The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following General Order has been issued
from the Horse Guards :

" Her Majesty having been pleased to command
that officers of artillery, cavalry, and military train
shall discontine the use of peaks to their forage caps,
and also that officers of ;cavalry and military train
shall wear gold lace stripes, as in full dress, in lieu
of the cloth stripes, on the undress trousers, with
the addition of leather booting, the same is hereby
promulgated for information and guidance; and
general officers and officers commanding the regi-
ments concerned are enjoined to enforce adherence
to this regulation from the Ist May next. It is to
be understood that the leather bootings are to be
Worn on all mounted duties.

" This order does not apply to the Household
Cavalry.

"By command,
" W. F. FORSTER, Deputy-Adjt.-General."
The following circular from the War-office has
been issued by the Secretary of State for War :
a With reference to article 3, page 68, of the
Medical RegVatios
7t oaf:i the Army, in which it is
laid down that all repairs to hospitals shall be exe-
cuted under the
of the purveyor, Mr. Sec-
retar.y Herbert has
omn
determined that until further
orders the operationr
pended, and that the this regulation shall be sus-
following shall be substituted
for it :
" Repairs of an ordinary character to hospitals,
front the immediate non-execution
too arise,fwhich no in-
convenience to the sick is likelywill be
executed by the Royal Engineer Depar men
accordance with the regulations hitherto existin,
"In the case, however, of the principal medical
officer considering that the necessity of any repair
of an incidental nature is urgent, and that no delay
ought to be permitted to occur in its execution, the
purveyor is empowered to communicate at once with
the engineer, triennial contractor, or with his agent,
and to order the necessary work to be performed.
"in the event of unreasonable delay occurring
in the carrying out of this order, the purveyor is
further empowered to order the execution of the
work through any other source which may be at
hand. '

" The purveyor when thus ordering the execu-
tion of a work by the engineer or contractor will
simultaneously report his having done so to the
commanding Royal Engineer of the district, with
the grounds of the urgency of the case. The com-
manding Royal Engineer will take the necessary
steps for causing the work to be inspected, and it
will be measured, paid for, and brought to account
by the Royal Engineer department in the usual
manner.

" The purveyor will similarly report to the com-
manding Royal Engineer, should he find it neces-
sary on account of delay on the part of the con-
hector to order the work of other tradesmen, in
order that the commanding Royal Engineer may
take the necessary steps to charge the contractor
with any extra cost which may be involved in so
doing.

" commanding Royal Engineers will communi-
cate
to the present triennial contractors the powers
hereby
granted to purveyors, and will make the
necessary provisions in future terms of contract.
The following " B. HAwEs."
General Order, relating to a so-
ciety established for the purpose of providing si-
tuations for all pensioners of good character dis-
charged from her Majesty's naval and military
forces, has lately been issued from the Adjutant-
General's-office, Horse Guards:—
" Horse Guards'
Highness
22,
" Sir,—l am directed by his Royal General Commanding•in-Chief to call ygourn7' *sasttthe
tion, and that of the officers under your command,
to the Army and Navy Pensioners Employment
Society, which has lately been reconstituted, under
the management of a committee of officers repre-
senting every branch of the service.
"His Royal Highness considers the objects of
the society to be excellent, and that its results can-
not fail to exercise a beneficial influence both on
'the present soldiers and those classes from which
they are recruited. The support which her most
gracious Majesty has" even- to the institution since
its formation will be an additional recommendation
to all who have the interests of her service at heart,

and his Royal Highness will be glad to secure for
the society that co-operation on the part of yourself
and the officers under your command which will so
materially contribute to its success, by the occa-
sional transmission of the enclosed form o' return.
" The officer commanding - Regim, nt."
Francklyn, C. 8., 4th Brigade, I ield Artil-
lery, with a draught of 250 rank and file, is under
orders to leave head-quarters, Woolwich, to-mor-
row, for Gosport, to commence the formation of the
15th Brigade, some time in contemplation.
The B battery of Royal Artillery, at present
quartered at Ipswich, under the command of Capt.
Paget, is about to leave that town for Woolwich.
It is stated that two or three troops of the 10th
Hussars will succeed the battery at Ipswich.
The further progress of the new wings in course
of erection at the Royal Military Academy, Wool-
wich, which has been temporarily suspended by
order of the Royal Engineer department, by reason
of the red brick facings having been opposed, has
been ordered to take place on the original plan ob-
ected to.

On Friday evening a great amateur performance
by the officers of Chatham garrison took place in
the Royal Marine Theatre, in aid of the Garrison
Compassionate Institute.
The troops comprising the entire garrison at
Chatham have been granted two days' holiday and
release from all drills and parades, by order of
Major-General Eyre, in consideration of the exceed-
ingly satisfactory manner in which they acquitted

themselves on the occasion of the review of the gar-
rison by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, who expressed himself in the highest degree
satisfied at the result of his inspection, and the
highly efficient state of the garrison.