14 MAY 1864, Page 3

The War Office has, we perceive, taken 5,000/. for soldiers'

read- ing-rooms and other means of recreation. The sum is not enough by four-fifths, and the Office, even if it neglects the just claims of 'Captain Jackson, is unwise in throwing over his recommendations. There ought to be a regular and extensive system of recreation attached to every camp and barrack in the country, on the system established at Gibraltar, with a superintendent to watch over them all. If not, the truth about soldiers' recreations as now carried