The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

BROM FIELD.

The enrolment of this corps is now expected to take
place shortly, as the proposed practice-ground has
been inspected and approved by Major Hobbs, 45th foot,
who, accompanied by Captain ll'Cay, Deputy Lieuten-
ant of the county, and Mr. Devereux Pugh, clerk to the
lieutenancy, proceeded to Wynnday-park, the seat of Sir
W. W. Wynn, and selected a site whict the worthy
baronet, who is to command the corps, has kindly placed
at its disposal. One hundred gentlemen and others have
signified their intention of offering themselves for enrol-
ment as soon as the order arrives. -
EA STERN-Gtlf
At Norwich, during the past-W-e-eZ; number of the
rifles have been received and given out. Several mem-
bers have also assumed their uniform, and a band is being
organised. At Grantham and Sleaford meetings have
been held to promote the formation of companies, and
similar steps have been taken at Lincoln, Louth, and
other towns of Lincolnshire, Sir H. Dymoke, Vice-Lieu-
tenant, having through the Secretary for War, tendered
the services of a Volunteer corps for the county. The
colour of the uniform is to be Lincoln green. At Win-
beach a spirited meeting has been held, and 50 volun-
teen have been enrolled. The uniform will be exceed-
ingly plain, and the colour grey or dusk; the cost is
estimated at vs 10s.

FIRST SURREY, OR SOUTH LONDON.
Three detachments of this corps, in uniform, under the
command of Captains Boucher, Rouse, and Stephenson,
assisted by Messrs. Irvine Rogers, and other subalterns,
proceeded by railway on Saturday week to their firing
ground for the purpose of divisional competitive be
practice. Three targets were net up, and the detach-
ments took their stand at 'MO yards from each target.
After the men had fired 10 rounds each the scores were
made up, when it was found impossible to lay that any
division had • decided advantage over the other. A
large proportion of the volunteers scored upwards of 15
points, some ranging even so high as 21. It may be in-
teresting to those who are unacquainted with military
firing, or the mode of counting the hits, to state that the
centre of the target, or bull's-eye, is a round black mark
Bii ches in diameter. If this is hit it counts 3; if the
bullet strikes within a circle traced 16 inches round and
from the bull's-eye it counts 2; if it strikes outside of
this circle it counts one ; the target allowed being four
fi.,et broad by six feet high, up to 300 yards. It will,
therefore, be seen by this statement and the scoring
which was made that the shooting was of a more than
ordinary promising character. There is one peculiarity
connected with this corps which is worthy of mention—
viz., there are no drill sergeants employed, the captains
of companies being well up to their work, and constant
in their attention to the drill of the men, (loin the sim-
ple facings of the recruit up to the most extended manoeu-
vres of light infantry. Many officers of other corps,
who stand by looking at the drill sergeanta doing their
work, and allowing the private volunteer to go ahead of
themselves in practical knowledge, might take a useful
lesson from the method adopted by the officers of the let
Surrey.