The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-09 00:00:00

DORso,
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OLUNTEERS UNDER
Co.lol CANVAS.
Ottr
• heel "native of the Dorset volunteer', I
tape,. hemotion af oon, after leaving
Zfo°4lst.
oftlaewwww Melsday
esetled down to the fiat
tflaz:suizeildfarti, isroottbeieverttuniuk_l4
ot
firths,*
zwwoesammebreutto.
reliwedrieysatalrdialt
weeh• Da„Seel" Esld life
pour
morrnireonr.outi.utit. follow a delusive holding-
allowed soon alter by a down.
tolgre.
&apt tatattoh_ho era:
_Happy were they who
ttual,:lbod_. nee sesolr
the handsome
old to see their
ou thee, - t. rats 7
n'uo ftendsom uniforms of the
." p‘ark..._, or orate, the battalion plodded
ita"t, "l'eee hi a steady pace Kett' wetter
tr°ebla of ewe Considerably leg we"
had to bo g thoibothered with the
order In)provised it; Pletder dry." Look-covers
o the reedruswireb
•••7 Wyaltetnethmen's hands, and the
and wind • w tlte parteraofintibe jcookuen.tryWtuhrny
do they se:o2",tellid et rtinehlest
raningglesopsobifilreqouretly / why
down gni,.
a Zirlioieo
for this particular day
of the volunteer whl were the Y to
°°nte
a milt", ."'""'" apparently freshly covered with
The" PosUllaseat-_ eaa Pebbles and soft brow clay?
be nous.," were about the principalf '
we'd, hut whiree steed! taP rn 'opposed eater" *.°
Z
the poise, , oeweidowly to be south-
" Spas& turned to three-quarters of
led its the At listen iutiabited place I.
, e aasuP eras'ee.• Zed Lel reh I
mg theist so fir w° sure-y. Well,
ash.. . after all I And, congratulat.
•cduntee,.. _-• on Boos
b4d"' were gbh to
remark bow
weir bourne, the
wthwonierfully the
how the mheeed the face of Nature
earrits.:lrtomnies.e....s-saridasirttherioletittadv
utrtobe:r
zedroswo.enlbloisd•nguioakuetvennlinaetwhstuedhedwareen, h
w for the winter,
'Winging rstedre looking up, for the aftermath is
"sr,/ etrport4 from the mown fields, and there i
nips, that stoe'tl to sow for a crop of late yelleryr:
swedes. A.Y le„Pext make up -for the loss of the
seemed te-L" ace °ol7-looking village ahead
uninitiated get utterer. and to promise to the
even the rein an alleviation of their fatigue,
we.
ow_ waa praised, and tome one remarked it
Were al the bathing arrangements which we
it Gor:'4°.:?d..bould be to perfect at the camp of 1870.
is one of the attractions of camp
for the 1...1,h.1eew
gratis proitlalnit Englishman ; but shower-baths
Dot have ed over the ironed was what we could
sod bracioet.!eeted. Well, shower-bathe are very good
off, befog. •_'_ but ftlefte give Us time to get Our clothes
from the Mc. ha douche pouring on us se it was
nat”li brooches of that tree! Ugh I would to
ft7;wea,
and
WOO Or the village would some. But here
°lees' 'Lauf° rilLO'nh down into a pretty rural old-world
only „out
half... us why this is Coomb Keynes,
between Wool and the cramp I 1.4
t_e_m_a_ refresherYhere, all ye who have not provided
l';',X2l,araruoZtit.tee with good cheer. Where's the public?
,„,,!,:7!121_°,. tore, sir. ' responds some cherry-checked
g";;Zuutneoulyiof areeper-oovered porch to see the
to eat a drisklretret/7'em. " Where is there anything
u "Oh, nowhere In this villager'
imb .
coool.We Ptaam„ they don't lies in the ordinary way at
searching round for signs of
fio▪ r.aw.ar:
I:to:raids only hint at such a thing we could
In red letters confronting us, as we
entered. " &adieu ring sooteil desire
that
ma us that the Dorset Mendieity
and *iota of a upenti7o;Dbainy encr""iven to
beggars,
aarag.
rose before
as
at
o.i, welytha: drink at the
Keynes, Here the
_Tt_hlltMees...._
whole juvenile
such an ovation as the village could
2utreet. iolepepon paulattleon, ndumwhering about
fast of backshish, "What a gdaay'weerre having, Corse!"
name sadly from the depths of J.R.T.'s obese' and in
return his comrades "grinned horribly • ghastly grin,"
as the rain poured down from shao to toes. At
w
length we reached the entrance to L I h
Park, kindly thrown open b E. J Weld.
