The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-01

escaped great calamity Of the cholera which befe
lions with which the noble earl charges the
really do not Knew what he means, except 1t DO that
which he ha. speciasdvi. the paaeity Of men: can
but minute and that transports have been collected and
sent out for the purposes OF the war such believe
have been possible and only practicable In
sequence Of the increase Of steam navigation within the
last so or % ns sso o.
try practical has ever expressed opinion Of
their inadequacy but the contrary. Az said OF am
were in the OPT of those who best able judge
in most double, and in cases, treble Of what
to tell your orshps that there were no that
every arrangement perfect admit Of once that 1t
is not sufficient to that this immense amount of
ammunition and stores has been out Ii they not
available at the moment when wanted readily confess
that mistakes have made and that there have been
defects butt hope that in the further progress Of the
they win be remedied Hear hear) The noble
Earl really speaks Of this expedition to the Crmea
force carried the seas was 80 small and trdng
in amount not 70 be worth speaking Of He forgets
the successful and admirable In which that great
army disembarked What did the army amount tor
The English force consisted OF ~ 600 men, and the
French force Of and these two great bodies Of sol
diers carried at the time, and disenbarked
Turkish troops which were attached to the French
That makes body Of nearly 1000 men, all of whom
landed ut once on the shores OF the Crimea and
believe the records Of history do not show undertake
ing such scale successfully accomplished. Hear,
hear Then comes the battle of the Alma. The
on the efforts and courage of troops. l viii not
attempt now to add anything to what he has said
lest should ipjure the effect Of his observations
Then followed that flank march of the Light Cavalry
which has been 80 well commented upon by my noble
friend the noble duke who moved the Address will
here my lords, remark again upon the charge of the
noble earl with reference the want Of renorcements
! stated that when the expedition to the Crmea was
decided Lsr ID Essns army the tsnt Of ~. which
dtion Of 1000 more and that no endorsements were
subsequently sent until after the battle Of Inkermsnn
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tage of the small mistakes Of the noble earl, but win
explain to the house why 1t was impossible 10 send
that moment considered essential After the 900
troops had been dispatched and before the news OF the
battle of Alma received force of between 5000
and 1000 were under orders to proceed to the
Crimea The noble earl alluded to the Prince steamer
was that vessel which carried the rst portion Of the
renforcemenand shall have few words to say about
her presently and would here that if the
mainder Of this reinforcement of 1000 did not
proceed with the same rapidity as formerly, It
was because the whole available steam transports
had been cent to the Crimea. Others were coming in
from foreign countries and colonies doubt
meut At the moment however, when the force Of
1000 ready to embark steam transports were not
at hand to take them The noble earl says there has
been of prescence the part Of the government
that their policy is of hand to mouththat they
antcip ated from day to another what they
should be called in the future to undertake. He
forget that country enter into war; at
Its commencement in as perfect state for carrying it
on as So Jew s OF on soo
nent be always quite prepared to go to war; and
England be it reco!lected, never kept large standing
army in the country-her army is scattered differ
parts OF the world there is large portion of it in
India and in the colonies and only part of it, to
speak in this land But did We show aay want Of pre-
when held In conjunction the offices OF Colonial Secre
tary and the Secretary War; On the first declaration
of war sent out to all the colonies to withdraw many
regiments possible from them, with the view of
streng thenng the whole force Ten regiments of infan
try besides several companies of artillery ordered
h0me Ind IN ahO "a al hare W. R no
want Of prescience, may mention that we have
already proed by our foresight Some Of the regiments
recruited-inadequately, admit-since they arrived
here and their way reinforce the army of
the and Of the Colonies Of these
regiments have not reached England, and that, when
they do arrive, considerable time win be requir-
ed TO recruit them and make them fit for foreign service
But was alluding to the impossibty OF commencing
with such amount OF forces II would be desr
able to pour into the country with which engaged
in hostlites Look at the position Of great and
powerful military ally. France has collected very
powerful army, but was 1t not fact that at the
mencement Of hosttes she not able to send those
renforcements which she sendsS Then look ut that
great military power Austria, which hope shall DO
the last foui FIVE months Was her army in efec
tive state TO take the field when declared by
this country And IL Austria had been obliged,
VIC were, to send army into the field, is it not
likely she would have been compelled to send
much more Inadequate, much weaker, and much
less fitted for service than she would be
abled to dor II that is the of q great military
nation, whose whole military system is based
scrpton ought not to expect 1t to be the Of
country whose military system rests entirely on yolun
tary enstmenti We never undertook under SINH
lar circumstances On former occasions had mixed
system, but Is entirely and simply voluntary On
former occasions we had power of press meat
CARDS the navy and had ballot d regards the militia
It Is true have the ballot to the militia but
rejoice to find that at present. at any rate there Is
necessity TO carry II into effect; and say it is proud
thing for to boast that enabled to maintain
the high position which England has so long held in
Europe to assert rights and to espouse the Of
justice on behalf OF others, without compelling to
enter our army and fight our battles. Hear, hear
But when the policy Of the country has been to keep
very limited forcewhen the economical feeling of the
House of Commons mas placed very great restriction
on expenditure for all military departments 10 Is not
wonderful at the commencement Of the war; that
forces should not be of such amount the energy
zeal and keen anxiety of the country might DESIRE
that those recruits which collecting are not
stuff GENTLY trained to be equal to those prac-
tised and admirably disciplined troops which first pro-
ccedcd to the Crimea have hesitation in saying,
moreover that the voluntary system of enlistment has
its inconvenience 1t pra tcay found BEFORE and
is most specially evident, that in this country
most anxious TO enlist when success IL somewhat
retarded and when increased energy appears to be
necessary and not when everything Is proceeding with
every probability of early and successful issue This
theory, IL theory you think is has been completely
established during the last few months. At the first
declaration Of recruits forward freely but the
supply soon relaxed, and during months very few
offered themselves, few indeed to cause con-
siderable anxiety on the part Of the but az
was likely TO be protracted and that there would be
greater difficulty and hazard in carrying than
at first believed from that time when the energy Of the
people roused the real and energy Of the young
Of the country increased, and week by week the
number of recruits has increased until the last
past when, / believe, IL double the number
Of that in any one week since the commencement
Of the war, and six and sevenfod than IL was
pol commenced, after q considerable amount OF
desultory PREPARATION the 18th Of October. Soon
afterwards 1t became apparent from the intelligence
which reached this country that the siege likely
be more protracted than, readily admit the govern
ment at first expected. candidy own whether II be
any shame to the government not that did hope
and believe that long before the time at which we are
now assembled, the fortress would have fallen and IL
we we're over con6dent-though were supported in
our opinion by men of great experiencewe erred, to-
getber with the public at large both in this country
in France From the moment it appeared that the siege