The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-17 00:00:00

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lIID/CaL APPOIMILNY.—Wo are informed that Mr.
C. H. W. Parkinson Las been appointed as medical
offi der to No 2 Die riot of the Wimborne and Cranborne
Calory in the place of ldr. W. Druitt, reeigned.
Tug DMZ? VoLUN Mt its at WISIDOKNa.
There W.ll • battalioa drill at Wimboree on Wed.
n.sday kat for such ot the Dorset volunteers—claims
and men—who either could not or would not attend
the roe-lit camp in Hampshire. We believe the majority
of the absen tees ue in that category beeausethe exigencies
of their businesa or othor special circumstances prevented
them from participatin4 in the autumn manoeuvres,
and, therefore, that no slur should to out upon them
for such enforced absence ; nay, rather, that they
merit Commiseration bLeause their civilian environ•
in :eta made it impractioable for them to share in the
glories of Woolmor, on I Pronghorn, and Hog's Book
with their more fortunately situated eomrades.
In the matter of aeather the men who went
into Hampshire were more lucky than the stay at home
volunteers, for it was a dull showery day, and in the
: afternoon the rain pelted down with snch good will
, thst the C wag fain to shorten the drilL The oorps
on the South-Western line journiel to Wimborne by •
convenient train after breakfast, Colonel Mensal join-
ing at Wareham, and the Adjutant Captain Barrett,
meeting the men at Wimborne station. Here, save
that the presence of a hundred or more volunteers made
the place unusually lively, there was no demonstration.
" Nut a drain was heard, not a funeral note"—tbere
wain° band to play "See the oeuqueiing heroes wine,"
or, for the matter of that, any othdr tune that might
have been thou.:l3 more appropriate ; and, in
solemn silence, the ( iur corps marched to " the square,"
with Captain \Tient in command. Here the men were
dismissed for an hour and a half, pending the arrival
of the corpa by t4o SJmereet and Dorset line. At
11.30 they proceeded to the cricket field, and, when all
had assenihled, the battalion mustered as fellows :

Ssa74.—Licutonant-Colonel MAUSCi, Major Steward, Captain
at3l Adjut oit Rarrett, I Surgeon Rowe.
23 I(Wananan) —Seraesnts Drew, Churchill. neer, and
Iludden, 1 nergeant-ihstructor, 10 rank and file ; total, IS.
3rd (DORCHUTZII).—C ntr-STrgeant Gregory. Sergeants
Durden and Greening, Strgeantelnatructor Legg, and 21 rank
and tile ; total, 20.
Mt (Pt., re). .111,g1t.In 11. st, & eerivanto, I aorgaust-instrUc•
tor, and 20 rank and file; total, 27.
sth (Witsmount).—Captain Tisard. Lieutenant Arden, 1
sergeant, 1 drill-Instructor, and 37 rank and file ; total, 91.
11th (WlNDionsa).-5 sergeants, 1 sergeant-instructor, 23
rank and file; total 94.

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R.--2-2-; --Lent. Tanner, 1 sergeant. 1 sergeant-
instructor, and It rank and Ole ; total 17.
Sth (Iltima Yuan) Johna, pergeanhn Green and Cream,
1 sergeant:lnstructor, 10 rank and Ale ; total 14.
9th (Sukatkaatra7). -3 mrgeanta and 16 rank and Ill.; total
19.
10th (STMolikirlia).—Eaalgn Daahatood, 2 sergeants, 1
mirkeaut-inalruator, and 6 men; total 10.
11th (Citu.muump.—Captaln Prearne, Lleutenaut Kainoa, 3
mrtmants, 1 mrarant•m-tr.tur, 11 rank and file; total 16.
12th (Salimmuas) —4 sergeant., 1 sorgaant-Inatructor, 15
rank and file; total 2).
TLo battalion was equalisel into four companies of
about fifty rank aml file, and for an hour and a half
was exercised in line and column movements, with
various formations and deploymenta. There wan a
great look of company officers, and between those who
wtre present and the men there was not that reciprocal
cull ioneefamillatity alone eonfers.and which is necessary
to smart drill. Skirmishing was the exorcise of the
afternoon. At the close the Colonel said they heti not
done so well as ho exieoted, and during the winter
Tomtits there must be organised 'goad and company
drills. Thera was no roman why this section of th•
battalion should not bo like that he bad at Woolmer.