The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-10
LO us @ N 4 GERS
The British Corps Numbers $50, 600
Unseasoned Meu. SD

rhey nave Never seen service, MT
hey Are Eage 4 to Go 10 the Front &
The Hon orabIe ARTILLERY
"a * com. s
The British lunt Ger corps as il ex-
lists to-day ii he result Of an enlist
ment act Of 1860, the act, in turn, being;
81 fruit soff ID fear Of Invasion IN that
year The yolun teers number roughly
$50, 900 men, cost the government u
trife over ,ooD, 900 a year, and none
Sof them ever has seen service. That is
IS say, the volunteers as q body have
existed only since 1860 but 1here.are.
two or three egiments which date
back far, indeed, notably the, Victoria
rifles and the duke Of Cumb erland's3
sharps tiers, which were in being
when William Y. was prince Of Wales
Older by far, however, is The Honorable
Artillery company, which received a.
visit from its American offspring, the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery COM
pany, of Boston, last year, and which
will repay the comp liments BY ma
trip to the United States this year. ISL a
n AS he will be regular when in the
field, the British volun teer will be treat
ed as one. He will receive 81 omnly 81
pay, which is about 6 80 cents a day and
found. 2 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 biscuits and sugar, tea
and coffee, when possible. His kit, 4
blank ets and great coat he will furnish
himself, but the government will trans:
port him to the scene of action.
rs Friends and advocates of the volnn-
teers and yeomanry say that those.
bran ches Of the service have been dis
couraged, sneered at and generally sat
on by the war Office ever since their es-#
tablishment and that their acceptance
for service \ ow may bezregarded asa
great victory. giving te Lord Lands
downe the credit for the new order Of
things. An officer connected with the
war office told me, however, that the
hubbub was entirely withou reason,
that all the noise was made by a few
malc contents, and that no change what
ever had taken place und er Lord Lands
downe's administration so far as the
volunteers were concerned. On the
other hand, people who have no par
ticular interest in the: volunteers say
that their being permitted to take part
inthe war at this time is a direct insult
to the militia. 81 81: 3 ss 3 al
At any rate, It can never be said that
the volunteers, to whom was; given that
chance, were slow to accept it !, as a.
score or more Of commanding officers
throu bout London and the provinces,
who are being harassed to desperation
by every individual member Of their
commands, can testify. /. Men have al
most taken to figuring on their chances
for going with paper and pencil For
instance, have heard volunteers say
= here are ], 900 men in batt lion,5
and there will be 10 chos en- filat giv
me about one chance in ten { hen my,
record for marksma nship Isl So s1nany.
points, and mark snna ms Is Isl going to
be the deciding test, and the general,
average is about so much : 'etc. hen
the fortunate no. ort unaf e. is the
volunteers word re told off there is
going to be:actual bitterne ss.
/ The venerable organization Of hon.
orable artillery and yeomanry was
formed by Henry VIII, in 1907 for,as
the king quantity putt, t.'the bettere
encrease Of the defense of this our:
realm This company, then, was
formed more than a full CEN fury before:
any other existing corps; it was in gar.
rison at Tilbury when Drake met Phil
Ups Armada it fought under sCrom-
well in the. civil wars and was almost
wiped out by the great plague. Later
half Of its barracks was destroyed in
the Lond on fire, Since its beginning it.
has taken part mall public ceremonials
and all Icrownings Of sovereigns II Of
England .Ssss 3s
# The Yeoma nry, 70, 900 Of WI ON viii
be selected for service in South Africa,
dates back asa 3force much furt han
the volunteer Or militia. The e o-
many consists entirely Of cavalry, and
its members ARE mostly country gentle.
men who are n.the sadd lesmuch Of the
time. They are oblig ed to furnish their
own. me cunts and quipment, and are.
drilled much more severely and s FREE.
squently than either *of the other two
branches of volunteers, Their tai is
u 800, and they cost the government
]: 600 annually The first detach-
ment Of 1000 sailed on January Is
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There is an almost complete failure,
OF the olive crop ia southern Italy, and
in Sicily this sseaso owing to the raw
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