The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-15 00:00:00

7HE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the
General Commanding-in-Chief of the Army, yester-
day made his autumnal inspection of Woolwich gar-
rison. The Duke was accompanied by his Serene
Highness Prince William Augustus Edward,of Saxe
Weimar, wearing the undress uniform of a colonel
of the Grenadier Guards; Col. the Hon. R. Charteris,
Aide-de-Camp, Scots Fusilier Guards ; General the
Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, Adjutant-General of the
Forces; General Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster
General ; Col. Charles Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant-
General, &c. The troops were drawn out in review
order, the infantry, consisting of the 7th, 13th, and
the Depot Royal Artillery, the detachment of 3d
Regiment (Buffs), the undisciplined drivers of the
Depot Brigade, and the battalion of Royal Marines
in the Artillery Barrack•field ; and the cavalry,
consisting of D, E, F, and H batteries and Depot
Battery of Horse Artillery, and the A, B, and C bat-
teries of the Depot Brigade, on Woolwich-common.
The Commander-in Chief entered the garrison at
half-past 11, and wa., received by Gen. Sir Richard
Dacres commanding, and a staff of Field-officers in
full dress uniform--namely, Brigade-Major Mil-
ward, Major Reilly, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp ; and the
officers commanding the various corps stationed in
garrison as follow :—Cols. Kennedy, Sir D. Wood,
D'Aguilar, Price, Turner, Buchanan, Wilbraham,
and Henry, Royal Artillery ; Col. Forde, Royal
Engineers ; Col. Mitchell, Royal Marines ; and
Major Gardiner, the Buffs. The Military Train
were engaged in garrison duties and were not pre-
sent. His Royal Highness first inspected the in-
fantry, who were formed in line, and, after going
through some battalion movements, marched past
and withdrew to quarters. The Commander-in-
Chief and party then proceeded to the common and
inspected the mounted corps. His Royal Highness
was received with a general salute, after which the
troops broke into open columns of companies and
marched past in slow time. They then closed to
quarter distance columns, breaking into batteries,
and marched past in divisions in quick time, re-
opened in a mass of columns, in leading companies
of battalions, wheeled to the left into a line of con-
tiguous columns, and advanced in review order.
They then retired to the rear, formed up in divisions,
unlimbered, and prepared for action without firing.
After the usual evolutions, which continued till
half-past 1, the troops performed a royal salute, and
o, new
marched off the ground. His Royal Highness and
suite then rode forward to the Royal Military Aca-
demy, and were escorted through the establishment
by the Governor-Commandant, Gen. Sandham, Col.
Yorke, and other officers of the Academy. They
inspected
racket gymnasium
court,
and first the cadets' dining hall, and after-
wards
They then proceeded
to the artillery barracks, inspected the rooms, gym-
nasium,
cells, and stables, and witnessed three
courses of riding instruction drill--one by officers of
worksh the
the Rua' Artillery and two by members of the
riding establishment. At 3 o'clock the duke, at-
, tended as above, left thegarrison and rode over to
Kidbrook-common, where g he inspected the Herbert