The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-29 00:00:00

THE ABVIZW.

The ram were called together in camp at 10.45, and,
heeded by the battalion bead, were marched to the
review ground to await the arrival of toe inspeetuog
°ffi°lll' While standing at ease in to. field • heavy
hailstorm came pouring dowu, giviug the men a
thorough good wetting, but it cleared up again as
Colonel Marshall, accompanied by hie nido-to-°•nip,
sad Major Mathias, arrived on the ground. lie wag
immediatell received with the general “lute, allot
which he rode round the lines t inspect the omen.
After this the mason put, un ler the c ,mmau 1 of
Lieut.-Camel Steward, took place ia dousle coins
psalm nod in qoarter a/ILIUM th ,se who Are
accustomed to see great aultary evolutions performed
; maid have been greatly imprem:d witn the way in
which them movements were done. It could not have
been posaitge for regularT t h .aarched peat in better
faros than the Daniel Volunteera Lioit -Coloael
Matthews was next called upon to put the men
through the manual exercise. Tci, we. one of the
principal Item. of the day. The 'lambing of bayonets'
an the eon, and the rattle of rifles as they were brought
to the ground with one aceord cells,' forth the applause
of the speotators, who must have numbered something
like four or five thousand. The sky haring the appear-
ance of another storm, the mom were marched hack
to the °thaws' ground, where they wore ad immoral by
Colonel Mansfield., who said : Lieutenant-Colonel
Steward, ofiloers and men of the Dorset Volauteers.—
I am sure you will all setae's' it • gra At honour in
being eon:mended to-day by your Colouel. Hon.
Colonel Mensal, and you feel very pdased to see him
Isere. With regard to the beguile ,c, I most tell you
that you are stronger in numbers on paper than you
ever were, and in the Sold this in 'ruing yos muttered
stronger than ia former yearc. Your drill was very
well Indeed, especially your manual executes and
meshing past, which wss creditably p.:rf .rined, cou-
ntering the broken state of the ground. I diamissed
you 'to seer than I should have ion.', NIL I dad not
want you to get wet thr ugh, al I thug-it, another
Mary shower was ci mining on. Another thing I am
•ery pleased to see, and that is your coiduet in camp
he. been everything that c 'alai bo &wired, thsre not
baieg • single mita-. You me very fortunate iu having
such a good camping ;round. is feet I might say th
this lath, prettieat spot in Esglana I It tee ever men.
You have plenty of water, b salt and ire-h, out
rather • little too much of the latter to-day. I shall
have very great pleasure in forwarding • g ad report
of you to the proper authorities.
It was now the turn of the "theme to take out of
the hands of the people of Swaame the hospitality
they had shown, and dispense a little of It to the
dire of the neighbourh mci. Cadets were Nailed br •
cld lunoheon to take place at two o'clock la the
officers' mem teat, and ennething like five hundred
re:aoudad to the invitati .a. The Battalion Band
played • selection of music .lacing the time. The
proceeding, of the whole day were cooaiderably mane,'
by intermittent ahowen of rain. We must not forget
to mention that • great help was afforded Bandmaster
Steven. and his men by Ba...linester Holt, of the
Swanage Band, who kindly play.d on the beach and
In the camp during the intervals the Volunteer Bend
took during the day, thus providing no intoesmat
strain of music the whole day.
Sports were the next item of importance, which
took place in the drill ground. These conisted of
high jump, sprint ream, tug of war, uOiering rats,.
three-legged race, and heavy marching order. Tney
were very sucomsfully cards! out under Major Benett
Stanford and Lieutenant Andrews, and were brought
t • conclusion about 4.30.

