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mended by a I,.4utenant-General, and a strong
Staff. We have not a sufficient number of ors lets
in proportion to the men ; they are the soul of the
army. ar.d of its discipline.
The militia should be also formed into miiitia
le•gions, of 3000 men each, composed of six bat-
talions ; for I would limit militia regiments to 500
men; which number they should never exceed; and,
where the counties did not ad ird such an establish
ment, different counties should be united for this
purpose.
The cavalry should be also similarly farmed with
the infantry, and commanded by a Lieutrniant-
General.
The yeomanry-cavalry should be equalized, ap-
pointed to distrias, and placed under the command
of regular Officers, with a proper Staff.
Officers should constantly reside with their le-
gions, from the Legionary-General to the soldier,
and the legions should be kept as much together as
possible. A number of men, under a Chief of the
same corps, must be preferable to a number united
under an accidental leader. It is evident, that the
former, animated by the same spirit, are more ready
to obey the person to whom they are accustomed•,
and who is acquainted wiih their different disposi-
tions, than one who, by chance, is placed in com-
mand ovdr them. Instead of tents, trunks, and
painted knapsacks, officers and men should move
with flannel shirts and blankets. The man who
cannot march with little baggage, and sleep under a
hedge with nothing to cover him but a blanket, is
not calculated for the p:ofession of arms. As to the
training of the army, there requires little but stria
subordination, and steady discipline. It were wise
to buns our folios on training, and teach toe infantry
soldier to preserve his &clock with the utmost care—
to prime and load—present and fire—to march for-
ward—and to charge bayonets ; and this instruction
might be given in a vet y short space of time. A
cavalry soldier should be taught to be master of his
horse —to be watchful over him—ta move with ra-
pidity in all direftions —and to use his sword with
dexterity. And were this plan meliorated and
adopted, it would produce an active corporation of
parts, and coincidence of action, which would give
facility of movement, energy, and vianry.
Some of the fcregoing observations do not strialy
come under your immediate cognizance, but baring
the honour of addressing you who are at the held
of the War Department, I have taken the liberty of
►uggesting to you my general ideas on the necessity
of a change of system and formation, in our mili-
tarr establishments.
I have now to solicit your pardon for this inttu-
sinn and Ish ill conclude by exhorting my country.
Men to be aware of the torpiyde which has tended
to paralyse and ruin most of the old Geverernents
of Europe. To throw aside the effeminate c•:litary
fopperies and trappings incident to the present age ;
and to aspire to those more essential and manly ex-
ertions which should be charafteristic of the British
nation. Our navy is perfea ; and, at present,
masters of the world. We are all Britons alike;
and our army Lould have an equal reputation.
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