The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

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7110 maid masa* took *se on Thawlay waning at
the Towahall, whoa there wire ssr.s Oapt-Coasaisa-
daat Edward', Lost. E. Hooasell,
Sargosat Maakat47-loatrardoo Good, &meat-Major
Tacker, sad about SO Pnoo to tha wasmenoe•
moat ot lb. prosoadiap lb* wooly formod bear baad
played a aelearioa of murk.
The OM bobassuated Capt. EDWARDS addivand than
01 follows :

They had assembled principally to take oats at the
things which had oetarred admits the.... volunteers
dense the past year, So reeognim say erron they had
oommitted that they might endeavour to reality the..
in the ensuing sesions, and. if they had displayed any
rstill best.,
o,
it y ering the year
.111114 too take meager to
memoranda furnished to hi.. he would supply these with
statistics reletive to their etteadanes at drill, their
musketry lastruotios, their shooting, postale)
position, Ise.

The stnngth of the eons Dee. 23 1864, was 74
.ants; at the sates time in 1863 'hare Isere 77. H.
was Ken to say they also bad an increase I. moo
-
agnate, the nu/obeli being in '64, 27, and in '6l, 8L
The camber of earning the extra 10.. was also
against Sem, for in '64 there were 118, fa '66 but 63
Thse/ove, so far as tin comparative mo.sc, of the
expo was ocineerned they were sot in a equities to one-
patellae thennelves. Thiry bad only lost one member
by death. He thought that ebovild bit borne in mind
Dot only by tin nineteen bet by all young as.. in the
town and their panels sad guardian. It proved to
bin that the training sentinels mend had • health-
ful teedensy ;b.tbo.gbt there could he so doubt about
that whet they ocesadered Sb. anaisant of oel-door
sunk* volunteer@ mend ever that they got when
'ennuis.

There had beta several redgeatioes daring the PPS
year. That was what mud be expand either from
men laving eine amnia time to lb. INA cataideriag
they bad does their duty, or from the fact of their
leering the town. But several recruits bed feared
then, whim about compeoreard for sash keep still,
he should like to see an isereseed newslar of reernite.
Then was satalter volunteer turps in the town, and
though he did aet sand then to advise young men to
lola nal, body.. mesh sot. he smathers al the ride own
he urged the paw mem of the twee, set as yet "elan-
mere, to joie we or other enrr As Briglistame, they
bad to a mortals *steel so ithad themselves to the
work, by lades about the strewth of Pe nisalser
foree, so that it berme their tiaty to support it sitar
In poen or by their parson He thought it woad be a
great bresellt to the tow if many of Um youg men
whose bonnets meepatioes did ea pentads the.. Iran
sparing two or throe haus a week, wen to join the
&ova He meld prawn, than they would not regret
11, sad if tb•y regarded the marked improvement la the
appearance of youag ONO atiltthey bed Paw voles-
bars is the man light am he did, tb.y would very soul
eeroll theeneenes. Pohlmann together in the
street promoted • mealy martial spyomnoos, while
others Dot nefrequently wit ulosublog alow. awl be
could not think sate • pit added to tbnk &amen* lip
pea ince either aspept as.. or timi lair sax.
With regard is, aflesdaace at drill, be found that that
pod eolanteer -fierpmet Houasell took preanineees
amongst the atieemenotontid camera, having attended
'seinen* of bamboo and squad drilla, 34 them.
Corporal Hughes, and Privates lawns and Chilies •
ham, alitealed the awe somber of drilla, sad Corporal
Good stood ant with St He wished that he meld
make snob honourable mention of fa, instead at oaly 5.
lie hoped that he PPM as. a =SAW impronsema la
this regard lo the earrent year.
He now tome to the moot poinfel part of his task- as
to the shooting. Whether the fault rested with their
oflcere-which he area very mon afraid was the
es is-or whether it rested epos the lam there
ens no doubt at this-that although mentor
one fa seniority in the battalion they were the
worst Amnia' amps In the seitaty. (Velem " No,
ran Wles it was roost sated that they had a ramp
close to the town, sad meld shoot through the third
class in shoat two houre-withoet win lom of time or
incioneleore, it seemed very strange they did not
ciampy the pooling they ought. It might be said in
reply. other owe had griskst stinnibusts to skill In the
priors offered. He admitted the proem offered to than
had beim very suatll. lodeed, searsely worth notice, sod
that other tore,(particularly Hornbeam sod Waltman b)
which tuned oat • good shooUng @good of 10 or 12,
were offend prime to a reepeot.hl. amount, yet be
meld sot forget that they had term or four miles to go
to their ramp If tad, Mara Inn in the right plate
he believed they should be ink to produse a better
shooting squad Mae they row mold Amalie* the
shooing an he Need the highest in 3rd cam woolliest.
Run try-learaoter Good, who Korot 64, wed Corporal
Good made St. In the tad ohms Sergeant Barrett merle
63, and Sergeant Hounsell 47. In the lot slam Cor-
poral Good made 47, and Re pent Barrett M. The
best shot for tim year-makieg the highest score In tin
let sad fad flaw. was Corpora Own, with a, who
therefore, wore the silver medal ' • eat I-, hum was
Pageant Barrett with 91. sad thohiglerst more in all
three thanes was made to Corporal Good. via., 158.
The Rev. W. C. Templer had reddened the ehaplain-
ay of the eons, whim they would regret as be had held
t..sibaponitsneet from their formation, but be we.to my the Rev. Melville Lan motor of 6ridport•
=coped the vacant poet
Daring the year they had had a *erten number of
drills, lad ha Paned had kept up it. obaracter as •
pretty petal caps in the betalioa. Both at the camp
sad at the review they get • eaten amount of praise
not only as part of the battalion huts. a company.
H. hoped. -bile improvise their shooting, they weuld
mantas their /Soapy to drill. He hoped that la
two or throe moans their &in abed could be lielehed
It was intended to provide rarities games which weld
Mod to improve them phys sally. He nes spots of
the gnat impanel this would entail, and argot all to
earn the Goverment 39e. to prevent no oMaen front
having to pay for the drill shed themselves.
. .

