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tore boti.this':rdep, and he abstained fro:n discharging
these men, Who were' very numerotk, and who were
still in the.service. If, ihera'ore, the' Right Hon;
(h-Inflernab relaxed the Regulations of VarliAment
snit his own convenience, surely he might call upon
Parliament to relax them for the public and the ad.
van Cement of the general interests. If he were so
fort UM te -itts to persuade the House -toligree- to his
prolvaition for transferring portion of the. Militia to
the Line, and for _raising, a great number of men for
the Militia, he Was.convineed he could stew them
that, it would he adviSable to give to the Militia en:-
liSting in 'the Line, the option of a limited or an um.-
term of .serviee; of coUrse With an increased
bnictity for they latter ; that those who, ,were notsci
smsibk. of the charms of limited service as,theßight
lion.' Gentleman; Might make! their ele6tion: accord-
Hirdid not mean to. make tuffs a par. of the
general measure, -but would submit it in a separate
clause. , mustmo omit to, mention, what it was
the intention of 'hi's ilvlajesty* Ministers to propose
with regard to that p rt of the Military Force ot the
Country which was not- Regular nor Militia, but
was ready to support and come in aid of both ; and
first, ps to the Right Hon. Gentleman's measure of
last.year, the Training Bill. In duty to him and to
tlw House, some explanation was necessary of what
• had been done •by hiS Majesty's Ministers on this
sithjea, since they came into othce, and of what
they-meant to do. The faCt was, that if they had
been the'originaLadvisers of the measure, or had
partaken of .the Right Hon. Gcntictrianis .partiality
for it, it would have seen out of their power to carry
it-into effect.; for so happily was it contrived, that the
ballot could not go forward in many. of the Counties,

andthough in double carrying Bill the Militia.bal-
lots were suspended, it lelt the Training Lists com-
pletely in thv. back ground Censisteutly with the
sentiments which he-had already stated) he declared,
that ihuagh not an original achuircr of the• Right Hon.
Gentleman's measure, yet, being in existence, he
wished-to draw, even from that measure, as much mi-
litary resource as possible. ih would therefore not
propose to Pirnament to abolish that part of it which
related to classifications, • hallots,; tee. for•the due
execution of which Government had it in cone
temptation to suggest sonic provisions ; but. as to
the,trailiing part, he, confessed that be hart never.
been able ao.obtain information ; and he called upon
the Right Hron.Gentleman, if he couli, to afford it
to him, 'how that could po e-iely take place tinder the
soperintend.inee of a constaNe alone, the only way
presented by the 1311. Indeed the Right Honourable'
Gmtleman glad' contrived to throw such a
culexiverehis part of the subje(l, that it was vain,
to hope.wecould inspire a rustic feeling upon,iti.
or convert 'the training so directed into a rustic
amusement. He pledged himself therefore to pro-:
pose that this part of theTtaining Bill should not be
realized; but he reneged that he would not aban
don the Bill altogether, or rather he Would not abary.,
don that part of it v. hich• was taken from the. D 6»
fence Bill, which •• was 'the only efficient • part •of the
Training Bill, and which the Hight Honourable Gen-
tleman ,had contrived very ,much to disfigure. A
ftutdamental objection which . he entertained to the
Training:Bill,. was, that the time of.service was
totrshort. It was impoisiblee to train men unless
they were organized; and. when so organized,. he
thought that they ,ought to be liable to a longer
service., What , with the registering., hallottitig,
&c. &c. the year.• appointed by the Training Bill
would soon vanish, and the ballot would be to
recommence. If the. Volunteers should bud theme
selves unable to continue a sacrifice, which was tine
qu,:stignablyi severe one, which, had reflected: the
highest Honour ott their charader,and conduct, but
which, in many i qances; weaulclicarceiy be expe&ed
to be permanent ; in this casts, in the 'Training Billi
or rather in the Defence might. he diieovered a
basis on which the :military efaabliihmente of, the
mi2Jit het fonnded. Instead.of.ballotiug the
mow° be trained for a year, he wouldipropose,that
they,hould .he b;dktted fOr.two years at. in 4
4.keil three years would not be too long a period. If
I~ariiainent.con4enited to this, they might gill tW
,bjpeti—in the first plade, thq,discipline thus ditfdied
would be greater, and would quality-the subjettsof it
for t htereguiar trtoy if war4dee,,in , the sem-4piece)
-looking; to that amount of force which Parliament
bad declared it was ; necessary should be six
times ,larger. than. the or,-ip.iother words,
two hundred- thonsa.ld men, t'ee weds of perm 4.
