Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-09
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No one i able exactly and eoh I.ntlv why tb, Re
port oi tn Crim-an Comni, ha. it been called
m question put on it, ual AID exposed to , IN. chan
c"- that Time di-t,nce bad memory and yood ;,,,
cannot 'si 10 create against it, For ~haiever purpo.
ih" Commission intended, the report might have been
'sS'' ~ conclusive We are not ho~ev.r concerned
~'t' tr measure by which the higher po~ers alter ,.
'- Tat report ip nh have exposed 10 the ri-k
"i iT'.ns ally dscrydi,rL We are not behind ,b..
scriir-, Nyrr. evidently. ter. i. -Om- mystery Bui
~iiaicN-i the iute.t"u nos sur. of one r..u-
-, tt'at ty men o. command ia the Crnlca are still what
they az behrVci Ia have b,-u. Oct their uW mouths
tel 81 ciae tat they ,'e It'll t- to lose aiy num-
oef oi "otss a'i men, aud everything comuttrd u
uer 'h"gr- N"bW4N csn 'i'U't, i,.t-el thew do not
visit W. 10 doubt, that Il another 1ar they
~o"l d" precisely What they iii ' tle OF Is5i
Thvy perfectly they did all that conId be- -.p,
ted irom them. Indeed ~hst cuulI ti.-v do, Th-r-
"asi't good shop ia tile place trades,nan calling
Tor "rirtr There were uo Carpenters Lb,rer,-i,I
s'ieioh' " -cantng or iop-- good tools They scrs
~huly negi cted What could tn dO la such a c.--
IL las occurred those gen l.t.en that when
numbr Oi Enghshme go t their horse. three thousand
n- iroiu home, and land Ia foreign country Tor the A
press pa pose Ol destroying pillaihg, killing and dD
all kn'is Of mischief they must expect 70 -nr,, ,1
-on- dircultirs IL they 20 hight Cvssaek, they
must Tot expect 10 fare much better than Co-sscks and
indeed, vii probably have To 10 hat the Co--acks have
to do. The English nobiemAn cannot carry tio.y-nor
SQUARE aid blsaya with him tar lie must bid adru
hoi ouy to his own ~e! conducted establishments but
IL
usi ng loads OF hay ad corn and his quarterly b. t
hs excellent -addler his clover arrier aud 10 the u.
race tiHt MINISTERS With such hdeiy tile uf
good customer Now, 1t might have been supposed that
Tie experience Of the CsimeA would have IMPRESSED hi-
lesson ' noble cavalry ofcer- aud that ~hatv. the
faults "i the past they would br likely repeat Ihen
y" suc1 thing IT, unhAppily the present difficulty with
Aineiss should rpen nto war, cavalry should
be sei t. Cansd it quite evident that Lord tin, and
Lord that and all the ilunourabcs and teir rstecty
staff, would do precisely what theis predecessors did in
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hear that han aud horse had succumbed not 70 bullet or
i"tt Out 10 most AID SNOW 70 want Ut shelGer clothing
food and all things under ,tac-s where the rude
British settler lives, tliriSes, and l. happy
just suppO-e IA future war the stabng of few hu
urea cA'alr! horses lett ~ Lard Lucsn and COlouo.
Douglas DOAerty, aud Low whO we're examined on Fri
uaN would they do otuers-e than thew did in the Cr
inca! When the CommissariAt i left in the rear when
tns means o transport get- rather short any other
uHcuIiE appeaFs 10 doubt his Lortship will make h.
complaints hvaTu though whether he will keep the
aider-n-chir fully acquainted the condition of his
horses and men i not quite certain Colonel Dougla.
IL app a. tom hs o~u ansSers will very careful u.t
I" make suggestion, an example hat might
be con>tructrd into reelection upon the conduct of s
slperors. lie cannot whether mea could have been
ned TO erect shelter or whether Carpenters
could have been ooilned from the ships With los men
effective, and clear Of all dema ds Oh st of Dec. n,
ter be- took no steps for shelteng h troop horses tor
-evera wceks-tii January, would appear from one an
swer. FOR this delay the chief vem j. the want
81 sufficient supply OF tools, though any
hbourer knows, Mr.. Cation has demonstrated
tiat Oh almost every soil with almost auy i,npl, -it
o rin, could make all excavation ,n6iri-,,t
yield considerable shelter 10 himself or a bor il,
one day Colonel DOherty believed they CON-
menccd hug the horses about the Latter end of January
aud that Tor the whole Of the previuus months The
horses were standing their pickets unprotected For
'hs "e knows no remedy and appears know none even
now n the probable emergency Of there being no ssn
Ner or timber merchant Or contractor hand, with
good supply Of the proper materials lie could not say
AID cannot say whether il Is likely that assistance
IN men materials could have heen obtained from th.
heei lie only supp that II sailors had been paid for
the work their services might have been procured A.
this -uppoSiton come, elsewhere and As il is evident
the British sailor Is in the ewes of the British soldier so
OF marine navy pruuable for any service on the coudi
non, and only on the condition, of paw worth inqung
how lar that suppostio is founded truth aud whether
the two services stand in the relation not of fellow
wants but Of Independent allies, ready help one another
not Tor love, hut for money; 20 do a Jay's work t-
days pay. The othc- oficer examined ON FRIDAY lin
tenant Colonel Low, have been equally without
resources during the onths of December and Januarv
even though he lost U horses out of l4s in tbr,.
months.
Now We should De very sorry to spoil the romance OF
var especially that o the romantic branch OF the
-ervce-ie cavalry -insuts. But We respectfully sub
mt 'hatii horses are Necessary and DagoOn With
Ou morse, u no long DEgoou, but exceedingly
a"k"ard and useless animal cavalry officers ought to be
instructed in the ATT ot preserving their horses
We submit that ro officer should be intruste1
Nth the command Of single Dragon till he has been
examined as To the pipcr steps to be taken in thos.
emergencies that are ,itaia in war War does
not consist exclusively q sword exercise even OF ma
nnavres, sl less OF ch4 scs without anv mlnnnverp In
deed III all ages. the be- generals have been quite ~ re-
markab'e Tor their ds prompnrs aud dexeriiy In
ieedihg naii and horse iu handling them when ted
Cosar whom Lord Iucan would probably think .op,
thing better than clerk u the WAs-Ofice took special
care OF MS tommlsiria rrate engineer diS,iain-
ed no aruhce, dsmouted s cavalry, mounted h. ifan.
y aug miles OF teirh san up earthWOks u couple OF
huurs ana made the -uc good soldiers horse sol
dtrs naves, sailor whatever the occasion rroui.
red In TINS way it that he conquered the world in
lis in, hin ivF IL.
tleman in Rome No; outstanding the nmunte, of hs
position he condesceud TO be- ike all other great gene
rails professional soldier anu he learned his art as reg
u"IN As tht Stephensos he Brunnes and the Brassevs
Of this age h. learnt .he art of mskn., ,siSavs Thor
spppas so b. 80 doubt that both the Russians and the
French consider war profession, and mere good com
pan! ana hurseinanshP We must do they DO unless
We would D, beaten and beaten certainly shall be
most crneny, ieSS We commit brave soldiers 20 the
care OF men ~'o can do something than charge the
enemy guns ai let the survivors perish want Of the