The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-26 00:00:00

esbal mat Military.

CHATHAM, OCT. 25.
The 10th company of Royal Engineers, under
the command of Major Cordon Pritchard, was this morning
placed under onlcrs to hold itself in readiness to pro-
ceed from this garrison to Abyssinia, for aervios with the
expeditionary force. The strength of the company
is 23 non-ccinmissioned officers, 2 trumpeters, and 48
sappers, together with two subalterns. Lieutenant J. L.
Morgan and Lieutenant A. H. Furey, attached to the 10th
company, will be the parties of photographers, tele-
graphists, and others, who are to proceed to Abyssinia.
The oompany has been inspected by Colonel J. L. A.
Simmons, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establish-
ment, and is expected to leave head-quarters, Brampton,
towards the close of the ensuing week.
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ADMIRALTY, OCT. ZO.—YROMOTIONS AND AP-
Poisniztrrs.—Captain Edward K. Barnard, of the
Constance, to the Formidable, additional, for service in
the Trafalgar. Commanders promoted to the rank of
captains : Robert A. Parr, C. D. Lucas, H. L. A. L.
Maitland, and St. G. C. Irvine. Commander H. B. John-
stone to the Myrmidon, commissioned. Lieutenants pro-
moted to the rank of commanders : J. B. Michell, J. S.
Tonkin, G. Rivington, F. S. Thompson, P. W. Stephens,
H. Hand, F. R. Blackburn., C. G. S. Stanley, K. H. A.
blainwanog, and C. E. Foot. Lieutenant J. [Merit to the
Oberon, vice Hand, promoted. Staff-Surgeon Dr. Joseph
Henderson, to the F.xcellent. Acting Navigating Sub-
Lieutenant Andrew J. de Vieille, to the Victory, as super-
numerary. Assistsat-Surgeon John G. Clarke to the
Impregnable, additional, for service in the SquirreL
INDIAN TROOP SHIPS. —Fi vemonster Indian troop
ships are now completed, the Serapis, Crocodile, Euphrates,
donna. and Malnr. They are each above 4,000 tons
burden ; three of them are to ran between Suez and India,
and two between Alexandria and England. They are
fitted with every convenience which science has invented
fur the emifort of large bodies of troops, especially in such
parts as the lied See, where the heat is often most intense.
Each vessel will convey a regiment of soldiers most com-
fortably. Instead of our troops being kept in India ten or
twelve years, they will now be exchanged much oftener,
and will reach England from India in a month or six
weeks, instead of being three or four months at sea (as was
formerly the case) by the Cape route. The government
anan4enients for the passage of troops through Egypt are
also very complete. The fitting up of these gigantic troop
ships has been entrusted to Mr. Luke, an experienced
Admiralty surveyor, who has been complimented by the
Secretary of State for India for the zeal and skill he has
displayed, and awarded a present of .1001.
ARP.IVAL OF TROOPS AT LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday
ten companies of the ith Regiment of Infantry, together
with the headquarters, arrived at Lime-street station
from Gosp ort. where they have been stationed since their
return from Canada. The troops were under the own-
wand of Colonel Cowper. The mon looked rather fagged
and marched with some looseness up Lord-street, Cantle-
street, and the streets along the line of docks to the Hus-
kisson-dock. There they were quartered in sheds at the
south side of the North Fort and on board the Cunard
steamer Australasian, which is moored near the sheds in
the Husidsson-dock. Detachments of the 15th Hussars
were expected in Liverpool last night. They will be sta-
tioned at the Militia-barracks, in Rupert-lane, Evertnn,
where sheds have been erected for the homes. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Gladiator lies in the river, between Woodside
and Rock-ferry. with snaps on her anchors, so that they
could be slipped at a moment's notice if necessary.
THE CURRAOIL—We hear with great satisfaction
that the Duke of Leinster has given a site on the Kildare-
road for a hospital at the Curragh, to be employed under
the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, and this act will
at length lie brought into operation there. The figures
which we last week printed showed that :18 per cent, of
the admissions to the hospital among the men were due to
the one virulent disease. The application to the Curragh
of the preventive measures so usefully applied under this
act at Aldershot, Woolwich, Plymouth, and other garrisons
and camps is, therefore, not at all premature. After this
necessary provision for the " wrens,^ we may hope that
the quarters for married meridiem and their families will
be brought into the condition of isolation and accommoda-
tion which decency requires, which, it will be seen from
the report we give elsewhere, is far from being the case at
present.—BritisA Medico( Journal.

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