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SER, CHART OTTETOWN, JANUARY 81, 1898

“Calarrh

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Ayer’s Sarsaparitta.”

J. MURPHY, 173 Mulberry St., Newark, N.J.

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Because

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2. VANCOUVER is the nearest port of depariure to the Yukon district.

3. ae is the termious fof the ©. P. Railway, whose steamers will start . mm VANCOUVER this epring

4. All .orth-tound eteamers call at VANCOUVER. 5. Direct steamers to Yukon ports

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6. VANCOUVER is the only Canadian port where parsengers cransfer direct

THE DAILY EXAMINER

JANUARY ;

» i 898.

THE BRITISH ARMY.

A correspondent points out that a para~ graph ia Thursday’s

EXAMINER stating that “it is so hard

find men for the British Army that a bounty of £2 bas to

{to

: be paid,” is apt to coavey @ wrong impres- | sion. We giadly take the opportunity of throwing light on the subject of the British

Army system, which has been 60 heavily

the British press, the London Times in the lead. The present system, which, from its

| assailed ct late by sections of

inception

ty Lord Cadwell has always had maby enemies, has, itis now claimed by its Opponents, completely broken down.

Mr. Arnold-Foster, a leader in the attecke upon the system, in a series of letters to the Times during November and December last, succeeded in arousing public Opinions that nation of trusting to the returos of the War Office, which bave been proven beyond defence to be wholly mis- leading in their general terms. Asa result of the agitation, Parliament will this Fession take the whole question into con~

to @ sense of the danger

is

the

in by reason

sideration, and, it is probable, now the gravity of the situation is realized, that something will be done to overcome the

defects that have been clear'y shown to exist. :

The conditions of the present system are: short service; linked battalions; the use of

from train to steamer.

7. KLONDYKE is in Canada, outfit in VANCC J'VER, and save 30 per cent. Cuswr - Juty.

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plate), 2.75 Napkin Rings, 59¢ up Spoon Holders and Pickle Dishes, 1.50 A Waltham Watch with Chain

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Cc. GC. JORY’

Repairing promptly attended person. Clocks,

: great army cf unemployed. The evil of this

the home battalion as adepot for the battelion abroad; the existeace of a regi- mental depot apart from the battalions (nove this clause); the formation of a reserve; the system of deferred pay. The short service Means seven or eight years with theeolors. A — enlists at 18,

At 25 he is dischargeu. . with £20 if he has been well behaved. He OW & member of the Army Reserve end get» #ixpence a day. For the majgrity, this Gu % day ie

is said to be only one horse for «very men, while the artillery is in a deplorable condition.

Tne blame for the state of affairs is placed solely upon the War Office. It is charged with being an effete, nnprogressive institution, totally untiited to have charge of enough, Lord Lansdowne, the preseot Secretary of State for War tacitly admits many of the charge® made.

the army. Sirangely

Some persous may say in defence of the system, that

too many men are required abroad, iu order to carry o1 the wars Eoglard is always enyaged in

Certainly that calls the battalions away

and the war cflice knows of these ceaselers wars and = yet makes bo effort to increase the strength

the army so as to pat itin a condition to undertake any extra and perhaps more serious work that it may, at any untortun- ate, but unforseen moment, be called upon Lo do.

Among the reforms suggested

A

service army~-

are: long service and a short the former to provide meu for India, the Men from the to renengage fur nine years with the colours,

latter to provide a Reserve, sho-t service battalioas to be allowed if possible, Restoring the old rezim ental

numbers, the taking away of which wae deeply resented. A system of large depots. Abolish deferred pay. Making recrviiing more attractive by endeavoring to provide Enlist boys Briog regiments home

their own territorial barracks,

employment for Reservista. as boys oaly. to The present system has been tried for It evidently» weighing the mass of evidence pro and con- proved u failure; and as such it seems be regarded just now by people at Home.

As something in a lighter vien, bu; bearing ov One objectionable phase of the system, we direct attention to the subjoined verseae by the soldiers’ poet, Rudyard Kipling. They describe & Reserve man who

twenty-five years. has

to

the majority of

all theycan look for; for aanan jn the Reserve finds it almost impossible to find employ went after he leaves the barrack

Janta trade, and, ia the gates. He is wi... -

prime of his life, he becomes ove of the

res*rve-making condition of the system is apparent.

As to the territorial system, it is a farce. A regiment, if it succeeds in enlisting ite full strength in its own ccunty, is forb:d- den to take any more recruits into its ranks; and the “rookies” are turned over to other battalions. This ridicuious plan snows what a misnomer the term is, end will give our readers an idea of how Qockneys and Welshmen and Irishmen come to be incorporated in a Highland regiment. Since the introduction of the system many ofthe Highlander battalions have been increased, but men cannot be got for them from their own districts.

In these circumstances, it has been foun! aliugether impossible to enlist sufficient able-bodied men to supply the needs of the army. According to the system half the army should be in service abroad and According to Mr, Arngld- Foster—and his fiznres are uncontradicted

half at home.

—of the Artillery, 20,423 men cut ofa total of 36,646 are abroad ; of the cavalry, 7,824 oat of 11,897 are abroad; of the

infantry 765 battalions are abroaa and 644 at home, and since that date, more battal. ions etill have been sent on foreign service. Now these home baitalions have to do the work of the depots; for it has been found impossible to maintain the latter according to the scheme of the system. It follows, therefore, that the home battalions become feeders for the battalion abroad:

is driven by necessity 'o change bis name

g,.1 enlist sgain in another regiwent. This sort «f thing is founi to be of frequent

© Brees ‘x,

uecurences

BACK TO THE ARMY AGAIN.

