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Commentairas supplimentaires: There are some creases in the, middle of pages, This item is filmed at tha reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filmt au taux de rMuction indiqui cinlessous. 10X ux tax 22X 26 X »)f a 12X 16X 20X 24 X 28 X 32 X ^^^n^^i^eiu % Th« oopy fllm«d h«r« ha* b*mn r«produo«d thanlit to th« g«n«ro«ltv of: H«tropoltt«n Toronto K«f«rtnc« Llbrtry laldwin Room TtM ImagM appaarlng h«f« ar* tha baat quality / poaaibia oonaidarlng tha condition and laglblllty of tha original copy and In kaaping vyHh tha filming contract tpaciflQatlona. Original ooplaa In printad papar oovara ara filmad baginnlng with tha front covar and anding on tha last paga ^ith a printad or llluatratad Impraa- alon. or tha back covar whan approprlata. All othar original ooplaa ara filmad baglhnlng on tha firat paga with a printad or llluatratad Impraa- alon. and anding on tha last paga with a printad or llluatratad Impraaalon. Tha laat racordad frama on aach niicroflcha ahall contain tha symbol -^(moaning "CON* TINUED"), or tha symbol y (moaning "END"), whiohavar appllaa. ..'■■■■ . *. Mapa. plataa. charta, ato., may ba fllmW at diffarant raduotlon ratloa. Thoaa too larga to ba antiroly Includad In ona axpoaura ara filmad baginnlng In tha uppar laft hand cornar, laft to right and top to bottom, as hfiany framas as raqulrad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: L'aaamplaira fllm4 fut raprodult grioa A la g4n«roalt4 da: Matropolltan Toronto Mfaranca LIbrjiry laldMin fU>om Laa Imagaa suhrantaa ont 4t« raprodultaa avac la . plus grand soln, compta tanu da la condition at da la natiat* da I'axamplaira fllm4. at an conformity avac laa oondltlona du oontrat da filmaga. Laa axamplalras orlglnauK dont la couvartura •*% paplar aat ImprlmAa sont fllmAs mn commandant par la pramlar plat at an tarmlnant salt par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una ampralnta d'impraaalon ou d'llluatratlon, aolt par ki sacond plat, salon la cas. Tous laa autraa axamplalraa oHglnauK sont fllmAa mn commandant par la pramlAra paga qui comporta una ampralnta d'impraaalon ou d'illuatration at an tarmlnant par la darnMra paga qui comporta una talla . ampralnta. Un daa aymbolaa sulvanta appa^attra sur la » darnlAra Imaga da chaqua mioroficha. salon la caa: l^symbola — »• algnlfia "A 8UIVRE", la aymbola V algnlfia "FIN". • « ■ . Latf'cartaa, planchaa. tablaauK, ate, pauvant Atra filmAs A daa taux dA rAduotlon diff Aranta. Lorsqua la dooumant aat trop grand pour Atra raprodult %n un aaul ollchA. II aat lllmA A partlr da I'angla supArlaur gaucha, da gaueha A droitOr^ at da haut 9n baa, ^n pranant la nombra d'imagaa nAcassalra. Laa diagrammaa sulvanta lllustrant la mAthoda. y-- 1 2 3 % c 1 '-^s^ 6 ^/ MKiocorv HttMnfod tut chart (ANU and ISO tilt CHAlt Ntu t) 1.0 1.1 1^ lU Kail ■ 2.2 Siii' iiii s"* 1 I2j0 / . 1 h.8 1.25 iu 1.6 Ino j-^ l«5J toil Ml«) 48J -ijOO-Ptwn. ■ . ('10) lM~fi999 -fm HPf— / n % » *v. J & ^ • t'U. r IE0I8LATIVE COUHCIL. ON THE ORGANIZATION Of THK MiLITlA. Ihnornhtt aenUnMm Allhouj^h ll i« not unm\ i.MU|.lyJn i. Hill oi it. fir»i wii.liirir. I hope iIm< Hon«.f will |M>rinit ini- to m^vt Into M,m.