The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-27 00:00:00

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TEE ARMY BEFORE

KM. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE.
Yesterday the earlier part of the sitting was wet-
wog M beerieg seplastions Lies Kr. Potter, of the Arm of
Peewit sad Prim, relative le elkehate supplied far the array
bathe Wage, eat whisk west le eabetastiate the stale-
ness Pees Islas Ike eassinse ea the privies day. It
=satOM the eider Is mans the kits was gives by
Mif sweesle, bat dela use mous et se wee
Lit is essesseese of Ne Peed. Seidl puptually tale-
eriles tie salfed bass Leads sad Oiesseseer,
eigailesseedlles dead% Shea dished the easetree
lies at Ike balm. mid loft Meameeing dna to be leaded sad
teat eat The hats weseledt ups the Peeteseestk sad
dissestor spasm, sad shoes a modiasseles of her. The
Menses ems Seedy Alined es the llth Disease, Ist se
dads Miditwo ls the assesses.. as to whether
de bad In semises de Perimaisth or the Glen
weer des. The esseirials wen of Amensea sad
veins pies. The Ordesees pia derindees that they
should be made Oki( dies desk de Amnion
pis Wag see ligh bat Mastless den was a
wary rare this. is and woe sly to be
adopted edger at as OSIIIMINIS =passe, er then woad be
substituted du It assehn seseenal, that west only by the
same of Oh/Miss del. Chaintaaa deal at say este was
set mad /se the Isle.
Kr. lepard—Bet ail the seastry pay for Chrhinsa
deed Pia=ter.) —Wiesen did nut kaow. The Ordnance
wee that Chenillea deal send set be Welshed,
Is; they gill noised os having Ms lets sane of that ms-
Mein. It the Admiralty dessedideM • SW, their build
lap of Missies& deal, M wend reader them wry spin
she. Is led rips sees et weed was a !glary, and wee
Sicily used IS genelessale bases, wean impose woe sot
a sessidention A boa of mad was sat out with every
but. Wieser knit sever had gay sommeneation with the
war Sparsest, beds.
The Cksimeas-4ed pekes the treatment you swi-
sod weld set asks you very sense to estennWte
mid them eels. (Laughter.) The divinity of plans
sagged iseressed the spew to £2 10s. pet house more.
The ant enamel prise el the bus was £26 per let, and
esdi het welgMd 2 teas t 1 ewe. The Gnaws by the alter-
atives adder to de sips @Ed spasm el the huts,
but eat to the essemmedeiles. le espeteseed s
difiteulty is WWI.,
_his nosy. There was a dispute
educe was Sandy andel by Mr. Harter, of the Treasury.
Each hut woe egenstea se saws testy me. Witeers'e
drat sebseemsgyeepplied 1,860 similar huts to the Fresh
tobrzeastesse. sod the sasheswas completed is five weds.
append 1110 be a peat eenesios of juisdiaties
the Lee dies be bind this matter wed the TWOS was
depeelmemie. The Freed lets were Super sad lighter
thee do Will* theft was lees mewl and they were
mese seniseehle Seigle a little lows hare was see se
awe side epee is them, whisk was done to avoid the
May ids& alien Balelden, sad they were very much
eels Is be Wes up la heat for the troops.

