The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

DOW"
,Al' StIPLII VOLUNTBEIU3.

The v...atial eliwner of the officers of lb. battalion
took piece ea Tuesday last, at the King's Anne
Hotel, nonlinear, when 25 officers were present,
Colonel Memel presiding.
'lite subject of an en.iampment in 1867 was fully
liacomed, and it was unanimously agreed that as an
outlay of some £3OO must be incurred in order to
qualify the men as efficients by attending the
battalion drills, and as these drills would 'oe pee.
fo,med with greater ems and more ad van...a' by their
being in:medially oonsernativs (as 11',,uld b„,
if • tamp ware formed), HIM r.".desvours should be
made to aarry out the tr...canipment for a fourth
year. Whether this oar. be dons or not will dammed
upon the meaner in which the subject is met by lb*
fnrods and supporters of the movement, but it is
attain that the continued efficiency of our enmity
.t.alion can Drily be secured by affording them the
opportunity of qualifying themselves as they have
heretofore done in camp.
It was ',mounted that arrangements would if
be made for tbia animal vide amipirtitioa of
Ito Cotnty Association to take pleas in J 0641, and
that it wag proposed the annual review should take
place at Weymouth.

The **counts of the past year's camp were at length
.100 d. Great complaint was ms.t• of the delay of memo
of to.- loc,l committees in sending in the contribution
I sr. from their respective district., which ha/ retarded
id the amount. We are eery to learn
thedll.• t MI lean oge,s. of expenditure ameanting to
. Wt. over the receipt., but, at the tame time,
h tin satisfaction to report that our eatemnel county
ar.mber, Gerard Blurt, geq., with that liberality eel
Mien*, support the volunteer movement which has
leo:Aided to him from his lamented father, bee most
gem. loony mode up the delloienev.
Lieut. Hodgeç of the 3rd DL V. was called upon
to make • few remarks as to the shooting arrangements
to ho. carried out by the battalion during the aiming
..on. lie first adverted to the simultaneous N nlield
match for bnit•lions and companion throughout the
kingdom, and ezpeessed • hope that the Donut battalion
would take part in the oompetition, which was un.ni•
normly appromn of. The shooting is to take plate
during the week ending the let of June, and we
wis`i the battalion every success. It will be re.
membered that lest year the men of Dorset were
th • winners of • £lO prize, in • similar
co ipetition, and took the 11th place on the list of the
ha tslions of the kingdom. Nemo, on to other minters
Lit•uitcnant lletges mentioned a new whams put forward
by comnsietee of volunteer* in London to form an
ilearistration Society. The 'Minna' fee
is 10s. per annum, end thia payment entitles any
volesiewr se shoot once in each of the quarters in the
year. Bin morn will b• forwarded to the searetary,
and to Um best of those received by him at the wool,
ems °id each quarter, prizes will be awarded; and.
bendier this. • list 1., prises is offered for the best
aggregate moms of the three competitions—so that, by
tee smell payment of 10a, anyone will have tbe chance
of • prize in four events. Ti,. competition on the
▪ oultaneous principle may take pleas at any rinse and
on any cl.iy or dsy• in the reaceetive quarters—the com•
pletion f one ranee only being canton sory on any cea
ptrtimalar day. With regard to the Wimbredon
log, it wee proposed. cis far as the seeeticre
repreeveletieee of the hettelion Is pioess..g,
that it would be advimble to take the 21
men (being in the proportion of two pee sompany
for each of the Queen's Prize and St. Oeorge's Vase
competitions) by • 'general competition throughout the
battalion, instead of the plea adopted last yam. when
each individual company mot its own two representa-
tives. It was argued that by then means a far
batter abases of sument would be afforded the
bat alion, the representatives of the county
haring to meet all the picked Micsie in tile
e nantry at this timid national meeting. The propeeel
in 'it with very general approval, .eiri W. Cannot but
Clink that this plan if adopted will toad very in nob to
the success of the battalion.