The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-10 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE ARMY.
The following circular memorandum, signed by
Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant-General, Royal
Artillery, has been issued from the Horse Guards
by command of his Royal Highness the Field Mar-
shal Commanding-in-Chief :
"1. The entire equipment of each battery is to be in-
spected by the three senior officers present, by whom a list
of such items as are found unserviceable or repairable, but
beyond repair by the artificers of the battery, should be
drawn up. The stores included in these lists are to be de-
scribed in full detail, to avoid the condemnation of ether
than unserviceable portions.
"2. The list mentioned in No. 1 to be submitted to the
general officer commanding, with an application for the as-
sembly of a mixed Board of Survey, the president of which
should, when practicable, be a regimental field officer, and
the members captains of the mounted services (not,howevero
belonging to the batteries whose stores are to be surveyed),
and officers of the military store department.
"3. It is remarked that several instances have occurred,
during the last year, of stores which were not really in an
unserviceable condition, being cc,ndemned by Boards of
Survey, and also of stores,which have become unserviceable
from improper usage, being returned as worn from fair wear•
As all the stores returned to the Royal Arsenal are subjected
to inspection under the orders of the Secretary of State for
War, it is absolutely necessary that the officers comprising
the military Boards of Survey should carefully guard
against the possibility of the accuracy of their report, either
as to the:actual condition of the stores examined, or of causes
to which their unserviceableness is attributable, being after-
wards questioned. In the instances alluded to the stores
have had to be returned to the batteries for further service,,
and those issued in their stead withdrawn, and the value
of articles which had become unserviceable from the un-
fair usage (especially corn bags, which were found to
have been worn out in cleaning, collar-chains, &c.), has
been claimed from the batteries concerned. The officers
on whom the preparation of the lists mentioned in No. 1
devolves, from their connection with the batteries, have full
knowledge, or the means of obtaining information as to the
stores they are reporting for survey, and they are enjoined
to insert in those lists all such information as will enable
the Boards to determine whether or not the condition of
the several articles is attributable to fair wear and tear.

"4. The reports of survey, which are to be prepared in
duplicate, are, after confirmation by the commanding offi-
cer, to be transmitted to the.A.djt.-Gen. in duplicate, with
the annual requisition for stores for 1863-4.

" 5, To prevent any misapprehension on the part of any
officers composing the Boards of Survey as to the responsi-
bility they incur in this duty this memorandum is to be sub-
mitted to the Board when they assemble. The demands,
as well as exhibiting the wants of the batteries, are to show
the establishment and the quantities of stores in every par-
ticular on charge at the date the documents bear. The
number of horses for which provision is made in the de-
mands to be conspicuously noted on the face of the form ;
any horses of the staff attached to batteries being distin-
guished from those of the batteries to account for horse ne-
cessaries for them being included in the demands. Where,
owing to previous stores being due on previous requisitions,
the quantities on hand and those demanded do not, together,
equal the establishment, the number so due to be noted in
the column of remarks. When the requisitions shall have
had noted on them the extent to which the military store de-
partment in the districts can meet the requirements of the
service, the demands and survey reports are despatched to
commanding officers of brigades."

A War-office circular, addressed by the Right
Hon. the Secretary of State for War to officers com-
manding Royal Artillery, superintendents of stores,
and barrack-masters, has been received at Chatham,
directing that all returns of gunpowder, small-arm
ammunition, serviceable small-arms, repairable and
unserviceable small-arms, camp equipage, and filled
cannon cartridges be, in future, punctually ren-
dered to the proper authorities, made up to the last
day of each quarter.

Ycs::erday the 10th company of Royal Engineers,
under the command of Capt. E. D. Malcolm,
marched into Chatham garrison, preceded by the
band of the corps, from Aldershott camp. On reach-
ing head-quarters at Brompton barracks the com-
pany was inspected by Col. Harness, C.B. The
10th company, which during its stay at Aldershott
has been reduced below its proper strength, will be
raised to its full complement from the depot corn-
panies at head-quarters, and be put through a com-
plete course of field-work instruction, in readiness
for embarkation for India or the colonies.

At a late hour on Thursday night, as Lieut.-Col.
Browne, C. 8., R.E , was going his rounds at the
Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, he was
thrown violently from his horse, by which he sus-
tained some severe injuries. The spot at which the
accident occurred was at the north gun shed, near
the Crimean memorial arch, where there are some
chains stretched across the open space in dangerous
proximity to the public road. Col. Browne, not
being aware of the chains being placed there, rode
his horse at full gallop against them, when the ani-
mal stumbled and threw the rider with great force
to the ground. He was immediately picked up and
conveyed to his quarters, where it was found that
he had received several severe cuts about the head
and face. He was in somewhat delicate health, his
constitution being rather weak from the effects of
several wounds he received some years since. This
is not the only accident which has occurred at this
spot from the same chains.