The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-07-21 00:00:00

THE (WREN AND ?NS GUARDS CAMEL

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The Guard., Camel Corps 1M their return from
Egypt, husled at COM, on Wednesday morning from
the hired transport Andralia for imipecti.m by the
queen at Oishorne. The 111.11, numbering WOO in all,
were landed at Trinity Pier, Kest Cowes marched
thence to the Castle gr mink mod paraded in from '
().borne 11INI1111.1. The queen slowly walked up mil
down the line, holding a lwief conversation with
• ifficeni Wlllllll ehe reecognieed. .tddresainct the troop.,
her Majisty raid," I am very pleamd to see you,
and welapitir you all back to England. I thank y.. 1
for all that you have done." Colonel limentwen
Pflllllll in the name of the Camel Corts—" I beg
to thank your Mandy for the honour pet have
done 1111 In .wdering it. hem." Colonel Trefu.i.,
then presented Captain Hamull, who pimnaancled
the tnnwport ; and the .eniiir officer Of each
regiment presented hi. junior., alter which theofficer.
were grouped and photographed by Her Majeety.
request. Time were about a down blnejackets in the
line. Three cheers were given for the Queen, and Her
MlLjpaty then returned to her marriage. On arrival
at Trinity.pier the troopoware pnwided with luncheon
supplied at Her command. On Thursday '
the Corp. arrived in London from Portemouth, and
received a hearty welcome from their old *minute.,
while the band. of the Coldstream. and the Bliss, as
well as the pipe* of the Scots Guard., joined in the
greeting. They nuirched to Wellington Barrack.,
where they were in.pected by the Duke of Cambridge,
who welcomed them mi tiolrbers that had done their
duty. The 2nd Life Guards detiwliment Arrived at
winds, in the afternoon, and were al.. .111.1.4 cordially
welcomed by their comrades and the public ; awl the
2nd Dragoon G turd* detachment rejoined heady tarter.
at Aldershot, where they were greeted with Midst
denumetrationa.

HOW THEY SHOOT AT WIMELZHO.Y,
Them Are 2,000 rneschers .if the citizen army, each
mof who could pick off as any riscanabb.
It would he hazardous to attempt an ostinate of the
time such a one requires to arrange all the prelimi-
naries necessary before he lies down to fire his allotted
shots at • prize 'riveting. First he has to carefully
paint his fore and hack sights with " nigerinr,"
some other equally mysterious compound which
"dries • twrfectly dead black in a few seconds and
does not easily rub off." Then he has carefully 4'
adjust a ..sight definer' (.4 which he usually has •
variety, six or so in number) on the fore sight, and
paint it white. Thee he has to employ an
taneuns (or other) triple liner to his back•
sight and, having succeeded in this, to
adjust his slide with "a quadrant (or other
sight elevator," in the doing of which the services
of a incite' (or I 'thee) aneroid hansneter may be called
in, and then he is nearly ready to oimmence actual
operations. He will require, however, to carefully
scan his " souring refis m ter," to copare notes, renew
pu
or simply ton universal • ordrisic," and
carefully adjust a screen of brown for ~ther) PePer
under his headgear to proteet his eyl,l from the glare
of the suit Having flesi his first shot, and std.-
filiently alter lorry shot, he will have to apply his
" barrel roolig," and in the counir of time, all other
things Isung equal, lie will dnly complete the firing
of his allotbsl seven shots. It may be thought that
this is exaggeration, lure and simple ; but the
various appliances named am actually in use in many
instances at Winibbvlon at the trowel moment, and
the particulars in inverted commas are copied literally
from advertisements in last faturday's issue of
metropolitan service paper, All this may be very
necessary to make such a score in an important
competition as will secure a prize, but it would be
decidedly trot of place one battlefield, especially at the
, particular moment when a cavalry charge veil' te course
of execution. It might, therefore, be worth mondani-
! tion on the part .4 the promoters of the rifle prise'.
meeting% whether it would not he well at time, to
insist upon the rifle lewd being
exactly in ma i4ative
state, a, issued by the authorities, nantely--goilonn
of " nigerine," mathematically ease% white line.,
"d•'fined " Adj.:stud verniers, barrel-coolers,
I and all such paraphatialut Islas might, under theme
circumstances 'reheard .4 arobilignagan +awes as the
part of A few competitoni, but the general average
might not thereby he very sercuisly Impaired, In any
awe, it would he well to assimilate the condition. or
shooting at liii...side-meetings with those which
would he reqiiimd in actual warfare ; that is, if
the safety of the country, in as of invasion, is
F. be lidt chiefly to the Vulantueni- Norteiwairr
Osiseis r.

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When lewd Spencer gin nut of hia carriage im his
deptrture at Westland.row. Dublin, a wag rowed it'd
—"Change here for Carriarvon."
Over 100,000 cows are nxiiiirwd to supply the milk
yearly consumed in New York city and Brooklyn,
amounting to about 200,000.000 (inane.
The sobegnea' Jourani state" that an Order in
Connell has been made increasing the total number of
revising barristers front 29 to 123.
The lance is to 61 banished from the Austrian army
under a recent general military order, by which this
Lancers will be transformed into light oar
On Tuesday night an entry was into the
Eretty village church of Ercil=, near Wrexham
The sacramental vril44. was and the bottles
i.
rent•6ll:7l with water. The conununim; plate mu WI

At Shrewsbury on Saturday, two MP% awned
Samuel Heath and William Davies, wens fighting,
when Heath was. knocked &int, and diad out the way
I. the Infirmary. Davin' is in oustraly.

Shre.w.liury, on Saturday, ten mini named filsunnel
Death and William Davies were fighting, when Heath
was knocked down, and died on the way to the
Infirmary, Invite yi in custody.
A fanner named Tingly Mummy, at Killflyn, near
Train., who had £IOO in the Munster Bank, out his
throat on Sunday morning in consequence, it is sup-
posed, of the nommen 1 the bank.
During a fog on Sunday_ erenirw the Italian steamer
Luigia, from Genoa fur have., in ballast, ran aebare
at Purthguarra, Land's End. All lives were saved.
During • fire at Attereliffe, Sheffield, on Saturday
night. an engine tender, named Catharell, fell from •
high balder and was killed. Mr. Pound, supertn.
tendent of the brigade, and two
.fireinen were injured.
On Saturday night • nape's in Shorwirtrem, Mao
duff, broke while two boys were swing* on it, Om
lad, named Russell, . 16, was thrown into rink*,
contact with • bar, whereby he sustained snob severe
injuries that be died in the COMM 01 Sunday even.
wultininppedSaturiain Lierioanale liPieliwo:ills.3nadvered naaz
the 7iljaa
illear:VAP
.9UAre• 14000 n, two imspicious looking_ pinkie's. roe
covered portmanteau, neither having any &dem
After watching the parcels some two th• poP
removed than to Bootba4 Yard, where up= er• ...
UM Noy pccirod ta wows pofilsi 46 iiinlau"'

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