The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-29 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelliz,ence.

A general order of considerable importance in its
relation to the infantry drill of the army has been
issued from the Horse Guards. The order, signed

by Adjutant-General Lord William Paulet, C. 8.,
by order of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, Field-Marshal and General Commanding-

in-Chief, directs that men belonging to infantry
regiments, except such as have served over 15 years,
or are excused by medical certificate, shall be ex-
ercised at " running drill" once a day. For the first
fortnight the distance run is not to exceed 300 yards.
For the second fortnight the distance may be in-
creased to 600 yards. For the third fortnight the
distance may be increased to 900 yards. After the
third fortnight's practice the distance may be in-
creased to 1,000 yards daily, with arms and accoutre-
ments carried on alternate days. The pace on all
occasions not to exceed six miles an hour, nor must
the 1,000 yards be attempted before the six weeks
preliminary practice has been made over the shorter
distances. Where the ground will admit the men
are to run in single rank of 15 or 20 abreast, and
otherwise by companies in fours. When a regiment

has been sufficiently trained in running drill certain
movements are then to be performed at " the
double," except when the regiment is paraded for

drill in marching order.
A notification has been received stating that a de-
tachment of the depot of the 13th Hussars (which
Regiment recently left England for Canada) will
proceed from York to Colchester, and will be at-
tached to the King's Dragoon Guards. The strength

of the detachment will be one officer and 14 men.
In accordance with instructions from the Horse
Guards a draught of two officers and 57 rank and
file of the depot of the 2d battalion 16th Regiment

are to be held in readiness to proceed to join the
service companies in Barbadoes on a conveyance
being provided.
Two troops of the Ist Dragoon Guards have left
Colchester for Norwich (where they arrived on

Saturday) to form an escort for their Royal High-

nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales during

their visit to the Norwich Musical Festival

The half-yearly inspection of the troops at Col-
chester having been completed a large number of
officers of the garrison have been granted leave of
absence until the end of the year.
On Saturday Major-Gen. Sir D. A. Cameron,
K.C.B. (president), Major-Gen. J. St. George,

C. 8., Royal Artillery-, Director of Ordnance ; Com-

missary-Gen.-in-Chief Sir W. J. Tyrone Power,
K.C.B. ; Col. Commandant J. Clark Kennedy,

C. 8., Military Train ; Purveyor-in-Chief J. Scott
Robertson, Colonel L. Shadwell, Military Assistant
at the War-office, and the other members of the
commission for inquiring into the transport service
of the army, with the view to its complete reorga-
nisation visited Chatham for the purpose of prose-
cuting their inquiries and investigations at that gar-
rison. The Commissioners were attended officially
by Major J. Buckley, barrack-master ; Assist.-
Commissary-Gen. A. A. Downes ; Superintendent
of Stores A. Gun, and the officers connected with
the :Quartermaster-General's department at that
garrison. In the course of their investigations and
inquiries the members of the commission visited
Fort Pitt, the Ordnance Department, and other
establishments, and were occupied in their investi-
gations until late in the afternoon, when they
quitted the garrison and returned to London. One
result of their inquiries will in all probability be
the appointment of an assistant-quartermaster-ge-
neral, together with some other staff appointments

at Chatham, to superintend the embarkation and

disembarkation of the troops now constantly arriv-
ing at and leaving Gravesend—a duty which has
hitherto been discharged by the ordinary garrison
staff, upon whom these labours press, in addition
to their duties, with very considerable severity.
Thehalf-yearly muster of the battalions of Guards
stationed in London will take place on the 19th
proximo, on the Horse Guards Parade.
Capt. I. Inglis, R.E., Inspector of Works, who
met with a severe accident some months ago, which
has
,incapacitated him from active duty since that
period, has been appointed a member of the com-
mittee for the construction of fortresses and other
defences of wrought iron. Major P. H. Scratchley,
RE., who has been acting in the absence of Capt.
Inglis, is therefore appointed Inspector of Works,
with a residence in Woolwich Arsenal.

The Rev. Hugh Huleatt, M.A., Chaplain to the

Forces at Hounslow and Kneller-hall, is under
orders to relieve the Rev. W. F. Hobson, senior
chaplain at Woolwich, they having been permitted
to exchange stations.

