The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-24 00:00:00

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HELP FOR THE WOUNDED.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

you kindly give publicity to the fact that
on Saturday morning next at two o'clock we intend giv-
ing a representation, of our comedy of the " Two Roseo
for the benefit of the fund now being raised for the sick
and wounded soldiers of the French and Gelman armies.
Perhaps it may induce kind-hearted people to add their
mite, especially when they are told that everybody on
the establishment has given their gratuitous services in
so laudable a cause. The proceeds will be handed over
immediately to the Lord Mayor, and the amount
announced from the stage, in the course of the morning.—
We are, sir, your obedient servants,
MONTAGUE, JAMES, and THORNE.
August 22nd.

oust RESERVE FORCES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE gUINT;

SlR,—The subject of our reserve forces calling for
public attention, will you allow me to offer a few sugges-
tions, which may make them available and useful. Almost
every Line regiment has a county distinction, as have
also the Militia and Volunteers. Take, for example, the
67th, or Hampshire, Regiment of the Line ; let that be
styled the Ist Battalion Hampshire ; the Hampshire
Militia 2nd Battalion, Ist Reserve ; the Hampshire
Volunteers 3rd Battalion, 2d Reserve. The recruiting for
the Line regiment, or Ist battalion, to be entirely from
the 2nd battalion, Ist Reserve, the vacancies in which
should be filled up as they occur by volunteers from the 3d
battalion 2d Reserve. If the Volunteers were distinctly
informed that they were looked upon as forming a com-
ponent part of our regular army there would never be a
lack of men obtainable by the Volunteer officers to
speedily fill up vacancies caused by the absorption of the
2d battalion or militia by the Ist battalion or line regi-
ment. Let the Militia and Volunteers be formed into
brigades, with a proper staff, and drilled in brigade for a
fortnight, assisted by any line regiment available. The
drill might take place in the autumn, after havvest ; this
drill would create as it were a perfect unit out of a
number of infinitesimal particles ; appoint officers
to the vacancies in the reserve from the half-pay list ;
increase the half-pay of those officers 2s. per diem the whole
year round ; let the appointment of all officers rest solely
with the War-office ; by giving the Militia 28 days'
training in the spring, as well as fourteen days in the
autumn with the Volunteers and Line. An increase of
expenditure would of course take place, but it would be
counterbalanced in a measure by the reduction of the
expence in obtaining recruits, as being transfers from their
several battalions, the expense of bringing money and
other incidentals would be done away with. The Artillery
and Engineer Volunteers and Militia might act as reserves
for supply of men to the regular forces of that arm. The
Welsh Rifle regiments might form reserves to the Rifle
Brigade and GOth Rifles, those corps having no county
distinction. Any 11 T ilitiaman or Volunteer joining the
Ist Battalion should be allowed one-third previous ser-
vice towards.pension or discharge.

I will say nothing as to the manner in which many of
our Militia regiments are at present officered, but. while
the present system of selection and appointment exists,
there will never be a change for the better.—Yours
obediently, DANIEL M`CAY,
Late Captain 55th Foot, and Denbigh Militia.
79, Tavistock-crescent, Westbourne-park,
19th August, 1870.