The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following circular relating to religious in-
struction in army schools has been issued by Sir
Benjamin Hawes, the Under-Secretary of State for
War :

" War-office, April 2.
" In order to prevent as much as possible inter-
ference with the ordinary school duties in garrisons
and camps, and to secure uniformity of practice at
home and abroad, the Secretary of State for War
desires that the following rules for the management
of schools for religious instruction shall be obsery ed :
" 1. Children attending the day schools of regi-
ments and garrisons, as well as the boys of the band
and drummer boys, may attend the chaplains for
religious instruction at such hours and at such
places as may be appointed by the authorities on
the spot.

~ i. Religious instruction shall be communicated
on two days in every week for one hour each day,
to be taken out of the ordinary hours of school
attendance. It will also be given on Sunday, either
before or after the morning service, as shall be found
most convenient.

" 3. The children and others of the several per-
suasions shall attend their respective chaplains for
religious instruction.

"--4. The hour from 11 to 12 is recommended as
best suited to this purpose, and Tuesday and Thurs-
day seem to be appropriate days, provided other
duties are not thereby interfered with.*
" 5. The young persons under religious instruc-
tion by the chaplain of the Churchof England, and
by the Presbyterian chaplain, may assemble in the
same room, in separate compartments. The Roman
Catholics will assemble separately, the commanding
officer assigning the place for each class, as local
convenience and their relative numbers may dictate.
" 6. The children attending these classes should
be in their places a minute or two before 11 o'clock
each day, so as to afford time for calling the roll,
and devoting an entire hour to the purposes of in-
struction, and the classes should open with prayer."
The long-anticipated general order relative to the
distribution and reorganisation of the corps of Royal
Artillery was on Saturday received at Woolwich
from the office of the Adjt.-General. The Comman-
der-in-Chief has issued instructions for the desig-
nations of battalion s, troops, and companies to be
abolished, and the appropriation of brigade and
battery in their stead. The following is the detail
of the various stattons to which the brigades have
been appointed—namely, Horse Brigade, head-
quarters Wsolwiel ; Ist Brigade Siege Artillery,
head-quarters Woolwich ; 2d Brigade Siege Artil-
lery, head-quarters Dover ; 3d Brigade Siege Artil-
lery, head-quarters Plymouth ; 4th Brigade Field
Artillery, head-quarters •olwich ; sth Brigade
Siege Artillery, head-quarters Gibraltar ; 6th Bri-
gade Siege Artillery, head-quarters Malta ; 7th
Brigade Siege Ardtillery, head-quarters Quebec ; Bth
Brigade Field Artillery, head-quarters Portsmouth ;
9th Brigade Field Artillery, head-quarters Ballin-
collig; 10th Brigade Siege Artillery, head-quarters
Guernsey; 11th Brigade Field Artillery, head-
quarters Bengal ; 12th Brigade Siege Artillery,
head-quarters the Mauritius ; 13th Brigade Field
Artillery, head-quarters Bombay; and 14th Brigade
Field Artillery, head-quarters Bengal.
The force in the Curragh Camp is as follows :-
3d Light Dragoons (detachment), Royal Artillery
(detachment), 25 companies Royal Engineers, sth
Battalion Military Train, 2d Battalion Fusileer
Guards (detachment), 2d Battalion 10th Foot, 2d
Battalion 14th Foot (detachment), 2d Battalion
15th Foot, 2d Battalion 18th Foot, 55th Foot
(detachment), 76th Foot, King's Own Light In-
fantry (Tower Ha:mlets), 2d Royal Lanark (detach-
ment), commanded by Major-Gen. Shirley, C.B.

1* Friday is usually a field-day, when drummers and band-
boys cannot attend ; but should either Tuesday or Thursday
be so used, then Wednesday or Friday may be substituted
for Tuesday and Thursday, at the will of the officer com-
manding.