The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The 96th Regiment is appointed to embark to-
morrow at Plymouth on board the screw steamship
Revenge, 89, Capt. C. Fellowes, for conveyance to
Portsmouth. The 96th will probably go first to the
Camp at Shorncliffe, and then to Aldershott prior
to the opening of the Great Exhibition.

An order has been received at Chatham, from the
War-office, laying down a code of regulations for
piling and arranging the Armstrong shot and shell
delivered into store.

A redistribution of the Corps of Royal Marines
and Royal Marine Artillery, and an alteration in
the system of promotion, was authorised by an
Order in Council, dated March 21, in conformity
with which the following regulations were pro-
mulgated :—The Royal Marine Artillery division
will be composed of 24 companies, each consisting of
one captain, two subalterns, eight sergeants, six
corporals, five bombardiers, two drummers and
buglers, and 107 gunners ; total, 131. The Royal
Marine Light Infantry will comprise 116 companies,
each consisting of one captain, two subalterns, six
sergeants, six corporals,three drummers and buglers,
and 109 privates ; total, 127. The whole of the
subalterns of companies to be two-thirds first, and
one-third second lieutenants. The regimental staff
of the artillery and Light Infantry divisions will in-
clude five colonels commandants,five colonels second
commandants, 20 lieutenants-colonels, five paymas-
ters, five barrack masters, five surgeons, five assis-
tant-surgeons, one laboratory instructor, five gun-
nery instructors, five musketry instructors, 10 adju-
tants, five lieutenants and quartermasters, five quar-
termasters, 10 sergeants-major, five quartermaster
sergeants, and five barrack sergeants. The general
staff will consist of one deputy-adjutant-general and
one assistant adjutant-general. The following pro-
motions and appointments have taken place in the
Royal Marines, by order of the Admiralty, conse-
quent upon the re-appointment of captains to com-
plete the separate establishment of the Royal Ma-
rine Artillery:—First Lieut. and Quartermaster W.
F. P. S. Dadson, of the Portsmouth division, to be
Captain, and appointed to the same division ; First
Lieut. H. A. Brenan, of the Portsmouth division, to
be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, and appointed to
the same division ; First Lieut. C. F. Short, of the
Woolwich division, to be Captain, and appointed to
the Plymouth division ; Second Lieut. R. W. F.
Holt, of the Plymouth division, to be First Lieute-
nant, and appointed to the Woolwich division;
First Lieut. and Adjt. F. Lean, of the Portsmouth
division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Ply-
mouth division; First Lieut. S. B. Colwell, of the
Portsmouth division, to be Captain, and appointed
to the same division ; First Lieut. and Quartermas-
ter H. Swale, to the Woolwich division, to be Cap-
tain, and appointed to the same division ; First
Lieut. T. Bent, of the Chatham division, to be Lieu-
tenant and Quartermaster, and appointed to the
Woolwich division ; Second Lieut. R. H. Dovyer, of
the Portsmouth division, to be First Lieutenant, and
appointed to the Chatham division ; First Lieut. R.
Woolcombe, of the Artillery division, to be Adju-
tant, and appointed to the same division; Second
Lieut. F. F. Evans, to the Chatham division, to be
First Lieutenant, and appointed to the same divi-
sion, vice Hemmans, placed on half-pay.