Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-09
MORE MUTINEERS.
Something Wrong with the
ARM of Britain.
THE MEN IN REVOLT AT CHATHAM.

A Soldier In Jamaica Tries to Kill His
Onicers-A Demand That the Duke of
Cambridge Shall Retire to Private Life
Thrilling Fight Between a Man and a
Shark = Dunio and His Deary = The
Cholera In Spain - Miscellaneous Old
World Notes.
LONDON, Aug. 9-Decided alarm has
been caused in the highest army circles by
the mutiny in the garrison at Chatham.
In this case number of men belonging
to the army service corps refused to pa
rade not. however, on the ground Of any
complaint against their commissioned
officers, but alleging that the non-com-
| missioned officers imposed needless and
vexatious tasks without authority from
their superiors. The mutineers> went fur
Their than the Second battalion of Grena-
diers, who were guilty of nothing more
| than disobedience of orders and who, when
personally appealed to, obeyed the sum-
| mons of their commanders
Overawed by Force.
The soldiers at Chatham not only re-
fused to parade, but barricaded them
| selves in store house and attempted to
| resist arrest. A formidable force was at
| once marched to the spot, however, and
| bloodshed would have followed had not
the mutineers been overawed into surren-
| der. The ringleaders We're put into rigor-
GUS confinement and promptly court-mar-
tailed and sentenced to imprisonment for
a month. There is general public feel
| ing that something is rotten in army cir
| cles, when such demonstrations appear
necessary to obtain a redress of grievances,
AS the army rules nominally afford oppor-
| tunity for a hearing in a legitimate way.
Can Get No Redress of Grievances.
The private soldiers claim, however,
| that any soldier who would dare to &C
cuse his superiors, even when invited to
| do so at the regular inspection, would be
subjected to persecution, if not to pun
| ishment. Public sentiment strongly de-
| mands the resignation as communicating
| chief of the duke of Cambridge, uncle to
the queen, as utterly incapacitated to deal
| with modern military conditions. II is
said that but for her majesty's in fiuence
| the present government would have
| abolished the Office of commander-in-
chief.
Trouble Also In Jamaica.
A serious case of INSTRUMENTATION is also
| reported at Apostles battery. near Port
Royal Jamaica. Sergeant White, of the
| First battalion, West Indian regiment,
had been in charge of the guard at Fort
| Augusta for nearly six months. He has
often applied to Capt Morris for leave to
see his family, but his requests were al
ways refused. One evening after securing
| seventy rounds of ammunition and the
! keys of the gates he proceeded to Apostles
battery in the absence of the officers, who
had gone to Port Royal, and after secret
| ing himself he awaited their return
Opened Fire from Ambush.
As soon as he saw them he began firing
Finding it impossible to effect landing,
| the officers procured assistance from the
sappers and royal engineers. Proceeding
to the battery amid a shower of bullets
| from White the party succeeded in shoot
| ing him. One of them was wounded in
the shoulder. White was fatally wounded,
| it being necessary to do this. as otherwise
| he would have killed several of the men,