The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-24 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY SUPPER.

List gatordsy &barn° an there was • capital muster of
• Vol miners at the Eastom Dull Ha:l, there being
urment —Mai ar Edo. Cao•ainil McL-an and Andrew.,
S.rsteaut-Majo Stone. Srratreut• J. S Moo. W. Wade,
W. L. Pearce, and Drill-Instructor Hay mad, with IS rank
•n
lOle, Bandmaster Miller, an 1 17 bend. Alter going
trough .god carbine drill, they marched down the htli
to the Roy. Victoria. where Mr. And Mrc. Hoctidon hod
Mid • capital hit aupmr, which beads the above, wee
attetult d by the Rev. A. A. Beeww, chaplaiu of the turf"
and Mr. P. Itti nolo*. Itus Moor mended. (aced by
Seraeaut•Misjor Stone.
Major Eldon ',marked there were teetutslers present
to the Cope, moor. lor whom he had the htgbeet r••i/SCI
atid adaitiaetton, and no reusinded them that " The Hilda
or ire QII i audottier WineL,,, *ill be Just as accept .bly
drunk, wouthrr drunk in Mat brown hada-looking duo r,
.4 lie watlf or glum.-1-1.0-or. (Applatite.) 'la. Moor con-
tinued he need modiy say the mat tosat. aspecaally as he
w. wl.lr. • .iug • body or loyal voluuteers. was the heelth
of her Mijoety the b ego. We here an Portland •
particular intrrest In hot- Majesty au hr Lou), or the
.• well .4 our Moot gr.l our S av•reagn. tong Wiry
et. reign over us. (Applause)
Tee n.,xt tout wee tom ot " If R. 11. the Prince of Wiles,
end the Priemee and tha first of tee Roy. Family." Tato
So twit unknown to U. weri.i.•lly, tor not once or t •ic I
Ilaed U.K U. and the other pint.. mid • visit to Port-
land. 114 1.6.1 lAA the slightest doubt Mal when it .hall
plea., GA, H.R. H. shell succeed to the throne, be will
make • rely el tell nt Novereigu. The other members
have shown theiuselvee wormy of their higo position,
whether sa the Royal Duke in the Army or the Royal
Doke iu the Navy, or the younger *date art end smeme,
they *emu GO do their work Morou4bly end make them
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$414444 prweminent in the podtion choi-n, end it is •
..ingulisr good iiiretalle that wit pue•ISS ILE aslaud a R iyal
Penally 110 determined to take the mad mu var.ua way.,
and to do at well..

Toe tomato were loyally drunk.
In giving " The Bishop ut to. Diocese. the cargy of the
Church tot 'lnstead, ant ministers of other dettoolinattoos, '
the Casinos:l was gad to see • repreeenteuve of toe
Cburen amongst lif, the chaplain. the R -v. W. Betas w,
*hi is no stranger to any of us. (Applause.) It is no
slight advantage we enjoy that the clergy MUM them-
*dives everywhere ready to join the lady in ouciel •oter-
tainments and t mix therneelve. up in every-day
Pim abo•ieg tacit sympathies are with is.. and that
religion is not to be kept wipers:* for Sundays only;
but a thing that should ruo like a thread throne all out
every-day tile. Ile coupled the name of the RSV. J. A.
Baa.r with the West. (Applause.)
The Ceartoot was received with cheers. The saying was
"the more the merrier." and. if numbers add to merriment.,
they ought to 100 it very merry party to-night, for certainly
they had musts:rod in great numbers, arid it must be a
eoureo of great pitasure to Major &Jot ; but it was
mingled with regret that the funds do not permit of such
a swami being given at the drill hall every Ssturday
night. (L mightier and applause.) That would be just the
very thing to eecuro • capital attendance ; for he could
not help thinking such a tussling as this wee almost as
poputar as • church parade. (Ltuahter ) U. wm very
much obliged to them for giving the tout ut the bishop
aud clergy of the disease ; but as to the ministers f the
other deporoinadons, Keats there are so many, he must
leave them to tags care of themselves. Some denomina-
tions there ate whose ministers ha knew and he would be
very pleased to reepsnd for th ; but there are
About 150 besides, Sack ra tju tsars, )1 *MO lin
Peculiar People, ant other too t xtrovagaut sects
ant to ask html. rmpand tor Ise.o ell would be like
asking Dr. McLean to area 1 up awl return thanks for all
the medicine men mil quack doctors in the kingdom, or
like asking Mr. Eliot ti stand up and retura Louth. for
the toodey-koding crimp' in all parts of the world. lie
could understood the bishop and clergy, for whom he
heartily returned thanks, but he could not do so for the
ether denominations some of whom he utterly despised,
and which, every time he went t church, be prayed to
be delivered from; he could not ;to to church on Sunday,
and pray to be delivered from hires, and schisms, and
then stood up and return thank* for all ds dninations.