'meth military. force might be panted' iu. it, which
might grow up as the..Volunteors might. decline.—
notion..wets, having laid the foundation of: this
•force, to enable his 'Majesty tochrelt that where the
.Volunteers ware not in,this pronortion,o(six •times
the .numeer ef .the Militia,: a total l\lilitia ;should
• 1)e. created, by blilot,.out.of the "mon disciplined
.by
,the Trainc4g, Bill, to
.k e. offiCeredour oldie regular
meant, to propose that this local, Militia
peace, Shogld,he disciplined the, same nuatimr.ol
!days as the r,egelarMilitia, but that they should never
serve out of their Counties, :except,in cases of rebel.
itou or invasion.; Th.ti4, would be' produced a. regular
,and organized force, out.of that which, according'to
the 'measure of the •Itight.Hon..Gentlelll4o,, could
,create embarrassment._ By thise!lhe
Training Bill Imight. be ;rendered. useful; ifot..he
entered his solemn. protest against thrpwing,down
• lny great public .establiAneut for, the •mere,pure
poses of speculati4n. Here was the difference. be,
;tween the hightflionortrable Gentleman and hint,'
•self ; when thiteltight..Hon:. Gentleman, carne,into
ottice,he most :unwisely did every thingin I.;s power
•to relax the Volunteer System; for the purpose of
:introducing bi*Training-8i11.., He (l,ord C.) OR the
4ontriiry, Was not desirous ,to subvert any thingdone
!by‘ that lii, lit Hon. Gentleman ;. the faCt, was indeed,
that with 'his best euth,avours he had dune nothing,
ikle (Lord C.) had always advised that the eharae-
:ter and spirit of Atte Volunteer .Corps
held until some, other .deeisivelrsoperior establish-
-mem should be discovered as tosubstitute.. His Ma-
.josty's present Government :had re-established the
vstern of Inspedion of the Volunteers ; without that
•ayStent i: watt impossible that any principle of coo-
, -rimy could be observed—that any secwity could he
-enjoyed .for the proper administration' of the ,studs
,epproptiated to V.sliOUS parts of the ,Voluineee;
-vice, or that the Volunteer Establishment could be
.kept in an organized_ state. It was in. the con-,
lemplation of Elks :Majesty's hilliisters to, po—
.courago Volunteer Corps not to substitute per-
enanent. , service. for their .frill days, for, that in
most cases would be inconvenient, and in many
invraaicable, but to pass those drill days in ex.

ercise at home. ; It- would thee be seed whichi
.of t hare .0-6 entLiVed Volt der Ceros:''-‘ll4
it l'Or 'tlitike I e "mptirne7or. tbr
motive‘,..,l; if Parlitti • ent ;"lioult‘ttfittic fit toeadtAte
anyfetnilreettAc mea 'en th&S.A7leei, his Ntre:
jesty's Ministers would not shrink filen it. La'
them, however, he deliberate in their undertakiog,
eieculleOingethe. arld:Seeinge," tbeetnore
.bpste the
worse speed." The Noble. Lord here. entered into
a brief recapitulation of his iirgemehts. 'He had
been called upon to propose to Parliament in a thee
of exigency,, a- ineaeire adequate to meat that exi-
gency,-and which watethereture, whatoeri its nature
might, be, .open, to istrepg, and plausible objeCtiOnF,
since, it must he one of great burden, and int-
!ming great, sacrifices op e country, which. had al-
ready borne great, burdens
,and made .great sacri-
fices—not with, patience only, but with pleasure. ,
n
Rut he was cenvied that the. Country .would
feel now as it had .always 'felt; that
.thpse. who,,
propc)sed these burdeps were, its best frieeds, bel
they were proppsed for the secerity 'and
welfare. of the Country. On subjeds of this na-
ture, (censiderable difficulty existed in.. giving
.a.
