Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 01-1916

READING MERCURY, OXFORD GAZE!rTE, NEWBURY HERALD, AND BERKS COUNTY PAPER SATURDAY, .JANUARY 1,
VOLUNTEER DEFENCE

lUCADING NBWS

REGIMENT

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pub 0 bodiea a& W'ndlOl' W 11 ~tend. ",ser.1
Ie" ce .t th e P.,.ilh Cht.ucil t3-!OOI'f(IW (Sund,,.)
mom nlll: wh~n , Nat on" Prayer ~N!e w II
bo rond..,t.e<t hy tho Vloar (tho lIev E
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Spec.1 SOI'V cr. nf. • m 1&1' nllLure
w 11 ho hf'.ld 6t other ohurch,. n the towa
A go.le of " nd prcwa led at W ndlor on Bol fnq:
D&y hut M)Ond uproot n~ Moverel t.rHII .61')'
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Monda.} Shooting. D Co1l\M.QY 7-0 Factory
Range
All (!omoo.n es
9 Alfred St.reet
JW)ge C Company lecture '.t ~ bot CafE' 730
by Sergoont Miller Ro) n.l BerkSh r.e Regunent
Members from (ltl er comnan e ~elcOme
Tt e5dn.) Shooting B Company 7~ F/loC
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WedncsdaJ

Shoot ng

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COOlPa.ny

Ree u ts

Armoul)
-9 l' acLory Range
pM'ade

do

Corn E l:cha.n ge

TlUNU rROM THI! !WI'" !IOYAI..~

The Berbhll'6 Ase zes wIll be hela on ;.011&"
18th

ABC &Ild D CompMlle&.
Orde1"5 for week en 1 g J a.nuary 8th Sunday There w 1 be no pa.rade

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9 a fred Street Range All com
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The AU 00 S raet !\ond Oxford "Road R&ng~
" e open to Ii members of A to D Compa.n es
Cfl.iJ bot.b mor.l n~ a.nd a f er onn
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or "eck en 1 ng Jfl.nuo.ry 'aLh No r>arade

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30 P Tn.
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30 pmF nday Shoot n~ the Bn.rrac s
S 30 n m

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LORD DERBY "SCHE~!E ~"D READING

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SUDDEN DEATH OF BERKS RETIRED

tiCHOOLMA.TER

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Q UEST

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If the Cab net can es to a. dec s on that t he
s ngle men must be co pelled to aLtest

und.er Lord l" (' rhy

5

schemo

0

cnI at n

ned a.te y t s a. d by on~ antI consc p
t on st Journal that It wo ld be deplored

by al who value moral strength w U
wh eh free s. rVlee endows a na.t on But
can It be honestl~ sa d tha.t the pr nc pie of
f ee serv ce has not al eady been gIven
away 1 No one who has the sl ghtest
acquamtance w th the wo k ng of Lord
De by B scheme could say that the pr n
c pie of '\'olunta Y Stu had not been
breached because a specIes of moral com
puis on wh c s are deadly to so ne nen
tha.n phys cal compuls on has been n
vogue
To nduce men to lO n they vere

threa.lel,led (we do nOI know on

hal

autoor ty. or cn what ground) w th bemg
worse off f they
ted for con8cr pt on

Ihan by alteslml(

"a.

under

Lord

Derby s

scheme And unde r the nfluence of fear
of what mIght happen very large numbers

"It ••led

that

thc~

should not be called
up bofore tbe prescrIbed orde
In other
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cases men were pra.ct cally compelled to
go under the Der bv sc,heme
Long ago
the 81tua.tlOn grew beyond th
scope of
pure voluntarYIsm a.nd there! ro lt 16 only
splItting ha.IJ's to suggest that there IS a
grea.t gulf fixed between the ruethod& that

have been employed and Icga.! compulSIOn
B ngle ~en who fa.lled to attest.,

for those

BEAR WOOD
CHRISTMASTfDE

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C ,U,j,DJA.NS

The 'V MeA I d to r very best to make
ChnJl,tmaa week QiI e Joyable for the oon I'olCIt
oents a.a poS!! ble 0 Wednesday a.st week MriJ
Pc cy Gylelt o.rra.nged a. vory fl.1 e progrlUDmc
br ng ng w tI he M.rs Nuruyth Mr~ Dracup
Pol' va e Roe.:
RO)IIoI
Army Med cal Corpe

Messrs

Trele&ven

H vea &nd

Feltham

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Ch a n ~ Day a. del g t.fu co ort. "US g yeU by
Londo 'profe8s onilJe After a IIhort.ened fHlr ce

on Sunda.y the ohOlr of Boa.r Wood Church came

ov.or and re ldored cwol. IWlcl aeuoaable b.J'1DJIS

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