The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The subjoined circular memorandum, addressed
to officers commanding Royal Artillery, Royal
Engineers, regiments, and depots of cavalry and
infantry serving at home, has been issued :
" Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 24.
" The appointment of an Instructor in Military
History at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
having been authorised by the Secretary of:State
for War, his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief desires that commanding officers
will send to this department, not later than the
10th proximo, the application of such officers as
feel themselves qualified for the situati )n. Each
application should be accompanied by a statement
of the course of the candidate's reading in military
history, and a detailed description of any one im-
portant campaign, with a full explanation of the
military topography of the country and its bearing
on the operations.
" In forwarding an application, the commanding
officer should state his opinion of the character of
the candidate, both personally and as an officer.
" The salary attached to this Instructorship is
£35 per annum (inclusive of military pay), with
quarters ; or, in case quarters should not be pro-
vided, an allowancein lieu thereof such as is ac-
corded to a field officer.
" The appointment will be probationary for the
first year.
" The successful candidate will be expected to
join the college without delay, and to express his
intention of continuing to fulfil the duties of his
appointment for a period of at last three years.—
By command,
" G. A. WETIIERALL, Adjutant-General."
Nearly 500 recruits have arrived during the last
few weeks at the Indian depots stationed in the
camp at Colchester.

'1
he paddle steamer Preussischer Adler and the
screw steamer Dodo have been taken up to convey
the Royal Limerick County Militia from Ports-
mouth to Queenstown prior to their disembodiment.
The Preussischer Adler is reported to be ready to
embark the first portion of the regiment, consist-
ing 20 officers and 550 men, with their proportion
of women and children, on the 10th inst.; the
Dodo to embark the remainder of the regiment on
the 17th inst.

The present rifle-range in Stokes Bay, near
Portsmouth, for the practice of the troops in that
garrison, having only a range of 900 yards, it has
been deemed advisable to extend the length of
range to about 1,250 yards, and for this pur-
pose negotiations have for some time been
carried on between the military authorities
and the proprietor for the purchase of a piece
of waste ground at the western extremity of, and
adjoining, the present range. This has at length
been brought to a close by the authorities refusing
to purchase on the terms offered.
On account of the vast number of recruits who
have been accepted in the Regiment cf Royal Ar-
tillery, the strength of the depot at Woolwich has
far outgrown the present barrack accommodation.
It has been found necessary, in consequence, to
make a division of the brigade, to be stationed in
separate quarters. Major Ilolton's and Major
Lukin's Nos. 1 and 2 batteries, amounting to be-
tween 500 and 600 men each, are expected to leave
head quarters, liroolwich, during the week, for the
encampment at Shorncliffe.
About 125 of the soldiers discharged from the
East India Company's service who arrived at Ply-
mouth in the Maha Ranee from Calcutta have been
disembarked in the Sound. Thirty were trans-
ferred on Saturday afternoon to a passenger steamer
bound for Cork, and the remainder were landed at
the Barbican for the purpose of proceeding to-day
(Monday) in another passenger steamer to Dublin.
Those men entitled to prize-money will not be paid
until they arrive at their homes. Those soldiers
ou board the Maha Ranee will probably proceed in'
her up Channel.