The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following general order from the Horse
Guards, signed by Sir Jas. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8.,
Adjt.-Gen., has been promulgated at Chatham Gar-
rison for general information :—" Her Majesty
having been graciously pleased to grant to the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers who
composed the garrison of Lucknow in 1857, the
permission to reckon an additional year's service
towards pay and pension, and having been pleased
to extend this boon to the force which entered that
place under the late Sir Henry Havelock in Sep-
tember of that year, is now further pleased to
direct that the ;troops composing the detachment
left by that officer in the Alumbagh on the 25th of
September, together with those that subsequently
entered it and remained there until the relief by
Lord Clyde, on the 18th of November, 1857, shall
also participate in the above advantages. The grant
is to be entered at once in the record of service of
all those who are entitled to its advantages. This
general order is to be substituted for the one bear-
ing the same number, and dated March 24, 1862,
which is hereby cancelled. The additional year's
service in all such cases is allowed to reckon towards
the qualifications for medal and gratuity."
A circular memorandum has been issued at the
Horse Guards, in which his Royal Highness the
General Commanding-in-Chief expresses the great
pleasure he has experienced in finding that the re-
port of the Inspector-General of Artillery speaks
highly of the efficiency of the Royal Regiment of
Artillery, which is fully confirmed by the annual
returns received from the several brigades. During
the past a large a large proportion of the Royal
Artillery have undergone the prescribed course of
re-drilling, and where certain batteries have not
fully completed the course, satisfactory reasons
for their not having been able to do so have been
given. Two obstacles which have prevented the
course of drills being completed have been the
necessity of detaching small parties of artillery in
isolated parts, and the demand for a large pro-
portion of artillery for ordinary garrison duties.
His Royal Highness, being aware of the difficul-
ties which exist in obviating the former, wishes
to impress on general officers in command that in
view of the great advances daily makrng in the
science of artillery the thorough instruction and fre-
quent exercise of artillerymen in their special duties
are more than ever indispensable to their efficiency
as gunners. With this view a carefully considered
coarse of annual drill has been laid down on the
lowest scale considered compatible with efficiency,
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that everyartilleryman maymake himself thoroughly
acquainted with the care and management of rifled
cannon, and the preparation and use of the ammu-
nition and stores connected with them, and that on
all occasions they may be used with the greatest
advantage. It is essential that an artilleryman
should bear in mind that he will have to contend
with weapons of far greater precision than in any
previous war, and that the greatest accuracy and
quickest application of his own means will be neces-
sary to maintain superiority and ensure success. As
officers commanding brigades will be called upon
from time to time to detail officers and non-commis-
sioned officers to undergo the long course of instruc-
tion at the School of Gunnery, they will select such
only as, in their opinion, are likely to be able, after
having been themselves instructed, to impart the
knowledge they have acquired to others. In the
event of officers or non-commissioned officers of the
long course being found, after a reasonable time, to
have made inadequate progress, or show decided
inaptitude for instruction, or the want of energy and
interest in the pursuit of information, they will be
recommended to rejoin their brigades.
Capt. R. B. Rimington bas joined at Chatham gar-
son, and taken over the command of the 38th com-
pany of Royal Engineers from Capt. J. H. Wilson.
Capt. A.B. Macdonnell has been appointed to take
the command of the 17th company of Royal Engi
neers at the Curragh Camp, and is succeeded in his
command at Brompton Barracks by Capt. 0. H.
Stokes, from the Mauritius.
A painful sensation was caused at Chatham gar-
rison on Saturday by the sudden death from apo-
plexy of Col. C. E. Fairtlough, commandant of the
3d battalion of infantry, which took place at an
early hour on Saturday morning.
On Thursday morning last Capt. James Lyons,
Inspector of Artillery, oged 26, a very promising
officer, was found by his servant dead in bed. A
coroner's
jury, which sat on Saturday at Woolwich,
returned a verdict of apoplexy, induced by epilepsy.
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REPRESENTATION OF EAST SOMERSET.— Sir
William Miles and Mr. Knatchbull, the present members,
having intimated their intention to retire from the repre-
sentation of East Somerset at the close of the present Par-
liament, Sir Frederick William Slade, Q.C., and Mr,Ralph
Neville Gi enville, the present High Sheriff of Somerset,
have been solicited as the Conservative candidates. They
will be opposed by Sir Arthur Hallam Eton, of Cleveden-
i court, and Six Houry Aiuelio Hare, of Stourhoad.