The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday orders were issued from the War De-
partment to the officers in command of the depots
of the East India cavalry and infantry regiments
at Chatham, Maidstone, Canterbury, Colchester,
Buttevant, and the other depot battalions, directing
them to hold in readiness the following reinforce-
ments, in addition to those at present under orders
for India, to embark for Calcutta, Madras, Bombay
and Kurrachee, early in the ensuing month, for the
purpose of augmenting the British regiments serv-
ing in the three presidencies :-32 men of the Ist
(The King's) Dragoon Guards, 32 men of the 2d
(The Queen's) Dragoon Guards, 12 men of the 6th
Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 32 men of the 7th
(Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 32 men of the
7th Hussars, 32 men of the Bth Hussars, 12 men of
the 9th Lancers, 20 men of the 12th (Prince of
Wales's) Royal Lancers, 12 men of the 14th Light
Dragoons, 32 men of the 17th Lancers, 12 men of
the Ist batt. 3d Buffs, 20 men of the Ist batt. sth
Fusiliers. 20 men of the Ist batt. 6th Foot, 24 men
of the Ist batt. Bth (The King's), 1 man of the Ist
batt. 24th, 28 men of the 27th (Enniskillens), 12
men of the 29th, 58 men of the 31st, 16 men of the
35th (Royal Sussex), 16 men of the 37th, 12 men
of the 42d (Royal Highlanders), 16 men of the 48th,
32 men of the 56th, 15 men of the 57th, 14 men of
the 69th, 1 man of the 70th, 20 men of the 71st
(Highland Light Infantry), '2O men of the 73d, 17
men of the 74th (Highlanders), 30 men of the 75th,
26 men of the 79th (Highlanders), 18 men of the
81st, 12 men of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 30
mm of the 88th, 16 men of the 89th,- 20 men of
the 94th, 14 men of the 95th, 16 men of the 98th,
18 men of the 99th, and 20 men of the 2d battalion
Rifle Brigade. The authorities at the Horse Guards
have given notice at the, East India House for the
required amount of tonnage to be taken up to con-
vey the above reinforcements to India. The troops
are to embark at Gravesend, and orders have been
given to each man to be supplied, previously to em-
barkation, with the new description of light cloth-
ing. to be worn in India. Each man will also be
armed with the Enfield rifle, in the use of which
Weapon. they have undergone a course of instruction
at the several military stations. •
Major Melchior, of the Imperial French Artillery,
'who was charged„ with the presentation of the 121 b
howitzer t Alliance from the Emperor Napoleon to
the Queen, at Windsor, sor, yesterday visited the mili-
tary establishments at 'Woolwich. The major was
accompanied MajorbyiatAndrews, who has acted as
his occasional
hrpareter during his sojourn in
England, and whoe i.ecently been honoured by
the Emperor with thesdistinction of the riband and
cross of the Legion of Honour. The whole of the
Royal Horse Artillery oacnoTnim.fianeld batteries were
brigaded on Woolwich- and were put
through the various manoeuvres of field-day, at
which the gallant major, wearing thte undress staff
uniform of the Imperial Guard, Iva, present. His
appearance on the ground attracted considerable
attention, not only from the circumstance of his
being the envoy of our august ally on the present
interesting occasion, but also from the evident fact of
his having borne an ample share in the hardships and
dangers of the Crimea, having suffered the loss of his
right arm at the memorable siege of the Malakhott
From the review ground he proceeded to the Royal
Arsenal to elucidate the peculiarities and details con-
nected with the new piece of ordnance invented and
presented by his Imperial master. The gun, which
arrived at Woolwich on. the preceding evening,
is stored in the shed in which the funeral car was
recently housed and packedfor transport to France.
Some of the members of the select committee yes-
terday assembled there, consisting of Col. Tulloh,
Col. Pickering, Captains Clark and Campbell, and
were joined by Majors Melchior and Andrews, when
the official inspection of the Imperial present took
place, which they examined with rainutdattention,
and unanimously expressed their unqualified admi-
ration of the workmanship and materials composing
the entire equipment, the aggregate cost of which
amounted to £l,BOO.

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