§ MR. DRUMMONDsaid, he wished to know why the soldiers who were to be encamped at Aldershot, in order to learn their duty in the field, were not instructed in that part of it which consisted in the soldier forming his camp and hutting himself; whether the small extra pay which might be allowed for this would not be a saving of cost of labour, as well as be useful for the instruction of the soldiers; and whether the huts were to be removable, and the men to be instructed in putting them up and pulling them down again.
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, that it was intended that all the soldiers connected with the camp at Aldershot should be instructed in their general duties, whether in the field or in barracks, and although the barracks in which they would be accommodated were not removable, but were temporary barracks, still it was intended that these troops should be taught the way to pitch and strike their tents, and put them up afterwards, and as that formed part of the duties of a soldier, it was not intended to give them any extra pay for such work.