Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War.: With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions

satisfactory. The small quantity of fuel required is a great advantage, a small stick carried by each man of a company would afford sufficient fuel to cook a meal. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, W. SPARKE, Lieut.-Col., _Commanding 38th Regiment_. The Major of Brigade. CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, _May 25th, 1856_. SIR,--I have to acknowledge your letter of this morning, and have much pleasure in stating that during the short period we had the opportunity of using your field-stove, nothing could be more satisfactory, both in its superiority as a means of cooking a large quantity of rations in a short time, and also from the small quantity of fuel used in doing so. I must also give it as my opinion, that it is admirably suited for operations in the field, but requires to have the outer casing protected in some way; probably an open netting of iron wire would do so, with a couple of loops, so that two stoves could be attached and carried by one mule or horse. I remain, Sir, Yours very faithfully, RAMSAY STUART, _Lieutenant-Colonel 21st Fusiliers_. Alexis Soyer, Esq., &c. &c. &c., Crimea. CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, _26th May, 1856_. SIR,--I beg leave to state that I approve most highly of your field-stoves. Each company in my regiment has had good opportunities of fully testing their qualities; and both in the cooking of fresh and salt meat have been found to answer the purpose for which they were intended, remarkably well. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, B. RILEY, Lieut.-Col., _Commanding 48th Regiment_. Monsieur A. Soyer. FOURTH DIVISION, CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, _26th May, 1856_. MONSIEUR SOYER,--In reply to your letter of the 21st of this month, relative to the field-stoves, I beg to state that the stove has been tried by the 57th Regiment, and I am of opinion that it is well adapted for the purpose intended. It affords every facility for cooking, and saves a considerable quantity of fuel; and two of the stoves to one company on the march would be far