§ SIR JAMES FERGUSONsaid, the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Supplies of the British army in the Crimea having appeared, he begged to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to make any change in the direction of that department; and whether it was their intention to place that department of an army in the field under the charge of a superior military officer, as recommended by the said Commission?
§ MR. FREDERICK PEELsaid, the suggestion referred to was, that a staff officer should be appointed to determine how the army should be supplied, and the nature of those supplies; and the effect would be to devolve upon such an officer the most important part of the duties of the Commissary General, and a portion of the duties also of the Quartermaster General. 383 The suggestion appeared to be a valuable one, but it had not jet been determined to act upon it.