The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-09-19 00:00:00

SHAFTESBURY.

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HOLY Tatimv.—The Rector intimated on Sunday
that be has made arrangements for resuming the
musical portion of the service, whieh has for some weeks
been suspended.
FOOT•AND-BIOOTH DisitutL—Notiees have been lined
that In oonsequence of this disease having broken out
on St. JAMPlelcommons, no cattle are to be removed
or to be allowed to pass through them; in omsequerce
oar markets hive b..,en but thinly attended.

THE AUTUMN MANIIEITVRES.
Third Division, Woointer Camp.
On Monday morning the troops were turned out for
• brigade field-day, at 8 a.m., the cavalry and infantry
forming three brigades,and each working independently.
The first infantry brigade, consisting of the 4th Batta-
lion of the 60th, the Dorset Volunteers, the Royal
Eichorn Militia, thefilth, the 100th, the Royal London
Militia, and the 102nd Regiment, turned out by seven,
and at eight formed up in mate of quarter-distance
oolumns,faaing westerly beyond the tamp. After wheel-
ing several times, out of the mass tato tine of columns
—in which the movements of the Volunteer and Militia
battalions seemed nearly as steady as those of the line
—and after • little erectile of this kind to pall the men
together. line was formed on the front companies ; the
2nd of the 63th and the 102nd extended as skirmishers
in magnificent style, covering the front in a way that
will long be remembered by the Volunteers who wit-
nessed the operation: Taking advantage of the splendid
cover, they advanced until the 60th disappeared in the
wood in their front, and the 102nd crowned the sum-
mit of the rising ground which bounded their view,
the mein road being the centre of the position. With
this the movements terminated, and the various reel.
ments forming own more,the mass of columns returned
independently about eleven o'clock, after a splendid
breathing over the tough country whieb bad been tra-
versed. The first brigade was under the command of
Major-General Brownrigg C. 8., an excellent officer,
i wh, handled the troops n masterly style, and who
was pleased to say that the DORSET VOLUNTEERS
and the Militia Regiments HAD DONE REMARK-
ABLY WELL, and that he was much pleased with his
experience of the reserve forces.
The afternoon was devoted, on the part of the
Infantry, to the practice of outpost duty. The 2ed
Brigade encircled the whole right flank of the division,
sending out feelers to considerable distances on the
roads, establishing ploquets in the rear of the summits
ef eminences with sentries on the summits, and
generally praotising with much seal and efficiency the
duties wnich would devolve on a brigade of the light
division in an enemy's country: The Ist Brigade did
the same as regarded the left of the division ; the two
brigades shaking hands with each other in front end
rear of the camp. The movements were of too technical
• character to interest the general reader, although
even to the least unprofessional spectator the sight was
• very pretty one. But perhaps more need not be
siid regarding them, than that the volunteers and
militia, on whose account they were chiefly undertaken,
took up the retionate of the work with acuteness and
promptiude, and made UP by willingness for an ignor-
ance which was far less patent by the time the practice
was over than at its. commencement.
The machinery through which the division is fed
may interest the reader. Let lus detail the system
first of the bread supply. Each brigade has its own
bekery, and as the lit Brigade is the stronitest, we will
take as an example its bakery, The divisional chief
baker is Staff-sergeant Newman. of the Army Service
Corps. The brigade force of bakers consists of the
master-baker (corporal) and 11 bakers. Seven ground-
ovens are in use, capable of turning oat in esch batch
81 ration loaves of 141b5. each, and of baking
.five
batches • day ; snd three portable steam ovens (Perk MS s
batch,Padwdrnat.)oa f each
fuel
capablegob batches .
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use (Perkins's patent), supplied with boards, troughs,
and all other requisites. -The Quarter-master of sash
regimentfor the tahte tohfet numberhe brigades
o appointed
ise sends
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fin requiresto-daydw.g to-morrow,
sends
r r requisitioneowr
i,
and fatigue party for his regitneot's bread rations,
the corporal baker acting as issuer: The butcher's
meat for the division is supplied in • earcue by a
contractor; its quality inspected on delivery by an
officer of the Control Department. It is issued on
requisition to the several regiment' by the butcher-
corporal, assisted by two or three butcher-privates. A
grocery-issuer looks after the dispensing of the sun-
dries; and it may interest the reader, In connection
with these sundries, to know of what consists the
ration of a man in camp :-1.4 lb. bread (else lib.
bisouit), ilb. of fresh meat, or lib. salt meat, or elb.
preserved meat, 1-6th oz. tea, 1-3rd on. coffee, 2 on.
sugar, ion. salt, 1-36th oz. pepper, 31b. wood—all per
diem—the charge for which to e•oh man is 61 be
Herculean efforts made by a man as he staggers away
from the regimental commissary store under the
stupendous load of 1.36 th part of an muse of pepper
are to be seen, not written about.
'llse health of the division continues very good. In
all there is not above a dosen men ie hospital. One
man of the mounted engineer train got his Leg
at Prensham, and had it set at one. by Staff-
Surgeon liartelli, and the assistant stasolthisof
smith*
Bays. Another man of the infantry
brofothekenftbady tuurtibllingery owuver tent,,aesjiPol44
itylsred• serielaby hi,
horse falling on him this mmaisia Most of th• men
who some to the bospitel anitio•woo, with emu.
parettvely trivial dieordeest I saw owe who OWN from
hie rostmostal ousoo. to Ow ttiviimool WOW wilik •