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

THE ARMY ESTIMATES FOR Is6o-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 Lum required for defraying our military
expenses for the year 1860-61 is 14,842,2751—viz.,
12,707,6521 for effective, and 2,134,6231 for non-
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.,184,2931;
warlike stores for land and sea services, 1,020,7631;
fortifications, 196,7831; educational and scientific
branches, 5,340/. The increase on last year's esti-
mates for non-effective services is 2,954/—namely,
rewards for military service, 201; and superannua-
tion allowances,2,934/. There is a decrease under
the following heads for effective services—embodied
militia, 260,0001; 20,0001;
volunteer corps, clothing
and necessaries, 108,0001; civil buildings, 29,4571;
barracks, 125,885/. 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
3101; 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, 196,2241;
manufacturing establishments,militarystorekeepers,
barrack-masters, lodging money, and rents, &c.,
374,0051; wages of artificers and labourers,
944,371/; clothing and necessaries, 342,0001; pro-
visions, forage, fuel, lights, barrack furniture, &c.,
1,281,077; warlike stores for land and sea service,
2,168,3881; fortifications, 645,3551; civil buildings,
206,5001; barracks, 707,607/; educational and
scientific branches, 275,697/. The non-effective
items are—Rewards 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/; pensious
and allowances to wounded officers, 44,1231; in-
pensions, 30,6381; 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
he thus distributed:—Staff officers of all ranks,
1,121 ;:.cavalry officers, 681 ; infantry officers, 5,357;
non-co.arnissionea officers of all services, 10,972 ;
rank anifile, cavalry, 11,529 ; and infantry, 113,702
—giving a total'of 143,362 men,withl4,632 hordes.
her Majiesty's forces in India, classed separately,
include men of all ranks, viz. :—ltoyal Horse Ar-
tilleiy, 622, with 600 horses; cavalry of the line,
7,243, with. 6,472 horses ; Royal ''Artillery, 4,860,
Tiith 2,283 horses ; infantry
,of the line, 63,98')
A Tray Hospifil ; depots of regiments Corps, 03
giments in
India. stationed I in Great Britain, 13,420., with 350
hDrs,,,g, giving IL total of 92,490 ; wit}, 9,710 horses ;
milking the gross total of her Majesty's forves
(10;,..T2v. 92,400) 235,8.32, with a total of 24,342
horss.
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year.; the of troops is also in advance of
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16,0001, and figures for 1415,000/.
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t -cost 2,5971 more than formerly,
C IS-orm°eds
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for .militar rewards and will 1), tPe rf
put down, as before, at
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discharged by indul-
gence,3,oo6/. Gr.!. 'tr.' 'ities to soldiersd
rewar s for meritorious conduct,
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