Worse Followed. Workmen Found In The Streets Were Rounded Up
and driven to a certain spot. There they were sorted, and the stronger ones were sent to prepare a military position in another part of Belgium. They refused at first to do this......
We Are Glad To Note That Lord French In His
arduous inspections of the Volunteers continues to insist on the unquestionable need of maintaining and expanding the Volunteer movement. Furthen he insists that the grant of......
In This Context We Desire To Notice A Very Curious
little pamphlet of the year 1803 which has fallen in our way. Its title is as follows : Serious Thoughts and Observations upon the Late Decision of Lord Ellenborough respecting......
The Gallant Commanding Officer Was Much Perturbed Because...
had given a decision at the Assizes in regard to the -right of a particular Volunteer to resign which was being widely accepted as conferring a general right on Volunteers to......
"it Was A D—d Near Run Thing, The Nearest Run
thing that ever was." It was in some such words as these that the Duke of Wellington described the battle of Waterloo to Creevey. Similar words may well be applied to the......
That Will Not Do For The Caesar Of Batchacre Park
:— " It has been said that a Point of Honour and their Patriot Zeal te Defend their Country was sufficient to insure their Loyalty : good God I how little do some People know of......
The Military Authorities However Want, And Volunteers, We...
unanimously to fall in with their wishes, to take away the right of resignation which now exists before embodi- ment. As a matter of fact, no Volunteer during war could, without......
The Times Of Wednesday Published Information " Of An Abso-
lutely trustworthy character" about an infamous system of servile labour which the Germans have established in the two provinces of Belgian Flanders. These provinces are in the......
News Was Received En Monday That Sir Reginald Wingate,...
of the Egyptian Army and Governor-General of the Sudan, has been chosen to succeed Sir Henry IP Mahon as High Comm issioner of Egypt. The choice, we are confident, is a wire......
Bank Rate, 6 Per Cent., Changed From 5 Per Cent.
July 13th.......
Mr. Whitworth Then Goes On To Lay Down Some General
propositions which sound amazingly familiar. Incidentally he speaks of the " classes men," or, as we should say, the men of the grou pa, not called up for service. These men, he......
And Here We May Point Out That A Good Deal
of confusion still seems to possess the minds of the public, and also of the Volunteers, and, strangely enough, even of the soldiers, in regard to this question of resignation.......
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