Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-28 00:00:00

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ERVE FORCE OF ROYAL NAVAL

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the sanction of

S GOVERNMENT having, with

'3lishing a RESERVE VOLTJN'TV

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FORCE of

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iIS IS TO

That any Seaman possessing the following qualifications
may be inrolled 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 :

QUALIFI

,RESRRVE,

1. A Vo]

r must be a British subject

He must be f

•ee from infirmity

He must not be over thirty-five years of age.
Tr ---` —'"-'n the ten years previous to his

n five years at sea, one

year c that

time as an A.B.

AGES OP THE RESERVI

1. A Volunteer will at once receive an annual pay-
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if he fulfils his oh]

and is in the
requisite time, receive a pension of not less
yedr omes incapacitated
'ears of ago if Rot

;lihood, or at

previously incapacitated

3. He mar elect either to take the whole pension
nself, or to take a smaller pension for himself during
; life, and to allow his wife a pension after his death,
the remainder of her life.
4. He will not, on accoun

t of belonging, to the
Reserve, forfeit any interest in any Friendly or Benefit
Society.

5. His travelling expenses to and from the place of
drill will, when necessary, be provided.
6. He will, during drill, receive, in addition to the
retaining fee, the same pay, victualling, and allowances
as a seaman of the fleet.

7. He will, called out on 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 or injured in actual 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 reserve, if not 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 payment, if
he pisses an examination as a master or mate, and ob-
tains bond fide employment as master or mate.

OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESERVE

1. A Volunteer must attend drill for twenty-eight
days each year; he may do so, so far as the convenience
of the public service will permit, at a time and place
convenient to himself; -but he cannot, in any case, take
less than seven days' drill at any one time.

2. He must not, without special. permission, proceed
oua voyage that will occupy more than six months.

3. Ire niust appear before some shipping master once
in every six months, unless he has leave to be abroad
longer, and he must report every change of residence
and employment.

pension, he must continue in
the reserve as long as he is, physically competent to
serve, and he must also have been in the force fifteen
years if engaged above thirty, or twenty years if eng.aged
under thirty. In reckoning this time, actual service in
the fleet will count double.

n orde

D earn

led upon for actual service
amation. It is intended to
wer only when an. emergency requires a
e in the naval force of the country.

olunteers may be
in the navy by Royal Pr

exercise this
sudden incre
6. Alu

.teer may, in the first instance, be. called
years. If there is then actual war; and he

is then serving.- in one of I

jesty's thips, he may be
or two, years lont:er ; bilt for the ad-

two years

he will receive -2d. a day additiona

7.. Volunteers when. on. drill or actual service will be
' discipline.

nor aria

and if he fails to join when called out for.act

;ler or deserter ft

The Inrolment will commence on 1

formation

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