Excerpt from Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition of the Volunteer Force in Great Britain, 1862: Together With the Appendix Is Adjutant of the City of London Rifle Volunteer Brigade, consisting of men, 1364, 1365. A paid quartermaster should be appointed to the London corps generally, who would have charge over transit, com missariat, ammunition, armour-y, and camp duties, 1366, 1367 - 1397. The balance in hand at present is over 2, o00l., 1370, 1371. Apprehends a falling off in the subscriptions and donations, 1372 - 1379. The expense of the band is 600l. A year, the total annual expenditure for the last 3 years averages s, oouz., derived from subscriptions and donations, 1380 - 1385, 1389 - 1393. The want of officers in his corps is not caused by the expenses to which they are liable, 1402. Receives 2002. A year from the corps, 1412. Extra pay is given to four drill instructors, 1417. Their Government pay is not sufficient, 1427. The corps has fallen of nearly one-fourth, partly on account of the ex penses and late hours, 1439 - 1441, 1462 - 1467. There is a secretary to the corps with a salary of 1201. Per annum, 1445 - 1448. Musters 400 to 600 men on field days, 1459. Commands the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteer Corps of two battalions, the largest corps in London, 2106, The pay of adjutants should be increased so as to put them on the same footing as those in the militia, 2108 - 2111. His adjutant receives 501. Out of the funds, 2112, 2113. When he had a vacancy, received innumerable applications for it, 2115. The Government pay allowed to serjeants is sufficient, 2117. They get fees for looking after the arms, &c., 2118. The mini mum number of a company in towns Should be 110, 2119 - 2125. Government assistance is necessary to main tain the volunteer force in its present condition, 2126 2151. A minimum grant of 11. A head should be given through the commanding officer on the guarantee of a cer tain number of attendances at drill, and applied entirely at his discretion, 2127 - 2131, 2151. Would spend such a sum in obtaining a larger range and knapsacks and de fraying travelling expenses to drills, &c., 2132 - 2135. Thinks efficient adjutants cannot be obtained for the present pay, 2138, 2139. The annual subscription is there is great and increasing difficulty in getting it paid, 2140 - 2142. The attendance is not so good as last year, as the men think they know their drill, 2145, 2146. Early field-days lead to that belief, 2147. Field-days should be held at the close of the season, 2149, 2150. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.