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the* le Neel the probable dill/tory for (he year,
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the arra . ori ' kid dame, which
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Impossible always tollihke the teetotal IT: turn
ant according to 1110Plistimear rif it d the
estimate, the excess formed a pert of the charge for
).hie .estraonlinaries el the .easain; year; if it Jell
short; the surplus of the riskily went in diminution
of that charge.
ir' H.iimunias mid. thee with respect ris the
charge for recruiting. a greet seeing was effected
by the present plait. The officers on the recruiting
service lied formerly no power of fierily approving
or rejecting a recruit until be reached the head
quarters of his renewal, which was now done by
the inspecting field-officer of the district, and it
often happened in those times that after • recruit
had at a considerable expense been brought is, to
the regiment he was rejected and the whole expense
lost. He understood that on the average one re-
cruit in twelve was so rejected ; so that if the old
system were restored. as had been suggested, one
twelfth of the expense of all the recruits brought
up to the several regiments is the service would
be thrown away.
Sir R. H. VIVIAN defended the Pimlico riding
establishment. as most useful in promoting a uni-
form system of riding throughout the service. With
respect to the increase in the amount of army pay
to General Officers by the allowance of the full-
pay of their regimental rank to Germs, Officers
who, at the time of their promotion. were on half-
pay by reduction as regimental officers, he defend-
ed it es only • necessary increase to the means and
comfoet of meritorious officers who were raised to a
higher rack in society, and who. before that regu-
lation, were placed merely above want, and if any
blame were cast upon the measure, he took to
himself a considerable share of it, having been one
of those who joined in the strongest recmanienda-
tion of the measure to the adoption of Misstates.
Mv. C. H. HUTCHINSON eulogised in worm
terms the exertions of the Hon. Member for Aber-
deen in the cause of economy and retrenchment,
and iu addition to the good effected in the way of
saving to the public, by his minute examiostio• of
the details of the several branches of the public
expooditune, he would venture to assert that the
Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite had thereby nc.
quired au insight into their respective offices which
they otherwise never would base had. If any
improper imputations had been thrown out against
the guards, he entirely disapproved of thews. He
thought that the table at St. James's for those
on actual duty ought to be kept op ; but it
was the duty of the Noble Lord to take care
that it was placed on a scale as econotcal
for the public as was consistent with a proper
provision fur the number and rank of those who
were In partake of it. He hoped therefore his
Hon. Friend, if he divided the Committee on his
amendment, would leave out the 3,0001. which he
had calculated as a deduction from the allowance
for the guards' table at St. James's, and he should
be prepared fully to agree with him to the rest of
his amendment.
Mr. T. Wt Leon concurred in the oberevation of
the gallant officer, as to the difference between the
estimates and the actual expense. All sums, whe-
ther greater 01 less, which remained-from the sup-
ply over the actual expense for the particular
branch for which they were voted. ought to be
brought to account; and If any deficiency arising
in the amount of the supply voted were allowed to
he made op out of the extreordiosries, be saw as
use in voting any particular sums.—(Hear.)
Lord Pstmearrow said the gallant officer had
quite mistaken the mode in which the estimates
were framed. The amount of any patientsr esti-
mate in a former year, was not a guide in framing
the estimates for an ensuing year. 'llie mode in
which the estimate for the recruiting for this year
was made was this : first he took the number of
the establishment; then he calculated from an
average of tinnier years the probable number of
casualties on that. number of men, according to the
particular services on which it wss likely that they
might be distributed, by which deficiencies might
be created, and that was certainly much better than
saying, because such a number was raised last
year, therefore we will calculate on so many, for the
present year.
Mr. HNIIII defended the observations he had
made on the present and on a forme, evening, on
the subject of the guards' table. When he made
those observations, he did not mean to give them
any personal application. but to apply them to the
general principle. All that he bad Word since, and
particularly what had fallen front the gallant Gene-
ral, the Member for LiverpoollGenerelGescoynet,
confirmed him in his opinion; aust it was not a little
extraordinary that his espressiou should have been
found fault with, when the Booed of General Officers
who had examined into the subject. in the report on
the system, condemned it altogether, and need)" in
the same terms, recommending, in preference, that
the officers should provide for thensetlves, and that
such au allooriume as might be thought proper
should be made to them. With respect to the "e-
-lements in favour of the aiding eetehlisliment. it
'appeared to'him to be equally necessary to have a
depot fur the infantry to teach an uniform sys-
tem of marching. With tespect to the recreating,
he understood the calculation to be, every recruit
W. ; which for MOO recruits would be only
45,0001.; but the charge was 38.004/. As • great
difference of opinion seemed to be eotertained on
the subject of one item, upon which he bed cake-
'sited a pert of the reduction included in his
amendment, he did not wish to press that, but he
thooglit himself bound in justice to the country t•
propose a diminution in the amount of this vote.
Colonel DALIITINIPIE said, that the Hon. Gen-
tlemen bad forgotten the most material article in.
cavalry. a horse. lo the infantry, marching only
!recto be taught ; in the cavalry, riding also.
Mr. Hone said the question was, why est:sortie-
pity means should be used to .create wore wain..
mily ill soy one line than the other. He under-
mood that bosses were more easily to be taught than
me*.
Both the amendments, propped by Mr. Bees
and Colonel . DaVtas. were .negatived milhont a
. ditivioo..suwA the.ortgival vote.of .836,33.91. or. .Id.,
agreed to.
The vetoer 841414114 teethe Irish Establishment,
being agreed to-1•"4"' •
l'utd ir4 1.40.1410** is trifPol444lll:l•Ae lee.