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February 20 ,1869.3 THE TOMAHAWK. fg ( _
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MTLITAR Y KEFOKM.
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of If economy our present , they r ca ul...
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A WYLDE EPIGRAM.
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Said Justice Wylde to Eng and Chang, For...
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THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT.
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Here is something that must be worth see...
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February 20 ,1869.3 The Tomahawk. Fg ( _
February 20 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . fg ( _
Mtlitar Y Kefokm.
MTLITAR Y KEFOKM .
Of If Economy Our Present , They R Ca Ul...
of If economy our present , they r ca ule nnot rs are better really prove in earnest their iti sincerity their professions than by af combating speciall their predecessors and abus notabl es y and in defied office effecting the . efforts retrenchments or evaded the - that vigilance have it were Let us discere put this omneSi to the test in a given instance . Ex ttno—2 & public There in has one been particular ^ of late point years of a our heavy Army charge organization thrown upon without the producing even by the confession slightest of possible its strongest benefit advocates to the public . We refer service to , the the emp Lin loyment e at home of' . a second Now it major is admitted in each cavalry on all hands regiment that of a there second is Major not the to least a cavalry advantage regiment to at the home service . Yet this in having heavy been expense thrown , amounting upon the to public some eight simpl or y because nine thousand a certain a year Major , has in som a certain e two cavalry years ago reg to iment make had a great Parliamentary difficulty about interest being enoug placed h on We half really -pay . hardly expect people to believe in the truth of what we are stating , so gross , so abominable , so extraordinary are the facts the individual of the case is —so the utterl injury y out to the proportion public by to which the injury it was to averted sufferer . , through the private interest brought to bear by the of Charles some South Lamb Sea , in Is one landers of his whose inimitable village Essays was consumed , tells the story on a houses certain destroye occasion d by was a devastating the palace of conflagrat their chieftain ion . , Among and when other the ruins were removed there was found under them the carcase of by His the Sable hungry Maje - sty Court ' s Prime , and — pronounced Pig . "This was to be eagerl most y excellent devoured . taste Never boiled before pork had ; they and tasted an ordinance roast pork was , never passed again nem would . con ., they that into whenever one of a the pig best was houses cooked again in the in village the island , and it should house be burnt put cocking down over , in it accordance , In order to with secure the its newly comp -discover lete and ed satisfactory recipe for
roast Is there pork . any one of us who will not laugh at the utter disproportion Yet surel between y roast pork the is means better emp than loyed half " and -pay the , and end a South obtained Sea ? Islander ' s best home can hardly be worth ^ 8 , oaoa year . these Jlfais . , Our rdvenons cavalry a reg nos iments inoutons at . home The have facts never of the require case d are a one second Maj Major or . * In in fact India they , wh hav ich e , as littl e rule emp , loy is ment the onl indeed y forei for gn station of considered establishment to which , a second , wh our en . Major cavalry a cavalry . In regime consequence regiment nts go , leave they of this s require England difference , it for is at India the a public Captain expense is promoted ; and by to the be free " Maj gratuitous or without g purchase ift to him " and the other officers of the regiment of a commission worth it . £ . 3 , In , like which mann the er y can the thereafter cavalry regiment sell thoug coming h they home never boug in lie u of the one sent out , has on reaching England a supernumerary circu Major mstances —one Major in this more country than , can or possibl until the y be regiment wanted under goes out again pay of some the u two ntil to service India he years ca this i n ago fifteen b supernumerary e this broug or going ht seventeen to to - half Major ll years - pay pay sho ' on fell time uld a to . be vacancy the B put y turn the on . rules half of But a - vate cavalry friend Major s both who at did the not Horse like Guards half-pay and , and in had Parliament powerful . pri He - exerted support— all and his the interest Government ; he threatened , anxious opposition only to ; m he promised things able pleasant and , a ctuall rdered y burnt that he dow n o the uld house remain to o make n full him comfort in this - and country , that , althoug in future h his every services cavalry were regiment in no possible returning way pay from required India , should keep a second Major for ever thereafter . this face It of ne eigh eds it . t thousand no Fo comment r if a second pounder to point Major job out . is the It necessary condemns monstrous for itsel ini a f cavalry u on ity the of regiment at home , why is such officer not appointed to all the
Of If Economy Our Present , They R Ca Ul...
