The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following Royal Warrant has been promul-
gated, having reference to the appointment of
adjutants to the Volunteer Artillery and Rifle
corps:--

" Victoria, R.
" Whereas -ve have judged it expedient to grant
commissions under our sign manual to officers who
may be appointed adjutants in the Artillery and
Rifle Volunteer forces, raised under the Act 44th of
George 111., chap. 54, and to make provision for the
grant of retired pay to such officers ; our will and
pleasure is• that this our Royal warrant, to be ad-
ministered and interpreted by our Secretary of State
for War,. shall be the sole authority for the issue of
such retired pay, which shall be governed by the
following rules and regulations :
" 1. Retired pay shall be granted to adjutants
of Artillery and Rifle Volunteer corps after they
shall have completed the undermentioned periods of
service in our regular or Indian forces, our Marines,
embodied Militia, or the army of the East India
Company, and in a volunteer carps, viz. :-15 years,
years of which as adjutant of volunteers, 3s. per
diem; 20 years, 7 years of which as adjutant of
volunteers, 4s. per diem ; 25 years, 10 of which as
adjutant of volunteers, Os. per diem ; 30 years, 15
years of which as adjutant of volunteers, 6s. per
diem.

" '2. Such pay shall be granted to those adju-
tants whu may through age or infirmity become
unfit for the performance of the duties of their com-
missions, or whose services may c3ase to be required
by reason of the reduction of their corps by our
order; but no adjutant of a volunteer corps whose
corps may dissolve Of its own accord, or otherwise
fall below the establishment entitling it to an offi-.
cer of that description, shall have any title to re-
tired pay.
" 3. And no adjutant on the retired list who
shall accept any military office or employment of
profit under Government shall be entitled for the
period during which he holds such office to claim
-any portion of the said retired pay.
" 4. Every adjutant who shall claim the retired
pay to which he may become entitled under the
provisions of this our warrant shall, previous to
receiving the same, produce to the Paymaster-
General of our Forces a declaration taken and sub-
scribed before a justice of the peace or some other
person authorised by law to administer such decla-
ration, in the words or to the effect following :
" I, A. 8., do solemnly and sincerely declare
that I was serving as adjutant in volunteer
corps from the to the , and that I
now claim to receive retired pay at the rate of
a day from the to the , during which
period I did not hold or enjoy any office or employ-
ment of profit, civil or military, under the Crown,
or any other Government, besides the retired pay
of a day now claimed, except my half pay as
•

" Given at our Court at St. James's this 19th day
of June, 1860, in the 234 year of our reign.

" S. HERBERT."

The Under-Secretary of State for War, Sir Ben.
Hawes, has issued the following circular memoran-
dum, dated the 23d ult. :

"Mr. Secretary Herh,rt having had under his
consideration the subject of the payment of fees by
the troops attending army schools, has, with a view
of farther encouraging the general education of the
non-commissioned officers and privates of the army,
been pleased to remit the payment of fees for all
students who may be included in the third-class of
adult schools, hitherto required under circular 145,
dated War-office, Sept. 28, 1857."
Yesterday a portion of the officers and men of the
depot of the 53d Regiment, to the number of 321,
left Chatham garrison and proceeded to Plymouth
citadel, to await the arrival of the head-quarters
and service companies, now on their passage home
from India. .

Lieut.-Col. S. N. Lowder has been appointed to
the Chatham division of Royal Marines, having
been permitted by the Admiralty to exchange divi-
sions with Lieut.-Col. H. Marriott, who has been
appointed to Woolwich. •

Mr. Henry Pane Travers, military store service,
now at Woolwich, has been appointed military store
officer in charge of Point de Ga.lle, vice Assistant
Military Storekeeper Pretz, ordered to Colombo.
The appointment of Assistant Military Storekeeper
Munro to that station has been cancelled, that
officer having already served at Trincomalee, Cey-
lon.

Major-Gen. Sir R. Daeres, Royal Artillery, Com-
manding at Woolwich, and Col. Stransham, Com-
mandant of the local division of Royal Marines,
with the principal officers of the garrison, and their
families in large numbers, yesterday assembled in
the Plumstead marshes to witness a scientific shoot-
ing match, between officers and men belonging to
the division of Royal Marines. The match was pro-
posed by Capt. Suther, musketry instructor to the
corps, and was carried out under his direction and
superintendence. The competitors, 200 in number,
repaired to the marshes at 7 a.m., and the proceed-
ings commenced shortly after, and continued, with
alight intermission, until 6 p.m. The place was
crowded with spectators throughout the day. The
band of the divisionii was in attendance, and the ne-
cessary prov
served nnsylvavere copiously supplied and com-
fortably
a number of tents erected for
the accommodatio:r
the competitors and their
friends. The prizesoelontribut^d by the officers of
Ntsh,heiccioxasrcalnosgeeldy
cfornonitestt:l,tho lo:s.,wthe highest of
by tics, or an equal number oravin. g been twice won
for • -
sequently shot a third Points, and was
e,and eventu ll •
con-
awarded to private Keenan. The Second Y
prize of 1.:5
was taken by .`3ergeant Banks as well as the third,
of L 2, and the fourth, of 30J., was. obtain
ed by
Sergeant Urquhart. The distance was 900 yards'',
and the firing was of the first order, private
Keenan having made nine points in five rounds
over the extreme range of 900 yards. Col. Strans-
ham, the commandant, competed for various minor

prizes with several of his officers by firing at
Aunt Sally over a range of 100 yards, and, as a re-
markable instance of his own proficiency, he car-
ried off three prizes of 15s. each, which he handed
over to Capt. Suther, to be fired for by non-commis-
sioned officers, as an additional prize, and which
was subsequently won by Corporal Westall. On re-
turning to quarters the successful competitors were
granted leave of absence to visit their friends.

The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe,
embarked yesterday at Portsmouth 36 officers and
920 men of the 2d battalion 12th Foot, and 6 officers
and 321 men of the 53d Foot, with the usual num-
ber of women and children. The Himalaya sails
from Portsmouth this morning for Plymouth, where
she will disembark the troops she has now on board,
and convoy thence to Dublin the 36th Regiment,
returning from Dublin to Spithead with the 10th
Regiment.
Two Liverpool vessels, a sailing ship and a
steamer, have been ordered for survey by Govern-
ment for the purpose of conveying 40 officers and
about 1,000 men from Cork to Auckland, in New
Zealand. By the proposed contract the same
vessels are to bring back from New Zealand 40
officers and 1,200 rank and file to Portsmouth.