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TO "S CHOOL 114 A-S TERS. -- WANTED
immediately, an A.SSISTANT MASTER for the Royal
Arsenal General School. One who has had experience in a
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Half-yearly
ORDINARY MEETING of the Proprietors of the IMPE-
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at the office of the Association, No. 7, White Hart-court,
Lombard-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 30th day of
November, 1858, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, precisely,
when a report will be made to the Proprietors, and a Divi;
dead declared for the half-year ending 30th June, 1858.
By order of the Board,
WILLIAM WALTON, Secretary.
Dated this 8d day of November, 1858.

ARMY CLOTHING FOR INDIA.

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A pattern specimen of the recently adopted new
clothing for our troops in India, which
being
sent out now with the regimental draughts to that
country, is on view at the War Department, Pall-
mall. Both in shape and material it is of the sim-
plest kind, and seems to combine in an unusual
degree those many qualifications that are rightly
deemed essential to the comfort of the men.
Hitherto the infantry, and we believe the cavalry-
also, have been supplied with a loose kind of shboi-
ing jacket; made of coarse red flannel or serge,
with dark ordinary trousers of , the same material.
The coolness, lightness; and ease of these, while
they lasted intact, seemed to fit them admirably for
the trying climate of India.- But a sligh t examination
of the loose texture of the serge would seem to show
that no great amount of durability could be ex-
pected from them, and that, above all, they were
scarcely fitted for the bivouacking and jungle
marching of an Indian campaign. It is now in-
tended to replace these tunics with new jackets
and trousers, different both in colour and material
from those we have mentioned. The present pat-
tern is made of a very strong description of corded
jean of a grayish slate hue, similar to those " carkee' "
tunics which have been described. It is made to fit
the wearer loosely, and is without braid or orna-
ment of any kind beyond a simple shOulder-strap,
with the regimental number,in white cotton figures,
and a few stout brass buttons down the front. The
trousers are of the same material and dolour, made
close to the waist, but fitting very loosely round
the hips and legs ; so that the whole costume gives
the greatest possible freedom of action to all the
movements of the body. Those of our readers even
the least versed in military matters can at once
appreciate the value of such a dress to the soldier
when on the rapid and forced marches which seem
likely to be the chief features of the approaching cam-
paign against the rebels. The strength of the new
material is also a great recommendation, while its
pale gray neutral colour, so hard to distinguish at
a short distance, will afford the wearer a protection
against sharpshooting which he would never ex-
perience in the staring red tunic now worn. Alto-
gether, the new clothing is about the best, strongest
and most comfortable service uniform which the
soldier has yet got, and, though doubtless it may
still be improved upon, it is a great step in the
right direction. It now only remains to adopt this
or some such dress as the recognised uniform for
all her Majesty's troops stationed in warm climates,
for we trust that we have seen the last of the old
style of things, when our infantry were required to
face a Canadian winter or an Indian summer in
precisely the same-clothing. It is only now that
the Gov eminent' have admitted that there is a dif-
ference in the temperature of Lahore in July and
Newfoundland in December, but now that the fact
is acknowledged let the change which it suggests
be fully carried out in all branches of the service.