44:4 AITENDIX. ' more constantly enipldyed than was desii-able considering the ' time they should necessarily liavc for repose.' — To Secretary of State, oOth December 1854. NoTK 46. — ' I reckon that the strength of the French army at ' present is at least four times that of the British, and the duties ' of the " corps d'observation,"and of the troops in reserve, many ' thousands of which have recently arrived in English steamers, ' are comparatively light.' — To Duke of Newcastle, 15th January 1855. Note 47. — See ante, chap. vi. sec. 5. ' My conviction is that I ' have gone as far as was politic in my endeavours to obtain the ' participation of the French in the occupation of the position in ' which we stand. The advantage of keeping on good terms with ' them is too obvious to require discussion. ' — Ibid. There was one obvious mode of putting pressure on the French which, however, our Government did not adopt. ' It is to be regretted,' Lord Raglan wrote, ' that when the Government resolved to furnish ' the French with steamers for the conveyance of reinforcements, ' they did not stipulate that the duty thrown on the British ' troops should be lessened according to the number of French ' we might carry to the Crimea.' — To Lord John Russell, 10th February 1855. Note 48.— DEFICIENCIES IN ISSUE OF RATIONS.* 1st Division. — Months of November and December. Coldstream, 18th November, gill rum per man short of the double ration ordered. S. F. Guards, 3^ ounces of sugar. 2d Division. — November and December. Meat, nearly 5^ ounces. Coffee, about l^th oz. Rum, rather more than J gill. Sugar, about l|th oz. 3d Division. — From 1st December 1854 to 26lh January 185C (57 days). 2 1 lb. meat to each man, 2 oz. rice to each maru 1 lb. biscuit do. 1 oz. coffee do, 5^ gills rum do. 4th Division. — From 1st December 1854 to 26th January 1855 9 oz. biscuit to each man. 4o oz. sugar to each man. 9 lb. 4 oz. of meat do. 8jd gills rum do. 1^ oz. coffee do. 2(j oz. rice do. ♦ See 3d Rep. Seb. Conmi, , p. 416 et seq.
