The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following General Order to the Army has
been issued from the Horse Guards by his Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief :

" In announcing to the officers of the Army and Militia
the opening of the library at Aldershott, presented for their
use by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Duke
of Cambridge congratulates them on this additional proof
of the interest which the Prince Consort takes in their wel-
fare, and commends to their especial care the preservation
of a gift vo 6. aciously bestowed and so highly beneficial to
the service.—By order of his Royal Highness the General
Commandiiag in Chief, •
" JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General.

" 1. The library will be under the management
of a committee, consisting of-1. The General Offi-
cer commanding the camp. 2. The Assist.-Adjt.-
General of the Camp. 3. The Assist.-Quartermas-
ter-General of the Camp. 4. The officer command-
ing the Royal Artillery. 5. The commanding Royal
Engineer. 6. Two officers specially selected.
" 2. The committee will report direct to his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort every quarter
on the general state and efficiency of the library,
and they are requested to submit to his Royal
Highness any changes which they think it desira-
' ble to introduce, either in the system of manage-
ment, in the rules and regulations, or in the fittings
of the buildings, &c.
" 3. The librarian will receive his instructions
from and be entirely under the orders of the com-
mittee.

" 4. At present Second Corporal Watson, Royal
Engineers, has, on trial, been appointed librarian,
and the committee are requested to report from time
to time on his general coniuct and efficiency.
" Rules and Regulations of his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort's Military Library at Alder-
shott

" 1. Every officer of the Army and Militia will
have free access to the library.
" 2. Civilians will be permitted to attend, on ob-
taining a card of admission from aay one of the
members of the Library Committee.
" 3. The library will be open daily, viz. :—On
week days from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in summer ; from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in
winter; and on Sundays from 3 p.m. to 6 30 p.m.
On Wednesdays the library will be closed at 1 p.m.,
to admit of cleansing the rooms.
" 4. The librarian will be in constant attendance,
excepting during his dinner from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.,
to afford the officers every information as to the
books, and to give them every assistance in his
power.
" 5. Officers will not be allowed to smoke in any
other part of the building than in the smoking-
room.
"6. Officers wishing to take a book to the
smoking-room are requested to leave their names
and the number of the book with the librarian, and
to return the book to the librarian when done with.
" 7. No book is to be taken out of the build], g
for any purpose whatever. books
" 8. It is particularly requested that the
re-
should not be left in the smoking-relii
turned to the librarian when done .but be re-
v notes, "
9. It is expected that no marginale_ ks.
anno-
tations, or marks be made in the Doo
preserve the efil-
to
" 10. It will materially assist_Ricers would be good
ciency of the library if
enough to report to the librarian any defects in the
books or missing pages
and the librarian will at
once take the necessary'steps to have such defects
replaced. ts of any kind to be made to the
11. No presen
librarian."
The annexed circular memorandum,dated " Horse
Guards, 17th Sept., 1860," has been issued for the
information of the Army at home and abroad,
The undermentioned extract from a letter,
dated -War-office, Sept. 8, 1860, is promulgated for
general information
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury have given the necessary instructions to
the Controller of the Stationery-office to have the
History of the Siege of Sebastopol" offered to the
public for sale, with as little delay as possible, ac-
cording to the plan proposed by Lieut.-Gen. Sir
Harry Jones, and at the following prices,
viz' £1 Os. ; vol. 11., L 2 10s.; vol. 111.,
10s.'

" By command,
" JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General."
The mounted A troop of the Royal Engineer
Frain, now at Aldershott, has received orders to
vacate the camp and go into winter quarters at
Brompton Barracks, Chatham, where quarters are
being made ready for the officers, men, and horses.
Yesterday two troops of the 10th Hussars, under
the command of Capt. Lovatt, arrived at the Ips-
wich Barracks. The rifle corps of that town,
headed by their.band, marched some distance on
the London-road to meet them, and returning ac-
companied the Hussars into the town, in the pre-
sence of a largo company of spectators. A dis-
mounted detachment of the same regiment, under
the command of Lieut. Vandeleur, arrived per rail
on Wednesday.
The Select Committee of Woolwich Arsenal have