The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1858.

converted into substantive rank can any longer retain that
privilege ; but a captain and brevet field officer, while conti-
nuink in the command of his company, shall receive the pay
of major—i.e., an increase of 2s. sd. a day ; and, if reduced
to half-pay, shall receive 9s. 6d. a day, the half-pay of
major..

A Captain and brevet field officer of the same class com-
manding a troop of cavalry shall be allowed an addition of
2s. sd. a day to the pay of captain, and, if reduced to half-
pay, the half-pay of a major of infantry.
A regimental officer.who has attained the brevet rank of
lieutenant-colonel under similar circumstances shall, if he
remain on full-pay, receive an addition of Is. a day to the
pay of major, and, if reduced to half-pay, the half-pay of a
lieutenant-colonel of infantry—viz.. Ils. a day.
18. That the commands of general officers, and other
situations on the staff, both at home and abroad, shall not
be held for more than five years, unless by re-appointment
under special circumstances.
19. That the names of field officers permitted to retire
from the anny by the sale of their commissions, shall be re-
tained in the Army List in italics, with the permission of
our commander-in-chief in each case. _

20. That no officer shall be promoted to the rank of cap-
tain until he shall have been two years an effective subaltern;
nor to that of field officer until he shall have been six years
in the service.
UNATTACHED PAY, RETIRED FULL-PAY, AND HALF-PAY.
21. It is our further will and pleasure that the grants
of unattached pay, and other rates of pay, to general
officers, not being colonels of regiments, and of retired
full-pay, and of half-pay, to officers of our army, shall be re-
gulated by this our royal warrant, to be administered and
interpreted by our Secretary of State for War, as the sole
and standing authority for regulating such grants.

may be granted (whether he should be receiving half-pay
or a temporary allowance in the nature of half-pay).
2. If he did not purchase his commission, and had served
less than seven years on full-pay in the army, he may be
allowed to receive £lOO for each year of service as a com-
missioned officer, not, however, exceeding the regulated
price of the commission he held.

3. If a non-commissioned officer shall have been promoted
to the rank of an ensign, or cornet, or adjutant, he shall not
have a claim to retire, by the sale of his commission, unless
he shall have served in the army as an officer on full-pay
upwards of one year, in which case he may be awarded the
full price of the commission which he shall have received
without purchase, or such proportion thereof as, with refer-
ence to the length of his actual service, shall be deemed
proper by our Secretary of State for War and Commander-
in-Chief.

51. The following number of officers of the Royal Artillery
and Royal Engineers will be permitted to retire on perma-
nent half pay, at their own request :

Artillery. Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonels 2l 1 annually.
Captains of not less than 21 years,
service . . . 3) annually 3 every two
Lieutenants of not less than 20 years.
years' service
_ _

Officers who may have been previously on temporary
half-pay, in consequence of reduction, will be allowed to
reckon such time in making up the requisite number of
years of service.
Officers retiring under this clause shall not be eligible for
any further promotion.
62. An officer of any of the under-mentioned ranks, hav-
ing entered the service since the termination of the war in
1815, and having been permitted to exchange to half-pay,
not on account of ill-health, but for his private convenience,
before he had served seven years on full pay, shall be al-
lowed only the old rate of half pay specified in the follow-
ing schedule :