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OFFICE WORK OF A GARRISON BAFTERY. 
or intend to join the Army Reserve before 1st April; 1880 ; all the rest 
except recruits just enlisted (see para. 137); will be entitled to ankle- 
boots on 1st October; 1879. Then for the April issue; the men who 
will take their discharge before the 1st October of the next year; 
1880 in this case; or that intend to join the Army Reserve in the June 
quarter (Army Circular 151 of 1876); are not to receive any new 
clothing on 1st April; 1880; though they may be given “ part worn ” 
articles (para. 152 of these notes; and paras. 6 and 7 of letter P.C.; 
General No. 2911) if the Major thinks fit. A list prepared in accord¬ 
ance with para. 69; corrected to include discharges; will give the names 
of these men : all the rest, except recruits (see para. 137); will be 
entitled on the 1st April to a patrol jacket and a pair of trousers; as 
w r ell as a pair of ankle or Wellington boots; as the case may be. Those 
men who have not had a tunic for two years; say a man who got a new 
tunic in April 1878; will get a tunic in April 1880: the same rule holds 
good for the second or biennial pair of trousers. What each man is 
entitled to is easily determined in the case of men present with the battery 
on the last 1st of April; or recruits since clothed by the battery; by reference 
to the nominal roll in the clothing ledger (para. 167); in the case of 
transfers; by reference to their clothing transfer returns (paras. 27 and 
141); which show what they have received and up to what date it has to 
last. The detailed account (see paragraph 171) is the best guide. You 
thus get the total number of articles required. 
102. It must rest with the Major whether he chooses to make pro¬ 
vision for anything besides the wants of the men actually present. 
Recruits may perhaps be expected to join unclothed; some deserters 
may rejoin; but as a rule the Major will try to have as little surplus 
clothing on hand as possible. Some consideration will have to be 
given to the cases of Corporals and Sergeants whose promotion may 
p. o. 
be expected. See paragraphs 14, 15 and 16 of letter Gen ^ 1 1 No ‘ 
as to these men; and para. 144 of these notes. 
103. The sizes that each man will require should be found by 
reference to the size roll (para. 26), except that as the demand is 
made for clothing only to be issued in April; and then to last prac¬ 
tically for two or three years, some allowance must be made in the 
case of the younger men; boys; and recruits, for their growth and 
filling out. Special care should be taken about the boots; and the 
men should be made to go to the office to see that they are down 
for the sizes they really want. Recruits in particular will probably 
have found that some alteration of size is required from that of the 
boots originally issued to them. Men occasionally like different 
sizes for their Wellington and for their ankle boots. 
104. It must be remembered that the tunics and patrol jackets 
will be supplied without any badges or numerals, etc., so that the 
demand must include all the chevrons, G.C. badges (gold for N.C. 
officers, worsted for men), guns and crowns for sergeants, trumpeters* 
