The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY BEFORE

Y•l4lrtig Mr. Grant was the firth *taw ash-
mintroant
elliellp me ensile minnectal with theeyeleth MUM
Mg by Ithe Admiralty. He bad bete laths semis'
Wilke he thirty pen, and ia the
sad pertnenta, sad until the eapshatheVlSlVlll3
the thamegeet heath that depsetteset was sedge his
empeinethease. Whim mild. ir as ki Mahe@ were mat
west Maim mot is were ell put tate a hex, sad the
eireiselsok poseessiserithem tadsone! thee,
end the spas of saseseithr this tenders wee the thew in '
both depeetheeste ; bet the Sepeetmetts did met tab the
leWeit isedlen to talent deemr they had derby the last'
three rem ailed la the amistemee at. CethseubeemeeMese;
but It did met seise from say mum islet. t Sens wine ap
peasant at Deydeed Vietaslithe Yard to asserts/a that the
yea& Rippled emeeepeeded ugh the samples stapled. If
• oemplelet was meth me ft the meat as ethatieethea was
thathetell, and if Is wee eathiseenni within twelve months
they thiled se the seeteethese le whs. the money. This
rillehad beta adapted he all supplies derthe army is
fithes • but there had been me t; sad if
than had bite, it would have bee • to lie depart-
ment. Than was a complaint wine
et Abet. As regarded the mutat sieges
suppled by the Admiralty, they were 4.000.099 lbs.
if lab beef, 000.1:00 lbs. of pork, 216,000 lb..
at nw coffee, 2.139 lbs. of roasted ditto, 1,260.00916.
of , 1,347,000 the of rice, 94,000 lbs. if tee,
awp lbs. of • isolate, 971 gullies of Ithmiy.'lol9Ml9
Mae .1 belied mums, 17.214 Patsy( moused bees 1,771
lbs. of sage, 0.044 the. of arrowroot. 1,434 lbs. of oatmeal,
16,079 Ito of cesamtrated milk, 16,491 the. of Switch bar-
' ley, 47,370 lbs. of presorted bier, 164,33016. of preserved
potatoes, 30.070 lbs. of dried potato'', 4,000 lbs. of mien
powder, 1,676 000 IM. of dried vegetables, 46,000 lbs. of
lemon joie., 6.000,000 lb of hay, and 33,000 Ins. of oats.
They commenced making these supplies in the middle of
' Mande, sad up to April last nearly 14,000,0001 bl of biscuit
had been seat out. The Victualling Nutmeat were now
seder earagemest to 'end set 1.600,000 lbs. of be-
anie, 1,200,000 lbs. of salt mut, and 46,000 gallops of
rem. Tease upplies were for the army @unwisely, and
had solider/ to do with the navy. There was only cue ease
sompleinieg of the provisions lest out. The first consign-
ment of 240,000 down of port wine was complained M. The
medical rasa thanplained that it was sweet and new, like
Frostignse, and not like reel port wine. Witeses sent it
to Deptford, to hem it reported on by the medical store-
keeper, Captain Austin, who stated that, for it. general
quality, full body, fruiunese, sad applicability to
hospital use, it was aeobjectionable. The olives'
could net mks rat how it was seadetened or Cam-
pee ned of. Subsequently so wise was parchaeed until
' • sample was seat to Dr. Andrew Smith for his swum),
sad what he ordered was at 40s. a doses In the wood,
while that previously ordered by the Admiralty wee 264. a
doom only, and of excellent quality. He had not 'salved
a siege comp/slat as to say other article. Previous to ship-
ments he army service the *spuds sired a bill of lading
end three reasipts, and immediately informed the Tremor,
that the purchases bad b-en effftiad sad shipped. The store
riMeirrer at Deptford wu reiponsible. The work increued
with the war so much that the Admiralty appointed • store
mum! at Plymouth sad Portsmouth. Hs was sot aware of
any ease of stores in which the quantity seat in did aot Carr..
'pond with the quality represented to be met in. When
the commissariat required impolite the Victualling Depart-
meet advertised for tenders for stores, and directly the vowel
WY .completed, wrote to the departments station when the
storms were despatched, and their quality and cost. Thou
ellalainicatroes were forwarded to the War-office and the'
Minister of War, and he kept the Minister of War as I
quieted with allithe supplies that were made. Orders were
gives to send out six menthe' forage, rations:for the boner;
and a wrest quantity of bay was rejected by the military
astborities,who inspected it before it was seat out. The hay
eine from all parts of the ematry, sad they had returns of
the hay seat out, but not of all of it. The Admiralty eon-
@Werth their duty, as regarded shipment, wee eons-
plots after having the bill of lading and the
three receipts; and on receiving notification from
the consignee of arrival they paid the money.
A better elteek suite. for awry thee for army Ber-
ries se to supplies of provisions sent out. It was thought
better to seed the eoffes out is an unturned state, and pep-
per minden were sent out to grind the ooffee on witnese's
sag gestion Sardine from experiment that they worked as
well as ekes mills. He mat oat six toffee mills, bat did
not know oa what calculation. Did not send ont ground
coffee until January. In consequence of the experience of
tee Admiralty in trickery and roguery in preserved meats,
the Admiralty stipulated with the contractors that if on its
arrival ia the Crimea the meat was treat for the troops, it
should be tamed over to the agents ; but the contractors
I would sot agree to this, and no more preserved meat was
likely to be seat out. Witness count Weide the committee,
with the date of the applicatioa to the Admiralty for a yes-
sel to emery the warm elothing, so that the enneeitte•
might mesetein whether the delay arose as the part of the
Adminfay in previdieg the vessel, or with the Ordnance in
furnishing the Mothioc.
By Goosed Feel—lf it had been suggested or insinuated
that raw a tads had been ancepted the atheaspeayieg
samples MI ham seariged, it was very improper. No one '
meld Amigo the samples without hessian the smle. - The
bead had shame of them until the individuals
who themed flssewme for thus. H. did sot recollect of
say repeserlailesu having been made as to chance of
=ty maples se umiak with them, or of complaints on the
part of the that this had taken plies ; and be con-
seismllgesig that so unfair play had or could take
=,. It wee unknown to him (witness) that purses ia the
of the Admiralty bad accepted bribes.
To Osumi Peel—lt the bulk of an article was not equal
to the sample it wee rejected, and that frequently happened.
It was possible that the bulk might be cheeped es its
dealt to the place of shipment, or at the plus of ship-
meat.

