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WARRANTS, REGULATIONS, ETC.
1682
THE VOLUNTEEII OFFICERS'
VICTORIA, R.
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen,
Defender of tlie Faith, to all to whom these
presents shall come. Greeting 1
Whereas it is our Royal Desire to reward
the long and meritorious services of Officers
of proved capacity in Our Volunteer Force ;
Now for the purpose of attaining this end. We
have instituted, constituted and created, and by
these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
do institute, constitute and create a new Decora-
tion which We are desirous should be highly
prized by the Officers of Our Volunteer Force ;
and We are graciously pleased to make, ordain
and establish the following rules and ordinances
for the government of the same, which shall
from henceforth be observed and kept : —
Firstly. — It is ordained that the Decoration
shall be styled and designated " The Volunteer
Offtcers' Decoration," and shall consist of an Oak
Wreath in silver tied with gold, having in the
csntre the Royal Cipher and Cro^^Ti in gold.
Secondly. — It is ordained that the Decoration
shall be suspended from the left breast by a
green riband of one inch and a half in width
from a silver Oak bar-brooch.
Thirdly. — It is ordained that the Decoration
may be worn by Us, Our Heirs and Successors,
Kings and Queens Regnant of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and it
shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and
Successors, to confer tlie Decoration upon any
of the Princes of the Royal Family of Great
Britain and Ireland.
Fourthly. — It is ordained that no person shall
be eligible for this Decoration nor be nominated
thereto unless he is or was a Commissioned
Officer and has served twenty years in Our
Volunteer Force* — is recommended by the Com-
manding Officer of the Corps in which he has
served — and is duly certified by the District
Military Authorities in which the Corps is located,
as having been an efficient and thoroughly
capable Officer, in every way deserving of such
a decoration ; Provided nevertheless and We do
hereby declare that half of any time during
which an Officer of Our Volunteer Force may
have served in the ranks of Our said Force shall
reckon as qualifying service towards the twenty
years required as aforesaid.
Fifthly. — It is ordained that the names of those
upon whom We may be pleased to confer the
Decoration shall be published in the London
Gazette, and a registry thereof kept in the office
of Our Principal Secretary of State for War.
Sixthly. — In order to make such additional pro-
vision as shall effectually preserve pure this
most honourable distinction, it is ordained, that
if any person on whom it shall be conferred be
convicted of any act derogatory to his honour
as an Officer and gentleman, his name shall forth-
with be erased from the registry of individuals
upon whom the said Decoration shall have been
conferred, by an Order from Us under Our
Royal Sign Manual ; and a notification thereof
shall be duly published in the London Gazette.
Lastly. — We reserve to Ourselves, Our Heirs and
Successors, full power of annulling, altering,
abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dis-
pensing with these regulations, or any part
thereof, by a Notification under Our Royal Sign
Manual.
Given at Our Court at Osborne, the twenty-
fifth day of July, in the fifty-sixth year of
Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
By Her Majesty's Command,
EDWARD STANHOPE.
GEORGE, R.I.
Gborgb The Fifth, by the Grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas,
King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to
all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting 1
Whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, by
a Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual dated
the twenty-fifth day of July one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two, did create a Decoration
to be styled and designated " The Volunteer
Officers' Decoration," reserving to Herself, Her
Heirs and Successors full power of annulling,
altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or
dispensing with the regulations or any part
thereof contained in the said Warrant for the
government of the Decoration by a notification
under Royal Sign Manual :
And whereas We are desirous that those upon
■whom the said Decoration has been or may be
conferred shall be entitled to the addition
their names of the letters V.D. :
after
Now therefore We do by these Presents for
Us, Our Heirs and Successors, make, ordain and
establish the following additional Rule and
Ordinance : —
It is ordained that The Volunteer Officers'
Decoration shall not confer any individual
precedence but shall entitle the recipient to the
addition after his name of the letters V.D.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's this ninth
day of May one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-flve in the sixteenth year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command,
L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS.
"Byan order under the Royal Sign Manual, dated Utll Nove'aber, 1914. it is ordained "the .tervice of Army Volunteer Officers,
Non-Coii'inis-iioned Officers, and Men. who later in their career join the N^val Volunteers, Jiiay, it recommended by the First Sea Lord
of the Admiralty, reckon towards the period of twenty years' service qualifying for the grant of the Volunteer Officers' decorations
lor ^ olunteer Long Service Medal ; and that service in the Naval Volunteers may similarly count in tti^ case of those Hubaequeaily
joining tlie Army Volunteers."