The Yeomanry and its Future
1891; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 35; Issue: 160 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03071849109416571
ISSN0035-9289
Autores Tópico(s)Philippine History and Culture
ResumoTho CIIAI~XAS : I am sorry that we h a w not a larger audicnco to licar thia pnpcr read by so di6tixiguiihcd an Officer as Colonel Cricliton.Xot only i3 he an excellent sc:eomanry Commanding Officer, but lie was Adjutnntof tlis 10th Iiusonrr.lie kn3 alx, held important appointmcnts on the Stnff, nnd I know nobody niore cnpablcof giving us intcrcsting remarks and informntion upon the subjcct of Ycommry.I ]rare mjaclf only been connected with tlie Ycomanry for about fir0 jenr3, but I defy anybody to 1iarc.had as niucli to do with thc Yroninnry, and men as much of tllenr a8 1 h r c , aithout fceling, a t nll crcnts, an imnicnee intcrcst in tho Force.Of cour90 RO all know the grcnt clilTculty t h y liarc knd to contcud against.W c know thnt tlie money they get from tho Q orcrnmcnt, although some people thiuk it is a large sum, is insufficient for thc support of tho regiments, and that not only tlie O5ccr3, but the Ycornen themxlrc3, spcnd largo nun~s of money, and girc tlicir time na wcll as their money to thc country.I h o p that RO shall find sonic way of utilizing the services of thc Yeomanry with adrantago for tho dcfencc of thc country.With thcsc fcw rcmnrlis I will ask you to hear tlic lcctum rliick Coloncl Cricliton i 3 going to girc us.I IIAVE been asked to give a lecture on " Thc Yeomanry and its future," and I consented to do so, bccnuso I consider that the discussion which mar, and will, I hope, follow upon it is likely to do good to a forcu wliicli Iins existed for w r y many years, haa nlwnys done to the best of its ability wkaterer it hos been called upon to do, is oftcii maligued (especially in Parliament) by those who know nothing about it, and will, I consider, in the future play R very prominent part in tlic defence of Great Britniu, in eonjonction with tho othcr Ausiliarr Forces of tho country, and as the only reserve to our small forcc of c a d r y , which would so soon be an-allowed up in a great European war.I propose to divide the lectnrc under the following headings :-1.Past history.
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