The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-18 00:00:00

tary officers.

Lord Lucan—lf you had known the inquiry was to
have been into the conduct of generals and other officers,

do you think that your past experience, antecedent;,
and position qualified you for undertaking such an

enquiry ?
Col. Tulloch— Certainly not, and I expressed my
doubts on undertaking it, whether some (Neer of
greater experience ought not to be sent out to conduct
this inquiry.
Lord Lucan—Why did you not examine Lord Raglan?
Col. Tulloch—Sir J. AL`Neil and myself had many in-
terviews with General Airey respecting it, who said his
opinion was that it would not become an officer of his
(Col. Tulloch't) rank to exaniine an officer of the high
position of Lord Raglan. Another reason for their not
doing it was that the Commissioners did not hear a
word breathed against Lord Raglan by any person in the
Crimea. Under these circumstances the Commissioners

thought it unnecessary tor examine him. If Sir J.
M'Neil had Leen of a different opinion, and had thought
it necessary to examine Lord Raglan, he (Col. Tulloch)
should have sent home to the G ivernment, and asked
to have had a general officer associated with the Com-
missioners to have enabled them to have examined Lord
Raglan. If they had examined Lord Raglan, it would
have been the first instance on record where Commis-
sioners had examined into the conduct of a General

commanding an army.
Examination continued—He saw but few horses of

the allies under cover in the Crimea, late as his visit
was there. He was not aware of the oontrary, but he
believed the Russian horses in the valley of Inkerman
were not under cover in November. Russian horses
were very different to English horses, and could stand
the climate better. He could not say whether the Rus-
sians and our allies displayed more ingenuity and promp-
titude in providing shelter than the English. It was
necessary, on account of the bad weather, that the
horses in the Crimea under cover should be moved as
often as possible. Certainly oftener than every two or
three days. Had they been changed oftener it would
have been better. From what he had been told in the
Crimea he was of opinion that temporary shelter by dig.

ging pits and trenches for the horses might have been
provided. Colonel Tulloch again denied that there
was any animadversion in the report on Lord Lucan ;
the remarks objected to by his lordship merely
stated the Commissioners opinion of want of promptitude
and ingenuity in devising temporary shelter, leaving it to
be subsequently ascertained who was the party to blame.
Lord Lucan said that if Col. Tulloch would relieve
him from all blame be should be satisfied, and there
would bean end of the matter so far as he was concerned.
Col. Tulloch said it was the duty of the Commissioners
to point out defects to the Government, leaving them to
find out who wefe the parties to blame.
Examination continued—He did not inquire who
was the Engineer officer placed at Lord Lucan's dispo-
sal by the Quartermaster-General for providing shelter,
nor bad he examined him on that point. He had seen
trenches dug and earthworks thrown up in the High•
lands to shelter cattle in the winter, that was all the
experience he had had of sheltering horses in that way.
He believed that was the practice adopted in the Pampas.
He examined Mr. Rawlinson and not a military engi-
neer, because be was sent out by the Government
to inquire into, examine, and make arrangements for
the establishment of a camp in that country. The
Commissariat Department lost some horses, but not to
the extent that bad been stated. He thought the nature
of these duties bad been exaggerated. He was con-
sulted with reference to the organisation of the Ambu-
lance Corps, but it was not carried out by the Govern-
ment in accordance with those suggestions. In the
Crimea he wade no inquiries respecting this corps. If
canvas was necessary for the covering of the horses, it
was a matter of opinion whether it should have been
provided by the civil authorities at home. It might
have been bad if necessary from Constantinople, as
well as spars, carpenters, Sco., in ninety hours.
It was also a matter of opinion whether, when wooden
shelter was sent out for the men, similar shelter should
have been sent for the horses. To use trenches for
horses, in a wet season, they should be paved, and there
was no difficulty in doing it in the Crimea. Some of the
, regiments. did it. He could not say if stone enough for