Reading Observer 06-1916

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Now th~t. Vo1unteer Reg imen t,.. h llve been ac-' wealth but . Raving of hvcs that thfly read of ft'flry
Per
corded offimal recogn, ~oll as p :.t..rt of HIs M~le sty' , da.y m !Il!!il' ne\Vs~apeI1l .. Le~ the~ ~h..ink ~of tlia~
It 18 tu gcnUy n eceSSAry t o bong the H i."'; and ltbmk not; Olll y of themseJv~ but of their gal(Re.~dlllgl Da.ttahon of th r. Belko:: hlt C! Vo!unli'cer b.nt· Allies, the . Frenchmen: and"realu,e ",hlot It
ReglDIcnt up to t he strength necclIsa.ry for recognl- meant to have been fi.ghtmg twent:y T m!inth.;: 1
Lion For thi s pnrp0<le"t he slIggeH,t lOn of t he Ml\)or IThcy mlght~ get BOrne Id"8 of Lltau! Alhe~',
hn..s been l".a rued out. VI7., t~ lJubh c meetm g to fight agnJnllt"" an Jnemv TuthleJili in j ttl ~ method8,
w4lcj1 a.1l t own speople ,VI ere II1 vited W,IS held 11\ the Jightmg ns It were , In the breath oUbe enemy. They
'l'own H all 0 11 Weclll6f!day evalling lal:lt t o explam ought every day to kneel do~ and t.bank God for
the work lof thc Vohm tcers and to emol the men
the BrlLLSh N avv. He wishedtoseetbe-w:adiniibed
Pre\IOU5 to th e meet ing the BAt tal, t"ln .Issomhled as Slon as PCJSSlbie. , Let them t_hlOk of tbOfle
with 1ho \YI~lI mgfolil cnntmg ent It tit e Kmg fellows In the' tl'eJ?-ches He alway~ had a great
Edward Statue tW 1l3lde th~ r,ulwav statlon ~ and tl<!mlratInn of hl8 own people, but he never had
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were m t;pectec.l by L ord l)esuorougn
A la.rge such admlra.tion f9r them , as when hVlng Wlt~ them
gath'ered to '" at.c~ the pi oceedm gs, an d the m ~he trenches
The peculIarity of the Brltllili
,"ol'unl"""" m tberr IU.Illllia r grey ulllform presented soldier's nature was that the more /uncomforta.ble
n. very smart nnd stnkmg appenrnnce as they thei circumstances wel"e, a.nd the more dangerous
hned up, With Llell t Co l J S Hod~son R. con· they were, the more cheerful ~he BnLll''1h IJIOldtel'l
SPICUOIUi figure on hi S hort<e Amon g the ,spectators became. (Applauflc) It was for all those
the most mtel estmg personage was JJl eut Co], _hufidreds of'thousands of them , .15trlJeung
Leslie Wilson. who \\ a.<I home on leave nnd ha.d .io minute, that everyone here should make a
return that evemng
f!fp~ aJ)d dp ~fJ best to finl1lh tbe ~war at
The Battllll(ln haVing been Inspected by ~rn earhest qpportumty.
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De8horougb, the men then F",aded t be princ'pal
sUPElfJeRI<fY ' OF ' OPORTUNITl' , <'
str.eets of the town , a ceompn.me cl by the BorKshlre _
~ Inst.o:.8pecc~ he' made' ',in Rea~dingJrvll;B At "
Regtmental Band (Ib) kind I- permisinon of Cohr ,Rini Hohd~y fel e H e told them then that there
Ch'a se) al'!;d the \V,t1hngford Volun teer~ Band
were black da.ys m / ront n( them. an'd told them of
TO'V N HALTJ MEETING.
