The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-06 00:00:00

HOW OUR SOLDIERS FARE IN THE CRIMEA.

CAMP OF THE LIGHT DIVISION, JAN. 19.
There feu been a stir among the staff, and Lord
Raglan has himself appeared in various directions;
bat the errors have accumulated in too great num-
ber, and the mischief is too deep, to be easily
rectified. Our rations are still short; the men have
very little of their winter clothing, and we have not
our huts yet. The sickness continues very great,
notwithstanding the French took away :some for
us a few days sines, and that wiient some away, also
by cavalry horses : we have upwards of 1,200 sick
in the Light Division alone. I hear, on the very
best authority, that oar army is now reduced to
11,000 effective men, and the number is daily dimi-
nishing. The true numbers of sick are not Dint home
officially, and I will tell you one way in which this
occurs. Each regiment has a certain number of
hospital tents, my five or six. The men admitted
sick into these are the worst cuss, and they are
regularly put on the sick list, entered into the
proper books, snd these only are returned as
the sick of the regiment. Bat there are
numerous others who. from simple illuer.
or diarrhoea, or nom lame feet, are unable to do deny‘
Thies men " attend hospital," as tt is inßel4 got
advise and medicine, and so many days' Ism inee
duty. Perhaps they get worse, when tlff see
admitted, if spun should be found, in the pllll
issil
tents; perhaps they get better, and are d*
to ditty. These siek are never returned in the
statements ae part of the sick of the regiment.
the Minister at WIC with as may see only 60 sick
returned in a given regiment, while very like
double or treble that number are unable to
duty on asesent of sickness. This is only one
among many ether sources of error in the statistical
meant, of &fume sent home. Depend upon it, our
Bees sad safety and upon the pressure from with.
out urging Lord bin to rouse himself, to
make the officers of his staff and regimental
tie then duty. All has been neglect hitherto. Oen.
=y, all is use confusion. With plenty at
va—oely nun miles off—all is want and
struggling for a very ukase.. here. Our deaths are
very numerous; you may put them down safely at 12
or lidelly lethal; division alone. We cannot send the
silk hot ensugh away; they become rapidly so utterly
Weak and prostrate that they cannot sit up to go to
Balsklava as the cavalry hums, or on the French
umbulanes may eats. The esennissariat were
erased to ingply the keeps with fuel, but they have
not bees able te de so, and you may fancy the dial.
catty of finding brushwood with a couple of bet of
snow, and deeper where it has drifted, on the ground.
Two of our companies had no food cooked this week
for four days; they lived on bieosit, and I know also
some were eatieg their salt pork raw.
The letter sergeant has Just come for letters. I
mast close. They are always tads' us in about the
time for letters leaving at the retains.
I wish the °Mews, whiter sorts would arrive, but I
em-very well offiantepeetto clothes sow. 4 have got
my baggage, and Mem same up freaVarna yes-
terday—so n ningdoist know how they will.
live picketed on this snowy height without any
shelter.