The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The .following general regimental order, signed
by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy Adjutant-General,
promulgating the code of rules and regulations for
admission for the new branch of the service in con-
cexion with the Royal Artillery, has been received
I. i,Chethedi garrison from I he Horse Guards :---', 1.
Itiyal Hignness the Field-Al t-ehal Command
Illg.tn._ . '
Uftlef hus the sat6tsction of announciog to
the Royal
ot s 1 Regiment of Artillery that the Secretary
for the tZWar has been pleased to make provision
may detdre4tte special instruction of officers who
i„ o,nnetiu: qualify themselves for employment
the civil e 9. With the manufacturing departments,
demy, and gene:au:tents of the Royal Military ACil-
be‘d by cffi,tritallY for all appointments nsuali3
reents, whlcn „1:1:1 being mitir,ry sr,ff ,ppoiry-
2. lt is the earnest spacial to the Artillery service
by this arrangement the
his Royal Highness that
lery will continue to sueetloyal 11,•giment of
which
may
scientific reutatiou
under any progress
me-
chanical arts as applied to materiel
be made lulus
Deputy Adjutant-General 4:l:Tie/of war. 3. Tae
beleexercise the ut-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief to
by the Field-
most vigilance that no officer
peto for a place in the proposed
alar.amitted to corn
tisfaction in the
ci. who has no'
given unqualified sa
duties, and ia "'charge of hi,
purely regimental not, from a mill
tary point of vieW, n active and Eirwien
tary point of view, at artillery
officer. 4. Officers desirous of competing at the
first
malts app g, application thron
examinations will m
their
commanding officer,
who in forwarding it will ap-
pend e certificate in accordance with paragraph 3.
No officer will be admissible under six years' ae,,
vice, and he must have undergone a Course
of instruction at Shoeburyness. A medical
certificate of good health will be required. 5.
The first examination will take place in March.
EducationslB64, under the Ceencil of Military
further
The books to be specielly taken up until
notice, are—" Twisden's Mechanics and Todhun ter s
Differential Calculus, but the examination Will be
chiefly confined to the earlier portions of the latter.
The French will be qualifying for the purpose of
ascertaining that the candidate has such an acquaill"
tance with the language, and especially with the
technical ternia in common use, to be able to consult
professional works, such as Didion's " Traits d'Artil-
le rie" or the "Aide Memoirs d'Artillerie," with
facility. 6. The relative importance to be attached
to the subjects of examination will be as follows :
Differential and .
chyteis.? integral calculus, 700 marks;
7. TheleYaa, physics, 300 marks ; French, qualifying.
years, and embrace
instruction will extend over two
of eaeh manufacratce in succession the special duties
in the Royal gun:in g department. For example,
tin, zinc, and their compounds
metallurgy or copper,
chytnical properties of
; mechanical and
iron, including oastiro_u r gun metal ; metallurgy of
and wrought iron, steel, and
their nlloys ; mechanical and
principles of construction of emie4l properties;
cast-iron guns ; prin
hY
ciples of construction of built up
welding, &c.;
g, ns,
the steam hammer ; turningboring, rifling, and
sighting guar; all the machines, lathes, special'
tools
and processes; comparison of systems of rifling and,
breach-loading for cannons; gauges and michrom '
trical measurements; organisation of labour in the
Royal gun factories; system of account-Itteping,
Pricing, and payment in the Royal pi, i.e.
' tones ; relations to tile director of stores, diree-