The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

army ant Nab.

In consequence of the death of Field-Marshal Lord
Clyde the siege operations, which were to have taken
place at Chatham last week, and for which very en.
tonnes preparations were made, have been indefinitely
postponed, and it is now altogether uneertain when they
will take place.
At an early hour on Wednesday morning the officers,
men, horses, Armstrong guns, camp Nipper', hr., of
the 1) battery of the Royal Horn Artillery left their
camping ground at the Spur Battery, Chatham, and took
the road to Canterbury is route to Shorneliffe. This
ex periment—the first of its kind—of encamping troops
when on the march in this country, instead of billeting
them in publieboussa, has been attended with con,
plate wooer, and will, doubtless, become generally
adopted. Immediately on the arrival of the Royal
Artillery at Chatham the horses were picketed, and the
men told off for the various duties connected with an
encampment, all of which were performed *Rh soldierly
alacrity. The battery encamped on Wednesday night
in the neighbourhood of Canterbury.
An appropriately simple monumental column has just
been erected at ffortamouth, in memory of the late
Admiral Sir Charles Napier, whose name will never he
forgotten in that port. The column is plain, though
striking, being surmounted by alias with lie paw on
shot. A medallion profile portrait of the gallant
admiral faces the approach from the dockyard, and the
monument cannot fad to be observed by mama, who
bold Ulll gallant "Charley Napier's" memory in venire-
Son.
The Duncan, an old line-of-battle ship of 74 gins,
which was built at Blackwell, and launched in the year
1811, and commissioned by Admiral Jarvis, was last
week taken into No. 3 dock to be broken up.
Lientacant-General Peal, late Secretary for War, has
retired from the service by the sale of his commissions.
The reason for this step is supposed to be that the
gallant officer had not served regimentally, or on the
staff, for Az years, in order to qualify him to be placed
on the fined list of the two hundred and sixty general
off Seen entitled to unattached half-pay.
There are ty-four major-pserals in the American
army, via : Four In the regular army and seventy in the
volunteer webs The pay id each of these generals is
4,000 dole, per annum, making a total of 370,000 dole
Each major-general is allowed three aids at 1.000 dollars
per
ixnum each, inking in the aggregate 933,000 dollar..
are, further, two Inastred and eighty-throe
brigadisrathersla, yin, :—Nine in the regular army, and
two hundred and leventy-four in the volunteer service.
Sash brigadier-general receives 4,000 dollars per annum,
making an amoegete of 1,126,000 doh. Two aids to each,
whether on Jty or not, say 3.000 dollars for each general,
makes a further sum of 03,000 dollars per annum.
The following table, minthiled for the isformaties of
the late committee on naval pay and retirement chews
the different quarters from which our tutors admirals
and other naval Akers ax. recruited, sad eosins' what
has often been mooned, that the sass of elegises are
amongst the most pognalose of the need men. Is the
month of May last there were on the booth at the
Britannia training ship, is which *very naval midst most
commence his novitiate, the WM of the following
cares : Bishop, 1; floceith Saber, 1;
46; Nava 111.514i4, 1 ; Dulls Pee guardian).
1; Lord, 1 ; Mosesables, ; Umiak 1 ;
13;rosiet, 1; Adisinla 3 ; Captain*, 7 ; Assuan. 4;
Masten, 4; Deputplespestor, 1; fleentarka, 2; Pay-
master, 1; anoraks, 4; Colonels, 6; Majors, 6; Copts's'
(Army), 6 ; gasolt.l ; Doctors, ; Esquires, 99 ;
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