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THE QUEr.N ; COMMANDING CANADIAN TROOPS TO TIIK DISTRICT OFl-ICl'RS COMMANDING AND COMMANDING Ol-MCI^RSOI-- REGIMENTS AND ADJUTANTS AT HIS FIRST INSPECTION OF THE MILITARY DISTRICTS OF THE DOM- INION, No.s. 10 (WINNIPEG), 11 (BRITISH COLUMBIA) AND 12 (PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND), EXCEPTED DUHINt! SEITEMRIiR AND OCTOBER. 1898 NoTB Tkfi Adilri'Sf: t» rnprintrd hy reqiifnf, frniii .ihorllMud nnlea af Toronto and ehe-^ where, hiil is />rartically iiknlieal with that delivered at each meeting of (Jominanding Officers, ® MEB'llNG OF COMMANDING OFFICERS. Major-General Hutton commenced the proceedings in each of the Military Districts visited with an address as follows : — I wish to express to you, gentlemen, how very nnich pleased 1 am to have this opportunity of mectinpf all the Connnandin^ Officers who have been able to come in response to the summons given them by the Officer Commanding the District. The successful command of any amiy, such as we have in Canada and in other Colonies of the Empire, can only be insured by means of tiiat personal touch which shoulil bind all grades into one harmonious whole, tliereby creating a tie which should bind the General, the Officers Commanding Districts, the Com- manding Officers, and the junior officers into one body actuated ))y one single iiiil)ul.se. We -'lall, I think, arrive at the solution of local difficulties and troubles connected with the force generally, and your own individual corps in i)articnlar, so much easier by a few minutes conversation, and by making ourselves under- stood, one by the other, than we could hope to do by any amouiU of writing, or by anv number of instructions, drafted, printed, and issued " By Order." I need hardly say that becoming personally acquainted with the senior officers of the force, and having a personal knowledge of their rc(|iurenients and waiUs, I shall be belter able to advise the Minister and the Covernnient upon all the military questions involved. It has always been my custom wherever I have been in ccjin- mand, whether in command of small units or of large, to take those under me into mv confidence, so that in making changes or in issuing orders the cjpportunity may given, as far as cbritmstanccs -ii'ill admit, of a preliminary consideration and leforeiiand among those who have to DC an in' "igent knowledge Ijeing insured carr\ .it such orders. It is impossible to conmiand an army, certainly such as we have in Canada, " liy Order," because no officer, however competent, sitting, we will say, at Ottawa, which is many hundreds almost thousands of miles away from some por- tiinis of the force, can under those circumstances enter into the ideas and feelings of the men who have to carry his wishes in letter and in principle. 1 feel assured that the only way of arriving at a satisfactory solution of the many knotty little ([uestions, or at any rate of getting the whole of our Canadian army to work hannoi;iously is by personal contact between myself as General, anil the senior officers who have responsibility delegated to them in different parts of the Dominion. It is my earnest hope, so far as I shall be able to carry it out, to come at least once a year to every Military District and hold a council of the Commanding Officers with the ( )fficer Commanding the Military District. Com- manding Officers will be summoned accordingly to meet me, or in my absence an officer speciidly selected to represent me. If Connnanding Officers, by reason of their civil obligations, are unable to obey the sunnnons, they can ask leave from the Officer Connnanding the Military District, and recjuest permission for their next in command or a named officer to attend as their representative. After each Conmianding Officers' meeting I propose in future to see e.ach Connnanding Officer in turn, in the presence of the Officers Commanding the District, 8 when lie can brinpr to my notice any little trouble that lie may have, any little question connected with liis command which may occur to him, in fact I shall expect iiim to come primed witii malii'rs of lii.il land. N'oii will thus he able to brinj,' to my notice in a proper soldier like manner, and throuj^li the proper chan- nels, (juestions, which have sometimes found their way into the Militia Department through channels which are irivt^iilar and subversive of military discipline and good order. In future, before the annual meeting of Commanding ( )tificers, a printed Agenda paper of the jmints which \ projiose to have fliscusscd witli (.'ommanding Ofiicers will be circulated to those concerned. This will enable Commanding Officers to consider beforehand the points which are to be discussed. In this way Commaniliiig ( )fficers, who may i)erliaps see dilTHiilties in earning out in their individual regiments what may be to the .idvantage of the force generally, will have the opportunity of si)eakiiig before the other Commanding ( )fficers and explaining the difficulties tluit occur to them, 'i'lie views thus expres.sed will be of the greatest interest to myself, as General, and at the same time of ixjssible advantage to other Commanding i )fficers. The following are the Agenda for consideration on this occasion: — I.— Co.\(.ic\'ruA'ru)\ oh' Tkooi'.s \r ("ami's of I.