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MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 13TH OCTOBER 1880, No. 6462.
There does not seem to be much force in what is said by the medical officer at Wellington.
A soldier can always find leisure enough to drink as much as he wishes. Arrangements, however,
have been made by providing a rifle range and by every man bringing his rifle to the Depôt, to
give more opportunities for drill and match-shooting than used to be the case, and the Com--
mandant does his best to provide occupation and amusement for the men.
Page 14. Clothing.—The medical officer, The patrol jacket the men of the 12th
12th Lancers, thinks serge coats should be pro- Lancers now have is provided regimentally ;
vided for the men to wear in the early morning and enquiries will be made on the subject from
in the cold season.
the Officer Commanding the Regiment.
Page 16.—The duty for the Royal Artil-
This was caused by the Artillery in Ran-
lery at Tonghoo is considered heavy. goon having been reduced for a time to half a
battery, owing to reinforcements having been
sent up the river to the frontier when a rupture
with the King of Burmah was anticipated.
(Signed)
G. D. BERESFORD, Colonel,
for Offg. Adjutant-General.
No. 212. From Colonel GODFREY CLERK, Officiating Adjutant-General, to
Colonel J. MICHAEL, C.S.I. , Secretary to Government, Military Department ;
dated Ootacamund, 6 th October 1880, No. 666.
In continuation of my letter as per margin, I have the honor, by order of the
No. 620, dated 30th September 1880.
Commander-in- Chief, to submit His
Excellency's remarks, in the Quarter-
master-General's Department, on the Sanitary Report of British Troops for the
year 1 879.
2. It is regretted that through misapprehension, these remarks did not
accompany my letter above referred to.
From Brigadier-General H. O'CONNELL, Quartermaster-General, to the Adjutant-General ;
dated Ootacamund, 28th August 1880, No. 1027.
In returning the Sanitary Report for 1879 of British Troops received with your No. 5025,
dated 28th ultimo, I have the honor, by order, to remark as follows on those points in the
Report that refer to matters connected with this department :—
From Report.
Page.
4. St. Thomas' Mount.—A wall intercepts the
breeze from the old barrack.
7. An objectionable feature connected with
the barracks is the impediment to the
breeze from the south caused by the wall
and out-buildings on that side.
4. Secunderabad.—The roofs of the barracks
were in many instances imperfect.
5. The drainage at Secunderabad imperfect.
Remarks.
This will be referred to the local authori-
ties for such remedy as may be practicable.
These same remarks were made in 1878.
It was explained after reference to the local autho-
rities that the roofs of the barracks were in good
order, but that in the first rains after a dry hot
season they leaked from the effect of heat on
the materials of which the roof was constructed,
but that these leaks were repaired as soon as
they appeared.
With regard to the drainage it was reported
that the nature of the ground was such that
when the rains commenced, it was cut up into
channels. That efforts were made by local labor
to keep the ground neat, but that a regular
system of built drains would cost a very large
sum.
4 . Malapuram. —The barracks have been
New barracks will be built when funds are
burnt down ; the men were in conse- available. In the mean time, the men are as
quence lodged in make-shift quarters.
comfortable as circumstances will admit.