The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-04 00:00:00

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the militia of the counties, but these . or.? ratribeS
employed in other parts of the empir, T.I. as
in this, and'therefore 'it becomes us to,. cwk about
us and see how far we can provide for ou." r pro tee.
tion. I myself do not expect so much from `. vol un_
teer companies as some people do; for, at. ';er all.
volunteer corps are not always under the ver. y I ,e,'
of discipline, as past experience has shown us, nnfi,
when hard pressed with exercise and training,. trivp.
get disgusted. at the task. Volunteer compass les;
must give great attention to their training bef Ina►
they can expect to be available for the defence or
their different localities. I must say that as far as;
the Government have gone, they have done little.
or nothing for the promotion of these companies..
All they have done is to permit us, under the Vo- •
lunteer Act, to arm and drill and form ourselves 1
into companies, which proceeding, without the per-,
mission of the Crown and of the Government, would!
have been illegal. But by the supplying of arms ,
by the finding of instructors to instruct the volu7l_
teers in the use of their arms, by providing prac-
tice-ground, by providing targets, and by provithng
ammunition, all the expenses are thrown on the
volunteers themselves. I think that if this move-
men is really to turn out anything at all, some step
must be taken by the Government in the direction
of, at all events, finding the arms that are to be
put into the bands of the volunteers. (Hear,
hear.) It is evident, from the Circular as
issued on the . 28th of May, that what-
ever volunteer corps are formed, from Land's
End to John' o'Groat's house, they should be armed
with the same description of arm, and the object of
that is, , that they may be able at once to
use the ammunition made up in .the Government
manufactories and issued from the Government
stores. Lord Panmure then proceeded to refer to,
the propriety of forming volunteer corps in the
towns and districts, and giving to each corps the
choice of their commanding officer, who, if approved
by the Lord-Lieutenant, should on his responsi-
bility be recommended to the Crown ; and to the
necessity of a strict adherence to the rules of mili-
tary discipline by the volunteer corps ; and, with
regard to the me and preservation of arms, he said
—" 1 am inclined to think that in every volunteer
corps every volunteer should be intrusted with the
responsibility of keeping his own arms ; that he
should take his arms home with him; that he should
be subject to a visitation by his officer at any time
to see that they were in a proper condition; and
when he comes to the field, there, and there alone,
he should use that arm with ammunition furnished
to him for that occasion. He should not be allowed
to use that arm at his own free will when he is not
on the practising ground and under the eye of the
officer that is commanding him."
At the conclusion of his Lordship's address a
large number of gentlemen agreed to aid in the
formation of a corps for the district.

BRECON.

A meeting, numerously attended, and presided
over by thlayor, has been held at the Town •hall.
Resolutions were carried to the effect that steps for
the formation of a rifle corps should be immediately
taken, and that public meetings should be called
throughout the county, a committee being formed
to carry these revolutions into effect.