§ THE EARL. OF ELLENBOROUGHsaid, he understood there was no objection to his moving for certain papers to which he referred on a former occasion; and he would accordingly now do so in the shape of "so much of the Duke of Newcastle's Despatch to Lord Raglan, bearing date the 20th of January, 1855, as relates to the formation of the Land Transport Department."
§ Loan PANMUREsaid, he would have no objection to produce the document moved for by the noble Earl, though he did not know what was the object of the noble Earl in asking for it.
§ THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGHsaid, there were two points which he wished to press upon the attention of the noble Baron in reference to this question. He entirely approved of the formation of a land transport corps. He thought that in all probability it would enable us for the first tune to move our army; but there were two things which appeared to him to be perfectly essential. Whether they were provided for by the arrangement which had just been adopted he knew not; but he was quite satisfied that they were absolutely necessary for the efficiency of the transport service. The first was that the chief of the transport corps should himself be responsible for finding provisions for the men and animals employed in his department, and that he should not 1503 depend upon the Commissariat for his supplies. The other was that he should have entirely at his own disposal the sea transport by means of which he was to convey his animals from Asia Minor to the Crimea.