VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10139, 20 October 1894, Page 2

VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE.

CHIEF RECOMMENDATIONS.

[rER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, October 20. — It is understood that the chief recommendations at the Volunteer Conference arestrengthening the defences of Wellington and Lyttelton harbours ; arming of the forces with Martini-Henri rifles ; protection of the cable station ; total reserve of a million rounds of small ammunition at all lines at the five centres recommended in Col. Fox's report ; the Colonial -A_mmuriition Company to have the contract for a period of years to supply the small arms ammunition; all batteries of field artillery to be properly equipped ; that the field artillery is not to have issued to them either rifles or small arms ammunition, but to be drilled and equipped entirely within the limits of its own arm*; appointment of an officer to bo commander of the forces ; the adoption of a battalion system for rifle corps ; and a brigade system for navals ; naval artillery outside tho centres to be modified, and after three years to bo clothed in tho general uniform of voiunteors, to be looked on as rifle corps ; an amendment of the system of capitation ; all corps to bo allowed certain training annually in camp, with an allowance of Is Gd per day per man; increase of small arm ammunition allowance from 100 to 150 rounds; naval and garrison artillery of Imperial service; only bands at centres to bo recognised as garrison bands ; the grant to tho New Zealand Rifle Association to bo abolished and the money distributed amongst the various corps for prize money; the grant to Rifle Clubs also to bo discontinued; and more rigid enforcement of the regulations is urged.

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