\sriu criON, 1899. It is necessary to lln' elVK-ieney of the force to concentrate ilie troops as much a^ l)ossible, to bring together all the Cavalry Regiments, l-'icld Artillery, and Rural Battalions of Infantry to some central jilace for their annu.il training at such time as may be consistent with local circumstances. Tlie coqis concerned can then be p..t through a connected course f)f training during their twelve da\s, of which the last two days of camp will be allotted to advanced instruction. It has been remarked that U|) to this time the force has been kept too much in leading strings and that too little has been asked from it. Experience will tell us that with troops of iIr. kind we have here in the JJominion, the more you ask of them the more you will gej. It is the greatest mistake in the world to restrict or curl) the military instincts and aspir.-dions of troops such as we have in Canada, to keej) them, as it were, in military leading strings. It is far ])referal)le to attempt too much than to attemiit too little. The military instruction in Canada has hitherl(j gone very little beyond the A. 1! .C. .stage of military training. The forming of small syllables, much less the reading intelligibly has hardly been attemjjted. I pr(;pose to ])usli forward, to rely more upon the superior intelli- gence and aptitude of our men. ;uid to t.ake to a certain extent the elementary part as more or less familiar to our men. It is lair to say that with Canadians a kii(,wledge of elementary drill is leanied for the mo.st part at school, and that a military instinct is in their childhood imbilwd with their mother's milk. I am therefore anxious to utilize these (jualities to the full, and to take a step in advance next year, and 1 proi)ose to ask much of our troops. 1 am verv anxious to get the metroi)olitan battalions, which carry out their preliminary training throughout the year at times convenient to themselves, to join their rural comrades for these last two days of advanced tactical training, even if the battalions are unable to come there in full strength. Such concentration will give us, in each district, a considerable number of troops which will enable the instruction to be at once more interesting and more beneficial to officers and men generally. 2.— Ckntkai. Aumoiihiks. \VV arc (111 tin- jHiiiit of having for ^'lu'ral issiu' to llir infaiitr>' lA't-Mctforcl ritk's aiit.ite for the amiual training. l'"rom what 1 have seen with my own eyes, fidui what I have heard, from what I infer, and from wli.at I know from m\- expe- rience elsewhere, the present system of instruction in Canada might be verv nmch improved. Each batt.alion, during its amm.al training, should have allotted to it an officer and some non-commissioned ofilicers, .and men from one of the com- panies of pennanent infantrv. This principle ap]>lies equally to artillery and cavalry. A certain |>roporlion, small of officers and larger of non-connnissioneil officers and men might be attached with the best advantage to each unit for the purpose of assisting t)lficers in carrying out the routine of a camp, in the instruction of recruits and to be of use generally. In the case of cavalry, as I explained to the officers of the Cavalry Association recently, I ])ropose that to every s(|u.adron there shall be attached from the Royal Can.adian Dragoons, one senior non-com- missioned officer and four non coimiiissioned iMTicers or selected privates, viz., one t'J each troop. This uciuld give five noncommissioned officers and ])rivatcs of the ])ernianeiit I)ra.i;"ons to each full scpiadron. It would be their duty not to in- terfere with but to assist officers in carrying out the onlers as regards stable management, camp routine and drill. The one trained man in the horse lines of each troop would be of the greatest possible assistance in helping the men to get inhi tlif nniliiu' >,i -,i;iM( wuik. With the luld artillirv tlu' .uUw [•riiK-iiile will cc|iiall> a|>j)ly. I |ini|Mi,i in i.iIa' iniiii ilic iicnnaiu'iit batteries a ciMiimissiom-d i)tVn»T and a ivw >i'li'i.itil nun, al li'ast onf to caoli snlMJivisinn, and distriluitf llicsc licrniancnt ai'tilUr> nun a.s s|i('(-iali>ls, an far as nias Ik', anmnK tin' militia tidcl hatli'rie.s (liirinn; lluir annual traininj,'. Tlu- Instrnclidn in drill and niililarv duly has liithfrto hi-fu carrii'd out Ity ConunandiuK ( )ftiit.rs as lusi ii inav Ik. A ccitain allowance Is Kivcn to Officers Coinniaiidin^,' ri'^,'inu'nts, (.•i>ni|)aniis and squadnms wiiioli it is intended sliould he- applied tnr ni-'lriulKinal purposes. In some eases this sum has been lexeeedcd, while in some eases it has heeii only jjartially allotted to the purposes for which it is intended. The allo\vani\' for instrnetion given to ( >l1ii'ers C'ommaiulin^,' regi- menis is al the rate of .S-'5 per s(|ti,idron anil company, and to » )t1icers C'ouunand- mfi s(|uadrons .iinl eoiupunics $40 jier annum. To eacli ( Jtficer Commanding a field liatlery of artillery, .S_'oo per annum is .illowed for purposes of instruction and of earc of h.irness, guns and material. '{"he e.\i)enses to which ( >flicers Commanding regiments. Officers Conunand- ing com|s'inies and of s'|iiadrons are liahli-, arc, I am well aware, very great, in some cases tlicy exceed the s"m which the above allowance amounts to. There are, how- ever, instances in which mis allowance h.is not lieen legitimately dispensed. 