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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 27th August 1870, Edition 1 of 1, Page 76

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    • STUFF AND RUBBISH.
    • CUM GRANO.
    • THE SENSE (?) OF DUTY.
    • THE NE WS MARKET. ¦^Ma^M^M^
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      Of Course, We Can Expect Very Little Goo...

      The next point requiring consideration is the condition of the rank and file . They are certainly very different to the men of i 860 are the privates of 1870 . They may not be worse soldiers , but they come from a class very different indeed to that of their predecessors -- -- - . Ten -- - years ago it - was " the -- thing " to be a

      Volun-_ _— — — — — __— — — — _— — — - — — ^^^^_ — _ — _ - ^ _ — teer , and tens of thousands ^ of the upper and ^^^^ p middle classes flocked to the Standard , or rather to the bugle . Lawyers and doctors , civil servants and journalists , helped to fill the teeming ranks by the score , the hundred . After a while the excitement wore offand this class gradually died out . Their loss is only

      , temporary . In the time of war these trained soldiers would , doubtless , assume their uniform once more at the call of dutyin fact , they have retired , not deserted . Their place has been supplied by a class much below them in social status , but composed of materials admirably adapted to the manufacture of

      soldiers . The Artillery , the crack arm of the Volunteer service , contains men who would , if drafted into the regular Artillery , improve the whole tone of the Army . These men , artisans and skilled workmen , are just the class from which the recruiting sergeant draws his recruits . But the Volunteers secure the best

      of the class , and the sergeant bags only the refuse . At the recent encampment at Shoeburyness the Volunteer Artillery behaved admirably . The discipline was strict , and well maintained ; and the firing : was remarkably accurate . A stranger would have been unable to detect the difference between the

      Regulars and Volunteers in this instance—every thing in the camp was so orderly , so quiet , so well managed . The sentries paced their posts with the sangfroid silence of the Guards inarching before Marlborough House ; the work of the officers at the batteries and the ranges was willingly and efficiently

      performed ; the internal economy of the camp -was , in a word , excellent Shoeburyness has shown the world that , with proper care , civic soldiers can be turned into regular , very regular troops . Before concluding this articlewe must call attention to

      , the great blot on the escutcheon of the Volunteers—their lack of discipline . Until the Government strengthens the hands of officers , the Volunteers will never be kept quite in hand . In fair weather very little discipline is required—the soldiers being pleased , and inclined to good spirits , require no

      check ; but in bad weather it is otherwise . The first nature of the man breaks down under the physical labours , and he is ripe for a quarrel ; it is then that the possession of that second nature , discipline , is so important , so imperative . At present , there is no discipline among the Volunteers . They are , at

      times , little better than an armed mob ; and yet , with discipline , they might challenge the finest soldiers in the world . It is the duty of the powers that be to give the claims of the Volunteers their most earnest consideration . It is not too much to say that the citizen Army has rendered a service

      recently to the State—that without the Volunteers we would have been unable to have secured Belgium from invasion . This service requires recognition . The Government know well enough the wants of the Volunteers—let them attend to them . Yes , and at once .

      7 6 The Tomaha Wk. [August 27, 187a

      7 6 THE TOMAHA WK . [ August 27 , 187 a

      Stuff And Rubbish.

      STUFF AND RUBBISH .

      After The All. Mitrailleur There Was Exp...

      after The all . mitrailleur There was experiments great talk of at postponing Shoeburyness them did on come account off have of But the the been absence suggestion immaterial of Major is worth , as Fosberry the noting gallant . , The as officer showing delay is would only us , what of in course India stuff . , our military authorities in Pall Mall are made of .

      Cum Grano.

      CUM GRANO .

      Themselves People . Who We Rave Do About...

      themselves People . who We rave do about not mean the adulteration that we are of going beer to may contradict reassure clearly them . substantiated Beer is adulterated the fact , . and But a instead recent investi of the gation poisonous has are ingredients in the habit which of the swallowing alarmists , it would seems have that even us believe the most that un we - medicinal conscionable barrel a compound properties of publicans of of salt no smal never and l water meri goes t . , which beyond Ginger , by -beer adding the , however way to , has his , to proves the Food to be Journal a less harmless it is beverage unwholesome . At its and best at , according its worst it is poison itself . If ^ this is very not poetic justice , for teetotallers we do not know what is .

      The Sense (?) Of Duty.

      THE SENSE (?) OF DUTY .

      Their Executions Horrors Being Are Suffi...

      their Executions horrors being are sufficientl intensified y by revolting the brutal in themselves pigheadedness without of into the officials effect . entrusted The other with day seeing a poor the wretch sentence was of hung the law within carried the walls land of and Dorset had brutall County murdered Jail . He had a warder been with a convict a blow at from Port- a spade , . He died penitent y , however . The report of the execution runs thus : —

      and " The after cul the prit noose submitted was adju quietl sted , y he to joined the process audibly of in pinioning the final , prayers tion , and . eight For a o few ' clock moments precisel he y Calcraft seemed drew engaged the in bolt deep . " devo-The only inference that can be drawn from this is that eight o got 'clock on was to the the scaffold hour fixed before for the the execution time , was , but left the with man the having rope round to ^ w launch aiv ^ tsava his neck * him vm ¦ *» till into m ^ m * the m eternity ^ 0 wt ^ clock ^ m *« v ^ j . m struck We w W ^ r , have » and ^^ ¦ w ^ 0 had A Calcraft ^ w ^ w terrible w ^ f a ^^ was a ^ p v scenes ^^ w p leased ^*^ pmm at wW

      bung we executions think ling this of , and the last superannuated enoug episode h lately goes beyond ; butcher but for . the cold P effects unctuality -blooded of the is brutality decrepit all very well strictl in y its maintained way , and ; prison but whoeve discip r line is responsible doubtless cannot for the be delay too the which fixing took of place the rope on and the occasion the drawing above of referred the bolt , to is , guilty between of an outrage on common decency , charity , and humanity , even to a Government the extent—and situation this is . say We ing take a great out facts deal— from to unfit our contem him for - poraries and we draw , so we our cannot conclusions , for ourselves therefrom , vouch . for So their much authenticity the better , if are one stubborn or both things are erroneous . ; but facts , and prison officials , too ,

      The Ne Ws Market. ¦^Ma^M^M^

      THE NE WS MARKET . ¦^ Ma ^ M ^ M ^

      Articles We Are And Getting City Inte Ti...

      articles We are and getting City Inte tired lligence of readi of ng our continuall contemporaries y the . Money Day depreciation after day column of Shares upon and column Stocks is , devoted as if nothing to details else suffered of the b have y the fallen War , . but It everything is not only else Russians has , as , Turks a rule , , and with S but panish a sing that le of solitary things exception in general , gone , as down compared . Let to us g what ive the they latest were readings a few months back .

      April , 1870 . August , 1870 . Mordaunt Divorce Case . 10 premium . . 2 discount Park Infallibility and Boulton Question affair .. . . . 30 5 premium premium . . . . . par Unsaleable Bab Irish y Land Farming Bill par 20 premium . . 10 7 discount discount Tomahawk ' s Popularity . 3 , 421 premium . 3 , 982 $ premium .

      the We influence really of do the not War see as why if it the was City their peop own le should exclusive appropriate property . plain As for ; us but , as we the beg above to offer list shows our , sympathetic we have no condolences reason to com to - everything and everybody at the present all-absorbing crisis .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 27, 1870, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_27081870/page/4/