Surgeon Thomas John Peatfield, from the Royal Artillery, to be staff assist. surg., vice Donald McEwen, M.B., appointed to the Royal Artillery; Dec. 14. Half Pay-Major and Brevet Lieut. Col. Thomas S. Brown, from 55th Foot, to be lieut. col., without purchase; April 1. BREVET. The commission of Major Gen. Thomas Beckett Fielding Marriott, Royal Artillery, to be antedated to March 6, 1868, such antedate not to carry back pay prior to Oct. 24, 1870. The commission of Major Gen. Henry Drury Harness, C.B., Royal Engineers, to be antedated to March 6, 1868, such antedate not to carry back pay prior to Nov. 23, 1870. Brevet Colonel Edward Stopford Claremont, C.B., to have the local rank of major general while holding the appointment of Military Attaché at Paris; Dec. 14. Brevet Charles Pynder Beauchamp Walker, C.B., Lieut. Col., half pay, late 2nd Dragoon Guards, to have the local rank of major general while holding the appointment of Military Attaché at Berlin; Dec 14. Lieut. Col. Henry Adair. Royal Marine Artillery, having completed the qualifying service with the rank of Lieut. Col., to be col., under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council of Nov. 13, 1858; Nov. 28. Quartermaster John Nally, retired upon half pay, late 84th Foot, to have the honorary rank of capt.; Dec. 14. Apothecary John Hart, of the Subordinate Medical Department in Bengal to have the local and honorary rank of assist. surg. in India; Dec. 15. INDIA OFFICE, Dec. 15. Her Majesty has been plased to approve of the following admissions to the Staff Corps made by the Governments in India :— BENGAL STAFF CORPS. To be lieuts.-Lieut. George William Beresford, 107th Regiment; Dec. 29, 1865. Lieutenant James Aloysius Miley, 12th Regiment; May 20, 1869. Ensign Robert Nicholls Harrington, 104th Foot; June 26, 1869. Ensign Edward Baynes Nixon, 1st Foot; July 16, 1869. Ensign William James Alexander Birch, 58th Regiment; Aug. 16, 1869. MADRAS STAFF CORPS. To be capts.-Capt. St. George Caulfield, 108th Regiment;_July 30, 1862. Capt. Thomas Henry Way, 108th Regiment; July 30, 1862. Captain William Shapter Hunt, 19th Regiment; Nov. 17, 1863. To be lieut.-Lieut. John McMullin, 102nd Regiment; Oct. 8, 1861. Lieut. Thomas Morris Jenkins, 19th Regiment; June 19, 1869. Note.-The admission of Lieut. (now Captain) McMullin should have been previously gazetted. BOMBAY STAFF CORPS. To be capt.-Lieut. Josiah Rowley Watson, 108th Regiment; Nov. 7, 1862. Lieut. Wilhelm Lockhardt, 102nd Regiment; July 30, 1862. THE MILITIA GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Dec. 13. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Hertfordshire Regiment of Militia-Capt. James John Gape to be major; Dec. 13. MEMORANDUM. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by Capt. Thomas Henry Clinton in the 1st Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia; Nov. 29. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of Major John Hickinbotham Chatham, of the 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, being granted the honorary rank of lieut. col.; Nov. 30. 5th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia-John H. Thursby, Esq., to be lieut. col., vice John Towneley, resigned; Nov. 23. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Dec. 16. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry -Lieut. John Philip Sydenham Marshall to be capt., vice Ley, deceased; Nov. 3. Cornet the Hon. Walter Rodolph Trefusis to be lieut., vice Marshall, promoted; Nov. 3. William Matthias Lancaster, gent.. to be cornet, vice Hodge, promoted; Aug. 1. Cambridgeshire Militia-W. E. Frost, gent., to be lieut.; Dec. 9. W. H. Bullock, gent., to be lieut.; Dec. 10. THE VOLUNTEER GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Dec. 13. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. 28th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps-Thomas Tully to be ens.; Nov. 30. 48th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Cops-George Hurlstone Hardy to be ens.; Nov. 30. 8th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps-First. Lieut. George Gresham Belchor to be capt., vice Bartlett, resigned; Nov. 18. 1st Lancashire Engineer Volunteer Corps-Major Christopher Obec Ellison to be lieut. col.; Nov. 14. 5th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Edward Samuel Seddon to be lieut.; Nov. 18. Charles Barker, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 18. William Henry Davidson, gent., to be ens., Nov. 18. David Roberts McCallum, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 18. William Dwerryhouse, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 21. 40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Cops John Inskipp Hawkins, gent., to be ens. ; Nov. 10. Alfred Hillkirk, gent., to be ens.; Nov. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Dec. 16. QUEEN'S COMMISSION. 2nd Administrative Battalion of Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers -Frederick W. S. Webber, late Capt. 45th Foot, to be adjt., from Oct. 27. 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-James Edmund Christie, Esq., to be adjt., from Oct. 5. 1st Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Walter John Tarte, Major, half pay, late Adjt. 3rd Depot Battalion, to be adjt., from Nov. 1, vice McInnis, resigned. