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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1939.
Auxiliary Units.
Railway Operating Detachment Cadre.
Special Guard Company.
Fortress Signal Company.
Stanley Platoon.
Affiliated Unit.
Nursing Detachment.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the Army Act and the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, and of these regulations the corps shall be under the orders of the General Officer Com- manding the Troops, subject to the general control of the Governor.
(3) The corps shall be under the executive command of an officer who may be either a volunteer officer or an officer of His Majesty's regular forces. If this officer is a volunteer officer, the adjutant of the corps shall be an officer of His Majesty's regular forces, appointed by the Army Council, unless no regular officer is available. Appointment as Com- mandant will be made for a period of four years. The Governor, upon the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the Troops, may extend such period for terms not exceeding two years, but no Commandant will be per- mitted to retain his command beyond eight years in all, or beyond the age laid down in regulation 6 of these regulations, whichever may first happen,
(4) Unit reserves will consist generally of volunteers who have completed three years' service in the corps and wish to transfer to the reserve of their unit. No volunteer trans- ferred to an Unit Reserve may hold therein any rank higher than Sergeant. Transferees of higher rank will revert accordingly to the rank of sergeant.
(5) The members of an Auxiliary unit shall consist of specially selected individuals whose previous training has rendered them fit to perform such duties as they may be required to perform if called out for actual military service. They shall upon admission make and sign in the presence of an officer of the corps the declaration set out in Form No. 3 in the Second Schedule to the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933. If their Auxiliary unit is called out for actual military service every member thereof shall thereupon take the oath or make the declaration specified in Forms Nos. 1 and 2 in the Second Schedule to the Volunteer Ordinance. 1933, unless he has already taken the said oath or made the said declaration and has not quitted the corps after taking such oath or making such declaration. The members of an Auxiliary unit shall not be required to undergo any training, and, unless called out for actual military service, shall not be required to attend any parade or inspection. No uniform will be issued to members of an Auxiliary unit unless they are called out for actual military service. A member of an Auxiliary unit may also be a member of the Reserve of Officers or of a unit reserve in which case he shall be subject to all the obligations to which members of that reserve are subject. All members of an Auxiliary unit shall be at liberty to attend any voluntary parades or exercises organized by their officers.
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