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    March 27, 1869.3 THE TOMAHAWK. 143 ^

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    THE KALEIDOSCOPE REFLECTIONS. On some "S...

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    Brompton. Thank heaven! here at last. Mo...

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    MILITARY REFORM.

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    former Life must is chequered expect to ...

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    March 27, 1869.3 The Tomahawk. 143 ^

    March 27 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 143 ^

    The Kaleidoscope Reflections. On Some "S...

    THE KALEIDOSCOPE REFLECTIONS . On some " Social Glories" of England .

    Brompton. Thank Heaven! Here At Last. Mo...

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    Military Reform.

    MILITARY REFORM .

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    s ^ em that the same little bird , fluttering about the back stairs of nose his old to quarters the room in in Pall the Mall War , Office was guided in which by his sits very the new prominent Junior alarmed Lord , and the then Cap he itol smelt , announcing smoke , to and the , like House another that whether old goose the , thing new Lord he did did — anything he smoked else . he Courtesy could not generall say , but y protects certainl an y one ab-^ sent _ J ^_ f a f ^ ^ member aa aV 4 *« V * B * ^ bTbbi from A * ¦! "— n bb personal » 4 V ^ tfa feaF V AAWVb * attack WW ¦««« # ¦¦¦ , and V ¦ . _*¦¦ «« in a »—»>* this »— — w » wbv case - ^ w-war ^ pr the ww »«» vr

    want of courtesy was more signal , knowing , as Sir John must heaviest have done domestic , that his affliction victim . ' s And absence the want was of caused courtesy by was the very only equalled sure that by during the want his two of truth months on of Sir office J ohn , 's Captai part . n We Vivian are has the terests form War g s iven than during Office m Sir ore the . J assistance oh two If n gave Captain years to to of the his Vivian his p chief ublic calamitous has in in his maintaining begun economies administration his career their and re in in at - -

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    officer selected was him well in . _ . . known consequence to everybody of their knowledge except the ministers of him , to who be and the most the most imp orange erious of of Orangemen officers , the . most His military appointment of military to this men post , in Ireland was a simple act of defiance to the Liberal population of ciliate that and country do — justice his retention to Ireland there , was by ministers a simple anxious impossibility to con- . Sir E . Wetherall will be removed to some military command where sters often will maintained his abide great by military the of princi talents loying ple , which will military find we due have officers scop in these e for ; and pages military mini so

    functions ^ am a ^ ¦ j ^ ait a . BBahBB *» WaBaBBB and VwVala « B > a civil ^ a « * Bl «•¦ , akal wa officers w- at aBJab emp ««* bVbbb * Bar « afe « # for ai V AA 4 civil > fa at 4 aw a \ * a 41 > aa ah functions aal * bi aa wr wwwww - w V wv w- ^ . ^ w »~ v- ^ -w- — ^— —— — - ~ v ~ grieve Again over , , the the wheel continued turns j and and the unchallenged Military Reformer existence has of the to gross abuse of appointing a second Major to cavalry regiments passed proposed at home by . by The the the vote House Minister containing without without a this word a useless word of objection of appointment comment . Let , and was us abomination hope that Mr and . CardwelPs then its days attention are surely will yet numbered be called . to this who For does exactin not ¦» g feel bb indeed assured !• # \> must of aal be a brilliant the advocate ¦ victory ¦» b «¦ of Military for waai most Reform of ¦ - his

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    says the old Latin satirist , which we may translate Who Their change field of their labour situations , not their , change brains . , And Secretary in the ha State ppy union for War of the , we Colonial seem M to inis have ter w found ith the pres first ent th St e atesman only solu , who tion , to discovered the difficulties that a of colonial Army Reform policy is , the that key in , this question of the self defence of the self-governing colonies

    lies lies the the answer answer to to the the difficult difficult enigmas enigmas of of short short army army services services ,, men rapid ts , re li e efs forma from tion forei of adequate n service reserves , the abolition , and the reduc re-engage tion of - redundant stores . We cannot now extend further our remarks on this remarka de determmation ble termination speech . , We its its moderation modera know not tion which , or or its its to reservation reservation admire in . , it Its its most deter deter , its --

    jects mination leading in dealing to , a retrenchment within the , space of upwards of a of few a million days with sterling sub- , subjects its moderation as the Purchase in not at system present and touching the retirement upon such from vast the priately non-purchase so headed corps , , the its Reserves reservation . It on is that clear subject that Mr most . Cardwell appro-

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 27, 1869, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_27031869/page/11/