The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-17


"a u.s,ansI Int.ilisencer publishes summary
Of = detailed abatement, by Msrshal valiant,
ths vrAnch M,uister Of War, Of the supplies
surn,.ssd nv France in men and material, for
osrrvins an the late war sgainst Russia THIS
ssatsmsnt "a Of interest stii, A. exhibiting what
France can do. should she embark In another con-
test.
The whole force sent by France to the Black Sea
wss 800. 7es soldiers, aud 4i974 horses. Al the
close OF the war there remained $4,000 French
troops at or duty Ia the Crimea; $4,000 were killed
and missing; $4,000 wounded and surviving. sooo
horses returned 10 France.
The geAt guns were ,2lT; lighter artillery boo
euus more 2,ooo 900 Of shells and cannon balls.
Ie,oeo, 900 pounds Of gunpowdsr, and 6o,Oooooo OF
ball cartridges for musksts aud rifles. Besioes' "
sebsstopol had not fallen IL did, France was
prepsred to plant against II 400 moriars OF the
largest cslibre with ammunition for twenty days
santissed bombardment, and throwing IL BOMB
shells DER minute, day aud night. The engineers
constructed any miles Of trench, ten miles Of
which were sxcavated mostly In solid rock.
The supply OF food aud other neeesssries for the
soldiers was enormous. The food sent from
France, besides items of smaller quantities, was
$4,000, 600 pounds OF biscuit; 900O0,0oo pounds oil
Aour, equal TO $50 900 barrels 100000 pounds OF
preserved beef; 1900 600 pounds Of salt beef and
lard; 5000 900 pounds Of rice; 100000 pounds
Of coffee; 100000 pounds Of sugar; 10000 head
Of live cattls 500 900 gallons Of wine; and nearly
1000 900 pounds of Choliet's preserved vegetables
were among the larger items OF supplies.
The collateral manufactures and oatlays con-
nected Aith the above supplies were in themselves
remarkable For instance, there we're 2ooooo
chests or barrels for the biscuit alone loooooo OF
sacks or bags for the other articles.
The horse food presented some large Items;
I76Oo0,o0o pounds equal to $1,000 tons) OF nay
10000 900 of pound 900 tons oats aud barley
1000 tons wood; 10 600 tons coal, charcoal ana
eoke-this, Of course, only for the army, aud does
not include coal for the steamships. There were
$50. ovens to bake bread, and 40 presses to PACK
hsy, These items assisted to make up the enor-
NOUS weight Of 500 900 tons weight Of food fodder
and fuel requiring 800 voyages Of ships to carry
them 10 the East.
The clothing was another branch OF larger item
of supply, comprising garments IN such hundreds
or Thousands that it would be tedious to ensme-
rate thsm but a. some clue to the matter, the
number ranged from 100000 to $4,000 for each
article of clothing. There we're 10000 pairs of
,atots, or wooden shoes, besides $4,000 pairs OF
leather boots and shoes; for the piercing cold Of
100000 shespskiu CATERS aud 100000 capotes and
hoods; there we're tents for 100000 men.
The harness and farriery departments present all
Immense quantity of supplies among them were
900 900 horse shoes aud 5000 900 horse shoe nails
Of mems clothing, horse clothing and tent appa-
rstus there were 10000 tons weight
We have not room for all the particulars even of
the Iateliigeneer's synopsis The treasury or mil
itsry chest WAS attended to by staff OF ninety
officers The cash expended was about tifty-six
millions Of dollars, mostly 10 coin, though some
Ia treasury notes, which were readily taken by
the large traders 10 the East.
FER conveying the army, the French navy fur
nished 49, ships; tho British Admiralty eight
ships Of war and AZ chartered vessels; besides
which the French government chartered directly
l26l merchant vsssass, OF which q large number
was American. These vessels transported 10000
tons of material, besides the immense array Of
men and horses mentioned above.
The Inteliigencer remarks that the expedition
Of Bouapsrte to Egypt 10 1919 and of the French
TO Algiers n 1880 considered prodigious efforts
at the time, and each required many months of
active and anxious preparation, but neither Of
them exceeded $4,000 troops, and though they
were two of the most important and largest expe-
dtions that had ever left Europe, they sink into
iasignifcance compared to the French operations
In the Crimea, which were conducted on far
more gigantic scale than any other war the world
has ever seen, by expeditions conveyed over the
ocean at such distance from the countries carry
ing on the operations.
1t 10 the introduction of Ssam which has ena.
blsd France to enact these prodigies. Robert Ful-
ton, before trying his experiment on the Hudson
river, built u steamboat and run it on the Seine,
for the purpose Of showing the frat Napoleon how
he could invade England. That great man consid.
cred steamboats, imprncticable and unsafe. The
thing had beea attempted before by an Engishman
and Prsnehman without success. The engine OF
Fultons boat 1t Ii observable, manufactured in
England 90 that Great Britain turned out from her
shops q machine which, il adopted by Napoleon,
would have proved more potent to herself than
the bombshells manufactured In the same country,
to Louis Napoleon. The first engine used by PuI-
ton In this country was also of British manuiac-