Parliamentary Papers, Volume 22H.M. Stationery Office, 1840 - Bills, Legislative |
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Page iii
... stations , and moreover that there exists , both in Your Majesty's Navy and Army , ample means of extending and organizing either Force to any amount that may be necessary . Upon one great principle we immediately concurred , that it is ...
... stations , and moreover that there exists , both in Your Majesty's Navy and Army , ample means of extending and organizing either Force to any amount that may be necessary . Upon one great principle we immediately concurred , that it is ...
Page v
... stations , to inspect and keep Lt. Col. Wright , 238 . in order the different detachments of Marines under the admiral commanding on Capt . Burton , 394 . Captain Willes , 463 . the station , or in the different garrisons , Gibraltar ...
... stations , to inspect and keep Lt. Col. Wright , 238 . in order the different detachments of Marines under the admiral commanding on Capt . Burton , 394 . Captain Willes , 463 . the station , or in the different garrisons , Gibraltar ...
Page vi
... stations where the Marines amount to more than 400 ; and did not consider it necessary to place them at all on stations where the squadron is much detached . He considered the East India station to be one where it would not be necessary ...
... stations where the Marines amount to more than 400 ; and did not consider it necessary to place them at all on stations where the squadron is much detached . He considered the East India station to be one where it would not be necessary ...
Page x
... station , as was shown to us by instances both abroad and at home . At the Cape , with one company of artillery , the lieutenant - colonel commanding has the charge of the whole of the ordnance mounted for the defence of Cape Town , and ...
... station , as was shown to us by instances both abroad and at home . At the Cape , with one company of artillery , the lieutenant - colonel commanding has the charge of the whole of the ordnance mounted for the defence of Cape Town , and ...
Page xx
... stations . This service , as Sir Willoughby Gordon informed the Commission , is unexampled in any army that is or that ever was in the world . Three - fourths of the infantry of the line , at the present establishment of 103 battalions ...
... stations . This service , as Sir Willoughby Gordon informed the Commission , is unexampled in any army that is or that ever was in the world . Three - fourths of the infantry of the line , at the present establishment of 103 battalions ...
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