The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-15 00:00:00

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A proportion of thltpatiente In the Infirmary have
been ordered to hosp. I marquees, in rear of the Royal
Artillery Hospital a Woolwich. These arrangements
have been made for be purpose of affording increased
accommodation for te men in barracks and in hospitel
during the mama
The Dublin Freee4,sn says it is rumoured in military
circles that, in furtlir oompliment to the Irish nation,
the lances now in u 4 by the sth Royal Irish Dragoons
are to be withdrawn:immediately, and a most formidable
weapon, on the prin 'pie of the old Irish pike, is to be
issued to the oorps. The pike will be furnished with a
pennon of green, singer in form to the lance flag.
KAPPIRS YOB is INDIAN AIIXT.—The latest news
from the Cape of Getel Rope is to the effect that 1,200
ol Kaffir' baile been isted for service in India. Each
private is to receive s. per diem; corporals, Is. 4d.;
and sergeant', Is. 1 . In addition to this pay a bounty
of Ms. per man is anted. They are engaged fo, a
term of years, at th expiration of which they are to
be provided with a frise passage to their native country.
ZOCIAVICS IN THE ARMSH ARMY.—The Horse Guards
have lately made • neve in the right direction by cloth-
ing one of the Wert ladiaregiments in loose wide trousers,
fastening • little below the knee, ala Zowive or Chas-
sour de Vincennes. It is suggested that those loose
trousers should be adtpted in our Highland regiments
in lieu of the kilt. I
For some time pastiserious complaints have been made
by the military auth rities connected with the several
branches of the servile at Chatham of the scarcity of
le water in that garriso and this scarcity has within the
last week increased such an extent that the garrison
orders have bee* hum directing that the troops are to
discontinue their bat in several ablution moms, and
that every premutio taken to prevent any waste of
water. The garrison s supplied with water from several
old wells and tanks hich have been in use for some
period, and, &Rhone there are waterworks established
for the supply of the hole of the barracks, the authori-
ties have not yet takes the necessary steps to obtain an
unlimited supply frcoi that source. In addition to the
inconvenience arising from ii deficiency of water the
barracks at Chathamare in a very crowded state. The
authorities have attempted to get over the difficulty by
placingi several 11un4red troops under canvas, bet owing
to the continued arrital of recruits to join the various
Rut India regirnentost Chatham the number of men
occupying the barraeir-rooms is still disproportionably
large. At Brompte• barracks a large portion of the
building has been set apart for • hospital, in which
about 200 sick 'oldiea are packed in the yeti metre of
• barrack crowded With troops. Already there have
been several eases of "masks and small pox among the
troops, caused, there is no doubt, by the overcrowding
of the men,

MILITIA.—The FAA Kent and Oxford Regiments of
Militia were on Tuesday ordered to be held in readiness
to remove from Woolwich to Aldershott ; consequently
the five oompimies of the East Kent on duty at Sheer.
nese, and the three companies stationed during the put
month at Deptford, are ordered to join head-quarters,
Woolwich, to accompany the regiment to Aldershott
about Friday.