The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-19 00:00:00

0011 T OP TEI MITITIA.

The Committee lioikiiinnOtTaacTsesersl Expenditure of
the County brought up a report, in which they mom-
mended that a nun of 3,6001. should be expended upon the
militia barrack at Kingstoe, for the purpose of building ad-
ditional rooms and other coareaienese for the Doo-oommis-
monad oilloste and men, and also that a sum of 2001. should
be .upended for • similar purpose upon the militia barrack
at Guildford.

Mr. •Acternr, when the report ems brought up,
mid be should not for a moment dispute the ussfulner of
the militia, but he could not refrain on the present occasion
from expressing his opinion that more money wee expended
by this county for their accommodation and to provide for
their supposed wants than was required, and that they were
placed in unfair oceoperieoa in those respects with
the regular army. The great outcry that was
made by the country upon the subject of the
bad accommodation provided for moldier, in the
different barracks sad the absence at proper sanitary
arreagenents had certainly led to beneficial alterations
being made by different secretaries of war; but still he
stated, apes the best information that be could obtain,
that a great deal more money was expended comparatively
upon the militia, and to preside accommodation and resea-
l:MOMS for the offioera, than upon the regular army. The
militia bad cost the county of Surrey between 30,00 W. and
40,00 W., and it would, be found, if the ealculatiou was
made, that this amounted to a large sum per heed.
He thought it his duty to bring the matter before
the court, and it appeared to him that something
ought to be done to curtail the expense of the militia in the
county of Surrey, not only for the sake of the ratepapers,
but alio became he considered the system was unfair to the
retlarmy.
irEarl of Lotet.aca said that, although a considerable
sum of money had no doubt been expended upon the
militia in this county, still, in point of fact, the yearly ex-
pense was not more than 1,0001., of which sum the govern-
ment contributed 4201., so that the actual cost to the
county, yearly, was not so very great. As to the difference
between the treatment of the officers in the army and those
attached to the militia, it should be remembered that no
officer was appointed tea militia regiment until he had
served twenty years in the regular army, and after that long
period of service, a man expected to be treated with some
little consideration, and to have some additional advantages.
As it was there was considerable difficulty in obtaining
officers for the militia set vice, and he did not think, under
all the circunistaaoss, that there was any ',mud for
alarm at the expenditure that was incurred by the county
for this service. .

The report was then agreed to.
Colonel CHALLONU, the commanding officer of the 3rd
Royal honey Militia, said that he felt it right to bring before
the court, in Warsaw to a recent calamity, tbe position of
the powder magazine at the barracks. It was certainly not
customary to bare a very large quantity of gunpowder in
store ; but at present the magazine which contained it wee
in the very centre of the town of Kingston, and close to a
place where prisoners were sometimes °Defined. The quan-
tity of gunpowder was not large, but still there was enough
to cause a good deal of alarm and mischief if it exploded,
and he considered it most essential that the magazine should
be removed from its present position. With this view ar-
rangements bad been made to have this magazine removed
to some distance from the tows on an open spot, and he
should oak the court to sanction the step that had been
taken, and the expense that would be incurred for this
p
Westport at ones acceded to the suggestion of the gal-
lent colonel, and the magazine will consequently be imme-
diately removed to some safer position.

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