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to say, corps in which there is a proportion of Position Batteries and a 
proportion of Garrison Companies. 
As a natural result, it will be found that on mobilisation the Position 
Batteries are generally separated from the rest of the corps, and in the 
majority of cases are called upon to serve outside the districts to which 
they belong; the Garrison Companies will also, in many cases, be 
separated from corps head-quarters; it is therefore a matter of import¬ 
ance in peace time, to carefully preserve the Battery or Company 
organisation for administrative purposes. 
Liability to Serve. 
Volunteers cannot be called out except in the case of actual or appre¬ 
hended invasion of any part of the United Kingdom ; the occasion must 
first be communicated to both Houses of Parliament, if sitting, or 
declared in council and notified by proclamation, if Parliament is not 
sitting. 1 2 
Volunteers, when called out for actual military service are, in all 
respects, on the same footing as Regulars with regard to their obligation 
to serve wherever they may be required, in Great Britain, under pain 
of being deemed in a state of desertion. 
Pay, Allowances, Discipline, &c. 
As regards pay, allowances, discipline, &c., mobilisation places the 
Volunteers on the same footing as the Regulars. 3 
Separation Allowance. 
Separation Allowance 3 is issuable to every married Volunteer at the 
following rates, when called out on mobilisation :—8d. a day for the 
wife; 2d. a day for each girl under 16, or boy under 14 years of age. 
Equipment, Ammunition and Clothing. 
In addition to the arms and ammunition supplied by Government, 
and to the uniform found by the corps, the equipment of a Volunteer 
is divided under three heads :— 4 
1. The minimum equipment necessary to enable him to take the 
field, viz. :—Accoutrements complete, including pouches 
to carry 70 rounds of ammunition ; great-coat, haversack, 
water-bottle, mess-tin. 
2. Additional articles which would be purchased out of the £2 2s. 
issued to the Commanding Officer of every Volunteer 
corps, for every efficient Volunteer in his corps. These 
consist of second pair of boots, knife and lanyard, blanket, 
valise. In many corps the majority of these articles have 
already been provided; Commanding Officers are, however, 
required to make their own arrangements to ensure every 
man being in possession of them on mobilisation, and it is 
to be clearly understood that they cannot be provided 
from Government stores. 
1 “Volunteer Act, 1863.” Section 17. 
2 “ Volunteer Act, 1863.” Section 17. 
3 “Allowance Regulations,” para. 94. 
4 H.G., W.O. Memo. | Y 1 General No. 358 { dated 27,5.89. 
