The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following lieutenants, who have just obtained
their commissions in the Royal Artillery, and who
are posted to batteries as follows, are ordered to
join their respective stations on the Ist proximo,
with the exception of those posted to batteries
abroad, who will join at Woolwich on that day :
Lieut. Edwin Marshall, 2d brigade, sth battery,
Dover.; Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Ist brigade, 2d
battery, Woolwich; Lieut. H. G. Palmer, Ist bri-
gade, 3d battery, Woolwich; Lieut. F. M. 11.
M'Causland, 10th brigade, Ist battery, Alderney ;
Lieut. Thos., Season, 9th brigade, Gth battery, New-
bridge ; Lieut. S. Simpson, 10th brigade, 2d bat-
tery, Portsmouth ; Lieut. C. W. Townsend, 11th
brigade, Ist battery, Bengal ; Lieut. F. F. Barham,
13th brigade,- Ist battery, Bombay ; Lieut. G. A.
Noyes, Ist brigade, 7th battery, Woolwich ;.Lieut.
H. St. J. C. Bowen; 3d brigade, 6th battery,
Devonport ; Lieut. E. H. Wickham, 10th bri-
gade, 2d battery, Portsmouth; Lieut. it. J. P.
Saunders, 3d brigade, Ist battery, Devonport;
Lieut. Y. Wing, Ist brigade, 3d battery, Wool-
wich ; Lieut. S. de Lacy Lacy, 4th brigade, 10th
battery, Woolwich ; Lieut. N. L. Porter, 3d brigade,
Ist battery, Devonport; Lieut. F. Schack, Ist
brigade, 4th battery, Woolwich; Lieut. IL L.
Williams, 10th brigade, 3d battery, Portsniouth ;
Lieut. W. R. Stirke, lltk brigade, 4th battery,
Bengal ; Lieut. P. D. Barclay, 13th brigade, 2d
battery, Bengal ; Lieut. Henry Graves, 13th
brigade, 4th battery, Bengal; Lieut. H. Jones, 2d
brigade, 2d battery, : Dover ; Lieutenant It. J.
Millett, 2d brigade, 3d battery, Dover ; Lieut. J.
L. Bell, Ist brigade, sth battery, Woolwich ; Lieut.
H. E. Baines, 10th brigade, sth battery, Guernsey;
Lieut. H. T. T. Sandes, Ist brigade, 7th battery,
Woolwich ; Lieut. J. It. Yule, Ist brigade, Bth bat-
tery, Woolwich; Lieut. It. T. Farquhar,4th brigade,
Bth battery, Shorncliffe ;, Lieut. J. Younger, Bth
brigade, Ist battery,. Aldershott ; Lieut. T. Make-
nan, 2d brigade, Bth battery, Dover ; Lieut. C. J.
Deshon, 3d brigade, 7th battery, Portsmouth;
Lieut. F. C. Hallett, Ist brigade, sth battery,
Woolwich ; Lieut. W. F. Nelson, 6th brigade 3d
battery, Malta ; Licat. H. F. A. Brodie, 2d brigade,
Ist battery, Dover ; Lieut. E. Ireland, 6th brigade,
Bth battery, Malta; Lieut. R. W. Chute, Ist
brigade, 4th battery, Malta ; and Lieut. G. M. B.
Hornsby, 11th brigade, 2d battery, Bengal.
A detachment of the Army Hospital Corps, late
' the Medical Staff Corps, numbering 90 non-com-
missioned officers and men, will leave headquarters,
Chatham, this morning and propeed to Deptford,
where they will embark on board the steam-ship
Melbourne, which has been chartered by the GO-
vernment for the conveyance of troops and war
stores to China. Another detachment of the Army
Hospital Corps will proceed to China in a few days,
the non-commissioned officers and men composing
which have been inspected preparatory to their
departure. They will go out in the steam ship
Mauritius.

The Secretary of State for War having directed
that for the future all new contracts for fuel, light,
and straw for bedding shall be placed under the
Commissariat Department, orders to that effect
have been forwarded to all the garrison towns,
with directions to all barrack-masters to trans-
mit, when called upon to do so by the district
commissariat officers, returns showing the various
articles for which contracts will be required, giving
in each case the probable quantities that will be
necessary for one year's consumption, and the
places at which the same must be delivered.
The East India College at llaileybury, once the
nursery of the Indian civil service, is about to be-
come a depot for military recruits, and by the fresh
arrangements contemplated accommodation will Le•
provided for 700 koldiers. The library and quad-
rangle are to be turned into dormitories.
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The examination of candidates for admission to
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Militarylklilit Military Academy, Woolwich, ,
commenced
Wed-
nesday last, at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea ; Major-
Gen. Cameron, Vice-President, and Col. Addison
and Col. Elwyn were the members of the Council
present.. The first day was confined to the medical
examination. The number of candidates was about
120. The examinations will extend over 11 days,
terminating on Monday, the 16th inst.