The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1851.

"CONFIDENTIAL NIFMOIIANDUM.

Ilorse Guards, July, 1851.
"The following regulltions in regard to the examination
of officers preparatory to promotion iu the army, are to he
substituted fur those. promulgated by the Circular Memo-
randum of the 11th day of May, 18.10 :
" The qualifications required of candidates for commission
will be made known to their friends, and the time and
place of examination will bb, stated in each case, so that the
smile may take place before any commission is granted.
" Before officers are recommended for promotion to the
rank of lieutenant, the commanding officer is to have them
examined by a board of officers, consisting of himself,
another field officer (if there should be one present with
the regiment), and the senior captain, and, if there should
be no second field officer present with the regiment, then
the two senior captains present.
"This board is to report to the military secretary, fur the
information of the commander-in-chief, that the officers
about to he recommended for promotion to the rank of
1 lieutenant, have been instructed on the following points,
, viz.:

" 1. They must have a perfect acquaintance with the
stsnding orders of the rtgimmts in which they are serving.
" 2. They must have a thorough knowledge, and must
give an account of the duties they have to perform us
regimental orderly officers, alf officers commanding guards,
or a, subaltern 'Akers of guards under officers of superior
rank.

3. They must be able to put a company through the
manual and platoon ex,rci e, and be capable of exereisiug
both a squad and company in the drill and evolutions as
prescribed in the first two parts of the regulations fur the
field exercise of the Infantry.
"4. They must know exactly the place of all the com-
pany officers in every situation of the battalion, whether in
line, or in open, close, quarter, or half distance column,
and whether right or lett in front.
.3. They must be acquainted with the general regula-
tions and orders of the army, and with the Mutiny Act,
and Articles of War.

" d. They must be acquainted with the Queen's Regula-
tions and Warrants in regard to the supply of necessaries
to the troops, with the price of each article, and the regula-
tions applicable to the same.
" 7. They must know the weight of the knapsack, the
weight of the soldier's fireloek, with and without the
b iyonet, of his pouch, with and without ammunition, the
quantity of ammunition it is calculated to carry, and the
weight of his accoutrements.
" 8. In addition to such portions of the above as may ap-
ply to the cavalry service, the cornets must be required
to be well acquainted with their stable and barrack duties,
to have completed their course of instruction in the riding-
school, and to be able to exercise a troop both on foot and
mounted.

" Lieutenants who may have entered the service subse-
quent to July, 1849, and all who may hereafter cuter the
army, will, ;a -addition to the allo‘e, before they are re-
commended for promotion to the rank of captain, be re-
quired to have—
" 9. A knowledge of geography, so as to be able to state
the general divisions of the world, the name of the ca-
pital of each tutu-m.4k Europe, and the principal rivers,
aeaport., and military post* in Great Britain, Ireland, and
her Majesty's tioniinious in every part of tho world.