The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-12 00:00:00

REDUCTION IN THE ARMY,

The following Circular Ilemorandum has been issued to the
Infantry Regiments at home and abroad, except India:—
" Horse-Guards, Sept: is.
"Sevenbattalons Foot Guards, bers given in the maagiu
, his
each at an establishment of lo Royal Rlahness the General
companies, of 46 sergeants ex- Commanding-in.Chlef has been
elusive of the schoolmaiter, 17 pleased td approve of the follow-
diumthers, including drtani-naa- lug arrangements for carrying
.jor, 800 rank and file, With 80 cut that measure:—

supernumerary rank and file to "2. Officers commanding will
each battalion until absorbed ; select from the whole strength of
and an addition of 1 pipe-major the corps the specified number of
and 5 pipes to each battalion of men, being carefill to retain as
the Scots Fusilier Guards. many A'S possible of theprescribed
" Eighty-two regiments at standard of S fact 6 inches, pro-
home and in the colonies, at an reeding to the depots (When
establishment of 12 Companies, of both portions or the regiment are
56 sergeants, exclusive of the at home) to select the men. The
schoolmaster, 21 drummers, hi- whole of the men, composing the
chiding drum-major. 1,608 rank service Companies abroad are to
and file. with 50 supernumerary be considered to form part of those
rank and file until absorbed, to retained on the establishment.
be borneby the service companies "3. The battalions being corn--
when the regiment is at home. pleted, officers commanding regi-
-Ist and 2nd battalions Royal, ments, and the depots of regi-
2nd, 3.d, 4th, sth, 6th, 7th, 9th, ments abroari,*lll ascertain how
11th, 13th, 14th, 15th. 16th, many of this surplds, whether up
17th, I;th, igth, 20th, 21st, 22nd, to the preScribed standard or not.
23rd. 25th, 26th, 23th, 30th, 31st, provided they are fit in other
33rd, 34th, 36th, 37th, 33th, 39th, respects, are willing to volunteer
400, 41st, 42ad, 44th, 48th, 46th, to other regiments, which will be
47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 54th, named hereafter, or to the Land
55th, 56th, 57th, 58th. 59th, 2nd Transport Corps, now being re-
and .3rd battalions, 60th, 62nd, organised under the title of the
63rd, 65th, 06th, 67th, 68th, 69th, Military Train. Every man ac-
71st, 72nd, 73,1. 76th, 77th, 79th, cepted as a volunteer for regi-
80th, 82nd,85th, 88th; 89th, 90th, ments of the line will receive one
91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, guinea bounty; where 20 rank
97th, 98th, 99th, Ist, 2nd, and 3rd and file are given by one regiment
battalions Rifle Brizade, to another, a sergeant will he
"An addition of 1 pipe major allowel t) volunteer with them.
and 5 pipers to the 42nd. 71st, The pay, &c., in the Military
72nd, 79th, 92nd, and 93rd regi- Train is to be assimilated in all
res. ects to the cavalry._

Regiments in India will re- "4. Commanding 'officers will
main at their yresent establ.sh- then proceed to dispose of the
ment. remainder, dividing them into

"The 12th Foot to remain at the following classei, and trans-
its present establishmeht of 1,200 Titting e.eseription returns to

this department., or to the Depu

"1. Her Majesty's Goverment ty-Adjutant General at Dublin,
having, in consequence of the according to the form prescribed
determined to at page 193, Queen's Regulations,

urn of pea(

effect a reduction in the army, a separate return being forwarded
and the establishment of regl- for each class, together with an
ments of Infantry having been abstract, according to the accom
fixed by the Queen at the num-
" Firstly. Men to be invalided as totally unfit for service
" Secondly. Such non-commissioned officers and men as may be
considered by the medical officers as of weakly constitution, and
not likely to become robust and efficient soldiers

panying :-

" Thirdly. Men of incorrigibly bad character whom it may be
desirable to discharre, and who, being marked, will not be able to
re-enlist, provided they are not entitled to pension or gratuity under
any existing warrant. A special report of th• se cases 's to be made
for the decision of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief.