« of iffr dfllailn of ihi. ^l•.»«||^. now, iniiHini.,|, „. | Ho not ini«n(J to pr«j!.'ccl further with it during ihi. prt.|.«fnt MeMion. I lull tn nil very wi-ll, «onM« onr nuiy |MirliupH n»y to ,„« ; l,ui did ymi not, wUtlv yoxx Wort, in opiKi-Ition, (ind foull with th« pr,.«mt law, if not m to it. prindpl,, m o„y ,„,„ „« ,„ |,. j^.^i, cable, 1^0. Ito. f Having lound iault with thcdrtaiU of lour predr. youTown"'"'"' "^^^ ''" ^"" "' ""°" p""' ^'^^^^^^ r"i'^^^"> «f r)olui«r^i*'!l.*l""f *• ■ "^1 «"'•* dlffor«nce Ij^worn my Su.r^Tni"^ °^ [nv pn^cl^cetwr.. Thay fotind the licia hu,.L L^"** '* occupica bv a lnw, th« oprr^tiuu of which hi^ hardly bc-gun. [t i. «n., it.ing to build on clear ground «n^ ouite .notK«, thinp to take down and th«n builf up aka.n . r wi«h to giyo th« Tnw paMr,l pt th« in«t«nee of the life aSi^ nitration all th« advantage of a fair and thorough triJl But, apart from these motives, there is an objection to imm* d.ate legrslation on tlu, .ubj.ct Jf the militia XneelMo be my duw to bnng forward. For nearly two vParl n-!.t .k lists of o4ers of the Sedentary Milftb^L'e b^.^rncPgl ct d and hav« not boon l^.pt up to their full complement! and as Jh^ a^r I have m contemDlal.on cannot be put into «»m- pifir, onr «i\l|i of ifii* wIm»I»« tiiiiiilMr ol lli«' Sttrviii* ituii m mirh ('oiti|niny. My niv liill, irun, n rull h lir»i rtiiulr for V'o|iinit'i'r<« ; iiiiii it in only in ilttniili of loiili ilitii rf«ort Ik ImkI lo the (ill I lot. Ik il «o Willi III.' (>n'or|ioii* of imriTliiinitm whrthfr tliry nr»' willing to Im' fnrollril in tin' Srrvin* Miliiiii ,' No, not iit nil ; tlii«y wrn not lonoiiltnl in uiiy wuy. Kirxi of nil tl»'y iin? riirolliMl hy llw n»»<»'«porM or viiluulori for llio rmprtivii iniini- t'i|iiililU'N, liy wtioni Koll** of tli<>ir nron of the wornt kind. I muRt admit that 1 no luiif^er unm, thin ballotting with cloned cuMjrn, in nt'cntt, witlunit the knowledge* of the militiamen, that th<) frii'ndn of the latu minintry cry upno Unidly at the Name time that they exert ihemnlven to put iIh) inhabitantn of the Province on their guard against what they call the com- pufsori/ ayntetn, the draft ! Well ! I ank any honent aad reanonablc man whether it in ponsibic to imagine a mon> coercive synlcm, or one that in more despotic than tlie one < n which the iirenent law is baned ? • . In my bill I have taken care to rent<^r*) iH<9 old organization of the Sedentary Militia^ of thnt itiiHtia which from tiiT]|e immemorial han rendert^d such good nervice to the^counti and which has hitherto been nopopalQr. I am really unabl to underntnnd how it is that certain iieraons have been nt mistaken on the subject of the imnortnnce of the sedentari militia. l3uoh p«roontt hftvo not choncn to see in that arm ot the public defence any thing but an inert force, commanded by superannuated and incompetent officers, unable to rendei any service. Those who, in defiance of well known facts in the history of the Sedentary Militia, have hitherto scouted the ideal ^ 5e«-i> t4 ihfti rorrp bniiiK dftttiy iiw