The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

THE 0162JEAV

The military commission, appointed by Royal that.
rant, to inquire into the allegations contained in the re-
port of Sir J llit'Neit and Col. Tulioch on the condition
of the Crimean army, held their 22d sitting yesterday,
in the Great Hall of Chelsea Hospital.
At the opening of the court,
Mr. Commiseary General Filder proceeded to read the
concluding portion of his statement, but in so low a tone
of voice that very little of the substance reached the re-
porters' table. He was understood to bear testimony to
the zeal and activity of all the officers connected with
the commissariat department. Referring to the supply
of forage adverted to on the previous day, he stated
that he had left nothing undone to supply the exi-
gencies of the army, but that the means of transport,
although adequate for Sir CharlesTrevelyan'e estimates,
were wholly unequal to the supply of the army. He
denied that the present efficient state cf the commis-
sariat department was to be attributed to the sugges-
tions of the commissioners, as great improvements had
been effected before they arrived in the Crimea. The
commissioners did not arrive until the spring, at which
time it was impossible fir them to form a just opinion of
the previous difficulties the army had to contend with.
He thought the commissioners ought to have inquired
more fully before they made suggestions upon subjects
which, upon inquiry, would have been found already at-
tended to. The commissioners were in error in stating
that there was a great deficiency in the amount of tea
supplied to the army. They had been guided in this
matter, as well as in their statements respecting lime
juice, by inaccurate documentary evidence, although they
might have obtained a correct statement of facts from
persons on the spot. He trusted that he had shown the
board that he was not responsible for the deficiency in
the supply of forage, and that he was not chargeable
with having failed to avail himself of all the means of
sea transport at his disposal. Without claiming for
himself an undue amount of capacity, he trusted he had
proved that he and the rest of the commissary
officers bad done the very best they could do under
the difficulties and unparalleled circumstances in which
they were placed. Alter referring to his past services in
the Peninsula and elsewhere, and to his motives for j din-
ing the army in the Crimea, Mr. Filder concluded his
statement by expressing the confidence with which he
left his case in the hands of the Court. He ventured to
express a hope (with a view, if necessary, to a more for-
mal inquiry hereafter) that the board would state posi-
tively whether in their judgment ho had been shown to
be guilty of the charges contained in the commissioners'
report.
General Knollys—Did you ever take any steps to
make Lord Raglan acquainted with the stock of hay
which you had in hand ?
Mr. Filder was understood to say that he had not
made any formal complaint ou the subject until the 21st
of January, 1855.
General Knollys —Had you mentioned to his lordship
any apprehensions that you had on this subject in your
conversations with I'm ?
Mr. Filder—No, I had not.
By General Peel—Lord Raglan wag always satisfied
that I had abundance of supplies with the exception of
forage, and he was well aware of the difficulties on that
head. He (Mr. Filder).coeisidered that Lord Panmure
was the present head of the commissariat.
The President—lt was ietended by the Government
to form a depot at Malta; do you know why that was
not done ?

Mr. Filder replied that the requisitions for hay came
in faster than they could be compiiel with, and that con-
sequently there could be no necessity for a depot at
Malta.

Felder called attention to a statement made by
Lord Ctrcligan, that, in October, 1854, a number of
ammunition horses; were shot because there wai no

lwage for them. lie contended t bat this could not have
been the ease, as there was no wmnt of forage at that
tune, and that the cause of the hJrse s being shut was no
doubt that they were labouring under disease.
In answer to a question from General Peel,
Mr. Filder said that he never heard e f any complaint
among the troops about c .flee until the month of Nov.
He wished to observe, with reference to Lord .Ra.;lan,
that he did not believe any Ccininissarj'-General bad
ever received so much assistance from a CooLmander.in-
Chief as be had received from Lori Raglan.
The Judge• Advocate reminded Mr. Filder tlui, in his
evidence on the previous day, he had attributed the defi-
ciency in the supply of forage to the circumstance of the
authorities at home not cmnpiying with his requj.lsitions
and sending out a sufficient quantity of hay ; and inquired
how he could reconcile that evidence with his repres e.ata-
tiona to the Commander-in,Cnief and the Under-Secre tatry
for War, that at no time was the harbour at Balakla,,va
without, two cc three vessels laden with chopped straw .?
Mr. Filder stated, in reply, that chopped straw did flat
altogether answer the purpose of hay, and that there•
were great difficulties in the way of landing chopped
straw which did not apply to hay. He added that he
did not consider the reasons assigned by Sir C. Treve-
lyan for not sending out the hay to be satisfactory.
The Judge-Advocate—When you applied to Sir Chas.
Trevelyan for machines for pressing hay, did you get
them ?

Mr. Filder—Yes, I believe they were sent ont as soon
as possible ; I applied for a set of presses, and got them.
The Judge-Advocate—You stated yesterday that, on
the 13th of September you wrote to Sir Charles Tre-
velyan to send you 2,000 tons of hay, and that you did
not get one-tenth of the quantity ; is that so ?
Mr. Filder said that was so. He never got a tenth of
the forage he wrote for on that occasion.
The Judge-Advocate—Have you any letter from Sir
Charles Trevelyan in which he states why he did not
comply with the requisition ?
Mr. Filder said he had not any letter explanatory of
the reason, and added, in reply to a further question,
that he was net aware of any difficulty in purchasing
hay in this country in the autumn of 1854.
Col. Gordo❑ was then called by Mr. Filder, and in an-
,wee to questions put by him with reference to the sup-
oTy of transport vessels, paid at the end of October Capt.
Christie was desired to place the horse transports at the
lisposal of the commissariat. They were then lying at
Kalamita Bay and other places along the coast, and
some at Balaklava. In December (after the great
storm) another letter was written directing Col. Christie
to place all the transports of whatever description at the
disposal of the commissariat, as all were required for the
:agencies of the army. A great many of the transports
sere lost in the great storm.
This being the whole of the evidence, the board ad•
journed for half an hour, and on the return of the com-
missioners,

The Judge-Advocate said that Dr. Balfour had ex-
pressed a wish to band in s paper which had received the
unction of Colonel Tulloch with reference to a portion.
,f the evidence given by Colonel Gordon. As
Dr. Balfour was now present, the board bad directed
uun (the Judge-Advocatt) to state that if Dr. Balfour
would furnish Colonel Gordon with a copy of the state-
'uent, he could reply to it in writing, and the board
!ould then consider both together. The board consi-
'lered this a more desirable course than to re-open the
case.

Dr. Balfour said he would take care that Col. Gordon
Mould be furnished with a copy of the statement either
that evening or in the morning.
Col. Gordon asked that he might be furnished with a
copy at once, as in that case he would proceed to answer
it immediately.
The Judge-Advocate--A copy will be sent to you, and
you can forward your reply, when the board will consider
both statements together.
The President said that would be a more desirable course
than to re-open a case which was already closed.
The Judge• Advocate said he thought it right to inform
Col. Gordon that Capt. Heath had asked psi mission of
i.he board to read a statement relating to a portion of his
(Col. Gordon's) evidence ; and that, as the board did not
Nish to deprive him of that opportunity, they proposed
to adjourn the inquiry until Monday next, when Col.
Gordon could attend if he thought fit.
The President asked whether Col. Gordon was aware
of the portion of his evidence to which Capt. Heath in-
tended to ref( r.
Colonel Gordon replied in the affirmative.
The inquiry was then further adjourned to Monday
next, at eleven o'clock.

The attendance of the public throughout the day was
extremely limited, and had it not been for a strong mus-
ter of pensioners, the hall would have presented a very
ireary appearance.

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