The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-24 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The regimental returns of target practice at Alder-
shott, just issued, show figures of merit of battalions
and companies, the marksmen per cent., and the
number of points obtained by the best shots in the
division to be as follows :-52d Regiment, figure of
merit, battalion, 98.70 ; best company, 120.48 ;
marksmen per cent., 6.28. 66th Regiment, figure
of merit, battalion, 94.15 ; best company, 100.84 ;
marksmen per cent., 5.71. 89th Regiment, figure
of merit, battalion, 92.75 ; best company, 103.91 ;
marksmen per cent., 6.12. 63d Regiment, figure
of merit, battalion, 92.72 ; best company, 93.39 ;
marksmen per cent., 8.35. Ist battalion 17th Regi-
ment, figure of merit, battalion, 92.63 ; best com-
pany, 113.73 ; marksmen per cent., 12.61. 28th
Regiment, figure of merit, battalion, 87.63 ; best
company, 103.71; marksmen per cent., 5.13. 81st
Regiment, figure of merit, battalion, 86.36 ; best
company, 103.34 ; marksmen per cent., 5.47. 4Sth
Regiment, figure of merit, battalion, 76.51 ; best
company, 101.92 ; marksmen per cent., 6-22. 71st
Regiment, figure of merit, battalion, 7300; best
company, 97.02 ; marksmen per cent., 3.75. The
best shots are----Divisional, Private James Callagan,
89th Regiment, 87 points. First period, Private
James Carter, 63d Regiment, 76 points. Second
period, second class, Private John Tracey, 89th
Regiment, 55 points. Third period, first class,
Serg. E. Fahey, 66th Regiment, 40 points. Capt.
F. A. Champion's company, 52d Regiment, shows
the highest figure of merit—viz., 12048.
During the past week the camp at Aldershott
has continued to exhibit its usual activity during
the summer months, and as the weather has been
favourable for field movements each day has been
taken advantage of by the Lieutenant-General
commanding the division. On Monday the Cavalry
Brigade, under the command of Major-Gen. Hodge,
C. 8., had a field-day at Eelmoor-hill, and was exer-
cised in various movements for about three hours.
The regiments present were the Royal Horse Guards
(Blue), the 17th Lancers; and the 3d, Bth, and 15th
Hussars. On Wednesday a divisional field-day was
held in the presence of Field-Marshal the Duke of
Cambridge, when a sham fight took place similar in
design to one in which the division took part in the
previous week. The men were under arms at an
early hour, and returned to quarters shortly before
2 o'clock. On Friday the first " flying column"
detached from the Aldershot division this season
marched from the camp to Sandhurst, where it
pitched tents. The column, which was under the
command of Brigadier-General Renny, consisted bf
the 3d Hussars, E Battery Bth Brigade Royal Ar-
tillery, the Ist battalion 17th Regiment, the 66th
Regiment, the 81st Regiment, and detachments of
the Royal Engineers, the Commissariat Staff Corps
and the Military Train. The column carried with
it much the same equipment and stores as would be
necessary for a campaign in an enemy's country, and
the mode of victualling the troops in their encamp-
ment is to be the same as when on active service.
The column will remain under canvas until to-
morrow, when in all probability it will return to
Aldershot.

On Saturday the depot of the 97th Regiment left
Colchester for Gosport to join a battalion now being
formed at that station. The depot consists of Capts.
Gould and Ramsbottom, Lieuts. Stuart, Wharton,
and Murray ; Ensigns Burnell and Bucknall, and
170 non-commissioned officers and men. The head
quarters of the 11th Hussars will embark at Tilbury
on Wednesday.
The Renown, East Indiaman, has been chartered
by the Hon. Council of India for the conveyance
of troops to India, and will embark the following
reinforcements at Gravesend on Friday next for
Bombay—viz., Capt. R. J. Somers, Lieutenant
R. H. Verschoyle, Cornet H. W. Apperley, and
Cornet C. H. Currey, with 27 men of the 11th
(Prince Albert's Own) Hussars; Lieut. J. P. Cot-
tam, Lieut. J. D. Snodgrass, and 136 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery ;
Capt. D. G. Cleary, Lieut. C. R. Durrant, Ensign
A. W. Drury, and 61 non-commissioned officers, and
t.
men of the Ist battalion King's Own Royals ;a
M. H. Hale, Lieut. J. S. Greer, and 45
emen, G ;
and
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26th Cameronians ; 26 men of the 49th1i Et•
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gliton, and
Capt. J. M. Kirkwood, Lieut.
119 men of all ranks of the 96twhill
Major-Gen. Sir IL Walpole, K.C.B. Cgbetc: inPsrpi cr tteod the
troops embarking the Renown
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embarked at Graves-
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non-
commissioned officers and men of the 95th Regt.,
from Pembroke, and 84 men of all ranks of the 3d
battalion Rifle Brigade, from -Winchester, together
with two officers' wives, 20 soldiers' wives, and five
children. The following officers embarked in charge
of the detachments, viz.:—Capt. C. F. Parkinson,
Ensign P. Shaw, and Ensign L. B. Burnett, 95th
Regt. ; Capt. J. C. Moore, 3d battalion Rifle Bri-
gade ; and Ensign T. A. Maberley, 35th Reot ; the
whole in medical charge of Assist.-Surgeon 11. A.
Elliott, 95th Regt. The troops were embarked un-
der the superintendence of Brioade-Major W. W.
Lynch and the officers of the Staff from Chatham.
In consequence, it is stated, of the numerous
complaints which have been made relative to the