The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

THE :ARMY.

The Secretary of State for War having repre-
sented that several military store clerks are urgently
required, and that the list of candidates for those
appointments is nearly exhausted, his Royal High-
ness the General Commending-in-Chief has directed
by a circular memorandum, dated the 4th of January
current, the attention of commanding officers to the
War-office circulars having reference to these ap-
pointments (Nos. 689, 690, and 705), and desired
that they will forward to the War-office the appli-
cations of any non-commissioned officers who may
'be on the eve of the completion of, or who may
have actually compleied their service for pension,
and whom they can recommend for the clerkships
in question.

The following General Regimental Order, noti-
fying the appointments, transfers, and orders for
embarcation of the batteries of Royal Artillery,
signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adjt.-General
has been issued from the Horse Guards, by com-
mand of the Duke of Cambridge :
" Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the following
promotions in the Royal Regiments of Artillery :—Lieut.
F. C. Elton, to be second captain, vice Capt. Majendie,
removed to the supernumerary list; Second Capt. M. P.
Eden, to be adjutant, by augmentation; Lieut. C. R.
Franklin, to be second captain, vice Capt. Eden; Scrgt.-
Major J. Pitt, to be quartermaster, by augmentation;
Capt. A. Orr, from the supernumerary list, to be cap-
tain, vice Capt. Hayman, removed to the supernumerary
list ; Brevet Major F. Miller, to be captain, vice Capt.
Ingilby, removed to the supernumerary list; Lieut. C.
Collingwood, to be second captain, vice Capt. Miller;
Second Capt, R. W. Haig, on the supernumerary list, to be
captain; Brevet Major C. H. Owen, on the supernumerary
list, to be captain; Brevet-Major G. A. 111 ilman, to be
captain, vice Capt. Miller, removed to the supernumerary
list ; Lieut. A. F. Anley, to be second captain, vice Capt.
Milman ; Assist-Surg. T. R. Mould, from the 83d Regiment
to be assist-surg., vice W. Naughton, N. 8., placed on half
pay ; Paymaster H. G. A. Powell to have the hon. rank of
captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 27th Jan., 1860.
His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief
has been pleased to approve of the following appointmeuto

trice ; Lieut. E. H. Cameron, to be aide-de-camp to the
Governor of the Windward and Leeward Wands. The fol-
lowing officers aro raised to increased pay, viz—Lieut. P. D.
Barclay, Ist Brigade, Nice Handeock, deceased ; Lieut. 11.
Graves, 11th Brigade, vice Elton, promoted; Lieut. T. J.
Jones, 2d Brigade, vice Franklin, promoted; Lieut. it. F.
Millett, 15th Brigade, vice It. B. Stoney, deceased; Lieut.
J. L. Bell, Ist Brigade, vice Collingwood, promoted ; Lieut.
li. E. Mines, 10th Brigade, vice Anloy, promoted. The
following transfers have been ordered :—Liuit. T. C. Price,
from No. 2 battery, 15th Brigade, to No. 3 battery, 7th
Brigade ; Lieut. C. M. Long, from the Depot Brigade to
No. 4 battery, Bth Brigade ; Lieut. C. E. H. Symons, from
No. 3 battery, 7th Brigade, to the Depot Brigade; Lieut.
G. A. Crawford, from No. 4 battery, 7th Brigade, to the
Depot Brigade ; Lieut. H. G. Palmer, from No. 5 battery,
7th Brigade, to No. 7 battery of the same ; Lieut. C. Bent,
from No. 7 to No. 5 battery, 7th Brigade; Lieut. H. F. A.
Boodle, from No. 1 battery, 2d Brigade, to B battery, 9th
Brigade; Lieut. E. H. Cameron, from No. 3 battery, 3d
Brigade, to No. 7 battery, 7th Brigade.
" The following batteries have been placed under orders
to embark for foreign service, viz. :—E F G and H bat-
teries, 4th Brigade, and A battery, Bth Brigade, for British
North America ; Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, and 7 batteries, 10th
Brigade, and the head-quarters, for Halifax; No. 6 bat-
tery, 10th Brigade, for New Brunswick, under Col. P. H.
Mundy; Nos. 2 and 3 batteries, loth Brigade, for Bermuda,
under Col. G. Gradon. The uncle9net‘tio'ned officers are
posted as follows :—Veterinary-Surg. Oliphant to the Horse
Brigade, to do duty at Shorncliffe ; Veterinary-Surg. Paley
to the 4th Brigade; Veterinary-Surg. Clarke to the 4th
Brigade, to do duty at Hilsea. The following officers have
been placed under orders to proceed to British North
America on particular service : Lieut.-Cols. G. B. Shako-
spear and It. F. Mountain. The undermentioned officers
have been ordered to British North America :—Lieut.-Cols.
li. L. Gardiner, J. Turner, C. 8., Lieuts. T. C. Price, C.
W. Long, G. C. Davie, and C. Bent; Assist.-Surgeons
Harrison, Jones, Hogg, and Woodfal ; Veterinary-Surgs.
Paley, Lang, Stockley, and Meyrick. Sword Capt. Nangle
has been posted to the Depot Brigade, and Second Capt.
Franklen to the 7th Brigade.