is cavalry he retained regiments in each that are iment at home as it 1 comes If he is not e from wanted India , wh ? y matter Of course of this the diffe just rence and reg of proper establishment course to at be home pursued and abroad in the junior is to appoint Major of to the the home out-going coining reg reg iment iment , as , or second if he has Major no wish the pay to continue , and appoint for a further an officer period from in India half-p , ay to to put the him out-going on half re- - giment But this . would deprive the royal Duke at the head of the army iments of the commissions nice little patronage valued at of giving £ 89600 away which in twenty soon -eight reg the the into unhappy et the purchase pockets tax system - of payer the . " officers to come and one adds , day , to out the , of dead the pockets weight goes of of Does anyone believe that if the civil element ruled at the War State Office at Pall instead Mall was of the a civil military servan —if t the of the Under Crown Secretary and the of merely check he the ought registry to be clerk on of the the Horse Coramander Guards -in , - in Chief lieu to , of reg being ister would in Pall Mall given all the away jobs , and perpetrated ^ 8 , 000 a year at Whitehall added to , — the that cost , £ 89 of , 600 the Army These merel are y the to gratif facts y a of royal the Duke case , ? incredible as they appear , and Office they frat are ernizing the direct with the result military of the administration military control at at the the Horse War Guards . Let this case , then , be the " Shibboleth " of our new Minister at him War own . himself Let him powe at once rless put against an end royal to influences this iniquity and , private or let interests fessions , of and retrenchment let the people are of this a mere country sham know to that hit dock the pro - labourers and let them and be junior read clerks y at an , but earl not y day to tou to ch demand the " upper the ranks acces , " - without sion to power respect of of real persons reformers , and who who will will not guard only the dish public up purse this atlan nice little tic cousins bit of " say roast , " to pork run , " the but entire will be animal prepared . " , as our trans-
A Wylde Epigram.
A WYLDE EPIGRAM .
Said Justice Wylde To Eng And Chang, For...
Said Justice Wylde to Eng and Chang , For divorce D ' ye wan reaso t a separation is i please — ? But By what this is sad that operation you hop ? e to gain "Datf the twins sigh , " am ease "
The Latest Development.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT .
Here Is Something That Must Be Worth See...
Here is something that must be worth seeing ! ON of WOMEN JOHN AYLWIN DOCTORS SEVAN . —Owing 'S to LECTURE the enthusiastic on this reception subject , he will REPEAT the same To-morrow , at Eight o ' clock . AFTER own throat which ( vide he . will handbills Exhibit ) , being a Forei the gn first Bod time y six tins inches has down been ac his - complished here or elsewhere . doubt The very accounts startling for the feat with enthusiasm which this with lecture which , concludes it is nightl no y received as scien the ce phrase . at Mr the goes . Beva Pol , ytechnic interspersed n ' s discours now with e deli on g brilliant women hts in naked experiments doctors Cup must ids . be As , comi Alhambra c ghosts once , both known excellent as the Panopticon things in their of Science way , and and Art the has come , down to—well , has become the Alhambra , why should , not feat the reads faculty disagreeabl look to y its , but own as interests we have not as well seen 1 the Mr handbills . Bevan ' s th it it e would is aid a hi of g be hly appropriate rash striking to pronounce co music nclusion , the on to lime its his details entertainment light , . and No a good doubt . However get , with up , , , man it though would . and Science we be a may unfair mouthfu has object to had l be more to to too this swallow hard or union less on a six of this good inches sensation very deal down 01 in i and g the inal its anatomy last gentle throat ten - may to yea be rs well , well pass up with unnoticed the age . . Mr . Bevan is evidently determined
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 20, 1869, page 79, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20021869/page/5/
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