Pol., foe the mileage of the menyas. very earm A re
Pretty arch, tastefully ornamented with wreaths
and
circles of evergreens and flowers spanned the lodge
entrance, bearing the words " Welcome" lo green I
contrasting with the brilliant colours of the ground on
which they were worked, and a handsome border of
pine tones edged the device. Proceeding into the perk,
the outer men were glad to relieve their feet with a
few steps on the soft turf, when suddenly out of the
mist burst upon us a roar of artillery. Had it been an
peening force, small °hawse would the riflemen have
ha for there MU 00 IMMUti where the guns were
posted. Again and again came the reports out of the
mist, resounded across the park, and woke up newt.
ou echoes from the noble trees. It was Mr. Weld's
salute to the volunteer., and cheered them up wonder-
fully, and when they approached the fine castle, and
perceived • distinguished party standing at the gates,
while numbers of ladies waved handkerchiefs front the
battlements, every head was lifted up, every back was
straightened, the men naturally fell to "attention,"
and marched by as Engliolmen should in the presence
of the fair sex. The artillery thundered forth another
salute as the volunteers left the perk, and then it was
seen that the guns were posted on an eminence away to
the left. As the smoke rolled away, and the mist for •
short time lifted and revealed the bold forms of the
hills, the noble treat, and the large expanse of park,
every man felt that Englond,with all her fickle climate,
has her own charms, and a the sight of the ladies of
the Castle put them In mind of those desr to themselves,
they braced up again, and determined to use every
means of fitting themselves for defending the isle of
the free. In the park were a few of the Wareham
company who went to cramp by specie' conveyance.
The tramp was not over, a few more twists and turns
In tha read, • few more jnornies sou,h•east and south-
west, to gain • little bit of southward pectin...se, and at
Length the tents were perceived pitched in a valley
surrounded apparently on all sides by hills. The band,
which bad given a few notes occasiooally on the road.
ICOarmakzu:reb:d t hate nr"
e.
quarters after leaving Wool, many of the men declar-
ing they bad walked six miles.
Before them lay the long lines of tents, with their
gaily coloured bannereta denoting the different corps,
Oaths hillside in front were the refreshment tents of
private speculators, and further lock stall,• wood partly
ausoloPed in mist, crowning the height. Wheeling to
the left, after missing some farm buildings, they faced
Arish Gip, the loveliest break in the cliffs on this part
ef
the octant, on the right was the towering height of
Bindon Hill, with its bold cliff, on th..., It what seemed
to be a gentler slope, almost like a Devotion re crombe,
covered with turf, and furs. from its top to its base,
and between the two opened the gra, the see, the
open sea!" A big marquee shoot half.way promised a
good dinner, and in the foreground were t, nt. for the
officers. for reading room, and the batt,hon business.
Wheeling still to the left, the battalion were formed in
teolumn, and balled at attention, when Col. Maisel and
the staff rode in front.
Colonel MUSIC said he wished to say a few words
before they entered upon their duties. He was sore
we all hailed these annual encampments with the
gresteet enthusiasm, bee use they reminded us that we
as Dorset volunteers have enrolled ourselves for the
purpose of defending our country in any oasts of
emergency. We hive Cost. here to learn our military
duties in the field by discipline in camp. He need not
tell them what many of them had learned by experience
amens of the welfare of •
that disciplinefre
e
mimetic iernibtheath discipline every other good
soldier-like quality follows. He wished to remind his
gellest brethren, and especially the recruits, that the
Camp is a yahoo' of instruction, and by entering upon
It. duties we seek to redeem that self-imposed pledge
ma ism)i to enrollees that whenever OW 11•MiCee are
...sired we should be found in a state of readinessand digeiesey, to perform those services whatever they
may be required. God only knows how soon we May
be :ow upon to perform those services; but he wits
satidied that through those encampments we shall be
dwaiway to have the privilege of taking our elopes in
tho tr,stt IMO on that day, wh eeeeee the day of peril
Therie bed lately been some very smashing and
d▪
orsoiteri ressearks in a letter to the Pima; but that
utter had been ably responded to by Lord Bury. That
obwreer" gays that some of the volunteers at the
Wimbledon review were in such a state of eonfu.ion,
hthato w
„ f °Meer. knew their duties, and that they
did
mixed up in a mass of confusion and
He (Colonel Hamm!) knew not how true
ignorance.