"Lastly. And only. if necessary, after having disposed of the
three classes above spec'fied. a return of the remaining non-com-
missioned officers and men. without distinction as to age or length
of service, who may he disinclined to continue in th'e army, and are
desirous of being relieved from their engagements; and such rank
and file as will not volunteer to other corps.
"5. Commanding offic rs williake care rot to discharge youths,
the sons of soldiers born in the army or brought up at the Royal
Military Asylum, or Hibernian School, and enlisted by special autho-
rity, without first ascertaining that their friends are willing and have
the means of providing for them.
" 6 Such supernumerary non-commissioned officers as may re-
main atter these arrangements are carried into effect, will, f,r the
present. be borne on the strength of their respective regiments with
a view to their being ultimately absorbed; but officers commanding
service companies will be careful not to make any fresh promotions
or appointments until the whale of the supernumeraries at the depot
shall have been disposed of.
" 7 Non-commissioned officers and men discharged under these
regulations will be entitled to carry with them the whole of their
clothing now in wear.

" 8. It is desirable to retain as many medallists as possible. and
his Royal Highness trusts to the discretion of commanding officers
in this respect. " By command,
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."

GARSTON BOARD OF HEALTH

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—On reading your report of the proceedings of the
above board, at their last meeting, I find it stated that their
intention is to appoint two consulting engineers to carry
out, or rather to assist the district surveyor in carrying out,
the drainage of the township. Seeing this, and presuming
that a scheme that would require two consulting engineers,
besides a surveyor, must necessarily be a very grand one, I
was induced to make some enquiry at the office of the board ;
and on inspecting the plans, to which, I understand, pre-
miums have been awarded, I was amazed to find the amount
estimated by one gentleman for the drainage of the township
to be upwards of £30,000, and by the other £10,500! A
wide difference this ; but, perhaps not more wide than the
estimate may be from the actual cost. But this we shall
learn hereafter. Now, I cannot for a moment suppose, Mr.
Editor, that the gentlemen who constitute the Garston
Board of Health, most of whom are large owners of property
in the township, and who would necessarily have to pay in
proportion, would, for a moment, countenance such an ex-
neuditure as from £30,000 to £lO,OOO. And it is because
I so think, that I venture to make known to them, through
the medium of your paper, what my opinions are in reference
to the drainage of a district like that of Garston. First, I
contend that it is an error on the part of engineers, to pro-
ceed on as an extravagant scale, or in the same way, to
drain a country district as they would a densely-populated
town, where there is an abundant supply of water,
and every provision made for properly flushing the sewers.
My plan is this, that every proprietor should have, on some
part of his premises, a well constructed air-tight tank, say,
on an average, eight feet deep and four feet in diameter,
built in cement, into which the drains from the water-closets
should flow, therein depositing the soil, the overflows only
being allowed to pass through proper gratings into the street
sewers ; by this means the area of the sewers, and conse-
quently the cost, may be greatly reduced, and the dread of
refuse matter being driven back on the beach (as spoken of
by both the engineers in their reports) entirely avoided. I
may be met by the remark—Oh you would go back to the
old system of cesspools. I would do nothing of the kind ;
these were merely dry wells, so called, allowing the liquid
matter to perculate through the substratum, to the injury
of the water springs and the detriment of health ; what I
propose would be tanks as perfectly constructed as the
drains themselves. Again, it may be said, that by such an
arrangement I should compel the proprietors to construct
tanks at great expense ; to this I answer that the cost of a
tank would be as nothing compared with the additional per
tentage, in the shape cf 2s. er 2s. 61 in the pound,
on our rentals if any gigantic scheme of drainage
is carried out, beyond what is required to take away
the surface water of the township and the liquid
manure from the tanks. But, I fear, Mr. Editor, lam
trespassing on your time and space and must, therefore,
conclude, although 1 am far fro' na, having exhausted m
subject ; but, previous to y
board of health, and the in
mhaybidtoainntgs
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alresttonmethwatarinf
they
pass the
allow the soil and refuse matter to directly into the
sewers, these drains will become,
as in other townships,
nothing more nor less than a series of elongated cesspools,
both an injury to the health of the neighbourhood, and a
sore tax on our pockets.--I am, &c., JOAN GIBBS.
Mayfield, Aigburth, Sept. 12, 1856.