives six months from date
Members.
23.-Members desirous of resigning must give 14 days' notice in writing of their desire so to do their arms, accoutrements, and clothing, and pay up all fines and subscriptions due from them, and to the Commandant, and must within the 14 days return into store in good order and condition they shall remain subject to the Ordinance and to the Rules and Regulations of the Corps until they have done so to the satisfaction of the Commandant.
24.-Any Member of the Corps whose conduct as a Volunteer or otherwise shall, in the opinion of the Commandant, after opportunity of explanation has been afforded him, reflect discredit on the Corps, shall by the Commandant be requested to resign, and if within 7 days after such request he shall not tender his resignation, or apply to have his case submitted to a Court of Inquiry, he shall be summarily dismissed from the Corps and his name removed from the roll.
25.-Any Member failing to obtain the necessary certificate to entitle him to be classed as an Efficient Member within the first drill season after his enrolment, will be liable at the discretion of the Commandant to have his name summarily removed from the roll.
26.-Any Effective Member failing to attend the prescribed number of drills and parades during the drill season will, in addition to any fines to which he may have made himself liable under these or any subsequent Rules, be liable in the discretion of the Commandant to have his name summarily removed from the roll.
Uniform, Arms and Accoutrements.
27.--The Government will supply each Effective Member of the Corps with 1 suit of cloth uniform for winter use, once in every two years, and 2 suits White Drill for summer use, once in each year. Helmets and forage caps will also be provided at the expense of the Colony once in every two years.
28.-The uniform of the Corps will consist of a blue cloth Tunic with scarlet collar and cuffs, black braiding, scarlet cord shoulder knots, and white metal buttons the same as worn by the late Corps. Blue cloth trousers with broad red stripes, the same as the Royal Artillery. Helmet of approved pattern with red puggaree and white metal chin strap. Forage Caps of blue cloth with red band and red button on top.
29.-Non-Commissioned Officers must provide themselves with suitable badges of rank and silver lace according to approved patterns.
30.-Officers provide their own clothing and accoutrements, which will be as nearly as possible of the pattern and style of the Royal Artillery, substituting silver for gold lace.
Special Dress Regulations will hereafter be issued.
31-A simple mess dress for all Members under the rank of Commissioned Officers, to wear if they think fit on occasion of public entertainments, will be approved and sanctioned, and all Members Honorary or others will be entitled to wear the same.
32.-The Corps will be armed with Martini-Henry carbines and sword bayonets with belts. Each Effective Member, on receiving his clothing, must sign a receipt for the same, and he will be held responsible for their good order and condition, and for their safe return into store whenever called for, during the prescribed period of wear.
33.-Captains or Officers in Command of Batteries will be held responsible for the clothing, arms, accoutrements and other Government stores issued to the men of their Batteries, and must keep proper accounts of the same and furnish such returns as may be required of them.
They should at least once a month inspect all stores under their charge.
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