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Omembsery Goma Smith was the neat witasse exa-
mined. He said he bed been Deputy Commissary General
he ffsklT three rterlsond west from Corfu to Cosenstinipie
Iss the army wending., the Crimea. He did nee ha w
the Tashi* issipsepoi -bat one of his staff spoke Greek end
ha He
tits hanot:srief oeuatlineials ;sf t
romhe
Trevelpes I-e—- Stratford, who pee hiss every mei*
emu lAN leaded applied to the Turkish goy
Ibisin gang to inele bias, sad he first had a Turkish
mho wee tweedy destitute of all intelligence. He this hail
one dike Deeposness of the army, and he west with his to
the liessekise. sad they &leaned valuable infonsaties.
Whose Miss drew up • report as to the assourese of the
ermety, Med whieh insist in to the Tresury,sed would give
MSe Meememillem He did el immediately feel the west
of apealbaelead lailepesear as Lord Stratford peed his
sweet miens% diapaseL It was pert of his isstramism te
sadder the lend Imaspert, and he reported oa it. He re
coned no eternalise as to when the expeditionary forte
was to he fret issereerod, but is the beginning et April he
remised the buseelte at Scutari, which at that time were
in a lima semlilisa, sinner than generally, sad he also
made smagemeale with reference to the hospital.
There was Whim is the construction of the Issildiag to
make It isapplitable as a hospital. Commissary nisi same
oat is April, bat the troops had strived at Gallipoli Were
bins, and witness had made the preliminary anapaests.
The Turkish government sent tents and a Turkish sebum
and ease troops to Gallipali, and witness met Mr. Calvert,
who spoke Turkish, there, and who had come on from the
Dardassllea. Witness 'stored into contracts for the provi-
elesufseland supplies required for the forces on their arrival,
with people recommeaded by the Turkish government. The
1191111111611111 lin wand hotter tins he expected, although there
seem dlllealties us to transport. Sir George Brown really
di • exertion of the mannissariat often at Gs.
s,Vtle
OS they did their duty well. Titer* were difficul-
tie r from its being a new service for the Turks.
The aseleiss:riat transport had not then come oat and
wieners hal te provide a temporary one on the spot of
firebug, pesidsones, Ic. He shortly after provided for the
arrival el the troops at Scutari. The troops were
supplied No days is the week with beef, and two with
maven. It was of inferior quality, but the best that could
be had, and his stipulation with the contractor was, that it
should be as good meat as that on the amtmotador's table. It
was the fact as stated by Sir De Lacy Evans, that there was
only a small store of forage for 4,000 hones daily. It woe
an Imperfection that was not exactly foresees, but it wu
remedied shortly after by the Commissary-General. There
was as maple supply of chopped straw. Witness was
stationary at Constantinople, and his duties were to act upon
all orders seat from the Crimes by the Cummissary-General.
He established stores and magazines at Constantinople,
which possibly could not be sus by those who had said
then wen so stores, as they were under the barracks in one
can, and In another two miles from Constantinople. They
manned large quantities of provisions, salt meat, rum,
and other seethes, and there were two extensive g on
en the Asiatic side of the Busphorus. He
'missed say inconvenience from the forms, or
complaints from the onion is the army on the seen of
forms, and scald sot suggest • more simple one than that
la use for provision and rations. The commissariat sup-
plied the ferns and youths's. Witness old not at first
supply the troops with coffee at Scutari, but it was net
out raw, to be sold to the troops at cost prim. At fist
it was not served out as a ration, but it was in July as
an ruiditiooal ration. It was the usual envie to buy it
sad send it in its green state, but he did not afterwards
make say alteration. Ho recollected hearing • few isolated
tastiness of complaint of its being issued in a green stalk
but it was never the practice of the commissariat to lane a
in any other than a raw state. Witness purchased mar
vial', nett as timber and tool., for the construction of the
siege train, sad it was part of the commissariat duties to
make such parches's for the ordnance in the colonise, but
not to see them shipped. lie paid for all the animals
purchased under the direction of Lord Hughes; and
Captain Nolan was sent out to macs re-mount pur-
chases, end other of purchased animals very
extensively. The siege train would depend in its being
moved by the commissariat on circurnetances if they went
to a country where plenty of animals could be obtained, it
would be taken by the commissariat ; but if not, the artil
Ivry would depend os its ewe resources. It wu in August
he was acquainted that the army would go into the Crimes,
sad he was told to provide for this ; and in so doing, he
sated es the specific outer, of the Comori-cury-0 e I, who
la conaeqsnee entered into contracts to 10,000 head of live
Battle in Bulgaria. He was not ordered immediately to
mad cattle from Constaatinoplis, bat only after the hurricane
at Balaklava. There was no difficulty is obtaining them,
there bong large qualities is reserve at Constantisople.
The inattleane vveeeeyy essinely crippled, by delay, the opera-
tions seise esmmfeeasMt In consequence of the wreck of
Oa mask wad 'wee M it, the troops were left without
bee neat at Oesetastlemist To have roasted the coffee
weull have esessiosed enmity, and the delay would hays
beta em great rat it weed have resulted in failure. All
stares mai eat by tramped, to Constantiauple were eon-
siViiisse witness there. lismerally speaking he seat a bill
fle with see tramped shim hat when he was usable
to do le feud se hasamaimee to arise free the
ateledea.
A ke. firesbask—Besides the general *ergo of the Prises,
sa wife out with that vessel • dhe took
apes himenaglier nepsealhility of landing thine whes she
leashed Otemilnallegjes i otherwise that sum of money must
base lea lie WWI She chip. He ancientood front the
ast Ma medical ewes were in a part of the ship
Ilbey_essii
_not be pet uatil after her return from the
Odessa liimile ; but U. her
was available,
end he viewed rat.
By Lied Seymour—He bad always • nfileint store of
rise stOememeheople,white he sent up to Salaklan what-
ever it wee wed. He he
there was never any want
et ries at predeleas of any kind at Balaklava. The delay'
thane* Phis lathe ease of the Harbinger, employed to
seamy emolailie te Babehava, and which delay resulted is
the whole or U. mate part of those vegetables being
spoSed, be seleibeilal Way to Admiral Box, r is detaining
the ship sanseseseellElses in the Gulden Horn. Admiral
Boxer was the sametad seal authority at Constantinople.
Then was ea IGO& harbour master at Constantinople,
bat he had ea meal ever the naval transport.
By Mr. mtd—litt made application to Admiral Boxer
gop imemsmal ; bet his answer was that he had
Ma et bin
By Led Myrisser—He thought the system of coaling
ails at Clemilealiaeple was very defective, and it led to
groat tithes led mem tieleimsat to the Commissariat. At
Malts the atellei was admirably massed by Admiral,
Inswallk • what a matters which emanated from that
radians. Theeyeem of watering vessels at Conte:natte-
rs:l alre of
improvement: He fossil as
In the eediaary supplies to the hag&
Ilia. ell SU 111111 WM 10 do so.
_if Me. liressaTis meg was always abundantly esp.
MO Via beer lAA psi straw. There was always
me ripe elm* rebate shopped straw is the harbour
el IbeliMatia.- -WM lb, semmllea if a few days after Wm groat
elnem. [Wiese bee seal skew be wets sa Melia' Ile
amine.* Ommeimey-Mamei Mr, Of Pp I
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men,
and lie Na•
NMI Do was s
be who same as Geme== salkar kr
MB bet ef Idin "—easseaj He
="llhe had sot espies if the hems he wee to Ad-
-IWert them time In lime
Me esealeal the weep% 111:sighelkikeilmet
dliNelliOleadl as a bin.
rte Pi" "Pi end diainiihna in Laille MISIS
Id
sumehmelm seems la Aimed Seam me
TES et
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way Aimed Ikea hal ea • epliii. ; 1.1111.114
his dales wee aniudge, insis bad sus- the
ii2diwilles