Her !Majesty's screw troopship Tamar, Capt. F.
11. Sullivan, C. 8., arrived at Spithead at 7 a.m.
yesterday, from the West Indies and North America,
with officers and troops--invalided and time-expired
—from the various regiments stationed in the North
American provinces, with naval invalids,passengers,
&c., from ships on the station. The ri
pas-
senger and freight list comprised•—a Lin. Tamar
8 teut.-Col.
Boothby, R.A., Capt. Bolton, R.A., Lieut. Grover,
R.E. ; Lieut.-Col. Martin, Mrs. Martin, and Capt.
Wilson, 2d battalion 4th ; Capt. Adcock,lst
„bat-
talion 16th; Capt. Gardner, Ist ba.tsatliboartc.r2d ;
Capt. Vivian and Lieut. Western, h
tva
nton
25th ; Paymaster Dunlop, 47th ; Lieut. W
ton, Royal Canadian Rifles, Mrs. Whittington,la Whitting-
ton,
children ; Deputy Assist.-Com.-Gen. Stuart
•
Staff-Surg. Moffatt, Mrs. Moffatt, and two chil-
dren ; Assist.-Surg. Wolseley and Mrs. Wolseley ;
Assist.-Surg. Ferguson, Mrs. Ferguson, and two
children ; Assist-Surgeons Martin and Taylor ;
Barrack-Master Shrapnel' and family ; Mr. Head,
C.E., Government Clerk of Works, and Mrs. Head ;
Mrs. Ffennell aid two children ; Mrs. Sinclair
and five children ; Acting-Lieutenant Ellis, It.-N ,
on promotion ; Mr. Ross, late acting se-
cond master of her Majesty's ship Wolve-
rine ; 149 soldiers, 32 women, 48 children,
and a number of naval invalids. The disembarca-
tion of the officers, troops, and seamen will be
effected alongside Portsmouth dockyard this morn-
ing. The distribution of her Majesty's ships on
the North American station when the Tamar left
was as follows :--The Niger, screw sloop, at Mon-
treal ; the Duncan, screw line-of-battle ship, carry-
ing the flag of the commander-in-chief, Vice-Ad-
miral Sir James Hope, K.C.B. ; the Wolverine,
screw corvette, and the Fawn, screw sloop, at Hali-
fax ; the Aurora, screw frigate, at Quebec. The
Jason, screw corvette, left Sydney, Cape Breton,
for a cruise on the 16th inst. On the 17th her
Majesty's screw troopship Orontes arrived at Sydney,
Cape Breton, and transferred the military invalids
she had on board for England to the,Tamar. The
Orontes was left by the Tamar at Sydney filling up
coal, and appointed to sail for Bermuda, with the
61st Regiment on board, two days afterwards, and
return thence to England with the 2d (Queen's)
Regiment. The Tamar experienced strong westerly
winds across the Atlantic, but made the passage
home in 101 days. The Tamar, with her splendid
eo
modation as a troop-carrying steamer, re-
quires only filling up with coals and stores to place
her again at the disposal of the Transport Depart-
ment for
further
Sheppard
rhservice at home or abroad.
The
Mary
Government for e(alppard has been chartered by the
conveyance of reinforcements
for the Royal
Artillery,
Ist battalion of the 12th
Regiment, 2d battalion
the 14th Regiment, 2d
battalion of the 18th (Rom yallrish) Regiment, 40th
. Regiment, 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment, 57th
Regiment, and other corps to-,ew Zealand, and is
ordered to be in readiness to embark her officers and
troops at Gravesend on the 15th of
November.
The Endymion, 24, unarmoured screw frigate,
Capt. C. W. Wake, sailed from Spitheadyeaterday
morning for the Mediterranean.
The sloop corvette Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power,
Mr. Wotton, master, in charge, was put out of No,
4 dock, at Chatham, on Saturday afternoon, and
warped alongside the floating sheers in the harbour.
It was announced at Chatham yesterday that she
is to be commissioned forthwith, her destination
being, it is understood, the Pacific. She is complete
both inboard and aloft. Her armament will be
placed on board to-day. She is to be supplied with
stores for 12 months.
The hired transport Talavera, in Woolwich basin,
commenced shipping on Saturday a cargo of gun-
carriages and building materials from the Royal
Arsenal for Bermuda.
The fo}lowing appointments were made on Satur-

day at the Admiralty :—Captain the Hon. A. A.
Cochrane, C. 8., to the Cumberland, vice G. W.
Preedy, C. 8., appointed to the Royal Adelaide ;
Commander E. Nares to the Reindeer, commis-
sioned ; Commander W. K. Bush to the Rinaldo,
commissioned ; George P. Heather, master, to the
Fisgard, for the Crocodile ; Hugh H. Hanny, master,
to the Assurance ; William Horn, master, to the
Rinaldo ; Charles Wotton, master, to the Reindeer;
John G. O'Connell, master, to the Satellite ; Fred.
Brady, paymaster, to the Pembroke ; George P.
Martin, paymaster, to be secretary to Sir William
Martin ; William 0. Bignell, paymaster, to the
1 Rinaldo ; Herbert H. Gain, paymaster, to the Sa-
tellite ; Charles Barrs, paymaster, to the Reindeer ;
George Lawless, assist.-paymaster, to the Satellite;
Edward B. D'lffanger, clerk, to the Rinaldo ; A. T.
Claydon, clerk, to the Reindeer; W. 11. F. Kay,
clerk, to the Satellite ; and E. H. Banks, assist.-
clerk, to the Satellite.