The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

pruetgyi.mAecni regimental orderebas s
T
Bingham,A general
D e
d by Col, C.
il:en issued from
the Horse Guards by order of Field-Marshal the
Duke of Cambridge, containing the following an-
nouncements :—Col. G.. R. H. Kennedy to be Col.
on the staff of the army serving at Malta, while
holding the command of the Royal Artillery in that
island, vice Col. Crofton, deco ased ; Brevet-Col. E.
Wodehouse, C. 8., to command the Depot Brigade„
Royal Artillery, vice Col. Kennedy ; Second-Capt.
C. L. Tredcroft appointed to the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, vice Capt. Williams. The following officers
are posted to the Depot Brigade, and will join at
the stations named on the 20th inst., for duty until
required to embark for India—viz.,Lieuts. Pratt and
Sorell, Hilsea ; Lieuts. Brinkley, Botnford, and
Graves, Shorncliffe; and Lieuts,Barker and Rawle,
Aldershott, to do duty with the 4th Brigade. The
following removals have been ordered :—Li,eut.-Col.
Elgee, from Ireland to Shorncliffe; Capt. W;lliams,
from Dorcester to Hilsea ; Capt. Higgon, from
Ireland to Devonport ; Capt. Tredcroft, from
Devonport to Dorchester ; Capt. Gilmour, from
India to Ireland ; Capt. Welch, from Woolwich to
the Isle of Wight; and Lieut. 11. Murray, Co ast
Brigade, from Carlisle to Alderney. The uncle:-
mentioned officers are posted as follows;—Lieut,
R. Warburton, to No. 1 battery, 24th Brigade ;
Lieut. J. R. Disney, to No. 4 battery, 25th Bri-
gade ; Lieut. E. Waller, to No. 5 battery, 25th Bri-
gade ; Lieut. C. R. Foulger, to No. 6 battery, 25tia
Brigade; Riding-Master Sampson, to sth Brigade,
Royal Horse Artillery ; Riding-Master Jautler, to
9th Brigade; Riding-Master Bainett, to the depot
of the Horse Brigade; Lieut. H. L. Armstrong, from
No. 1 to No. 3 battery, 17th Brigade ; Lieut. F. L.
Weston, from No. 3 to No.l battery, 17th Brigade;
Lieut. H. W. Ferrier to 2d Brigade, and to join at
Dover on the 20th inst. ; Lieut. G. S. Perry to Ist
Brigade, and to join at Sheerness on the 20th inst.;
Lieut. G. A. Empson to 13th Brigade, and to join
at Woolwich on the 20th inst. The following officers
are raised to increased pay :—Lieut.-Col. J. R. An-
derson, C. 8., 4th Brigade, vice Marriott, promoted;
Lieut. C. Kirkwood, Ist Brigade, vice Gilmour, pro-
' moted ; Lieut. I. A. Kelso,l4th Brigade, vice Welch,
promoted. The following transfers have been sane-
tioned—viz., Col. R. R. Kinleside, from 19th to
25th Brigade ; Col. G. R. H. Kennedy, from 2d to
3d Brigade ; Brevet-Col. W. J. Smythe, from 14th
to 13th Brigade ; Brevet-Col. I. M. Adye, C. 8.,
from 13th to 14th Brigade; Capt. F. B. Urquhart,
to H battery, 19th Brigade ; Capt. F. Alexander to
7th battery, 25th Brigade ; Capt. A. R. Fuller, to
25th Brigade, as a supernumerary; Capt. I. D.
Higgon, to E battery, Bth Brigade; Second Capt.
and Adjutant J. Hanwell, to the head-quarters of
the Depot Brigade; Second Capt. W. B. Cumber-
land, to E battery, 19th Brigade; Second Capt. F.
Fitzroy, to 6th battery, 24th Brigade ; Second
Captain G. Cracklow, to 7th Battery, 24th Bri-
gade; Brevet Major W. Wilson, to the 6th bat-
tery, 25th Brigade ; Second Capt. C. Hunter, to
25th Brigade; Lieut. A. S. Heyland, to 1) bat-
tery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. J. F. Cooksley, to E
battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. H. L. Jones, to Ii
battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. W. S. Alexander,
to H battery, 16th Brigade; Lieut. H. Munro, to
Bth battery, 25th Brigade ; Lieut. J. H. G. Browne,
to 6th battery, 7th Brigade; Lieut. Macartney, to
4th battery, 7th Brigade ; Lieut. F. Johnson, to 2d
battery, 7th Brigade; Lieut. Slessor, to C battery,
Depot Brigade ; Lieut. Egan to Ist division, Depot
Brigade ; and Lieut. Grey, to F battery, 14th Bri-
gade. The following exchanges have been sanc-
tioned :—Between Second Capt. Capt. J. R. Dyce,
of G battery, Bth Brigade, and Second Capt.R. P. L.
Welch, of Bth battery, 7th Brigade ; between Lieut.
G. E. Handcock, of G battery, and Lieut. T. H.
Trappard, of F battery, 18th Brigade. Lieut.
Collew is posted to No. 6 battery, 7th Brigade, and
is to join at Gosport on the Ist September. Lieut.
Sutton is posted, temporarily, to the Depot Brigade
and will join at Shorncliffe on the Ist September,
for duty with a field battery at that station.
A detachment of the Ist division of the Depot
Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the Chatham district,
numbering 40 non-commissioned officers and
gunners, will leave head-quarters this morning and
proceed to Portsmouth, under the command of Lieut.
Parry, and embark on board the iron screw troop-
ship Orontes, 500-horse power, for conveyance to
Gibraltar. Detachments have also been placed
under orders to embark for British North America,
to augment the Royal Artillery stationed in Canada,
Nova Scotia, and Bermuda.