Wounds or injuries on service or drill.
90. If a Volunteer is wounded or injured on service or on drill, he will be entitled to the same pension to which any seamen in Her Majesty's Navy would be entitled for a similar wound or injury; or if killed, slain, or drowned on service, or on drill, his widow (if any) will be entitled to the same gratuities, out of Greenwich Hospital Funds as the widow of any other Seamen of the Navy of the same rating.
Hospital or Sick Quarters.
91. Volunteers taken seriously ill or injured whilst undergoing drill, may be sent to a Naval Hospital or Sick Quarters for treatment.
Applications for Pensions.
92. Applications for pensions or compensations for injuries or hurts received whilst on service or drill, are tobe specially made to the Admiralty; the nature and cause of the injury are to be fully reported, and the names of the witnesses, as also whether blame was attributable to the Volunteer making the application, when the case will be considered as it deserves.
Purchase of clothing, &c.
93. Volunteers are allowed to purchase at the Government rate any clothing or necessaries that may be requisite for their outfit or dress as belonging to the Corps.
Composition.
94. The Permanent Staff of a Brigade will consist of one Officer Instructor to the Brigade, and one Petty Officer Instructor for each Battery composing the Brigade.
Appointment.
95. The appointments to the Permanent Staff will be made by the Admiralty, and will be tenable for a term of five years, or for such lesser period that the Admiralty may think fit.
Officer whence selected.
96. The Officer Instructor will be commissioned as 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.
Qualification.
97. The Officer Instructor will be required to undergo a course of Instruction in one of the Gunnery Ships to qualify him for the duties of Instructor in Heavy and Truck Gun Drills, Rifle, Pistol and Cutlass Exercises.
Not to hold other appointment.
98. As the services of an Officer Instructor will be at all times required by the Volunteers, he will not be permitted to follow any profession or appointment, public or private.
Age.
99. No Officer whose age exceeds 50 years is eligible for the appointment of Officer Instructor.
Rank and position.
100. An Officer Instructor of Naval Volunteers is purely a Staff Officer, and except for the purpose of Instruction, is not entitled, by virtue of his superior rank, to take the command of any Force of Naval Volunteers, when an Officer of the Corps is present.
General duties.
101. An Officer Instructor is appointed to give Instruction to the Volunteers. He is subject to the orders of his Commanding Officer, and he is required to assist him in carrying on the naval duties of the Brigade; but he is not to take any part in the civil affairs of the Brigade.
It is his duty to keep the muster-rolls of the Brigade, and to make himself acquainted with all the members of Brigade, and their qualifications and dispositions.
He is to superintend the drills and exercises of the Brigade, and is to have complete control over the Petty Officer Instructors of the several Batteries, and is responsible to the Admiralty that their duties are properly performed, and that the drills are in accordance with those laid down for the Royal Navy.
Diary.
102. The Officer Instructor is required to keep a diary of the Instruction imparted by him to the Volunteers according to Form G Appendix. This diary is to be certified by the Commanding Officer of the Brigade, and transmitted to the Admiralty on the 1st of every month.
Control over Petty Officer Instructors.
103. The Officer Instructor will, under the Commanding Officer of the Brigade, have control over the Petty Officer Instructors, both as regards their discipline and their duties as Instructors; and he will, should he have occasion, report any misconduct or incompetency of a Petty Officer Instructor to the Admiralty.
Rank and position.
104. The Petty Officer Instructors will have the rank First Class Petty Officers in the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer Force, and will be selected from Pensioned Petty Officers of the Royal Navy and must hold a Certificate from one of the Gunnery Ships of competency as an Instructor in Heavy and Truck Gun Drill, Rifle, Pistol and Cutlass Exercises.
They will be purely Staff Petty Officers, and will not be entitled, by virtue of their superior rank, to take the command of any of the Naval Volunteers, when a Petty Officer of the Corps is present, except for the purpose of instruction.
Duties.
