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TRAINING OP VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. 
The object of this organisation is, to obtain in the 1st class, a body 
of thoroughly trained men, and in the 2nd class, a large number of 
men possessing a general knowledge, which could, when occasion arose, 
be turned to account by the aid of the necessary instruction. 
I will now touch on a few points which follow from the division of 
the Corps, and on the organisation and training of the 2nd class:—■ 
(a.) All men on joining a Corps originally, to be enrolled for four 
years, under the usual conditions, after this time men would 
be permitted either to resign, join the 2nd class, or remain in 
the first class. 
( b .) Drills during the first four years to remain as at present, ex¬ 
cept, that in the second year 20 gun-drills to be obligatory, 
after the fourth year, men desiring to remain in the 1st class 
to agree to put in 20 drills each year. 
The following apply to men of the 2nd class :— 
(c.) They would be required to put in three drills a year, of one 
hour’s duration each, these drills to be on consecutive days. 
To enable this to be done 1 would set apart three days, three 
times a year, on which the drills could be carried out in the 
halls, at all hours convenient for the men, days and hours 
being chosen by the Corps. 
(d.) Gun practice would not be obligatory. 
(e.) They would be permitted to attend “ Camp ” and “ Heavy 
gun-drill at works of defence,” under the same conditions as 
men of the 1st class; those putting in six days drill in either 
case, being exempt from further training for the year. 
(/.) They would not attend the Annual Inspection. 
(g.) They would remain attached to the companies to which they 
belonged during their fourth year, there being no limit to the 
number of men so attached. 
[h.) They would retain the same rank as they had when in the 
1st class. 
(i.) Clothing would be issued to them, with some distinguishing 
mark, on the shoulder straps or otherwise. 
(j.) Their arms would be kept in the armoury and only issued to 
them for camps or on similar occasions. 
(k.) They would be permitted, as members of the Corps, to use 
the drill halls, mens’ room, gymnasium, belonging to the 
Corps, etc. (in fact they should be made to feel that they 
belong to the Corps just as much as when in the 1st class). 
Regulations bearing on many other details would naturally be re¬ 
quired, but the above are sufficient to show the main idea of the scheme. 
To retain the capitation grant, at about the same figure as it is at 
present, I would increase it to £2 per efficient for men of the 1 st class, 
and reduce it to £1 for men in the 2nd, this at first sight appears to be 
a reduction, but I think, though I have no means of ascertaining with 
accuracy, that if the present Corps were divided, as they stand, into 