hdvr In-i'H rillirr vi'ry i^nufiuu^tir V(«ry iiiMlmM>r«>. TIm< h«rtiiiil. It iiiiM iilwiiyo li«-«(lit'*'r* of lli'it iirni who Iiiivk luiitti* ilwi MililiH UoiIn iitid KriurriM ; Hml wh«», in liiiii* «>f wur, liuvv ottl It'll out Of (Iriiwn by lui thi- riit-ii ri'<|iilrt>(l Iti (ill up tlh' ln(Hir|Hiriiitf*l 'Milliiii, tiiitl, In ciilifr tMinc, Iihvi« lunrolHtl itxnn lo ll<'u«l Quiirtcrii. Ab«ivo nil, it linM ulwHyN lK'i>ri llwv wIm>, uniitK tilt* morul iiiilurnci* ihfy di'rivfd fruui ihnir iHwition in MwliMy, liuvn hukniIImmI tiwtiy tliif dlffi- tuihiitH which havi* iitincn fn>ui iim<' lo linit* wIi«mi <*oniiM|{«Mttii wer« rrquir« old iind intlufnliiil hiwii Wfrt* th(*y Who hrouKht th«< uiulinouw, wIh«h ihrrt* w^'ro anv, to r«Mp«ii( uuihunfy and Jivtrn lo rauMOQ. In one word, it hua Lm*«ii by thflir inHu«ooe that tho authoritim have been abff, tn ffiH«« of troubU", to Hcturf* olN>dirn{M! and Nuhiiii»aion to law. What, tliirn, inuat hn lhou^ht of tht> wiMlotii of that fMiliry whi(*h, in lh« organiaation of tlw public defiance, puti aaidt) ao powerful an englnr nnd rrplncen it by that inont ineffttotivr one, and moMt ui^popnlar in every locality — ihf Municipal Aai^ennori! Ky my BiitiiitM^ dutian of the Sedentary Mllitin will be the (tame an tliiJUiav*' liccu in liitien pant ; it will alwayn Im* hy tht! agemw or|p<* Scd.'tiiary \fitilia ihat the coiitiiigcntM for ihe Servieo Miliiiu will Imi furni(«ht'd lo the Coniniandcr in Chief. In order lo keep the Sedentary Militia diNiinct froui the Service Forc«>, it ia provided that in fulure no iierMin who huH not allaitu-d ihe agi; of lorty-llve yvurr* riliall Im; appointed an oHioer in the Sedentary Mililin. By thin inean« ihe nppoinN in(!iit of «)iIIe('rM to nerve in the Sedentary Militia w^ll not ditniniNli the numberN of the Service Miliainen ; an«l by^iheir age and their poHition in wK^iely those appoi^ed will Ix! able to diHcharge more eH'eotually the dutie«i recpiimJ of litem. Il han often happened that young men have procured commiMoiona in the Sedentary Militia for the aule purpone uf thereby obtaining exemption from .\etive Service, and from iMsing drawn bv ballot. Under the proviwiona of thiit Uiil such a thing will become itnpoMHible. And now, what ia anked of the country in return for the numerous and important Hcrvices which ihe orticern of the Se- dentary Militia ore called upon to render? A few grades of purely honorary rank. Have not these men alwuya performed the dutiea required of them gratuitously, and have they not s ; I* nohty r«>«fH>npoMi«ding onr iiUlh of^thn Hrrvion m^nof hi* inpnny ; ■o thnt a Company Diviaion, whether amull or great, thinly p^'opkd or populous; will contribute only in proiwrtion to its rfTectivn force By thin mrnna nothing la )n(t to ohancn ; eiich company fumiahwa ita contingent with what may almost b«' called mathematical preclaion. Now let ua for n moment compiirf* ihht ayatem with the pro- vjalona of the pnment law for thf levying of nontingonf a; l)y the law now in force, each municipality ia n Military Diatriot liy Itarif, and whether It ia large or amall, |Mipulo(is or thinly peopled mnkea