Question — What  are  your  instructions  regarding  the  use  of  grease
for  these  new  cartridges  by  the  men  at  the  Musketry
School  ?
Answe^^'^-^In  consequence  of  some  objection  raised  at  the  School  of
Musketry  to  the  grease  employed  in  the  magazine,
I  reported  the  circumstance  officially  to  Major-General
Hearsey,  and  in   due  course    I  received   orders  to
parade  my  men  and  explain  to  them   that  the  C!om-
mander-in-Chief  readily  attended  to  their  objection,
and  that  instead  of  the  grease  then  employed  in  the
magazine  for  the  purpose  in  question,  they  would  be
allowed  to  procure  the  materials  in  the  bazar;  pro-
vided, of   course,  that  it  in  no  way   lessened  the
efficiency  of  the  cartridge.    The  depot  was  accordingly
paraded,  and  after  I  had  myself  explained  to  the
men  the  decision  of  Government,  they  unanimously
expressed  themselves  perfectly  >  satisfied  and  ready  to
obey  any  orders  that  I  might  wish  to  give  them.
Jemadar  Salickram  Sing  declines  to  cross-examine.
The  witness  withdraws.
Srd  Witness
Ist'Lieutenant  M.  E.  Currie,  ArtiUery,  is  called  into  Court  and
duly  sworn.
Examined  bt  the  Prosecutor

Question — ^You  are,    I  believe.  Commissary   of  Ordnance,  and  in

charge  of  the  arsenal  of  Fort  William  ?
Answer — ^I  am.
