The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-29 00:00:00

MILITARY COLONISA TION.

The following conditions for the formation of a
military settlement in British South Africa have
been issued :

" War Department, Sept. 24.
" I. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers
of the British German Legion may claim the fulfilment of
the articles of capitulation under which they entered her
Majesty's service ; or,
" 2. They may be sent as military settlers to the Cape
of Good Hope and British Caffraria on the following
terms :

"I. DUTIES.
"3. They will be liable to serve as military settlers from
the date of their landing in South Africa, and for seven
years after their location, as follows :
" First.—They are to resist the attacks of an enemy, or
to aid the civil power.

11. IMPERIAL AND COLONIAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE

MILITARY SETTLERS.

" 4. Second.—They are to attend for exercise on such
days as the Governor may appoint during the first three
years (not exceeding 30 days in any one year), and to mus-
ter every Sunday for church parade.
" 5. Third.—For the last four years they are to attend
for exercise on such 12 days in each 3 ear as the Governor
may appoint, and for muster every Sunday for church
parade.

"6. For the abovementioned services the officers, non-
commissioned officers, :and privates who may volunteer
and be approved will be conveyed to South Africa free of
expense, the officers being furnished with a mess, and the
soldiers with provisions during the voyage. They will
take with them their arms, accoutrements, uniforms, and
camp equipage, and will be provided with a canvass frock
and trousers for the voyage.
" 7. They will receive free rations from the day of their
landing, and from one year after their location, or a com-
muted money allowance of equal value.
" 8. They will receive pay up to the day of embarca-
tion.

"V. From the day of landing in South Africa and for
three years from the date of their location they will receive
the following rates of pay :
Pay or colour•sergeant is. 2d. per day.
Sergeant
Corporal
Private.
(Trumpeters and buglers the same as privates.)
" 10. When called out for service in the field against
the enemy, or in aid of the civil power, the pay of all ranks
will be made up to the same rate as that of her Majesty's
troops. This expense will be borne by colonial funds in
the case of their services being required in aid of the civil
power, and by Imperial funds when they are employed
against an enemy.

" PENSIONS,

"11. Every military settler, whether officer, non-commis-
sioned officer, or private, wounded or disabled in defence
of the colony, will be granted the allowance for wounds
received in action which may be sanctioned by the regula-
tions in force in the colony for the time being.
" 12. An advance of Si. will be made to each man to
provide himself with cooking utensils and tools, to be re-
paid during the second and third years of service.
" 13. Each non-commissioned officer and private, if
located in a town already inhabited by a European popu-
lation, will be allowed a building lot on which to erect his
house. If located in a village or new settlement, he will
be allowed an acre of garden ground in addition to a build-
ing lot.
" 14. They will have the same rights regarding depas-
turing stock on the common lands as the other inhabitants
of the place where they may be located.
" 15. The details of the location of the force will be car-
ried out by their own officers, from among whom a system
of local magistracy may be provided.
" 16. Each non-commissioned officer and private will be
required to build a cottage on the land allotted to him.
For this purpose an allowance will be made,
For a non-commissioned officer £2o
A private lB
to bo expended under the superintendence of the officers of
the force appointed for that object.
" 17. The cottage and land will be held rent-free for the
seven years of his military service, provided he conforms
to the rules and regulations laid down for his guidance,
and subject to the provisions of article 23.
" 18. The house when built must be kept in good repair
without expense to the public.
" 19. Until the cottages be built the men will have the
use of their tents, or of such temporary huts as they may
erect from materials at hand.
" 20. At the end of seven years from the date of loca-
tion the land, buildings, and improvements thereon will
become the absolute property of the military settler if be
has fulfilled the conditions of his agreement, and he will
then be subject to no further military duty than that ex-
acted from other settlers in defence of the country.
" 21. If an unmarried military settler should die before
he shall have acquired a proprietary right to his house and
land and improvements they will revert to the Crown.
" 22. The funeral expenses of a member of the force
who may die during the term of his military service will
be borne by the Imperial Government, such charge in no
case to exceed one guinea.
" 23. During the seven years of military service the set-
tlers will be liable to such rules as may be laid down by
the Governor for their control. For minor offences fines
may be inflicted under the same military authority; for
more serious offences any officer or man be expelled the
force by order of the Governor, and such expulsion will
involve the deprivation of house and land, and of any other
privileges he may enjoy as a military officer.