THE ADJUTANCY OF A MILITIA ARTILLERY UNIT. 
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issued; finally, the men are paid their day's pay, or rather one shilling 
°£ it. 
The pay of a gunner is Is. 2d. a day, and throughout the Training 
the men are paid daily 6d. each, 4Jd. a day being charged for groceries 
and washing, and the balance is retained, and paid to them at the end 
of the training. 
The Unit Blossoms. 
The hours for drill during Training are the same as during Prelimi¬ 
nary Drill; the early morning parade is devoted to setting-up drill, and 
infantry drill in company and in battalion ; the remainder of the day to 
gun drill and Artillery exercises. 
The number of guns available for gun drill, when the unit trains at 
head-quarters, is 14, and two for elementary; also two gyns and a 
certain proportion of artillery stores ; this, of course, is a totally inade¬ 
quate supply for so large a number of men ; on the other hand, suppos¬ 
ing the supply of materiel to be so increased that there would be 
sufficient for the whole unit to be instructed simultaneously in gun drill 
and Artillery exercises, as occurs when the unit is trained away from 
its head-quarters, there would then be a dearth of instructors, as some 
of the Militia N.-C.O.'s are but poor instructors. The difference in rank 
between the Militia N.-C.O. and man is not so marked as in the .Regu¬ 
lars, and a man is seldom charged with an offence, except by a 
Permanent Staff N.-C.O. ; the amount of work this entails on the 
Permanent Staff, can be better imagined than described; even some of 
these are not as strict as they should be. 
The gun drill is carried on with 18-prs. and 32-prs. S.B., as if they 
were 64-prs.; there are two 64-prs. on charge for practice, and as these 
two guns have to fire a large number of rounds, and have to be examined 
also, the practice should commence early, say, not later than the begin¬ 
ning of the second week of the Training; on one occasion both these 
guns, on examination, were condemned, and the practice was neces¬ 
sarily suspended until the arrival of fresh guns which, mirabile dictu } 
happened in time to complete the practice before the end of the 
Training. 
The number of rounds allowed per company is 90, 45 of these being 
blank, and the remainder service with a sea range; when the unit 
trains away from head-quarters these 90 rounds per company are com¬ 
muted into a lesser number of rounds of a heavier nature than the 
64-pr. 
During the second week of the Training the first inspection of the 
unit usually takes place, viz., that of the General Officer Commanding 
the District; and on the Saturday of this week the Regimental Sports 
usually take place : every provision is made for the recreation of the 
men in their spare hours, by means of cricket, quoits, &c., the canteen 
and coffee shop being liberally supplied with papers and games. 
The officers during the Training lay themselves out to hospitably 
entertain their friends and acquaintances by means of guest nights, 
band promenades, and a dance, the latter usually taking place the night 
before the Regimental Sports, 
