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London, England, 1855-11-29 00:00:00

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A SAVINGS Bann for the army in the Crimea t such
an institution would probably prove the most denies
counter-agent to the temptations to drunkenness to
which our soldiers in the Bast are exposed. If the
authorities of the Wine Guards are disposed to try the
experiment, the machinery is to a great extent pro-
vided to their hands. The Regimental Savings Banks,
established pu►suant to the Acts 6 and 6 Victoria,
es* 71, and 8 and 9 Victoria, esp. 27, might easily
be adapted to the regairements of the army in
the Crimea. These important institutions were re-
commended many years ago by Sir Holman
Doucsas—a gallant and sosomplished Aar,
and true Mend of the soldier—at a time
when he commanded oa a foreign station,
where the eoldiers were largely employed on public
works, and received working money in additks to
their Iny. The idea was not listened to at lest; bat
Sir liowann, deeply impressed with the senvistisis
that the benefits and blessings which the Waking
cleanse in general bad derived from Savings Banks
might be extended to the earlier'', took the earliest
opportusity that preeested itself, after be. became a
member of Parliament, to ergo the immediate insti-
tution of Savings Basks in every regiment in the
service. Ilse House rewired the proposal with ao-
clamant ; and a bill—introduced by the then Sate-

tart' at *ex, now Lord Hazikiras—to °arty
it fete effect, was passed in the session
1843-4. An Act was eaberquestly parsed, in 1846, to
amend tbe original one. According to these Ads an
aceonat of the gross amount of money received during
the year ending the 6th of January ought annually
to be laid before both Houma of Parliament on

us before the let M April, if the Houses are then is
modem the amount for the year 1864 has not yet
bees lidded; bat according to a return now before
es the number of depositors in the &teamster
Savings Banks on the Slat of Marc,h IM3, was
11,702 (9,890 in the cavalry and infantry, and 1,812
is the Ordnance carps); and the balance due to them
at that date was 146,1871. Hs. 70. The total
amount of the fund for Military Savings Banks oa
the Bth of January, 1864, was 188,2023. ls. 41d.
This very encouraging amount of somas has been
attained is spite of the most culpable neglect on
the part of the military authorities. So little
have the Regimental Savings Banks been at-
tended to, that little has been known or
thought of them till now that the prevalence of a
vice which endangers at any moment the existence el
our army has called attention to them as a salutary
cheek upon extrovsgsat and debasing expenditure in
drink by the soldiers. Yet they are poodle/1y adapted
to the einionstanees in which our arniqr ia the Crimea
is now placed. The men have men many Om
they know what to do with; they haw no tai
places wherein to deposit it; except when benevolent
private individuals volunteer their assistance they
have no facilities for remitting it to their Mimi
or families at home; end, except in drink, they
have no means of spending it. Now, with
the machinery of the Regimental Savings Banks
already in oxidise*, nothing more I. required to
=able the soldier to invest his money safely sad pro-
fitably than to forward to the Crimea the necessary
supplies of the little books to be given to the depo-
sitors, and to transmit instructions to the Com-
mealier-in-Chief to urge upon all regimental officers
deshapeetance and asonsity of making every effort to
penned, their men to avail themselves of these Wed.
Woos. A very slight addition to the regulation,
which the Aot of 6th and 6th Victoria enjoins shell
f' be depeeited in the orderly-room of each regiment
Of =why and infeatry," would render the P.
aisatel Banks instruments for the remittance el the
`acs's wages to their families or friends. In all eit
=Wm the coonniseariat chest affords to merchant'
the means of making remittances to the mother cm-
: Ity ; the aommiesariat in the Crimea might smaredly
! spdertake the more congenial charge.of making remit.
' tames for the soldiers.
• 'We are more anxious to advocate the adoption and
edbusement of a good Savings Bank system for the
Crisis' 'nay then to animadvert severely upon past
=OW, The Regimental Savings Beaks are in
feet the adopted children of Lord Hammes—l
their real permit, as we have dated above
holing Sir Bowman DOUGLAS. Surely his lord-
ship may be expected to promote the development
of iastitedoes he was so instrumental I. kriadiag.
No other mews eau be so pre-eminently oalookloi le
limiest* and dames upon soldiers provident, tem-
perate, and economical habits. The Regimental
Savings Banks may not only ward off an imminent
danger that threatens the very existence of our army
in the Crimes, but may improve the condition of the
men in it throughout their respective terms of
military service, and preps= them for the
discharge of the duties of civil life when
their terms of service expire. In one of the
lest general aide= issued by the late Com-
reandenin-Chisf, he earnestly reminded the staff and
regimental oMeers, that even while active operations
in the field and the trenches are suspended by winter,
they have important duties to perform. No more
important duty can be conceived than that of im-
pressing apes their men the benefits that will result
to themselves and their families from their availing
themselves of the Regimental Savings Banks. The
Minister of War &ad the Commanders-in-Chief at
home and in the Crimea can complete and perfect the
Savings Banks system for the use of our soldiers
in the Bast ; bet the Incessant exhortations
and persuasions of the regimental °Seers will
be required to bring their men into a fitting frame of
mind for turning these inatitations to good account.
Under any eireametaasse oar regimental damn ought
toile prompt to charge themselves with this eliesioaary
teak. Upon those who are in the Crimea its discharge
will be no mere than a compensation for the dipole
apathy with which, at an early period of this year's
sampaign, they pooh-poohed every representation
made to them of the necessity for discouraging and
diesidag under, indulgence in spirituous liquors on the
part of the soldiers. They might have nipped the
Nil In the bud : to make amends for their not having
less so, it is new incumbent upon them to make
every egret to annihilate the noxious fruit.

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