preference to one among various, measures, .all
standing On the grotind of solid argument and in-
genious reasoning ; but he could assure the Hotise,
that the proposition which he had the honour to sub-
mit
to them was the result of the most anxious consi-
deration from the earliest period tiller the acceptance
of office by his Majesty's Ministers, They had made
the , best propesitam they could---had disturbed as
little as possible the existing establishment, and had
not allowed themseWes to enter the field ofanilitary
discovery,. .Unquestionably the Militia service would,
for a time, .he.disturbed, but it. would soon recover '
itself, nod he was
,spre that when the Officers ofe
she Militia considered that the men taken out of the
Militia for the advantage of the Country were only
those meta who.mest soon have been discharged by
law, and that, in lieu qt' them they would receive.
'flesh and abundant materials for renderiug,the Mi
144 efficient both in ,peace and war, they wouldgive,'
their cordial support to the Measure. It vas
solution to relied, that the history of this Country
did not. afford an instance in which, when the
public mind was called upon to encounter' difficul-
ties, it .was not thepeculiar charaderistic Of Britain,
to rise superior .to. every obstacle, and nev,er to
be so ,strong er so ,distinguished" as after„ the.
presSnreePf. distress. That audividual who, mum,
tOrtunately for She world, had aceuired'such an ase
tendency on:the • Contineete was little „aware. that,
by that very ascendency, he was, ereatiog, in this
country, a; power to,. which the world mieht„ultie
mately look _for delierzieee ; and tlmt elite of, the
necessity whiclehis inordinate an preduced, the
military chargler of, Peezti Britain would .probably
be- raised to.. a:,greater heigth than any so which it
had 1.
hitherto attained. , The Noble eardeoncluded
by observiog, that he should divide the measure into
tWO,Bills, and that. the. Big for which he was
about to moVe,4boulclAut i ;ready, fur delivery to
/Vlembers4 that night,. of which he was somewhat
apprehensive, he shouldoot press theseeend reading
on FridaY, but propose that it be postponed to Mon-
day. Ue thee moved for leave to
,bring in a Bill,
for allowing a certain proportiop of the Militia in
Oreat Britain voluntarily to miter into his.Majesty!s
Regular Forces.. •
•
Sir GEORGE IPARRENPEA thought that the
Noble Leirdhad not iodic:nit any case tu.shew, that:
any.,considerable addition was tieCes!iary trethe
Poseable:force. It appeared to him extiaordinary
that with the views entertained by the lion.
man opposite, and copsidering the charges made by
than . upon their Predecessors, tit not having sent
E4peditions to the Continent,. they bad not oxide this
proposition tq Parliament npop„ their coating bite
office, If the measure had been brouella for Ward last
Seesione and he
.had the; houout of a seat in that
Wu% he night have supported it ; but he could not
give his conseut to it on the, present occasion, when
the Coentry.,had ottly‘te look for a defensive force.
,Aaeto the trau4fer pygpesed frstrt the Alifitia to the
.Regirrieuts of the. Line, he felt considerable diffi.eulr
.tiee epee' the tenbj ecte becattse the measures necessary
tq replace the torn so transferred would interfere
, with the regular reerUiting. The, Militia was per,.
tainly a favourite serriee, because it ~was, limited
,both as to, time and place, and was attended
~with a
provision for the!wives and tarnilies of the plops
who engaged in it. 1:11;fe could benou doubt thec*
fort:,fort:that Alen would be ;,,triore, readily had for that
Itervit L: than for the Litic,aefroiiistauce that would
xnaterially,itatertey'e.with , the ()Mitt aree
The eysteur that had been adopted last, year lie con-
tended. had preyeetemipel sucoeisful. The flight
tion, Gentlernao who had brought tOrw:u.d that
system,. 144 nnifOrinly stated that.the benefits to he
,ee.peeleeifeem it. would be progressive, stud the evvpt
juststhsrl ins statemeot. '.Flee etie4 produce(l by it op
Abe Nataitlrn. Cpunties was very great, and by the
„Neva, upon:the table, it
.appeared that by this
.systera
.the %mintier of men raiaeel in the yqty
was grvitier by 7,00 than the matuher raised
in, the corresponding period of !eat year, meter the
.old byo the remaining tootiths of the year
should be ggually ProduEtive,, of which he had .210
.doubt, the Wholts.animber raised tinder the new sys-
tem, in the year )07, would be 4‘,'i,000. The Dao-
.ble Lord had said, that it vte,is not his intention to
.alter any ,part ef that sy4tem by hi*,,measure, bqt
_whilst the ballot
_would be going on, it would. be
ehnostimpossible to obtain a mar) Tor time ,Regular
,Artaye lie was sure the Hotise would bedispesed
,to make every sacrifice that the occasion might re- •
quire, but She country had a right SO consider,
.whetiter it could tool; with confidence to the efficacy;
.01 the sacrifices it was called on to pialte, and to ex-
ile& that its resources shopld be properly applied.
