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    May 2, 1868.] THE TOMAHAWK. 175

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    THE RESER VE FUND.

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    the On War to the Department ancient evi...

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    THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK.

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    Why is Lord Stanley like the Lion on Nor...

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    The Moaning of the Tied.—The Davenports ...

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    May 2, 1868.] The Tomahawk. 175

    May 2 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 175

    The Reser Ve Fund.

    THE RESER VE FUND .

    The On War To The Department Ancient Evi...

    the On War to the Department ancient evil has stock grafted of the the Arm modern y Purchase but monstrous system , excrescence of the " Reserve Fund . " million The . Reserve Parliament Fund has is , and long always been has endeavouring been , a mystery to get to some the select distinct committee notion of of what the it House is , and has to what been appointed uses it is app to lied examine . A been the subject able to . It has alread a y distinct sat . for descri two years ption , but or definition has not yet of

    this monstrous agree lusus upon naturalisor rather officialis . The Reserve Fund may be described , shortly thus : Whereas it is considered by very many persons who have carefully studied the organisation of our army that there is much evil in the system which allows an officer to buy a commission and the sell «•¦»**** purpose Kb it * W * 4 again b ¦¦¦ # VapV * p «* ^> # , of mtmW the m ^ enabling ^ pSbIAbp Reserve -b * *•>*•» . *•& A ^ a * an «••* Fund «>•» officer ^^ -t . » Jt *¦» is «* an to V ^ p » r s + mf ell institution ^ p *<* w-b > a « -W commission *¦» # ^ mW **•*» at M , founded *^ + ^ & * mr ¦¦ ** which *¦ « Aa for >«^ rf » db

    he out ne but ver actuall bought y to ; in sell fact for , not money to recover an appointment the money in he the had public laid s inak ervice , e a profit for which out of he the never sale gave of his a public penny— appointment in other words . , to It is quite unnecessary to cite the Acts of Parliament which make it penal to buy or sell any civil office or appointment distinctl under the the Crown difference ; but m * mw mmw let in the mar fact point be noted which mw mm , in distinguishes mmr mw order mw vte to mark the

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    to propose that their pet system should be extended to civil b appointment y which the s ; War and Department , in the third is place enabled , whether to intensif the machinery y all the , evils of the Army Purchase system by means of the Reserve Fun An d , instance should be taken allowed at to random continue will . serve to illustrate the working of the , Reserve Fund . , Mr . Jonas de Montmorency , having years ago good , his interest ensigncy at in the the Horse 200 th Foot Guard for s , nothing obtained — , " fifteen withpurchase out purchase " is , " considered as it is termed to be the at " the regular War thing Office . " , where He served - "by

    The On War To The Department Ancient Evi...

    reg for iment six years , obtained as ensi his gn lieutenancy , and then . , by In a four death year vacancy s' time , in by the an became augmentation a captain in the without regiment having , he paid got " a his penny company for his , " commis that is - , he Reserve sion has . But never Fund thoug . bought h he , has he can never sell paid . How , he can ? B receive y mean ; s though of the commission Captain Jonas . " Who de 'll Montmorency buy , who'll app buy lies ? " to The sell Secretary a captain of ' s State ~ ~ « W V for ito War 1 step Bltf ¦ E | f s forward k fA Bi Bt with rfh the ~ 1 Reserve ~| ~ iF' Fund 1 B 1 in his

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    the system secures in getting men to the command of their brilliant men regiments of wealth hosp in the itality , who prime and can of first keep life - , rate and up the bands of presti bring ; but ge ing of all into the must command corps admit for that it tends to make the great majority of officers disinclined regard to look it upon rather the as army a position as their in profession which to , and spend leads a few them years to therefore pleasantly in and the in jud good gment society AB > passed . Need on the any English one be officers surprised ¦ « by Fi ^ ,

