CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7] — Page 89

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absolutely the inherent night of the

Executive to refuse the services of any

man

whose re-enlistment

might

cincxpedient to the Public interests.

10.

It

so slight as quite to take it out of the Category if what are

as vested interests.

be

M.

thought that such a

so

" privilege, so construed, would amount

to un absolute right to remain in the

Force for ten

as a privilege

years. if it was to be treated

at all. It could not,

however, be a reated privilege

من تمر

the

0

long

prower remained

remained of dismissing

at once such person so reenlisting

against the wish of the Government

that power which it

was not derried.

did excist, could not exist without

frendering the so called privilege of no

value whatever,

ON

at least of a value

of

generally regarded

The Government has too much to gain by encouraging good

the service to leave room

the least

danger

men to enter

•for apprehending

to the interests of any

mentorious person anxious to reenlist,

and thereby mative a title to a

under the

new

a pension

Regulations, whilst, if

their right to reentist

were made.

absolute and irrespective of merit, their

progress

pension would

privilege being

cut short

towards

maturing

a claim to a

only

by

lead to such

their ejectment

of

protecting the public

was

lift

It to me.

from the force, if no other means

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