The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-22 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS.

The regulations and prize list of the forthcoming I
Fathering on Wimbledon-common have just been
issued by the National Rifle Association, and while
the regulations have received such improvements as
ex •
Perience has shown to be necessary in regard to
sights, ammunition' and “ ties," the prize list has
been so drawn out
as
to give greater encourage-
ment than has hither been given to the weapon
in the hands of_tu,
long Enfield. Theear-ilp
WII of Volunteers—the
the 7th of July, and.the sho3tlinoPen on Saturday,
of gizill commence on
the 9th. The first prize
be fired for
is under the re-
importance
is the
" Queen's," and this will
gulations of last year. The prize £250, and •
1
shot for in two stages. The first stage is open to
5
two efficient Volunteers of every company of a:Volun-
teer regiment in the kingdom, the entrance fee for
each competitor being V. There is generally a
sharp competition for the honour of representing the
regiment at Wimbledon, and the entrance fee ispaid
by the corps where a corps desires to maintain its
character as a practical body. This stage is shot
with the long England, at 200, 500, and 600 yards,
and the highest 30 receive £5 each, a badge, and
a'taesuall-bore rifle, value £2O, and the highest a silver
in
and le in
addition; the second 30 having the money
Sixty's badge' These 60, forming the " Queen's
for the shoot up the second stage for
year,
the great prize -
800, with the small-bore rifle, the ranges
bein
receivesg the9
gekiarancledl,ooo yards, and the winner
ea,l of the Association.
prize is the St. Geor The next
the St. George's Corps for
vase, presented by
rmthe profit of the Associa-
tion, open to one selected
both shaontof each company, and
this has two stages,
numerousfor
with the Enfield.
The prizes given are
Theeontest are only
the distinctions to be won inthan. d 'Valuable, and
~
En rrizes given
Rend to those in the 4, Queen,s.'s„
for the encouragement of the
(I,,ernd,araknd
deserve especial mention. Sir Williaim ciA; riflemen
given a £5O challenge cup, with 1,50 Martin has
divided into seven prizes to be shot for ba:
men" of 186:5 only, with seven shots at 600 yardBs-,
theentrance fee being ss. The director of the London
and South Western Company have given a £soprize,
with £25 added by the Association, for volley firing
by ten men from each battalion, the entrance fee of
the ten being £2 10s. Mr. Bass, M.P., gives £5O
in 13 prizes, for competition among efficient Volun-
teers who have never won a prize at Wimble-
don or at a county association meeting ; the com-
petition is at 500 yards, five shots, and the entrance
fee is ss. The " Alexandra" prize is an all-corners
prize, restricted to the rifles of bona fide Government
pattern, as used by the rank and file of Volunteer
corps. The prizes amount in value to .E5OO--ViZ•y

45 prizes, value £250, at 200 yards, and the same
at 500 yards, the entrance fee being 10s. for each
range. There is a second stage pritzeeoflso
for
h
competition among the winners in first,
which no entrance fee is exacted. The "Windmill"
prize is an all-comers', but restricted to long Enfields
of bonti fide Government pattern. The value is £3OO,
and divided the same as the " Alexandra," into 70
prizes, and at the same ranges, the entrance fee
being ss. each range. There is a second stage cup
of £25 value for competition among the winners of
the first stage. The Earl of Ducie has given £25,
to be shot for with the Enfield under peculiar and
trying circumstances. The competitor is allowed
five minutes, and after every shot he has to run
round a post 50 yards distant, carrying with him
his rifle, ammunition, and everything he uses. The
entrance fee is 2s. 6d., and, unlike most other prizes,
the competitors are allowed to enter as often as they
like. There is a similar prize for any muzzle-loader
to be loaded with the powder flask. The short five-
grooved Enfield is encouraged by prizes amounting
to £3O, and restricted to efficient Volunteers armed
with that weapon, and an entrance of ss. The sum
of £5O, divided into 13 prizes, is given for the en-
couragement of efficient members of Volunteer Ar-
tillery corps, being restricted to the regulation
carbines, and the entrance fee is also ss. One series
of prizes will be very welcome to Volunteers and
visitors to Wimbledon—viz., the institution of carton
prizes, on the Swiss principle, at 6d. a shot for rifles
of Government pattern, at 200, 500, and 600 yards.
This is the first time the 6d. has been recognised
at Wimbledon, and it is further recognised by the
sighting shots in the Queen's being reduced to the
same price. There will be shilling Swiss carton
target 4 for any rifles, and at the same distances.
One of the chief prizes open to any rifle is the " Al-

bert," in which the large sum of £620 is given in

upwards of 60 prizes—namely, 15 at 200 yards, and
the same at 500, 600, and 800, with prizes for
highest aggregate scores at combined ranges. In
the competition for these prizes the " fancy" and
expensive mechanical bullets are disqualified. The
entrance fee is £1 each range, or £3 10s. the four.
There is a second stage prize of £lOO, to be shot for
at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, without entrance fee,
by the winners in the first stage, and with any am-
munition. This is, of course, only a bare outline
of the attractions to the meeting, to which it is be-
lieved not only Volunteers from all parts of the
country will flock, but many foreign marksmen,
and among them the Belgian riflemen, to whom the
Volunteers, and Englishmen generally, will give a
cordial welcome in return for the kindness shown
during the last two years at Brussels to the repre-
sentatives of the English Volunteer regiments. It
may be mentioned that the National Rifle Associa-
tion, is consideration of there being no county as-
sociation in Middlesex, has reduced the annual sub-
scription to efficient Volunteers of the county to
10s. Membership of the Association gives many
privileges, and it is expected that many Volunteers
will avail themselves of this reduction. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge is announced to
take the chair at the " May meeting" of this Asso-
ciation to-morrow at Willis's Rooms.

