Civilian experience

• Recruitment for civilians?


  Poor conditions - army strength bad due to desertion and lack of recruits

  pay was less than a labourer - had to pay for food and accommodations

  no permanent barracks

  disruption caused by soldiers in towns

  1757 militia act resented - caused riots
• Requisitioning 


  Ships, wagons, animals
• Taxation


  Cost of army increased from 1 million to 8 million

  didn't impact much as population grew and standard of living improved

  taxes rose in wartime
• War reporting


  1815 - 5000 copies of the times rose to 40000 in 1850

  william howard Russell - short dispatches (5 hours to arrive in london) daily

  boer war - 300 reporters

  roger fenton - photos of life of soldiers - many censored

  newspaper sales increase due to public interest
• Public attitudes to war reporting

  Jingoism and imperialism due to success

  donations due to the press

  criticism of leadership in crimea

  times fund for the sick and wounded £5000 per week

  boer war - change due to poor quality of recruits