no difference. When » ballot ia ordered the names of a whole imriah or townahip, written on amall piecea of paper, are placed in a Ikix, and after having been well shaken and stirred about In the box, an? drawn from it <»no after the other until a aulHcient number for the re<|uiaite <'onligcnt have been obtained. It ia evident that in this way all is left toohance. Whereas by my ayatem a large parish or township is divided into eight or ten company diviaiona, and each company diviaion ' gives only in proportion to ita strength, the present law acknow- ledgea only one division, and the contlngt^nt, profKirtioned to the whole nutnb«!r of service men in that large diVi«ion, ia drawn by lot, thereby expoaing the smallest portion of the township or pariah to the risk of being compelled to furnish ^ ^ y mtnjr inorr* nwii lh«ii II mtuhi, niitl (^tmartini^mly 'xrglirtinif « ftKiri* ptipiilmi* tm furniahiitK ihni |irii|Miritn by kti uii«t«ir llwt |ir«Mnl hw, I full lo iliiirovfr in it nnv thint( Imi ln|ii«iU»« iif III forrM'ti friMii ii nnv lldntf Imii UlMfiMMfurtion. Ni^vrriliflrMi I dUtrtMi myanlf, lAwl I wtltli>r •iiMtrlttmw lo citmttrin my fittim or ili«|M«t my mUKivin^*. My thin bill, «« «m nn* imnsmitfril l»y'iliii Ciipinin mw >Mi i « n r.hidt, wrtbc ihioafii tlM Ad|atMit 04NMnir« ll»p«rtm««t, fMnnnMBiM. In vl«iw of tlk« pnilMhillMr of Military Divialoiia varylnf In ■ii« and pofMilalion hning fomiwd undar Ihia Hill, if It bi»«ofn«« tew, and in ordar lo admit ot th«^ ■trrnffth of \)» lialtaliona being nro|)ortlon#'d lo ih»« popolailon of fh#» r#'ap«M»tivi« dWI- Rionii, it !■ providi'd that ihi* coin|MiniffH mny ronMiat of frtMn forty-fivn to ninrty runk and Hit*, rxrIuNivi* of otherra iind^on- oommiaNionfld oiiirrm, and that ImllultmiM mny Im iHrnifioMrd uf from four lo tvn compi^nifa. Now, onon ih« Nfrritin militiaini*n art* onrollrd and ih«« officnra ap|M>int(Ml by the (^omtnunder in Oliirf, will it not Im* tha easieal thing in thn world to cauaa th« whole of iIh> foren thiiH orgnnlxfd to mnr(ih to head quiirterH, or'io nny part whiit* ever of the Province P All Iwing lliui* prt!|iiire(| in iidvunoe, I think I may be forgiven the expn'Mion, which wnn (NirhiifM n little too figurfilive and II little loo militnry, miide uwe^of hy mo Home time ago, nnmely, " that with the plan I liad in view, I could make the miliiin march at the ftrat Moundof the bugle.*' And yet thia expresaion neeaolulely neceaaary to do ao. Organizing the militia upon an eiiicieni footing is not provoking war; it ia taking ii f>rueauiion againi^ a danger which ia remote |)erhapa, but still {KwiHible. Resides, it ia not improbable that, for years to come, the only duty which the aervice militia will have to iMirform will biydial of appearing at the annual reviewjand nothing more. — -i^'^ '\ r- t .ik. It will ft«rt Ii0 riMiMKli It! brtiiK Ihr itM-n infftiiMr tt^Ml imilit' ih<flk Im> tUnm i« inH itn «*fH* lo wtiM, mul jr**! Il l« « very lni|Kifi«ni i»fH* •mi (!«•«•?