Volunteers
18.1 No unit may volunteer or be volunteered during the regular Summer campaign season, although the Field Marshal may be petitioned to substitute one regiment for another of the same type (infantry or cavalry). An NPC FM will make a substitution on a 7+, and will choose the petition rolling highest if there is more than one, and by greasy pole order for tied rolls. Once a substitution has been made it may not be changed or reversed until the following year.
18.2 The largest unit that can volunteer is a Brigade, the smallest is a Battalion or Squadron. Note that if the 1st battalion/squadron volunteers, then all PC subalterns and privates in that regt must go with it (except for subalterns with an acting command due to vacancies above them). Individuals can not be excused from accompanying their unit or transferred between squadrons or battalions. Someone who is on campaign will not return until the end of the season even if their seniority or new appointment gives them a different command. Any changes to acting commands resulting from such circumstances are held over until the end of the season. Example: There is a vacant major's position in a regiment so the senior captain, having acting command of the 3rd battalion, volunteers it for the front. While at the front another captain buys the major's position but will not take command of the battalion until it returns from campaign.
18.3 An NPC will volunteer his command, if requested, on a 8 for a Brigadier, a 7 for a Regimental Commander, or a 6 for a Battalion/Squadron commander. If the position of Brigadier is vacant for a particular brigade, then that unit can not be volunteered.
18.4 A Brigadier may volunteer his entire brigade (includes himself and his aide), or one or more regiments from the brigade (in which case they operate independently with no brigade command personnel). A Regt Commander may volunteer his entire regt or one or more battalions/squadrons of his regt.
18.5 The number of volunteer units at the frontier in a given season may not exceed a combination of one whole bde, or 3 regts, or 9 btns/sqns. If a greater number than this volunteer/are volunteered then priority goes to those units commanded by the highest ranking officer, followed by greasy pole order (PCs over NPCs). Units can not be recalled before the end of a season to keep volunteers within this limit.
18.6 Intentions and requests to volunteer must be submitted as press before the announcements deadline so that other characters have a chance to influence or veto such decisions. The Minister of War may veto the volunteering of an entire Brigade, the FM may veto the volunteering of any particular regiment, and the appropriate Inspector General (of infantry or cavalry) may veto the volunteering of a particular Battalion/Squadron. An NPC will order such a veto on a 7, if influenced.
18.7 A commander that volunteers a unit without announcing it beforehand, will have his orders successfully executed but will be subject to charges of a breach of military discipline.
18.8 Volunteered Bdes and Regts serve independently; individual Btns and Sqns are attached to a random Frontier Regt. These units use their normal regimental modifiers rather than those for a frontier regt, even if they are attached to a frontier regt.
18.9 Individuals may volunteer with a Frontier Regiment or the RNHB at any time in the season. They must serve until the end of the season, and cannot return before the season has ended. There is no limit on the number of individual volunteers.
