Regulations regarding the Pioneers of Regiments of Infantry being furnished with proper Tools and Appointments. The Colonels of Regiments of Infantry, both Regulars and Militia, are responsible to have the Tools and Appointments of the Pioneers of their respective Regiments at all times in a complete and serviceable State, and no Battalion is considered fit for Service, unless the Pioneers are completely equipped. The Pioneer Appointments are required to be made of the best Materials, and in strict conformity to the Patterns which are deposited (with the Patterns of Clothing and Appointments of the Army), at No. 19, Great George-street, Westminster. The following is a List of the Appointments for the Pioneers of a Battalion of Infantry. For 1 Corporal and 10 Privates. 8 Spades with Cases and Belts 3 Broad Axes with Cases 3 Saws with Cases and Belts Distribution of the Implements to be carried by the Pioneers of a Battalion, in Addition to their Arms and Accoutrements. Regulations regarding the Application for Arms. All Applications for Arms for the use of Regiments For Regiments at Home are to be made to the Commander in Chief at Home. through the Adjutant-General. In making Application for Supplies of Arms, it is necessary that a Return should be transmitted (according to a Form which has been prescribed) showing the Number of Arms in possession of the Corps, distinguishing the number Serviceable and Unserviceable; the causes of the State of those which are deemed Unserviceable, and the Periods at which they were received; and likewise the causes of any Deficiency which may exist:-A Duplicate of this Return must be transmitted to the Regimental Agents, who, as soon as the Adjutant-General shall have made the necessary Communication to the Board of Ordnance, must apply to the Office of Ordnance for the delivery of such Portion of Arms as may be required for the effective strength of the Corps. Applications for Arms for Regiments abroad are For Regiments to be made to the General Officer Commanding on abroad. the Station, cles supplied to Regiments by The Articles, which are issued from the Ordnance Period of DuDepartment, and which are enumerated in the State- ration of Artiment annexed, are expected to be kept in a fit state for Service for Twelve Years, with the exception of Trumpets and Bugles, which are expected to be kept in a fit state for Service for Six Years :-In the event the Ordnance Department. of any Articles becoming Unserviceable in less than the Periods above prescribed, the causes, to which their Unserviceable State is to be attributed, must be specially reported. The Commanding Officers of Regiments are responsible that all Cases and Boxes conveying Arms or other Ordnance Stores are (as soon as they can be dispensed with) carefully made over to the Officers Commanding the nearest Ordnance Depôts, who will give receipts for the same; and, with a view of preventing any unnecessary expence in the Carriage of such Military Packages, the Commanding Officers of Regiments, having Articles of that description to deliver into the Ordnance Stores, are to make application to the Commanding Officers of Artillery, who are instructed by the Master-General and Board of Ordnance to afford every possible facility in conveying auch Packages from the Stations of Regiments to the Ordnance Depôts. STATEMENT |