| Show I ii of British G l ri ons From America Americ E recent determination of at the government to with withdraw withdraw draw the tho regular troops train from the remaining garrisons on American continent has hall given rhea the to 10 much speculation In tho tto absence rational of ot the lie of ot any more action it Is safe to accept tho tto reasons whiCh have been Jeen advanced by h naval experts expert and others who art to speak The Tho theory that Great has only ordy now mode made 10 up up P her hor mind to 10 accept tho American definition of tile the Monroe doctrine cannot be r untenable If It It ItI ga ae 8 absolutely I 1 It the tho American contention and It teems to 10 be that any spot pot on the thu eon con tit now occupied by b a n foreign power cannot bo be suffered to to fall Into tho the hands hods of any other alien trespasser It hi would b to inexcusably extravagant from an un standpoint for Cor Great to 10 maintain a n 0 costly cosily system of at protection lion tion for tor something which la is already sat sif guarded It Is by no menus means Inn lin probable that the one time has hall come conic what Great Britain can afford to 10 take talo that thai view Mew ew However Yer that nutty may bo he It has been ap al for tor a n 0 long Ions Ion limo thine that British gar In ht America were more moro orna ornamental ornamental mental than useful that the reasons for tor their maintenance were moro more senti Kentl m than urgent It 11 has Tins been heeti a 0 cost cust costly h ly demonstration dc too Neither of ot Great Oreil remaining southern conti continental Guiana and Honduras Is self sustaining l or aught nU ht that her hor American Insular colonies have yielded her during tin tho lat la r half halt century Great Orent would havo been better oft off without thorn them Tho annual re venues revenues troll from rout the Went I Indian ml Inn islands t have been tailing falling off ort appreciably buy bly bl rho garrisons ons have added nothing to the prosperity of tho the regions In which they were placed Canada hn has hAN shown no sign span of at retrogression the tho withdrawal of at tho the garrisons For tome omo time Halifax and 1 have teen been tho only stations In the north of ot America supplied troops from rota BritIsh I I headquarters Even Evoi at those distant posts p asis of ot o f the empire I only a II handful of ot n f troops haH bas been considered nece I since Inco the tho forming of the confederation Into the Dominion I Tho Thu last large reg regular ular force toreo In ht h America was wall In I 1570 when Lord Jord Wolseley made mado the then theU U n nd d river exploration Into the north northwest west lIest provinces Immediately Immediate otter that was completed tho the Slat lInt went forth that Canada must thenceforth depend upon her militia for tor standing defense A tier fuw months later the tho last battalion of reg regulars regulars regulars ulars was tans withdrawn leaving only the 2000 provided as ns the garrison of or Hall hail tax fax This number lots has remained litO stay ta ever ver since the small email garrison nt at on the tho other side Bide of ot the continent making tho the complement AAA A A THE ARBOR Of r MODERN FOR IN HALIFAX HALFAX tE y 1 r r l ter t L 1 1 e w r r rYr Yr i W i 4 r t A AY ArL Y 1 W S U i vr 4 sJ UI i z JS t f m I I rL I Ig t I n I g n ni i t 11 y 1 MIrA l r II f fI s rt I I I 1 1 Bill W 9 vV Y i 4 s izz fi i k f 1 rs ETRO tA a r x i il l r a tM Gl IIII u ter 5 t r CASTLETON r x JAMAICA During the post pant year there thero havo have been stationed at lit n only or is 1 h no o u men of nil all arms and at nt only It In is by b no means likely even after otter tho the departure of ot the regulars that Hal flat Halifax will win bo ho bereft of ot IU its title of tit tho Garrison City It will whit still be Lo the tho most moat Important of at the twelve military dl dis districts of ot the tho Dominion The Iho Wellington barracks eructed erected at great expense will willbe willbe willbe be taken loken over by the Dominion gov KOV government government and set tet as no quarters for forthe tho the colonial military organisation Still the regulars regular will bo ho missed sadly The social of Halifax will willbe willbe willbe be visibly disturbed Many Ilan of oC the most moAl famous regiments of at the tho army hove havo been stationed there and ail nn nt tit no notime notime time i r Its Inception has the son lion been without a It liberal Infusion of or orthe the bent been 1 blood In the empire This ibis has furnished the town with much touch social capital und and nd Its It I removal will bo be a u ao so social chat cial hardship ho Halifax d from the tho earlier half halt of ot the Iho eighteenth century The Cho Halifax Gazette the oldest newspaper In Brit British ish America first appeared In 1762 1752 2 The Tim town teas founded nt at least boast throe years yearn before that and during the Rev fey Revolutionary war It wan WAil made a strong military post by Ly L Cornwall Cornwallis III Tho Duke of ot Kent father of at Queen Victoria was commandant ot of the garrison In his younger days dayn d nud supervised the tha con construction construction of ot the fortifications which gave the tho post tho the reputation of ot being the tho strongest fortress In it the new now world I i iI El 7 I ai air a mTr r r t JEO Q I A S 8 t tOn On account of at ltd its situation and natural nat ural advantages It II has nan a harbor which Is ex tX