The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-31 00:00:00

W. ysn raised on the plea of the French Corps
d'lnlirmiere, have yet arrived in the Crimea, and the
hospital attendants still consist of soldiers selected
from the ranks. It would be carious to obtain a
Morn showing the nature and variety of the duties
for which men in the British army are liable to be
taken away from the purely military duties of their
regiments, and the amount of pay givea in each
situation and employment.

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KeDIXOI, MAY 19.
We know at lilt what the Crimean summer will
be like. Yeeterdsy was the. bettest day we have yet
had, and it has convinced every one that if the power
of the sun goes on increasing from this to the dog
days, we shall be roasted as effectually as if the
rams wore carried out over the coals of a living
file. From four o'clock in the morning till seven at
might the sun burned with an intensity which sur-
prised even those who have had the benefit of a sun-
routing in Bulgaria. Oar new cavalry, fresh from ,
India, paid a just tribute to the ardour of the Crimean
sun and its very respectable heat. We can now fully
understand that a couple of months of this scorching,
parching glare, must dry up the springs and sear the
plains in the interior of the country, and as, up to
the present, it is doubtful whether or not we are to
have a spring campaign, we can just form a faint
idea of what a summer campaign will be like. In
the last few days not even the usual amount of
slack cannonading has happened on the Se-
bastopol front. No movement ham taken place
on the Balaklava front. The Sardinians have
not occupied the site of the Turkish batteries of
October, 183-1, and nothing points to the probability
of their doing so in a hurry. Five of their regi-
ments —three of infantry and two of rifles—have
marched up to their encampment in our rear. They
are generally admired. The dress and accoutrements
are excellent—good, serviceable, and neat ; and from
the rtseute and s3idierlike appearance of the men
sod officers, we form the meat favourable anticipa-
tions of their future conduct. It is supposed that
they will shortly leave their camp at Karam and
take up a position in the firer lines of the Balaklava
front. The Turks that were encamped in that posi-
tion have struck their tents, and marched up to join
the mais body of their contingent in the encamp-
ments near the French aod English head-quarters—
that is to sty, in the rear of both the Sebsropol and
Balaklava front. The Sardinians are expected to
occupy the poeiiion vacated by the Turks, and moat
asseredly they will be more agreeable and pleasant
neighbours than the latter. I speak here of the
Turks that in October last came from Stamboul ;
those left here by Omer Pacha are troops of a dif-
fereot stamp, though they, too, are likely to fall into
discredit on account of their begging.
The sanitary state of the army is most satisfactory.
I know that a contrary opinion prevails in some guar-
ten, because there are cases of sudden deaths from
malignant fever and cholera. But I look rather to the
numbers of the sick and dead than to their diseases;
and alive, as you have always found me, to the causes
of epidemics, I am not to be frightened by isolated
cases. Fever there is, and cholera there is, but the cases
are exceptional ; and, for the present, there is not
much danger of any of these diseases spreading over
the camps. The fresh draughts ot Guards—who are
certainly in the most unfavourable locality—had, a
few days ago, thirty men in hospital, and most of
them suffering from European, rather than from
Crimean, complaints. The troops in front, who are
hard worked, suffer more even from disease; but
their casualties from fever and cholera are not
above what might be expected, under the circum-
stances. There is no saying what the heat of the
sun and the summer will bring forth is this
vast graveyard of men and horses. Nor, in the
ous of an army, is it right to say :"sufficient for the
day is the evil thereof ;" since provision must be
made for months to come. Let as hope that those who
have all the power may, in this instance, have all the
wisdom required to avert the evils which many pro-
fess to foresee.
The Guards' division have hit upon an excellent
plan to save the soldiers' purses—to keep them in camp
beyond the reach of temptation from ardent drink,
and to provide them with good and wholesome com-
forts and luxuries. Each of the battalions has esta-
blished a canteen for the sale of all the articles
for which the men would otherwise have to go to
islaklaya or the Kadikui bazaar. One of the officers
▪ each battalion has undertaken to act as pur-
veyor of stores, which he purchases wholesale, and
which a sergeant, established in the canteen, retails
to the men, of course at cost price. It is quite sato.
Waking to hear of the quantities of camp luxuries
lOU these regimental canteens; and the teetotallers
Sling your readers will be glad to learn that
1111Miesde is one of the chief articles in demand. The
bipsdients are bought, and the lemonade is made
"el the premises." Another article ot general coo-
ehseption is the bread baked by the private bakers at
Siiiklava, which, it appears, is found vastly pre-
fisaible to the ration bread imported from Stamboul
al Yarn'. That ration bread is eatable, but not
11111Seable to eat. It is always stale and sometimes,
=tidy, and the soldiers prefer spending their money
boyiog a better sort of bread than the commie's-
Hater* able to procure for them.
All the regiments io the Balaklava front are turned
out every morning and evening to drill in the plain.
Two days ago the Guards' division, in the course of
their marching, and countermarchings, proceeded
close up to the hills occupied by the Russians, and,
intentionally or unintentionally, made a reconnais-
sance. For, as they could with perfect impunity
advance to within gunshot range of the hills, it is
evident that the Russians have sot as yet any guns in
position in the earthworks they are constructing,
else our enemies would never have missed the opportu-
nity of firing a couple of round shots at the dense co-
lumns of the Guards. As the battalions were re-
turning some Cossacks ventured into the plain to in-
spect their retreat, and a couple of shells were
thrown by our batteries.