The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY BEFORE

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MR. ROEBUCK'S C

Yesterday was ths third day of Sir Charles
Trovelysa's ezamisatios iato the management sad adalaie•

maim of the Crises

lir Chaise beaded

is copies of Treasury iniautee klieg down rules fee the
exansioatioo of clerkship for the ageminuiat, sad ppm
descnbink the way In which the sommisserist *Sem were
trained, together with the original appoininsent of Cos.
maiseary-General Ydder to the expeditionary hems for the
seat. The Camiseeriat were boned. by their regulations,
to het p an usual supply of form fee the Wm of storm
sad ratios.. It use the duty of the Commissariat to yeevide
feel for the troops es node, bat in the fold it wee mad Or
the troops to provide it for themeless. Is such a ease as that
Mire Sebastopol, when the troops ware hemmed in
by the essay, sad bad to mesa of seseales the
round, it became the duty of dierommieeelet megr=
mural nod elorptional eireusmMatre M prilnrida tad angel
in the field as tar as they woes ebbs bet to provide feel
and forage, hole, winter clotitilli awl ether aricles for Um
army, wu an iserneese:and estrese/leary burden, erg
teen seder the eaistesoe of proput neede—the reeds being
often broke, up and imputable—was illittelt, and at time
impossible. The stay was, rit wen, is a state of doge.
When it was first kn. wo early ist November that the army
would winter is the Fader aids all
the preparations that wen tinsids°ll;tiol raeirlie sent order to
Constantinople for a large supply et shareor, and he after-
wards obtained obeessel met rim feel teem Sinop* and
Santoum. To the beet of Ids belle roe was a supply of
charcoal constantly is thus st lielaltleve. If evidence
had been give.' Odin tin emeatittee that the
troops never saw the eliesseal, that might arise
from a met of tramper sad est hears there was no char-
coal. He bad a wisessmihtma Sion .busistast Coutnaboary-

Oeseral Pryor, dated Juno which ho stated that ter*
and nettles were always priseerable at Balaklava by sendkw
the regimental bones, whi' they were asses without, ad
which latter were prawn* in • wee elleleat Mae Ana
the commissariat bones, the hartiben ups. them Wig Ism
Oa Nov. 13, 1851, Cossamhosey FWer roprosontad to Lini
Raglan and the QeasimmaMes Oaaeral that A
tin was
sa the road from Bilaklavatei tinsime *amid he
and stating that it was 'streusel, Mad° la the lbw 0111111
of the roads to transport the rapidee meallee hoar ermy,
but this representation was net Warr* to the proper
authority until Jas' 17, 1836. As regards**, erection of
magasines at Banklava, Commissary FAO, also informed
him that when it became known they were to winter in the
Crimea he sent to Constantinople for artificers
and materials to erect sheds. but they won not in owing
of construe' ion until January 19 foliowiog. He
was not aware whether Gosling Flaw ear proposed to
Lord Raglan the ~Me of Mammy elenelreeses at in-
termediate plass Waren Italidewa sad the army, but he
made considerable ha Jaen up a reserve sere ea
the heights bliff• L oder to Um affair at Da&
klava.—Sir Charles *ea wet • to reespialese his Sec-
urely ewer' emblems ha evaluate m le fhe doskehle-
awe of oonsilidatlug, ss in the Beach eyeless of Wald-
ace, the diesewat benumbs a HAM talks amegesseet
sad administration. end Mead the difeeeaiee that
ruined between the spans of the French sad English
commissariat. The Fisch semmhiedat was a compseent
part of the army. and the Pasta eddies was trained to
kelp himself, and these wheyeeedied larkins, besides °say-
ing his knapsack. The essemillsi wend lad aliases, par-
ticulars in the report of the Prieedi eummiseleaer ea the
subject, which he would lay helms thew 'very alas in
the French army was elearester of the
commissariat, in mimes einient siisesed to
the present constitution ol the British suitn*lssint es the
proved that ass mss could effsetivsly serve two malitors—lho
Treasury aad the War-ease. One of the peel Naas of
d4lcia Ay see...tend by the —mime-et was the einem-
starlet of Melo hawing le lap* ea whisk thy
had Men amenemeilleerepet et. 'dads'.
of pram Om of Oof his peat etas memeistand
was, that the division its Manse Iseinheed with the
• anima of the army. He therealm the. a eumpuisasive
re-organisation of the civil admieletelisa elf Ilse samy,
founded on the panel model of ibe Noma bitsaikamer
tinkle. Had it set he.. fa the riesling et ehemisatha
ef Me Kafir war, the Mesas Of the vilikry eseshligh-
meets is Maeda sad the Wee Indira, sad a anal reserve
of eller hem Ireamf, thea=reuld sever have
lase eble le it eat ri far the Calms.
lla Clisirsimileie to aindowannid iime the
ievematlssiosi M yea fir ter amingamief lb, mike
tammiserial ? Tee to that theta It wee ander my
&Mks. I was the treasury cien is Omni of that duty.
—Did th, proverumant look to you as the responsible puma
lee the masagement of this onsaissariat ? I kw. 190 inn,-
dkta twenties charge of the tomaismariat duties, 3CtiMi
11Sliier the maul directions of the Minister for
paeiag that the government were to say that the greater
pest of then failures was to be attributed to the malarial-
stitch the sf the esenesiesuiat department, would the 11a
natant by that allegation throw the ham epos yon t
lhey would, if it were preyed,—Bspeograg that Mbe the
&ham el govennial, Veda threw the bias apes