    their B » B . B 1 ^ BT ^ h ^ BTBk gallant ^^ -B- *^^ , m B > " ^ * H allies ¦ * ^ ^ ^^ f ^>* in » " 1 j the | . & LA ^^ Crimea « l *^ ¦ ^ i ^*« m ** ¦ *^ , ^ i ^ ** that ^*^ ^^ they ¦ ^ ^ 1 ^^ ^ had H— ' ^ <¦» » ^^ ^ no ^* " * « N ^ knowled «^ ^ — - » V ^ ^^ ^ ge officers of the . every-day duties of their profession , —no education as But to leaven this lump—to give ballast to this lightly-rigged young bark , — men there not are of admitted large fortune into , who the , army coming , from in " time without to time pur- , (* 4 means chase B * ^^ ^ B ^ BV **^ V ^^ ^ b BbF , " than W ^ Bi must Bl * W Bk Bk by W ^ T W look lay ^ " ^ y w ing ^ Bi to ^ B a ^ ^ ta ^ k advancemen out ^^^ VK B > large ^^ ^ . ' ^ V ^>* B ^^ fe ^^^ sums ^^^ ^^ ^ t ^ ^^ ^^ in ^^^ of ^^^ their ^^ money ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ profession ^^ ^^^ J —young ^ ^^^ ^ v ^ ^> ^ ^ H ^^ b men ^ y ^ ^ b ^ BT other ^ ^^ , BJ in ^ k ^ . ¦ "

    service short , who . must , by diligence and study , fit themselves for army the Useful machinery , indeed of , is the this Reserve class of Fund officers the in Government the army ;— labours and by cessfull constantl y , y to , in get its rid hig of h administrative them as fast as wisdom it can , , by and enabling labours them sucaccept to sell , large thoug sums h they of neve public r boug money ht , on and the by sole inducing condition them that to they should Bf ~ biv cease 4 f to serve the bf public b .

    mw ^>^ vp * ^^^ m ~ nm ^ . v ^ 4 " v * 7 VV ^ r * ** ^ *^ ""^ ^*^ * " ^ w ^ ^ ^ m ^^ ~^^ p ^ m ^ ~^ r — It is thus that the operation of the Reserve Fund intensifies permanency the evils of the among Purchase the officers system of , the taking Line aw , and ay rendering all that is them left all of alike shifting , changing , and unstable—holding their profession in easil their y as hands a Bank , ready of Eng to land be turned note—and into running money at unhesitatingl any time as y press into B * BF « B ^ r v ^ p * «^ debt . r them mW B B B ^ , ^^ Bi with B BJ they W B » mw ^ W the J have ^ Bh Bfe Bp ^ BF feeling T V the mW ^** ^^ ^ P value W that ^ F- ^ pp ^ B ^ pr ^ ^^ pp if of ~^^ r ^ m * their their ^ p > —* - ** ^^^ ^ v > ^^ " commission - ^^— financial ^^ pr —* *^ ^^ ^ - ^^ ^^ ^ - " ^^ v ^ B B ^^^ relations ^ " ^^ which ^ * ^^ ^^ ^* ^^ P' ^^ ^^ they " IB * IB ! B ^ do ^ RB T , M A ¦ BB V mt mt ^ Bj . | « — *~ - * . —

    can at once realize . It is an established fact that the condition of three-fourths of the officers of the Line is indebtedness , and it is equally certain that the one great incentive thereto is the knowledge sell their appointment that , let the . worst come to the worst , they can always modified adjunct Whether , , the or the Reserve is retained Purchase Fund unchanged system , must in be , the totall in Army any y abolished case is abolished its monstrous as soon , or as is the report of the Parliamentary Committee shall have let in a little light on the subject .

    The Question Of The Week.

    THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK .

    Why Is Lord Stanley Like The Lion On Nor...

    Why is Lord Stanley like the Lion on Northumberland o House f Mr . ?— Disraeli Prise . : A Seat in the Cabinet , by the kind permission

    The Moaning Of The Tied.—The Davenports ...

    The Moaning of the Tied . —The Davenports to empty benches . A New Fable for "Home" Consumption . —The Lyon in tlie ass ' s skin .

• Citation
  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 2, 1868, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_02051868/page/3/