" Every owl thinks its own young handsome, " and au
they mootn throughedpliet pro.leesei. one
hat ! mg.:toll:J:7k as their ir o
wn
.seialways felt it an honour to reepood to "The health of tue
Bishop of this Dosses" for he believed him to be
• good and holy man, who is striving 10 ,1, his duty until
his life's end. At to the clergy, amongst so large • body
of men, they must expect di meet with different
characters. Even among the Per:lead corps of volunteers;
whom he Doped occupied the tiptop place—(mar, hear)--
he expected there was an awkward squad, and so amongst
the clergy they were not all alike; but he believed the vast
majority were striving like the Bishop to do their duty in
the state of life into which it has pleased God to call
them. (Applause.)
The Chairman then distributed the prints for drills:—
Fret—Gunner It T. Stone, 61 drills ; !piton I, Sergeant-
Major J. Stone 53 thins ; Ylnrcl. Gunner Iliad. Stone. 48
drills; Inustti, ,C dories, 44 drilla.
For the recruit.' pins, Gunners F. G. Stone and C.
Way so re eqoal, and received the Ist and end prim •
•II idol;• and for the third prise, Jame• Burgess, F.
Jolliffo, John Mitchell. W. fitneom. and Joshua Warren
were Noel. and C. C fowl 1. each.
Capt. A mongers then gave the health of their gallant
major, Kr. Eliot. (Greet applause).
The CiiAIIMAN on rising, was again received with ap-
plause, and stated that the lieutenants would have been
Pleased to he present, but Lieut. Thompson, who fully
intended being Pre4"'• was prevented by the illness of
hit wi.e, cut Lieut Urry was also prevented by clrcum•
"tansies It 1.114 a very great pleasure to meet the coins
around the convivial board, and he bolted their lives
would be wrobinged to meet many times moire, under the
same happy aoarices, and with the same klbdly feelings
bete,. en ..fficers and men, and between the men them-
wolves We must have our rube and hitches, and even
diostroestne things have happened from time to time
bat these are ortly the mecessitise of existence as •
corgi,, wad; in spite of all, it kindly feeling exists
throughout, and he hoped such *rill always be the c
The volun•eor set Vic. Ii Pow considerably changed from
what it was in that remote period which Captain Andrews
has referred to, sad cc most expect topes further changes
yet • the changes are chiefly with regard to the efficiency
of the
a,va,bts.Conali•ioll3ll sr • obtains!' from the
Governmen•, and every further conce-sin ob•ained will
mean that they will insist on increased efficiency ; they
are got going to pay more truisms mote efficiency is shoes,
in fiat they are what may be cella' screwing up the
Alpers and men throughout the force ; officer is now
obliged to paw a very ram and thorough examination on
his entering the service. •114 theee examinetione are very
different now from what officers formerly had to under-
go; they are becoming more and more severe. And so it
is with our non-com. Alders ; superior officers are contio•
uslly being r. minded to be very eoreful in their selection
of non.ento siosioned officers, bemuse in • very large degree
the efficiency end welfare of the corp. depend upon Ihe
efficiency of the non-commissioned officer'; they are
brought to much more into mutest with the men than the
officers are. The authorities now cell upon commenting
0111C•111 of batteries not to *elect so touch by seniority as
by efficiency ; men are to be lookiei out for promotion
who have served for some perlocLabli hove also proved them.
! selves to be efficient men in the corps Then, again, when
men are promoted into the rank of noopommissioned
offices., the Government sat—" You must not rett and be
satisfied with your promotion, and think there is nothing
ems to ; they most not only have proved themselves in
times past to be smart men, but must keep up that know.
ledge and madame/ they ought to show themselves the
most regular at drill, and keep thematlves ahead of the
men In knowledge of the working of the corps. The
opportunities volunteers have of learning their duty
are a 'fails opmparison with those of the regular army
that If they neglect Woes owortunitias, they mart arose-
easily go km-k. So the War Office, and the Adjutaat
when be maws round, will be increasingly making
their duty to we that non•commiesioned allows kis!'
abreast and ahead of the men. Another thing Is preasod
upon the officers of brigades—that the men should ha
Instructed in theoretical knowledge. In times pest they
sttehael row moob to the ordinary drill. noalloctiai