The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-05-28 00:00:00

FIR4T A BIKINIS nuTival BATTALION DOIBBT

1111,L6 VULUNTSSIM

Satedmono, May 170. 1872.

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Lleut.-o,lonel rree.•rd from Oil laspee.
ter-General of the Reserve Voresr. on lowitattun tor tbe
battalion le attend the amp of me on toe Sslia•
bury pliln, in 3.ptember nest. 11/ is r.quemeal
style what au Tbair of inewbcra woull probably attend.
Lieut.•eoiouvl Mansel kttowing from experience tho
value of the antouin maiacittirrea, awl feeling that •
great,eoroploiarnt 14 941 to the reatimeat by being thus
• emeond time invitod to join thy tamp. unheaitiatingly
assented the invitation tor the 15 days. mid gu .•
toed a battalion of 500 me, the whole time.
Colonel Marital eapeote every member in tho battalion
So assist him al far as it is praetioehle la this *grange-
meat. . . .

2.—The period in ramp will not be more then 15
day., end not lees than might day., including Vac days
cd_amembly.,snd dismissal.. .

3--Batiii.dions may jitti ale camp for eight or 154ays
When a battalion is to remain for 15 days. there will be
no objectioo to individual men relieving others on the
eighth day (each men thee remaining Ms day ie lump,
ezellusive of the days of jolaing and leaving) pturided
the expense of their relieving is borne by themselves or
their corps.
4.—A snm of 10s. per head will be allowed to the
some for each volunteer who remains 8 day', of which
6 gear days new in camp; end the earn of kl for those
who remek 15 days, of which 13 Meer days are In
sump.
s.—Offieers will in addition resolve the army field
'allowance for the number of day. they are in Camp,
viz :-2s. 64. per day for field officers. Is. &I. per day
foe impalas. Is. per day for subalterns.
6.—A1l other arrangements will be similar to those
published in lest years' battalion orders, of Jane 16,
7. —Lieutenant-Colonel Maned knowing the •alist
the Dorset Volenteers themselves attach to the autumn
manceavras, feels easured that they will 'mimed
bearuly to his cell, especially ae their own °aunty is
one of the beam of operation. B. therefore cielculates
that he may depend upon 300 al Am 166•1 for the whole
15 days, and 200 mote the first 8 days, sad 200 more
the second.

Commanding (Mews are regaested at once to ewer-
tale the number of mon in thou respeotive corps who
are likely to be present, and notify lb. aims to Lieut.-
Wooed Kassel as soon as esaveolent.
Gronos.P..Musam.,.

R. FOWLEII AND THE DORSET Lit.BOUREIL
Mr. Hobert Fowler, of Wiatsrborne Waidesburcb,
Mar bluidford, an occupier of 3,0.10 awe., stated at
the meeting of the Genital Chamber of Agrioniture
Shot in this musty, though the massy •M° .M low,
yet no deduatioa was nide for loss ol time by wet
weather, and • large portion of the labourer's femme
was reward In perosioara, for whieh the mon refused
to &merit • eubstitete in the coin of the realm :

"The towel perquisites were • holies aed gardoe free, fool for
the use of the Welly, fort. of facriete per quarter, in., IS
CL, to • too ol coals alert par quarter, with &ed.:loot ittantity
of point.. I,r the whole Nally, sod also en.uult (or •••d
for the nest par. In addition to these, the labourers receive
all aorta of little but valusble perquisites, In the shape of
ale, kr .

Mr. Fowler produced • statement frJui his labour•book
of 1870. Ttus shoved tset some of the sum received
101 sacks of 6ssr per rem, valued et 40a. par seek;
1000*. of faggots, veined as 10i. per *wt.; ale of the
value of t 3 34. 61;30 to 40 pershes of potato* ground,
valued of 15a. to ; mid house and garden rest free,
valued et la 124. 61. Is tabular form, the information
is is fellow'.:—

Wages Value Total
Occupation. paid In of per, income in
cast'. quiol66. 147 J
Forman labourer, 404 too 6. d. d. a. .
strArii 60 14 30 11 91 6
, wttb tine boys.. 1118 30 11 89 10
Cater, with °se boy .. 38 10 25 1 68 17
Labourer and manner .. Slit 1 23 1 58 3
Labourer and =hater .. 3116 20 63 0
Woodman . 36 4 15 806
Labourer • 140 19 4310
Labouror 1654 iii 4113
Outer 199 21 1 4011
Labourer 16 71 4011
Labour,. ......1243 161 3018

lii. to be observed that wages have airspeed rather
than declined Is the two years slime that date. As to
the possibility of Donembire lads obtaining "educe.
Moo," there Si the fast that two of Mr. Fowler's farm
boys am now stationmasters, one upon the Groat
Western, the other on the Soutb-Weetsern Railway;
and anybody •ho liss seen the labouring population of
this mneb•maligesed empty turn out in their Sandal
dresses, and on their beet behaviour, will agree that
their respectability of appearance and omitentment
with their peeitlas in lite are not to be Judged by the
aominal rate of wages paid.