for be was not there himself; but if such was
that
wase : whose fault was it? Volunteers had been in
brandies for the last ten yeare and yet they hid Dever
P"`"`. taa bey ought to have been by the
been .0P
°
t • they had never seen a general officer,
overtieme,'
e"•
th
Pr been put into brigades; but they had
ee bd
e themselves to find it out as they best could.
been /14.. _—_ vented to see was-the authorities saying
What mei
of Dorset, Wine, Somerset, and Hanta-
to the twee "
have your encamoments, you have done the hest
you 4-
for yourselves, now we will take you in hand,
on eke erssh you how to move in battalion' and
and will
b glad when that
riesdes__:-(beer •) HO should be very
Let ..y person take • watch to pieces,
time 'me"' • it of ? Not the slightest. But let the
and sr..h_..at eir le
take it in hand, let him put the main-
watch '"-,,„-..-twer is, the hands together, and it becomes
spring, see
so- irir. The same wk.!) the volunteers-
* moving sipni.tor takes them and puts them
whee2hre wtead -owalif Dein the ISOM effective state. He
aage'-ar'' I-11- imbed to heavens that Britannia wee •
(Col. iwe're"'ow s watcher But instead of that the
wetehm"erd'dvnot know what was going on. Two of
authoritiee bones. were in a blaze, and we do not
our eeiShh°6r. sone takeidaat-with-regard-to-
know how eomn
bite should b• ready; unfortunately
our ewe' _.. ss peactel and therm is no peace He
eeg.ee-' " sew word. also about the dis•
VMS ia Last year be was erectly
ebe easeP.
eiplia• ...say displeased, to find that m•ny
distre•sted. f•ii;g,p at night. He had flattered him.
seen pet be the cane. Every mous entries
self Gum perfect understanding that he must
here with the orders read. They put themselves
obey the. tra/"... .0 it any one break, tb.m, esproi.
ender theee rtnoologel Mansell woult dismiss him
ally at night. re"d;ty.
,iHe was aware that be wasonly
(on, samP 0...0%. -
.t f„, out of the many present. He
speskiee e mar be kept in camn during
wished th•• esd been for seven yeats hard at
the eight be bad been bad at emir would •p-
-woik. eon wor good nights. Therefore he hoped
hinavethwawt can., of
oaf mmmiliPtioel;to'rbduert
sPorweied trust.°
oeid I. knew ninety-sine out of
that they W, oldish e°
and diseiP'l6_: most anxious. The Colonel then
on the mom
te the'a b: weeh ea lodn
-▪
-esttalion immense')
People bed said to him in
is Mow it that the Dorsetelare Volon•
prizer They had thought
teas newer earriirlf edges, who was the great mover
afe°notvrtensem"ieerareit:lyeeingedirtliteArl'W-I:b___Wdr°°,o. y
over, ard with et. ranent, they had devised a plan.
in this abootiel t.es most wonderful, and he did
the glucose@ of wh in
England.
still
1,....y
ceOU.7
net ti-ink
lettalion. on' boalid ves -Yittlilltutteh eny'shandri s'ee,ntthtree" mme. ienetth".!
eo cenioort '"..; one Imo, Mr. Good, in the Prince
.•
Cleor•e'Vaser afit7.l-t, sergeant Gregory had won two
re Welee's Pries; w"'" • whhli he (the Colonel)
in the Wiedmill Pr;e:i este...Heat sheeting. No one
utider.tood was • Pr^°'" lea any battalion, could soy
comity in Entriend. Te has been done at Wimbledon
ey could match what 1.04 the battali,n immensely
by us, and he oorwrat,a !ward to the bathing. be was
on that recount. VIP° ow, • but if they took cars
afraid it esther
hdr
otesit nal swim, there is not the
especial'y the men w be °SUDO, swim MUst not
aughtewt thinger. The °ET.; the further they kept to
venture into deep water,.... --better, while for these who
the right of the 1.7. • was not the slightest
can Seim, be behaved bed been made in former
danger. A little OOMPlaini way is which hho maw,
Isere, with regard to the