1 am of opinion that in the place of the present instruciioii allowance there should he a " Commaiul l'a\ " .illowance in the ca,-e of ( )t'ticers Commaiuling regiments, and a "Company Contingent" in the case of ( )tficers Commanding s(|uadrons ami companies. 'I'hese two ;mionnt> should he assessed .lo as to cover incidental e.\ penses connected uitli the cnmni.-md of regimemsand conunand of the companies. The halance of the money now allowed for instruction, after ik'ducting the amounts for "Command I'av" and for " L'ompany ContingtiU." should he re- served exclusivel\ for iiistniciional purptjses. The ainoiiiii thus reserved should he directly under the ,-ontrn| ,if the ( XVicers Coimiianding l)isiricts for its allot- ment, and these oriK-er> having at their disposal, through the AdjutaiU-Ciencr.iI, the staf? of instructors of the |iermam'iU imits will arr;inge for the instruction which is reiinired hy the infamrv regiments, s(|Uadroiis of cavalry and field artillery of their districts, in other words, a revised dislrihntion of the instrnclion allow- anci- will he made. 4. — Ci.nriiiXG. .\s regards uniform: The tunic is a garment, which, from my experience, is imsnited to such a force as that which v,e havt' in C'anada. h is very expensive and h;is to last, hy reason of its very expense, for a long time. The men are con- tinually changing, perhaps thirty per cent of the men change every year. It therefore becomes almost ;i matter of impossibility to keep the men serviceable or suit.'ibly clothed in a tunic which has to last for five years, and which must of necessity change hands several times during its pericxl of wear. In the case of city corps, the tunic for smart occasions, might be retained. The abolition of the tunic is most desirable and the substitution of a red or green serge— a serge not cut too tight but fairly loose — meets our necessities luore nearly. l!y good managcmeiu and without much, if any, extra cost it might be arranged in place of the tunic to have two serges, one new and one part worn, Each man should thus ixjssess one old serge that had been in use prt)bably two ivr more years, and one new serge which would be practically new, and on which the facings would be bright, clean and smart. To make the new serge into full dress, I would propose either cord aiguillettes, the cord of which might be of the facings of the regiment, or light cords looped across the chest from one cord epaulette to V 6 the otlier on the model of that adopted in the E.ijyptian army. The cord aiguil- k-ltes and the eonl Inojjs being- deta.-hahle and beinj,' fastened only l)y strings to the cloth under the shoulder strap are easily removed when not reipiired. 1 he cord epau'.ette gives breadth to the man's shoulders, and is a very handsome addi tion to the unifonii. 5. — Boots. The question of providing boots is most important; many of the men come uj) for training wiUi boots in which they could not ix)ssil)ly march ten miles. Tlie difficulty might be modified in two ways: — 1. By providing men on joining who are badly hooted with t'.c Governmen> amnnmilion boots at a low contract price, charging the amount lO their pay. 2. By an issue of boots to each man on joining at half the contract price, charging the same to his pay. L>pon his rejoining the next year with the same boots in sound, serviceable order he might be re-credited with the half price charged to him during his first year. A soldier after serving two year., would thus become possessed of the boots in question.. 6. — Messtng. I desire to particularly emphasize the impcM-tance of a sound and good system of feeding troops. Ciood food, well cooked, respectably and ccjmfortably served does more to promote contentment, and therefore increase diseii)liiu: and military regularity than any system of drill or than any code nf rules or regulations, f.ood messing, moreover, will immeasurably add to the poi)ularity oi the force and in duce the best and most intelligent citizens to assume their obligations to the stale as soldiers to a larger extent than under existing circumstances. I'.y careful and economical management the expenditure on messing could be made to provide tl ree good sub.stantial meals for the men, large dining lent, tables, forms aii>l plates. It should, moreover, provide extra pay for cooks. Cam]) kettles are re- gular articles of camp equii)ment. Knives, forks and spt, ms should undoubtedly be issued as a portion of the soldier's kit on enlistment. Shelter for the ccoking l)laces, of a uniform and military description, should be sui)i)lied. I attach the greatest imiiortance to providing a dining tent for the use of each regiment for which hire should be charged. By careful man;igement the original outlay for these dining tents, which must be of a universal and authorized size and pattern, might be gradually defrayetl from a sinking fund created from the balance of the messing monev. 'i'h.e system above indicated has been now very generally ado|)le(l in the yearly training (tf militia regiments in the I'nited Kingdom. N.B. — The Commanding Ofiicers, at the termination of the above address, proceeded to discuss each subject sei)arately. The details of the discussion were carefully recorded, and are to be fmiiid in the i)roceedings drawn up for each district. Headquarters, Ottawa, istli Nov., 1898.