The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

The New Military Regulations.

The new regulations decreed by the Emperor
of the French on the 29th of last J one have created
a great commotion among the old soldiers; and it is
whispered that they intend to shoulder their
crutches, and make a demonstration on the day
appointed for the cook to act under the new orders.
For the benefit of those gentlemen who are interested
in the management of masses of invalided warriors,
and desire to rerorm Greenwich, we quote the new
regulations :—" The food remains as before, both as
to quality and quantity. The wine only is reduced
from 93 centilitres per diem to 80. As a compensa-
tion, the following concessions are made :-1. Cof-
fee with milk every morning ; 2. The washing of the
table-linen will be paid for by the Administratiou :
this washing under the old laws, was paid for by
the invalids themselves out of their pocket-
money ; 3. The barber will also be paid by
the Administration, which will save the invalids
six francs a year ; 4. A servant will be appointed to
every six officers, to attend to their room, brush
their clothes, &e.; by the law still in force the
officers are obliged to do these things themselves,
or to have them done at their own expense by taking
a servant out of theilotel ; 5, and lastly, the money,
called pocket•money, which is allotted to them by
the Ministry, will be increased a third. These are
the ordinary meals of the invalids :—For the com-
missioned officers—Breakfast, at 11 o'clock in the
morning : soup maigre, beef a la mode, sheep's
trotters a la poulette, puree of peas; dessert, com-
posed of cheese, dry fruits or fruits in season.
Dinner, at 5 o'clock in the evening : soup and beef,
veal or mutton, various vegetables and salad ;
dessert. The wine, of excellent quality, is the same
for all, and each invalid, whatever his rank may be,
has half a bottle daily.—For the non-commissioned
officers and soldiers—Breakfast, at 10 o'clock in the
morning, soup and beef, a dish of vegetables ; din-
ner at 4 o'clock, a ragout of mutton or some other
meat, a dish of vegetables. These dishes are varied.
On Sunday the officers have a quarter of a fowl
each." Tae principal purpose of this reform is,
firstly, the well-being of the invalids, and, secondly,
the desire to put a stop to abuses full of immorality.
Up to this day, the married invalids were allowed
to take their food out of the Hotel. The result of
this tolerance was that, under the pretext of going
to eat their food with their families, half of the
pensioners sold it to buy alcohol, or gave it to
women of the worst description. From this
system came a double scandal—intoxication and the
encouragement of prostitution. However, the in-
valids admitted up to this time, and before the pro-
mulgation of the new decree, being able to prove
their legal marriage, will continue to enjoy the old
toleration; but, after the Ist of January, 1864, no
one will be able to obtain this privilege of carrying
food from the establishment. These reforms are, it
appears to us, in the interest of the pensioners. We
trust that the old men will reflect, and decide not
to brandish their crutches over the soup-tureens,
nor fight a battle in Bath chairs, in the Court of
Honour, under the marble nose of the Hero of
Austerlitz.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

The Market opens quiet, with more disposition
to effect sales, which will probably be 6,000 bales.
Sales of the week 104,480 bales, including 56,580
on speculation, and 14,666 for exportion. Actual
export, 16,234 bales. Quotations—Middling Or-
leans, 294; Mobile, 29-1-; Upland, 29i. Estimated
fair Egyptian, 24. Imports of the week, 61,678.
Stock estimated, 177 600 bales. Surats, 16 to 30.