Honorary Chaplain and Surgeon.
28. The appointments of an Honorary Chaplain and Staff-Surgeon to a Brigade are allowed at the discretion of the Admiralty.
Honorary appointments when to cease.
29. The appointments of all Honorary Officers will cease whenever the Force is called out for actual service, unless the Admiralty shall see fit to accept the services of any such Officers who may volunteer for active service.
Precedence of Honorary Officers.
30. No Officer holding an honorary commission can, in virtue of it, take precedence of any Officer holding a substantive commission of the same rank.
Officers to possess a knowledge of duties, &c.
31. Every Officer is required to possess a competent knowledge of his duties, and to give a proper attendance at the drills of his Corps.
Any Officer who does not attend the number of drills prescribed for the enrolled Volunteers of his Corps, to qualify them for certificates of efficiency, will not be allowed to retain his commission unless the Admiralty may see special reasons for a relaxation of this Regulation.