The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-22 00:00:00

GENRRAL MILITIA ORDER.

Head-quarters, November 6, 182?.
Ordered—la (slurp, during peace, no mew who join the
militia will be alioaed to fall in with their compames till
they have ait►uded drill far six soothe, our till they are per-
fect in every part of duty required from them.
Such men who have beta placed in she ranks without hay-
big been properly drilled, will be directed to complete their
drill.

Recruits uuder the ago of 18, will not be placed i■ the
rooks, our will clot►ing be delivered to them till after that
ace, or till they have become affective, and can exercise with
their respective cos ps.
Boy.recruits will attend drill for six months, or till they
are perfect in their exercise; and prices will be distributed
to those who, on inspection, are found to have made the
greatest progress.

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Every recruit, on his being called out, will attend lire
successive days iu the week, viz. from Monday to Friday;
the drill for recruits to consomme, is April, and end in Sep-
tember. The next three mouths following be mast sliced
twice a week, sod the remainder of his time once • week.
He must be oo the drill rowed two hours before soo-set,
and will be more than two bouts at owe drill.
A monthly return will be forwarded to bead. quarters by all
the coops, in which will be specified the number of times re-
cruits have attended.

Should any recruit fail to ahead, his name will be trans-
mitted to the Commanding Officer of his corp., and by him
In bead-qt. triers, for the purpose of being Iniusuailltil to tbe
Hing's law officers.

If he cannot attend In consequence of sickness, or have
any resonable eseuse Om his absence, he must notify 14e
same to She Assistant Serjeant-Major.
The Assistant Serjeast- Major of the militia, with his as-
sistants, will always have charge sf the drill, under Ilse super-
intendence of the Field Officers, Adjutants, or some other
Commissioned Officers.

Those tion-eommicsioaed officers mutt be iatelligrist men,
end perfectly instructed in every part of their military ditty.
and will be occasionally employed in other duties in the
field. It is 'opposed that the pay of the above.meutioned
serjeasts may be charged to the •uuual accounts of the

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If oedemata wbe are perfectly able to undertake the shine
dot, cannot be found in the miGll4, Commanding Officers
of corps may probably be able to select three young men
willing to be employed, and can send them to the regiments
of the line in garrison here to be instructed.
For the purpose of ascertaining whether the colleen of
each company know their duty, and of en:tiring the indivi-
dual steadiness of the men, it is recommended that, once
during the spring, on someday on which the militia baa bees
accustomed to parade, every company, in presence of the
eensmanding uffirer, be drilled by its own officer, first without
arms, marching in line, filing, and wheeling; then at
manual and platoon exereises,and marching with arms, and
Curetting account, subdivisions, and companies. This abort
drill will not occupy much time, sod will be of much use in
eerreelteg the inaccuracies is moving, that generally occur
whee regiments have been some months without exercise.
All the seri/sots should be taken out once a year, and in-
structed in taking places for the echelon movement, and in
taking up distances (or subdivision, and companies. Fur
ibis drill the Assistant Serjeant-Major most be furnished
with a line divided into paces.
It would he very desirable to erect shed, fur the drill of
remits in bad weather ; but it is thought the expense of
treclang them la time of poets would not be defrayed by the
Slats., and that the parishes would think them anneconstry.

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