Of Three Years or upwards, but less than Ten Years, Five
Shillings per Diem;

Of less than Three Years, Four Shillings per Diem :

To every Surgeon who has been appointed Surgeon since his Corps was disembodied, but who at the Time of the last disembodying thereof was serving with the Commission of Surgeon's Mate or Assistant Surgeon, and had served with such Commission up to that Time uninterruptedly such a Period as shall have included a Service in the Embodied Militia,

Of Ten Years or upwards, Five Shillings per Diem;

Of Three Years or upwards, but less than Ten Years, Four
Shillings per Diem;

Of less than Three Years, Three Shillings and Sixpence per
Diem:

masters.

To every Quartermaster who at the Time of the last disembodying Quarter-
of his Corps was serving with the Appointment of Quartermas-
ter, and had served up to that Time uninterruptedly with such
Appointment such a Period as shall have included a Service in
the Embodied Militia,

Of Ten Years or upwards, Five Shillings per Diem;

Of Three Years or upwards, but under Ten Years, Three
Shillings and Sixpence per Diem;

Of less than Three Years, Three Shillings per Diem:

To every Quartermaster who has been appointed Quartermaster
since his Corps was disembodied, but who at the Time of the
last disembodying thereof was serving with the Commission of
Lieutenant, Two Shillings and Sixpence per Diem;

With the Commission of Ensign, Two Shillings per Diem;
With the Rank of Serjeant, having served Ten Years in the
Embodied Militia as a Non-commissioned Officer, Two Shil-
lings per Diem:

Provided always, that such Allowances shall not be received for
the Days during which the Corps to which the Officers belong
shall be assembled for Training and Exercise.

X. And be it further enacted, That every Paymaster, Surgeon, and Quartermaster of Militia, who shall claim under the Authority of this Act to receive any Part of the said Allowances, shall, previous to receiving the same, and in order to entitle himself thereto, take and subscribe an Oath before some One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in the United Kingdom, or before some One of His Majesty's Ministers, Secretaries of Embassy or of Legation, or Consuls Abroad, in the Words or to the Effect following; (videlicet,)

I

Oath to be taken by Offi cers claiming Allowances.

A. B. do swear, That I was serving as [Paymaster, Surgeon, Form of Oath.
or Quartermaster, as the Case may be,] in the

' of Militia, at the Reduction of the Staff of the said Militia in
One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine; and that I was
not in Holy Orders during any Part of the Period for which I
now claim to receive an Allowance, that is to say, from the
Day of
One thousand eight hundred
to the
Day of

' and

'thousand eight hundred and

One ; and that I did not hold

or enjoy, nor did any Person for me hold or enjoy, during any

Part

Part of the said Period, any Place, Office, or Employment of • Profit, Civil or Military, under the Crown or any other Government, besides the Allowance of

except my Half Pay as a

a Day, now claimed, [of the Army or Navy or

Marines, or of a Provisional Battalion formed from the Militia, as the Case may be,] and except my Pay and Allowances from

to the

• the
' which Period the
' and Exercise.

both Days inclusive, during Militia was assembled for Training So help me GOD.'

Which Oath, so taken and subscribed, shall be produced to the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces by the Paymaster, Surgeon, or Quartermaster claiming the Allowance: Provided always, that any Paymaster receiving Pay in the Disembodied Militia previous to such Reduction as aforesaid, and being on Naval or Military Half Pay, or entitled to any Allowance as having served in any of His Majesty's Regular Forces, or Navy or Marines, shall, notwithstanding such Militia Pay, be entitled to receive such Half Pay or Allowance: Provided always, that the Fact of his receiving such Militia Pay shall be stated in the Affidavit to be made by him for the said Half Pay or Allowance.

XI. And Whereas all the Corporals, and a Proportion of the 'Drummers of the Militia of the United Kingdom of Great Bri'tain and Ireland, are, in pursuance of the Provision of an Act 'passed during the present Session, to be discontinued and struck 'off the Establishment of the Disembodied Staff;' Be it further Out-Pension to enacted, That such of the Corporals and Drummers, so discon

Reduced Cor.

porals and

Drummers.

Subalterns and
Surgeons
Mates, &c. to

attend the an

tinued, as were serving as Corporals or Drummers at the Time of the last disembodying of their Corps, and have continued to serve in the Disembodied Staff from that Time to the present, who, reckoning their previous Service in any or all of the Ranks of Noncommissioned Officer, Drummer, or Private, have in the Whole completed Twenty Years uninterrupted Service, shall be placed on the Out-Pension of Five-pence a Day, although they should not be unfit for further Service; any Thing in any Act or Acts to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that such Corporals and Drummers shall have served the Period of Twenty Years after the Age of Eighteen, excepting the Cases in which the Individuals were serving as Drummers previous to the Age of Eighteen, in which Cases it shall be lawful to reckon the Twenty Years Service after the Age of Sixteen: Provided always, that the Provisions herein made in respect of Drummers shall be deemed to apply to Fifers: Provided always, that no Corporal, Drummer, or Fifer, to whom the Pension of Five-pence per Diem shall be granted in pursuance of this Act, shall be entitled to receive the said Pension for any Period during which he shall be serving in the Militia.

