The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-19 00:00:00

EMBARKATION OF THE DORSET REGIMENT
FOR EGYPT.

(rgom Ora *MULL COSIMP.)NDIST
PoITSX TTH, Monday.

The final orders f .r the einbarketi the let
Battelioo of this Doran Ileegonent for Egypt Was
receive I at the camp et side•ehot on Ssturday, to
which eta:ion the regiment bed only r-c-utly rem .ved
from Portland. Moiniay iva• the .iay fix 4. al, I lus
derapie troopship. wit on only so rec-u iv as March
last bad broottnt tit" hattall u from In IA was t... con-
vey --or ltor.et boys o Alessodde, calling et Mope
to reek. A.com tingly, on olotioar m ruing, at ix
o'clocs, else restimant, uumheriog 23 • Ificere and 891
und,r the c azoieud of th-I, gallant .a I
Dixon, to.irched I, he tldershot di. of 1..0 ion
sal *nut- Western so a . tweed two special
trines for the fir.t maga of their long jouroey to the
East. Th- fir.t of thee/ *private errive-1 at Ports-
mouth at 11.30, sad, a. "only olidows in unit inn are
allowed •u me f.r-well jetty in in. dockyard dud. g
~gebeeketion uf thriee wh.. bed arrived
le the two to bid • fir..wdi to a Sr dear „.., ha s to
C 4444 thOIDIeIVt• with a brief "to 1-b,." at the
" li.rhour" station, whit.% an .dll tonal sisel a was
atach...l. bd r- ..hooting to the troops:up. Ti,istrale
conveyed e hors-sot an,- bid officer-, sod hot lob.
broustu- 'Cr( foga the yard to he taken out of their
bozos E. the " .iarbour" station. One of them
evniecrly disliked the corem .ny, aud, thougis ornerier
was th- order of the day. yet our " bay' friend
meowed no eigs of "earern-es for the trey." At 12
noon the other special eteente I into the station
w;• It the wooed wing of the Legation an-1 th-re
we, a rush to the train tu make the in c.
the few in 'meats en-itched trim toe sei vice I the
Goserement. The lady of an offi •er won thee. her
e /mien 1.1 daly viaiba.a, her brace hu.h.nl woo at
her side ere time treats hal stopped ; but the go•en's
business is urgent, sentiment must bud no expr salon,
stew word. of Wowed, a soft pressu e of the Ovid,
which wi.l linger through all the event, in which they
eng.ge, and or gallant captain Is back Witn hi* men
again. Thesel. the old man, with the fr ote of time
ar-arly ga.hered about his brow, making •ager en-
quiry for "F Company, an I for his brave boy ab ut
rniraga in him first seri d "fictive service, but there
I. !day time tor a shake of th• bens suit •
bin. you, my bor " ere the lean eteams on to its dee-
hill•t: O. 'the Lionel ree etuiem a the Phrforsw •
f.aniiiar face from i'ortlao I,al expresser. lA. pleasure
at seeing bin., and how glad he is that ..ur Por,lautl
friend came down t see them off. Officers and men
are In capi•al spirits, but i so-ne case, when. love I
ones are being left benind, very near and dear, the
whi e face and quiet demeanour show w..at a battle is
already being fought, ti control their feeling.. Toe !
farewell jetty is now all alive, and the lirht baggsge
I. being transferred to the to p-r. The men are
msrche lon b rd in emelt parties, ao.l It : sted t their
different mere-. At 60. in. the tidis serves, an I ad
is re ,dy, the dereois seams maj the ugh the
shipping in the h rhour towards Spithead, her living
freght bloc heertily eli,ered by the crews of the
men-of-war and the crowds of pereoris lining the
f ,rtifications and points f vantage. May or brave
Dorset boys have a god portage and • wife return.