The Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Explained — John Shaqi
The Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers ExplainedBrassey, Thomas Brassey, Earl
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The Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Explained
Brassey, Thomas Brassey, Earl
Great Britain. Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers
The Volunteer movement affords the occasion for teaching, in the most
practical form, the duty of self-sacrifice in a worthy cause.
In the artificial conditions of modern society, there are multitudes of
men, who, in the ordinary exercise of their vocation, are unduly
deprived of the opportunities for physical exercise and development.
More especially is this true of the younger members of the professional
and commercial classes. To them an appeal is now most earnestly made on
behalf of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers. In taking a part in our
drills and exercises, they will do a work beneficial to themselves
individually, and conducive to the welfare of their country.
N.B.--Any gentlemen wishing to join the Royal Naval Artillery
Volunteers, may communicate with Mr. Thomas Brassey, M.P., or Commander
St. Vincent Nepean, R.N., at the temporary head-quarters, 4, Great
George Street, Westminster. The regular drills of the corps will not be
commenced until the drill vessel 'Rainbow' has been moored off Somerset
House, and all other arrangements have been completed. Gentlemen are
earnestly invited to send in their names, in the meanwhile,
provisionally, so that the organisation of the brigade may be completed
at an early date; and that the movement at the out-ports may be
encouraged by the example of the metropolis.
REGULATIONS FOR THE "ROYAL NAVAL ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS."
CONSTITUTION AND ESTABLISHMENT.
[Sidenote: Authority.]
1. The "Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers" are raised under the "Royal
Naval Artillery Volunteer Act of 1873."
They are subject to the provisions of that Act, and to all regulations
made with regard to them by the authority of the Admiralty.
[Sidenote: Liability to Actual Service.]
2. By Royal Proclamation, the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers may be
assembled for actual service; and whenever so assembled, they will be
liable to serve on board any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels employed
in the defence of the coasts of the United Kingdom, or in any of the
tenders or boats attached to such vessels.
They will also be liable to perform all the ordinary duties of the
vessel in which they may be embarked, in the same manner as those duties
are performed by the regular crews of Her Majesty's ships, except those
duties that can only be performed by practical seamen.
They will not be required to go aloft, or to attend the fires in the
stoke-hole.
They will accommodate themselves to the berthing and messing
arrangements usual for the Seamen of the Royal Navy.
[Sidenote: Corps, definition of.]
3. A Corps is a body of persons who combine, under common rules, to form
a part of the Naval Artillery Volunteer Force.
The members of a Corps are either enrolled or honorary.
[Sidenote: Enrolled Members.]
Enrolled members are persons of every grade, whose names are duly
entered for service in the muster-rolls of a Corps.
[Sidenote: Honorary Members.]
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