The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-13 00:00:00

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

It is intended to augment the Land Transport Corps,
which will be attached exclusively to the Quarter-
Master-Genaral's Department, and to WillOh such an
auxiliary was found to be most effective during the Pe-
ninsular War. The train will consist of 1,000 drivers,
and be officered in a similar manner to the old Waggon
Train, viz., the corps will be under the command of a
lieutenant-colonel, and divided into 10 troops of 100
men each, under the command of a captain and two
lieutenants. The commissariat corps of waggoners, as
the name denotes, will be under the orders of the Com-
missary-General commanding, and will also consist of
1,000 drivers, superintended by an Assistant Commis-
sary-General, with the local rank of lieutenant colonel.
The corps will be divided into 10 troops of 100 men
cache officered by a captain, two lieutenants, two in-
spectors, and a quartermaster. Two troops, or a squad-
ron, will be attached to each division of the army, the
drivers of each corps will be armed with a cavalry car-
bine, a sabre, and revolver, and the uniform is to be a
short blue tunic, without lace or ornament, with the ex-
ception of the officers, who will wear the epaulettes of
their respective ranks. Each troop will, however, be
distinguishable by different coloured facings, as the blue
troop, red troop, green troop, &c. As each driver will
have the charge of two horses or mules, 4,000 animals
will be required for the service. A large portion of the
force has already proceeded to the seat of war • and, as
a sufficiency of men cannot be obtained from the police,
recruiting parties had been sent into the agricultural
districts to enlist them. A depot for instructing re-
cruits is to be formed at Croydon, which was formerly
the head-quarters of the Waggon Train.
On Saturday, the Great Britain steamer, the arrival
of which in Queenstown we have noticed, received on
board, by the river steamers, draughts from the follow-
ing regiments, each draught consisting of 132 men, rank
and file-17th, 21st, 30th, 49th, 57th, 62d, and 63d.
Draughts from the following regiments were to embark
on Sunday and Monday :-63d, 68th, 41st, 47th, and
55th. The Great Britain will take altogether 1,500
men, and 140 officers and 15 horses. She is not ex-
pected to sail before Monday.
The screw steam-transport Victory, of Limerick, Rose,
master, from Limerick, in ballast, arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday morning to ship stores and a few troops for
the seat of war. The question was asked on Sunday of
the authorities at Portsmouth, whether the General
Screw Steam Shipping Company's transport Crcesus
could carry two months' coals; from which an opinion
got abroad that it was contemplated to send her off to
the Cape forthwith with troops, but we heard nothing
further yesterday.
The Harbinger steamer is now being laden at Black-
wall, with stores for the sick and wounded at Scutari,
and munitions of war for the Crimea, and will leave in
the course of the week.

The total number of regular transports taken up by
the Admiralty for the war, and numbered, is 201 ; of
these 15 have been lost, leaving 185 now actively em-
ployed in the service.