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XVlll. The (loinniander—in-(lhiet‘ shall, within such tune after the passing of this Act as he shall deem tit, appoint a Board of three competent 0th- cers to examine all Officers whose cominisstons are hereby continued; and may transfer any Ollieer failing to pass such examination, to the Sedentary Force, or place him on a retired list, With or Without a step ofhoiiorary Rank.

XIX. After the passing of this Act, no Ollicer shall be appointed to, nor promoted to, the active .li‘orce, iintil he shall have passed an examination as to his efficiency, before a Board of three ()llicers, consisting ofa President and two other Officers, to be appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.

XX. Provided that the Commander-in-C'hief may

establish Schools for military instruction, and direct that a certificate from the commandant of such; Schools shall be substituted for a certificate of such Boards of Examination.

XXI. Promotion shall go by seniority, but if the senior shall not be able to qualify, the step to be giv- en to the next in seniority, who is able to obtain a certificate of such Commandant or Board; and the Officer unable to qualify shall be placed on the re-. tired List. Provided that the Commander-in-Chief’ may promote any Officer of marked capacity, and, in cases of" emergency, may dispense with examina- tion.

XXII. The Commander-in-Chief shall have full power to appoint a staff of commissioned and non- commissioned Officers of the Active Militia, with such Rank as he shall, from time to time, think re- quisite or necessary for the efficiency of the Militia Service; and any such Staff Officers shall have such Rank and authority in the Militia, as are held, rela- tively, in Her Majesty’s service.

XXIII. For every Commission in the Militia, issued after the passing of this Act, there shall be paid to the Adjutant General of' Militia the following Fees:

Ensign, Cornet or Second Lieutenant, Five

shillings.

Lieutenant, Seven shillings and Six pence.

Captain, Ten shillings.

Major, Fifteen shillings.

Lieutenant-Colonel, Twenty shillings.

Colonel, Twenty-five shillings.

And all moneys, so received for commissions, shall be appropriated for the contingent expenses ofthe

I XXIV. The Volunteer Militia shall consist of Volunteer Troops, of Cavalry Troops, and Batteries of Cavalry, and Battalions ofInfantry.

XXV. The Commander-in-Cliief may continue the services of all Volunteer Corps accepted before the passing of this Act, and may also, if he see fit, accept the services ofany Conn of Volunteers, who may be formed, after the passing hereof, under such regulations as have been. or may be, approved by the Commander-in-Chief, in regard to such Corps.

XXVI. Within two -months after the passing of this Act, all Volunteer Companies shall be mustered by their Captains, the provisions of this Act clearly explained to them; and they shall take the Oath of Allegiance, and be re-enrolled as Volunteer Militia, when each man shall sign a. Muster Roll.

XXVII. Provided that any Volunteer, who shall have been duly enrolled as such before the passing

of‘ this Act, may, previous to, or at the time ofsucli,

muster, give the notice required by the .\rt of the 'l‘wenty—fburth year ot‘tlic Reign of Queen Victoria, chapter Eleven, hereby repealed, and quit his corps, after having complied with all the regulations which are specified iii the 'l‘welt‘tli Clause of the said Act. XXVI“. No member of'a Volunteer Militia Coin- pauy, re-eiirolled under this Act, shall be permitted to retire from his Company, without giving Three Months’ notice of his intention to the Otlicer coni- manding the Company to which he belongs.

XXIX. Every person enrolled in the Volunteer Militia shall take the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty.

XXX. The establishment of Volunteer Com- patties, and their administrative organization, shall be regulated by such general Orders as have been, or shall be, from time to time, promulgated by the Commander-in-Chief.

XXXI. The Commanding Officers of Companies shall be responsible that their Companies are kept up to their full strength, as required by such Regu- lations; and, inthe eveiitofthe failure of'aiiy Company, as aforesaid, to maintain the complement of men, so required; or, in the event of any Company becom- ing inefficient, the Commander—in-Chiefmay disband any such Corps, so incomplete or inefficient; and the Commander-iu-Chiefmay disband any Regiment, Battalion, or Company, if, in his opinion, necessary for the Public good.

XXXII. The Commander-in-Chief may,from time to time, prescribe the qualifications of etfective mem- bers of Volunteer Militia, provided that such qualifi- cation shall include that each Volunteer, to be effective, shall have attended Drill, duly armed and accoutred, not less than sixteen times during the year—such Drills not to be less than one and one- halfhour, shall have taken the Oath of Allegiance, and have been inspected in Uniform at such time as may have been ordered, under the authority of the Commander—in-Chief.

XXXIlI. The Commander-in-Chiefmay,from time to time, prescribe the Uniform of the Volunteer Militia, provided that the several Corps in existence at the passing ofthis Act may continue to wear their then clothing, until the same requires to be replaced; and it shall be the duty of the Officer commanding the administrative Regiments or Battalions to see that the same are, upon any such replacing of cloth- ing, uniformed according to the orders of the Com- inander-in-Chief, in such respects.

XXXIV. It shall be lawful for the Commander-in- Chief' to grant an allowance, not exceeding one pound a year, to each effective Volunteer Militia man so uniformed at his own expense.

XXXV. In case a sufficiency of arms shall not be provided for the whole of the Militia, the Volun- teer Militia shall be provided with arms and accoutre- ments before the Regular and Sedentary Militia.

XXXVI. The Volunteer Militia shall, for purposes of drill, be furnished with a sufficient quantity of blank and ball practice ammunition, in such quantity and manner as the Commander-in-Chief may direct.

XXXVII. Companies of Volunteer Militia may make By-laws for their internal government in time of peace, and may impose fines for the breach of any By-laws; but no such By-laws shall subject any per-

son to a fine until approved by the Commander-in- Chief.