The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-06-12 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The month's trainieg of the Dorset MORS cm. to is
end on Ssturday, when the camp at Leather was Mokan
up, end the men paid it Tie regiment was reviewed
on Tnureday by C Ascot Marshall, commandant of the
Doreetehire Brigade Depot, in the presence of a large num-
ber of endwise. of whom many were in cardiac's.
There hail been • gentle rain du Mg the night, and the
weather was al that could be d• sired. Toe impecting
offloar,who was attended by Major Horbin aa midedecesap,
rode on to the parade ground stout 11 o'clock, sad found
the regiment drawn up in liar, under the command of
Colonel Hall. He was received with • general salute, the
. regimental band playing • strain of:eausic. Colonel
. Marshall, attended by Colonel Hall, than carefully in.
' spected the racke, this band playing the meanwhile. The
regiment ant marched p..; by the rightordb
arms dike shoulder; reeks, and marthed past
in quarter oedema, by the elk ci the troll; this move-
ment being repeated st the double. The band played
lively times during the marching past, which was done
with pad steadiness and precision, the 0 Company being
espeddly deserving of pulse. The regiment was wheeled
into line, end Lientenact-Colonel Harman pat the men
through the maned and firing exercises which were very
correctly done. Various battalion laavellialli4 were success-
f ally accomplished, under the command of Colonel Hall
and Bid ic Mount-Batten, and the regiment &leo sklz•
misbed, the di Il! lasting about an hour. At the clod of
the impaction e equate -as formed, and Colonel Marshall
addressed the regiment as follow. : Colonel Hall, officers,
and men of the 3rd Batudion,—lt gives me very greet
pleasure to say I consider your regiment is in • fine doe
of discipline and eNciency, and I am very much pleased
with your appearance on parade mad on matching; the
men are very steady in eppeardos, and in fact all the
movements at. admirably done. On Monday His Serene
Highness Prince Edward of earo-Weitnar inp emit you,
and it is • source of gnat school action to me to hear h • is
highly Owed cad satisfied with 'he appeared co and
diciest elate of the regiment. Now an opinion from
such a high authority is worth having ; and I can only
say I entirely concur with that opinion. Ons thing lam
delighted to hear in connection with this annual training,
tha. not a @lngle man has been brought up before the
magistrates for a civil crime, and that the conduct of the
mats, in quarters and out of quarters, has been mat
exemplary. This I c nailer, Colossi Hail, refiecta great
credit on you, on the dicers, on the WON and on the SWAM
to which we have the honour to belong. I won't now detain
you any longer. All I can say is it will give me very great
pleasure to make a favourable report of the regiment to the
Horse Guards. The other day His Royal Highness the
Duke of Canataidge mid he thought it would be necessary
to resort to conscription to obtain recruits for the militia.
I trod that won't become necessary, Cl least not for the
3rd Darsetabire Battalion. I consider they are really ea
excellent and brave lot of fellows; and I bops • good lot
of these fine young fellows I see here will come to
Dorchester and loin the line. We are sadly in west of
men, and I really believe, by and by., we shall have to go
back to long gavial and • pension.—The men were then
marched to their lines in companies, end &mimed.
Previous to the review the books of the regiment were
inspected by Colonel Marshall, and after the parade he
inspected some of the men's kite, the tents, and camp
generally, expressing hicoself satisfied with all he sew. .
Athletic sports we usually got di for the amusement of
the men on the afternoon of the review day, but these
did not take place this year, On Wednesday, however, •
11 men from oathcompany competed in • tug of war, and
the prise-41. • man—was Liken by the • Company team.
rue ague,' of the regiment gave an invitstion dance at
the Town Hall on Thu•sday debt, and about 90 ladles
and gentlemen attended. The deka ntal string band,
under Drum-Ilsjor latlCala occupied the orchestra. the
(root of which wee emb.llished with plants in pots, end
• number of cut rhododendrons. Light refreshments
were set wed In the Working Men's Room, rod an excellent
supper, most tastefully laid cut, wee supplied by Mr. R.
Tullio, c infectioner, in the mite-room. The company
included Colonel and Mrs. Hall, Rev. H. P. and Mrs.
Price, Yid Blatherayt, Captain and Um Biddle, Mr. W.
H. and Kra William., Mr. and the Muses Constable
Kra thundery. Mn. Many, Miss Penny, Major and
Kra Harbin, Mejor and Mrs. Has, Mr.. and the Mimeo
Dada, Coedit, erbp, Captain Conde, Mrs Green, Mr, T.
atd the Mimes rooks, Kr. If,. P. rooks, Mr. R. A.
Mr. L. B. Woodford., Mr. &seed, Major Mount-
, Batten and party, General Waller and family, Mr.
Hustable and family, Mrs. Wood and party, Mr. and the
Misses Wildman, Mr. and Mr.. Mom. Mr. Inglis.
' Gooddes, Mr. Radcliffe. Mr. la and Mrs. kleseiter, Mr.
and Moe. I A. Smith, Mr. Austen. Mr. Arnold, Mir
; Pearce, Mtn Thompson, KW/ WelaOrd, UM Ashford,
Mrs. Curme, Rev. Mr. Constable, Herr Dells, Miss
Hight:Dore, and the whole of the °Nom of the regiment,
, Dewing WS4 kept op till an early hour in the more's'.