The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-16 00:00:00

TILE ARMY ESTIMATES FOR 1660-61.

The army estimates for the ensuing financial
year are divided into six parts—viz., forces, civil
establishments, supplies, works and buildings, edu-
cational, and none-effective. These six classes are
subdivided into 23 parts, on each of which a dis-
tinct vote will be taken.
The gross um required for defraying otir military
expenses for the year 1860-61 is 14,842,2751—viz.,
12,707,6521 for effective, and 2,134,6231 for non-
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effective services, being an increase of 1,982,978/
upon the estimates of the last year. This increase
is on the following items :—.Effective service, for
pay and allowances of land forces. 775,162/ ; land
forces and miscellaneous charges, 136,4231; depart-
ments of the Secretary for War and of the General
Commanding in Chief, 10,6301; manufacturing
establishments, military storekeepers, barrack-mas-
ters, lodging money, rents, &c., 14,9651; wages of
labourers, &c., 194,8431; provisions, forage, fuel
and lights, barrack furniture, bedding, &c., 184,293/
warlike stores for land and sea services, 1,020,763/;
fortifications, 196,783/; educational and scientific
branches, 5,340/. The increase on last year's esti-
mates for non-effective services is 2,9s4l—namely,
rewards for military service, 20/; and superannua-
tion allowances, 2,9341. There is a decrease under
the following heads for effective services—embodied
militia, 260,0001; volunteer corps, 20,000/; clothing
and necessaries, 108,0001; civil buildings, 29,4571;
barracks, 125,8851. The decrease under non-effec-
tive services is as follows :—Pay of general officers,
2071; pay of reduced and retired officers, 13,3451;
widows' pensions and " compassionate" allowances,
1,3231; pensions and allowances to wounded officers,
310/; in-pension, 961; out-pension, 485/. The
items themselves figure for the following amounts
—Land forces pay and allowances, 4,499,636/ ;
miscellaneous charges for land forces, 698,7921; em_
bodied militia, 300,0001; volunteer corps, 68,0001;
departments of the Secretary of State for War and
of the General Commanding in Chief, 196,224/;
manufacturing establishments,militarystorekeepers,
barrack-masters, lodging money, and rents, &e.,
374,0051; wages of artificers and labourers,
944,371/; clothing and necessaries, 342,000/; pro-
visions, forage, fuel, lights, barrack furniture, &c.,
1,281,077 • warlike stores for land and sea service,
2,168,388 i; fortifications, 645,355/; civil buildings,
206,5001; barracks, 707,607/; educational and
scientific branches, 275,697/. The non-effective
items are—Rtwards for military service, 25,3901;
pay of General officers, 75,8601; pay of reduced and
retired officers, 492,3571; widows' pensions and
" compassionate" allowances, 184,523/; pensions
and allowances to wounded officers, 44,1231; in-
pensions, 30,638/; out-pensions, 1,144,895/; supe-
rannuation allowances, &c., 136,837/.

The number of men to be actually voted by the
house is 143,362, being an increase of 20,707 upon
the number voted last year, but in reality being
only an increase of 6,456, owing to " transfers" froth
India and other augmentations, adding 14,251 men
more than voted, and which raised last year's forces
to 136,906 men. The composition of this force may
be thus distributed :—Staff officers of all ranks,
1,121 ;,.cavalry officers, 681 ; infantry officers, 5,357;
non-commissioned officers of all services, 10,972 ;
rank and file, cavalry, 11,529 • and infantry, 113, 702
—giving a total 'of 143,362 men, with 14,63- 2' horses.:
Her Majesty's forces in India, classed separately,
of
include menranks, viz. :—Royal Horse Ar-
tillery, 622, with 600
7,2i3, with 6,472 horses ; cavalry of the line,
horses ; Royal Artillery, 4,860,
with 2,288 horses ; infantry of the line, 66,282 ;
Army Hospital Corps, 63 ; ep9ts of regiments in
India stationed in Great Britain, 13,420, with 350
horses, giving a total of 99,490 9,710 horses
making the gross total of he 7
(143,362 x 92,400) 235,852, with a taojtea.sltyo'sf 2f4°,131:1e9s
horses.
The administration of martial law costs the coup.
try 59,312/, being an increase of 9,0131 upon last
year; the movement of troops is also in advance of
list year by 16,0001, and figures for 145,000/.
Divine service is to cost 2,5971 more than formerly,
and will beperformed for 44,963/. The cost of medals
for military rewards is put down, as before, at
3,000/. Gratuities to soldiers discharged by indul-
gence, and as rewards for meritorious conduct,
figure for 9,0001.
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