(;ourage; not of the mdn idual courage of tbell'
LAC~
In addition to the Volunteers there WfiS a. soldlels and sailors. that had been provedl a.g&m
8plendld nttendnnce 10 the La lge Ton n Ha ll, every and agam beyond expreSSIOn, but he spoke 1
0£ the
seat bemg oc~uplcd. I A l e q' cn t husl.l~ t.l c receptlOll courage of those who were left at ' home. the
accorded J~IClit Col , VIhwll ,~s he <lccompamed l.'o urage required of tIm \\ omen of thiS CQurltry to
th e J\1:l.yor eMr IJ
Sutt on ) 011 to th o platform scpd out the men to fight thiS walt. He thought
Others Jprcscut
t h e pla tfOl'111 " ere
L·ord t hat the women of th!s cOWltly hud behav~d
Desborongh, L Old H l\Ctshnn;, Ml J H Benyon ,t.bsolutely splendIdly
(Appluuse) AgaIn he
(Lord I . l eu ~en,llIt~ o' Berks), Col Serocold fnf th c would a sk th ~1II to reahse that m modern warfare,
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1/ 4tli Royal III rk~ Regmlent) , MaJ Uen ColhngE, whtle md"IJdU,l.l courage must gam 111 the ~nd, lt
Uol Kellie, I~t Cllt ClIl K Irslake, Col e li.t"c, Co l "l~ r ot nerythmg
Wo had somet imes u~d the
Kensmgton~ L1CUt Col H ndgsoo (Co mmand ant uf phnu~e " equ~,ty of opportmuty," but lit waH
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t~ 11d mg na...ta
' Ilon B el k 5 V 6 I
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) , equ~lIty an d SUperlOl1ty of 0l'portunaty that the
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un Leer
eg\~el\t
:Ma .; Ardmg (Comma ndont of ibe \VallmgfOi Ii soldl(> llJ asked t hem tu gw e them out m France
Bllaal10n), Capt Metc,ll fn (Commandant v( th e It \V , IS a C,lse oj one mach me aga.m1'lt
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Miidcnhelld Battahob )' MI A (J W,tli e!ll) (CO Il1 maclllllc to tL cetlarn extent, and 'Wha.t WflS
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M~N'S
ma.ndant of the Ne~vbl1t y I3 ltlalion ), Sit P ercy them \l,~g to g l\'e the sol c!iersl supenoflty
Sa.ndel'Son, Su' Rob:lrt' Hel mO ll H odge, Uu.pt macbl1lell,.. and If they dId ~hat they could alwa.ys
Porter, Capt A S Coopel, Mr Howa ld I'ahnel, rely 011 the mdl\'ld1-'al courage of the Brltlsb s,oldler
Mr. J. W. Ma ltin, btr R Rydlll (hun secretary , (Applause) So he asked them to do their bit,
Readmg BattaiJuu), I .Mr an ,1 Mrs U. G Field, there \\ as a niche or COrnel' for everyone to.da;
Capt Hend erson (Ch wf Cou:rt.n-ble'of Read'ng), .i Hl"
~t the begl1l1l1ug of the war ho heard tha.t there
}'. B llartitt, Mr
G Chivers, hit F W were t:~rhln posters put round their wans, a.sking
PLEASE NOIT E,-For Ii this Sale, ,,:,e ar!,!' issuing only , an
AlIwrlghtr, h'L A ,J, Milk er , MI E ,T.lcksnn, :M1 them to) fit the cap Ull. or ;;omethmrr of the IIOrt,
F W, Ayres, :bIr F I \V Dorm er. Mr J Spa lkee, ~d there W ,\S another whi ch had been made use of
abridged qatalogue, ~her,efore It IS hoped that our .many
and others
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m tho corow papers ~skmg " What did you do In
friends and ,custome.r~ WIll take an early opportumty to
rhe MAYOR said he had someone el::e to rnnl~e the gmat war, Daddy ?" It WM, howover, a. ques
pay us a personal visit and thus make sure of securing
the Chairman's IO peech for binI, but h e \\lsJl ed to hOIl whwh their gro.ndchlldren 'Would ask them,
some
of 'otir biggest 1]3A:RGAINS,
PROTEST.
remind hiS audlenl'C that that \\ as .m hi stone and the man would be a proud man wh~ would be
lllectmg , beC<lU8e Ut C) h,ld repl el'Sented on th l~t •~bl
I e to look thOle chIldren In the ~ -e and WIth a
INQUESr ON LITTLE
o ear COnscience be a.ble to eay, lmowmg he had
platfolln ,three grea t bl anches of t he Almv Ll c-ut.
, <I t tbe done It. that " I did my bit." (Applause)
to receIve four ,mldlers Col. Le8he \V118on rcprel':eul ed the forces
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P~l~\l .,nc. 01 t he Anny Act , front-Ooud ,md pI {honged appinnsc)-Co l HeIO'
LORD D'tSBOROUGH,
John Dowell. UButchers cold, who cmn,n Ln deJ: the 1/4t.h Royal Berks
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SUGGESTIONS TO ' ; THE
Lord D~,s BOBOUGk, after thlUlkmg I.:ieut Col
the Borough Police Court lWglment, had JtI!! t. ret.urned from the fron t-· Wilson, s,ud that It gave him the gre:lteat. pos81ble
qoRPORAtioN.
