The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

TURF NEWS FROM FRANCE.

The following yearlings, belonging to Baron N. de
Rothschild, have arrived at Mr. T. Carter's stable:—Medoc,
bay colt by Gustavo out of Illustration, Ostregot, colt by
Gustave out of Villefranche, colt by Tumbler, out of Cast
Off, colt by Muscovite out of the Cowl mare, colt by The
Cure out of Duplicity, and colt by Voltigeur out of
Chantress.

Quaker has boon looked at by the inspectors of the Tiaras,
and an offer of B,ooof. has been made for him, which is not
too much, as this son of Quiz is undoubtedly the
stoutest horse West Australian ever got.
Thirty-five yearlings have been brought up from Dangu
to increase Count de Lagrange's establishment at Royalieu
and Newmarket.

Testament, by Fandango out of The Test, 3 yrs, has
arrived at J. Spinks's stable to bo trained.

Capt. Baron's establishment, at Chantilly, will be broken
up for a time, two of his stud having been sold, and the
remainder will be sent to England.

M. Pol Nanquett has purchased Anglo-Saxon of M.
Delatre, and it is said that this young steeplechaser is to
be added to the list of geldings.

French interest at Croydon will be represented by Astro-
labe, Niger, and Flandrin. Cassidy will go over to ride
them.

LATEST BETTING ON THE FRENCH DERBY, 1868.
15 to 1 agst M. Andre's Miss Thunderbolt
25 to 1 agst M. Delamarro's Predestine
25 to 1 agst Count do Lagrange's Sureouf.
30 to 1 agst M. Lunol's Cromwell
50 to 1 agst M. Andre's Bohemienne

The Object of Volunteer Organisation.

It might be supposed that the Pall Mall Gazette
had picked up something new as well as strange in
its account of the way in which many soldiers use
their firearms, as proved by the muskets collected on
the field of Gettysburgh after the battle. The Spec-
tator, in last Saturday's number, alludes to the figures
as something wonderful, and never seen before. A
year ago, however, these figures went the rounds of
the American press, and formed the subject of an
article in our columns. They furnish proof
how even the coolest lose their wits in the
hurry and excitement of action, and are no had
answer to an article of the Pall Mall on the " Les-
sons of the Battle of Montana." The lesson afforded
by these statistics is the necessity of training men to
use their arms before employing them in war. The
lesson the Pall Mall derives from the Battle of Men-
tans is that the Volunteers of England are almost
useless, because they are not supplied with the orga-
nisation by which armies are moved and supported
in the field. " Volunteers cannot be depended on
against regular troops, and success in actual war-
fare depends almost entirely upon the discipline of
the men and the science of the officers, and hardly
at all upon the mere strength or courage of either,
taken as individuals." This is the instruction the
Pall Mall derives from the Battle of Meutana, and
it goes on to say :—" If, then, we turn to the ques-
tion whether our volunteers are efficient, we reply,
Look at the battle of Montana ; look at the war be-
tween Italy and Austria, and the performances of
the Garibaldians against the Tyrolese ; look, above
all, at the American war, and reflect upon the posi-
tion of the army, which, having been ignominiously
routed at Bull's Run, was literally stuck in the mud
for six or seven months, utterly unable to march out
of its position until all the necessary arrangements
which are required to make an army moveable
had been organised from the very beginning."
This article excited attention and favourable com-
ment., yet it is grounded on an error. The gist of
the volunteer question is whether the organisation is
effective for the end designed, not whether a volun-
teer army is fitted to do the work of a regular army.
The proposed end is the defence of England, the
home of the volunteers ; therefore the employment
of these bands is to be considered wholly in refer-
ence to a campaign in this island. Great Britain
enjoys the hest carrying facilities of all countries;
she is the storehouse of the world, containing in
abundance the necessaries and food required by men.
The organisation to supply every requisite to au
English army in England would be very different
to that required for an English army in Abyssinia.
The Commissariat failure which left the horses and
men of the Ist Dragoon Guards at Hounslow with-
out supplies of any sort when they marched from
Aldershot to take part in the intended review last
;slimmer in ,Hyde Park seldom, occurs on actin