The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A new Royal warrant has been issued by com-
mand of her Majesty in lieu of the warrant promul-
gated on the 27th of Oct., 1860, for the purpose of
regulating the grant of pensions and allowances to
officers of the land forces on account of wounds and
injuries received in action. It is to be interpreted
by the Secretary of State for War. Officers, there-
fore, who are still suffering from wounds received
since the 28th of March, 1854, the date of the de-
claration of war with Russia, should such wounds
be certified by a military medical board to be now
equal, or nearly equal, to the loss of a limb, may
receive pensions from the 27th of Oct., 1860, the
date of the warrant cancelled, on the following
scale :—A Field-Marshal, General, or Lieut.-General
Commanding-in-Chief at the time will receive an
amount to be specially determined ; a Lfeut.-Gene-
ral will receive £4OO ; a Major-General, Brigadier-
General, and officers holding equivalent relative
rank, £350 ; a Colonel, Lieut.-Colonel, and officers
holding equivalent relative rank, £3OO ; a Major,
and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £200;
a Captain, and officers holding equivalent relative
rank, £100; a Lieutenant, and officers holding equi-
valent relative rank, £7O; a Cornet, Second Lieute-
nant, Ensign, and officers holding equivalent rela-
tive rank, £5O.

The half-moon battery, forming a portion of the
fortifications at the entrance to the Medway. on the
site of which the new powerful casemated battery
is to be erected for the better protection of the
Royal naval establishment at Chatham and Sheer-
ness, has been entirely cleared of all the guns, car-
riages, and platforms, and the magazines connected
therewith emptied of their ammunition, the whole
being now ready to be given over to the contractors
by the Royal Engineer Department. Active pre-
parations are in progress for commencing the new
fortifications ordered to be placed on the north and
south shores of the entrance to the Medway, and
it is expected that their construction will be imme-
diately proceeded with. It has not yet been de-
finitely determined whether the indented lines,
which form a very important portion of the present
fortifications, will be dismantled this year. These
lines at present mount 8-inch, 56-pounders, and 32-
pounder guns, besides 8-inch howitzers, which
sweep the ditches. No orders have yet been re-
ceived at Chatham to dismount the guns, and none
of their stores have yet been disturbed.
The Denbigh Militia were inspected by Colonel
Wilbraham, C. 8., on Wednesday last. He said
that the firing of the regiment was very good, that
he
could see that great attention must have been
paid to the musketry instruction from the manner
in which the men placed themselves in position, and
that he should make a good report of their efficiency
to the Horse Guards.
The Earl of Chester's yeomanry Cavalry, 600
strong, under the command of
Lord de Tabley, was
inspected on Monday the 10th inst. At the conclu-
sion of the review Lieut.-Col. JellYns, C.B. 13th
le should
Light Dragoons, the inspector, said that
make a most favourable report to the Horse Guards
He considered the regiment fortunate in having the
services of such an adjutant as Capt. Hill, an old
Peninsular and Waterloo officer.