Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1888-06-09 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE BRITISH ARMY.  The revised establishments of the British array for the current year, which have just been issued from the War Office, show that the total number ol officers and men allowed is 211,207, of whom 7435 are officers, 689 warrant officers, 13,083 sergeants, 3518 trumpeters, drummers, Inc., and 186.462 rank and file. Last year the establishments were fixed at 210,407 of all ranks, so that there is an increase now of 800, made up of 43 more officers, 10 more warrant officers, 119 more sergeants, 9 more trumpeters, and 619 more men. The allowances for the various branches of the forces are 1302 Household cavalry, 17,792 cavalry of the line, 33,728 artillery, 7003 engineers, 5896 foot guards, 134,382 infantry of the line, 2989 colonial corps, and 6113 departmental corps. The portions of the army which are increared are the cavalry of the line by 63, tine artillery by 8801 the engineers by 304, the foot guards by 1, and the colonial corps by 58: the portions in which there is a reduction are the infantry of the line, 494, and departmental corps, 14. For the home establishment 107,395 officers and men are reckoned, for the colonies and Egypt 31,369, and for India 72,443, the last two items being, of course, exclusive of native troops. The force for the colonies and Egypt alone shows a reduction. The number of horses allowed does not show any great advance, being fixed at 23,384, or only 59 more than last year, and the disproportion between totals of men and horses in the mounted corps is still very great, the cavalry being allotted 12,407 horses to mount 18,277 norecomadsstoned officers and men. The Royal Artillery are allowed 10,990 horses, which is a decrease of 124, consequent on the reduction of horse and field battenies. The home forces take 13,429 horses, those in India 11,312, and Egypt and the colonies 843, the latter being a decrease of 440, caused by the removal of troops from Egypt. The total number of auxiliary troops allowed to be maintained at home is 413,683, of whom 137,598 mar be militia, 3996 Channel Islands militia, 14,255 yed' manrycavalry, and 257,831 volunteers. As a whole. these figures show a slight increase in establishment The militia of Great Britain and Ireland are reckoned as 19,173 artillery, 1246 fortress engineers, 947 sub. marine miners, and 116,282 infantry; the volunteers. at 364 light horse, 46,562 artillery, 13.560 engineers. 61 mounted rifles, 196,114 infantry, 121 cyclist rifle% and 1012 medical staff. Of combined regn Inn% militia, yeomanry, and volunteers there is authority to have on the rolls 624,890 officers and men and the numbers for home defences, including the establishment of regulars and the auxiliary troops, le 521,078.  Enron= HENSHAW has been committed for trial at Northampton charged with attempting to murder her husband, a foreman brickmaker. On Whit-Sunday the man came home late to dinner, and this so enraged the woman that she, as is alleged, reached down a gun, and as he came tothe door discharged the two barrels at him, the contents lodging in the door posts. The prisoner said the barrels were discharge. accidentally.