The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Sir DE L.- EVANS isa,id, as the house was about to
adjourn for a fortnight, he could not let Parliament
break up wibhm2t urging upon tha Government the no-
ces,ity of doing everything in their power to
reinforce the araiy, particularly by increasing the bounty
for recruits. If the army were by some such means
raised to a proper standard the war might possibly be
brought to a speedy termination. (Roar, hear.) He saw
by the public prints that a large steam fleet was about
to be sent out to the Baltic. Now, if Government would
reduce the number of steamers by supplying their place
with gun-boats drawing snial di aught of water, the
steamers could be despatched to the B'ack Sea, where
they were much wanted. (Cheers.) His experience of war
led him to believe that the best mode of operating against
au enemy was by concentrating our forces upon one point
rather than by distributing our forces and making
attacks in various localities. He hoped efforts would
be made to bring all our power to bear upon the enemy's
position in the Euxine. (Hear, hear.) While he was
on his legs he might take the opportunity of adverting
to the debate last night relative to Odessa. It would
have required 200,000 men to do what the hon. member
for Berwick seemed to think ought to have been done
last year—viz., to occupy Odessa ; and that circum-
stance probably would explain why such a step was not
taken. It was a mistake to suppose that the posses-
sion of Odessa had facilitated the operations
of Russia in throwing troops into. Sebastopol,
as their forces were brought from an entirely different
direction. However, no time should be lost in reinforcing
the army in the Crimea to the fullest possible extent,
while every available steam-ship and gun-boat should be
sent out to the Black Sea to co-operate with the army
against the enemy, and he sincerely hoped this sugges-
tion would not be lost sight of by the Government dur-
ing the recess. (Cheers.)
The subject then dropped.
IRISH CONSTABULARY.
Mr. FRENCH called the attention of the house to the
sums annually voted for public service in Ireland towards
the payment of the constabulary force and the salaries of
the assistant barristers. The constabulary force was
often used for the service of the State by assisting in the
collection of the revenue, and it was only right that a
large sues should be voted out of the Consolidated
Fund for their support.
[LEFT SITTING.]

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-
MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

(Continued from our first edition.)

Mr. Maxwell then went on to state that these smaller
stores were apt to inn short, and no trouble was taken
by the dispensers to replenish them. Consequently,
when application was made to tkein for some article of
which they were out, they told the person asking for it
that " there was none in stock," which was reported
in the hospital. There might, nevertle"ess, be plenty in
the general store.
Sir J. Pakingeon—Under whose authority were those
persons ?
Mr. Maxwell—Under Dr. Menzies at that time.
By Lord Seymour—lt was imposible for the dis-
pensers to render an account of how they disposed of the
supplies they obtained from the general store.
By' the Chairman—Coining next to the purveying
departinent,there was the purveyor-in-chief, who had the
superintendence over all the subordinate officers in his
department. Mr. Ward was the purveyor at the general
hospital, but at that time he was apparently under Mr.
Wreford. They visited the purveyor's department in
the same way as they had done the apothecaries'. It
was nearly Christmas before he received any return from
the purveyor, and when it was sent in it only extended
from the Ist May to the 31st August. He remonstrated
with Mr. Ward on the importance of his making a pro-
per return, and examined him upon various points, but
ho subsequently received a letter from him begging for
further time to be allowed him to make the required re-
turns, on the ground of the overwhelming nature of his
duties. lie (witness) went to Balaklava, and on his re-
turn found that Mr. Ward was dead. Before Mr. Ward
died Mr. Wreford appeared to fill a very anomalous posi-
tion ; but he afterwards assumed the duties of peveyor-
in-chief ill the East.
By Lord Seymour—The purveyor-in-chief had the
superintendence of all the purveyors at Scutari, and he
belieelid in the Crimea ; but lie was not sure. He found
no fault with the purveyors' instructions—but with the

exoeution of them.
By Mr. Ball—lie di,l not bialsolf examine the books
of the purre)iug department after the death of Mr.

Wan'.
By the Chaim:ln—He went over the hispitals at
Scutari bet:ire he left. With regard t ) the barrack hos-
pital he found ti at the building was in tolera'ily good
general repa;r. it was not very tidy, and there was no
efficient ventilation, Although there was an effluvium
from the 11eC3,14 tries he was not situ .ik with any objection-
able smells in the wards. In some:lespects the atten !-
mice on the patients was very bad, and the orderly sys-
tem was very ha I. They were men who were taken
from the ranks aid were not of very strong constitu-
tions, and who were otherwise not adapted to their
duties. Those who were efficient were constantly re-
moved, and the medical officers complained that they
lost their best men. It was his opinion that the pur-
veyor was responsible for the ch-anliness of the hospital.
In a barrack it would. devolve on the military com-
mandant. He bad read Mr. Stafford's evidence, but ha
did not agree with what that gentleman stated. He