And if they looked to the maimer in which the present
Ministers came into office, and in which this measure
Auld been broughtforward, the country would have'
me reason, to. be satisfied on these heads, He felt that'
she.measure.proposed would not add.to the military'
:force. plthe t:Onntry, but transfer. a 'pertien Of, one
breech, of,itso another; and, therefore, should not
:think that he Would discharge his duty if he did not
,Oppose it in every stage, He apologised tur taking'
up the time of the House, but lard nee observation.
.more to. add to what he had already stated. e The
;r4obite,Lord had said, that the King had at present
ethe 'power, without resorting to
,Parliarnent,,Qt. -
jpg.out the Supplemental, Militia to the number of
24,009. Piti is lie ci9tit4o, because there were sonie
of the Supplemental Militia at present in 'the' ser-'
vice ; and if the power existed at all, he could nott

.. . s .
, •
4441 would extend to a greater neer-113er than the
:esiiirgeinee het weeetelefeutentell of the Suppl-
e ineireif:V tlitia.now- serring, 4:§cl ti T whore altomit
otitliat Militia. I hog might he Brent op Lions
resPilliltire the pelpei.* of (Aug *et the §,fepple-
- mitiirtit- Militia, but of this he was certain, that the
teett4lire of the Noble Lord would do away the
benefit derived teem thee-ere:Jae recruiting. The
system now in force would, in the present year,
peodece Q 2,000 men, and would prove progressive-
• ly more produelive in every futere-year. The Plan
of the. Noble Lord would impeee. its progress, and
pperate as a 'very. unequal tax upon the public; for
:every' Gentleman must know, that not one of six of i,
the ballotted men -served in person,'so that in pro-
curing a substitute the individual '*aS'stibje& to 'a
Test severe. and ;unequal tae. Upon all these
greende
k]. he should feel it to be his duty to oppose •
the measure, unless it shoo undergo such neeilii-
• cations in the Comthittee
.as would remove, his oe-
ieetiiine • •
. i'iir. YQZKE wished to take the cerlies oppor-
tunity of stating his objections to the tneesure. pro-
posed 1:y his
.Noble Friend; beeause, however disa-
greeable it might be to him, it'was the duty of every
Gentletnan in that Douse to stele candidly.hieirne:
pressioni,bpoil a subje& of such importance. He was
undoubtedly aWare, th3t what he,w as aoing to state,
, would not •meet with general concurrence, bull he
was aisting under a feeling of dety, and sheeld:dee
dare his sentiments with cend6ur. We had now come
.to a crisis when the situation" of iffitirs •would' not
admit 'Of • blunders, 'when an error mightlnefiltal,
and every Member was therefore bound to make
.. .
a free communication of what he telt teem. the sub-
, jeel. HO approved most cordially of that part of his
Noble Friend's proposition which provided tor the
'transfer of so maey' men from the Militia ay could'
be induced to volenteer into the Line. That. pert
of it was most efficacious, amt if ' the proposition
were to stop there, it would produce great public ,
benefit, because
:the m 6.1 so added to the„ army
.would be epplieable to the ProteCtion of !rated,:
where the Militia could notbeeepeeled asp bodS, to
seree. The men ale), Who should velunteer ui the
Regular Army, would very soon be fit for service in
tee regiments to which they might he• t ,raneferred. As .
he understoed, hi;N'oble Friend ' his pilitieeaseo raise
38,000 men fb'yv ballot for, the Militia, in Order to.
replitCe those who shoUld eoitp into the line, and .
tp provide.a certaie 'nuinber of supernumeraries,, in
order to supply 06 vacanbiesVs they should occur hy
..
