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half of what is allowed to a sepoy fantry invalids to be reduced, in battalion.

consequence of the foregoing arThe quarter-master's establish- rangement, are to be posted io the ment, as well as all quarter-mas- remaining companies of European ter's allowances to this corps, is to infantry invalids. The right hobe drawn for by the quarter-mas- nourable the commander in chief ter of artillery, where the heads will be pleased to issue the necesquarters of the corps may be. sary orders for carrying the foreExcept that the allowance for re- going arrangement into effect. The repairing pauls, or pins, mallets, governor-general in council directs, gunny bags, &c. to the tents, with that all bilis against individuals, on details at battalion guns, is to be account of the fund arising from drawn for by the officer in charge the property captured from the of such details, when no artillery enemy during the late war, be sent quarter-master is present. The to the paymasters of the corps to native doctor, and medicine allow- which these individuals belong, ances, to be drawn for in situations signed by a prize-agent, and that respectively, agreeably to the rules the amount due to the fund be reestablished for corps of native in- covered from those indebted to it, fantry. The drill serjeant and drill by monthly stoppage from their pay. corporal to be drawn for in a bill,

Thos. Hill, signed by the commanding officer

Acting Sec. Mil. Dept. of the corps. The camp equipage, not detached on command, to be

Fort William, Jan. 8, 1807. in the custody of the quarter-mas- The governor-general in council ter, as above-mentioned.

having determined, that the conThos. Hill, tract for clothing the army on this Acting Sec. Mil. Dept. establishment, wbich was assigned

to Mr. Joseph Measures in general Fort William, Jan. 1, 1807. orders, by the vice-president in The governor-general in council council, dated the 15th of August, has been pleased to determine, that 1805, for three years, shall comthe establishment of European ar- mence from the 1st January, 1806, tillery and infantry invalids, for this instead of commencing with the presidency, shall consist of two official year, 1804-5. The followcompanies of European artillery ing conditions of that contract, in invalids, and two companies of addition to those published in geEuropean infantry invalids. The neral orders of the 16th of Octoproportion of non-commissioned ber, 1806, are now published for officers and privates for each com- the information of the army. The pany of the European infantry in- clothing for the common year, valids to be continued as at present, 1806, for the troops stationed above and the proportion of non-commis- Chunar, is to be in readiness to be sioned officers for each company of dispatched from Calcutta on the the European artillery invalids, to ist day of June, 1807; and the be six serjeants, six corporals, and clothing of the same year for the six gunners, with drummers and troops at and below Chunar, with privates the same as at present. exception to the presidency station, The officers and men belonging to is to be in readiness for dispatch the company of European and in- from Fort William on the 1st day of

August,

August, 1807, the clothing for the the drummers and fifers, both of troops at the presidency station is to European and native corps, is to be ready for delivery to those troops consist of one coat, according to on the 20th day of September, an- musters; and that of the native -nually. The clothing for each suc- troops also of one coat. The con-. cessive year, is to be in readiness for tractor is to attend particularly to dispatch to the troops above, di and the three distinct sizes, of which below Chunar, on the above-named the muster coats are prepared, and days of the months specified, of the to furnish each corps with an equal year following that for which the proportion of coats, of the different clothing is required; and the con- sizes; and such of the corps as may tractor for packing and transport- be at the presidency, are to be ing the clothing of the army, is allowed to send any inan they have bound to have it dispatched from of an extraordinary size, and whom the presidency for the respective the largest muster coat could not stations, within five days from the be made to fit, to the contractor's dates fixed for its being in readiness taylor, to be measured for their for dispatch. The contractor is to clothing. The quarter-masters of prepare the clothing for the corps corps at the upper stations, will be at the different stations of the army, directed to furnish the contractor in such order of priority as shall be with the measures for clothing of prescribed to him through the ad- any men belonging to such corps, jutant-general, reporting to that not of the ordinary size; and he is officer whenever he shall have com- to prepare the clothing accordingly; pleted the clothing of any battalion as the names of the men will be of European artillery, with the Go- written on each measure, the conlundauze and gun-lascar companies tractor is to distinguish each extraattached to it, or of any regiment sized coat, by putting a label upon of European or native cavalry or it, mentioning the person for whom infantry. The contractor shall be it is intended. Spare cloth is to be regulated by the indents of the left at the seams, in the same manquarter-masters, countersigned by ner, and to the same extent, as in the commanding officers of corps, the muster coats. The qualities of as to the quantity he is to provide the cloths, of which the coats of for each corps; these indents, as the several ranks are to be made, soon as received from the different shall be as follows: For the regucorps, will be separately transmitted lars, subadars of cavalry, the best to the contractor, through the office superfine broad or town cloth; jeof the adjutant-general, who will madars of cavalry, the same as for record the dates of transmission; the subadars; for havildars of cabut the contractor will be autho- valry, fine scarlet cloth;. for naicks rized by the commander in chief, and troopers, aurora; for trumpeters signified through the adjutant-ge- and farriers, cloth the colour of the neral, to commence making up part facings of the corps, and faced with of the clothing immediately upon aurora. The twist, cord, lace, and the acceptance of his proposals the trimmings, with every other mark, first year, and on the 1st of Janu- distinguishing the different ranks on ary, every year after, without wait- the musters, 10 be carefully ob... ing for the receipt of the indents. served by the contractor; and the The clothing of Europeans and of clothing to be prepared, in every

