Tbe spectator
February 20, 1830
COLONEL. DAVIES proceeded to observe, that the condition of the country by no means warranted such high Army Estimates. The French army, which was nearly twice as numerous as ours, was maintained at less cost. The troops that had been necessary for the pacification of Ireland might now be dispensed with. Why, in fact, should not England trust to its militia, as America did? And why should officers in colonies receive such enormous salaries? In the United Service Club, Sir H. Hardinge might find meritorious officers willing to discharge the duties of such situa- tions for comparatively a small sum. Taxes should be repealed before supplies were voted, but they had heard nothing about such repeals. He proposed, as an Amendment on Sir H. Har- dinge's motion for '88,848 men for the Land service,' That the grant for troops should only be made to the 25th of May 1830, instead of the 25th December 1830.'
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