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(I\pylause)-a.nd Co l Hodgtlou commanded t.lle pleMfire to :'iCC the veteran", OJ Rea<1lOg and their
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ana wae fined 40!. for Readmg Voluntccls
It \I,IS ,L great ,'olunteer comrades from W'llhngford In uruform
HewM
'Occuirre,d . c,n ~Jun e 8tb
llrmY1 and he \V,I S SIll C 1'~ n g l nfIl.I wou ld nev el be sure they made a most lm{'osmg and o",dHi.ble 'l
The"body of ~e little &'1:1'1, Winlfred DQ.na
13~~;:.t,:o~:!~~
815 P m he went to beaten until the last volunteer" as beaten. (Ap. dlspJay (~pplause I He hoped It would not only
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road , who felt
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'ef~dant "You p Iausa )
IDI, acvu,
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encourage th ose ?ow work mg WIth tbeV
o Iunteera
river .t the ~UtB on May 31.t ud WiJ.!S.
Will be
for four soldiers
' LIEUT.-COL. LESLIE WILSON.
'" to enrol, but encourage those outalde to enrol wltb
w.. rocov....t 9U Tbunday
m
. They WIll be,
mmu~. Here are Lieut ~Col \V1L ::;O N', rose to speak and ",as the Volunte erg 'l'hey mIg bt I00 k b ack now upon a
and 011 !I'rid.... - u : moon the.
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your
pa~f!,
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ful
t 01 II 'h
h' h
the Dorougu"
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Frnd W, ~
rl"u ,
,Borry.
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~ted w,th loud cbeer' He s"- 'd th,o'
pas,
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agencle. w 'c
8et to ...or"
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unable 10 'do ,t
I have o-~~
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Mrs Keeping, the wife of sergt.
I ,e'uu~,y out; of IJlaco i that night, for he had not 'W en vo unteermg for the Army. he dJd not belIeve
the D_al Berb ~-,..j. , ..t preaent. ..
not been p'a.J.1 for th~
two lot. of billets, and made", speech i(lr t\\!O years HIS duty as cha.tr- t hat" t here had beerlone that had been so successful
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DQW I have no accommodation.
'Vitness told him
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war 1b Germany, the mother of tbe doceaeed
~ ,' an'd was Jiable , to be sum-, man, actm for the IMayo r, v.a s to introduce to 10 securmg men 1 Jom t e orces CUJ the volunteer
that he mus~ ,sub.let
M id that OD MaT 31at abe sent the glrl up
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them a gent lema n whose name "" as .~ hOU~Old movement m this country (applause) HIS duties
Wh
Prospect Wark to play, and hul no :ide.. tltat
moned, but oe repIJed . .. I must tell the ma g us;
President of the Central ASSOCIatIon of Volun. there were lQcal Volunteer ~ -Corps.
a.t was
Lord HA.nas1lAK eeconded tho vote of tknb
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trates
and
ta.i:&
tbe
consequences
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De~KshJre,
LOid
Dcsb{
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OUgh,
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be
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w .. to g' at each ~Volunteer to know hiB
would 1,.,.' near the rlyer_ About -. qUari.er
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.Trainiri~ DfPS h A..I h'ken hi Ire
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to !,ord Deaborough, A,1!llg tba~ be
toll..
._QueSt."oned hy 'de!..ftd ant. , Wltn ess !aid. ,tba.t the £mY 0 spe~ o. a movement .,w Ie was
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queD Y.
On llhe 11M, 'ISO ,tliat in" case of1nvasion he
fou.. ,.be """t' to tho pMk ,to look for the
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after h. left Engl nd I nd b I, t h h h "big towns and ' Cltie. of thil 'oountry,
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gotitle",an
In an ennablo pOlltlOl\. H. " ..
"dcla. ~l 'Ii' Qu.~~'\o ~ h: r ":.. b~\:A&he'"
spoke politely, and Mld tha.t he had had men
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0 0
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6 lUleW and Ul one of the blg mamlfac(unng town, -here could release the men now li;f gaged.
