The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following Royal Warrant has been promul-
gated, having reference to the appointment of
adjutants to the Volunteer Artillery and Rifle

corps :--

" Victoria, R.
" Whereas we have judged it expedient to grant
commissions under our sign manual to officers who
may be appointed adjutants in the Artillery and
Rifle Volunteer forces, raised under the Act 44th of
George 111., chap. 54, and to make provision for the
grant of retired pay to such officers ; our will and
pleasure is that this our Royal warrant, to be ad-
ministered and interpreted by our Secretary of State
for War, shall be the sole authority for the issue of
such retired pay, which shall be governed by the
following rules and regulations :
" 1. Retired pay shall be granted to adjutants
of Artillery and Rifle Volunteer corps after they
shall have completed the undermentioned periods of
service in our regular or Indian forces, our Marines,
embodied Militia, or the army of the East India
Company, and in a volunteer corps, viz. :-15 years,
5 years of which as adjutant of volunteers, 3s. per
diem ; 20 years, 7 years of which as adjutant of
volunteers, 4s. per diem ; 25 years, 10 of which as
adjutant of volunteers, ss. per diem ; S 0 years, 15
years of which as adjutant of volunteers, 6s. per
diem.
"'2. Such pay shall be granted to those adju-
tants who may through age or infirmity become
unfit for the performance of the duties of their com-
missions, or whose services may cease to be required
by reason of the reduction of their corps by our
order; but no adjutant of a volunteer corps whose
corps may dissolve of its own accord, or otherwise
fall below the establishment entitling it to an offi-
cer of that description, shall have any title to re-

tired pay.
" 3. And no adjutant on the retired list who
shall accept any military office or employment of
profit under Government shall be entitled for the
period during which he holds such office to claim
any portion of the said retired pay.
" 4. Every adjutant who shall claim the retired
pay to which he may become entitled under the
provisions of this our warrant shall, previous to
receiving the same, produce to the Paymaster-
General of our Forces a declaration taken and sub-
scribed before a justice of the place or some other
person authorised by law to administer such decla-
ration, in the words or to the effect following :
" I, A. 8., do solemnly and sincerely declare
that I was serving as adjutant in volunteer
corps from the to the , and that I
now claim to receive retired pay at the rate of
a day from the to the , during which
period I did not hold or enjoy any office or employ-
ment of profit, civil or military, under the Crown,
or any other Government, besides the retired pay
of a day now claimed, except my half pay as

" Given at our Court at St. James's this 19th day
of June, 1860, in the 23& year of our reign.
" S. HERBERT."

The Under-Secretary of State for War, Sir Ben.
Hawes, has issued the following circular memoran-
dum, dated the 23d ult.:— .

,‘ Mr. Secretary Herbert having had under his
consideration the subject of the payment of fees by
the troops attending army schools, has, with a view
of further encouraging the general education of the
non-commissioned officers and privates of the army,
been pleased to remit the payment of fees for all
students who may be included in the third-class of
adult schools, hitherto required under circular 145,
dated War-office, Sept. 28, 1857."
Yesterday a portion of the officers and men of the
depot of the 53d Regiment, to the number of 321,
left Chatham garrison and proceeded to Plymouth
citadel, to await the arrival of the head-quarters
and service companies, now on their passage home
from India.
Lieut.-Col. S. N. Lowder has been appointed to

the Chatham division of Royal Marines, having
been permitted by the Admiralty to exchange divi-
sions with Lieut.-Col. H. Marriott, who has been

appointed to Woolwich.
Mr. Henry Fane Travers, military store service,
now at Woolwich, has been appointed military store
officer in charge of Point de Galle, vice Assistant
Military Storekeeper Fretz, ordered to Colombo.
The appointment of Assistant Military Storekeeper
Munro to that station has been cancelled, that
officer having already served at Trincomalee, Cey-
lon.

Major-Gen. Sir R. Dacres, Royal Artillery, Com-
manding at Woolwich, and Col. Stransham, Com-
mandant of the local division of Royal Marines,
with the principal officers of the garrison, and their
families in large numbers, yesterday assembled in
the Plumstead marshes to witness a scientific shoot-
inz match, between officers and men belonging to
the division of Royal Marines. The match was pro-
posed by Capt. Suther, musketry instructor to the
corps, and was carried out under his direction and
Superintendence. The competitors, 200 in number,
'Paired to the marshes at 7 a.m., and the proceed-
ings commenced shortly after, and continued, with
slight int •
ernussion, until 6 p.m. The place was
Crowded with spectators throughout the day. The
band of
provisithe division
cwas in attendance, and the ne-
cessarys
antler
copiously supplied and com-
fortably served
es contributed
number of tents erected for
the accommodo.ti,„
of the competitors and their
friends. The prizeslibuted by the officers of
the corps ranged from
t
which was closely contested,hoD,lvsi,:: th© highest of
'tsand
been twice won
by ties, or an cquril points, number of , was con-
sequently shot for a third time, and eventually
awarded to privat PKeenan. The second prize of £5
was taken by Sergeant Banks as well as the third,
of £2, and the ft Furth, of 305., was obtained by
Sergeant Urquha, fit. The distance was 900 yards,
and the firing ras of the first order, private
Keenan having made nine points in five rounds
over the extreme range of 900 yards. Col. Strans-
ham, the comma' 'dant, competed for various minor