The Duke of Cambridge has consented, at the
request of the commanding officers of the metro-
politan Volunteer regiments, to hold a Volunteer
review in Hyde Park on Saturday, the 2d of June.
The force is to be in position in the park shortly
after 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Those corps only
will be allowed to attend whose presence there
shall be sanctioned by the 'War-office, and this sanc-
tion must be applied for early. The 19th Middle-
sex, which is commanded by Colonel Hughes, M.P.,
and is principally composed of members of the
'Working Men's College, passed a very satisfactory
inspection the other evening before Colonel Wright,
the Deputy Inspector-General. Colonel McMurdo
was also present and subsequently expressed his
admiration of the manner in which this smart corps
had mustered and drilled. The muster was highly
commended by the inspecting officer, for there were
upwards of two-thirds of the enrolled strength pre-
sent. The members of the Finsbury Rifles have
just completed a very trying competition for the
honour of representing the regiment at the coming
vri....ebi,am. i—,.t.i.6, aud thy rviiv,,iiis have won
the right to shoot for the Queen's prize as the first
eight, and to be as well the representatives for the
St. George's challenge vase competition :—Colour-
Sergeant White, Private Pride, Captain Heslop,
Corporal Yokes, Corporal Janowsky, Colour-Ser-
geant Smith, Sergeant Pratterton, and Corporal
Harling. The order in which the representatives
are placed shows the position they have won in the
firing. The first two, besides winning the right to '
shoot for the Queen's and St. George's attended also
for the Middlesex medal competition.
Yesterday the review of the Volunteer Corps
who responded to the request of the Cambridgeshire
and Essex Regiments to join them in a field-day at
Cambridge took place there. The review had been
announced to commence at noon, but it was close
upon that hour before the Inns of Court Corps
reached Cambridge. Immediately on their ar-
rival, however, they marched off to the review
ground, where the forces were paraded into
two brigades as under :—ln the first brigade
were the first Huntingdonshire light horse,
the 3d Cambridge (University) Rifles, the
Ist and 2d Administrative Battalion Cambridge-
shire Volunteers, and the 23d Middlesex (Inns of
Court). In the Second Brigade were the 3d Ad-
I ministrative Battalion, Essex ; Ist Administrative
Battalion, Beds; Ist Administrative Battalion,
Herts ; Ist Huntingdonshire ; sth, 7th, and 23d
Norfolk ; and 2d Administrative Battalion, Herts.
In all there were present about 2,300, who were sup-
plied with 15 rounds of ammunition per man. The
21st Middlesex, or Civil Service, had promised their
attendance, but some trifling difference in the corps
prevented their presence. Colonel Erskine com-
manded as Inspector-General, supported by Lieut.-
Colonel Ellis, Inspector of the District. The Brigade-
Majors were-1, Captain Turner, of the South
Middlesex ; 2, Captain Jones, of the 7th Middlesex
Administrative Battalion. Captain Bax, Adjutant,
of the 3d Middlesex, was attached to the Staff. The
University Corps was under the command of Vis-
count Royston, and the Cambridgeshire 2d Ad-
ministrative Battalion under that of Major Barlow.
The first brigade was under the command of Col.
Sargent, C. 8., and the second under Earl Colonel
Cowper, K.G. The University corps was attended
by their chaplain, the Rev. J. W. Taylor, of St.
Peter's College. About a quarter-past 1 the review
commenced, and at this time the grand stand was
crowded withladies, among whom were the Countess
of Hardwicke, Ladies Osborne and Lady Adeane.
The several corps first received the Inspector-Gene-
ralpas tin,
andline at °gin contiguous Manchester's columns, then marched
corpsthen
advancing
attack. Next there la:nil-Ica:lie'
retreats, the latter supported
cavalry in squares, attacks
cavalry, open file and volley firing,
manoeuvres incidental to a field day.
The usual evolutions
nn.gced with the Duke of
'by, and
full. charge in
b 8 ing, attacks, and
y cavalry, receipt of
retirements of,
and all the
These were
performed generally with success, and at the
conclusion, the troops being ranged in square, the
Inspector-General said he was much gratified with
what had taken place. The 2d Huntingdonshire
were not alert enough in clearing the line for cavalry,
which was a great defect in skirmishing, and the Ist
attention mistake in theto thatechelon
nextn i
cjime-e
Hertfordshire made a
meat.
He had to express his high they are together.
They should pay
Cambridge ad-
miration of the Duke of Manchester's corps. Pass-
ing on with Lord Royston to the.
Uni-
versity Corps, whose half-yearlyeen much
inspec-
tion day it was, Col. Erskine said he had b
periodical
Pleased with their appearance. The various corps
then marched off the ground.

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