When the Volunteers are not of sufficient strength at any port to form a Brigade, the batteries enrolled on a part of the coast formed into a district, will be formed into a Brigade, and will be called a District Brigade.
The object of this organization is to unite separate batteries under one head, to secure uniformity among them, and to afford them the advantage of an Officer Instructor.
PRECEDENCE AND COMMAND.
Rank of the Force.
13. The "Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer Force" takes precedence immediately after the "Royal Naval Volunteers" established by the Act of 1859.
Precedence of Brigades.
14. The relative precedence of the Brigades forming the Force is determined by the date on which they were first severally established.
Precedence of Corps.
15. The relative precedence of Corps is determined by the date on which the Secretary of the Admiralty has first received a letter offering the services of the Corps.
Precedence of Officers with others.