The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
the camp on Wednesday last, accompanied by Lord Sea-
ton, for the purpose of ikispecting the progress of the
works. While his Royat Highness was on the ground,
a tent was pitched by the Scotch Fusilier Guards after
a suggestion from Colonel Berkeley, of that corps, upon
a principle entirely new in European campaigning. The
object is to increase the room inside the tent without
any enlargement of the canvas, and the mode in which
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it is proposed to be e ted is as follows :—The central
pole is raised 18 inc y placing a few sods of turf upon
the ground, with a uare piece of wood for the pole to
rest upon. A narrow wall of turf sods is then built of
the same height (18 inches), and the inner pickets are
driven into this wall. The space for the men is thus
considerably enlarged, and their comfort proportionately
increased. A very cordial approval of the plan was
expressed by the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Seaton, and
other distinguished officers present, among whom we
remarked Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Rokeby, Assistant-
Quartermaster-General Colonel Torrens, Colonel Ben-
tinck, &c. It was, moreover, suggested that the extra
labour of building the turf wall round the tent would be
spared if the Board of Ordnance would increase the
" wall plate," or lower portion of the canvas, from 1 foot
to 18 inches. A
detachment of the 38th 'Regiment, from Ports-
mouth, consisting of 60 rank and file, under the com-
mand of Captain Sinclair, arrived on the field on Tues-
day, and pitched their tents on the left of the 95th
Regiment.

L On Tuesday next detachments from every regiment
forming the camp are to arrive. These detachments are
to consist of a subaltern, a quartermaster, two non-com-
missioned officers, and three rank and file, and each will
occupy the spots marked out for their respective
brigades.
The parochial authorities of Chobham have decided on
letting their common ground at charges varying from 10s.
to 3/. per foot frontage, according to the advantage of
the situation. The committee for effecting this arrange-
ment have determined to withhold their decision upon
any applications until after Tuesday next, and they add,
that although they have endeavoured to make arrange-
ments with the lord of the manor and the persons entitld
to common rights, they do not hold themselves respon-
sible for any proceeding that may be taken by either.
Captain Lefroy's company, 4th battalion of the Royal
Artillery, at present in the field-batteries at Woolwich,
has been placed under orders of readiness to proceed to
Chobham, so as to arrive there on the 14th inst. Capt.
Campbell's company, Ist battalion, also under orders
to proceed to Chobham, has arrived at the garrison at
Woolwich, Capt. Shakespear's company, ad battalion,
having been sent to Chatham to relieve them and take
over the 9-pounder guns stationed there ; and Capt.
Campbell's company will take a 9-pounder field-battery
with them to Chobham from Woolwich. Capt. Black-
wood Price's company, Ist battalion, at Shorncliff, is to
be relieved in a similar manner by a company from
Woolwich, and will take a battery to Chobham from
Woolwich.
The following has been promulgated in general
orders :