extremely valuable as a naval base bal Here HereIt It was that fleet fleM ne t collected to convey cOlley Wolfe Rolfe and his troops to the conquest of ot Quebec As the headquarters of ot the British North American and WeH Indian squadron Halifax has hn seldom been lIten without the presence of ships of at war Admiralty House In to Gottingen street has hRS long been the residence of ot Hag flag cers The dockyard tho the property of tho the government extends for tor half a I mile along the harbor front und and contains all the appliances mud and conveniences for Cor a Il first class naval station Us Ito dry dock doclIe Is Ie the tho oqual equal of ot any othor other on the conti continent nent having a 0 length of at 13 feet teet And a 1 width of seventy feet feel at the bottom boll om Tho The city Is IH defended by hy eleven cleven forts Carts and batteries ono one of which the citadel crowning the hill hili on which Halifax Is III built Is reputed to be after ICIer Quebec the strongest fortification In America Tho The city Itself It extends along ulong the slope of at a ahill 0 amiles hill hili and covers coven an In wren urea three miles In length by one In width Its liB present population Is not far tar from tram The headquarters of ot the British Pa cubo cIllo squadron WHO were at tit I a II lit hit little little hittie tle tie seaport on Vancouver Island four mites miles from Crom the city of ot Victoria It has hasa a n magnificent ma harbor capable of ot accommodating accommodating the largest ships chips afloat The garrison has hall for tor some time Hmo been re ro reduced reduced to 10 a 0 nominal bails basis and the tho few t W remaining regulars will not regret rC rI t the opportunity to return to 10 tho ho tight little Isle Next to Halifax St George and Ireland Island In the tho Bermudas Bermudan have lave been the most Important naval oath and mil unit military milItary tinny stations of oC Great Orent Britain in the th north Atlantic That Bermuda has hils been considered in sn Important strate point In the thi defense of ot the empire It is I shown hown by hy the le size of the tho th garrison maintained there Until recently taco men were sore VI ere qu red at al that station Ja Jamaica J maica hM has had 1018 beside besides the colored West Weal Indian regiment recruited thi there r rand and and St Bh t Lucia The total forms forma a considerable co proportion of oft the t hI and tind odd soldiers lIol of ot all ranks with which British colonies all over oer the world are garrisoned St George twelve mile from noun Hamil Hamilton ton Bermuda has had hl l a somewhat pe peculiar pecullar collar culiar history Home years ago ilia It had aligned as ss Its 1111 garrison a battalion of ot the Grenadier K guards which had mani manifested manifested fe a II disposition deposition to mutiny These e men were sent lent to Bermuda a all as u II chisel disciplinary II nary measure and lh the remedy rem ly eves most effectual More recently Kt Ht George was a II place of at detention for tor Boer 1301 prisoners the most mot windward of or the Hie Windward group la Is the headquarters of ot the 1 British force forces In the tho th West Rest Mt Indies I commanding officer residing there hero I having the rank of at major general St RI Lucia Iuela the largest and most picturesque Island 1st and of the tha Windward group possess possesses es efi one OM of at the iho th finest harbors In the West Indies It It is the second naval station of ot the empire In the Caribbean region and Is also nUo a II coaling station Ita lion Much treasure Irea ur has been expended on Its forth forti fortification The lh Bahama Islands were formerly the headquarters of at a rather formidable British garrison but bul It II has been great greal greatly ly II reduced In III the tho last lall decade and con cons slits sills now of ot a 1 sorry remnant whoso whose chief duty duly It II seems to be to 10 afford amusement to the numerous winter guests from Cr ln the United States nt lit tho the hotels There are about Islets Inlets 1 leh In inthe I tho the group croup which lie lI lies ll east of at Florida the tha gulf stream Intervening Only anI of ot thes theil coral formations ore are Inhabited and most of oC tho the residents are descendants of at Tories who tied lied thither for tor wifely safety during the tho American Involution mill and remained One of these islands Inlands l was wn the first land sighted by Columbus on his hla earliest voyage of ot dis discovery discovery covery Whether Wh ther It II was wan San Han Salvador or Waiting Island Is still a 1 matter of ot dispute but bul no one has had hall the temer terner temerity ity It to deny that It was ono one of DC the Iho Trinidad In le the tito largest of ot the British West W Rt Indies except Jamaica It H Is the southernmost l of at the Windward group but bul Is le not nol classed with those Islands It HIli Is n a crown colony the affairs of Mate being heing h Ing administered by b n a governor ov as us assisted by b executive und and legislative councils Port fort of ot Spain tho the capital Is Isone Isone isone one of ot the tho finest towns In the West In Indies Indle Indies dies dle The Tho garrison has long been heel re reduced reduced to a Il minimum Trinidad Is one of ot Great Britain few RtH supporting American colonies lien Her revenue Is about equal to her expenditure This Island also lies lins the distinction of or having been heen discovered l by hy Columbus L LlO |
