The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-20 00:00:00

FORAGE.

The ration is to consist of oats, hay, and straw, in
such quantities as may from time to time be fixed by the
Secretary of War, and is only to be issued from the
magazines for the effective horses actually belonging to,
and standing at, the pickets, or in the stables of the
camp, according to returns to be signed upon honour by
each individual officer inserting in his own handwriting
the number of effective horses he actually has in camp.
The general officers and staff are to draw forage
(strictly upon honour) only for the effective horses they
have with them in the field.
The rations for general officers, their aides-de-camp,
and staff are not to exceed the number stated in list
annexed, nor for regiments of Dragoons that in List 2.
In regard to regiments of infantry, the mounted officers
in camp receive the ration of forage in kind.
STAFF.

List No. I. The commander-in-chief, 20 horses ; gene.
ral commanding a district, eight horses ; lieutenant-
general, six horses ; major-general, five horses ; briga-
dier-general, four horses ; adjutant-general and quarter-
master-general, each four homes (but, if general officers,
according to rank) ; secretary—to the commander-in-chief
four horses ; secretary to the lieutenant-general com
manding in Ireland, three horses ; deputy adjutant-
general and deputy-quarter master-general, each three
horses ; assistant adjutant-goneral and assistant quarter-
master-general, each two hoi uses ; deputy-assistant adju-
tant-general, and deputy-ass istant quarter-master-gene-
ral, each one horse ; aide-de- camp to the commander-in-
chief, three horses ; aide-de-( :amp to Lord-Lieutenant in
Ireland, two horses ; chapla;in to the forces, one horse ;
majors of brigade, and aides -dc-camp, commissary gene-
ral, deputy commissaries-gen oral, assistant commissaries-
general, deputy-assistant cc anmissaries-general, inspec-
tor-general of hospitals, de. pasty inspector-general, staff
surgeon, first class, staff suri,:e on, second class, assistant-
surgeon, provost-marshal, a: istant to provost-marshal,
according to their relative :ranks with officers of the
army.

General officers and staff are to cause requisitions to
be, as early as possible, sent to the commissariat
officer on the troops going into camp, and regularly
every day preceding the issuing morning afterwards, as
above directed, according to form B.
Articles bad in their kind, or deficient in weight, are
not to be received by the troops ; the badness, or defi-
ciency, to be ascertained before taken from the maga-
zine, in presence of a regimental quartermaster, or a
commissioned officer ; but articles once taken from the
magazine cannot be returned.
The settlements are to take place monthly, from the
Ist day of the month to the last day of the same month,
both days inclusive ; and returns of the number of effec-
tives, with the quantity of bread and meat received,
and the name of the contractor who delivered the same,
also the periods for which they were issued, are to be
transmitted by the paymasters as soon as possible after
the last day of the month in which such bread and meat
were furnished to the Secretary at War, according to
the forms supplied by the War-office. Paymasters of
cavalry are also to transmit returns of forage supplied
according to forms supplied by the War-office. It is to
be observed, that the returns for men encamped are to
be distinct from those of men in any other situation.
The contractors will be paid by the officers of the com-
missariat, according to such directions, as they may
receive from the Lords of the Treasury.
The servants, not soldiers, and washerwomen, are to
pay the value of their rations through the paymaster to
the contractor, and the payment to be witnessed by the
commissariat officer.

The regimental stoppages of 6d. from non-commis-
sioned officers and rank and file, are to be paid by the
War-office to the credit of the public on the returns of
the paymasters, compared with [the ration returns ren-
dered to the Audit Board.

If supplies are remind from the contractor by regi-
mental or staff officers, it'is to be considered as a trans-
action direct between the parties. The supply drawn by
the regimental officer to be paid monthly by the regi-
mental paymaster, and that drawn by the staff to be
paid by the officer receiving it individually for the same
period.
The stoppages on forage delivered for the horses of
officers of cavalry, are to be paid to the officers of the
commissariat. Physicians or surgeons to sign receipts
for supplies delivered for the use of the general hospital.
The above regulations respecting the articles to be
issued to the troops in the home encampments have re-
ceived the General Commanding-in-Chiefs approbation ;
and the officers of the commissariat department will take
care that these regulations are observed by all persons
employed in deliveries to the troops.
G. BROWN, Adjutant-General.