¥(•» lit Im wii||MMi«lliifl«, In iiniiniiry ( i«*nrlt ihwm iIm* t* |t«mcni« of ih«« inUiury nrt ' I lir|iiv« il ia tlldlfp«ftMbl«i lo du wmiotlilnK In •iw'h • ««■<«. It la very wril to tmy •«, •omo on«t m«y fKv. '»»»• *•'*•' *• *** '■» «'•'•"• ' "•''• wn thn inr«n« of drillioff front fifty lo sixty ihoUMnd mrn for fifltwn Of tw»nlv or imriy day*. c>r Umifft f 1 think not ; thn • xiN>nM would hr vrry gn'nt wilhtMit iiny rqitivnlrnl ndviintitKfl bttintf obtuinrd to Bny nothing of lli<« Mhaoluir Iom which tlin whoM Hrovinri* wouM Mttiain frtMn lb« ini«rrti|iilon of pmA- lnl>l« IntMHir. f''or iIim |Hir|t<> Inrgi* n for(i«« logtthrr in fMrnpN of in«trtirilon th«^ wholi* nii|Hirniuii rr Unt gmat Hnitrific«N, und on iIh' othtT wp inltnli ihni it would iw Iniprudf nt not to muk»« any, wi* tnuRt trv to find n iniddlt* cuunnn Tbiit inidtlUi coiirMi aftcmii to nifl to Im* lb« kurplng up of ib« tnililary M«h(K)la. Tu train iin army of fforn fifty to aixty tln»u«nntl lUfn would Im» tcM) nxfX'nNive ; but if we cannot train nucb a force, wc can at inaat prcpiira n certain nutnlMforo they wore tried. I think now thiit if there In one gfxnl thing in the law at prenent in force it aurely in the prt)vi«ion for the e»tiiblii»incnt of Military Schoola ; and I am happy to have it in my power to aacribe all the merit of thut pruvivion to my predeoeaaor. But # ■^♦^ J« mifi »-• M»ttiiii»ii««» ^'w* >• • • '••• •♦••«•'»•'"• '" •*«y »»••'.*' *• ,-»..il,l.' I.I r-lnWUh •tirli .rh««iU nwny fi»«ii n»i»»»-i.fl-, whrrr, •iimI whiir «»«ly, all H»«« ti»#«ii- uf »M«.iitnK tnMriMOim nr. t.i b. r.>«ink»»«k'»»»« •»»•• «.»i „f iW-.' HvUiU will li»JlmU.«l lolbriHiv .rf llw m-lriirim- •tml lh# BUHHini f.»f wMP •h.' nrtn* .'.im !••' iili" n «'««• ••« wtwl lioirt In «.»iNl tm\f9 nnil rr|w»r.. rMur* ^rUI l»r Klviti i« ihi* \»mt .h.H-, i.imI ihrough llw iiun»««i«»n thN will «!*•» iltrm In ilir ryraiiClht y«i«nn tiwn, llu-r Dflll Aii«M»«»rn|.»n* will iH'eomi" iim»\M ami b« well »ll*t«l.««J, Tllf y«HM»|C "MM wli.iJ«llHlw«» M«Jmm ..iMwl arlll •jnI cwtipiiny dfUI» w lljl if ftm «N* »« •"•'« ^ '•»•' "* '^ mlll«»«, ih«y will hr rn«hM tfrfk»«^»^ itiiipinl tyn' Um mnlr«l NvboiUa with • anad b«ft» ninff «»( iiuHnw»tton . ■lul with ihl« pcf irt«»ly •r«|«Wii tal»li*j Mffn h will tftll* iMm »wy Ut»l« tl^p i«i uM^ln « •tiiAcaii.. of By ihU rooniia ihi. prwIiMW will •«on b«» ■mi» to iliafHniat with twiUiam^e fnuii willK^t, nml wr nhnll Imvii, In ravU Uw?«i- Illy, young men ri>m|>«»»«'m Ui (llM'ImrKc III" «l»ty "f l>'lll •'»•• iruPloni. A* living l« «ih«m|| In the ommtry, iW «itttaiion o( it\\\ \n»tmc\tn will li*«M»in« »n ohi«Ti «rf umbilion lo « giwid tiumlH'f of y«»ung (in«'n ; Hml lli« Miliiary Mclu)«iU wJU rrfnln im nmulatinn f«»r iliV ».itu«il«»n of prill lni»ruclor, Niniiliii}tu llml for ili« diplonw ijuiillfvlnn Itn holdwr for letohlng in ili« mwM w'h*KiU, to which lh« Nornml ScImioU grivi» riii«. llnfortunntely, men mnm lorgtit what ihi'y havu lnnmcU, unlfMH thry hnvn omxirtunitlfN of prnfltlolng It frointimn lotlm« ; nnd ■», In ortlfr thut th« pmAuninry »n«rifu'»'» iin|MHyr. The tei for tnuro IS th^inttinct icrn« of war icur Romo un- ht to oonitder 'an, in coin- nd money by 'he Baorifioes fiot long con- y, when once the cost ot the. of itt anniuil ' ■ *. reapeoting the limea, daring