The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-30 00:00:00

STAFF.

An Adjutant, Surgeon,Quarter.Master, and Ser.
jeant.Major, may be allowed on the establishment
of Corps of sufficient strength, as direded by the
Militia Law'; but neither the said Staff Officers,
not any other Commissioned Officer, will have any
pay or allowance whatever, except in the following
cases, 'lli. •
If a Corps, oi nhy part thereof, shall be called
upon to acs id cases of ribs or disturbance, the
charge of constant pay may be made for such ser-
vices, for all the effeClive Officers and men em-
ployed on such duty, at the following rates, the
same being supported by a Certificate from His Ma-
jesty's Lieutenant, or the Sheriffof the County ; but
if called out in case of actual Invasion, the Corps
is to be paid and disciplined in all respects as the
regular Infantry ; the Artillery Companies excepted,
which arc then to be.paid as the Royal Artillery.
Per Direr. .r. d. Per Diem. s.
d.
Field Officer or Captain Serjeant•Major I 6
of a Company - 9 c and as. 6d. per Week
Lieutentuit • - - 5 if in addition.
Second Lieut. or Ensign 4 8 Serjeant - a 6
Adjutant S o Corporal - r a
Qaarter-Master - 5 8 Drummer - Q
Surgeon • - -7 to o Private t o
The only instances in which pay Will he allowed
by Government for any individual of the Corps
when not so called out, are those of an Adjutant
and Serjeant Major, for whom pay will be granted
at the rates following :--Adjutant, 6s. a day ; Ser_
jeant Major, is. 6d. per diem, and zi. 6d. per week
.in addition, if authorized by His Majesty's Secre-
tary of State, in consequence of a particular appli.
cation from the Lord Lieutenant of the County,
founded upon the necessity of the case : but this
indulgence cannot be allowed under any circum.
stances, unless the Corps to which the Adjutant
may belong shall consist of not less than soo
feftive rank and file, and he shall have served at
least five years as a Commissioned Officer in the
Regulari, embodied Militia, Fenciblet, ur Fast In-
dia Company's Service; and unless the, Corps to
which the Serjeant-Major may belong, shall consist
of not less than 200 effeEtive rank and file, and he
shall have served at least three years in some of
His Majesty's Forces.
Drill-Scrjeants of Companies are to be paid by
the Parishes to which their respective Companies
belong, as is provided in the od Geo. 3. cup. 120,
sec. a I and no charge to be made for them in the
accounts to be transmitted to the ,War Office.

Pay at the rate of one shilling per man per day
for twenty days exercise within the year to the el.
feetive Non.commissioned Officers (not being Drill.
Serjeants paid by the Parish), Drummers, and Pri.
vales of the Corps, agreeably to their terms of set.
vice. No pay can be allowed for any man who
shall not have attended for the complete period of
twenty days.
When a charge of constant pay is made for an
Adjutant or Serjeant.M.ijnr, his former services
must be particularly stated in the pay list wherein
the first charge is made.
The allowance for clothing is twenty shillings
per man, once in three years to the etienive non.
commissioned officers, drummers and privates of the
Corps.
The necessary pay lists will be sent from the
War Office, addressed to the several Commandants,
who will cause them to be fitted up, and who will
take care that the certificates be regularly signed
whenever the twenty days exercise shall have been
completed and the clothing attu illy furnished to the
men. The allowance for the twenty days exercise
may be drawn for immediate y, and that tor the
clothing, in one month after the receipt of such pay

list;; at tile NV'ai4 bffiee, litlV, 5...,:n2c1 by the
ral Conitnandants, at thirty 5:24ht, upon the Go.
neral Agent ; unless ar.r ni.jeaion .to the iattct
ditave shall be signified to the saiti
manlnt in the meantime.

The'whole to be clothed in red, with the excep-
tion of the Carp of Artillery, which may have blue
clothing; and Rifle Corps, which may have green►
With black bolts.

Serjeant.M ,jdr receiving constant pay, and Drill-:
Serjeatits paid by the parish; to be attested, and to
be subjeCted, to military law as undo T 43 Geo, 3.
cap. tat.
Ali appliCations for arms and accoutrements
should be nude through the Lord Lieutenant of ihe
County diredly to the B ‘ard of Ordnance, and all
applications for ammunition, fur exercise and prac-
tice should be made through the Inspeeling Field
Officers of Yeomanry and Volunteers to the Board.
of Ordnance annually. Ammunition for service
should be drawn, through the medium of the In.
speaing Field Officer, from the deubt under the or-
ders of the General Officer of the Diltrid.

The arms furnished by the Board of Ordnance
to Corps. of Volunteer infantry are as illow
Musquets complete with accoutrements ; drum.
niers' sword's; drums tvith sticks; spears fur ser.
leants.

The articles furnished to Volunteer Artillery by
the Board of Ordnance, are pikes, drummers'
swords, and drums with sticks:

Spears are allowed fur serjeants, and pikes to any
extent for accepted men not othei wise armed. •
The following allowances, in lieu of accoutre•,
ments, &c. where' required, may be obtained an ap.
plication by the Command:int of the Corps to the
Board of Ordnance :--tos. 63. per set in lieu of
accoutrements ; 35. each drummer's sword belt ;
23. each drum carriage.
Such Corps as have offered to serve free of ex.'
pence, and haVe been accepted on those terms,
can claim no allowance under these beads of service.

Every Officer; Nan.contmissioned Officer, Cur.
poral, Drummer, and Private Man, to take the
oath of allegance and fidelity to His Majesty, his
heirs and successors.
If the Commandant of a Corps should at any time
desire an augmentation in the establishment thereof,
or any alteration in the title of the Corps, or the
names or dates of commissions of the Officers, the
same must be transmitted through' the Lord Lieute.;
nant of the County, in order to the amendment be.,
ing submitted to His Majesty.
An effeCtive Members of Volunteer Corp.s and
Companies 'accepted by His Majesty, arc entitled
to the exemptions from ballot allowed by 42 Geo.
3. cap.. 66, and 43 Geo. 3. cap. 125, provided that
such persons are regularly returned in the muster
rolls to be sent in to the Lord Lieutenant or Clerk
of the General Meetings of his County, at the timer,
in the manner, anti certified upon honour by the Com.
manclant, in the firm prescribed by those Aets and
schedules 'thereto annexed.

The Monthly Returns should be transmitted to
the lnspeEting Field Officer orpointed to superin_
tend the Distritt in which the Corl►s is situated*
and to the Secretary of State for the Hume Depart.
mcnt.