Osiia4ies, and !lie e4piration of the aunt's service, so
that it should not be. neeessarytoresert agidif' to'..Ve.e,':
ballot ft):r some, tiele: To this
.p:irt • ef his Noble
Friend's' Plan he objeeled, becittise it'ilid not tipp.eare
to him to be efficireeaus. As to the application of the,
ballot, he had 'objeetious to that too, hue not en
the grounds suited by the lion: Member who ',Ad.
just s;it down„ it was Itis convinien that tlie ballets
was necessary, and
.when . that particular mode of
raising a sepple fOr the Areiy had l,ecn .the subjets.
of meat oblreety nt that House, he had defended and'
supported it. 11e had, on that Occasion stetd, eelf at
he was now ready to repeat, that 'no force adequate
to the Pref-014in and defence of 'this Finipire ceeld
be obtained Without some specie's of eut.npulsion.
NO great army could beraised and kept up With et
Navin;ecourse t 9 kil-erm/p,..-tisory levy. And it sur-
prised"' him to hear Gerelenien, who applied tilde
minds to such stibitias, and stippeirtkrthe: Ile,dutagon
P 1 Statesmen, assert, that, when :In army of three or
fotrrehunered thousand men was to be raised, such
' a force could be supplied by voluntary service. He
agreed with his Noble Friend,
.that this was not the
time fOr discussing•the merits of the Measure, anti
he equally approved of his intentiPn not to disturb
the system of the 'Right Himourable gentleman op-s
posite (Mr. Windham) this Session. tt had alveay.
been his wish to allow any measure that might be
adopted by `Parliament a fiiir triel; ' and it was
on that erinciPle lie need when lie had proposed
to give the late Defene,e AO an oppOetenity of fair
trial. • . With respect to the 'Plan of the RightHee.
P rCpp
entlemaoosite, however, he. was boundtp‘
.
state that it did not appear to him' 'efficeelocise, aid
en^ 'telt be dangerouS. That Plan, he admitted, might
be adequate to keep, up the number]; of tee army, it
once the antsy was raised to the establishment voted
by,Parliament, and he had said the same of the 'nee-
Sere of the Right Honettreble Gentleniae !naw no
more. But though he admitted. this, fthe. measure
would not answer his purpose, The system, he al,
,lowed, had produced something mere th.qn the 'orcli. ,
'nary recreiting anti thePariSh pH. But the Noble
Lord had stated, that' the 6fi,eienoy 9i the army,
from the establishrnent voted lay Padiaim a t,ailidutit-
ed to between twenty-fireeheosand'end thirty thee-
sand ; the casualtieS amounted to thirteen thousand i
so that the number to be, raised within twelve moutliii,
iti order, le answer the purpoapbe had in l'ic.w, would '
''b'e '30)4 He had. also .aeather ob*.ct. to- the
. , . Jet- !on
.
`preseet system,: arising oat of the alteration be the
terms of service. -The 'system might fur that reason
`produce .more meti, 'but fewer. tfuleiere. British sot=
'fliers should . be 4filitark men, sei generis. They
were `often engaged against -terice their number of
enemies, and Meier 'disadvanhtees of' sittiatien and
circutestaifees of debark,U ion and e'kuh'3rkali;.4 i t !wy
-must th'PTel6R) be reill skhers,:aud,.J3i-itieh neaps had
always prOved teemsclees to be of *that '‘,leseript ion, ~•
It our brave bet:unfertreite "Country OW i) to Egypt,
where the ellOris Of every individual, ~v;,.:> 11( c..,s:iar.):. to ,
repel the superiUrity of numbers thateseee'el thee.),
had net beeUtroopS of that charaaer,. it woukl rieVe
been impossible to save the re*fiist that zir.m.y—
.
