Star.
London, England, 1828-06-14 00:00:00

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t . hattabout.was Made AO- WO: Piedepots were;atso
most expensive. No fewer. then 660 oseers were nu-
tria* lu dritligg troops. Added In& -battalions. there
Wei, no 'fewer than. tor,ty-seven detaihatents our`;
making • altogether niaetpaight detachments in the,
country. The wholiolthe lectiliting Establishment
Might be cut down.with thegreitest advantage.
-Sli H. H A RDIbICsE said, that there *as no addition •
of Staff' or Officers; and. the *bole addition of experne
in she-system of which • the Honourable Member corn•
plained was eight shiniest per day for each battalion,
,At this charge all the advantages. of suPpliei 'to bat-
., gallons abroad, etc. ware. obtained. The whole worked
. well and be did not think the Honourable Member tor
•, Aberdeen was likely to propose any better plan.
Mr. HUME was willing to leave to the Noble Lord,
the 4ato Secretary at •War.(Lord l'alaterst4. justi.
ficatioa of his. own • ineasuses.; he would .004 draw
attention to this tact, •thatirtune period gierao credit was
taken for raising battiliiios from 500 to 800. Men ; and
at• anoihar, and .tinder precisely similar circumstances,
for reducing the battalions of 800 to 500. min,. Emit;
be submitted. could not he equally preisewnerky,..:
Lord PALMEESTQN was well context that tie
Hon. Member for Aberdeen bad not rittertiptkd • his
(Lord Palmerston'.) just &catkin: but had.lett.it to him-
selt. The Hon. Merotier welted to derive mast r>i his
information fromlhe De/lot:Company . (if he might so
call it) up stairsi-%4be Finance Committee. The fact
was,
_that the aFstablithwientof 011,4 cone
silted of 740 aren,'`dr;treavellswonim: Imq:with no
more Officers than ilthe rash:and fib' bfitech regi-
ment had-unwanted to 800 men. In .I'792.tthe
lumber of Officers would have belonged only. to 4.00
men. It was his individual and sincere opinion, now
he wristlet of office. thit 'the present organization oil
tie Army is.the best that had been formed within, hi.
sneenoryomd. this advantage was secured at a charge of
,only Ss. to 104 perday, He denied that the Officer. of
the depot companies were employed in recruiting; but
he admitted that they were occupied in drilling and
training rectuits. The, only officers employed in re-
. cioiting were those belonging to regiments abroad, from
ibiet •they were detached in order to superintend the
rectiliting for their regiments. There was only one from
-each fegiment, and his allowance was no more than
*Mild cower his incidental espenses. . As to the diffe-
svnes of expense between the guards_and the line, he
could. state from recent calculation that that difference
amounted tops: per man in favour of the line. •
- . Vekiitel TEENER entered into various calculations.
b ethichhe establithed that the cost of the same. num-I
bit .of snaky and Infantry, in 1192, was precisely 11
4.53,0001:i atom than is 1322. allowing only l 5 per. cent.'
foe she difference is the •velne of meow, at the. two
periods. *lmpel great atwitiwities had calculated that
differeace at Eta. 25 to 40 per. cent. He Mead his
11141UCSIOAL ill the folkiiring manner t

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reirlgry In 19211 4s. EL and • F. 6,926 Ewa, melody* at
Lae Guards, Hone 'Guards. and India, and 5,916
and F. (enact' on the system at 1792, would
mike thirty.tbree Regiatetits, and East . . .046 TA
lAN sad F. as Weed 101922, CAR . . . • 430,000
iNsiogt by better arrangement . • 439.000
iiteollb CAM
•Infaarrt of die Liie we. R. and F. in 1222, 40,5 i G. •
49,510 R. sad F. int the plan of 1792, bias 120 Re-
gimeau. and caw . 4299711 259
Micky' 416 oat ie 1892. • . . . i,vsopoo

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Balm= In favour of economy of 182 ac343,1t32

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