sommutation of Punishment, until all his Claims for Pay, Clothing, &c. shall have been fully settled; and no Soldier is to be sent Abroad in commutation of Punishment, but by his own free consent and desire. The General Officers Commanding Districts and Brigades, in transmitting Applications of this Nature for the Decision of the Commander in Chief, are to report, by Letter, such Circumstances of any Offender's conduct as may be further necessary to explain the Cause on account of which the transfer is recommended. On the Commander in Chief's Authority being received for the Transfer of a Soldier under these Circumstances, a Duplicate of the Return prescribed in Page 208, is to be forwarded (in charge of the NonCommissioned Officer of the Escort) to the Commandant at the Military Depôt at the Isle of Wight. The Attestation of a Soldier who is thus transferred is to accompany the Return transmitted to the Isle of Wight; the cause of the Transfer, and the date of the Authority, are to be written on the Attestation. RETURN RETURN of a Soldier of the Regiment of who is desirous to be permitted to commute for Service Abroad, without Limitation, the Punishment awarded by a Court Martial for the Offence herein specified, I do hereby declare that I am willing to serve in any Regiment, and at any Station Abroad, to which I may be attached, if the Punishment, or remainder of the Punishment (as the Case may be) awarded me for is remitted. Signature of the Soldier. S Witnessed? by S } Medical Officer's Certificate. of the I do hereby certify that I have minutely examined Regulations regarding the Royal Veteran Battalions. Nature of the talions. The Establishment of the Royal Veteran Battalions. being expressly for the reception of Meritorious Veteran BatSoldiers, who by Wounds, Infirmity, or Age, are become unequal to the more active Duties of the Line, but who retain sufficient Strength for the less laborious Duties of a Garrison, no Man is to be transferred to these Corps, who is not ascertained, on. a very minute Surgical Examination, to come strictly under the above description. Whenever Soldiers are transferred to any of the Royal Veteran Battalions, the Commanding Officers of the Regiments, from which they are removed, shall invariably transmit with them a Return, agreeably to the Form prescribed in Page 212 stating an exact Account of the Age, Services, and general Character of each Man, and assigning the Cause of his Discharge from the more active Part of the Service. Transfers. In cases where, from a peculiarity of circumstances, Arcounts of it is impossible finally to settle the Claims of Claims, &c. Soldiers transferred to Veteran Battalions, and to close their Accounts, previous to their leaving their former Regiments, a certified Statement of such Claims, explanatory of their Nature, and specifying the Steps which have already been taken with a view to their Settlement, shall be transmitted, with the Return above prescribed. The Colonels, or Officers in the Command of the Royal Veteran Battalions, are required to make an especial Report to the Adjutant-General of any Men who may arrive at their Head-quarters, for the Purpose of being received into their Battalions, without the Return above directed, and a certified Statement of any Claims which the Men may have upon the Regiment from which they are removed. With a view of rendering the Royal Veteran Battalions applicable to the Duties which they may be required to perform, the Commanding Officer of each Battalion is authorized to form the proper proportion of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates, who are least capable of active Service, into Two Companies, which are denominated Invalid Companies :-The other Companies are termed Garrison Companies:-This Arrangement is intended to enable the General, or other Officer commanding at a Station where a Veteran Battalion is placed, to employ the Invalid Companies in Situations where the Individuals composing them will not be exposed to much Exertion or Fatigue. The Officers Commanding the Royal Veteran Battalions are restricted from promoting any Corporal or Private Soldier to the Situation of Serjeant, unless they shall previously obtain, through the AdjutantGeneral, the special Authority of the Commander in Chief, which is only granted in particular Cases, as the Vacancies which occur in the Establishment of Serjeants in the Veteran Battalions, are to be filled by Serjeants from the Regular Army, who being unequal, from Age or Infirmity, to very active Service, are recommended by their Commanding Officers for such Appointments. It is to be fully explained to the Boys or Lads who Drummers are enlisted to serve as Drummers or Fifers in the and Fifers. Royal Veteran Battalions, that whenever they attain. sufficient Age and Strength to qualify them for more active Duties, they will be transferred to Regiments of Infantry of the Line, and the Commanding Officers of the Royal Veteran Battalions are required to report from time to time to the Adjutant-General, the Names, Age, and Size of such Drummers as become fit for Service in Regiments of the Line, specifying the Regiments to which they are desirous of being transferred. The Sum of One Guinea and a Half is to be allowed to each Drummer who is transferred from a Veteran Battalion, for the purpose of completing him with such Regimental Necessaries as he may require: This Sum is to be paid by the Pay-Master of the Regiment to which any Drummer is transferred. No Non-commissioned Officer or Private Soldier is Discharges, to be discharged from the Royal Veteran Battalions, who is not, from Age, Infirmity, or Accident, rendered totally incapable of further Service. |