THE JOHNSONVILLE RIFLES
kre™in'thft Johns ™" l!e -Mes loomed • trf -'ffi--W e *PU.Wio• eye,-.,;. Their.existence.existence as ii ,Vqlunteer _corps appeared. to bei n imminent ihrTt J*- ln^ ap pemngs which'-needi n'ot :be re- - rifhtert' m!™ o sM»'n»att«rs : havß-been slowlyttX B C^T B strongly represented at' Easter manceuvrcs, when it received special .. mention, and. although about -40 resignations : w ® ro „ reported .to have boen handed in to the .officer .commanding the company,- they: have reached headquarters,: nor is it' likelv ti.at.they:oyer is, one thing; which the men consider they 7have been Tinfajrly treated/' The; Court oM n : quiry-which sat m solemn, judgment upon them has not jet delivered its finding,' notwithstand- ' ."'at tho said- Court sat,a lone -,while,ago.; Tho men'.'coiisider that they'are entitled.to; hoar: the result.' Tho finding of the Court was forwarded by the regulation • channels, to,:.tiie proper; quarter for approval, and . in . the ordinary course of events • should have' been... returned .to' district headquarter.? and thence to tho corps'some time ago. .Up'to the ■ - present the papers have not.been -returned.''lt' instated;-that'..the. men. are. willing to stand by •'the'decision of the Court, arid this being so, 1 there-does not'appear to be any valid reason for. ; tho: delay in: announcing, the, decision. ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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199THE JOHNSONVILLE RIFLES Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 7
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