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 drills will comprise those for great guns, rifle, pistol, and
cutlass, as in the Royal Navy, and no deviation from these drills is to
be permitted.
[Sidenote: The Officer-Instructor.]
All drills will be carried out by the instructor, attached to the
brigades, under the officer-instructor. The permanent staff of a brigade
will consist of an officer-instructor and one petty officer instructor
for each battery. The officer-instructor will be commissioned as a
lieutenant in the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, and will be selected
from officers of or retired from the Royal Navy, of and above the rank
of lieutenant. He will keep the muster-rolls, and it will be his duty to
make himself acquainted with all the members of his brigade, and their
qualifications. He will superintend all drills and exercises, and is to
have complete control over the petty officer instructors, and to be
responsible to the Admiralty for their conduct and efficiency.
[Sidenote: Attendances at drill.]
On the important point of the number of attendances at drill, the
regulations require that every volunteer must attend at least two drills
a month, until he has obtained the standard of an efficient. An
efficient must be able to perform in a satisfactory manner the duties of
any number except No. 1 at heavy gun exercise, or at revolving gun
exercise, as applicable to the 64-pounder guns mounted in gunboats; and
he must be possessed of a good knowledge of the manual, platoon, and
cutlass exercises.
[Sidenote: Service afloat not compulsory.]
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