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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 13 January 1881, Page 4

Referring to the best colors for British uniforms, an " Old Soldier" writes to the Army and Navy Gazette i — " I have long thought that if our light troops, snd even the line, were clad in a uniform with a neutral tint in war, many lives would be saved. This I know to be the opinion of many old officers who have seen service, and also of old Indian sportsmen, who recommend lightish-grey or drab as the invisible colors, adding that stripes are of advantage resembling grass, underwood, and briars. Daik green is objectionable as being conspicuous. Captain Beterson, of the 50th Regiment who fought in almost every battle from Vimiera to the Pyrenees, said : ' I know of no regiment which suffered more than the 7 1st during the course of this struggle ; the color of their jackets, so unsuitable to light trojops, exposed: glaringly to fire. They were picked oft" wholesale, while our riflemen in gtaen escaped with comparatively little loss.' As to appearance, I gaze with admiration at the marching and tenue of our" volunteers, "Who are clad chiefly in the colors 1 have mentionsd. The uniform is soldier-like, and its effect excellent. I add the opinion of a distinguished Indian general : 'If the glowing colors of our uniforms in.-, creased the casualties in the Peninsula, how much more should we suffer now the arms of the infantry have been so wonderfully improved.'" Quite a little flatter has been created by the fact that Consols recently reached par, and radical writers accept it as a proof that the Govern meat has the assured confidence of the country ! Bat, "after all, it is the inevitable result of the aotion taken by Mr Fawoett on the present etate of the market. If the National funds are to be thrown open tb the investors of £10, the effect will assuredly be to ephanoe the demand, and therefore the price of Consols. This ia now the result.