JOHNSONVILLE RIFLES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 5

JOHNSONVILLE RIFLES.

THE RECENT TROUBLE. • DECISION OF' THE COURT OP INQUIRY Sir Joseph Ward, Defence Minister, Tyas • 'by r pur I 'repre.sefltasve Ipteyeii; ihg Tfith refereiieg tp; 'ihe' decision o| ''the Court of Inquiry which was held some time ; ajgo to 'inYestSgatp of'.'insubbrdiha- , tion preferred '."againstcertain member? pi tho corps. i :. It 'will be r^membered t tho,t. the j trouble .'originated fro,m the, de'siro of. the-men'thftt ' Lieutenant Willis j should '"W''; senior''' & Lieutenant MeVriMies'.''''.''A'cting under, some .misappreliensipn of :the ( regulations, governing V they 'Vielepted'''!-Lieutenant . 'Willis as senior siib,alte'ru. As, however, tho Commissions' . hore.'' the, "same date, Lieutenant , McrrieJies" claimed that,' by virtue of the " regulation , governing 'seniority 5 whore commissions ' Vere contempqwne.p.p— that "tho, "question 'should be' decided, ty' the alphabetical order of .the officers' surnames —ho was tp/seniority,''and his claim was' upheld by district' '.'Sflb- : s'eguently' : a "pejitiofl, ':pp'^ujj{g'.'tl»irty-fotii; signaturM,'' . %s i^''''^rC!g^f(^;/'' I .'d^iflg'> that : Liintohant. Merrielies' 'should resign.. This constituted an act; of insubordination; hence'the Court of Inquiry, which called , upon certain : members .'to cause , why they should $qv'hs tlism,is3ecl 'This'was', tjmo'ago,'.'at''theV'end'.of . February," in fact, and' under what' 'they. *,consiiler.''.'tp 'havo,' bebii untile dblay' of. -'the decision'of the' Court. : vrill be pleased to hear. is 'a't last "available, and' "Clio" full statement "will no" doiihf "he bfficiallif. ftrcwaraojl" ■ "It has been, §aid Sir Joseph Ward, In 'to' our r'ep'res'entat(veV "that none'ty the are to"be"'dismjssbd, anil 'that' "t^gsfi 1 who' sigrigd gro re^ri^anded.^' : The Company paraded pn Thursday, night under Captain Mo6i;e, '45 b'eirig present!. ' After parade the' Officer Commanding mado a presentation to Angel! and : Chorry, who left yMtoi'day oil'a holiday, trip to England via Aiistriilia; oil behalf, of, the 1 Pomp,any" hp wisjiecl.' thc'jn,' a': pleaMflt trip and a prizes for Shooting, won "<$ a cp.mpetitip'n he|d by the , co'rps qji '■ its own ' rifle range," were qlsa prcsouted. s Tli'o 'first prize, a biscuit • barrel, Va# y? n by"Privat'3'Angelj,'"and the ■ second, a silver-lnpuntcd pipo and ca'sij, by Private A.'AJashington.' ' Th 6;' ppmpany ckciclcd to hol(l a smoke concert oh Thursday, May 14, and it i? ,probablo that a ball will bo given on June 11, this date boing tho anniversaiy of tho formation of the corps. ' ■ •