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necessary in order to make the arms serviceable, will be executed free of charge; the expense of other repairs will be borne by the Corps.

Allowance of AmmunitionAmmunition in the following proportion, to be Ammunition, reckoned from the 1st April in each year, is allowed:—

For Guns.

For each Battery of Brigade	Shot	…	100
„„„	Shell	…	25
„„„	Blank	…	30
or
For each Trained Man	Shot	…	4
„ Efficient	Shot	…	2
And for the Battery	Shell	…	25
„„	Blank	…	30

 

For Small Arms.

			Gratis	Allowed to be purchased.	Total.
For every Efficient for his first year's service	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Rifiled Ball	70	50	120
		Blank	10	50	60
		Pistol	100	100	200
		Caps	110	110	220
For every Efficient after his first year's service	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Rifiled Ball	50	70	120
		Blank	…	60	60
		Pistol	50	100	150
		Caps	60	110	170

Storing of AmmunitionRequisitions for small arm ammunition, in accordance with the established proportion, are to be forwarded to the Commanding Officer of the nearest Drill Ship or District Coast Guard Ship for transmission to the nearest Control Officer. Special demands should be forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty by the Captains of the above ships for approval, on Form given in Appendix E.

74. Every Brigade is required to provide a secure place for the custody of its small arm ammunition; but in cases where the store of ammunition is sufficiently large to make it desirable that it should be stored in the magazines of any of Her Majesty's ships, used as Drill Ships for the Volunteers, Commanding Officers of such ships will afford facilities for its reception.

Conveyance of Ammunition75. Every care is to be taken in the conveyance and general handling of ammunition, and the Regulations and customs of the Royal Navy in that respect are to be strictly adhered to.