The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

In consequence of the retirement of Lieut.-Gen.
Sir John Pennefather from the command of the
Aldershott division several changes in the staff at
that station take place. The undermentioned officers
arc struck off the strength of the division :—Brevet-
Co]. J. W. Armstrong, C. 8., Assist. -Adjt. -G en.,
from the 31stult. ; Capt. P. A. A. Twynam, Deputy-
Assist.-Quartermaster-Gen., from the 31st ult. ;
Col. J. L. Simmons, C.C., commanding Royal
Engineers, from the 31st ult. inclusive, commencing
from the Ist of September, until further orders ;
Brevet-Lieut.-Col. G. Graham, V.C., Royal Engi-
neers, will perform the duties of Commanding Royal
Engineer at Aldershott. Her Majesty has been
pleased to appoint Lieut.-Col. Edward Newdegate,
half-pay, Depot Battalion, to be Assist. -Adjt.-Gen.
of the Aldershott division, vice Brevet-Col. J. W.
Armstrong, C.B.

The F battery, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, left
Aldershott on Friday, and proceeded by train to
Shoeburyness, in order to go through the annual
course of gunnery. They will relieve D battery, B
Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, which returns to
the camp.
On Wednesday the Ist brigade at Aldershott,
under Major.-Gen. D. Russell, prior to marching for
field manoeuvres, was formed into square on the
Queen's parade, and medals for long service and
good conduct were presented to Privates Corcoran,
Grennon, and Attenborough, 31st Regiment, and
to Sergt. J. Carr, Privates Leech, Fort, Lever,
M'Adam, Ryan, and Kirk, 69th Regiment. Major-
Gen. Russell, in presenting the medals, addressed
some excellent remarks to the men on the good
effects of sobriety, complimented the recipients upon
their conduct, and, dismounting, pinned the honorary
distinctions to their breasts.
A notification has been received at Chatham Gar-
rison from the Horse Guards announcing that the
prize rolls on account of the second distribution of
prize money for the operations and capture of Luck-
now have been received, and the distribution of all
officer's and men's share will commence at Chelsea
Hospital this morning. The following are the rolls
which have been received, viz. :—Royal Horse and
Foot Artillery ; Royal Engineers, 32d Light In-
fantry, 80th Regiment, 88th Connaught Rangers,
and the 93d Sutherland Highlanders. Soldiers still
serving must apply through the officer commanding
their regiment or depot. The order states that the
claims sent in will be investigated as early as pos-
sible in the order of date in which they are received,
and an answer sent, without the necessity of again
applying on the subject.
The following are the outlines of the new regula-
tions which will be introduced on the reconstruction
of the Military Store Department, now on the eve
of being accomplished. The headquarters, as for-
merly, will be at Woolwich. The nucleus of the
corps store
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as clerks, writers, book-keepers, foremen, officers will be appointed to the subordinate posts,
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keepers, &c., while private soldiers volunteering for
the service will fill the grades of wharfingers, maga-
zine men, labourers, &c. By this arrangement the
military store department is destined to maintain an
equally important position with that of the sister
service—the commissariat. The entire corps will
then be available to take and hold the field with the
army in the event of any sudden emergency, and
will be strictly amenable to military discipline, and
under the articles of war.

The iron-cased corvette Favourite, 10, 2,094 tons,
400-horse power nominal, Capt. F. H. Shortt, is get-
ing well forward with her fittings in the steam-
basin at Sheerness, but several months' work still
requires to be effected on board before she is out of
hand and ready for the pennant. She has shipped
her iron lower masts, which are hollow, so as to
serve as ventilators between the decks. The riggers
ate now at work, setting up her wire standing
rigging. The fore and aft iron swing-gates, de-
signed by Mr. Reed, and fitted in the first instance
to the iron-cased ship Research, are completed and
fixed, and from the trials made with them they are
found to work very satisfactorily. The gates open