Form of Application for Permission to sell a Commission in the Army.

Sir,

I beg you will be pleased to obtain

for me His Majesty's Consent to the Sale of my Commission of

In case His Majesty shall be graciously pleased to permit the same, I do declare, and certify, upon the Word and Honor of an Officer and a Gentleman, that I have not demanded, nor accepted, neither will I demand nor accept, directly or indirectly, at any Time, or in any Manner whatever; more than the Sum of £ being the Price limited and fixed, by His Majesty's Regulation, as the full Value of the said Commission.

Form of Application for Permission to

Exchange.

Sir, I beg you will be pleased to obtain for me His Majesty's Permission to exchange with

In case His Majesty shall be graciously pleased to permit me to make the said Exchange, I do hereby declare and certify, upon the Word and Honor of an Officer and a Gentlemen, that I will not, either now or at any future Time, give or receive by any Means, or in any Shape whatever, directly or indirectly, any consideration.

I have the Honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient and

most humble Servant,

To the Colonel or Commanding

Officer of the

Regiment.

I approve of the above Exchange, and I verily believe no clandestine Bargain subsists between the Parties concerned.

All Applications for Officers to exchange from one Regiment to another, are to be accompanied by a Certificate from the Colonel or Officer Commanding the Regiment to which they actually belong, according to the following Form:

Regiment of

do hereby certify

Commanding the upon my Word and Honor as an Officer and a Gentleman, that the Exchange recommended in the Papers now accompanying this Cer tificate, does not originate in any Regimental Proceeding of any kind, or in any cause affecting the Honor and Character of nor are there any grounds of personal objection to the Individual, of which I am aware, that have in the smallest degree induced an application for such Exchange."

Duty of Ofricers on their first Appoint

ment.

Instructions to

Officers who are promoted or removed

ment to another.

Regulations to be observed by Regimental Officers, on their Appointment, Removal, or Promotion.

All Officers, on being appointed to Commissions in the Army, are to report themselves, within one Month from the date of their Appointments, to the Adjutant-General, from whom they will receive Instructions as to the Station to which they are to repair, and the Day on which they are to be at such Station.

The Pay of Officers newly appointed, who fail to comply with the directions they receive from the Adjutant-General, will be stopped; and if their absence is not speedily and satisfactorily accounted for, their Appointments will be cancelled.

Officers who exchange, or are removed from one Regiment to another, or who obtain Promotion in another Corps, are directed to have recourse to the from one Regi- readiest means of joining the Regiments to which they are removed or promoted, whether at Home or on Foreign Service: In all cases where such Officers as vare removed or promoted do not join their Regiments, if at Home, within one month from the period of Officers who their Removal or Promotion, they are required to are promoted explain, through the medium of the Officers Comor removed to Regiments manding their respective Regiments, to the Adjutantserving in the United King-General, the cause which prevented them from complying with the Regulation on this Subject,

Instructions to

dom.

Officers,

Officers who

Officers, who may be removed or promoted to a Instructions to Regiment on Foreign Service, are required to join at are promoted the Military Depôt within one month from the Date or removed to of their Removal or Promotion taking place, except abroad. Regiments they can procure for themselves, within that time, a passage to the Station at which their Regiment may be serving, of which they must make a special Report to the Adjutant General for the Information of the Commander in Chief:-In cases where such Offieers do not join at the Military Depot within the period above stated, or do not receive any Instructions to the contrary from the Adjutant-General, they must explain, through the medium of the Commandant at the Military Depôt, the cause which prevented them from complying with the Regulation on this Subject.

In the Event of any Officer, who may be on Leave of Absence, being promoted or removed to another. Regiment or Battalion, such Promotion, or Removal, cancels the Leave of Absence, which he may have received from his former Corps, and a renewal of Leave of Absence can only be obtained by an Application in the mode pointed out in Pages 51 and 52 of these Regulations.

Officers on joining their Regiments are to report themselves personally to the Commanding Officers, and are also to give Notice of their Arrival, either personally, or in Writing, to the Adjutant:-The same Rule is to be observed, on an Officer joining any Garrison or Military Station."

Officers, on their Arrival at any Port for

to conform to

the Orders of

Regulations to be observed by Officers on their Embarking from the United King dom for a Foreign Station,

Officers on their Arrival at any Sea-Port, for the purpose of embarking, are immediately to report Embarkation, themselves to the General or other Officer in the Command of the Troops, if of a Rank superior to themselves. They must constantly appear in their proper Uniforms during their stay, and must, in every particular, conform to the Regulations and Discipline of the Garrison.

the Commandant at such Port.

Officers em- In all cases where Officers obtain for themselves the barking for ForeignService means of proceeding to join their Regiments on to report the Foreign Service, and where they do not embark Embarkation, under the immediate Orders of a General, or

Date of their

&c. &c.

No Oficer to

other Officer, by whom regular Reports are made, they are required to report to the Adjutant-General, and to the Commandant at the Army Depôt in the Isle of Wight, the Day on which they embark, and the Name of the Vessel in which they proceed.

No Officer (except for the purpose of joining his quit the King-Regiment, or on especial duty) is on any account to special Leave. quit the Kingdom, without the King's Leave of Absence for that purpose having been previously obtained.

Regulations