The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

No, 2.
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The Gloucestershire County Rifle Meeting was
held last week at the new range near Gloucester,
and on Friday night the proceedings of the week
were brought to a pleasing close by a grand ban-
quet to Earl Ducie, the lord lieutenant of the
county, in recognition of his services to the volun•
teer cause.
The Earl of FLLENBOROUGH, who presided, in
proposing " The Volunteers," said—l cannot sepa-
rate that toast from the name of Lord de Grey, now
happily restored to the War-office, because every
one regretted that he was ever taken from it, and
rejoices that he has been restored to duties congenial
to his feelings, and which he has exercised to the
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M‘Murdo,whose achievements when Quartermaster
General with the late Sir Charles Napier were well
known to me in India, and whom I have since had
the opportunity and gratification of knowing in
England—an officer of whom I may say, if you wish
to get very near to the enemy, you cannot have a
better leader. Gentlemen, when we speak of the
Volunteers as a body, let us recollect how they were
originated. They originated not with the Govern-
ment, but with the people. (Cheers.) They origi-
nated in the intuitive perception of a coming danger
entertained by the people, in which they were not
led by the Government, a danger which might pee
sibly have been unseen by the Government, but
against which the Government had certainly taken
no precautions—perhaps they could not. That
movement, begun by the people, has been continued
by the people. It is at the present moment unim-
paired, and I most earnestly trust the whole coun-
try will show in the maintenance of that force that
perseverance which is one of the first of public
virtues. Without that perseverance in its support
—if there be any lukewarmness or any falling back
depend upon it we shall make things worse than they
were when that force was established, and bring on at
an accelerated pace the very evil it was formed to
avert. (Cheers.) We have met here this week to
bestow honours and prizes on persons of the Volun-
teer force who have distinguished themselves in
shooting, and a most excellent object it is ; but I
think my gallant friend near me will tell you that
troops disciplined—discipline even with inferior ac-
curacy of aim on the field—are of more value than
the most perfect accuracy of aim without discipline.
(Cheers.) No troops are of real value to a general
unless he can move them where he pleases ; un-
less he can place them in positions which he
knows they will defend without assistance ; unless
he can rely on them entirely; and my gallant friend
also knows that no man could do this if his troops
have not discipline. I recollect the gallant Sir
Charles Napier, who knew better than any man in
his day, saying " Enthusiasm runs away." This
is rather a strong expression, althmigh we
have seen something of it in America. But
at the time when it occurred the men pos-
sessed great courage, and had the greatest pos-
sible accuracy of aim ; and yet they ran away be-
cause they had no discipline. Now, I speak to sol-
diers, and you know it ; you are perfectly well
aware that the great and improved range of artil-
lery and rifles, and the greater accuracy in the use
of those weapons of destruction, make great changes
necessary in the movements of the troops in the pre-
sence of the enemy. It is impossible to bring them
near to the enemy in masses without being de-
stroyed if exposed to the fire of their rifled guns.
The victory is won if you bring the enemy near
enough to pound him with your rifled guns. It is
therefore absolutely necessary in future warfare,
partly by taking every possible advantage which
genius points out—for books of practice don't teach
—of every peculiarity, of every accident of ground,
but above all, to cover the advance of the masses
which are to strike the decisive blow by the bayonet
by an impenetrable line of Ere that conceals their
movements. If you do not do that, you may fight
well, but you cannot win the victory. That must
be obtained not by assembling in companies, but in
battalions, and even brigades, and it is only, I fear,
by the assistance of the Government that the Vo-
lunteers can obtain a proficiency of movement in
the field that will make them of use to a general. I
do trust, therefore, that the Government, aware of
the fact, will in the next session of Parliament take
measures for the purpose of giving the Volunteers
that efficiency. Gentlemen,—l cannot express in
terms sufficiently strong how absolutely essential

I think it is to give the greatest possible efficiency
to the Volunteers in masses. It is idle, however, to
conceal it from ourselves that we have no certain
superiority at sea. More than that, even if we had,
the discovery of steam and its application to navi-
gation renders the combination in the movements of
fleets nearly as certain as combinations in the
movement of troops, and this will give power to a
foreign nation to effect an invasion if it is deter-
mined to do so, running all risks. We must consi-
der, then, that not only is invasion at all times pos-
sible, but that under certain circumstances it will
take place, and the battle will be decided by fight-
ing on the soil of England. Now, it is not enough
that we have a force able to repel any enemy
that may attack us, but we ought to have a force
able to deter an enemy from making an attack.
(Cheers.) You see detailed in the newspapers what
three months of war has produced in America. We
see how all commercial transactions have been pa-
ralysed, how all the relations of society have been
destroyed, and how complete is the disruption
throughout that country. What would the effects
of war be in England, where we are in a more arti-

ficial state ? What would be the effect here of the
presence of a foreign army even for a fortnight ?
The cost of a foreign army, even for a fortnight,
would be greater even than the amount of a year's
revenue. I assume that it is absolutely necessary to
be prepared, be the cost what it may, and I know
that any honest man who applies his mind to the
purpose of the reduction of useless and
crotchetty expenditure may find the means of
paying for the preparations necessary to our ex-
istence, without imposing any further taxes. I
say that, cost what it may, there must
be found means of giving efficiency to the Volun-
teer force ; it must be given, for without it the
country is not safe. I rejoice in the existence of
this force, and I rejoice also in the revival of that
ancient spirit which prevailed in distant times
throughout this country. The rifle has taken the
place of the bow. There are butts in every town
and in every village; and, more than that, you see
the companies and battalions now formed, as in an-
cient times, composed of the men who gained the
great victories to which we look back with so much
pride. The country gentlemen now at the head of
the movement, as they were, and as they should be,
and the men in the ranks know these gentlemen
not only as their officers, but as individuals. The
Volunteer force is a band of brothers which must
succeed under any difficulty to which it may be
exposed. (Cheers.) Ido hope that the country
gentlemen, and every one of those who have as-
sumed the milital y dress, and have taken on them-
selves the responsibility of commanding men in the
field will adhere to their first determination, and
endeavour to make themselves capable of per-
forming all the duties of their position, and
so return the confidence of all who serve under
them. I feel that I am speaking in the language of
the constitution of this country, and I assure you I
speak the language dictated by the feeling of every
gentleman engaged in this movement, when I say
in all times, and in all circumstances which por-
tend danger, the proper position of every gentle-
man is in the front of the bahtatt ourle3.,(Lmouidssicohneiesrsa.s)
You understand,therefore, what

Volunteers. It is so to perfect yourself in discipline
as to be able to throw an impenetrable veil of fire
before the movements of the regular troops by
iwhom you are supported, to enable them by acting