tie did not concur its the of jeetien to thel4;ill6, be-
e:4l3e it would 1 i 1 tCr lere with the system 0" ri hie llieht
Hun., Gentleman. This 4.10:,L1rC ':,-:aS to furtn',ll
,3,13,099 men to. the Army,
an,: i . I ie e,11114 tint.,tt 1;1:,/
l'tsoiiiible'pb,jealion to it on the: gr6iiil,l."o- itS 'ioter-
fering e ith a part .of the: supely ;tits' • - .1 ' .
ei• toe 1,..)tt..1)t
. systern.,They eoUldntit peply t he eonscrietioii., twhiCh
'had
oullltr'iybi;edi.)le'Cra'lretboa(l!o'c'rt 7%.%ttatlifil'maiZ4l.-:ic.(-)llfiti
elliiel.it:'e..tl(l) be this-
cautie.lt was necessary, and cOnfoinial)l,.:: to the prue- :
'ple"e.„Hs'iNre(tiibilicel'iiiir(Nelee.l.lll3.jYr
lice of the Constitution r `tee ..
1..
; (gut cou d tat 'is',ell i tt./ '
ittisl Ca OP 'aPpil ‘r
'it 't.17,10- as
ntPli er4°tPti?osii:ed, itba
f°6l',6o.ett':tlePssn';'ll:Zti wi'letGuiel:eit ~,,B:ifa.ilttbdtoio:;uelt.t
Li\iCt. i• I f; and
t. (
t.:
.:11)ieclidel I;i'
s: is
,i :,t, ;,.,,. ~ :,": . . 1
alti;in-fwelirti'nrigsothiZcdheser.i4estisriati)do
Upon this subjeg the House, he thought; eul-.t to
have some explanation. 'fieeigh 11Q person
.ought
It hfle• to in a ch,hrge nyern ,Mitristers for their
`distribution of the public force, yet When he -COiee-
dered how that force had• been last year cLitributed, t

Or rather icattereci, he could not avoid saying, that
matter ought to be explained. A con;idei able
force had been sent to, South America, and though
he should not say anything of the merits of the first
Expedition to that Country, because an Hon. Officer;
a 'friend of his, bad been tried far having undertaken
it, he was ready to admit, that it was advisable to
eu Cori' the force that achieved the
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quest.-- :tut wral cirtti:no i;r k:17( toe 'Tight
Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. Windhant)
why, -after - the' battle, of Jepa, .so large a: ferce..as .
five thousand men lied been sent out under.Geuerel
Craulurd to Arnertea:',,T'itese 'troops; from
ner in which the Expedition been coeduCted;
tad been nine months at sea. The troops which had
been employed,in forelin service were the best of the
British Army. There Was.an tirni'Plifeewie in the
Meditecranettn,•frotervihiehlthe ExpOilitiOn iti,B,gypt
had been detachedArhai Expethtion hefelt ittffifficult
to appreciate; boe .11otirtd 'it haVe his approbation'i!
Unless it could beeprovbci'to him, that undereli.thetir.,o
i 7 the,tate Atte firi;jet.waS{Oell:correerte'di
and the force. 444u:tied fully adequate - to' its. object.:
From the circumstances he had stated, it .appita,red..
that a recruit htgfor the rrri'S, uilassery.' 11rere-
gular force in: Great Britain' arid liilland,4 ptidsentil
wai. 15,001; less' than:Oven last .woottlitifh.
obvious how' nece4sNry it was.in, the presentlittrakiorto
of the AvOrld,torianceniiiatethe4ritittli artily
Islands with all .possible.g.xpedition. As that was
impraeticable with rope& to. the distant, troops, he
agreed to the'use of the ballot to trirsda'aisiderable
force ; but he thought :the bdllot itlialil<t be'einployed
to raise-.an .Army of Reserve, 'which- would be dis-
posable for the protection of Ireland,- rather. than
to recruit the Militia. The Army of Reserve Ad,
and ;the. other defensive .measures ,which he had
kelneriv,bronghr forward, vvere,oply,spentirly: great .
