The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-06-16 00:00:00

rag PROPOSED VOLUNPRER 04 Ml' Ar
DORCHEATRR. 1

The agitation which wax initiated in the, c.lii.ins
with reference to the holding of the Volunteer camp
at Dorchester is likely to bear fruit. Believing the
movement to be ismular, and as the first practical
Map in the matter, the Mayor (Alderman (;regory)
convened a public meeting for Monday, and the large
attendance WM MOO*. 4, WPM,. Of the hiding if the
town. The Volunteers hale never V ISaP(11 11,1 before,
but WO believe I kirchixiter to be a+ capable of mtking
their stay here mi pleaNint and enjoyable :vs any other
place in the county.
The Mayor occupied the ,hair, and 'in the platform
were Major Hintlges, Mr. gdwin Burnett, Mr. A. H.
Lot. Mr, B. Durden, and Mr. E. R. I'eMGW • MK.
CUOIlle" • - • _

--TlA:.Nl.tvoit in commiencintr the Jinx...clings, ,aid,
their object wm e4litoider t thatraltil it yof inviting
Col.cod Steward ataltheVollentee•env,, during
their annual training in thecenning July, in tla.
bairlaccl of I h,rrhecter. (Hear, hear) Ile had received
a hint from the Colonel to the effect he Wax Willing to
bring the battalion here if an invitation Wall given.
(Applauce). ,t we tag whin had aim been eX lirer.xl by
eel erallpeople in the town that the encampment ch. add
Ixt held here, and therefore he concidered the beet way
would lc to call a len ic meeting, and gather the of ll .
of the inhabitant, generally. (Hear, hear). It war now
2N years one. the e ohinteern were enrolled, and their
camp hail never taken place near I )orchonter nince
their 4.nuation, altlea*lt it had been held in %ari.
I Other 1.1160.1 L 814.16 Ittlworth, Weymouth, Burton
Itradmoek, earketiose, and Swami.... Therefore he
thought it was high tim.• tlo• (minty towit chould Ist
1,,,,,,,nred with their torelooes.. ( I liar, hear.) flot
triaged if the ii,' dation were accepted the inhabit
ante if I torch...ter would pot their cleailder, t.,
wheel and e the volouteern n right hearty weleome.
rheern.) Itut le, they wer.• aware, a thing of thic
•inell could not he carried .iut without .n,, ~,v. There
were eeveml espences to Ile met - the gr. Ito Is.
monied, the water to lc van eyed to it, and the
town to lee decorate.l for the reCeption of the
battalion, and ilhol'e all Ile Wolikleugge4 the ill * ma•
the; of their beantiful Walk.. (Appian...l Th.,
ground which Colonel Steward wait in favour war.
the EXhiltitioll Held at titimford, and the owner, Mr.
Joseph Hull, had connentecl to allow the taw of it for
I,T). With sward to the cum that would be minim('
for general pommy*, he had calculated that alms
LTA would do the whole thing in a proper and
imitable manner. Therefore if It way Iletthieli the
volunteers chotild he invited he trochel the town
would come forward nottlily and enable the cone
wisew that would be appointed to carry out
the affair in a apirited manner. (.‘pplstice.l
liemtstr, who ex premed Intipleactin. itt taking
part in the meeting. tooted —" That thic meeting
esprtmecit, unannuote. decire to int it. Colonel
Steward and hi+ Battalion .4 I /meet Volunteer', to
hold their approaching ellealnlllll44lt ill the neighbour.
hood of !birch...der, and that the Mayor be mitt tee!
communieute ouch int itation to Colonel Stewanl,
and to motto. him of it hearty welt...mit. from the
itthabitantc." (hotel Applauct..) In cubmitting thic
to the meeting, he mid no one would he More gratified
than himcelf t.. Wee iii. Penteer. Collie to the comity
town. dtc they Mel tiet,•r le,it here before it Wollhl
be a thorough change to th.oe who had been toed to
the neweide. (Hear, hear.) He 'allot, hoWeler,
front the Mayor es to the cite for the elleallilallent,
and he thought illhey cottl4l get Nlr. !Aug en aleent
1.. the .4 Poundlairy it would In. II far mon.
