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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66

Volunteers

Volunteers.

The various branches of the Volunteer Force on the 30th June, 1885, had a total strength of 9,511 officers and men, including page 98 1,592 cadets, belonging to 154 corps. The totals of each branch of the service were as follow :—
Garrison Corps.
Corps. Strength.
Cavalry 9 537
Mounted Infantry 2 78
Naval Artillery 18 1,169
Artillery 13 835
Engineers 3 166
Rifles 40 2,793
Cadets 24 1,592
Country Corps.
33 1,648
Honorary Corps.
12 693

In October, 1881, when it was decided to advance against Te Whiti at Parihaka, the Districts of Auckland, Nelson, Marlborough, Wellington, and Canterbury were called upon for volunteers for active service, and readily afforded a contingent of 64 officers and 1,048 men, while hundreds were anxious to go whose services were not accepted. The campaign was, however, only demonstrative, as the Maoris suffered themselves to be taken into custody without offering resistance; but the officer commanding the forces recorded his high appreciation of the exemplary and soldierlike manner in which the whole force behaved under the circumstances.