He beHeved
r_.d..
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u __..s, who tol lie:r,
billeted on' him before, and had to sleep them m very little' Lord Des borough was known through...
th t
h t t
there would be 1ssued a let'ter on the border of..the County, and hiS name ""... ..
household word lD both Counties. They:knew' hlDl
\n.PY
''lilt v 'UV"r ,a ..tu-.;:Q
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out the length and
llOt only of Berkshire, thcre 'VI\8 a. dlffieulty 1n obtalDIRg
for the
a 10 a 8 or 1me
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prl tIS; drOwned.}'
smoking room/ Also, defenda.nt Bald be had e,. but of Englnnrl for the l40lk he had .. done In con- Army. it was the older men who set the example I'el<pre..ing the oplOlon of theI Prune MiDlSt t on as & Thames Conservator, tha,t he wu 00... u..
,. t CO ANIONS' STORIES.
mece hvmg wItb lipl, as Iler husband had lomed
t tb
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h
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ma.tter
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'member for Bucks and another tlme..Jala~ of
r-.a~"'l'Yl
nectlOn With the Volul0tecr movement. Years ago 0 e younger men w en t ey Jomed the VolunI
Alfred W . I "';.:~ .:-' Jlged 9, of 5052,
the colours. I
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The Mayor next called on IMr Rydill, who, he :Maidenhead. H. (the speaker) ,,"!, an old Vohm.uid t&t on n ay 31st he went W1th
Defendant .said that rlnce the war broke out he w en 13 use to I'OC on ~he river du rmg hiS hoh'250
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!<oer, for af!<or be left tbe Army h. bad tb.,j>INoure
girl down tol.;tb~ rlver u to Me the
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1 daYI, ]Jord Deshorougb, then Mr Grenfe ll, was .lIS :Minister the other day when they had an interview Aid, was out to get
new enn 8.
of COJIlll\l\Ildin« the London RIfle Bng&d8'"): for run•
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bUt:: found that 1t."w&a
hero, being a.mong uther thmgs P resident of the about t he Volunteers, .. Of all the auts With wh1ch
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A VOLUNTEER DANIEL.
ye,""" That Regtmenl had diotmgmebed i~lr in
10 they ~-~t a.gi.fn.
'Winifred went In
Oxford University Bo.ttmg Club
Smce then we have obtamed men to Jom tho forces of the
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by he'nelt: dame out SDd TOned" on th6 gr...- ·" '~" IH."" able tOI billet men, and had ,done ISO 'WIth Lord Dcsborough had taken a mos t active part m Crown them had ~ been 'none so potent- 811 the
l£r. R. RYDTLL, Battalion hon secreta.rY' satd the Boer War under CoL Cholmeley, ana "'U now
then In , ,...,iJ"L-..i,... ge t up abe tumbled lD the water. grea.t pleaaure On February 12bh he was called
k h
h
exa.mple the VolunteElrs had set to those who
~h&t 1t was hls ' duty that mght ~~ that w~1 the distwglllshlOg Itself 10 France.. Be woold hk& too
He .t o~Tilfor Yr. ~l.
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uppu W, blUet three - m~n 01 tlle Arll\y Transpurt., wor - t TOUg out the country .. hcrever hiS SCt:V1ce.s
Army '~ (Appla.use) . "
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first Volunteer recrUltmg meetmg tpa.t theft had pomt out that the falJll81'B of this couu,try W~ III
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, 0 of thercen Into the-bed WIth hIm, th
were ~qUlre~
He h.ld been the member for
ever '-d,
on behalf of, o.ad'"g
to, l"v
.(a. vel')" ~U boy, who was a.nd, he took tw
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., a. most deape1'Qte 1l.ood of men to work: on the :it.l'1lm.
Sidney E. ~ng
not aworn). ' iWht. -W&II aI.o With t.b~ chllBreD, laid 'a thmg he wou1d npt 0 agam, He had to watt
rec dl erent constltuenclCS ,md had been gUIlty
L
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& wreath o( grief and homa~ on the wave wa.shed
If Volunteere would form a. eentral repter to
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I of WTlt10g II book O il bl met.tltsm (l.aughter ) It l.bIt I would
Imposslhlek no:!,1 to Ignore
the part gr".
