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APPENDIX I. 



On the 15th of April 1869, thirteen years after the conclusion of the Crimean war, Lord Walden 

 gave evidence before a Select Committee of the House of Commons as to the advisability 

 of affording to officers after they had joined the army opportunity for acquiring the elements of 

 technical instruction in subjects connected with their profession. The evidence given by his 

 Lordship was considered at the time to be of great practical value, in enabling the Committee 

 to arrive at a sound conclusion as to the important question that had been referred to them. 

 It seems therefore desirable, in concluding this brief memoir, to transcribe in full the evidence 

 then given by Viscount Walden. 



THUESDAY, 15th APRIL, 1869. 

 Present : 



The Right Hon. LORD DUFFERIN AND CLANDEBOYE, K.P., K.C.B., 



IN THE Chair. 



Lord Eustace Cecil, M.P. 



General Lord de Ros. 



Lord Northbrook. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles Russell, Bart., V.C. 



Lieut.-General Sir D. A. Cameron, K.C.B. 



Major-General Eardlet Wilmot. 



Major-General Haythorne. 



C. S. Parker, Esq., M.P. 



Rev. W. C. Lake. 



LiEUT.-CoL. Chesnet. 



Viscount Walden examined. 



6337. {Chairman.) You have served in India, and you were also in the Crimean campaign? 

 —Yes. 



6338. Do you think that it would be desirable to afford to officers, after they have joined 



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