The regulations said of volunteers,'At their coming on board they may be supplied by slop clothes, but the value thereof must be deducted out of the said two months advance.' However not all Volunteers had volunteered willingly, frequently a man taken by the Press Gang would be offered the chance to volunteer and so receive the bounty, he would then be entered on the ships muster book as V instead of P for pressed.
Imithetho yamavolotiya yayisithi, 'ekukhweleni kwawo enqanaweni anganikwa impahla etshiphu, kodwa ixabiso layo kwakufanele litsalwe kule mali ayinikiweyo yeenyanga ezimbini ngaphambili'. Nangona kunjalo, asingawo onke amavolontiya avolontiya ngokuzithandela, indoda yayidla ngokuthathwa liQela loCinezelo ize inikwe ithuba lokuvolontiya kwaye ifumane isisa sokuyikhuthaza ukuba ivolontiye, emva koko ibhaliswe kwincwadi njengeyamkelekileyo njengo-V endaweni ka-P wocinezelo.