The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On Monday the whole of the depots forming the
second battalions of Indian regiments stationed at
Colchester Camp were assembled bn- the parade•
ground to witness the infiictionti military punish-
ment on three deserters from the 88th Regiment
, (Connaught Rangers). The men, who had been
absent from their regiment some time, were seve-
rally sentenced to receive 50 lashes; and the sen-
tence of the court-martial having been read, the
punishment was inflicted, after which the men
were removed to the hospital. This is the second
exhibition of the kind within a few days, the other
offender being a deserter from the Gth Regiment
of Foot, and also receiving 50 lashes.
Capt. Grant, late R. A., the successful inventor
of various cooking stoves for the accommodation of
the troops in barracks and in camp, has brought
forwardan additional apparatus for the road, which,
together with his other inventions, he has presented
to the War Department, with the philanthropic
view of benefitting the soldier on the march
or in the field. The last-named invention was
yesterday tested in the Royal Arsenal, Wool-
wich, in the presence of a large assembly of noble-
men and officers, a number of whom, in conjunction
with Capt. Grant, constitute a committee. Colonel
Tnlloh, Major Clerk, and Mr. Fullom, of the Royal
carriage department, superintended the proceed-
ings ; and Lord Fortescue, Lord Ebrington, Col.
Hudson, president of the committee, Col. Gordon
Higgins, Commissary-Gen. Strickland, Mr. Fon-
blanque, Col. Keate, and others, were present. The
apparatus, which consists of a spacious oven, stew-
ing and boiling cauldrons, and a huge cylindrical
soup machine, supplying 150 gallons of soup, and
weighs 111 cwt., and in working condition one ton,
was mounted on an ordinary Artillery waggon
drawn by a couple of horses, and driven over the
roads and thoroughfares of the Royal Arsenal.
After about two hours' march they halted as for
encampment in front of the Royal Pattern-room,
recently erected, when about 500 labourers belong-
ing to the carriage department square came for-
ward and, presenting ticketspreviously distributed,
were served with a quart of vegetable soup and a
ration of meat each. A batch of bread, as well as
some large pieces of mutton and beef drawn from
the oven, together with samples of the soup, &c.
were laid on a table in the Pattern-room for the
verification of the committee, who unanimously
pronounced in favour of the excellence and une-
qualled advantages of the apparatus for that especial
purpose. The fuel consumed, and which was also
stowed in the sides of the Artillery waggon, was
1501 b. of rough wood, of a kind easily obtained in
any country.
The anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was
yesterday observed, at Woolwich in all the depart-
ments, except the Royal Arsenal, in the usual man-
ner. In order to give an entire holiday from Sa-
turday at one o'clock until Tuesday morning, the
Coronation day was kept in the entire establishment
of the Arsenql an. 3ionday instead of yesterday.
The whole of the troops were' yiSsterday reviewed
by Major-Gen. Sir R. Dacres on Woolwich-com-
mon, and marched past. The saluting battery and
her Majesty's ship Fisgard fired the usual acknow-
ledgment of 21 guns each, and the various estab-
lishments displayed the Royal standard and other
insignia of rejoicing.
The War-office circular issued last November, to
the effect that the married non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Artillery stationed
at Woolwich were to be allowed 2d. per day as
lodging-money, is again ordered to be rescinded.
Instructions have been received for the allowance
to be discontinued, except to three out of every 100
men, to whom the privilege is to be continued. On
a recent issue of an order which interfered with
the social and moral comfort of the soldier in a
similar manner, the matter was examined into and
considerably modified. The present regulations
have occasioned great dissatisfaction, as the mar-
ried men not included in the privilege will be com-
pelled to provide themselves with lodgings, light,
and fuel, and as there are hundreds of married
non-commissioned officers and men in Woolwich
garrison, who will be brought under those restric-
tions, the subject is of considerable, importance.
There are several plots of waste ground belonging
to Government, suitable for the erection or married
men's quarters in the vicinity of the barracks at
the rear of the hospital and adjoining the com-
mandant's garden, which might be rendered avail-
able at a nominal expenditure, and with material
benefit to the service.

The annual inspection of the Chatham division
of Royal Marine Light Infantry will take place to-
day by Major-General Sir S. It Wesley, Deputy-
Adjutant-General.