respect,

respect, equal in size, and the materials to be equal in quality to the musters. For serjeant-majors, drum and fife-majors, and subadars of infantry, best superfine broad cloth; for infantry serjeants, artillery serjeants, and corporals, and for jemadars, middling cloth; for drummers and fifers of artillery and infantry, including the native corps, whose coats are to be red, aurora; for the drummers of infantry corps, whose coats are to be the colour of the facings, coarse cloth; for gunners and matrosses of artillery, blue coarse cloth, and aurora cuffs and facings; for jemadars and havi!dars, of Golundauze, middling blue cloth, with facings of middling red cloth; for naicks and private golundauze, coarse or ordinary blue cloth, with aurora facings; for European infantry, corporals, and privates, native infantry, havildars and naicks, aurora cloth; for privates of native infantry, lacca cloth; for serangs, tindals, cossabs, and lascars, whether of artillery or infantry, and pioneers, ordinary purpets. For the invalids: serjeant-majors, superfine broad cloth; for subadars, mid ling ditto; for jemadars, aurora ditto; for havildars, ditto; for naicks, lacca ditto; for sepoys, ditto; for drummers, ordinary blue ditto; for fifers, ditto; for pioneers, a close jacket of dark-green purpet, with black cuffs and collar. The trimmings of all the clothing to be the same as the musters. The clothing is to be tendered in the garrison of Fort William, free of any additional expense whatever, previous to its being inspected. After having undergone inspection in the garrison of Fort William, as aforesaid, by a committee of officers, their certificate of the goodness and due correspondence of the clothing with the musters,

both in quality and workmanship, will be necessary; the vouchers of it being approved and accepted, must accompany the delivery of the clothing to the agent for packings, and transporting it to the differont stations of the army; or to stations beyond sca, as the case may be, or to such other persons as shall be appointed by government to receive it. In case the clothing, or any part of it, shall be rejected by the committee, the contractor or contractors may require the inspection of such part of the clothing by three members of the military board, whose determination shall be final; and if against the contractor, he shall be then subject to a penalty of a breach of contract. The clothing, after having been surveyed and approved, and until it be packed, to be sent to the army, shall be lodged in Fort William under two keys, one of which shall remain with the fort major, the other with the agent for packing ard transporting. The sole responsibility for the clothing shall rest on the contractor or contractors, until it shall have been approved as above-mentioned, and delivered over to such persons as shall be appointed to receive it, immediately after such inspection. Advances shall be made in cash to the contractor er contractors in the following proportions, to enable him, or them, to prepare the clothing, viz. For European clothing, 15 per cent. on the contract value of the computed number of suits of cloathing engaged to be furnished, to be advanced for the first year, on the execution of the deed of contract; and on every succeeding year on the 1st of January, and ten per cent. on the 15th of June each year. For the native clothing, including the invalids and pioneers, ten per cent,

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for the first year, to be advanced on the execution of the contract; on every succeeding year on the 1st of January, and ten per cent. on the 15th of June each year. The calculation of the advances to be made by the military auditor-general from the returns in the adjutant-general's office, dated the 1st of Jan. 1807, and the 1st of January every year after. If any alteration shall be made in the clothing of the army, or any part thereof, at the expiration of the first, second, or third year, the difference of expense shall be settled by arbitration; one arbitrator to be appointed by the military board, one by the contractor, and a third to be chosen by both; and the difference of expense so adjusted, shall be brought to the debit or credit of the contractor, as the case may require.

