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THE ADJUTANCY OF A MILITIA 
ARTILLERY UNIT. 
BY 
AN ADJUTANT. 
COMMUNICATED BY 
THE SECRETARY. 
Militia Artillery Unit. 
A Militia Artillery Unit may be best described by giving in detail its 
personnel , taking as a standard the unit with which the writer is fami¬ 
liar. Its establishment of officers consists of:—1 Lieut.-Col.; 1 Major ; 
6 Captains; 9 Subalterns; 1 Adjutant; 1 Quartermaster; 1 Medical 
Officer. Of these the Adjutant, Quartermaster and Medical Officer are 
Army Officers attached to the Militia for the following periods :—The 
Adjutant for five years, the Quartermaster for an indefinite period, and 
the Medical Officer for the period of the training. 
The Adjutant is to understand that he will not, unless under very p ara . 55, 
exceptional circumstances, be allowed to resign his Adjutancy with a Regulations 
view to returning to his regiment, even if it is ordered on active ser- 1893. 
vice, before the end of the five years for which he is appointed ; if not 
a substantive field officer he will rank regimentally for precedence and 
military command, among the Captains of the Militia unit, according to 
the date of his commission as Captain in the Regular Forces. 
Permanent State. 
The N.-C.O/s and men consist of two classes, viz.: Permanent Staff 
and Militia. The Permanent Staff are N.-C.O/s and men on their 
Army engagements, appointed to the Militia at their own request, and 
generally for the remainder of their service; it consists of: 1 Regi¬ 
mental Sergt.-Major, 1 Quartermaster-Sergeant, 1 Sergeant Instructor- 
in-Gunnery, 1 Sergeant Trumpeter, 6 Company Sergeant-Majors, 6 
Sergeants, 6 Trumpeters. These, together w r ith the Adjutant and 
Quartermaster, are on duty permanently, reside in quarters or in lodg¬ 
ings, at the head-quarters of the unit, and are practically the nucleus 
of the unit. 
Militia N.-C.O/s and Men. 
The establishment of Militia N.-C.O/s and men, exclusive of the Per¬ 
manent Staff, are 540 in number, i.e. } 90 per company; the number of 
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