ALLEGED MUTINY DENIED

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 5

ALLEGED MUTINY DENIED

SOLDIERS WILL DO THEIR

DITTY,

AT THE KING'S.COMMAND-

\ (Received March .23, 11.10 p.m.) ~. LONDON, .March .23. ' The alleged mutiny the .Dorsefcsfifejres is officially denied. General ■Friend, the commander, declares that lie is certain: that every officer and .soldier in the regiment will do their duty to the Crown and Government T if called upon to maintain order. General Fergussson, addressing the '•Manchester Regiment at Gurragh, said ;that though his .and ±he men's sympathies were with Ulster they would loyally obey the King's com- , mantis .if ordered thither,. "Detachments of the Enniskillen .Fusijiers and Bedfordshiiea and Tyrone and Ulster volunteers attended tihe Omagh Parish Ciiurch and sftt in adjoining pews. In some .cases *cfchey shared prayer hooks. 'When -leaving, the' regulars and ■yolunteeEs mutually salutedThe. *WaV Office has informed domiciled in_ Ulster or whose rparents reside in Clster that they inav, temporarily resign tneir comjtnissions until the trouble is over.