| Show THE GRENADIER GUARDS the following is a dispatch from london dated july 23 after the order was given to the grenadier guards to leave Engl england ancl they were confined in wellington barracks great latitude however was given and friends and relatives were al awed to visit them the arrest of six grenadiers Grena diers and their trial by court martial tended to cast a gloom over the whole battalion when the sentences were pronounced on parade yesterday the same painful s enes occurred the oldest soldiers of the companies seemed to have been selected for trial the prisoners exchange their regimental for prison garb the precise hour for their removal to brixton military prison was a well guarded secret while their transfer to the ambulance wagon was so quietly effected that only a few soldiers and spectators were present the grenadiers grena diers were haud handcuffed cuffed and escorted by noncommissioned commissioned non officers the rhe queen is said to be greatly agitated t over the discoveries of the ia last p t few days the second battalion of grenadiers Grena diers was her favorite troop and she pleaded for the men to save them hem from exile at the horse guards and war office however no other course was open and it was even proposed to abolish the name of the grenadier guards this mutiny ins his created the greatest sensation which london has had in recent years the cause of the whole trouble is believed tobe to be socialism and agitators it is said have secured the enlistment of men in this particular troop for some years past the alarmists alarmiste alar mists believe it was a part of an extensive diabolical plot embracing the police force and post office employed emp loyes and that the demonstration of july ath when the guards refused to shoulder arms when called out to preserve order during the police riots was all a part of the plot 1 oti Cou conservative N 0 Englif ahmen men however do not accept the theory of socialism and say the guards were angered against their com commander maDder colonel maitland who is putdown put down as a martinet colonel maitland has asked for a court martial and will be tried next week when it is expected there will be sensational revelations the black bearskin shakos wre were taken away from the men mein who were given the white helmets used in the indian service several officers of the guards resigned when the battalion was ordered on foreign service but the war office refused to accept their resignations their place has been taken by the coldstream Cold stream guards the following is a depatch from london dated july 27 after the T order was given to the grenadier guards to leave england they were confined in the wellington barracks by a strange misfortune a veteran named perren was one of the unlucky prisoners an air older man named rigga belonging to the same company had been transferred to the reserve the day before later in the day the prisoners exchanged their regimentals for prison garb the precise hour of their removal to the brixton military prison was a well guarded secret while their transfer t to the ambulance wagon was so quietly effected that only a few soldiers and spectators were present the authorities had three ambulance wagons each drawn by a pair of horses in attendance at the entrance men inen were bro brought tight down to the first wagon while the other two were sent away in biffl different bereut directions directions when the men emerged the curious spectators raised a loud shout the grenadiers Grena diers were handcuffed in pairs and escorted by non commie cloned officers the soldiers appeared dejected and haggard one soldier iu in regimentals shouted keep up your hearts comrades 1 several burst out crying tears streaming down their sad bad faces be better off cried another soldier as the vehicle drove rapidly away after the departure of the men the story of their lare are well parting with their wives and children spread through the bal bai racks in a little while the feeling of depression gave way to excited indignation which grew more intense as aa the evening advanced wives children sweethearts and comrades crowded into the spacious yard from 6 until 10 clock no guardsmen guardsman guards men were allowed au an exciting but painful rue meeting eting was held in the yard and canteen at first the men of the second battalion bore themselves bravely and laughed at the expressions of fear of their wives and sweethearts the sympathetic words of old comrades however soon kindled the angry feelings that shouldered ed in their breasts the men were immediately aroused and inveighed inveigh ed bitterly against the order that confined them harsh indi cases of men who had a few days only to serve to complete a long and honorable service and who had been thus rudely awakened from their dream of future freedom from military duty were cited and discussed one had only seven days to fl finish twelve years and arother another thirteen days to end seven years of active service in one case the wife of a prisoner was inconsolable she had three children with her and was in a delicate condition As the marriage was without the consent of the colonel the poor weman could not expect to get that assistance sista si uce during the absence of her husband which those mir married ried by permission always receive she could only mourn her double corlow which lier her husbands tenderness could not assuage assi age at length as the bugle sounded for the visitors to leave the husband raised his wife i and almost carried her to the gafar where a woman friend took his place and bore her home lu in the busy throng filling the yard there was iru iro chance for private farewells and whispered partings hundreds of men and women arm in arm were walking about and clinging lovingly for the last time to each other outside stood a great crowd of sightseers who gazed curiously and sampe titi cally between the raili railing Dg the onlookers saw brave men kissing their wives and sweethearts again and again and then brushing away tears with their strong hands couples separated the women hurrying away with their friends and the children then taking farewell kisses fram their fathers the men at last rushed off to the canteen while these pathetic scenes were going on in the yard different ones were being enacted in the canteens young women who seemed to have plenty of money were there treating their lovers as they had been accustomed to do the taps tape were continually running ane flowing bowl apparently lightened the burden of the men and for a time they forgot their misfortune they indulged in jig dancing and sang s ng snatches of popular lar airs atthe A t the sound of the bugle the women rushed outside in search of other lovers several men were interviewed by a special correspondent they said the duke of cambridge blamed them for not reporting the complaints through their officers we dont know the officers said the spokes man and rarely see them at 10 in 14 the evening the yard was cleared and the crowd obeying the orders of the police sadly moved away at midnight a small gathering reappeared and in creased every hour by 3 this morning it numbered jiu more than four thousand the windows were thrown open at sunrise and the wives and sweethearts recognized the mert men calling to them by their christian names at 4 B birdcage walk was thronged thron ged the men gave way at ai the railings failings rai lings for the poor women and children with tear stained eyes and haggard faces held up to see if they could pick out their fathers then the wee and drums nar ched into the yards no laggards were foiled every man answered promptly and apparently cheerfully to the call colonel eaton in full regimentals regimental and mounted rode up and erter rud the yard at 5 unlock the men were drawn up in double line and fifteen minutes later the colonel gave the word to march the great gates at the Bucking buckingham bam palace ed end of the yard were thrown open and while the baud band played the spirit stirring british grenadiers Grena diers the battalion marched out they we re greeted by the shouts and cheers of aai an enormous throng the street was blockaded A large number of policemen were formed in three lines to open a woy way for the sold leis is after the police came sappers and miners and behind them the baud band and colonel eaton at the head of the regiment As the battalion ar ar 1 reared in the road a mighty deaf ening cheer went up from the alie assemblage sem blage the men etien waived their white helmets for somo distance people broke into the column caused by women seeking their husbands with whom they marched while several men kept with their sons who stepped out of the ranks to walk with their fathers the war office is extremely pleased at the way the soldiers behaved if the good conduct continues the regiment may be ordered back to london within two years during the final review of the guards yesterday by the com mander in chief there were many scenes of disorder among the men those who had received sentence of punishment for their mutinous conduct were especially recalcitrant they plucked from their breasts the medals won in the egyptian campaign and threw them across the parade ground many militia men mein criticise criticism critic ise the authorities severely for parading the men at all arguing that they should not have been given the opportunity to exhibit their temper but should have been placed out of the country as quietly and ignominiously as possible |
