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The Times' correspondent in Egypt gives a most satisfactory account of the condition of the Army. The kind treatment of the officers and the regular discipline they enforce have so im- pressed the men that the number of volunteers is continually increasing, and it is believed the men allowed to leave will refuse to depart. Moreover, the men, who were formerly locked up in- barracks when off duty, are now allowed leave at certain hours,. and return punctually, even when permitted to revisit their homes. That is a gratifying account, and shows that military service, under just conditions, is not hated by the Fellaheeu, though they dislike it when it is mere slavery in uniferm. At the same time, we must not forget that before the Mutiny broke out in Bengal, in May, 1857, every Sepoy on leave returned punctually, that disorder in cantonment was the rarest of events, and that dismissal was considered by the men a terribly harsh punishment. No men ever were so easy to command, till they sprang at their officers' throats in open and determined revolt.
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