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5, correspondence with Colonel Gordon, the present Commandant, shows that he fails to apprehend the extent of the inconveniences of the real object of the Memorialists.

At least, if he does understand the latter, he certainly has not done them justice, when he suggests that if the "Troops" are considered so great a nuisance and annoyance it is open to the inhabitants "to signify through His Excellency the Governor to the Home Authorities that they would rather dispense with their services, and he has no doubt their wishes would be complied with and they would be relieved of the complained of."

6. I cannot regard those observations as felicitous or apposite, and am not aware of any incident which justifies such a view of the policy of Her Majesty's Government in maintaining a military force here. I am sure that Your Lordship is unlikely to be troubled with any petition for the removal of Her Majesty's Troops as a nuisance. I, nevertheless, hope that some abatement of the nuisance may be found compatible with the retention and efficiency of the Troops, for purposes of drill in the middle of the town.

7. Near the Race Course and within little more than a mile and a quarter of the Artillery barracks a place...

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5, correspondence with Colonel Gordon, the present Commandant, shows that he fails to apprehend the extent of the inconveniences of the real object of the Memorialists. At least, if he does understand the latter, he certainly has not done them justice, when he suggests that if the "Troops" are considered so great a nuisance and annoyance it is open to the inhabitants "to signify through His Excellency the Governor to the Home Authorities that they would rather dispense with their services, and he has no doubt their wishes would be complied with and they would be relieved of the complained of." 6. I cannot regard those observations as felicitous or apposite, and am not aware of any incident which justifies such a view of the policy of Her Majesty's Government in maintaining a military force here. I am sure that Your Lordship is unlikely to be troubled with any petition for the removal of Her Majesty's Troops as a nuisance. I, nevertheless, hope that some abatement of the nuisance may be found compatible with the retention and efficiency of the Troops, for purposes of drill in the middle of the town. 7. Near the Race Course and within little more than a mile and a quarter of the Artillery barracks a place... Page
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