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The next thin for Vie visitors to see was the home
racing, which took place udoir the sande. These were,
unfortunately, accompanied by an mei lent, the only
one, we believe, wtel.-h happened during the whole
week. It appear. that.luring oils of the race' a w moo
blti"cillag to Sweneji ot in the couree, and am
knocked down, imataiui 4 concussion .4 the brain ; she
is still lying in a very pr carious erudition, but otron;
hopes me entertained of her roc ivory. Daring the
evening several amusing incidents were entered into
by the members of diff re.t corp., notably that of the
Poole Company, who had one of their men dressed up
with their blanket., so si to represent • bear. The
transformation was splint ill, and the author, performed
by " the bear " so he was accompanied roani the
camp with • las ling roper .uad his neck sad • barrel
organ was m very real as to frighten the juvenile
portion of the visitors. But the principal charaoter of
the whole week, and who boa kept the whole battali
In one continuous roar of laughter, has been Kurnel
&Me." Ills drilling of inn soil hi. imitation of
the different offfoer• hae beel re igolic 1 all over the
camp. To aid to the general to.joytutiot he organised
on Friday what he was plemed t • Li.. tho Canteen
Band, which wee onopmed of various tin wilt.' les an tin
pans an I water buckets t aaaaa a, d. 11111.. CroW le of
people following the same about, as they were halte I
and put through the evolutions of c sateen dill.
Having exerted himaell s muoh to please overyb
itehould not be wondered that several officers expreme I
their opinions that they looped he would never leave
the oorps which he belonged to.

About 0 p.m. several ladies mad goutlonted ware soda
wending their way to the If twirlers' lostiiute iu &mower
to an iovitstion to at.teni th uflioerie 6.11. which wee
attended by .but O. the or ang,Asit'oi being
adbir-
ably cstris I out under Cop:ain W &Lt.. A capitol
little string band wat pr ivi led h.. Banda:meter
Storms, who perfortual soma of tile latest danur
music.

There is one thing we had forgotteo to mention in
our reports, and that I. that W. Cock-ell, f Hirt.
street, Swatlaze, ha. ha.l the e, rvlng .11 the •.3t.11 .d
111..' The bread served it hst•nli-u hut h. ti
splendid, in feat, several member , hot • •LI if it teed
got been home-made from s ,me (co', li. i,, to be
eongrAtulatA on pro•idlog snots breath en as not to
merit a single c.noplaint throughout the whole samp.

tiaTUIDAY.

This morning must have proved the I • ait enjoyable
of all, rut nothing was left the men ate but to pack
'lp sad tot retort) to their V4i.ollt h n a an I dati
l'ne reveille was sounds i at 4.41, 44 i Ida .Itas had to
uestly folded up aud returne I to .t ore at
Breakfast having been serve I, the men VIM, formed up
at 8.0 am, and sdirecaol by Lieut.-Co.. Steword,
who said :—Offloere and Ifen,—We have Fad pante I
through another week, and I mutt c ongratulate you
upon yoar good conduct during tit. whole time. Your
drill asel your attention t ,luties ht.o t. very good.
But turning from ourrelvee, I moat publicly thank
those gentlemen who so kindly provided waggons to
carry our luggage from Wareham, an.l to the pier ;
ci', I mug thank the steamboat conpar.y f,r their
groat Wainer la plating at our dlspoeti thrir splenolid
.t tamer., so as t. prevent us having that very t ;Mous
k back to Wareham ; there I, also B tntimaster
Stevens and Ms men, who I mint thank f .r providong
us with mach • good entertainment duro.g the weak •
theft, it Q isotarm aster Cross mod his t
11•1 t i..1)(01, for ha 1 it at been for t•.eir a Imitable
arrencemente weahould have fared very I.elly . • lamp 'c.
tor Teltham and his men I mum also thank ler the
great attention they have beitowed for the protection
of pr peaty of the camp: the Pool* C onpiny we arc
also very thankful to for pitching sad strikiag our
tent.. This we were very glad to see after our long
match of llooday last. I most n ter wish you good
1,9, mil hops you will return to your various duties
ben,fitted by your week's drill.—The EWA-
I i to, having formed four., w, r naarobed
to the pier, where they were embarked upon the Lord
Elgin and the Empress. As the former 4,0411141. IVY
a tin.; out of the bay the baud played "Auld Lang
Syne." Arriving at Poole the tirtt continge.it were
kept amities for the second steamer, when thy were
mamba' te fLamwortity station, an I entrained for
their diliereot stations.
To much praise c tnnot be best twod upon Mao
Adjutant, Captain Le Stamboul, wh 100 leblanel
very bard to bring his mon to • prrto t elate of
efficiency.

lisoduseater Stever's hushes worked rely hard, and
meldsring he does not meet hall his useu but ,esee is
a twelveaeouth, hi is to be complinienta I oa the way
the bend ham played during the week.

N 'thing is left now but for us to wish the Dorset
Voltsotosrs every nooses, and hope that next year
they will turn up in even stronger numbers than they
lave this iim.

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