CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6] — Page 126

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and of Sixteen.

men

subsequently discharged-

the

in consequence of orders received from Commander-in-Chief, and permanently attached to the fore... All of these.

entered the Police-

equal.

have

an

20per Cent. on

124

of

an immediate dismissal... It is out

that the European Police-

this class of

men

force is recruited...

The enclosed schedule shows that

they are constantly changing, and that out

who have joined.

men -

the same

forting, and

f

of thirty-eight

of

claim to an increase_

their pay, in the event.

Her Majesty's Government not sanctioning the pension as originally proposed, and of the men not agreeing to accept it on. it's

altered footing.

The

remaining huropeans consict

supa

of Twenty

-one seamen who have entered-

M

:

from

rom time to time merely

as a

temporarg

resource, while without employment-

board ship, and leave it when it suits

their convenience...

to

to

· give

They

on

agree, on entering.

two months' notice of their intention-

resign,

but more

pequently wilfully

misconduct themselves in order to ensure

men.

since

the month of May last, sixteen. have either resigned or been dismissed, and

eleven others have given notice

intention to resign..

of their

It is not

therefore

in the least

probable that any of the Civilians, consisting

as they do entirely of Seamen, with come-

on the pension list; and

a

adverting

to the

fact, that the soldiers in the course-

1- nine months have by death and dismissal. lost nine men out of Fifty-seven- about one sixth of their number.) I do

of their

(being

not apprehend that the number who will survive a continued-Service of ten years

an

will

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