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS 2nd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Major John Elliott to be lieut. col.; Nov. 29. Captain Mortimer John Collier to be maj., vice Elliott, promoted; Nov. 29. Lieut. George Browse to be capt., vice Collier, promoted; Nov. 29. Lieut. John Stevens to be capt.; Nov. 29. Ens. Thomas Richard Thomas Pearse to be lieut., vice Browse, promoted; Nov. 29. Ens. Henry Hiram Steere Pearse to be lieut., vice Stephens. promoted; Nov. 29. Ens. John Joseph Matthews to be lieut.; Nov, 29. Henry John Hisset, gent., to be ens., vice T. R. Pearse, promoted; Nov. 29. Jonadab Rodda, gent., to be ens., vice H. S. Pearse, promoted; Nov. 29. David Browne, gent., to be ens., vice Matthews, promoted; Nov. 29. William James Penn, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 29. The Rev. Charles Thomas Wilkinson, M.A., to be hon. chap.; Dec. 7. 11th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Edward Nason, gent., to be hon. assist. surg., vice Edwards, resigned; Nov. 4. 16th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Thomas Waldo How to be lieut., vice Bayley, resigned; Nov. 14. Richard Edward Holmes, gent., to be ens., vice How, promoted; Nov. 30. 5th Bucks Rifle Volunteer Corps -William O. Thompson, clerk, to be hon. chap., vice Simpson, resigned; Dec. 2. 1st Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps-Frederick Lark, gent., to be sec. lieut.; Dec. 5. 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Joseph Nash to be lieut., vice Shipway, promoted; Nov. 25. 48th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps - Frederick Serle, gent., to be ensign; Dec. 9. Thomas Hamilton Fox, gent., to be ens.; Dec. 9. 1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rifle Volunteer Corps-Charles George Dunford, gent., to be ens.; Dec. 2. 3rd Northumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps - Lieut. John B. Hutton to be capt.; Dec. 2. 1st Administrative Brigade of Hampshire Artillery VolunteersMaj. Henry Duncan Preston Cunningham to be maj.; Dec. 13. 1st Lanarkshire Engineer Volunteer Corps-Sec. Lieut. John Albert Black to be first lieut.; Dec. 6. Sec. Lieut. Robert Stevenson Symington to be first lieut.; Dec. 7. Sec. Lieut. John McQueen Barr to be first lieut.; Dec. 8. Sec. Lieut. Robert Whitson to be first lieut.; Dec. 9. William Henry McClure, gent., to be sec. lieut.; Dec. 6. 1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Robert Bishop to be lieut., vice D. Greig, resigned; Nov. 10. George Macdonald Playfair, gent., to be ens., vice Bishop, promoted; Nov. 10. Patrick Condra, gent., to be honorary quartermaster; Nov. 23. James Provan, M.D., to be hon. assist. surg.; Oct 28. 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Charles Macquarrie, gent, to be lieut., vice Wilson, promoted; Nov. 7. Alexander Reid Farm, gent., to be ens., vice Barr, resigned; Dec. 3. 4th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Lieut. James Ritchie to be captain; Nov. 5. Ens. William John Wingate to be lieut.; Nov. 7. Ens. Warden Robertson Maxwell to be lieut.; Nov. 26. Henry John Sillars Dubs, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 8. Charles Ralph Dubs, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 8. Alexander Allan, gent., to be ens.; Nov. 9. 105th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Daniel Rippon Kilpatrick, gent., to be ens.; Dec. 3. 3rd Royal Surrey Militia-Matthew Howitt, gent., to be lieut.; December 5. Charles Herbert Curtis, gent., to be lieut.; Dec. 5. CONTROL. BY CAPTAIN E. ROGERS. The collapse of the French Empire has been attributed among other things to a baueful system of centralization, which monopolized the monetary transactions of the Army, and, through long years of bribery and corruption, of chicanery and peculation, enriched the satellites of the Imperial Court at the expense of a credulous and defrauded Bourgeoisie. Not but that one man keenly foresaw the impending ruin, and endeavoured to remedy the defects of an administration rotten at the core. Even at the risk of succession to his throne, the Emperor determined to re-organise the Services, while in the sustentation of a showy soldiery-a soldiery that after all achieved such glorious victorious as Magenta and Solferino-there cannot be a doubt but that success attended his efforts. In one branch of administration, however, he found himself hampered and hindered. The inevitable Cerberus of red-tape stood in his way, keeping watch and ward over the money-chest, and however willing, he was unable to alter the system of centralization in the matter of his Intendance Militaire which he now confesses to the world was a huge deception and a melancholy failure. It may not, therefore, be out of place to consider at the outset the scheme of formation of a Department destined, in the present war, to undertake a task of such vast proportions as mustering the troops, checking the accounts of regiments, issuing treasury bills, supplying provisions, clothing, forage and fuel, securing means of transport for men, food, and ammunition, regulating the issue of camp equipage and arms to troops, as well as taking charge of all matériel of war, organising and supervising temporary hospitals, and carrying out provost duties in the field. The leading features of the Intendance may be briefly described as follows, premising that it owes its origin to an order of Marshal St. Cyr so far back as 1817:-A military character was from the beginning assigned to it by the pensioning of officers formerly belonging to the Corps of inspectors of musters and war commissariat-which merged in the Intendance-and it was thenceforth, in its consolidated form, exclusively officered from the higher ranks of the Army. By these means it was hoped that an harmonious understanding would prevail among the officers in carrying out the administrative functions of the Department, and an esprit de corps be established sufficient to withstand the effects of public criticism and ensure Governmental approval. As at present constituted, no one is eligible for employment in the Intendance Militaire until he attains the rank of captain, when U. S. MAG. No. 507, Feb., 1871. M |