The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Orders have been issued from the Horse Guards
directing the commanding officers of the undermen-
tioned depots to hold in readiness the following re-
inforcements to embark for India, for the purpose
of augmenting the Queen's troops now serving in
the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay presidencies, viz.,
20 men of the Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards, 34
men of the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
64 men of the Bth (King's Royal Irish) Light Dra-
goons, 32 men of the 17th Lancers, 12 men. of the
4th King's Own, 20 men of the sth Fusiliers, 43
men of the Bth (King's) Regiment, 12 men of the
28th Regiment, 2 men of the 33d (Duke of Welling-
ton's) Regiment, 14 men of the 42d Royal High-
landers, 35 men of the 44th Regiment, 26 men of
the 53d Regiment, 51 men of the 54th Regiment,
42 men of the 57th Regiment, 15 men of the Ist
battalion 60th Rifles, 17 men of the 2d battalion
60th Rifles, 21 men of the 61st Regiment, 13 men
of the 70th Regiment, 16 men of the 71st Highland
Light Infantry, 10 men of the 72d Highlanders, 21
men of the 77th Regiment, 12 men of the 80th Re-
giment, 10 men of the 86th (Royal County Down)
Regiment, 27 men of the 89th Regiment, 72 men
of the 81st Regiment, 13 men of the 93d High-
landers, 83 -men of the 94th Regiment, 34 men
of the 95th Regiment, 22 men of the 99th Regi-
ment, 13 men of the Rifle Brigade, and 84 men
of the Royal Artillery. The following officers have
been selected to embark with the above reinforce-
ments :—Cornet Herbert H. F. Gifford, Ist Dragoon
Guards •, Capt. Charles Steel, 17th Lancers ; Lieut.
H. A. A. Breedon, 3d Buffs ; Ensign Walter S.
Brown, 4th King's Own ; Ensign Frederick A.
Forsyth, sth Fusiliers ' • Capt. Arthur Bainbrigge,
13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry ; Lieutenant
tEneas G. Blair, Bth Regiment ; Ensign Horace A.
Wells, Ensign Augustus M. Handley, and Ensign
James F. Fraser, 19th Regiment ; knsign Robert
C. Bacon, 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; Brevet-
Major Henry R. C. Godley, 28th Regiment ; Ensign
Reginald A. H. Cox, 57th Regiment ; Ensign R.
F. De Barry Barry and Ensign -George D. Ander-
son, GOth Rifles ; Ensign Charles H. Atkinson, 61st
Regiment ; Ensign Horatio G. Robley, 68th Light
Infantry; Ensign Arthur S. Gilbert, 70th Regt.,
and Ensign W. F. England, 94th Regt.
Yesterday and Monday large quantities of the
new pattern light clothing, formed of drab-coloured
jean and drab felt helmets, were forwarded from
the Tower stores td be shipped on board the trans-
! ports taken up, to embark the reinforcements for
• India, numbering 2,000 rank and file, between the
• 4th and 12th inst.

Yesterday contracts were issued for the construc-
tion of separate buildings for married soldiers and
their wives at Sheffield and Dover barracks, also for
the formation of a kitchen on the improved prin-
ciple of military cooking at Cambridge Barracks,
Portsmouth, and the construction of reading•rooms
and libraries. The War-office is about to carry out
the above important improvements for the comfort
of the soldier at all the principal barracks in the
kingdom.
On account of the increased strength of the army,
the military prison of Fort Clarence at Rochester is
at present overcrowded, insomuch that a number of
prisoners under sentence are obliged to he detained
in the cells at Woolwich.