24 , MILITAKY COMMISSION TO EUROPE. 



regular artillery as instructors, who sliould at the same time he in charge of, and responsible 

 for, the guns and material. 



In time of war, or when war is imminent, local comj^anies of regular artillery might easily 

 he enlisted for short terms of service, or for the war, in the seacoast towns. The same thing 

 might advantageously he carried into effect, on a small scale, in time of peace. 



GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, 



Captain First Cavalry, 

 January 14, 1857. 



