The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday orders were received at the headquar-
ters of the Royal Engineer department, Chatham,
for the 34th Company of Royal Engineers, under
the command of Capt. Gordon, to proceed on Mon-
day next to Shorncliffe, to relieve the 30th Com-
pany, ordered to Dover.
The alterations and improvements which the
Army Sanitary Commissioners last year recom-
mended should be adopted at Chatham for the health.
and comfort of the troops quartered at that garri-
son have nearly all been completed. The whole of
the barrack rooms at Chatham, Brompton, and St.
Mary's Barracks, which were previously without
any appliances for ventilation, have been fitted with
a new kind of ventilating apparatus which admir-
ably answers the purpose for which it is intended,
the portions of the barracks fitted with the ventila-
tors during the hottest parts of last summer having
been kept comparatively cool and healthy, the air
in the rooms presenting a remarkable contrast to
those rooms not previously ventilated. Additional
cooking-houses and washing-rooms have also been
erected, and the ablution rooms fitted with hot and
cold water baths for the use of the troops. Several
improvements recommended by the Commissioners
have alss been carried out at the several hospitals,
the wards of which have all been ventilated, and
several alterations effected to promote the health
and comfort of the inmates. Another important
improvement which is now being carried out in the
garrison is the covering in of a portion of Chatham
Barracks for the troops to be exercised under in
wet and inclement weather. Several minor im-
provements have also been carried out in the gar-
rison.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. W. Barry's and Capt. T.
H. Millward's Ist and 2d batteries of the 4th
brigade Royal Artillery were yesterday inspected
on parade at Woolwich, and were ordered for medi-
cal examination previous to departure for China.
They have entirely relinquished their old battery,
guns, and are about to be supplied with two com-
plete batteries of 12-pound Armstrong guns, with a
couple of which they will proceed to Shoeburyness
for instruction. Two additional batteries are to be
formed immediately to replace the above, and are
to be stationed at Shorncliffe. Capt. Vesey's and
Capt. Mercer's sth and 3d batteries of the same
brigade, at present stationed at Shorncliffe, will be
removed to Woolwich.
Colonel F. Eardley Wilmot, R.A., superintendent
of the royal gun factories, and Captain Haultain,
R.A., captain instructor of the establishment, have
removed from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in ac-
cordance with recent orders from the -War Depart-
ment ; and Mr. Anderson, late inspector of machi-
nery, has this week assumed the entire direction,
under the superintendence of Sir William Arm-
strong, C.B.
Orders have been received by the military autho-
rities at Portsmouth from the Horse Guards that
the troops of the garrison shall be practised in the
mode of embarking and disembarking, as a portion
of their drill. His Royal Highness the Comman-
der-in-Chief also expresses his opinion that it is de-
sirable that small detachments of Royal Marines
should be employed with the troops when exercised
in embarking and disembarking ; and also considers
it would be advantageous if, in the first instance,
and also in rough weather, the Royal Marines were
embarked alone in the presence of the officers and
troops, to show the men the necessity of perfect
quietness and steadiness, and the best manner of
stowing themselves in the boats on such occasions.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Hydra, 6, Comman-
der V. Hamilton, left Plymouth, on Monday night
for Pembroke to convoy the Immortalite, 50, to
esmouth.

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