tredve sodas memory for esaisetiag mak Malt sad
complicated defies se devolved upon bin. Sa was as
ezoeUsat sailor sad a Wave ma, bat lt wpm ss alsies-
rseemeat to cis to say that he bed sot taw adselaiems.
dm pair whisk Admiral Stewart bad. As far es pear
timbre. be (whams) weed with the demise bid lowa by
Sir Chides Tnvelyea, that die semidry oesapied by sa amay
should feraisb the moms ef crampon Mc time sesty. He
thmslit time was set such • wait a maim Mau ea the
Dap se le menses say delay is the kmdlag et the
sick. Se tar as the Teriddi severeness was osaciamed, be
always head them &pod m steed the &glib mar&
Ms the heartiest mimpratim. TM QieSemMese (hem,
Mathis* was is Osumi wrotelied esaMitia. TM paid,
Mem pawed through ki bet emderts sad sleeve Mai oat by
mimeo ladividade la tie Crimes were salgese to great de-
lay et Me CseeiewheassWt. ; may of them were spoiled
is mareq•sem sib" be was afraid, sever mashed
OM &Made& Thwe was always is *Madame of Ma-
bee% GM maim gmereby, lathe marlits of Ooselsati-
illitOpium was gabs • dreg therm (A laugh.)
tase4saitatibe empiesisa elf his 'videos*, ezpremed a
that the eyeism et retirement which pm.
=I la Mbar puts of tale silty onset to be erteacied to
the Omaelenrist. It weed be a great boas to lb* older
ollseesefehe minime sad as additional iadasemest so yams
MMeeas' I. As @Seer is the artillery. foe WM)*
esald deft toss** ham the envies shoe be liked, bat •
eamaimeekt elbow add be red until Le died at kis desk.
The esmisiee slimmed at Wt-pest 3 mill *mono'
(tids day) at 11.

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