, 1874-12-09

he supposed was, that the Government should
be entitled to demand that 8 stations should
be kept up, but at the same time the Govern.
ment could reduce the number in each place,
and thus arrive at the same result as that ad.
vccated by the honorable Member, to have only
q few men at Kingshill and Frederiksted. On
the other hand, as long as the Ordinance pre-
scribes that Kingshill and Frederiksted shall
be used as military stations, they could not be
used for other purposes hence the necessity
to, introduce a Draft empowering the Govern.
ment to withdraw these military stations. The
Government has already now the power treat
ed of N the Draft in refer nee to any change
in the number of men on the several stations,
and wnen the Government Bays that 9 horse.
men are to be kept at Kingshill and at Fsederik.
sttd I'd be u.s. d not only as messengers 10 send to
Head Quarters but also in other respects un-
der the command of the Policemasters, it is
not necessary to have this Ordinance for doing
so. Further it must be borne in mind, that
the Government especially mentions that when.
ever it becomes necessary, q further patrol OF
6 to 8 men may be sent to either of the st.
TONS. When the honourable Member had OBJ
~iectiOns to the Draft because of the addition
81 expense that would be incurred, he, the
Governor, would say that he had on
a former occasion shewn by figures
ku8C bQ0T0 WILL Do a b&NLUk VI L @1O1OOO
rndet the mi itary budget; and when
as one of the public branches where the mill.
tary men should continue to be employed, ho
would specially call attention to the fact that
the military, when you take all the items into
consideration. ore dearer for the Customs Ser.
vice, chan civilians would b.; for, now when those
military men can not constantly remain in the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, the Chief-Authorlties
there always hold out the necessity of hav'
ing 2 comptrollers each place, because the men
can not gain perfection in their duties owing
to the frequent changes; but if civil assistants
be permanently employed, one of the comptr0l'
Iers could be dispensed With. The honorable
Member said that he, the Governorja OF the for
mer discussion on this Draft had urged that
the Council was bound to vote for any saving 10
the expenditure however, he had but said that
che Oouac Gil ought TO vots fog this Draft, n { o.
" because it had asked for retrenchments, and
this plan showed a speedy and safe way Of
obtaining those, but also because it is strictly
the duty We owe our creditors to save where
We can, and because, furthermore be
could not look upon the future of this
Island as being so secure as tbs honoura-
bic Member thinks it is. 10 this latter re-
spect his calculations are to this effect,
that if the Island does not get what we can
not reasonably expect, namely a continuance
of good crops, then our existence can not be
considered as being so sure, whereas if we
obtain a change in our system of manufacture
we might within not very long time arrive az
a position again, whore We need not be SO
close. Fl sted as now. From this view also the
Government proposes a change Of the military
foros which will nat be binding, knowing,
besides, that many proprietors would not
like to have the military force entirely removed,
He must reject the impression, that the proposed
plan Is only an experiment IN which the Gov
eminent itself does not believe. as the hon
Durable Member had said he had on a former
occasion stated that in adopting this draft,
no harm or injury could arrive; and the
Government would, moreover, never recon-.
mend or propose q retrenchnient that would
be detrimental to the interests of the community,
but only such aB could secure reliable and
lasting bene6ts.-As regards the stationing
of the whole force at KingshiIl, il could not
be done, among other reasons from this one,
that it would at once render Il necessary to
make extensive alterations to the buildings
there, far more expensive than the hnilding
operations to be made for the garrison whel
at Christiahsted, where the new barrack,
which is certainly necessary from a military
view, need not to be built at Oncet and the
present barraCk might then be used for other
purposes for which the buildings might