Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-01
British Parliament.

Mr.. 3 Herbert, said, he should enieavor IN s.,,s
eoncisey as he could the details of the estimates which
vas "'S uuy 70 move in cv1neIon with the army in .d
oN0h 70 thoe already gone through. IL would be seen
'4' s aduhonai estimate gave increase to the ar
N.Y. i0'Voo men, making a total increase Of 40 OOO
men, thus raising the army from lOs 900 to l4eooo-
ne nad stated upon previous occasion that every on
aeaSor would be made in augmsuug the armv to do 50
" manner Which should produce the greatest amount
enc'encE NOV" they could not, when they made an aug
mehtaon 30 large as that which he had the honour o.
proposing to the House-nameiy, an augmentation oi
$4,000 upon o2ooo-do without a considerable aug
mentation Of officers to command those from. 1rh;
led the Government to consider the present oro,pz o,
OF the regiments which they had found bv
the most extraordinary variety by discrepancies of nj,
So' as nconvenent to the public service as they were
UNJUST towards individuals. There were It appeared no
fewer than SIX or seren or even eight varieties of resi
mental establishments in our army There were s,m.
regiments with 1000 men, others with sOo others with
l2oo, Others with $780, others with 900; and the iote,
organization regulating the service baaons and the de-
companies were as various the numbers OF the
ements themelves-a circumstance operating alike avans,
the efficiency of the army and against the just interests
| the omcers, who, on the hand were liable To
undue pressure of employment or on the other
hand, according to the circumstance, were
found cfowdpg the list of half nav end -
having perhaps bought their commissions thus found
themselves compulsory shelved without the ADEQUATE re-
I .o' .nen oItay OF tue adequate use for the public
SoL g.. " @ ~ ''ees 'neS were desrous 10 render
such state OF things as this, especially when We
had most arduous and difficult military operations ba,e
,bs cr,o T.; r. dIson 70 retain In the late war
,aI;o, ~ s; - 80 | =: e" service was 70 have the bat
battaons at home; while the French regiments conssJ
, ~ -; ~ Que ., wnicn al home fed the other
b.J S 60, 80 ~ '.e nSu ao'oan. The English system
Hhch had entirely failed in its object The reserve bat
indesJ 20 so go 81 VI VI "a a'er sent aoroad-as rule
ha ,smn, r ~ ~ va" anticipated they would
r0;oh, III t -. -, - operations OF war, and so
rion nod some,;n,os 80 s,, OUT even this Precau-
The rsserve h,,.i; as "here, at Barossa
snemv's .,,sct ond srS ePoSeu 10 tne orunt oil the
,roon He ,r,s.ed ,h, - seriously tnan our other
=, ~ ,,; a ~ ;At lne committee would consent
Whole 80 - - - 49, system, per'adlng the
| "a. n,onosaa % .na.s @ no1 oe departed from-
nsniss .;,b, -, aa,S7r,; esthent 70 t"eNe COM
AZ home Tbors ori ha anu lour 70 oe as reserve
rhs mol or ona,,; sa1 many advantages from
would be that wouid nur an 81 &c ,n aaEantage
with regard the appointment from tims ,inns ar ss
tionaI subalterns the effect OF which was the
uumber Of officers with whom when the Immediate ss;
was over you did not know what to do The ressrve ~
battaions would amply supply the rho
vice as 70 officers While however proyidng thar ,h
number of companies in each regiment should he tbe
same considered expedent tha, the numbers com
posing these companies should be different accorins IA
the service in which they were 10 he empoxed Tn 80
OF the regiment would remain fixed while az 10 ths
number OF men, it would be capable OF expapsion in
NJ
the general cadre of the army would be kent unmoaad
without any time attracting men into the service viii
Ehom in peace knew not what TO do In the French
they lessened the the officers and
with the establishment now proposed for the Epvisb
NY of IL companies per regiment that army would have
the power Of contraction EXPANSION according TO cir
cumstsnces the companies the number Of SO 900
meD which, according ali the ordinary copjitin of
peace with US would be the full additional num-
should be likely to require. (uear heir) should
his proposition with the appreciation of the COM
nitiee he trusted that when circumstances shoud ena
ole to reduce the number OF military force Pa.a-
ment would not depart from the prncpS introduced
by caprcously reducing the cddre the army and Of
the regiments or by caprcously reducing the number Of
the officers ruin that efficiency which, be had every con-
idence, the proposed would Introduce into our
army, far beyond any precedent among Hear hear
There had in the OF the last twenty years
various argumentatons OF the Of our army Of
fcers constantly followed by large reductions at
tended with great expense the country and above
a with infinite iuconv venience When we we were endea
vo'iug, now, TO recruit large numbers of men, The
regiments which had gone now had at present $50
IL sutcnded by Government increase that num-
Der OUO per regiment service which would ri We
500 fighting men 10 sacn,-aowing as was the rule 100
deduse for band orderlies &C. aud lO for the sick list
a number which was the least that could be allowed for
during the operations OF the field the marches the irreg
uarities of food the exposure to climate and so
There had been in which, at Abuera one half
the force disabled in the Sutlej where in six
days half o the force unable appear or az in
Scnde in ls4S, where, OF the $1,000 troops under Sir
Napier, all but 10000 laid up with Sickness at the
same time According the establishment he proposed
for active service Of 900 per regiment the number
| Of additional men they would have raise would be
10000. Ii extremely difficult to make any estimate
with assurance OF accuracy to cover the number OF
voted, because could say with what rapidy
otherwise the requisite number would be obtained. Ii
proposed to raise Au additional force Of 10000
and above the existing force Of army. The annual
casualties from various causes in the estimated
at 1000 and therefore II they succeeded which he
could not predicate 10 raising the entire number Of men
wanted they would have TO ratse $4,000 men within the
| When looked o rais-
ed Tor the army tn former years he found that the greatest
| number obtained IN any one year Tell much shoit
OF the number now required Inc number OF recruits
raised ior the regular army oJ the ordinary mode
OF recruiting nom lisi 70 1890 mad been
10 Iis4 Se,otS IN llse 4V'4oS 10 liso, 1866 10
i.gi, lo.OSo 10 i.sS, III IVY, wv tSIo IN lS0O,