The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-11 00:00:00

TROOPS FOR THE EAST.

The Adelaide and Brandon, hired screw steatn-ships,
have been ordered to proceed immediately to Portsmouth,
where they are to embark the following troops, who
have been ordered to assemble at Portsmouth garrison
for immediate embarkation, to join the head-quarters of
their respective regiments in the Crimea and seat of war
in the East :

Office Non-commissioned
Officers. 01licqrs and men.
1 121
0 71.
3. . 52
1 81

Grenadier Guards
Scots Fusiliers
Ist Foot (Ist battalion)
4th Foot
19th Foot
20th ............
28th Foot
41st Foot
44th Foot
46th Foot
49th Foot
BSth Foot 1
RAW Brigade (Ist battalion) 1

NEW DRESS FOR STAFF

722

EONS.

A new dress has just been decided upon for staff sur-
geons. It consists of a tunio or frock similar in shape
to the new line dress, with a slight display of gold lace.
The facings and cuffs are covered with. black velvet,
turned up with lace. The dress trousers ere black, with
a stripe of gold cord ; the undress being of a similar
colour, but with a small scarlet cloth stripe. The cocked
hat will be retained with a small green plume. The re-
gimental medical facers' uniform will be almost similar
to the foregoing, save in regard to the facings and cuffs,
which will be regulated according. to the shade and pat-
tern used by each corps. An addition will be made to
the foregoing in the shape of pouch, &c.

REGIMENTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
The following circular (No. 1,166) has just been issued
from the War- office, dated Nov. 4 :
"Sir—Her Majesty having been pleased, ter the warrant of
April 13, 1854, to amend the 'warrant of July 1,1845, grant-
ing medals and gratuities to soldiers in the army for ' good
conduct' and long service,' and having been, further pleased
to direct that gratuities so awarded shall be placed, under
certain restrictions, in the savings bank of the regiment to
which such soldier may belong, I am directed to acquaint
you, in furtherance thereof, sad with reference to the cir-
cular letter from this department of the 22(1 MaY last (No.
2,159), that the following instructions should be observed
in investing the gratuities alluded to :
" The gratuity is to be placed to the credit of the sol-
dier in the savings balk ledger, separate and distinct from
his ordinary savings bank transactions, as also from any
deposits he may have in any friendly society fund invested
in the regimental savings bank.
" The following heading is to be written over the gra-
tuity account in the ledger Gratuity—Not to be paid
until discharged from the service.'
" In the event of a soldier being transferred from the
regiment in which he is serving to another regiment, a
separate transfer statement, to be called from C, is to be
transmitted to tie regiment to which the man is trans-
ferred, having the heading above stated, and specifying the
amount of gratuity awarded, with the amount of interest
added to principal, and separately stating the amount of
interest, if any, to be afterwards added for any broken
period previous to transfer.
" When a regiment is transferredto:lthe Indian establish-
ment, these gratuities will be tran iferred to the India
Company in the same way as the ordinary savings bank
and friendly seciety deposits have ctitherto been trans-
ferred, but continuing to be separately and distinetly
stated from ordinary deposits.
"To simplify as much as possible the transfer of gra-
tuities to soldiers servin with their regiments in India, a
notification of the award will in future be made by the
Secretary-at-War to the Directors of tie East India Com-
pany, as well as to the officer commanding the regiment,
with directions to the paymaster, that the amount awarded
is to be deducted from the quarterly remittance return of
effects, with a reference to the number and date of the
War-office letter.
" When men are discharged in India for the purpose of
settling there, at the Cape of Good Hope, or any colony
eastward thereof, then the principal and interest of their
gratuities are to be withdrawn, and paid to them like their
ordinary savings bank deposits.
"In those cases where men are sent home to be dis-
charged, the East India Company will transfer to the Bri-
tish Government the gratuity deposits of such men in the
same mode as that in which their savings bank balances
are now transmitted, care being taken to distinguish such
gratuities from ordinary savings bank deposits.
" Should a man entitled to a gratuity die before he is
discharged from the service, the principal and interest are
to be added to his effects in the mode pointed out in the
7th section of the Savings Bank Warrant of 11th Oct.,
1843.

" As these gratuities are only subject to forfeiture on
conviction by a general, garrison, or district court-martial,
commanding officers will take care to report such cases
especially to the Secretary at Weir, and give the requisite
directions to the paymaster to remit to this country the
principal and interest so forfeited, with the other remit-
tances to be placed to the credit of the public.
" As regards regiments on the BrAish establishment, all
forfeited gratuities aro to be withdrawn from the savings
rank, like any other deposits, and specifically credited to
the public in the general state of the quarterly pay list,
with a reference to the date of the commanding officer's
letter reporting the forfeiture of the gratuity, to the Secre-
tary at War.
" In regard to those regiments on the I3ritish establish-
ment which have not opened savingt banks and to the sol-
diers of which gratuities for gout conduct' and 'long
services' may be awarded, it will be requisite that the
officer commanding should open sa cings banks for the pur-
pose of investing such gratuities at interest under the
authority of the warrant of 13th April, and, the circular
from this office dated May 22, 1854. I have, &c.,
" B. HAWES."

MILITIA.
Lieutenant Colonel Dickson this week enrolled 45
volunteers at Croon), for the County Limerick Militia.
Captain Francis M‘Nainara, Lae Bth. Hussars, ig ap-
pointed Lieu-tenant-Colonel of the Clare Militia, vice
Marquis Conyugham, resigned. Captain O'Callaghan,
late K. D. Guards, and Captain John O'Callaghan, late
62d Regiment, arc appointed captains. Robert Going,
Esq., Broadfort, is appointed lieutenant.

CHOLERA of a very virulent kind has appealed at
Dewsbury, in the Wast Riding. Several deaths have
occurred. It is most prevalent amongst the lowest
class of Irish. •