The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-16
THE BRITISH ARMY.
Revelations Concerning it Create
a Sensation.
IT is UNFIT FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
Salisbury Clinches His Hold on the Khediye-
Gladstone VIII Speak During the Cam.
prIgn-An Irish Baptist Memorial.


LONDON, April 15.-[Copyright, 1892, by
the New York Associated Press THE
revelations made before the committee
inquiring into the state of the British army
have been the sensation of the week
Leading military chiefs concurred in the
opinion there is hardly single infantry
battalion al home that is effective. The
revelations will lead to an active agitation
in parliament as soon as the recess is over,
the secretary Of war having promised he
will not obstruc full discussion ard
secret reforms. AGjutant-G General Wood
declared 80 per cent of the men eGcamped
at Aldershot are unfit for camp duty and
for days service on account
OF youth and lack of stamina
The Duke of Cambridge, commander
in-chief endorsed the startling staten tent,
adding if called upon to mobilize two army
corps on short notice, it would be impOssi-
bic, and he did not Think it possible to
mobilize corps composed of twenty-five
battallons OF infantry. In response 10 a
query If the battalions were tit for home
defense, Lord Wolseley replied: ST we
were invaded tomorrow they would be
better than nothing.n He said the voluu-
teer force was the most important factor in
home defense.
The Duke of Connaught said if his COM
mand was ordered to service, not half Of
them would be allowed to go on account of
untitness.
The main cause of the weakness Of the
home bhttalions is stated to be depletion Of
tt best men for foreign and colonial SER
vice. Lord Wolseley likened the forces to
q squeezed lemon. The Duke of Connaught
held grown men would not join the service,
as wearers of the Queens uniform are So
cially ostracised, and because soldiers are
wantonly burdened with excessive sentry
duty. In regard 10 strengthening the home
oattallons, the concensus CT opinion favored
more liberal pay and better pensions
Salisbury cllnched his hold on the Khe-
dive by melting him to an open quarrel
with the Sultan in requesting the with
drawal of Monkhtar Pasha
Gladstone announces he considers the
Newcastle programme definite platform
Tor the coming elections. He promises to
address series of meetings during the
campaign.
Gladstone, replying to q memorial from
the Irish Baptists and other dissenters,
against home rule on religious grounds.
contended the alarm, lest the Dublin legis-
lature Cypress ProtestaDts, ought not to be
entertained, as the imperial parliament is
q oaAS6 udt u LUZ ISliBlOuS anu CIVIL freedom.
len thousand delegates viii be- present
at the Unionists convention in Belfast. and
100, GOO persons participate in the process
sion.
The rumor that John Dillon is about to
retire from political life. on account of his
quarrel with Healy. is ridieuIed
There is prospect of cotton lockout
Of short duration, as the employers will
hold meeting Tuesday TO decide the ques-
ton of arbitration. The struggle is unpar-
alleled in the history of the trade. as IS, coo
hands are now idle and viii &c increased to
10000.
Mr. j. B. Martin. Mrs. Martin Mrs.
Woodbury. and Lady Cook (Tennie G. Olaf
linz sailed on the steamship Trave Wednes-
day for New York. Mrs. Martin stated
that she was offered $50, 600 for fifty lect-
ures in the United States on humanitarian
government and other subjects, and would
accept if her health permitted.