steps towards makirig-the Porietry a 'Nllitary Na-,;
tion.. He had long been a tiiitjtia Otticey,. but should
not stiffer his.naturel- partialny tar ,onb braneli of:;
that Nilitary Establi,nliment AO. erevent Min frota
stating his opinion on it freely es,a earr of the
The Militia had done tnecti service, but ,was •uotsi
now adequate to ~the.objeel of. its; esiahlislenent,,y.
for it was not nutnerous enough. '-,AirsiimktrAveyoft
the Militia had .Weii calcnlated epee tioopkig,vni4tofs
't be...wars in. whietia illia,;eouetry; haA kettintlesrs.l4ltbrei,
engaged, and was consequently inadequate.to,343
present crisis. ...A tlmph
.smalkelr,ewhiiithintht, .wfts
sufficient, when I,4'lllo.ll9,rlPoablti
could be equipped against. auy Pouintry-;' 1011044-st
'v4tich was .coOtytiNd.ltAattactOthitieopti3 Atir-
slo2o:4lei, assert-Med fitUtintOgi)o, han utt4r. Alivtitod
"circumstances of the pre*ent
hatitcoutinuctl. any' 1.4 .Ye-11" i inteienisittioe,
and the OilicePsiolthe who hadstibui4ted.tx
, considerable privations 'and,,incetwetrientvAln erder
• tainake the tuselmes soldiers', would! not b 4 disported':
; to.continue Awing rtwar,;:ept.etvilielt ho sew.nmend..,-,;1,
He preferred, therefore, empinyinit the, ballot, ,u
raise'ari.A.rtnpeif filusetve; boogie if ,:they,
increase,tl4-Militii,. Where could ()Myers be found,:
such as Militia .ptlicers 'ought
.to,be fiis,:Nrphlec
Friend had stated, that the number• proposed to-bOr
taken froth- the iVlilitra would be sufficient to All up
the' 56 second battalions supposing:each. baftalion,te
Lid completed. to 751Xtueur all bettallbtis .vt'onid eft
haust the whole number, there wouldsernoinsitea
eo battalioits tv be 'cotnplettd.' fill
opinion, it would be ''‘74sol' 10,044:it1004* trAtillig44
to the nine garrison battalions, which weia-t4be,tee
mains,of the .tirmy.:ofe, Ittset've,end to atinttileto the
wh Lite tabooeach, making. altogethex Is9,ooo,nwrii
to serve on the same, terms as the Antiyof.Reservd
'Ms was the _time :for such an oOttatilm; stick. the
...whole might be lined "up in .three months. • 'By
adopting his.' suggestion, there' would be an 'Unmet.
diate accession of 404000 -,men, to.' the disposable
force of the' Country ; and when be considered the
danger, and the point .in which that danger was
most likely to take place, be was MQl'O. strongly
itllpFCSied With the neceisit) of the distinsahle i;.:1011
of the Country. As to the objeCtioU'„c.if ih,S.Noblo
Friend, Oa the ballot for‘ the I.l.6serv. I>e yo'?
diCtive exPence, by raising the price of se i t utes,
he was sure his Net* Friend Musf.have been
Upon that head,- bCP`iitise tind6iibte,,fly the
ballot fr'ir the Reserve in the to' rmer instoneo }tad
not the ell'et of, raising' the oounties fur sirbstitutes
for the M ',ie. As to the rewibsi6n of the p italti,'s,
ha bad ,klisanpl'oeo of that ineasure, Pjulciii'ot
agree with hi, Noble. Friend,. that it would bean ob't
stralion. to the efts,;, of ,a Nil for
force becanse it wotild .011taily 4pill e to tba
Nfilitia Atha, Which had not leonlinpod(r,hy
lead never thought, 42.1e.nce he
brought forvaid perfr.:4,.hut be'b;lo
`tiered it,as a step ia4 wt ppun Coutitry
ltd rnilithry orgaTzatiOn._ Whon it
,t(11.".
Warg, bad 1104*.41,
•it ere stilt to t[).°
VAOnteer'force, tolieep 4,lyt 1 th;l(.it;llo,klini4iCh
,would-be:edequi.ne tq. t ;he 9111'%!;,'
tban for any tturnecti,...te treat, ;ts„e,;.e 14316,-
ton. ile did licit Ilii01; kat
reduced below. 30,00 o; ensi
should I.)e left r u
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