The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

THE BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.

On Saturday morning a review of the British German
Legien by Major-General Wetherell, Adjutant-General,
and the presentation by him of a set of Royal and regi-
mental colours, by command of her Majesty, to one of
the regiments of which it is composed, and now abaut to
proceed to the East, imparted an unwonted degree of
animation and interest to the whole camp at Shorncliffe,
where it has been principally trained for active service
during the last year.
This foreign auxiliary legion, now fast approaching
completion, will ultimately coneist of two regiments of
Jitgers (rifles), six regiments of light infantry, and two
of light dragoons, making an aggregate force of about
10,000 men, and will be divided into two brigades of in-
infantry and a Lrigade of cavalry. Besides these, two
depot regiments will eventually be formed, one for each
brigade, and of the same strength as the other regiments.
The first brigade, consisting of the Ist Jiiger Corps, and
the Ist, 2d, and 3d Light Infantry Regiments, is now
stationed at Kululee, under the c iinmand of Brigadier
Woolridge, formerly colonel on the staff of General Sir
De Lacy Evans in Spain ; and three companies of the
Ist Light Infantry are at Sinope, protecting Govern.
ment stores. The 2d Jiiger Corps and the 4th Regi-
ment of Light Infantry are now at Shorncliffe, complete
and ready for service, and are destined to proceed to
Scutari in 10 days or a fortnight. The Ist and 2d
Light Dragoon regiments, also at Shorncliffe, at present
want their full complement both of men and horses. Each
regiment of cavalry, when complete, will muster 600 hor,es
and 775 men, and each regiment f infantry 1,077 men.
The sth Regiment of Light Infantry, now in coarse of
rapid formation in Heligoland, will be c oap!ete in about
10 days, and 700 of them (the present numerical
strength of the regiment) will be removed to Shorncliffe
towards the end of this week. The 6th Light Infantry
is also being embodied at Shorncliffe, and will probably
be complete by the end of the present month. Toe sol-
diers composing the legion have been collected from
nearly every part of Germary, but principally in Hano-
ver, Brims wick, Schleswig-Holsteio, Oldenburg, Meck-
lenburg, the Prussian Rhenish provinces, Bavaria, Nas-
sau, and Ilesse, including some Belgians. They count in
their ranks, as non-commissioned officers or privates,
many yoang men of superior sensation and good fami-
lies, and, in some instances, soldiers who have served as
subaltern officers in different parts of Germany. The
whole force is under the command of Major-General
Baron Stetterheim, who formerly served with Gen. Sir
De L. Evans in Spain, and lately held a command in
the army of Schleswig-Holstein. This officer, by whose
indefatigable exertions, in spite of almost insuperable
difficulties arid discouragement', the legion has been em-
bodied and brought to its present satisfactory state of
efficiency, has endeared himself to the whole corps,
officers as well it's inelf, by'tkoluAltual coarse of kind-
and considerate conduct, without in the least relaxing
the necessary rigours of discipline. He will leave Shorn-
cliffe in a few days with his staff, and proceed to Con-
stantinople to take command of the two brigades of in-
fantry and ,the brigade of c tvalry. t The officers of the
cavalry ase chiefly English, and those of the infantry
almost wholly German,
The ceremony of Saturday possessed considerable in-
terest. The day was fine, and many of the inhabitants
of the adjacent towns of Folkestone, Sandgate, and
Hyt he attended to witness it. About half-past ten o'clock
Major-General Wetherell, accompanied by Major Gene•
ral Stutterheim and the officers of his staff, and Colonel
Kinloch, appeared upon the ground. At that time the
two regiments of cavalry, the 2 I Jager (Rifle) Corps,
and the 4th Regiment of Light Infantry, were drawn
up in line, forming two sides of a square, and as the
Adjutant-General approached they preseeted arms, and
the bands of the several regiments played the national
anthem. The cavalry were under the command of Colo-
nels Percival and Fleming; 4th Light Infantry of
Lieutenant-Colonel Hurniet:rey ; and the Rifles, of the
Hon. S. Jocelyn. General Wetherell having ridden
along the line and closely inspected the men and horses,
an open square was formed, consisting of the two regi-
ments of Light Dragoons on the right, and the Rifles on
the left,—the 4th Regiment, to which the colours were
presented, occupying the centre. The Rev. Mr. WU-
. mans, Field Chaplain of the 2,1 Brigade, then proceeded
to consecrate the colours, which were raised en two
pyramids of muskets. Major-General Wetherell then,

addressing the regiment, said it was Lis pleasing duty,
by command of her Majesty, to present those colours to
them, and it would be their duty to defend them, conse-
crated as they bad been by the ceremony which they
had witnessed. Colours, he added, became the soldier's
altar, on which he vowed allegiance to his Sovereign,
and in defending whose honour he defended his own.
He hoped, in the field to which they were about to be
called they would seek to emulatP, should occasion offer,
those deeds of heroism which would distinguish the re-
cent campaign above every other,for all time.

Baron Stiitterheins rendered the Adjutant-General's
address into German, and at his suggestion the soldiers
gave three hearty cheers for the Queen. The cavalry
then marched past, first at a walk, and then at a brisk
trot ; and the infantry, first in open columns of compa-
nies, and then in double columns of companies to the
centre, after the manner of the German column of attack.
The Adjutant-General subsequently made a minute in-
spection of the arms and accoutrements of each com-
pany, passing up and down both the front and rear
ranks. lie was also shown over some of the barrack huts,
and expressed his satisfaction at the cleanly and orderly
state in which they were, as also with the manner in
which the regimental accounts were kept.