XII. And be it further enacted, That every Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Mate, and Assistant Surgeon of the Militia, who shall be entitled or claim to be entitled to the Benefits of this Act, shall regularly attend the nual Exercise, annual Exercise and Training of the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps to which he belongs, during the Whole of the Time it shall be assembled for that Purpose, and shall during the said Time punctually do and perform his Duty as a Paymaster, Surgeon, Quarter

&c.

master,

master, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon of such Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, on pain of forfeiting the said Allowance, as well as the Rest of his Pay, and every Part thereof, which may be due for the current Year in which he shall neglect or refuse to attend; and a Certificate of his having so attended and performed his Duty, signed by the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps to which he may belong, shall be transmitted to the Paymaster General by the Officer claiming the Allowance: Provided always, that in case any such Pay- Commanding master, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Officer may Mate, or Assistant Surgeon, claiming to be entitled to such Allow- grant Leave of ance, shall by his Commanding Officer be permitted or suffered, Absence. for any special Cause or unavoidable Necessity, to be absent during the Whole or any Part of such annual Exercise, for which Purpose it shall be lawful for such Commanding Officer to grant such Leave of Absence, then and in such Case it shall be lawful for such Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon, who may be so permitted to be absent, and have such Leave in Writing, to demand and receive the said Allowance and every Part thereof, in like Manner as if he had attended during the Whole of the said annual Exercise: Provided always, that the Reason for such Absence, as well as the Duration thereof, shall be carefully and truly specified in a Certificate (in lieu of that before mentioned), to be signed by the Commanding Officer, and to be furnished as soon as conveniently may be to the Paymaster General.

XIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case any Regiment, Battalion, or Corps of Militia, after the disembodying thereof, and before the Time fixed for the Payment of the said Allowances, shall not be called out for the annual Exercise and Training thereof, every Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Mate, and Assistant Surgeon belonging to any such Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, and coming within the Description of this Act, who shall have taken and subscribed the Oath herein-before mentioned before any such Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the said Allowance as if he had regularly attended the annual Exercise and Training of such Regiment, Battalion, or Corps during the Whole of the Time by Law appointed for that Purpose, and as if a Certificate of such Attendance, signed by the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps, had been furnished.

If the Regiment be not called out before the Time fixed for the Payment, the Allowance shall be paid on taking the Oath, without Certificate of Attend

ance.

XIV. And be it further enacted, That upon such Oaths and Allowances to Certificates as aforesaid, or where any Regiment of Militia shall be paid quarnot have been called out to their annual Exercise as aforesaid, terly. upon the said Oaths being produced to the Officers acting as Paymasters of the respective Regiments, or to the Paymaster General, it shall be lawful for such Officers and for the Paymaster General, and they are hereby authorized and required, to pay to the said Subaltern Officers, Surgeons Mates, and Assistant Surgeons, according to their Commissions of Lieutenant, Ensign, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon, their respective Allowances above mentioned, for Three Months, or other proper Period, on the Twenty-fourth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and the other Proportions of the same, as also the Al

lowances

On Neglect of
Attendance,
Subalterns, &c.
shall forfeit their

Claim to the
Allowance.

Supernumerary Lieutenants, &c. succeeding to Vacancies, shall be entitled to the Pay and Allowances

under this Act.

Allowance not

the Militia is embodied.

lowances to the Reduced Paymasters, Surgeons, and Quartermasters, for the Periods ending on the Twenty-fourth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, the Twenty-fourth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and the Twenty-fourth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty, without any Deduction whatsoever; the Oaths and Certificates before mentioned to be by them preserved and produced as Vouchers for the Payments.

XV. And be it further enacted, That the Paymasters, Surgeons, Quartermasters, Subaltern Officers, Surgeons Mates, and Assistant Surgeons of the Militia, entitled or claiming to be entitled to the Benefits of this Act, shall at all Times be liable to serve in the respective Regiments, Battalions, or Corps to which they belong, whenever the same shall be embodied and called out upon active Service; and in case of Neglect or Refusal to attend when called upon at such Times or for such Occasions as may be required of them in pursuance of the Laws now in Force respecting the Militia when disembodied, each and every such Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Mate, and Assistant Surgeon, shall, on such Neglect or Refusal being certified to the Secretary at War, and, in respect of the Militia of Great Britain, to the Lord Lieutenant of the County, by the Colonel or other Commandant of the Regiment, Battalion, or Corps to which such Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon shall belong, forfeit his Claims to the said Allowance and every Part thereof, and shall also be considered as having resigned and vacated his Commission to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.