T-
ai tbe Chairmaa—lt was poorible, too, that dm persons
employed by witness to carry the simples to Dept ford. for
eemperine with the balk, might change the sampler se eha
way • bet ese gnat check /tenni that was, that Me mere'
iideals w►o received the samples at the Adiskaily
remind the bulk at Deptford. He did an karat es
sums is whisk a sample bed been charged, mad is Wads,
snide webstituted is bulk.
To Mr. Layard—He was parities that all the army atone
which had bee* sotifled to the Admiralty as punined had
loft this eniatry. He bed bend of say assimlneme
to the Admiralty of the detention in this esessey et seem
that had bees purchased and ordered to be shipped. The
sat meat sad preserved meats seat to the eletealliag de-
partment were all properly tested before Wog accepted.
Mr. Demeaned—Several years ago a member for a county
—I
shall sot meatiest the name—was said to have made a
great facture by soavortsag Irish balls into Emilia one.
(Laug►ter.) Do yin know anything about that 7—Wiwi's
said be rewillemed something of that kind, bat he did sot
reenitisint the elan particulars.
Mr. Drumlins(' asked if the same regulatinne were ia
existence them as sow (or prim/ohne fraud P—Witame said
be was this salt' a subordioste ta the din, and be was sot
aware. He cuatiesed—Basb articles as condensed milk,
sad thiags of that kind, were carefully inspected by the
medical supsriateadest at Deptford before oncg centred,
bathe was not aware that they aadeneeat say analysis
there.

Draumood—Than, perhaps, U Mr. Wokley were
medical storekeeper at Deptford, be might Bad oat that
certain thiap, such as condensed milk sad mustard, wore
really cot Goodwood milk and mastard t (A laugh.)—
Winter replied, probably be might, and they themselves
had sonotimn found that out. Aad so liable were they to
be imposed ea, in the article of inward, for indium, that
the Admiraltjhad established a manufantoey of it for them-
selves, sad they had it in contemplation also to establish •
Thiene manulactory.
Sir How Bose was next Galled. He said, in answer to the
Chairman, he was Lientenant•General of the Ordinate Dte-
mtsairoA to which Elks he wee appointed on the Bth May
R igloo was the Master-Gnusl of the °ethnic* ;
and he hie absents witness executed the nacho= of the
MastinGeserel. The department might possibly have suf.
tend hem the abs see of the Muter General, bat he was
sot swan of it. Witness aontinued to say, is reply to
Lord Seymour, be 'untied all the powers is the depart-
meet which the Master-General would have exercised if be
had ben in Selland. Toe prised* storekeeper of the Ord-
manes had the wancrol of ell the stores of the department.
To Mr. Lewd—The Ordinate department supplied the
' whole of the stores for the sissy sad navy. It we • not cos-
Mend absolutely nuptial that the Master-General or any
other oaoer of the board should be an artillery (Ayer. Wit-
sem himself was at present the 'sly saw in the
board. Reports had bees made to the dog on
fusses for the 13.ineh aortae. bad hind; het bo MINA ON
as, whoa thus reports were mac Then had boss so
complants of any other of the favor supplied.
To General Teel—The Mastor-Oneral of the Oedemas
was always a military man; but the duties of the depart-
ment were of stied character, 'Rapt the manufacture of all
kinds of asumaaition for the may sad navy.
To the Chairman—A member °fibs hoard ought to know
somethiar of the manufacture of guepowder, for instates;
hat it was not setwessey for him to be a military maa to
koow that. Witness ex.reised st*pressat nearly all the
feasting belonging to the Master-0i sent sad the ab-
uses of tho Master.oi-neral did cos impede the service at
all. Whoa say one seat aa inesatioa to.the Ordains', of,
say, a now projectile, the course was to eubmit it to the Bret
nuance to the Ordnance committee, and it they thought it
worthy attestiene it was afterwards submitted to the consi-
deration *Stile Board of Ordoaaes. Nolte of the embus
an. Orissa unonitteie ware isomben of the Board of
Ordnanoe.

To Lord Seymour—He sae set aware that the Artillery
corps is Us Crises bad eafferod fee= tho want of provisions
or warn skalds, ; bit thoy hod toad k from a
variety of same% to mem Mono kr kik horses, %ilk
kthwiy. TM somber of ass asil bones mat nit (Or the
Artillary sinks sae 6,781 yam ash 3,664 berme; mad than
wets wow mike cedars 1,476 area sad 1,216 boats. TM