The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-29 00:00:00

ANNUAL RIFLE DINNER.

The aannal dinner of the m-mb .111 of the Witaborne
and Wareham (B) C .ropsny of Ihe let L),.rset Rifles
took plate at the King's ileal Rotel on Monday
evening, which, es twin., era• Isrzely attended.
cepital repaet. which gave greet sti., Cl o, eves put
on the table by Mr. Laing. rile char we. taken toy
Captain Budge, who wa. ec wmpanied by Lieut.. W.
Rawlins, Webster, and if arriton • sod ant.,ell the
oompany pnwent were Aseistant-iorgeon C. Parkin
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eon, Captsin Watts ()Pan .(..r I), Captain Stone. and
Licit.*. Smyth 'end Wnsaley (Pole), M.airo. T. D.
B. Rawlins, C. R mime, M. Revile., MU. Parkinson,
II F..rd, H. ll.blsen, C. Edwards, R.. Burns, B. J.
Kerr' bye, A. Mo.) Iv. U. Malec wd, C. Rowe, W.
Stevens. W. (7,4, W..Chiesel, and msny ot`lent.
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After the removal of the cloth the 04.111141 AN pro-
p weal the loyal toaat., which were drink with musical
honours. kllu dog to the seated of threw touts, h.
said tbat it wet ohs which came hearer bowie t., them,
inasmuch •• they hod ju.t h.l t. .hstiogui•hari
pleasure of acting as • guard of boor to the Priooo
"ed Pri sae* of Wal.s. la cohciwil di he Isped ;Milt
Royal Hlghoesom would have • pleastnt Melt to
Dorset tbia time.
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"The Amy. Navy, and Reserve Force." wag pro.
Fame I by the CRAIEMAi, who sail the day was fez
distant when the volunteer' would equal the regular
army, for the simple resat' they did not have the
constaut an I regolar drill. as the men ‘f the army did;
but nevertiebn. they would be always ready to serve
their Queen and country as prop,r volunteers whenever
ceded on. Th navy was the ertuior part of tbri
service, mod, a. they bad • navy man with them that
nlhr, he would say untlilug about it, 'specially as
one of those navy men (Obief Petty °Boer Freeman)
was deco/egad with the medal fr the EA2Pti" cam-
peig I. where he served the G.tlirig guu, and proved
himself to be one of the beet shota in lb* British navy.
With the toast he Quaid d t re nem« of Adjutant 1.•
Marcbaut, and Me ars. ?steel' (Nava thwerve),
F, semen (11. N. and Lieutenant Turner (Yeomanry).
Adjutant Ir" N 1 Annuaire, after speaking of the good
feeling which exist. I between the regular army and
the volunteers, prone', led to refer to the neosesity
which ell ted for iinpr.,•emin.t in am phog. They
had many goo 1 allots In the baLLall.m but they had
nler • large Percent ign of men who di (not shoot at all
welL Then, again, es to di I, they ought not to be
satiefkl with at muting merely the rodidatiOn number
cf &ids, but should mien I every drill they possibly
could. The co Aranyk,ffic To, and ser saute showed
an excellent example t.ll the rank and file in turning
out for drill regularly. there were now 28 non-
aliciente in the b•Ct dion, an I out of that number nine
belonged to B Cortitny,
Mamma FARRELL, FRIMMAII, and T 03,21111 also Mindy
responded.
" The Bishop and Clem of the Diocese" wee pro-
pose I bribe Ch Adeline, ini responded to by the Hay.
MOB7lllll HEATH, who said the clergy sympathised
with the in 'cement, whica we. the preservation of
peace. The Volunteer movement, through the dis-
cipline observed by them, in • measure helped the
clergy in the blher duties it was their privilege to
perf.d.M.

The next toast was " Colonel Steward and the Staff
Offioers," proposed by the CHAIIMAX, who said every
officer and every man is the battalion considered it
a great privilege to MMVI us tar C ,lonel Steward.
Adjutant La bLtacestr, in reetionding, said thanks
to thJ hearty or.peration he had met with from
officers oo &Relies his dude. had been onnearatlvely
light. In concludoo he propoesd "The company
officers," coupling with the toot the 010101 01 Captain
Bodge an 1 Licata._ Rawlins and Harris it. . .

In responding Captain &Hinz nail he hoped the
time was coming when the Whoborne men would have
their own company intsct again, and they would
have a. their captain his friend wh Man sitting on his
rdiht ('air. l'. D. it. R•wliu•.) (Cheers.) Toe
Wimborne and %Vaielpun companies hal been
atne!gaulated into one for the let two years • and he
trusted that so bog se be we. their captain they
would stick to him, and be would promise them his
hearty support di every possible manner, and when
the time name should be ha,py t see tOe old WW2-
borne oimpany reinstate' in the manner he had before
mentioned.

-1:1-e-td.it'swti1a briefly responds I, expressing regret
circumetances over which he had no control bad pre-
ventel his regular attandanc, it .1,111 last year, but
promising to sat them a god 1 example during the
coming
.Yesr%

AS•lsi 1,11/-BU/gYOS PARKINSON proposed "The Old
Comps .y Officers,' coupling with the toad the names
of ex•ldeut. WELD-TAYLOR, MI•SIrirSOS Rowe, sad
ex.l.seut. RAWLINS, all of wh m appr .pristely
re. onde.l, the titter regretting t.. circumstances
which compelled him to he so ex-officer, and szpr. w-
ing the hp. their old company would be again
reinstated; but whether that t .ok piece or not he
could assure them the Volunteers would always have
his hearty support and hest wishes. (Applause.)
Mr. Ognit ItswOss and the Rev. M. lizartt (ex.
chaplain) also responded.
" The Donors of Prisse," proposed by the CH4III-
- reepen lel 1,1 by Moors. E. T. Etlowart
G. PARILISION, and 13. J. KIISSICYIS .• The Viatore,"
proposed by the CHAIM/ au I respon led to by
Messrs. Bowsaos sot HAIG .013 and "The Non-
commissions I Officer, of E Gossips.,," pr 'pow' by
the CHAIM/AY, and roweled.' to by Sergt-Instructor
BiIIANT sod Sergelllt• GALL %ND, FOILII, and WALLING-
/01W, brought the t to a cll..
Some capital vocal and instrumental musk was
given by the Orpheus Quartet Singers, an I by hissers.
Rums, Stanley Harter, Ornil Rawlins, and others.
Toe promdlage were altogether of a very suometal
character.