THOS. HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

Fort William, Jan. 17, 1807. Extract from the proceedings of the hon. the governor-general in council in the political department, under date the 12th of Jan. 1807.

"On the occasion of the departure of the Persian ambassador, and of the consequent dissolution of his excellency's guard of honour, the governor-general in council deems it an act of justice to record the sense which he entertains of the meritorious conduct of capt. H. B. Kelly, in the command of his excellency's guard. In discharging the duties of which command capt. Kelly has manifested a degree of vigilance, prudence, and attention, highly creditable to his character as an officer, and eminently conducive to the preservation of good order, under circumstances which rendered the exertion of those qualities peculiarly necessary for the preservation and accommodation of dispute

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Fort William, Jan. 15, 1807. viation from the spirit of the reguWith a view to prevent any deand of the 19th of Dec. 1796, and lations of the 30th of Nov. 1792,

officers in the military branch of the the 12th of April, 1804, by which service are indulged with permission to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, and eventually to Europe, or to St. Helena, and eventually to Europe, in cases of certified sickness, without forfeiting the personal allowances of their rank, in the event of their remaining at those places as prescribed by the regulations; and in conformity to the principle prescribed by the orders of the hon. the court of directors, by which officers holding staff appointments, or other employments out of the line of their regimental duty, are required to relinquish such appointments, on their quit ting the presidency to which they belong, with the permission of government and the commander-inchief, to proceed to Europe; the governor-general in council deems it to be proper to notify, in public orders, that when officers holding staff appointments, the command of independent or irregular corps, or other employments of the line of their regimental duty, shall embark, under the permission of government, "to proceed to the Cape, and eventually to Europe," or to

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"St. Helena, and eventually to Europe," such appointments or commands, &c. will be considered as vacant from the date of the dispatch of the ships on which the officers shall respectively embark, according to the general rule of the service in such cases.

THOS HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

FEBRUARY.

Fort William, Feb. 12, 1807. The governor-general in council. is pleased to direct, that the following regulations of government, of the 11th Oct. 1785, be re-published in general orders.

"The paymaster-general is, after the close of every year's books, to furnish accounts current to any person who may have received, by the order of the board, or otherwise, advances on account of military charges, and have neglected settling them previous to the balancing of the military books."

The governor-general in council also deems it proper to direct, that the account current of every officer, agent, or contractor, who may have received advances of cash, by order of government, or otherwise, shall be adjusted by the military paymaster-general, immediately after the military books of the past year shall have been balanced, when the military paymaster - general shall proceed to recover the balances that may appear to be due on these accounts respectively. In cases, however, when it may be necessary to transfer the balance of the past year's accounts of an officer in charge of a department, of an agent or contractor, to the accounts of the following year, such balance shall always be considered as an advance of cash made to the agent, or other person, for the current ex

penses of his department, and acknowledged by a receipt under his signature accordingly; and the paymaster-general, on his part, will grant a certificate to the officer, agent, or contractor, stating that his accounts have been adjusted up to the 30th April of the past year, and that there are not any demands against him on the books of the pay-office, by which means all retrospect to the accounts of former years will be rendered unnecessary. THO. HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

Fort William, Feb. 19, 1807. The hon. the governor-general in council is pleased to direct, that the adjutants of all effective corps of European artillery and infantry, on the establishment of this presidency, be allowed horse allowance in garrison and cantonments, as well as in the field, from this date.

THOS. HILL, Acting Sec. Mil. Dept.

Fort William, Feb. 26, 1807. The hon. the governor-general in council, in order to facilitate the adjustment of claims for clothing, has been pleased to establish the following regulations, which are to have effect from the 1st day of Jan. 1907. In all cases of casualty arising from death, discharge, transfer to other corps, or to the non-effective establishment of any European non-commissioned officer or private, or of any native officer or soldier of cavalry, infantry, pioneers, or artillery lascars, to whom clothing may be due, the officer commanding the corps in which such casualty occurs, shall draw from the paymaster of the station, in separate abstracts for each year, accompanied by a roll of the names and rank of the persons to whom

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