Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

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'RESERVE Foul] OF ROYAL NAVAL •
- • VOLUNTEERS. .
HER MAJESTY'S , GOVERNMENT having, with.
tho sanction of Parliament,, determined on esta-
blishing a ItESBRVE. VOLUNTEER,•FFORCE of
SEAMEN trained to the Use of .Afins,
IS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, . .
That any Seaman poss'essing the following qualifiCations
may be inrolied as a Royal Naval Volunteer in the
Reserve Force, and will thereupon be entitled to- the
advantages and be subject to the obligations mentioned
below ;•

QUALIF:C/4..T10NS FOR TIM
1. A. Volur.te3r must be a British subject.
2. He must be free from inhrmty.
3.:He must not be over thirty-five years of
.age.
4. He must within the ten years previous ito his
joining the -Reserve have been five years at .sea, one
year of that time. as an A.B. • • • '-• •
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ADVA.NTA.OES OF THE RESERVE.

I. A Volunteer, will at once receive an ..annual pay-
ment or retainer of £6, payable quarterly.
2. He will if he fillfils his aligations,and is in the
Reserve the requisite time, receive a pension of not less
than ,£l'2 a year whenever he becomes incapatitated
from earning a livelihood, or at sixty years of age if not
previously incapacitated. -
3. He - may elect either to take the -whole- pension
himself, or to take a smaller pc..sicn fcr himself duririg
his life, and to allow his wife a 'pension,ifter his 'death,
for the remainder of her life.

4. Ilc will not, ou account of belonging to the
Rcser.-e,, forfeit any interest in any Friendly or Benefit
Society._

5. His travelling- expenses to and from, the place of
drill will, when Re.cessary, be provided.
6. He, will, during "drill, receive, in addition:to the
retaining- fee, the same pay, victualling, and allowances
I~as•a seaman of- the fleet.

7. He will, if called out ox actual service, receive the
same pay, allowances, and victuals, and have the same
prospect of promotion and prize money, as a continuous
service. seaman of the fleet,,, and he will on joining
receive the same clothing, bedding, and mess traps.
8: He will, if' wounded'er injured in,nctual service,
receive the same pension as a seaman; in the. Navy of
the same rating. • •
9. He will be eligible to the Coast' Guard Service and
Greenwich Hospital.
10. He may quit the reser+e"itnot at,the time called
out for actual service, at the end of every five years ; 'he
may also quit-it, when-not -called out, on—paying back
the retainers .he 'has. received; or, without pay:tient, if
Ite.passes.an exathination asa -plaster or mate, and ob-
tains liana ide employment as master or mate..
OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESERVE.
1. A VOinnteer must attend
.drill for twenty-eight
days" each year ; he may do so, so far as, the convenience
of the publi.e..service will permit, at a time and place
convenient to himself; but he cannot, in any case, take
less than seven days' drill at anyone time. .
2. He must not, without special permission, proceed
on ,a voyage that will occupy more than sif months.
3. He must appear before some shipping master once
in every six months, unleSs he has . leave. to be a:hi:odd'
longer, and he must report every change of residence
and employment.
4. -In order to earn a pension, he must continue in
the reserve as long .as ha is physically . competent to
serve, and he must also have been in the ford fifteen
years if engaged above.thirty, or twenty years if engaged
under thirty. In reckoning this time, actual service in
tihe fleet will count double.

5. Volunteers may be called upon for actual, service
in the navy by 4oyal Proclamation. It is intended to
exercise this power only when. an emergency. requires a
sudden increase in the naval force of the country.
G. A Volunteer may, in the first instance, be called
oat for three years. If there is then actual war; and he
'is then serving in one of her Majesty's :Ships,. he may be
required to serve for two years longer; - but for the ad=
ditional two years he will receive 2d; a day additional

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7. Volunteers when ondrill or actual service will be
subject to naval discipline. . • ; -
8:. A Volunteer who fails to fulfil the obligations of
the Reserve, will forfeit his claim to retainer and pension,
and if he fails to join when called out for actual service,
may be treated as a straggler or deserter from the.navy,

The Inrolment will commence on Ist Janeary, 18Go.

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