Page:The invasion of the Crimea Vol 7.djvu/515

 APPENDIX. 471 Note 92. — Tliis well-conceived sentence was by the hand which framed the great bulk of the report — that is, the hand of Lord Seymour. Note 93. — Large portions of the voluminous reports presented by the ' Sebastopol Committee ' dealt with this subject, and be- sides — though not until April — there came in the report of the Commission which had been enquiring into our army hospital management, followed, after a while, by the report of the ' Sani- ' tary Commissioners.' Note 94. • — For their instructions, see ante, pp. 284, 285. They omitted to take with them a shorthand writer, and the evidence they elicited had to be recorded by ' condensed ' minutes. It is true that (with one accidental exception) each officer had an opportunity of correcting his evidence ; yet few, I suppose, would deny that such documents as these ' condensed minutes ' were ill fitted for the purpose of proof. Note 95. — These strictures were upon the following subjects: Rations, vegetables, lime-juice, fresh bread, tea, green coffee, rice, fuel, land-transport, and forage, — for more complete particulars of which see the Chelsea Board Report, pp. xx. to xxix. Note 96. — Report, pp. 18 and 23, and see ante, the note, No. 16 to chap, v., in which the words of their report on this subject are given. Li another sentence, the two Commissioners reported that ' the demand for the services of the troops in the trenches, ' and for other military duties, was such that they could not be ' spared for other purposes.' — Rep., p. 33. Note 97. — The Commissioners signed a report at Constantinople which, though purporting (with one specified exception) to be a completion of their labours, was said by Colonel TuUoch to have been only ' preliminary,' and the ' final report ' — signed in London in January 1856 — was the one mainly in question. Note 98. — The ' animadversions ' applying to Lord Lucan, Lord Cardigan, and General Airey, were criticisms upon these subjects : care and shelter for horses, store-issues, tents, hutting, camp and other equipments, — for full account of which see Report of the Chelsea Board, pp. ii. to xv. The ' animadversions ' on Colonel Gordon raised disputes with him which were in great measure about words, and need not be here detailed ; but they are fully stated and dealt with in the Report, pp. xv. to xix. Colonel TuUoch denied that the Report contained any ' animadversions '