The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-15 00:00:00

THE ZIPEYSZS OP VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN.

Loral Echo, writing to the Times, obeerves that
the cost of the uniforms of most of our metropolitan corps
is bayou.' the mesas of working own. and this it is which
at lent sight appears to give grounds for the formation of
specal artmen corp.. Thete are, however, two or three
ways, he thinks, by which this diftculty might be avoided:
•• I. Be existiag corm adopting a chimp, coinfortatile,
working diem. is loch should be the uniform of the coups,
aryl the oat of which should be ender 31., and tbeiefore
w.thin the means ..f the working men, while at the same
time there mialit be a nicer ornamental:led expenrive area,
which any winter .4 the corps might or might not get, Sc'
cordiug to his taste sad fine), but iu e Inch be would never
appear on parade.
"g'. Kr ha v 11.12 artisan continents attached existing corps,
whose .froie, though the ainte in colour and general *p-
pm-awe. might lie less onaurtental and expensive • and
thia i., I halo sae, the system which prevails in SeotlaML
"3. By ertuhluhiug a carpi congaed to no clam or dis-
trict• but the expenses of which would be limited—say to
M., sow to emble artisans to joie, sad a amps id this de-
scription is, I believe, at the present moment being formal
nester the title of the Metropolitan Rifle.. Any of thaw
plias would be preferable to the formation of a clam corps.
Economy is, indeed, the meal of the volunteer tome, while
estrevagatice is, I fear, the rock ou which it islikely to split,
aid we cannot calculate with thy degree of certainty upun the
permanent amount of our forte until -re see what number pay
for a We0,.1 uniform. The expenses of some corps are
enforrooti., *IOC or 50W. being expended on their beads, and
and in many balmiest the uniforms aoct outfits are need-
leeeiy extravagant. Now, beads ought to le: viewed so luxe.
sent pail fur, as is dose in some cases, not opt 0( the
fund. of toe mein, but by • special subscription, and it has
been alms Iv shows that a volunteer can be nestly,otinftwt-
ably, awl effectively equipped for 3/.3e. I am coniklent that
no greater werrice could he dour to the volunteer force
at the present moment than for the government
to rammueed the adoption of a cheap working
dress and the practice of the strictest economy.
lf, in aLlitios to this, the government could be in-
ductal to ties, free of cost, a certain died allowance of
emeamition to each effective volunteer, and if they
would give a few &Uwe-pleats to each Oollafy,
there wouhl be so occasion fur special artisan corps.
All chines would then be able to nor in the
same ranks, and a brotherhood in arta would lei
establi..heil such as would secure our country against all
dangers, whether from without or within. There is only one
other point in connexion with this subject to which I would
allusle—vu., that I believe there exists among the artisan
elms a proper feeling id inilepenileu..e which would deter
them from joining any corps which propose, to create an
eleemosynary fund for the purchase of their uniforms ;
for, to use their own expression, they do not like to be thus
'pritarnieed.' "

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