, .hol!le~ p.l.s
, mg
be tried to_~tch
hIS
U Bh e Inm bled tn to til
, e some time for hiS mon~y,
I and as be had no com,
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~ of t.hat great EngliAhDlan"
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whIch farman might apply, the rarpn who put them.·
m 'er, but did not knOw If he actually touched Ir. UmcatloD from the mlrltary 01: tlie police. he ma.rle ,"iUj oWing to t he cnthlHHal3lH Wlt.h \\ hleh be h'tltl
a m'
0 un ...eeTS too In ~e h\t~ rebellion had cast a shadow He was a. man a(ld everyt hmg
~elves on the regtster would be ({olOg a. mo. 1m.
uer ' . .
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enquiries and was mstructed
wntc to Hlghbury. take n up the cuil!e ur the Volun teenl t hat at last Those men came from no party, and the corps In- tha.t tmphed (Hear, hNu' ) ~e worked Dllraples;
portant work. for the eoun~ 10 the 8upply of 1004
PC. Robshn tI,"\d the part of the n"er wh11'8 H e dtd 80 and ha.d no' replYI but .c.ve.ntually SergtJ the Volunteer DlUHment had to !:lome extent been eluded equallv NatJOnahHts and Ulllomsts, On be Waved¥hls mr gu:: wand, an? an army of ml}honB
and gn-rnerlOg the harvest"of the country WhlOk wu
the aocidtmt toot _la.oe w. . known ..... the d~ Whippey ca.me to pa~ him, but the money waS reoogm sed by the \Val Office
that _Ea"ter Monday they, were under t ramlng, and tOee. He,JVa.s so great that he knew no Yleljdmg. wBltmg
mn's hole:' ~t 300 yards cut of the bo t- 38. 3d t!IhorL of t he 9.f~y.nt due to him Sergtl
i :lFI N E BODY OF MEN
the L-ord Chancellor came up 10 hiS cnr and saId and he steeled theIr hea.rts 10i m8exible deterYllDa.The tha.nks were heartIly accorded, and Lord
house . Be '~aa not. informed of the oocurre ceo Whlppey advised hun to write to the reglmenta.l
That Dlght was tbe fir-fit tlTne he bad c\ er seen that there was an lOsurreehon In pubhn. Tho5e hon that they as a natlOn wt;Juld hear of no face
ndBOROUGH rephed
Recruits were then aaked
until 7 o'~ that e'YcDmg, a.nd when he arn eel pa.ymaster. and he did so. hut receiVed no reply bf
as a body of mell , and 13\ en'one elsc men, the " G R 's," were only armed WIth obsolete unt!! the milItary power of ~ermany was bu bled
to come forwa.rd and gLve "in their naDl~ !I, and a
t bree punt. ,aqd BIZ: men were ~iPng. DraggIDg r;.')ney. In Ma.y bUI niece came to ltve With hlm j who saw them m,ll ch P,\ <= t would agrce that they RtlSs l.ln rifles, for whch no cartridges had been In the dust (ApplauII8)
,e Wished tilso 0 belarge number did 80 anlld the cheera of the Volunopera-tiona., were C&rTJed out at lUter:rala. unt il ~he a.nd thUs took tbe spa~_ bedroom. ~ On May 25tti. were a fi no Ilody or men They It lei gw en their
for 40 years- {laughter)- but they never half of the R-eadmg Volu teen to thaIlk t very
teers
1fbun;d.y
wben1000tbethebody
lIome m
, ore men wore 'bIlleted on
He exll time willin gh , l"lLl loltcally 'md . g",erouoly
'n B
h,gJta.te<Mlut
to Dublm, and took Begger8 heart.ily Lord Dcsboro1lgh 10111' the enormous amount
WIt.nelS hiineelf dlved
hole,wu
whIch
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ksm.tt.rched
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Oen COLLI~Q8 proposed & \vote of thanks to the
platned to the police sergeant that he had no bed tl) ordl r to fit them~t.:lxes to defend their country
us
an ne an held the Ba ~lacks under fire for of work lie had dQnc on thel jbebaU Be ha~ besn Ma.yor, and e~lalned that hll own pOIllL1on lD the
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25
feet
deep.,
th
Th
glVe
tne
men,
and
the
68Jd:
"l'hat
dele!
should
tho
OCClJ::IlflIl
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ha
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dune
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da)s
He
had
been
told
qy
the
commandant
a
Volunteer
Daniel
bearding
hons
John
& l&bourer employed by
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Volunteers W~II that of &glmenta.l Commanda.nt
He con· dldJy, and }MU shunn theu ,," Se rllln eoo dOW"" "t t t a t tlt le.J, ~rcr.
