The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A detachment of the 75th Regiment, numbering
50 non-commissioned officers and men, under the
command of Lieut. I. S. Allfrey, left Chatham gar-
rison on Saturday for Devonport to join the service
companies, which are being raised to their proper
strength. Lieut. Allfrey rejoins the depot at
Chatham.

Orders have been received at Chatham garrison
from the Horse Guards directing Lieut.-Col.
Stewart to go out in command of the detachment of
Royal Engineers about to be despatched to the East,
for the purpose of being employed in laying down a
line of telegraph through Turkey, Persia, and Aff-
ghanistan to India, The non-commissioned officers
and men composing the detachment have been spe-
cially selected from the companies at head-quarters
who have completed their course of instruction at
the schools for telegraphy, surveying, &c., at
Brompton barracks. The whole of them have been
medically inspected, in order that none but men of
the most healthy and robust constitution may be
employed for the service. The sea kits and personal
stores have been issued to the non-commissioned
officers and men, who are in daily expectation of
receiving orders from the Horse Guards to take
their departure from Chatham.
The removals from Aldershot during the past
week have been so numerous that on Saturday,
prior to the return of the Woolmer flying column,
and after the departure of the Sandhurst column,
there was left, a smaller force at Aldershot than has
been the case at any one time since the formation
of the camp. There were then left only one squa-
dron of cavalry, four battalions of artillery, detach-
ments of the Royal Engineers and Military Train,
and five battalions of infantry—viz., the 2d batta-
lion of the Grenadier Guards, the Ist battalion of
the 6th Regiment, the 67th, 64th, and 76th Regi-
ments. The departures from camp during the
week have been as follow :—On Tuesday the Royal
Horse Guards (Blue), under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Baillie, marched from the North Camp, en
route for Windsor. On the same day the Ist bat-
talion Scots Fusileer Guards, under Lieut.-Col.
Hepburn, marched from Cove-common for London ;
and the 2d battalion Ist Royals, under the command
of Col. Holcombe, from the South Camp for Ports-
mouth, to proceed thence to India. On Thursday
the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers quitted
the division, after a sojourn of nearly two years at
the camp, the headquarters and six troops, under
Lieut.-Col. Oakes proceeding to Hounslow,one troop
to Hampton Court, and another to Kingston. Six
troops of the 18th Hussars left the North Camp on
Friday, the headquarters, and three troops, under
the command of Lieut.-Col. Knox, proceeding en
route for Newcastle, and three troops, under Major
Brett, for Ipswich. One squadron still remains at
Aldershott, under Capt. John Peyton, but it is ex-
pected shortly to depart either for Northampton or
Colchester. On Saturday a column, under the
command of Brigadier-General Bates, marched to
Sandhurst, where it will be encamped, until fur-
ther orders are received, near the new Staff College.
The column consisted of the Royal Dragoons,
B battery 4th brigade Royal Artillery, detach-
ment of Royal Engineers, 59th, 73d, and 87th Re-
giments, and a detachment of the Commissariat
Staff Corps. Orders have been received at the
camp for the D battery 9th brigade Royal Ar-
tillery, under the command of Capt. P. J. Campbell,
to march to-day, en route for Shorncliffe. The
only arrival at Aldershott during the week has been
that of the 2d battalion Grenadier. Guards, from
Wellington Barracks, on Tuesday, under the com-
mand of Col. M. Bruce. The proceedings of the
large flying column which left Aldershott on Satur-
day,
the lst inst., for Woolmer, have been full of
interest. It was under the command of Major-
Gen. Russell, and consisted of the Carabineers, a
detachment of Royal Engineers, a detachment of
the Military Train, the Übattery Royal Horse Ar-
tillery, Ist battalion 3d Regiment, Ist battalion 24th
Regiment, 2d battalion 60th Rifles, and a detach-
ment of the Commissariat Staff Corps. Shortly
before 5 o'clock in the morning the column marched
out with bands playing and colours flying, the 3d
Buffs leading. It arrived at Farnham at about 6, and
proceeded by Alice Holt Forest and Basfield to the
camping ground on the top of Keeper's hill, about
16 miles from Aldershott. The infantry arrived at
the halting-placeat about 10 o'clock, and the cavalry,
Artillery, and Military Train, which did net leave
Aldershott till 7 o'clock, arrived very shortly after-
wards. The plan of the encampment was as fol-
lows :—The Ist battalion 60th Rifles on the right,
the 24th in the centre, the Artillery next, the 3d
on the right, and the Military Train the rear. On
the flank of the 60th, in a slight hollow, the Cara-
bineers were quartered, and on a knoll at the rear,
and between the quarters of the 24th and 60th, were
the headquarters of Major-Gen.Russell. On Sunday
morning the troops were formed up in three sides
of a square in front of the general quarters, and, Di-

vine service was conducted by the chaplain. On
Monday, shortly after noon, his Royal Highness
the Commander-in-Chief and Staff arrived from
London, accompanied by Lieut.-General Sir I. L.
Pennefather, commanding at Aldershott, and his
Staff. After minutely inspecting each regiment in
turn, and going over the whole of the encampment,
a sham engagement took place, the camp being
supposed to be attacked by an enemy advancing
from Aldershot. The Field-Marshal expressed his
highest approval of the manner in which the pro-
ceedings were carried out, and returned to London
about 5 o'clock. On Tuesday morning the troops
marched out to Haslemere, a distance of five miles,
and returned iu the afternoon. On Wednesday they
marched to Petersfield, a distance of about nine
miles, where they were temporarily encamped. On
Thursday the force of the column was further in-
creased by the arrival of the 13th Hussars and the
A battery, 4th brigade Royal Artillery. On Friday
another splendid field-day took place, in the presence
of the Duke of Cambridge, Sir John Pennefather,
and their staffs. The weather has been delightful
during the whole time that this column has been
out, and the troops have greatly enjoyed the benefit
of the change.