The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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LIGHT INFANTRY MOVEMEN
The following General Order has been recently pro'''.
gated to the Army:—
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merits has been much neglected in some regiments iGnfeainoleti orders
the Adjutant-General has received his Lordship's orde
direct the notice of the Inspecting
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General Oflicerset?ty.
subject, and to desire that they will call the attention itoutTle
cers in command of regiments and reserve cornpani rej,
importance which is attached to the instruction ot every'lvor
ment of infantry in the service in the movements and dal
Light Infantry.
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Majesty's regulations
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they conceive that the practice, so prescribed, is to bc of
to Light Infantry regiments, or to the Light C°ll/1)80{ evt
other corps. The object in view is, that t. in
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7giment should be made as perfect as possibly in the e ausli-
tOns and movements of Light Infantry, and should °_sidati
fled to move as such, if required, and to take the ottf-Tu
in any situation of service.
" The Officers have ample time to make
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quainted with every detail of this service, indep
information they must possess of line movements ;,!crl)3 they
unnecessary to dwell upon the essential advantage they
will derive from a competent knowledge of duties viul erforsi
may, in the absence of light troops, be called upon to p
in the field. hole
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Hill therefore directs that the exercise of heri vitiot,
corps in extended order, as Light Infantry, i1;0-d
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form one of the objects of the half-yearly insp
port to be made of every regiment." ei,oldstres°
These are the movements now practised by the
regiment of Guards, every field day.
(From the Limerick Chronicle of SaturdaY.)
We estordayy received a file of Canada papers to the The
of August. Cholera was fast abating in the province:' Regi-
79th Highlanders lost five men and three women ; 34-
ment, two men and three women ; Artillery, two rael'o, with
military hospitals were free of sickness. The transrr at'
the annual drafts for the 15th, 24th, and 32d Ilegienofficets,
raved at Quebec. She had on board altogether fie'
five sergeants, and one hundred and ninety-eight rank and
consisting of Lieutenants Cole and Boublon, one setqnsigas
seventy-four rank and file, of the 15th RegiMet; k Ensigns
Harris and Bernard, two sergeants and six"-aill,enn ta-
the 24th ; Lieutenant Gardiner and Ensign "rjseleY'
sergeants, and fifty rank and file of she 32d.. shortly els;
The 51st, or King's Own Light Man&y' are 11e Ifrg
petted in this garrison from Buttevant, to repose- t
regiment. ile°l'
Surgeon Cathcart, 7th Dragoon Guards, has Jain
quarters of the regiment, at Cahir, from leave. d his P
Dr. Barry, from head-quarters, Cahir, has resuille„ G
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.!ssional duties with the squadron of the 7th Drag°°-
in this garrison. eseo
Captain Gibbons and party of the 60th Rifles, Istblini".„
the draft destined for head-quarters at Gibraltar to_km-v of t""
week, returned yesterday to this garrison. The 'voter'
37th, who went on the same duty to Cork, arrived o°'
day, and proceeded this day to Oare Castle.
The following officers embarked with the service -
of the 47th at Kingstown, Dublin, on Tuesday fora ilro.11:
Colonel Elrington, 8.8., Major Dundas, Captai ci Heaad
Dundee, Gordon (Ist), Gordon (2d), Warburton, and
Lieutenants Wise, Allan, Watson, Skipwith; Sutt°Fo3o!
Mitchell ; Ensigns Kaye, Bridges, Arkwright, r lOsb
Paymaster Clarke; Adjutant Deverell ; Quartertnastbe
Surgeons Mostyn and Battersby. The troops er`.lersPra
gseat spirit, cheering as they departed in boats from toeoblea
aond which was responded to by the crowd of persons a giptiVie
the beach. The band of the 18th Royal Irish aeee° 000'i
the 47th from Richmond barracks on the road t° ;
The depot marches for Boyle on Thursday under
mand of Major Sadleir. Pab"n°
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The first division of the 74th regiment arrived in Lie r+
Thursday, by the Ballinasloe steamer, 'from BeifaSlOt' VlDaste
Al ‘ Pherson, of the 74th, has been appointed Acting ad,s cooY
and Lieut. de Saumarez, Acting Adjutant, to the ay-
panics of that regiment. t.
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Lieut.-Colonel Saumarez Brock has ucceedeciri t
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e 55th regirneot, vice
quadron of the 10th an
marched from Drogheda to Dundalk, on WednesdaPt ,A„
relieved in Drogheda by a party of the same regirscia„,,a. t
Captain
Barton has left London to rejoin the u'r bid;
parries of the 36th regiment at Nenagh. • ,al
Major-General the Hon. P. Stuart, Cornol--"ircie:llll4'
for Scotland, reviewed the depot of the 42d Royal Pji
on the Links of Aberdeen, on Saturday last.