The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN.
BEET HOVEN NIGHT, THIS EVENING.
Mdlle. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs, Madame Rudersdorff; Mr.
Levy, Mr. J. Wint,rbottom, Mr. Patey, and Hr. Carrodus.
BAND OF ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS.
reethoven's Pastoral Symphony.
Operatic selection, " Dou Giovanni," &c:
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED 31ELLON.
Promenade, _Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheere, One
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The Box Office is open from 10 till 5.
To-morrow (Friday), a Selection from Ross:nrs Stabat
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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-1
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THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy
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Mter which, THE bTREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, a
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Isis DAY.—Morning, id, 40m.—Afternoon, Bh. 12m,
f o-tiroußow.-Moraing, Sa. 48m.—Afternoon, 9h. 32m

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1864

It is quite time that something was done to im-
prove the physical condition of our troops in India,
if we are to judge by the revelations of the Com•
mission of Inquiry. There have indeed long been
misgivings as to the defective sanitary arrange-
ments of our barracks and depots in that country,
and since public attention has been called to the
matter the rough figures which have been given
have been startling enough to arouse the most in-
different. But the full particulars gathered by a
commission of no mean weight or authority and '
laid by them before the War-office, leaves no excuse
for future neglect or inattention to a subject in-
volving the lives of so many men. Politicians and
statesmen of all grades pride themselves on their
reluctance to involve us in war and their unwills
ingness to sacrifice the lives of so many brave
men, and the health and comfort of so many more
as would necessarily be the result of a protracted
struggle with any of the great Powers. But the
yearly campaign of disease among our :Indian
forces gives returns of killed and wounded that are
overlooked. Whole regiments melt away,
and where a thousand fine stalwart men
land from England is one year, not
less than a hundred remain eighteen or twenty years
later without a shot being fired, or any military duty
undcrtakrn to account for the deficiency. A special
instance of the truth of these calculations is afforded
by a return laid before the Commission by one
Brigadier-General, showing that out of 1,064 non-
commissioned officers and men of his regiment, who
arrived at Moulmein in 1842, only 93 landed in
England after 17 years' service. The regiment that
returned was, therefore, almost a new one ; and
ss hen we aro further told that the mean term of
Indian service is 8.6 years, and that 11 recruits are
annually requisite to keep up a force of 100 men, we
shall have some faint idea of the drain upon
the physical strength and public exchequer of the
country which is represented by the Anglo-ludlan
arnaY• The natural question that follows is how
f.r such an extravagant rate of mortality as 69 per
1,000 is traceable to the climate, the occupation, and
other influences inseparabie from their profession.
the rate of
it appears that Butmortality among the
officers is only 88 per 1.000, so that nearly one-halt
of the deaths among the privates and non-commis-
sioned officers must be attributable to some other
causes than the inevitable Qv i:s of an Indian life.
Tae same difference is apparent between the deaths
of English women 01 different ranks; the,
wives of officers between the ages of 20
and 40 die at the rate of 14 in 1,000 whereas the
wives of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers
d:a at the rate of 35 per 1,000. It is eery plain,
therefore, that if the heat of an Indian sun has'
anything to do with the extraordinary rate of mor-
tality, its effects can be in a great measure coun-
teracted. Among the chief reasons for the exces-
sive mortality among the men is their living and
'Leping in crowded barracks, while their Qfficers