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could return to the Island when the matter
is ready fol- end discussion and he would
avail, himself Of this opportunity 70 thank
the Members of the Council for having been
willing to meet his wishes for speedy settlements
Of the other cases, that required 10 be furthered
in time to be submitted as early as possible I'd
the Home Government.
end member for Ohristiansted's Country Dis.
trict (Rosenstand) would still have ID make
a few remarks, as In some points he had been
very mitch misunderstood by His Excellency.
He had not said, that he could not look upon tho
matter from o military view, but he had argued
against strict or absolute military views ht
principles being applied on our military force.
Again, when saying that the military comman-
der would have greater pleasure or-as he BE.
lieved be eaid-satisfaction in commanding
9 real military force, it was plain that he had
not meant it in the sense, His E2cellency took
it, as an offence to the Commanders. But it
must necessarily give a militarily educated man
more satisfaction to have under his command
a real military corps than a gems d'arms OF con-
stsbulsry force just as for instance in certain
relations it might give him, d lswyer or judge,
greater satisfaction, if he could apply the Da-
nish Jaws than the Danish Westindia laws. He
could not wish the military force to be ORlY for
sh,w on the contrary. he said use the men,
while the Government said drill the men.
When finally His Exceilency complained of
his having spoken Of the plan as On experiment,
in which the Government did not itself believe
he had never said any such thing. He had
said that the new plan was an experiment! from
which he (the speaker) believed, that the.Gov-
srument would, after having tried it, return
to the old system of distributing the force and
when calling the plan an expe riment, be was
fully justified ID doing so from the fact that the
Government itself in the motives mentions it as
such. No one could more than he be convinced
that His Excellency has a strong belief in the
good working Of the plan, and that the Govern
ment should have introduced it's proposal for
the sake Of throwing dust In our eyes, would
not be in harmony with that honesty, which aL-
ways charaCterizes His Excellency's Intentions
and acts.
The Governor in order not to prOlong these
discussions, Would oily say that the remarks
made by the honorable Member himself when
first commenting ON the Draft, appeared to
have warranted the view which be. the
Governor, had taken of the Speakers remarks.
He would now only add, that as there are
to be but 10 horsemen m the. future force,
2 of whom will be ststioned at Kingshill and
3 at. Ftederiksted. there will be but 6 left
here, and they could not possibly discharge
the postal service. But he could not see why
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been adopted in other places in this respect |;
and every where else be believed the mails
are conveyed BY private contract he even
believed that it would in our case prove cheap
err to have that service discharged by civilians,
as it is difficult exactly to tell what a military
man costs the public. And. again, when to-day
also, arguments have been advanced 10 favour
of a gems d'arms corps, or an armed Policeforce'
il must not be forgotten that no reliable OK
effective force could be attained without q
military dritl, and therefore this system would
by far not be as cheap as expected: The drill
alone secures that Sc If command, which enables
man, when exposed TO insults or perhaps
something still worse, to refrain from drawing his
sword or using his weapon when ordered not
to do so and an instance would be within the
memory of many where a military force, al
though attacked and wounded, still remained
quiet, because no orders were given to use their
weapon.
As no one further desired to have the word
the Vice. Chairman closed the LIST discussion.
2ud Member for Christiansted's Country
District fRosenstdnd) proposed that the Draft
with Additional Money Bills connected there
with b 9 referred to a Committee of s Members ;
which was adopted unanimously with 8 votes.
The election Of the Committee to be put
on Order of the Day for a following meeting
The Chairman resumed the chair.
~ vi rs 1-SG 1890 .