Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-22
MUTINOUs GRENADINES.
The Famous London Corps on the
Verge OF Revolt.

A London special to the Philadelphia Times
says that grave discovery has been made az
the British war Office, showing conclusively
that the characterization Of the Grenadier
Guards was due to the socialists who for the
past three years have been steadily enlisting
into the regiment The same condition OF az
fairs is known to exist in the other guard regi-
ments. The socialists have also been enter
ing the ranks OF the police force and the post
Office and triple simultaneous outbreak had
been arranged for. Had the Grenadier Guards
shown a holder front other regiments were
ready to mutiny. When the order was issued
ordering the Grenadiers to Bermuda a number
OF officers sent in their papers resigning. The
Office officials peremptorily refused to accept
them. Col Maitland, however, remains behind
in consequence of his request to be court
martialed This is right that the war de-
partment cannot deprive him of.
In the course of his speech to the officers and
men of the second battalion OF Grenadier
Guards yesterday morning the Duke of Cam
bridge said: Il can no longer speak of you
guards. You have disgraced what have
hitherto regarded as the first regiment of the
British army. During the fifty years l have
been connected with the regiment L have al
ways considered it the model of the British
army. As l rode along your ranks this morn
ing felt grieved to think that so fine a body
VI men sHOulu 50 utterly ulsSrdce themselves.
1t is useless for the non-commissoned officers
to deny that they were aware of the feeling
among the men which ended in the recent de-
plOrable acts of INSTRUMENTATION. Her majesty,
the queen, is, may tell you, deeply grieved at
the necessity of sending you abroad, but there
is no alternative"
Turning TO Col Eaton, who appeared to be
deeply moved, the duke said: "GooG-bye. Be
good to the men,"
The decision of the court-martial on the six
men, one of each company of the grenadiers,
is that three are sentenced to prison for
eighteen months and two to two years. The
sentence in the remaining case has not yet
been read, and it is believed that extreme
measures are to apply on his case. The names of
the SIX men are Aaron, Holloway, Seers, Bush,
Keen and Perry. The five sentenced are to be
taken to Brixton military prison.
TUMULTUoUs SCENES LAST NIGHT.
Tumultuous scenes were witnessed in and
around the Wellington barracks last night
The Grenadier Guards held a meeting there
and INDUCED in mutinous speeches and riotous
demonstrations, smashing furniture and doing
other damage. The Coldstream Guards were
ordered to parade in full marching order and
to maintain discipline. They have also been
instructed to escort the Grenadiers early in the
morning to the railway station. A rumor says
the Coldstream Guards will refuse to obey this
order and that they will shoot the first man
who goes out to obey it.
At the Westminster police court yesterday
William Hollis and William Davis, privates in
the Grenadier Guards, were charged with vio-
lent assaults upon the police and private citi-
zens. 1t was stated at the hearing that num-
Der of the men IN the guards had been giving
the police much trouble since the order had
been issued sending them abroad and that they
were designedly breaking the law that they
might be sent to prison and thus avoid foreign
service.
The magistrate ordered the prisoners trans
ferred to the barracks, to be dealt with by the
military authorities.