105. The Petty Officer Instructors are to give instruction to the Volunteers under the direction of the Officer Instructor. They are subject to the Command of their superior Officers of the Naval Volunteers, and are to assist them in carrying on their Naval duties, but they are not to take any part in the civil affairs of the Brigade.
Conduct.
106. The Petty Officer Instructors will be expected, on all occasions, to set an example of what the Naval Volunteers should attain to, and they will only be allowed to retain their position so long as they conduct themselves as Petty Officers of the Royal Navy should do.
They are to consider the Officer Instructor as their immediate head, and apply to him in all matters that may be necessary.
Diary.
107. The Petty Officers Instructors will each keep a diary of the instruction imparted by him to the Volunteers according to Form in Appendix H. This diary is to be certified by the Commanding Officer of the Battery, and transmitted weekly to the Officer Instructor.
Pay of Permanent Staff.
108. The Permanent Staff will receive pay as follows:—
109. The Uniform to be worn by the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers is to be of the same pattern as for Officers of the corresponding ranks in the Royal Navy, with the following exceptions viz.:
Distinctive lace.
110. Instead of each distinctive stripe of half-inch gold lace round the sleeve, there is to be a stripe formed of two waived lines of quarter-inch silver braid, running parallel to each other so as to form bands three-quarters of an inch wide, the blue cloth to show quarter of an inch between the lines of braid.
Buttons.
111. The buttons to be of the Naval Pattern, with the letters R.N. on one side of the anchor and A.V. on the other side.
The crown and anchor to be gilt, and the remainder of the button silver.
Epaulettes.
112. The epaulettes to be silver, and, instead of the anchor on the epaulette, there is to be a badge consisting of an anchor in the centre, surrounded by the words "R. N. A. Volunteers," embroidered in gold.
Crown and stars, when worn on the epaulettes, to be embroidered in gold.
Hat.
113. Instead of the bullion loop on the cocked hat, the loop to be formed of two silver braids, waved as on the coat sleeves, and the tassels to be silver.
Badge for cap.
114. The badge for the cap to have the letters R.N. placed on one side of the anchor, and the letters A.V. on the other side.
The anchor and letters to be embroidered in gold, and the surrounding laurel leaves in silver. The crown to be embroidered in gold and silver, as in the Naval Pattern.
Sword-belt.
115. The plate of the sword belt and the swivel to besilver. The crown and anchor on it to be gilt, and the letters R.N.A.V. on each side of the anchor, also gilt.
Lace and embroidery.
116. All lace and embroidery, except where otherwise ordered in these Regulations, is to be of silver.
117. Coat the same as undress.
Trowsers.—The lace on the seam to be silver.
Sword-belt.—The embroidered lines to be silver.
The dress-trowsers and sword-belt to be worn only on such occasions as are customary in the Royal Navy.
118. The Uniform to be of the same pattern as for Petty Officers and Seamen of the Royal Navy, with the following exceptions, viz.:—
Buttons.
119. The buttons on jackets of Chief Petty Officers to be of silver, the same as those of the Officers.
The buttons of the Petty Officers and Gunners to be of the same pattern, but of black horn.
Trimmings.
120. The tape trimmings of the white frock to be waved in the same manner as the braid on the coat sleeves of the Officers.
Badges.
121. All badges are to be of silver embroidery on the jackets, and of silver or white on the blue serge.
On the white frock they are to be blue.
Cap ribbons.
122. The cap ribbon to have a crown and anchor in front, with the letters R.N. on one side of the anchor, and the letters A.V. on the other.
The crown and anchor and letters to be embroidered in silver on a black silk ribbon.
The letters to be five-eighths of an inch in size.
123. All official correspondence from the Volunteer Brigades except the correspondence of the Officer Instructor in his capacity of Instructor, is to proceed from the Commanding Officer, or to pass through him.
Transcriber's Notes:Missing or obscured punctuation was corrected.Typographical errors were silently corrected.Spelling and hyphenation were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise it was not changed.
Transcriber's Notes:
Missing or obscured punctuation was corrected.
Typographical errors were silently corrected.
Spelling and hyphenation were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise it was not changed.