, ~v.,
'::(ln seTT.a~, 34, CoLey-place, n~ b~ .....' ,tow ng not ma:tter ; they~ can sleep anywhere"
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d ' fi tookb theirhhootsh off,
I and were
, _ con (Laughter) ,H~ mIght alt"'
~J, that he .had He hoped they would be .able to have a. number of
.. boa.t put,),' d~ man'. hole," and 1&. the
y lridered that outrageous, .beca.use he conSidered :t Dldcot
He \\i.lS glu.d the \ a r Office had recog~ san y un el- re, ut t ay e d the UlI.ITacks, wriggled ws way through th b arbr8d ,!IreeD1-gle~
batt.alllj)Ds to J~orm a. regvnent In the County" eo
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l ed
ft Oa.tIP, c:f~, to
concrete baga ,t.ha.t ~(orm
was--the duty of tb.e autborttu~a of t he town to see Bused their senTlce and h Olled It would s till further When asked If he wa.nteq help the Commandant me,nts ofr red ta.pe and bolI4b
the enemy With
thot the meo who were flgbtmJl their cause sh o u l d .
sa W .. I h
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d 'th " •
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f ~that he could pontlOue m J hat POl!utlOD
ba.ni:. · He 8ucceed.ed m rCC(lvermr .it from be ha';e a p roper bed
> I .; :r
1 recogmse their set'Vl ce III the near future
(Ap
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,,~ve g 0 ,the, T?voI un~l'S,
an
a I figurel!l, a.nd carried the Gqvernment .trene es 0
Cpt. HODGSON, who rose to second the 'Yote of
wa W!l'.
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The Chauman CMt: J, J Cooper). p01Dted out pia-use ) H e asked them to pay great attentIOn suffiCient
They lost 10 kllle" no less than . I!I~ IDdiffflren~ and had succesl!l~uny bombarded them tha.nk~h was ~C61ved Wlth loud cheel'll H, Ba.ld
VALUABLE 8UOOIFBTION8. ,
that that wa.a defen.dant's ~8ponlnblhty. If he to what Lord Desborough ha.d t o say to them, and of thel~ number, and they had eleven.men ~ollndedJ With the arttllery of enth~~m,
ha.d gamed
he WaR proud to second the vote beca.UIJe nobbdy
M.- Keel, IWltb. the permtuion. of the Coro~er, had no accommodation In hII!I own honl!l6, that did he asked nll~ men meLig lblc for the Army a.nd The Central Volunteer T ralnlUg Corps Bent a. a. VICtory whereby the' V611tnteen were ab~e to
knew better. than bo w~t tb~lr eeteclmed ¥ayor
made &- Btatsnept- eompJalDlDg of the "iDadequ~e not release him of his re~poDSlbdjty to tind blllets phYSically fit to Jom t be Berks Volunteer Reglmem. cheque , for £100 for the families of {some of tbose enter mto the full benefits of reeogmtlon (L!a.ugh~
had done for ltho Volunteers
Not ooly had he
tne&na at biB ~ to sue life ..t that dang,er- elsewhere
"
I I ~He woo
dlfmshous
day lhe V"lwofeenil,l.l!er ~d
" 5&v !that lwhen
D f d t
th ..
"'" g OLO g t 0 d Igreas f or a. f ew mmu te 8 1f tb e who fell on tb&t d
"
--. applause) He ven~red to
',J
glven them a p.eld at-<Jmtra. tp dnll on' but be' also
)U;h;~~~e:bere 'Wu no re8.ectlon , ..t la.u he ~:Jiv::;
on SV 4o;c;8~~ Mayor wOQ..ld nllow He knew he had neglected m England have one and are domg a great
history of thlS war came to ' OO Wfltten,
came and 100Jrf d at t~em. That was &n encourage.
on Mr. KMI,' ; ho ilid all he eOu)d ,
wblch was
not then them most horribly, and they knew a s \vcll as he beSides The last 11013 of defences In case of
a pa.ge m8erted ~n.. the Vohp~t~1ifuovemen, ~he
ment to the fen In grey, ~ho had also bad the
Mr It.eel RgJelted that. body.drag :oD the end go out mto
and he did that the fault WAS not hu. {ApplaU8e J He V9.lnon were ldllg by the VolunteelS t and ~a.st Easter name of Lord De:tl)Ql'O~g,h .Wjqpld ' ~ Wl'Itten i upon
honour of ~o,~g their b,t ., Didcot. (Applau.. I
or a 26ft. pole Mould be- ke:pt a.t the spot.