mutable place than Mr. Will'y tel for %mimic
remount. Poondlittry Wit, near the town, and would
make a .plettilid drill ground, and there WM plenty
room for athletic aim All4l, a eon,ideration of no
onAll importance, the titer at the bace would afford
escelleat beetling. (Hear, hear.? Howes er, ever)'.
thing depended on the •toaeripte at, they obtained I
hot he hput no h,..itat ion in waying he WIN cure they
would pull well together, that their mitMeriptionc
would yawed the it lance., atel that the county town
would git 4, the u °Mahon a• u, 'ritual and hearty a
welcome a. they 4.X perienollat ii wattage law year, and
at other place% they had visited pret jowly. ticoill
applaum) With respect to the illumination of the
%Vance, hinted( And Inc cedirectom of the (Mc Cone
pan' weitld do everything in their ts,wer to tarry out
that object. Mom, hear.)
Mr, hi, liii,,iKN ftveoliti.i the reoilitt ion. and tie
dorsed all that the Slap., 111141 Mr. Burnett had mid.
.ta an old toltutteer, nobody would hail the approach
of the IMmet Battalion to the c amts town with Illore
hemline. than !Dimwit, and he would be delighttxl
fora, one of the c. and to take any pstrt in
hi, power toward• furthering the alilleolyelit.
lie eolith iii of the "hoover. whilat they %ere at
laorche*ter. (Hear, hear.) With regard to fund.,
I. th.aight they need be ler no apprehension on
that citliject. What heal born .1.0111. In other towns
he was Imre they could do hem With reganl to the
nit..., front convernatiou lee had hall With polite .4 the
officers .4 the battalion, he found they were decided
it) favour of the Exhilationtield, Mit he unite agreed
with Mr. Burnett, if the Colonel could be iteltseed
.elect l'o1111411Mir) it Wolild lie a nollela mote uottle•at•
...1414. mite than the gnitintl that had leen iv. utiobed,
hot afti-r all it W. a 40,4 ion for the
decide. He exprenieed readine... t.. ntepport the
movement, and he cincerely hoped they would
fortunate a.. t., get the volunteer, at Ikerelienter.
( A (piano...)
(lit in needlenn to city the 'evolution wa•mtanineately
adoliterl.)
Mr. K It. PKARI.K• KIKaT KKK ttAll 110.Ved, "Thin
in the event of ctich ins dation being accepted
.a cone
mitt.. be aluminise! t4l arrange for the reception and
eattertaiwent of the battalion, and obtain cultscrip-
Lion. for defraying the expencec connected therewith,
arid that tomb toitilmittee do consist of the followiag
person. —The Mayor (Mr. .1. ii. tinispiryl. the
Mere. Henry Evendt, C. lel. Sanctuary, •nd 11. P.
flatitec, Major Hodge., Meyer,.. •t, Pope, If. Darden,
b. H. Pearce- Edgenteihe. V. Burnett, A. H. Lock, T.
14, Biggs, and B. Hogg. lu d g he ysmul it
wan clear fr.aii th.• large her prevent, send (nail
ile• Marty applail.• with which they bad greeted the
/ir4t nvaintion that an um . ..elitilment ci web
▪ towardc the whole I eornet battalion Caine out
rclU the county town. (Hear, hear.) Hot they had
not only to welcome the vollinteerg —they lead to do
v.. thing re, they Lad to make certain prepara-
ti,up, for giving thrlie au evijoyalele time daring
the interval. .4 their flout, and their drilL
He was mire every one would iii mittthing towardc
welconaiag the volunteer,. (hear, heat.) They
tramed a gaud committer, and he felt assured tLe
committee he bad mentioned would work zealously
towardv the object they had in view. (.\ pplaiime.)
lie wise surprised to hear thic was Ahmed the firm tune
he battalion had come to Iherelienter, becatine they
vaned all feel and know that this is one 44 the neet
beautiful totem in the South of ktildand. (Hear,
hear.) Ile would now leave the resolution with the
meeting, but he Mixt may that ....Mg ao many red-cmts
about the towi he thought it would Ic• a little relief
to their eye. if they saw wane of the dark green coata
A% welL (Hear, hear.) If., Wila cure the dark
greenet if they cause herr W 411141 pin.te
veinal)), good soldiers with thaw in red. (Applitune.)