Hi7was glad that they bad maintained Meir diameter
for good wad'st during the year and believed they
would do an for the future. Fie then mentioned that
Welt coomplintents hsd been pawed oo the non-oom-
miwiwed °Mows. Is weribmws be said if any of the
man thought • Sump is the Miming of the corps was
desirable he and hie brothor Wirers were willtag tags
into Me rank; sad asme *thereat they looked fw others
to Berm them He overawed his retest that Major
Templer was prevented attending by ill.bealtit. refined
to the real assistance be had given to the minutest
movement, and said that amount their many friends in
the town, no two bad done so much for them am Major
and Mrs. Templer. (Appian..)
Servant Ifeeketry-Inetruator GOOD attributed soma
of the illweesem of the 00134 in showing to their bed
riles, width Clompronseet had undertakes to Mange. bet
only re-West them and mat them book. Merging 117 or
£8 for it—literally obeating the.. Another extemsting
eireeumtamm was the alteration of the target, and
erring.
Captain EDWARDS maid he was pleased to hear wine
extenuating fame, but he was not satisfied they onsipied
Lb. position they ought.
The some decided that Tuesday was the moot wo-
rmiest miming for drill, and the Oliptain mid that ae
they bad chows it themealma he hoped they would
attend them well. -

B,qu.Mli the eorps sapped legether at this Bull
Rotel. vase they Ins *sell
W.
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Soo. Bargees Ray,
Ho.. Surgeon &set (3rd D.V.d. . J. K. P. Montagu,
Mes.. &W. Wallas, Esq.. .T. Wheat's, Ma%
M. J. Felthara, MR, W. H. MA•loy, W. E.
Terser, loq., ke. The usual loyal, patriotic, and sem-
plissotary toasts were enitmeastically reseived,
several good soap wise sung, sad • awry eveatag was
apes' by