New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-21
GREAT BRITAIN.
-rrNc1rs IN MILITARY ORG AVIATION

DFFlClEkClIS IN hiiliAh1 OhN NNtrAii'N
In tho House of Lords the 7th int Elr G 10y dew
aft.l To he preeat s,s.en of army 6,mdlssrast'0
The Coumantr in Chef bad no authority 90 a. nythaS
involving increased expense without ne c'h'-n, ~ we
o DEPARTMENT The Secretary CT n controlled the
finance the srmy but could not inteIf-re With the -
IL 81 The Commander in Ctief Iho Mater Gsnor. oi
II Ordr en- also he'd separate DEF art and supplied
pari bet only part of the clothing to the army Inc
Ctrni..sr'ss brsnch of the Treasury All these
ind, IenG6toices with one ptlon-th" T the 'o-
rs O. rrovisinnsvere under the coHir OF no S5,Fa.
.iy OF for he Colonies Such Wa the theory but
fr the last thirty years m hai Irt''l'@"y oosu
hat unity of purpose aid vilor az management "",eh
we're o irdisl eusihe in military Affairs Ii GedlnS WIZ
the m'm0rar ment which had arisen unier tho present
s,sitm he OILY f. Ii embarrassed by tie mG.'fui' OF cX
amTes which ,Ass,d thereof lie would select les III
he roo striking When he vas Minister toT " ar
sud tie ColoDie be caused an u4drytp be made INTO 'e
medical Department and he found that in tweaty years IA
.lc Jsnd If Jamsica 5000 soldiers lives had been
much sscrred if they bad been drawn or ana shot
upon spot Ia the West lies generally tie mortal
Is had been reduced by halt S45 provisions ne Dis
covered had been supplied to The troops for e rays IN the
week une aft, the medical Off era had reported againt
This arose from the CoDmsaat btiongilg0 another de.
parmtut aud he referred 10 the dence fn hsI
pasFed between him when Colonial hiniter, Win Tue
Treasury the subject as an illustration OF the cnh
hrcus aid inconvenen mode in which military affairs
were administered. All the time this was iahns pace
Il ~ wee .epg their oonvcis with tho fresh provs ma
wLieh they dend TO the soldiers who guarded the bt
II was not the of IT, for turned out h4 the fresh
proyioDs thus denied TO the troops wee actually cheaer
tlan the ,slt Any who knew the extra9rillary e1
tent Of the business of the Treasury must be aware tina
vLs impossible for the higher Off :es to give such ateh
tim IL, details as you'd inrure efficiency and economy
of management. IL was therefore lett to ths sao'f
dinstes Who deprived of stringent SUPERVISOR followed
the usual routine of the doonrmon. As 10 tho housing
of the troops he referred to the reports OF m'd
ical officers especially ~ Trinidad the barracks OF which
pronounced unit for negro LAYS yer ior elovea
Yeas they allowed TO remmn getting worse an
worse hut still constantly occupied, though on'aing
heavy mortality In 1898 soldiers were seat 70 Sierra
Leore before the barracks intended for thea had been
urr1qt nd " lie
wCl in their graves The which he had given "Sfe
rot sosted they were examples, and examples only OF
Ike IuseLt stem of management lacy had takrnP'ce
when the Duke of Wellington was Commander IN Chei
and vi en- all the departments connected with the ~ MN
s'rston ofmiltary affair were hu.d WIN men Oh Ere
lean reputation soldiers lie had no DOUBT t1h IN az
that related 10 the service there great a6sencs d
tst energy which requisite TO the eiel rcy OF tas
amy He attributed the early disasters cid dheui'!es
Of former wars to similar causes. In the Duke Of
Wellington despatches it was stated tnas our
cavalry were eled when they could throw away
their ors and take those II The el-ny 'roh their
Of ii proving obly strengthened his argument. lie qro
ted tie op Dion of the a;e Sir Wlloughoy Gercon writ
the time Of the Peninsular war; an! advising the
concentration Ofthe dier Mt departments rnder One pFln
cipal Secretary of State His official experience a.
10 tie Csnsdian instruction and tho Cte entirely
coIfrmed he necessity and proprie,y OF dng In
there time for the present e1mbersone mode
Of conducting the public business, and 9compufe was
Of the fist consideration. military .4nssn, under
secretary had been appointed who might De very compe
tent TO III the situation but who could not hogeyer able
obv.to the evils of the existing syem as the sys
tenn which blame, sed not the heads IF depart
rseDts. That remedies could be applied, eny one OF
which would be a Wat Improvement upon what now pre-
vailed be felt Lot the Highest DOUBT. la his opinion tho
same machinery shosd be adopted for administering ths
sfsirs Of the army at present existed IN the navy
Some people that additional Secretary Of state
should be created but he considered Ii board would
be better. II. however, Secretary OF State was np-
pointed lie thought it shoult be the Seer -.ary at War
lie had no doubt that the would not 60 on many
weeks without showing that rev arrangement was ne
csssery. Already there were indications Of this IL had
reached bis ears that Highland regiment bad been or
dered ~ fulnih hundred volunteers for the East
that the volunteers readily forthcoming and in three
East was compelled 10 make up the deficiencies thu,
created He warned the Government against sucd IN
necessary changes of plane Tho noble earl in his con-
Gliding observations, coBtended that it was impDs'
sble to separate civil and the military naturalization
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