Mr. ARTHUR LOCK seconded the rmolotion and
etuarked the cite wag a quection tniuor inpartience.
if the volunteer* came here they must accept dm he
the Colonel thought suitable for the occasion. Then
part wile aa to the reception the volunteers chould meet
with, and he wan quite tiers they would give then. ,1
hearty welcome. (Appllll..) It the cogirected jibe
initiation lif the Walks was carried out, as one of the
nlirectera .4 the 41.11. Company, he would IN plvmed to
cupport Mr. Burnett. He taped they would ghe the
volunteers such a hearty reception that its two years' I
rime they would be ready to repeat the experiment.
(Applause.)
'The remlution was carried by acclamation.

The MAYOR said he bad received letters expressing
apology for non-attendance from several gentlemen.
Major Honiats, who wits the nest speaker, said he
appeared Ingots the meeting in 'lather a double
capacity. As a townsman and as a scluateer he
reuat speak hum two different standpoints. First
of all as a fellow townantan, he would *AY Lie
cordially reciprocated the expressions that had fallen
from the Mayor and the other speakers with regard
to the reception they hoped to give the volunteers.
Through some untoward eircumstanees I hirchester
had not been favoured with the volunteer encamp-
ment, and he could explain how it had occurred.
They commenced at West Le!worth, where they had
three encampments, and afterwards they went to
Milton Abbas, which was rather flat after the seaside,
For asi all knew, the sea was a great source a attraction
to lire& living Inland, who could always find amuse-
ment by the sea, even if it was only picking np
pebbles on the Mor, For this mason ever since they
had tried to avoid an inland town fur the vamp. This
year, however, in consequenced the refusal a the
authorities to give the battalion on invitation to
Aldershot, they had turned their thonghts to Flor•
chatter. (Hear, hear.) The Gaunt I had been asked
to go to Burton Bradstock, but they had been there
three times, and did not wish to trespear again on tbs
kindness of the good people of Bridport. CuL Steward
therefore warld like to have is change, and was
arming t curse to 'hitch...star if the Inhabitants
'would make suitable iireparations and obtain
a igaper site. The Waters mind was this—lf they
could obtain the ground at Stinsforl he vi'. old be
happy to go there : but as to Pousdbrory ( gajor
(lodges) co ild tell Hum if that site was offered he
weuM say No." but if Stinsforn was proposed lie
would say " Yes." Therefore they would be doing
wisely if they accepted Hr. Hull's offer, although
they might have to pay for it. (Hear, hear.) Speaking
as a volunteer, lie mud he had received so much kind.
mu. from Poole, Bridport, Wareham, Weymouth,
Swimage, and other places, that he would Is- only too
glad I". mak,...,nn. return by having the 'vitiation here.
(Applanse.) In Isith the capacities in which lie
appeared before them he heartily :approved the
arrangement, and the cordial reception it had met
with would be conveyed to Caimel Steward by the
Mayor , and lie hoped the Colonel would Wg. his way
1.. accept the invitethon. (Mildew...) As ti the
umuaententa and pleaaures which might lie offered to
he volunteer. he MIN quite sure I torche,o„,r
would
not be behind other towns in this matter, and neither
in the question of money. (Hear, hear.) Ile had no
doubt they 'timid make up to the hattalion for their
distance from the seashore, and that the two would
rmv ide such recreations that the volunteers would
feel they had had a pleasant week, and bowled to visit
Dorchester sgaiu ou a future occasion. (Applause.)