The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-04 00:00:00

WIKBOI/171.
THE VOLUNTEERB.

As our readers will remember, we have from tune to
time had the painful duty of recording differentia
which have arisen between the member of the r
Company and their captain, Kr. Lloyd-Jones. We
may briefly recapitulate them. The men did not turn
out for the annual encampment to the number antici-
pated by the captain, sod he thereupon somewhat
despotically decided there should be no annual dinner.
First-Lieut. Rawlins wrote a private letter of reason-
Amone egaloat the decision, and Captain Lloyd-Jones
felt it consistent with his poeition ae an °Blom and a
gentleman to forward the communication to the
colonel of the battalion. This left the colonel no
alternative but to forward it to the War Ofßoe.
Various oourte of enquiry were held, and the result
was that both Captain Lloyd-Jones and First-Lieut.
Rawlins wore requeedel to send in their resignations.
This the latter did, but the captain protested, and we
believe his case is still under the oonsiderstion of the
War Oilios authorities. in the interim Lieut. D.
Rawlins has been appiiuted ofEcer-oommandant. _

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Oat Wedeeeday lett the ex.first lieutenaat, Kr. T.
Amelia., gave • dinner to the corps in the Corn go:hang&
11. was supported by Lieut. W. Lt swllue Capt. Budge, toe
Key. M. Heath (chaplain of the corps), and a number of
the priumpal tradesmen of to. town.
After the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal toasts
were proposed by Mr. Ilawtuse (who presided) and were
drunk with muelind honours.
The GRAMMA:I proposed the " Health of Licit W.
Melina," woo, be esol, would stick to them as long ea
&tom would slice to lum, and he trusted he would be con-
nected with the moo tor many years to come.
L gut Kawues, in responding, briefly thanked the
members of to. riorpe for the manner in whch they had
rallied round bun, and had idteoded the willow oomPan7
drills. In the course of some further remarks, be
expressed the hope that they would turn out is string
numbers at the colonels unapeetion, to be held next week,
and that they would go to camp in strong form In ma-
mission, he could assure than toot is long es they would
stick to him he would suck to them. (Comm)
Kr. K T. BWMIlif propod "Sulam and prosperity to
the Wirshonie Ride Corp.," whima wee responded to by
Sergeant GARLAND, Who proposed the " Health of the
Chairman."
In responding, the OMAINJUII expreesed the grief he felt
at Meng no longer • velunteet, which, he added, under
present oircuniatanoss, his looked upon se deplorable. In
referring to the riming trial the mamma, had been through,
he could not, he said, regard the part they had taken es
one altogether blameless. He thought they might have
acted in • mem advised meaner, although may of them
had a greet many mensal We their conduct. and there
wee great coolest= of mind as to what was the boot course
to take. They had, however, learnt one thing, an l that
was the necessity which axieved for seilroontrol sad
patience; and he believed Mil, d they had acted some-
what differently, things might perhaps have had a
diderent result. That they could now only deplore.
They most, however, candidly confer taat they did not
act quite in • soldierly meaner when, at the re:oB4 of
their colonel, they refused to go to and he thought
it would have been much better If they L 54 taken advice
where they might have had at Avery man must
remember that he formed pert of a battalion, part of a
regiment, and that it wee not only toe credit of his own
company that he had to keep up. (Hear, hear.) It
would never do to subordinate • regliaset to a company.
Tame was under the consideration of the War-0111.*
sothoeities • question of reducing the number of companies
in the battalion from eleven to to, That would
necessitate the amalgamation of two companies together.
lie did not, of hour" know that mob a thing wee likely
to.iteppen ; but il it did, and the Wimborne C nispeo.—
owing to the probable had odour it was in with the
authorities through theists difficulty—had to ariudgemms
with mother company, he would beseech them to maintain
their salt-control sod patience, and not to act without
advice. remembering that thry wore not only members of
the Wituborne company, out soldiers of • regiment.
Spisking of their late cspusio, he wished to say no word
which could be construed as ungenerous or unkind. They
all bad their lathe, some moro apparent than stoics; but
there was no mei who had not seine hidden virtues to
make up for the apparent faults. He firmly believed that
Captain Lloyd Jones hod to. interest of the company at
heart, although. in the opinion of some of them, ne had a
peculiar way of showing it. they all knew that their lets
captain wa, thoroughly etaiient at drill, and was
Ming that made • man • thorough soldier. They lied had
their difilcolty wito him, and be felt sure that they now
all deplored it; but, whatever had happened, be thought
they should let at slide by into peace without any
further allusion to is, whria might only maim their
medusa to be rulll d. He tweaked hi. old °mummy from
' the bottom of his heart tor the manner in which they had
aympathimd with him In the grief be felt at being no
longrr • volunteer; sal, it rooriusioo, he bruted to pro.
pee "The health of the OM mire of the Corps, to white ,
' (Jsidain Bulge responded, and urged upon to. company
' the necessity of a:toadied to the orders of non-mintaio
' dolled Altera
"Th. I) mom of Plisse was promeed by the CSIALRILIN,
and responded to by Kr. T. LAINO, who promised to give
annually • prise for the beat soot at 300 yards.
Kr. K. T. Br ODall promised a prat at the next annual
competition for Me recruit who should put in the greatest
number of squad and company drilla.
Mr. STILUItiIIAX, nat,4 we of America, responded to the
Coen 04" Ike A &sheen Nation."
"The health of the Acting-Surgeon of the Corps' wee
reap ,ndel to by Mr. C. H. W. Panitiosoe.
A. numbs' of songs were lung, and the evening's pro.
medium closed about midnight.