Star.
London, England, 1816-01-06 00:00:00

DISPANDIiG C#P711.5 mauve

The following Circulate has just been transmitted F
to—the Colonels of.,Militia•Regiments :
• . " WAR OFFICE, 1816.
His. Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT having'
been pleased, itT theltaine and on the behalf °lbis
Majesty, to order that the Militia of the C.tinty of
sbatil.be disembodied will all convenient
*peed ; I am edmmanded to eipress to you the'very
great satisfaction which his Royal Highness havare-
awed fedin the exemplary and meritorious services
of pie Corps under your co:nmaad ; and to acquaint
yob that his Royal "Highness is pleased to grant the
follthir)tig Allowances on the occasion, to the Officers
and •Mett hereinafter mentioned
a, Each Subaltern, and the Surgeon's Mate, if any,
will be allowed, as a gratuity, a sum to complete
two months' pay each, front the date of diSembody-
ing (any advance already made beyond the li,•.ter
dateibeing of course to be reckoned as a part of such
gratuity) ; which, being granted to them in this
shape, will net interfere with the receipt of half-pay,
nor of any other allowance, to 'which they are enti-
tled, or may hereafter obtain from Government.—
Officers holding two appointments are, however, to
receive the allowance for one of them only.
of The 'Adjutant, Paymaster, Surgeon, and Quar-
ter Master, are not to have the said gratuity ; it
being intended that they shall be retained on duty,
and receive pay, commencing from the day subse-
quent tu.that of disembodying inclusive, at the rates
fixed by the Act of 55 Geo. 3. cap. 165.
4"rhe non-effective and contingent allowances of
the Captains, the mess allowance, and other regimen-
tal allowances for embodied Carps, are to cease from
the date of disembodying inclusive.
44 In pursuance of the Prince Regent's order, sig-
nified to the Lord Lieutenant of. by Lord
Viscount Sidmouth, and communicated by his Lord-
ship to this Department, to retain upon the disembo.
Vied establishment of your regiment, the number of
&drains, Corvrals, anA Drummers, allowed by the
Act ut the Geo 3. cap. 90. sect. 83. viz. one
herj-ant and on.. Larporal to every thirty private
men with ati.litional Corporal 'for every surplus
et titteen mei, or upwards, and one Drummer per
co•,,p-iiiy, with an addition of one Drummer for each
Rank company of regiments or battalions, consisting
of hire or inure comp.anies • such Serjeants, Corporals
and Drummers as exceed ;hat number, in each rank,
are tube immediately discharged g and in the execu-
tion of this part of his Royal Highness's instructions,
I am commanded to desire.your most particular
attention, that no Serjeant or Corporal be tetained,
who is not, in every respect, fit for service, and
.qua-
litiM for the active duties of a Non-commissioned
otlicat, nor any Drummer who is not an able bodied
young. G. 1411.

" Such of the Serjeants to be discharged, as may
he deemed deserving of the Out-Pension under the
Prince Regent's Warrant, dated 28th February,
11414, :ind such of the Corporals and Drummers as
may have a claim to the Pension under the Geneial
Militia Laws, are to receive an advance of Marching
Allowance, at Is. bd. per diem, sufficient to carry
them to .I..!ardon, reckoning ten miles for a day's
march, without halting days ; a report thereof being
made to thc Agent, by whom the men will be fur-
ther subsisted according to their respective rai.ks,
until they can pass an examination betore the Chelsea
Board.
" Each Nun-commissioned Officer and Drummer,
who sii4ll be discharged, and not recommended for
the Coelsr-a Pension, and each Private Man who
311411 be disembodied, is to be allowed a bounty equal
to fourteen days' pay, reckoning from the date of
discharge, or of disembodying, exclusive; and is to
be permitted to take with him the clothing of the
year 1815, and also his knapsack. The like rule,
as to the clothing and knapsacks, is to be observed
with respect to men di:charged and recommended
for the pension.

66 Tile Non-commissioned Officers and Drummers
retained on the disembodied establishment, are of
course not to receive the 14 days' bounty.
66 Before the disembodying you will cause an
exact muster to be taken by the Regimental Pay-
master, of the several companies of the corps:-you
will also see that all the quarters be duly cleared,
and take especial care that the accompts of the men
be made up, and all their just pretensions completely
satisfied, to the time of their being dismissed.
. ,4 Care is to be taken that the arms, accoutrements,
and great coats if not worn three years), for the
number of men of-which your regiment is to consist,
when eliiembo4ied, be all collected, in order to be
lodged in the manner directed by the Act above re-
ferred to ; bat if the great coats now in use shall
have been worn three years, they may be given to
the men.

•• The tents, if any, and whatever arms you may
have beyond the said establishment, are to be deli-
vered to such persons as the Board of Ordnance
shall appoint to receive them. The supernumerary
accoutrements, and the great coats (if not worn three
years), of the non-commissioned officers and druth-
titers to be discharged, as also those not wanted for
the use of the privates of the disembixlied establish-
ment, together with'itny serviceable camp necessaries
that remain in the possession of the corps, are to be
sent' to 'Sikh place as shall be pointed out by the
Stotelteeper-General, to whom inventories thereof
should be sent.; and the Commanding Officer will,
of course, be responsible that the arms, Scc. are left in
the best possible state.
" The claims of every individual in the corps are
to be finally settled by the Paymaster; but as some
cases may possibly occur, in which the absence of
1 officers or Iran, at the time of disembodying may be
noavoidable, the Paymaster is, in :itch. cases, and
also in the cases of men who are necessarily absent
from the corps on accocnt of sickness,. to transmit to
the Agent a statement, &hewing the names oldie
perions absent, the balance due to each individual,
' and the stations at which they a•e to be found, in
order that their claims may be settled upon their own
application to the Agent, without difficultyor delay ;
a duplicate of which statement is to be sent to the
Superintendants of Military Accounts.
•• The Paymaster is to send to the Superintendants
of Military Accounts, an estimate
.(with a duplicate
thereof for the use of the Agent), of the sums that
wilt birrequ:red on the present occasion, distipguish-
ing the 'proportion for each !wail of service.
•' He is to give credit in his last. kay List, for the
unclaimed effects and credits of ;be decent ed men,l
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