New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-10

.m.nt of the British soldier j. the greatest nuissace
In existence high, tight stl stock round the nesA
q shabby -lookinf, close'htnns 'oa''a VIZ"
tails bniy cut and uncomfortable; tght to"sess; as
crn,.tuI io,kiur rcatcoa;s; an sgly cap or shaaJ
v,,rm of strapping and betting of carrying amnii-
nicn ard knapsack the like Of which even the frus-
,i,ns cannot showa this has been oil late the Theme
or ,o many newspaper comments that mere aiiusion
10 IL il sufficient Besides the almost intentional dts
comfort OF the dress il must not be forgotten that the
nitth soldier carries far heavier weight than any
other in the worle; and as if 20 make mobility the
ruling principle OF the army il has tar more consd-
cradle train oi ipped,mRs dragging along with II than
anv other The clumsness of the commsslriat ar
iansements contribute great deal to this, but even
the regmcual trains aud particularly the great amount
at officers luggage, surpasses anything known OUT oil
Turkey ard India.
reached Turkey. The French soldiers having perrna-
nently incorporated into their army-sysent all the ar
ranqements found to be Of practical utility IN their Al
gerian campaigns, had no sooner landed than they
made Themselves comfortable. They carried every
thing with them which they wanted little as u was,
and whatever was deficient was soon supplied by the
Unborn ingenuity Of the French soldier. Even under
the Joint stock swindlirg Administration OF LOUIS Do
napartc and Saint Arnaud, the system was iound 10
work smoothly enough. But the English lhey came
10 (;olpoli before their comissarat stores had ar
rived they came in numbers four times greater tnan
could encamp; there were no preparations ioF dise-
barking no portable for baking no properly res
pcusiblc administration. Orders and counter-0rders
succeeded each other. clashng most leariu'l!' vi
rather ludcrously. There many an old sergeant
or corporaI who had made himself comfortable IN the
Esfir Bush or in the burning plains of the Indus; but
her, he was helpless. The improved arrangements
which each foreign commander on campaign might
have introduced were made for the duration OF the
oaupaipD opy the different regiments once separated
her Ma,stys od.ashioned regulations were again the
only rule. and the administrative experience Oh 'ne
campaign was totally lost.
such is the glorious system to which the iron Duie
stuck with iron tenacity and which was necessarily the
Let because with il he had beaten Napoeons Gener,
alsp tle Vennsula The British soldier when strapped
in his leather cuIasse with Oh or ~ pOuhdS Wcgn' "
carry over the seppes OF Bulgaria, creeping alons
under occasional attacks OF ague, oauiy suPPnmou =!
nerlectful and unbusinessike connlssaria' oncT'S'
NAV well be proud of his glorious Iron Duke VINO mas
prepared all these benefits for INN.
The mschieyous results naturally moving from the
Dukes traditOnary routine are stu aggravated ny the
olioarcbic character of the English Administration,
which ipuusts the most important Offices to men, who,
although their parliamentary support may be needed
by the of place hunters just in power are at0-
pchor destitute OF elementary professional Kho"i
edge and fitness Take for instance Mr. Bernai OSBORNE
the Coalition Clerk of Ordnance Mr.. Berna Os-
borpe's nomination was Concession made to the May
fair Radicals Represented in the ministry by Sir W.
Moleswortb the humble editor of Hobbies Mr..
BeTna Osborne
And utte il again when Joye doth piesse
He s wits peddleT aud Tetail- his
Al wakes aud wasssils, meetings, msrAeis, lars
Rut although small trader in stale jokes, Mr. Ber-
nal Osborne is hardly competent to distinguish com
mon musket from Minnie rifle, and, nevertheless lie
is Her Msiesty's Parliamentary Clerk oil Ordnance.
Your readers will remember that some time ago he
applied to Parliament for grant OF money to enable
the Board of Ordnance to manufacture all the small
aims required for the army and navy. He asserted
that in the United States of Amerca Government man.
ufactories supplied the arms at a cheaper rate IMAM
coud be done by private industry and that on several
occasions serious difficulties had arisen from the con-
tractors failing to deliver the at the time agreed
upon. , ....,o,o, -,
The vote of the House was, however, postponed on
the motion of NJ. Muntz, to appoint Select Commit
tee "to inquire as to the cheapest, the most exped
tious and the most sufficient mode OF obtaining hre
arms for her Majestys service" The report oil TINS
Committee is now before the public, and what are the
Conclusions il has come tol That the private manu-
facturers had failed to supply the arms at the time
contracted for because of the vexatious manner OF
the rie,o of their work required by the Board OF
Ordnance and its habit Of employing Inherent con-
tractors for each individual part OF the numerous
pieces which compose musket' The report states
further that "the Board of Ordnance had scarcely any
knowledge Of either the price at which mushets
were made in America the extent to which ma
81 binery was used in their manufacture, and had
"peyer seen any firearms which had been made at any
of the Government manufactures OF that country.
FINALLY we learn from the report that " from the
maruactory the Government intended 10 build, not
"a musket could be issued for eighteen months"
These extracts from the Parliamentary Report may
suffice TO characterize the professional abilities OF Mr.
Osborne the Coalitions own Clerk OF Ordnance. III
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