The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-29
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The British Corps Numbers $50, 600
Unseasoned Men.

80 ~ ~ ~
Unaeasoned Men.
They Have Never seen service. mi
# they Are Earer ia Cd "a the Fronts
The Honlor.ble Art,ller g 4 #9
Ana Yeom. I =.
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,r1e British vi, !, 8 o,.,,s ], ], = -.
;sts TODAY = the rae,,1+ q -.
:, am, ac+ of 1890 Inc ~
the fruit of q fear - ;nva e;o,, s. that
year, The volunteers nnmhe rnna =.
100000 men. cost, the eoyern i AZ - !
.trifle over 81. Ooo5O0o ( Tear ,nrd !, II ~, 3
1 a. them ever has seen s 3 Tba+;s
To say. the volunteers &c : hodx, bava
existed only since 1870. h,,t, there ara
two Or three regiments which dat.
back far, indeed. notably the Victoria
rifles and the duke of Cnm herland,s
sharpshooters. which were i heinc
when William w. was nrince az wales,
Older by far, however. is the Honorable
Artillery company. which received a
visit from its American offspring. the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery com
PAW. Of Boston. last. wear. and which
will repay the compliment by making a
trip to the United States this wear.
: AS he will be a regular when in the
field, the British volunteer will be treat
ed as one. He will receive .sTommv's',
nay, which is about $50 cents a dav and
found.',' He will eat Mr.. Atkins RAJ
tions-a pound of timed meat and
half a pound of fresh meat, when it can
be had, fresh bread or crackers-he will
call them ssbiscuits''-and supar. tea
and coffee, when possible. His kit.
blankets and great coat he will furnish
himself, but the government will trans
port him to the scene of action.
Friends and advocates of the yolun-
teers and yeomanry say that those
branches Of the service have been dis
/ couraged, sneered at and generally sat
on by the war office ever since their es.
tabEshment, and that their acceptance
for service now NAV be regarded as a
great victory. giving to Lord Lands,
5downe the credit for the now order NJ
things. An officer connected with athe
war office told me-, however. that the
hubbuh was entirely without reason.
that all the noise was made nv a few
malcontents. and that M cbance who+-
ever had taken n1ace under Tora I.nds.
downe's administration 30 far &c ~
volunteers were concerned On ~
3"
ticular interest in the volunteers say
that their being permitted to take mart
in the war at this time is a direct insn1lt
to the militia. -.
At any rate, it can never be said that
the volunteers. to whom was o;ven that
chance, were slow to accent il. as a
score or more of commanding officers
throughout London and Tho nrov;ncn.7
who are being harassed tod as nera+;5,;,
by every individual member 81 tha;r.
commands. can testifv Nor; hove -
most taken "a f,rnr;n ), ~ +le;r. i .,,n,aa...
fol. going With na amer ana nan 81 4 "a,
instance. I have heard vol,,n t,,ers = e.
here saret1 ono men q nv, a . I;,,r
and 4 here viii be 10 chosen that gives
me about one chance in ten. Then nv
record for 1narksmanship is 50 many
points. and marksn1anshin is going ia
be the deciding test. and the general
average Is about so much" etc. When:
the fortunate 110-.'fortnnate" is tho
volunteers word-are told off there *
going to be actual bitterness. =
!. The venerable oroanizat;on> hon.
orablez artillery and veom,nrv xras
formed bv Henry VIII in 1so7 for az
the king quantity put it. "the bettere
encrease of the defense Of this orr
realm, This comnanv then was
formed more than FIJI oen+,,ru befo,e
,;so,, - ,r:l,,..--.- fn.-,-.s - ~,
inc Armodo. !. taunht ,,na ~ g.. -.
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