The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

THE RAILWAY NANAGEMENy Al TEE
REVIEW.VOLUNTEER izvir.

The folloeriag letter appeared in Bditarday's

Dimea
do not metare to hope that a voice from
Donetabire will be weir effective, yet it will be a relief
to hundreds who suffered Go the 17th of September from
railway miessawagement, it you sill insert the following
groan. On that day a review of volunteer artillery and
riflemen took plate at Wove-nab. Everything pros-
pered. The weetber was perfect. The naval authorities
worked beartilf with the Volneteers, who tried to do
icailor. flocked into
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which cannot be owl:sailed, feasted above a thousand
of those who had taken part In the review. Universal
merriment and good order prevailed. Sat spectators
and Volunteers meat needs at last leave even the
hoepitalltim of Weymouth. It seems hardly credible,
but I believe it to be fact, that to facilitate the de-
parture of the crowds absolutely no regulations were
made, no precautions adopted by the railway authorities
One "excursion train," at 9 o'clock, from each of the two
amalgamated railway stations, gave the only possibility of
departure. At the stations there were no barriers, no
visible officials to direct, no carriages allotted to troops,
no limitation of numbers allowed on the platform—no
care, in short, of the oommonest kind seemed to be
exercised, at least on the side where, with mzeccx-
panione, I suffered. The whole place speedily
one seething mass of man (armed and unarmed), women,
children, babies, and serlsical instruments. The Volun-
teer*, instead of having a lemon of discipline and order,
could only learn the Maxim, "Sauce qui pa 4." One
can laugh now at the awful Jam; but the least
"ha Ill-
humourrivoriusos"moe""ir mpnnenrcylc"m"Luustponhi sua""sveif PbtmdlhyeyouuledarrerafireinmvaainytniFdPtc"nbiatmmatic"ayyt
accident arising from culpable negligence would touch
their pocket.; and it they reflect that of the hundreds
wha were die:rusted, like myself, many a one will register
the same vow as I do, that nothing shall induce me
again to run the risk oif the like discomfort and danger
on the peecant railways,—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, &W ASS.

In reply the following letter haa bean seat to
Vie Tiesea:—

filir,—Late lad evening my eye dropped upon a letter
in that day'. Tines signed "Squash," and were it not that
others who have no means of knowing what the railway
arrangementa were, might be misled by it, I should
certainly have taken no notice of It; bet as clear and
definite arrangements were made, and as far all practic-
able oarried out, I have only to say that it is very much
easier to find fault and write to Vie Tinges, than to
manage some several thousand people who have been all
day enjoying themelves, and brought by torch light
procession and bands of music into a spasm really not
capable of holding one-eighth pert of that nuotber at
one and the some time, aed although gees in several
different directions, gaped all to get away at
the same moment. Common sense told the greeter part
of the offloere and volunteers that this was impossible,
and they waited patiently and good humonredly until
their turn came. The crowds of people on the platform.
was so great that &lithe trains when empty and full bad
to be moved with the greatest ears to avoid accident,
and it was no smell achievement and satisfaction to those
who had the responsibility of the work, that note
lanais person, so faros my knowledge goes, received a
scratch or was sent wrong. Your inarirtiOn of this letter
in your nest impression will oblige, your obedient
servant, UN STATION MAITZI, Way mouth.