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 472 APPENDIX. (Clielsea Rep., p. 53) ; but did not, appaicutly, mean that it con taiued no unfavourable criticisms. Note 99. — General Airey was Quartermaster- General, and Colonel Gordon Deputy Quartermaster-General. Note 100.— Lord Cardigan did not, like the other four oilicers, demand an enquiry (Chelsea Board Rep., p. vii.), but in the same way as they did, he used the opportunity of defending his conduct. Note 101.— The Board, as ultimately constituted, was formed by General Sir Alexander Woodford, President, General Earl Beauchamp, General Sir George Berkeley, Lieut. -General Sir John Bell, Lieut. -General Sir Wm. Rowan, Lieut. -General KnoUys, and Major-General Peel. The assistance of General Peel could not but be of great value, for he had served upon the Sebastopol Committee, and taken an active part in its labours. Note 102. — The daughter of one of the generals present on duty was then in the ' reign ' — the early ' reign ' — of her beauty. Note 103. — The practice of putting each question through the Judge Advocate, and thus putting it in effect twice over, became after a while so tiresome that civilians could hardly endure so irksome a trial of patience. Note 104. — 'It is only by virtue of the opposition which it ' has surmounted that any truth can stand in the human mind. ' — Essay by Dr Temple, the present Bishop of Exeter. Note 105. — Report of Chelsea Board, pp. ii. to xxix. Note 106. — Same Report, p. xiv. Note 107. — Because at that time the war was still raging, and the General officers in question, as avcU as Mr Filder, were en- gaged in the campaign. Note 108. — Amongst other witnesses examined by the Board was Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, and many circumstances com- bined to make his testimony peculiarly valuable. The closes* confidence had subsisted between him and Lord Raglan. Note 109. — The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The Paper, dated 15th April ']856, and Idling eight folio pages, grapples closely with Mr Filder's statements.