I'm ‘ere it a ticky ulster an’ a broken biliyeSck ‘at,

A layin’ on to the Sergeant I don’t ktioW 4 gun from a bat;

My shirt’s doin’ duty for jacket, my sock’s stickin’ out 6’ my boots,

An’ I'm learnin’ the damned old goose-step

along o’ the new recruits!

Back to the Army again, Sergeant, Back to the Army again: Don’t Jook so ’ard, for I ’aven’t no card, I’m back to the Army again! I done my six years’ service.—'Er Majesty sez: **Good-day,-— You'll please to come when you're rung for, an’ ’ere’s your ale back-pay;

An’ fourpence a day for baccy- an* bioomin’ gen’rous too; An’ now you can make your fort une—the same as your orfcers do.’ Back to the Army again, Sergeant, Back to the Army again; ‘Ow did I learn to do right-about turn?

I'm back to the, Army agin?

A

A man o° four an’ of a trade Senides ‘*Reserve™

never made,

I tried my luck for

enough for me,

An’ I thought of Er Majesty’s barricks, an’ I

thought I’d go an

twenty that ’asn’t learned

agin’ him—'e'd better t

quarter, an’ that was

see.

Back to the Army again, Back to the Army again;

‘Oo would ha’ thought I could carry an’ port? I'ta back to the Army again!

Sergeant,

The Sergeant arst no questions, but ’e winked the other eye,

An’sez to me, '* Shun,” an same as in days gone by;

I shunted, the

and ihat the officers, as soon as they be-~ “ome familiar with their m*n, are com- pelled io part with them to supply the demand for foreign efficients.. The only battalions worthy of being put the line ate all abfead, the home y & sham, and to make

in fighting battalions are mot tbe regiments foreiga

things worse ou

servide having at Jast become a strong

fightirg unit are sent home in their prime to be disbanded. From the difficulty of securing men,

have risen several ve icious practices ip enlisting. “Specials .” really boysof 15 and 17 who swear that they are 18, are taken under measure in the hope that they will Mr. Arnold-Foster in his letter calls them “children,” and he is far astray, considering that they cannot raist themselves to the height of 5 feet 34 inches or expan! their little chests to 33 inches.

The effect ofthese methods is this: of three bateanene analyzed, it is stated that one was 172 men skort and 365 dis- qualified tor Indian service. It wanted $44 men froma the reserve to complete its The second battalion wanted 7il men to

develop. not

out

strength. 688 and the third battalion

Such being the state of affairs, what a dwindling in themembers of the Reserve there would be if the battalions were requir}

bring them: up to their efficient strength.

For ’e saw the set o’ my shoulders’ an’ I couldn’t ’elp ‘oldin’ straight

When me an’ the other rookies come undet

{ Of the waka regimente at hers here | Back to the Army again, Sergeant,

two |

|

Back to the

Army again, Out o’ the cold an the rain, Sergeant, Out o’ the cold an’ the rain,

’Oo’s there? A man that’s too good to be lost you, A man that is ‘andled ‘an made— A man that will pay what ’e cost you In learnin’ the others their trade~ parade! You're droppin’ the pick o’ the Army Because you don’t ’elp ’ em remain, But drives ’em to ‘cheat to get o’ the street back to the Army again!

out

An’

*The Indian troop-ship /Jumna. hh LL Ali elt

Ratcliffe, the actor, whose abuse of his wife led to his conviction avd condemnation in the New York courts, and whois now accused of having commitied bigamy, was a special favorite of that development of modern social Jife, the matinee girl. He was handsome of figure, aristocratic in face, and pleasart of voice; and the buatter« thes of fashiovable life judged him from the outside only. They are seeing under neath the mask now

In the twenty-three liberals of Berlir which are either public or belong to officia bodies there are over 2,000,000 volumes. The Roya! library contains over 1,600,006 volumes, the University library 158,900 that of tne Royal Statistical Bureau 136, - 000. The War Academy co!lection con- cists of 88,000 volumes, that of the General staff of 69, ve, and that of the Royal Chancery ef 72,600 volumes. The twenty- } seven city libaries have only 76,000 vol. umse between them.

Corew’e Emperor, now that he bas buried the ashes of his late consort, is looking about for a new wife. The Corean people ‘do not care whom he selects, but wish him to marry soon, so that they may have lawful marriages again, all marry - ing and giving in marriage throughout the country having come to an end, according to enstom, the moment the late Queen was murdered, more than two years ago.

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Pack to the Arniy Back to the Army : 'Tisn’t my fault if I I'm back to the

A'riyy I took my bath, 2h’ 1 Wallered—an’, Gawd, I needed it so?

I smelt the ‘stell o’ the bugles go. *eard the feet on the the rien what drill,- Ah’ I'sez to my flutterin’ ’eart-strings, I sez

to ’em, ‘*Peace, be still!”

the barricks, I ’eard

yravel—the feet o”

I

Back to the Army again, Sergeant, Back to the Army again;

Oo said I knew when the _Jw#rer* I’m back to the Army again.

was due?

I carried my slops to the tailor; I s2z to ‘im, ~ * None ° y‘ yur lip,

You tight ‘em over the shoulders an’ loose ‘em over the ‘ip

For the set o the tunie’s *orrid” to me, ‘Strike me dead,

gut I thought you was only a rookie!”

e done what ]

san’ ’e sez an’

so said.

Zack to the Army again, Serzeant, Back to the Army again;

Rather too free with my fancies?—Wot? Me! I’m back to the Army again!

week I'll ’ave a walkin’-cane; They'll let me free o° the barricks to walk on the Hoe again In the name o’ William Parsons to be Edward Clay, An’—any pore beggar that wants it ‘can

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