The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

DISCIPLINE IN MILITARY PRISONS.
Horse Guards, Jan. 16th, 1847.
It having been represented by the Secretary at War that
it would be for the advantage of discipline in the military
prisons if those establishments could be relieved from the ne-
cessity of receiving incorrigible delinquents, and prisoners
whom, from the disgraceful nature of the offences of which
they have been convicted, it may be deemed expedient to dis-
charge at the termination of their imprisonment, the Com-
mander-in-Chief desires that henceforth all soldiers who, in
addition to an award of imprisonment, may have been recom .
mended by courts-martial for discharge, with ignominy, ~r
whose discharges may have been sanctioned en the grounds of
continued and incorrigible misconduct, be committed, when
practicable to civil prisons.
The discharge documents will in all such cases be com-
pleted; and if the soldier is to be discharged with ignomiav
the forms prescribed at page 127 of her Majesty's Regula-
tions, must be gone through before he is permitted to leave
the regiment. transmitting the certificates of discharge tonic
Governor of the prison, f.,r the purpose of being delivere•_, tc
the prisoners when the ..erns of their imprisonment Att.., hive
expired.
The Commander-in-Chief further directs that soldiers cc m-
milted to military prisons duping the summer months, nut
whose term of impriseinnent will terminate after the winter
sets in, may, in all eases, carry with them their trousers
other articles of clot hit g suited t., the season at which o'6r
release from imprisonment is likely to take place.—By c'-‘m%
mand of Field-Matshal ti.. Luke of WELLINGTON.,
Commander-in-Chief.
(Signed) J. MACDONALD, Adj.-Genera
Horse Guards, Jan. 25, 1847.
The observations contained in the annexed extract c a
report from -Jr. Tufnell, surgeon to the military prison .n
Dublin, as to the best position of the ti,,ldier while emplo-ed
at shot exercise, have appeared to the Commander-in-aim
so judicious, that his Grace desires they may be corisidc_ec
as instructions to he attended to, and enforced, by COMMAIR,
in,: officers, when soldiers are subjected to that description
of punishment in the garrison or barrack cells under their
superintendence.
It must be clearly understood, that all prisoners, irevioul
to their admission into the cells, are to be carefully examined
by a regimental medical officer, and every possible precau-
tion taken that FAO man having a tendency or predisposition
to rupture shall, on any account, be employed at shot ex-
ercise, or any other species of hard labour which way be
dkely to be prejud4ial to his health.
By command of
Field Marshal the Commander-in-Chief, _
eneral.
(Sigued) J. bIACDONALD, Ad, j.-u
f the Surgeon of the
Extract item the Half-yearly Rep
over the shot,
being term, n sellmhlssehr,geltils46p.retty
trsto,leaenffdoratrmiss,maandde
to the level of the hips close to
and the weight broughtthisi
close
the
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by the muscles of the
f the abdomen; but if the
°and the shot be lifted oft
person; so long as
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from the bed,, the whole effort then corr es upon the mus-
cles of the bsuly, and by their contraction, as well as that of
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the diaphragm, the disposition to rupture is excited."
RIXRUITING DEPARTMENT.
All correspondence-Ihrealnan de
corner
sr
nrheerel ante:
ef fveotrt htohe Horset hto b
cover,as
ad Feb.Frc 18
the recruiting Guards,
recruiting of the troops
ittheelg,uhAleadLtjinjoevn:tt.t-General, with "Recruiting Sorties" /ninon
osenrvtliinegleinft d
enant-General commanding in Ireland will con-
tinue to dispose of the cases of recruits, who having been
rejected on joining their regiments or depots, have been
declared unfit for the service by medical boards, in the
m3wlaislnitnbi‘eeirat3r., napoilnsBtm4e2, outtaditends
by the Circular Memorandum of the
d theheretofore proceedings
to the and
Deputy-Adjutant-
General -Adj
documentsutant.
General in Dublin, for the Lieutenant- Gt neral's informa-
tion, but that office will henceforth be relieved from all the
details of the recruiting service, except in so far as they
relate to the discipline of the officers and troops employed on
that duty.
By direction of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief,
(Signed) J. MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.
Horse Guards, Feb. 8, 1847.
Officers commanding regiments and depots will intune-
diately transmit to this department a return showing the
number of boys who may have been received by their corps
respectively, from the various union workhouses throughout
the United Kingdom, for the purpose of being trained as
drummers or musicians, from the year 1840 inclusive, speci-
fying the dates of their enlistment, and the workhouses from
which they have been received.
By command of the Cornman,ler-
(Signed) J. 41/ACDUNALD, Adjutant-General.