The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-18 00:00:00

TLiE ARMY.

The following circular memorandum, addressed
to the army at home, and signed by the Hon. Sir
James Yorke Scar:ett, K.C.8., Adjutant-General
of the Forces, together with the annexed General
Regimental Order of the Royal Artillery, signed
(by command of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge), by Colonel Charles Bingham, Deputy-
Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery, were on Satur-
day published at Woolwich, from the Horse
Guards :

"The following extracts from the regulations for
the management of recruit barracks, which have
been circulated to the inspecting field officers of
recruiting districts, are promulgated for the infor-
mation and guidance of officers commanding regi-
ments and depots, viz. :—An uniform charge of Id.
is to be made against each recruit, without reference
to the time he may remain in barracks, to cover
the cost of general barrack damages. Where, how-
ever, wilful damage has been committed which can
be traced to an individual, it is to be made a charge
against him, if approved by the inspecting field
officer, subsequently to his joining his regiment.
On the arrival of recruits at their depot the Deputy-
Adjutant will inquire of each recruit, in the pre-
sence of the conducting sergeant, whether he has
received the full amount of his pay—viz., Is.
since he left the last district, exclusive of his bed
and board, en route."

According to orders yesterday issued at Brornp-
ton Barracks, the 15th Company of Royal Engi-
neers, under the command of Capt. J. P. Maquay
and Lieut. J. J. Robertson, will leave head-quarters
this morning, and proceed to the Curragh Camp,
where it relieves the 31st Company, under the com-
mand of Capt. A. B. Fyers. The 31st Company is
expected to arrive at Chatham garrison to-morrow,
in order to be raised to its full complement of 100
non-commissioned officers and men prior to embark-
ing for service in the Mediterranean, relieving one
of the companies of Royal Engineers now doing
duty at Malta. The 4th Company, under the com-
mand of Capt. H. W. H. D.
,Dumaresq, has been
placed under orders to proceed to Dover to relieve the
30th Company, which has also received orders to em-
bark for the Mediterranean, but no day has been
named for the 4th Company to leave Chatham.
The two Companies of Royal Engineers which
return to England from the Mediterranean are the
st and 9th, their term of foreign service having
expired. The 2d, 4th, 15th, and 32d companies of
Royal Engineers have been inspected at head-quar-
ters by Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the district,
when each company was found to be in a highly
efficient state. In accordance with orders received
from the :Deputy-Adjt.-Gen. of the Royal Engi-
neers, the 35th and 36th Companies, together with
the 37th and 38th Companies, about being raised,
are to be formed into four depot companies. The
35th Company is now at Chatham, and the 36th
Company has been ordered to join head-quarters
from Portsmouth, where it will be relieved by the
18th Company, in order to be attached to the depot.

The detachment of the Bth Battalion of the
Royal Artillery which has for some time been sta-
tioned at Horfield Barracks, Bristol, embarked on
board the Gipsy steamer for Waterford on Wed-
nesday last. On the followday day a brigade of
the Royal Artillery arrived at Horfield to take the
place of the Bth Battalion.
Col. R. K. Dawson, C. 8., Royal Engineers, head
of the Survey Department of the Tithe and Com-
mons Enclosure Commission, is, we regret to learn,
lying dangerously ill at hisresidence at Blackheath.
He is suffering from congestion of the lungs.