The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

TBE ARMY.

The annexed Circular Memorandum, addressed
to the army at home and abroad, has been issued
by Sir J. Y. Scarlett, Adjutant-General.
" Horse Guards, Feb. 15.

" 1. His Royal Highness the General Commandbag-in-
Chief has had under his consideration the necessity of re-
calling to full-pay service officers now on half-pay who
are able to serve, and also wishing to give to officers on
half-pay the opportunity of retiring from the service by;the
sale of their commissions, he hereby announces, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, that they
will be permitted to do so, to a limited extent, in the man-
ner and under the restrictions hereinafter specified.
"2. This arrangement to include General Officers who
may be in receipt of the half-pay only of the regimental
rank in which they retired.
"3. The individuals disposed to avail themselves of this
arrangement shall make application to the General Com-
manding-in-Chief. through the Military Secretary, ac-
coratut; to Lae torm annexed.
"4. The sales to take place under the following restric-
tions—viz. :
",No persol to be allowed to sell who has passed the age
of 60 years, or who cannot produce a certificate from the
Army Medical Department at head quarters, or, if in a
colony, the certificate of a medical board, or, if no medical
board can be assembled, the certificate of the senior medical
officer, showing that his retirement does not result from
impaired constitution threatening earlier dissolution than a
person of his age may expect in the common course of
nature.

"5. The price of the commissions to be paid to the
officers selling out shall be the regulation price of the rank
in which they retired, or such portion as their services may
entitle them to, less the difference received by them be-
tween full and half-pay.
"G. It is to be understood that no officer on the half-pay
list, who may hold a garrison situation, will be permitted
to retain it it he should sell under this arrangement,
" 7. The time allowed for the operation of this regulation
shall be limited to six months for officers at home, and to
one year for officers residing in the colonies.
" 8. Officers:selling their commissions under this regu-
lation will be granted the brevet rank to which they might
be entitled had they been restored to full-pay, to sell in
the ;usual manner, their names being retained as retired
, officers in the Army List accordingly.
" 9. As the funds at the disposal of the Secretary of State
for War for this purpose are limited, the applications will
be considered in the order in which they are received, and
when the funds are expended no further sales will be
allowed.
" 10. Officers of artillery and Engineers on the half-pay
list who may be desirous of availing themselves of the bene-
fit of this regulation, so far as the provisions thereof can be
made applicable to them, are at liberty to make application
accordingly ; but, as such officers are not, under ordinary
circumstances, eligible to dispose of their commissions by
sale, each application as received will be specially considered
with reference to the previous services of the officer."
The subjoined General Order has been promul-
gated:—

" Horse Guards, Feb. 8
" The General Commanding-in-Chief, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State for War, has decided that
whenever substantive field officers fill the appointments of
Major of Brigade, or Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers,
they shall be placed on the same footing as Assistant-Ad-
jutant-Generals with regard to counting service in these
situations towards the six years required to entitle them
to the unattached pay of General officers on the attainment
of that rank, but upon the distinct understanding that this
boon will not carry with it any increase of pay or allow-
ances.
" By command of his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief."
The ship Saladin, 856 tons, G. M. Mated
master, has arrived at Gravesend with invalid troops
from India. The officers with the detachment are
Capt. C. H. Malan, 75th Regiment, in command ;
Capt. H. L. Fitzgerald, Ist Battalian 13th light
Infantry ; and Assist.-Surgeon J. Barker, Royal
Artillery, in medical charge. The first and last
mentioned officers have come to England on medical
certificate. The invalids embarked at Calcutta as
long since as the 29th of August, 1860, and com-
prise men from the following corps, viz.:—Royal
Artillery, Royal Engineers, Bengal Artillery, Ben-
gal Engineers, 2d Dragoon Guards, 12th Lancers,
Ist battalion sth Fusileers, 2d battalion ditto, lst
battalion 6th Foot, Bth, 13th, 19th, 3d Buffs, 90th
Perthshire Light Infantry, 24th, 37th, 38th, 43d,
48th, 53d, 54th, 60th, 75th, 92d, 99th, and St.
1 Cavalry
Helena Regiment ; also from the i
and Infantry. In the Bay of Be.negalkargna the 19th
and on the
a
of September the ship sprung 1
23d, it getting worse, the troops were required to
man the pumps every two hours, with the excep-
tion of at 2 a in. and 4 a.m. This they continued
to do till their arrival at
Port Louis on the 30th
of October. Their cheerfulness and soldierly be-
haviour under these circumstances (being for the
most part worn out or disabled men) is highly
extolled by those who witnessed this severe test.
The ship was docked at the Mauritius, when the
full extent of the danger was apparent; indeed,
had not the troops been on board she must have
gone to the bottom. She sailed from Port Louis
on the Ist of December, touching at St. Helena on
the 29th. The loss from death during this pro-
tracted passage has been one sergeant Bengal
Artillery and one sergeant Bengal Engineers, three
privates 6th Foot, one private 19th, two sergeants,
one drummer, three privates 37th Regiment ; one
private 48th, one private 95th, and two soldiers'
wives. The Saladin has on board the crystal
throne of the Kings of Delhi.