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ARTILLERY MOBILISATION. 
3. At tides of camp equipment and technical stores, which would 
be issued to the corps from Government stores at the place 
of concentration. 
Mobilisation Orders. 
In every corps the standing orders should provide for the assembly 
of the 1st relief at the corps head-quarters, and for the assembly of the 
Position Batteries as may be most convenient; for the provision and 
inspection of the necessary equipment, and the despatch of the 1st 
relief of the Garrison Companies, and of the Position Batteries, to the 
garrison or place of concentration to which they are allotted. It may 
be noted that the available strength of a Yolunteer corps is computed 
at u the total number of efficients, less 10 per cent, for casualties.^ 1 
In practice, it will generally be found possible to arrange for the 
partial or complete relief of the whole complement required from any 
one corps of Yolunteer Artillery within the corps itself. 
The circumstances of different corps vary so considerably that it 
would scarcely be advisable to attempt to lay down any hard and fast 
rules, as these can be better conceived to meet the peculiarities of each 
individual case. It is, however, desirable to insist on the necessity for 
Adjutants of Yolunteer corps to think out the subject thoroughly, and 
satisfy themselves that every detail has been provided for in peace time, 
and nothing left to be improvised on mobilisation. 
The points to be attended to are chiefly: 
(a) The allotment of every officer and man to a definite place or 
duty. 
(b) The standing orders for the assembly of the companies or bat¬ 
teries. 
(c) The machinery for promulgating the order to mobilise to all 
concerned. 
(d) The standing orders regarding the clothing and equipment 
which each officer and man is to bring with him, and the 
clothing and equipment which will be provided for him at 
the place of assembly. 
(e) The arrangements for the medical inspection of every officer 
and man. 
(/) The arrangements for sleeping accommodation and rationing 
during assembly, prior to moving to the place of concen¬ 
tration or garrison. 
Time taken to Mobilise. 
It is considered that Yolunteer corps should be ready to proceed to 
their place of concentration or garrison within from 24 to 48 hours of 
the receipt of the order to mobilise ; this order will usually be accom¬ 
panied or followed by instructions as to subsequent concentration, 
together with a route for the journey. 
Position Batteries. 
Position Batteries allotted to positions around London have 50 rounds 
per gun on charge, while Batteries allotted to local defence have, in 
1 “ Confidential Mobilisation Tables for Home Defence (Garrisons)/’ para. 4 (c) of Instructions. 
