The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-06-20 00:00:00

THE DORSET VOLUNTEFRS AND Tag
BERKIIIIRE CARPAION.

After three months of writing and waiting, the in-
tentions of the G varnutent with regtrd to the forth-
coming military gathering in Birkthiro in farce they
concern the volunteers, are made ken ea to Col. Mensal,
and they are issued as • "battalion order" to those
whom it may concern. All our readers are interested
In the doings of the Dorset volunteers, and the pub!io
is concerned beyord that in obs..rving how the
authorities eppreciats (or othervriee), the pnition and
civil engagements of the volunteers, and adapt (or not)
their demands accordingly. The directions came with
a con.ilerable bundle of red tape it must be said, and
that all inay have an opportanity of judging we publish
the document is trans° :

14T ADMISISTILLTIVII BiTTALIOX, DOBAI= RIFLE

Wimborna, Jane 16, 1871,

B.U.dion Order.

Tee following letter received from the Inspector-
General of Reserve Forces is published for the informa-
tion of thi Battalion :
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War Mae. 13t12 Jane, 1871.

"With referencia to War Office letter of the 25th
March last, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Cardwell to
acquaint you that the following arrangements will be
made for volunteers attending the camp of exercise :-
1. The Volunteer contingent of the force is not to
exceed 5.000 men. Regimeate and corps hobo selected
by the Secretary of State front those corps which signify
their desire to join the camp.
2. The reriod in camp will be not more than 16 days,
and not leas than 8 days, including days of assembly
and dismissal. Saturday the 9th of September, will be
the probable day of assembly. Corp. may join the
camp for 8 or 16 days (inclusive or not inclusive of the
days occupied in j mining and returning from camp, at
the option of regiment.), but in either cue they must
arrive on the appointed day of assembly. When a
corps Is to remain for 16 days there will be no objection
to individual mo relieviug other* on the eighth day
(eaco man thus ran doing air days in came, etelusive
of the depot joining and leaving), provided the expense
of relieving is borne by themselves or their corps.
3. Battalions must cousits of not less than 300 rank
and ale; detachments of regiments will lam formed lot°
provisional battalions. No °err, 1,11 be allowed to
send less than 50 rank and file, The field officers and
adjutants of provisional battalions formed from detach-
ments of corps will be appointed by the Secretary of
State from the :lrpi forming such battalioos. There
should not be more than three officers toeuth company.
4. No bands will be permitted to accompany volen•
hoer corps to camp.
5. A sum of 10s. per head will be credited to the
funds of corps for each volunteer (all ranks) who remains
eight days, of whir& six clear days are in camp; and
the %tun of El for those who remain 16 days, ot will&
14 cl.:ar days are in 0.-no.
9. Offieers will ie addition receive the Army Field
Allowance for the number of days they are in camp,

