, 1874-12-09

sted the P0licemaster might, as stated by His
Excellency, undertake to'preserve the peace by
the policeforce alone, but as regards Kingshil
he could not we'll understand, how the Police
master could so readily, as he bad done, aban-
don the assistance he hitherto had had from
the horsemen there.-From these remarks 1t
will be evident that the difference between his
and the Governments opinion is SO great
that it could not be expected the two could
meet. While the Government says. the mill
tary must be kept under constant drill. to make
them efficient for military purposes, and that
the men must not be used for any thing else
than military purposes, he holds that the men
answer the requirements Of the Island without
that constant drilling, and that the tDen should
and could be used for other purposes besides
the military, without detriment to the latter
AS regards the wish expressed by His Excel
lency to have the discussions on this Draft
closed before be left the Island, he (Rosenstand)
would mot recommend that the matter be hur.
ried through, and in fact we could not we'll do
without a Committee on the Draft and Money
Bills, and such a Committee could not posi-.
bly, conclude its work by Monday, when His
Excellency wishes to leave
The Gorern0r, In reference TO the remarks Of
the honorable 2nd Member for Christiansted's
Country District (Rosenstand), would say that
It is rather difficult in this case to argue
against arguments which, as the honorable
Member himself acknowledges, are not based
on any military view; and when q Member
as in this case done, declares that the views he
expressed have been entertained for a long
time by him and would not be altered, it ap-
pears to become useless to contend under such
circumstances. He did not by any means wish
10 be understood as intending to attach blame
IN n IT onroop hnf ho haIiavod ho aOuld aafulU
assert, that even if it must be admitted that
the discipline of the present force is as good as
under the circumstances it could be, still it can
not be gainsayed, that if the men were under
better and more favourable conditions for
military drill and controls the discipline would
be better. No one could expect a regular mi
litary force established here as a pattern SOL
diery, with the small Dumbef of men but We
may be entitled to expect as much as possible
to be done towards making them useful and
effective. And he could not understand how
any one, even if he possesses no military view
Cfthe casej could doubt that We in that respect
would be able to secure better results by con.
cen .rating the rumber in one place, when, as
is we'll known, the chief cause of the present de-
fects is the small number ON the different sta
tions; nor could he understand that any one
could be in doubt that there will be a consider
able saving, and still greater effectiveness, be
obtained by this plan. And when the honoura-
BILE Member further spoke as If the Military
were chiefly for the sake of appearance, he
could not agree with him. If the. men were
here merely for the sake Uf their uniforms, then
you might as we'll have some puppets, clothed
10 uniform, with a sword but he held that
the military occupation, just as we'll as MANY
others, requires careful study and attention.
besides the drill; the military service de-
mands more than any other occupation in life
that the parties learn how to command them
selves, and to avoid making objections to com.
mands that are even opposed to the individual
conviction this can o lly be achieved by care-
full and long drill. Therefore also the Govern
ment says We must in future give UP using the
military at the Customhouses, and on the whole
for any other purpose than purely military.
But this does not prevent a soldier when not
on military duty to uss his leisure hours in g
better way than sleeping all day, or ldling
and hence the military here, just as we'll as in
Denmark, should have not only a permission to
occupy themselves with private work In leisure
hours, hut they should be encouraged to- do SO.
The Governments wish is just this, not to
have puppets in military uniforms and with, per"
haps, special faces assumed for the OCCASION.
but to have men whose presence will commando
moral influence without requiring, when called
on to maintain peace, to go to extreme msa-
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