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often attending carbine matches and practices. A harness room is 
required for the harness and saddlery of Batteries of Position. A 
gymnasium is generally provided in the large drill-hall. 
In superintending the training of the Brigade the Adjutant has a 
good many special duties to perform. He attends to all correspon¬ 
dence concerning’ discipline, training and practice, and the Government 
stores in charge of the corps, and keeps the account of the same under 
the Colonel's orders. He makes out the pay list of the staff, and pays 
himself and the R.A. N.-C.O.'s, and keeps a diary of all drills which 
he attends and the nature of instruction given, and the number of all 
ranks present (this diary is sent to the Officer Commanding Auxiliary 
Artillery quarterly). He has nothing to do with the corps finances. 
His most arduous duty, and that which takes up the most time and 
requires the most persevering energy, is the instruction of officers for 
examination in company drill, carbine drill, gun drill and repository 
drill, guard mounting; (in which officers must pass before their second 
annual inspection), and the instruction and examination (assisted by 
the officers) of the N.-C.O.'s and men for prizes, skill-at-arms, and the 
instruction and examination of all N.-C.O.'s and gunners before pro¬ 
motion to each rank. Since only a few men are able to be present on 
any given night, a great many nights must be devoted to this instruc¬ 
tion of the young N.-C.O.'s, layers, limber gunners, &c., and in the 
instruction the Adjutant is greatly assisted by the staff and smartest 
N.-C.O.'s, but it is necessary that he should give his undivided atten¬ 
tion to the examination of the N.-C.O/s and gunners, even if he is 
assisted by the officers, as he must make use of this and every other 
available opportunity to learn what knowledge each N.-C.G. possesses 
and his general abilities, and whether their instruction has been suffi¬ 
cient. The examination must extend over a considerable period, to 
give men in all employments opportunity of attending on one night 
for examination. Of course some different questions must be asked on 
each night. The Sergeants should be well up in instructing squads in 
drill with the guns in use, ammunition, &c. But this will not be the 
case unless the Adjutant has taken great pains in superintending the 
instruction of men for promotion. It has been found that the higher 
the standard required in each rank, the more will the Volunteers try to 
attain to that standard, in fact they come up to hand grandly. A 
Sergeant should also be able to write fairly answers to questions con¬ 
cerning gun-carriages, ammunition and drill. It will generally be 
found in the Volunteers that men who have been advanced to the rank 
of Corporal or Sergeant are good layers—but to attain uniformity in 
laying requires the Adjutant to insist upon it in the examinations. 
Before promotion to Corporal, Bombardiers will be examined, and 
must give promise of becoming good instructors and have proved 
themselves steady men, likely to win the respect of their comrades. 
Gunners who are smart men and efficient in their work on the guns, 
can lay well, and have a fair knowledge of ammunition and stores are 
promoted to Acting-Bombardier as vacancies occur. As many as 60 
to 80 men will come up for examination each season for promotion and 
skill-at-arms, and when it is remembered that each has to be tested 
