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vessel by order of his Commanding Officer, and takes a pull at the 

 " main brace" with a hearty good will. On the march he pitches his own 

 tent, or constructs a raft for crossing streams, without being considered 

 to suffer either in character or discipline. It is only in cantonment 

 that he is taught to be a mere marching machine — a parade automa- 

 ton. Some of the men, in the regiment alluded to, it is true, do obtain 

 an addition to their pay by working at their original trades, between 

 the hours of parade and roll-call : and the money, thus gained by their 

 own manual labour, is more likely to be accumulated towards purchas- 

 ing their discharge, or deposited in a Savings' Bank, than any surplus 

 derivable from their pay, or " dry batta," which, by a recent excellent 

 order of Government, is allowed to be disbursed daily at the " grog- 

 tub," to all who prefer receiving money to rum. 



The expense, however, of each individual's providing his own tools 

 is a serious impediment to the men working at their old trades. This 

 difficulty would be removed, if the officers of each corps would esta- 

 blish and encourage regimental work-shops, where, by the division of 

 labour, much larger profits would be accumulated, and the expense of 

 materials and implements could be defrayed by a per centage on the 

 price received for the manufacture. 



Half-a-dozen good coachmakers and wheelwrights, who might be 

 found in most European regiments, ought to be able, in a few weeks, 

 to build a buggy that would realize some five or six hundred rupees, if 

 well finished and substantially put together. So with boat-building, 

 cabinet-making, engraving, painting, book -binding, and many other 

 trades — the men would find a ready market for the manufactured arti- 

 cles, especially in the Upper Provinces, where the residents of a station 

 are cut off from the advantages derived by living near Calcutta, Delhi, 

 or Agra. 



Where it is impossible to provide out-of-doors employment and re- 

 creation, all the year round, from the want of proper shelter, afibrded 

 by trees, or by the shady side of a high wall or building, it would at 

 least be practicable during the cold season, from October to March, at 

 all stations. We cannot see why European soldiers might not spend 

 their leisure time in (for instance) laying out a public garden, with car- 

 riage drives round, but not through, it ; — a work, which would be a 

 lasting benefit to the station, and might be well pointed out to succeed- 

 ing corps, to serve as a stimulus for further industry and enterprise, in 

 improving upon the original plan. We would, however, go even fur- 

 ther than this. We think that, if a Railroad were in the course of be- 

 ing constructed within a reasonable distance of any of our large milita- 



