, 1872-01-24
PROCEEDINGS
OF the Colonial Council for St. Croix.
Continuation of the Meeting of 8th January 1877

Continuation of the Meeting of 0h January 1917
s which; y $ 4 I'D % 5o $ ted 5; %% $ "$% s$ S S@ 5 S %s;s q: I5 5 5s 5 55 S:ps s$ 3 ;s5 $s = S ~ 8 THAT IS $, j" :" a ten IS g
The Tbs Spa4eoof then then d 15@d Ss s %IT mh = % "n nsnSn.n s gnS Se 5ns %s series Of amendments
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der will be- e@ %%5 BY the new Ordinance oonps"d with the salary liked by the Plan f. l83 1859 u WaS
attendance md medicine it viii now be only $n85, besides those emoLumenn. It. is certainly 50,
s s5p np 5%5 Of s 9 Ha ney I DsS %T r %w 1pd m55 the 5s% "d s~ns 6 TG Son ao in s"s %s sof high Ugh
the Committee a o"ss BE- added pn%in g" 1s yo o new new condition will oy % ui in force po op vao%,
$500 Fl %% %% % the % Depot e S that & S% P8aaa vii H be- Somewhat r 5ass than IoS s%s A9
Committee donp propose" the Military Judge struck @s from the pay list as hero is no pay allowed,
Military Jo3S: S. HslssotLoerf Hs E5siency has any gre .tobssaon to it perhaps the a0 Or
tons til the Committee will not pres" To the section @py to %r COMM Officers aud u p+
d m3 &@ @ma5% g @ #&s1 ths dn future mo- t . will ! nm tine B%n ne and 7 mr i% % an nn1
yg y" u% and G"G iav np3S n"" 2 s%' g o%% sd " sz53 i%S S~%osso us s~@j & %o they %y IS4y c%
S%% thee o@nn6too h2 thug thug pay w. s %paI % 5o G o @s and on HAS ns apho% yds GGo Committee would have
been willing to alqtmat propose, hvngi@of no lnonbdgo of the dnh &ho sew@; but it was
n mf ID to 6 the s Ss9msIn increase. of I to one %% l%n oa %% n and p pm"e the G%@m@ts % r S%n
hm@It prove yb prhda, ahopby there mishbo Greater nde"not offered TO eo' service
oy@y9 3nst namely free quarters? Gop r"yno ana t" certain euen.heo clothing From
the parvyn1ob "o1 So SG @s the m mub fed Gg r4an1o %"T H %{hsd sp@ acquainted with the
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sm o1eaa %5 TIT III" take sa aSpT ind ID 1 oo co9@ %y s s% mo % R3T n@ ,sah"f f9 b sse es%dS 6S % all ob @o d@d,
meal h o@ Ss@ %5 a P%p of 1 c19@ f@ @io os the sS SI$ at TN a@s"si In % r' a5%a oo@ of s" sue P provision "A
s "p from i % @r"%%ap o " that % ds~s@ 4p py would @% @ or Da opportunity prao &% for S% men to- to- get get
P@"f HsT %on"y" b% %% o "i n %%n noaa S%os% o 5"1 Has E Es @rm y h~95 d5 ns @n % No II
5%na pr opm nt tn nm with " gd% to p9 Ga the right aa of qqf f%Sr " nd gadut ito u hop am %T1 IN
P "s G n s3sse aosi ads 1e S% e9 % %n %%s ' Daaa as %S"os s% aA S san % d4a914 IS not H % sn @ga so ao
snaanntf alors1s proposed would scarcely form subject Of misunderstanding adh has perhaps
n,d 3 h. G aI %% s &R in s%Ga to ' %5 q s est 1% # Military as: 5ss1s a. shat h: had fol a sI ao 4 5,
o6s o s %p h b% rbS of n ss s%' b he b ~%4 tf fn 'a a9a N ' ss P T5od is 1% Gissn P% o s"@%GS S &s1 r%a
therefore pPeca" that be- proposed with ths alteration that in Comequen" ofhe amendment
amendment No 10; he had not hitherto been sufficiently acquainted with the details of the service
butLe finds it natu@la and jutt hat the pay to the Artillery Sergeant viewing all thee circumstances
be raised to so cB per diem Hell adGBhmd TO obnvadonso SON he military plveyancea pmt that
hdb been under consideration when framing tho Daft The uod4dons he had gathered in this
rSec, he must ny chiefly regarding ST. Thomas, showed that thu puvyanoe was rattle too ag,
50 that the I'm were in the habit of gvnga@ away their food, perhaps reeUngg something else in re
turn u. Tnere nrkss forth to-day will not bel left QUITO sight The amendment N. II to
the @ncuingp r Of 3 not exactly necessary, but as a similar clause was proposed for ST..
chad taken 1t up and ohd recommend hath be adopted as framed.
3d C"wnhen6" lR"upohI begged leave in reference the observations made on the SOL
dRH py and his puVeyancA to remm that he had oa previous occasion explained in detailed
manner how soldier u@H the pay Of cents. and he had plainly showed that these sa daily de-
h" The Coonnl Council granted an addition II cent Dhet the pay. and agreed that as long as
the price of butter was not below ? Np lbs, the Treasury should pay certain per- cent monthly of
vel know howu utterly insufficient the II cts are we must certainly admit that the is csp proposed in
the Governments Draft is not too high. AS re@rdS the observations about the soldiers
food being insufficient that question had not come under considerations the Committee, asst is ex
p@edt that 1.-THE nan atTt in hands ~ the Govemmeutw will be the Contracts for military p-
wymce. A pesnthep are certain daily rams povned for the men; the qmhy the arichs
ddverdS perfectly good and the quantity AMPLE, bth preparing the raw materials portion of it
g@so loss b the soldier doesn t make u@f the flood aNowed hn and ter eaon is tathe
gets tredt have the same articles, prepared in the same way SO Ohn and continually. This ae.