2s. 6d. per day for Field ()Sheri and relative ranks.
Is. at 9. Captains
Is. 0.1. es Subalterns „
7. The army Bell rstiou will bo issue.' to the Volun-
teers free of °hare., to all ranks, and will consist of:—
Per man per day—lalb• of bread or lib. of bisouit ;
ilb. of fresh meat, or of salt
meat, or alb. of Yealenan's beef
111Alllage.
Groceries will aho be issiel free of charge at the
following rate:—
lb. eztra broad . • A. coffee; *oz. tea ; 2os. sugar;
'los. salt; 1-36 as. pepper.
Vegetables, milk, better will not be issued, but
may be purchased et the expense of the men at
marble which will be opened in the vicinity of the
Forage rations foe horses will be issued free of charge,
on the scale allowed for mounted officers of the
lino, and will ooesist of 121ba. of oats, and 121bs; of
hay for each horse ; no straw will be issued.
Fuel will be issued at the rate of 31bs. of wood or
coal per man per day.
8. A. sutler's cart will be allowed within the precinct.;
of the camp for mush regiment, which must be procured
by themselves, and which may follow In rear of the
oolumn on the march.
9. Travelling expenses of Volunteers by rail will be
paid by the publio, from and to the railway station
nearest to the heal-quarters of the oorpa No allowance
will be given for transpert to or from such railway
station. Transport will be given from the railway
station to and from the camp of assembly. The Secretary
of State will hereafter decide whether any part of the
distance is to be performed by marching.
10. Great coats and straps will be served out to the
force, and will be returned to store before leaving camp.
Mess tins will be served out on repayment, price Is. 91.
Volunteers must bring h ka.
11. As the rank and file of Volunteers have no knap-
sacks (with few exoeptions), a canvas bag will be issued
to each man on payment, prise Is. 21 I.' or he may
provide his own according to authorised dimensions,
(16 inches wide, 27 incises deep), and transport will be
provided for them on the line of march. For the short
peri el that Vounteers will be In camp they will not
require more than a plunge of shoes and under garments,
with small articles, such as brushes, he. It will be
found more convenient to carry small valises as knap-
sacks, as transport with the bags mast after • march
ueoessarily arrive in camp some time sitar the troops.
The articles to be carried in the canvas bags are
limited to tbe following, viz.:-
1 shirt, Ilb lies; 1 pair of socks, 4 ios ; towel, Boz ;
trousers I.lb lloz ; knife, fork, and spoon, 6aos ;
comb, foe ; 2 brushes, 7os ; box of grease or
blacking, 4oz ; housewife, 3ez ; sponge. aos.;
boots, 31b 8os.; forage cap, 4os ; jacket, Ilb 7os,
Total 91b 12aos,
12. The baggage of officers will be limited to the
army rate, viz., 401bs. A pattern bed valise, recently
approved, may be seen at the Pattern Office, Adjutant.
General's Department, Horse Guards, and in which the
following articles can be carried :—1 great coat, 1
blanket, 1 pair of trousers, 1 pair of shooting-boots,
2 pair of socks, 1 pair of drawers, 1 flannel shirt. I
silk pocket handkerchief. 1 woollen night-cap. 2 towels,
1 hold-all (containing 1 oomb, 1 small hairbrush. I
tooth-brush, 1 small clothes-brush, 1 pale of greasers,
and I metal soap-box and soap), 1 small sponge in hag,
1 housewife, 6 spare boot laces, 1 tin of dubbing, 1
portfolio (containing Pee, Ink, and paper), 1 journal
book, I cholera belt, 1 calico bandage, I candle lamp
and • few cumiles inside it, 1 tin match-box, 2 tin
plates, I cep (ouotaing knife, fork wet spoon, pepper
and salt pots), 1 map of the country, 1 India-rubber
basin. A waggon will be provided by the Control
Department.
13. Camp equipage, Including camp kettles, intrearsh.
log implements, arid one blanket per man, will be pro-
vided at army rates, and be carried with the regimental
, baggage. Tne following will be the proportion of tents,
viz.: one bell tent for the commanding officer, one for
two field officers, three for the regimental staff offieers,
one for every three offers of a regiment and one for
the staff sergeants. One tent to every 12 sergeants,
buglers, and rank ant file. Kieht waterproof sheets
per tent will be issued in lieu of straw, which will not
be supplied.
' 14. Corps not haring water bottles will be served
oat with wooden canteens from the Government stores.
Time' must be returned before leaving the camp.
15. Horses of Staff will be pioketa in the field, and
picketing implements will be provided by Government
for each horse, and are to be returned to store, via.:-1
forage wed, 1 fetlock strap and picket peg, 1 pair of
forage nets, 1 nose-bag, 1 cotton heel rope, 1 corn
sack; the number of horses must not exceed that
allowed for officers of regular forces, via: field officers,
adjutant, surgeon, assistant surgeon, and honorary
quartermaster, one eaob,
16. A private servant or groom may be taken by each
mounted officer, and one servant for each company of
three officers. Free rations and tent accommodation
will be given to authorised servant,, who mast implores
to the raise of the camp.
17„ Gawp rules trill apply in all respects to the
volunteer forge.