" The officers commanding Royal Artillery at stations
concerned will obtain the sanction of the general officers
commanding the troops to the following removals :—Lieut.-
Col. Mitchell, from Dover to Woolwich ; Second Capt.
Franklen, from India to England ; Second Capt. Coiling,
wood, from Plymouth to Woolwich ; Second Capt. Anley,
from India to Halifax. Captain and Adjutant Eden and
with th 3 depot brigade
aQtusahrteeerrmnaesBste.r Pitt are to do duty

In future authorities for the sale of cast horses of the
Royal Artillery will be sent direct from the War-office to
the officer in command of the corps at the stations concerned,
instead of through the medium of this department, as
heretofore ; and commanding officers are requested to make
application to the War .office for supplies of a new form of
sale account, which will shortly be ready for issue. A copy
of the account of each sale is to be furnished to this office as
soon as possible after the horses are disposed of. In future,
swehetntomeDnuobflitnh,e Royalfor Artillery stationed in Ireland are
n
discharge,
they are to be trans-
ferred by the ordinary No. 1 report into the payment of the
district paymaster there, who will make all the necessary
railway and other arrangements in such cases. There will
shortly be a vacancy for the appointment of instructor in
surveying and sketching at the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich, and any second captain or subaltern near pro-
motion,who may be desirous of the appointment is requested
to make application to the Inspector of Studies at that in-
stitution. Specimens of Pettman's percussion fuzes for land
service common round shells have been sealed as patterns
to govern supplies. The Secretary of State for War has de-
cided that men who apply for their discharges before com-
pleting six months' service, but who cannot be discharged
till after that period has expired, are not to bo permitted to
have the same for less than £3O in consequence thereof.
" The Secretary of State for War having approved the
formation of two field batteries in the 4th Brigade, the fol-
lowing arrangements have been made, viz.:—the batteries
to be formed at Hilsea under Lieut.-Col. Anderson, C. 8.,
No 9. battery, 4th Brigade, to become I battery ; No. 10
battery, 4th Brigade, to become K battery. A battery, 4th
Brigade, to move from Christchurch, and B battery from
Ililsea to Aldershot. 200 horses of E, F, and G batteries to
b....nt from Aldoruhot to Hilsea, for I and K batteries.
The following removals of field officers have been ordered :
Col. W. J. Smythe, to Pembroke Dock, to command the
Royal Artillery in the south-western district; Col. A.
Irving, C. 8., to Guernsey ; Lieut.. Col. O'Connell, to Col-
chester; Lieut.-Col. Gibbon, C. 8., from Colchester to
Woolwich ; Lieut.-Cul. Dixon, from Guernsey to 'Wool-
wich. The head quarters and all the batteries of the 15th
Brigade have been ordered to Woolwich."

The remaining division of the 96th, under the
command of Liout.-Col. the Hon. A. •IVL Cathcart,
left the Curragh at 5 a.m. yesterday for Cork, to em-
bark for North America.