I
IJept the men
felt also that though he had neglected th em durlOg there were 10,000 Volunteers engaged m dl,g~g It. '(Bear, hear) He also~ted' to take that
The M.\yo~ ' returned tha.nks, and tee ) meetlA' ..
The CqroDer~aaid it the JUry IDcorpor,.ted that sidered that
hll! short leave the 'Wou ld realise th.t aft~r trencJies ! Those men, he submitted, had done work first publll~ opportunity h~~h liad. to tha.nU: Col
closed wltb t t N .t'onal Anthem,
liugestlon in' .. 'rider I he would be pleased to p~aoe tlcular. were placed
h
b Y ,
which was of cash vl~lue A few days ago wiu;n H d
f
11 b --,:. d d
f
th
(A
It. before the 'iCorporatlou.
ThIS ' wu the t~lro
~
to .b II t
elg teen mont 8 away one s pnvlj.te .affaIr got mto
lk
h be b
Jd
I
b '
0 leon or a
e ua ~one ox:. , em
pp lause
death m only a fe .... weeks oft' the banks of
dar::-: for
1& tangle . . . and there were such tles as famIl y b es
O:y t
G ':
He W8.B • gallant tloldler and
hfe on
Thames
at R-iadmJ..
~ drowned
"
charged
\Applause ) He d~d not know hun self, st,mdmg
0:0
~ serVice 10 0.11 bpa.rts of the lot ld had
I'
of",8ee1denta.lly
'Waa returne9' h~
. entitled
h h ' himd
A 'Verdict
The JUl"Y add,.d .. l'1der recommendmg that t he
llU
as he did there It "' as not JU;.tny ycars ,lgo th,I L
A Spr"ENDI]) WORK
to & oomforla Ie retl~ment. But tn_ t e ea.t an
l';uggesi:ed bOdy-<irag be placed ID Mr, Keel'a boat- that
be had stood on th ,lL pliLtfofD1, ,Illd J\.1r Gooch
There
danger of the times he looked 'about to see! what
house" a.nd ~.lpat .. compl&n~t
to the ttbb• ,lr the
stood on a. 1111'tfUllll III an other pili t of the town,
do to h61p hl~
and the
Thames
Co~aDCy
J'e.~ctIDg
f
... ,limi t••
t1ne'Oennees
of tbe ' ground
00 i1ie
'tha.t a
each naymg exadly the nppOS1tc thlllg on th e
ormat Ion 0 f
"
ra
tbe aocident j~rred.
subjec~ (L n.ug hter ) He Wi\3 tb;'U\kful t o
bow hard he
The I further Beet of 10 Blllbulancel which t.h.
Mr :keel.aid he had .. l1tebtioy in hIS
now: everybody throughout the countly was
him "most heartIly
BntlslI. farm~r8 have proVided for il~ lD l!'ranoa,
"'"h iM be ... _ou)d gne to ~th6 Corporation
'WJth..
determmatTUn, and that~\l
(Af plauae ) ~
.
" oufd hal'e" ~t tre-()()V
, , ered.
, ll !l t.o
'has now left lfor the floot, makmg a total of '61
- I were
of 'one min a, 't.boy must
t.ijen
fully eq'Ulpped ambulan ces sent by t4o. ~ritlsh
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Farmers' Redi Cross ;Fun!l Rt a cost of £,;)7~:rtO, 1!Dc'\ldmg upkeep', £SOlOOf> has DOW been{ ~ld ovel
tc?'fards the 1B~m of £100,000 pro~:;'fer . the
(Applause
)
but tho whole
perpet~~l en¥wment~ of beds ip. the 1/ ,Star' and
Garter H0nte_'at Rlc.amond, a.nd further; donatlon-a
THll VALUE m' TlME
16ward. tbls I"Dlount aro earnestly ../<.d for:, · All
often ~f help shou1d be sent to the Secretaiy~ Room
Tower Bridge Flour Mitie, Shad 'rh.bes, Btpoo
~ondsey ~ S. E.
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