XVI. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Supernumerary Lieutenant, Ensign, or Assistant Surgeon of any Regiment of Militia in Ireland, which shall have been augmented during War, and which shall have been reduced to its original Establishment, shall have succeeded or shall succeed to any Vacancy which shall have occurred or shall occur in any such Regiment respectively, such Lieutenant, Ensign, or Assistant Surgeon shall, from the Time of his so succeeding, be entitled to such Pay and Allowances under this Act, and in like Manner, and to the like Amount, and under the like Restrictions and Regulations, as any Lieutenant, Ensign, or Assistant Surgeon who shall have been serving on the original Establishment of such Regiment at the Time of the disembodying thereof; and such Lieutenant, Ensign, or Assistant Surgeon so succeeding shall be deemed to have belonged to such Regiment when the same was disembodied, and to have continued to have served therein from that Time, and shall in all Respects from and after his so succeeding be subject to the Regulations in this Act contained with respect to any Lieutenant, Ensign, or Assistant Surgeon of the said Militia who shall claim and receive the Pay and Allowances under this Act.

XVII. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act conto be paid while tained shall extend or be construed to extend to entitle any Paymaster, Surgeon, Quartermaster, Subaltern Officer, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon as aforesaid, to the said Allowance, or any Part thereof, during the Time the Militia to which he belongs shall be embodied or ordered out on actual Service.

XVIII. Pro

XVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That any Person being on Naval or Military Half Pay, or being entitled to any Allowance as having served in any of His Majesty's Forces or Navy or Marines, and serving in the Militia, shall and may and he is hereby empowered to receive and take the Pay and Allow ances by this Act directed to be paid to the Field Officers, Captains, Lieutenants, Ensigns, Adjutants, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Assistant Surgeons, when assembled for annual Training; and the receiving and taking any such Pay and Allowances by any such Field Officer, Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign, Adjutant, Quartermaster, Surgeon, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon, shall not prevent such Person on Half Pay, or being entitled to any such Allowance, from receiving his Half Pay or such Allowance: Provided always, that such Person shall, in the Oath to be taken for the Receipt of the Half Pay or such Allowance, declare that he has received or is entitled to such Militia Pay and Allowances, and shall specify the Militia Rank which entitles him to the same.

XIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Adjutant, Quartermaster, Non-commissioned Officer, Drummer, or Private Man in the Regular Militia, entitled to receive any Chelsea or Kilmainham Pension or Allowance on account of Service in the Regular Army, shall forfeit or lose his Right to the same by reason of his serving and receiving Pay in the Regular Militia; nor shall any Quartermaster, Subaltern, Surgeon's Mate, or Assistant Surgeon, forfeit or lose his Right to receive any such Chelsea or Kilmainham Pension or Allowance by reason of his receiving the Allowance by this Act granted to him when disembodied.

XX. And be it further enacted, That there shall be granted Allowance to be for each Regiment of Regular Militia, when disembodied, a Sum made for Mediof Money after the Rate of One Guinea for every One hundred eines. Men of each such Regiment, for the Expence of necessary Medicines for the sick Non-commissioned Officers, Drummers, Fifers, and Private Men of such Regiment, during the Period or Periods of Assembly for annual Exercise or Training; and also an Allowance of Two-pence per Week for each of the Non-commissioned Officers and Drummers of each Regiment on the Disembodied Staff at Head Quarters, for the Expence of necessary Medicines and Attendance given to the said Non-commissioned Officers and Drummers, while such Regiment is not called out for annual Training and Exercise.

XXI. And be it further enacted, That every Adjutant of Regular Militia who shall have been appointed as such before the Twenty-fourth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and who shall have served faithfully, either in His Majesty's Regular Forces, or in the Regular or Local Militia, for the full Term of Twenty Years in the Whole, whereof Ten shall have been in Service as an Adjutant of Regular Militia, who shall have been or shall be by Age or Infirmity rendered unfit for further Service, shall, on producing to the Secretary at War a Certificate of such Service of Twenty Years as aforesaid from the Commanding Officers of the different Corps to which he shall have belonged, and upon obtaining an Order from the Secretary at War founded upon such Certificate, be entitled to receive, and the Paymaster

General,

Adjutants appointed before 24th Dec. 1814, entitled to receive, after a

Service of Twenty Years, if unfit for further Service, an Allowance of 8s. per Day;