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Formation4. The Naval Artillery Volunteer Force, for administrative purposes, will be formed into Brigades, and each Brigade will consist of four or more Batteries of from 60 to 80 men.
How to be named.5. Each Brigade will be designated by a local name, in addition to its number in the Force.
Each Battery will be designated by its number in the Brigade.
Every Corps will bear a local name only.
Commanding Officers6. Each Brigade will be commanded by a Lieutenant Commanding.
Each Battery will be commanded by a Sub-Lieutenant.
Every Corps will have a Commanding Officer, who will of necessity be the Senior Officer belonging to the Corps, no matter what his rank may be, and who will be responsible, under the "Naval Artillery Volunteer Act, 1873," for the management of the internal affairs of the Corps.
Establishment7. The following table contains the authorised establishment for Brigades and the Batteries composing them:—
| Battery | Brigade of four batteries |
Brigade of six batteries |
Brigade of eight batteries | |||
| Lieutenant-commander | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sub-lieutenant | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Chief petty officer | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| First-class petty officer | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Second-class petty officer | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Buglers | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Leading gunners and gunners (equivalent to leading seamen and able seamen) |
71 |
275 |
421 |
563 | ||
| 51 | 195 | 301 | 403 | |||
| Staff | Lieutenant-instructor | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| First-class petty officer instructor | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Surgeon | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bugle-major | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Armourer | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total enrolled | 80 |
320 |
480 |
640 | ||
| 60 | 240 | 360 | 480 | |||
In this table, two numbers divided by a line signify the maximum and minimum strength—thus 8060 means not more than 80 and not less than 60.
FORMATION OF CORPS.
Course to be pursued for the formation of a new corps8. Persons wishing to form a Corps to form part of a Brigade of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers should place
