, 1874-12-05

P~olicemasfers declare that they will be able
to maintain peace and order without q military
force. He, for his part, did not see any
necessity at all for a military on the Island
he ANTICIPATED no disturbance. But if We
must have Military here, they ought
to be collected and located where the Cole
NAL Treasury and the Banks are.
4tb Member for Ohristiansted's Country Dis
trict IT FarreU0) could not admit this com
harrison with St. Thomas. st. Thomas has no
country districts, no sugar cultivation. For us,
KingsIill is decidedly the most convenient and
the most central point from which to start.
4th Member for Frederiksted's Country Dis.
trict IL. Farreuy) iii be so, as the honora-
Bile LIST Member for Chrlstiansted (TIemming)
said, that the P~olicemasters declare that they
can keep up the public peace with the Police
men alone, without Military why then keep a
number of Officers and some 40 odd men doing
nothing 2-There must be something wrong if
that's the case.
2ud Member for ChriAiansted (Hanson)
Whom our last Budget was under discussion in
the Council, It appeared to be an understanding
that retrenchments could and should be made
but now this seems to be entirely lost sight Of;
it would seem as if the Colonial Treasury is now
quite able to defray the Military expenses it
appears that there are those who would even
be willing to see more defrayed than hitherto,
provided the present system continues. 1t is
strange that ideas should change so quickly
He has also been in the Island many years, and
he has also had to do with the labouring class
es; he has always found them quiet and order
ly, and he was sorry to hear that those in the
neighbourhood of Kingshill are so riotous as TO
require the presence of an armed force continu-
ally, for protection to the proprietors and to
nogiCk ~ Groo p1G thorn 10 n irnUOoSfonn no m
which be would beg to call attention, which is,
that year by year the country people are &C.
q%uiring more property in the two towns this
will naturally cause them to be careful not to
do any thing that could lead to destruction Of
property. Besides that, in the Savings Bank
many of the labourers have money invested:
they would not commit any thing by which
losses could be incurred. He for his part held
the conviction, that the Labour-R Regulations
and the regular supply of good TODD are the
best projections we can have. Is it owing to
the presence of soldiers that We all can sleep
with the doors Of our houses open without fear,
when there are hundreds of people round about =?
And if it be the moral influence that acts, GER
tainly it will be as great when the force is col
lected In one place, as when it is scattered about
10 small divisions. He believed that coercion is
not required for our people; they know we'll
enough where-to use a common saying-they
get their bread buttered. But as long as the
force is MT to be sent away entirely, he could
not see any reason why it should not be station
ed here in Christiansted. The location of the
troops he must consider as coming entirely
within the province of the administration and
we should be convinced, that Government
would not, especially when it took into con-
sideration the great amount Of capital that is
about to be invested in the Island, propose this
alteration without using all caution and care. 10
reference to what the Ord Member for Chris
tiansted Country District (Coulter) had said
about increase of crime in Centerdistrict, he
would like to know ifit ia really cases of crimes,
or only transgressions of the labour act, etc.,
TO which the honorable Member alludes if it
were really crimes, tho figures would shew a
horrible state.
1st Member for Frederikstcd (Sarauw)
could only thank His Excellency for this bill,
which at all events in one respect has taken
the right course, viz establishing one garrison
in the Island, which is what the Burgher Coun-
Gil asked for 70 years ago. he would not now
enter into details, although he was inclined to
believe that the intended force could be kept
cheaper than calculated. The question as to
where the garrison should be located was quite
Indifferent to him, if only the expense be less;
but he was sorry to see that if it be located in
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