GENERAL
ORDERS
BALAKLAVA;
1st
JULY 1856.
No.
1. --- The undermentioned Officer having embarked for England, is discontinued
from the Staff of this Army, from 26th June, 1856:--
Captain
E. Hunt .. .. 6th
Dragoons .. Major of Brigade.
No.
2. --- The undermentioned Staff Officers will proceed to England, the force to
which they were attached having been broken up:--
Captain
S. Blane, Scots Fusilier Guards, in charge of Croatian Labourers.
,, F.
Hammersley, 14th Regiment,
D.A.Q.M.G.
,, W.J.Brooks,
30th Regiment, D.A.Q.M.G. Regiment
Lieutenant
A. B. St. Clair, 4th Regiment, Interpreter.
,, E.
Budgen, 82nd Regiment, Staff Adjutant, Kazatch.
Principal
Veterinary Surgeon Gloag.
No.
3. --- Brevet-Major M. Earle, 57th Regiment, Major of Brigade, will
take charge of Croatian Labourers from this date.
No.
4. --- Brevet-Major H.L. Gardiner, Royal
Horse Artillery, being in command of the Royal Artillery in the
Bosphorus, may draw command pay and field allowance accordingly, from 25th
June, 1856.
No.
5. --- Leave of absence is granted to---
Captain
Philips .. ..56th
Regiment ..To 31st August,
1856.
No.
6. --- Sergeant Walford, 4th Dragoon Guards, employed as Provost
Sergeant at the Head Quarters Land Transport Corps, will be attached to the 10th
Battalion of that Corps, from this date.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A. A.
G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
BALAKLAVA;
2nd
JULY, 1856.
No.
1.--- The undermentioned Officers will proceed to England, the force to which
they were attached having been broken up: --
Sir
John Hall, K.C.B. .. ..Inspector-General of Hospitals
Thomas
Ligertwood .. ..Staff Surgeon (2nd Class).
Mr
Michael .. .. Medical Clerk.
Mr
Morris .. .. ,,
The
Rev. Marcus Southwell .. Chaplain, 4th
Division.
,, Mr
Duffy .. ..Roman Catholic Chaplain.
,, Mr
Gleeson .. .. ,,
No.
2. – Heads of Departments, and the Officer superintending Croatian Labourers,
will send to the Assistant Adjutant-General, a Return showing the actual number
of Officers and Men of their Departments at present in the Crimea, and will
from time to time notify any alterations that may take place.
No.
3. – Leave of absence is granted to---
Captain
S. Blane.. .. Scots Fusilier
Guards .. To 30th
Sept. 1856.
No.
4. – A Court of Inquiry will assemble tomorrow, at 11 o’Clock, at the Office of
Captain McAlester, Provost-Marshal: --
President.
– Lieut.-Colonel Waddy, C.B., 50th Regiment.
Members…
{ 1 Captain ..50th Regiment
{
,, ..72nd ,,
No.
5. – Notice is hereby given that the Parcel Office, in Balaklava, will be
closed on the 7th July next.
No.
6. – In No. 1 of yesterday’s General Orders, ordering Captain S. Blane, Scots
Fusilier Guards, to proceed to England,
is hereby cancelled.
No.
7.- The following Soldier has been appointed Clerk in the Post Office, at
Balaklava: -
Serjeant
Rooney, 89th Regiment, at 2s. a-day, from 1st May, to 23rd May, 1856.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel, A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
BALAKLAVA;
3rd
JULY, 1856.
No.
1. – The undermentioned Officers will proceed to England, the force to which
they were attached having been broken up: --
Mr
George Taylor .. .. ..Staff Surgeon (1st
Class)
Mr
Pinkerton .. .. ..Assistant Surgeon.
No.
2. – The undermentioned Officers will proceed to England, the Services they
have been employed on being completed: --
Mr
G. G. Munro .. .. ..Deputy
Storekeeper.
Mr
R. Mends .. .. .. War Department Clerk.
No.
3. – From this date all Reports and returns connected with the Medical
Department, will be addressed to Dr. Mouat, C.B., Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals, Senior Medical Officer in the
Crimea.
No.
4. – General Orders No. 6 of yesterday’s date is cancelled.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
BALAKLAVA;
4th JULY, 1856.
No.
1. – The undermentioned Officers will proceed to England, the Service they were
employed on being completed: --
Mr
Eyre Lloyd .. .. ..
War Department Clerk.
Mr
J. Easton .. .. .. ,,
No.
2. – Detachments to be detailed by Lieut.-Colonel Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will
embark, at Kazatch, in H.M.S. Resistance,
and at Balaklava, in Australian.
Lieut.-Colonel
Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will make the necessary arrangements.
No.
3. – The Head Quarters of the 11th
Hussars, and Detachments to be detailed by Lieut.-Colonel Hallewell,
A.Q.M.G., will embark , at Balaklava, in Calcutta.
Lieut.-Colonel
Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will make the necessary arrangements.
No.
4. – Officers and Soldiers of the 11th Hussars, who remain in the
Crimea, on the embarkation of the Head Quarters of the Regiment, will be
attached to the 82nd Regiment.
No.
5. – A Medical Board will assemble to enquire into the state of health of –
Acting
Assistant Surgeon Moffat.
The Principal Medical Officer will be pleased to
give the necessary directions.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
BALAKLAVA;
5th
JULY 1856
No.
1. – The 72nd Highlanders will embark at Balaklava, in H.M.S. Sans Pareil.
Lieut.-Colonel Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will make
the necessary arrangements.
No.
2. – The Soldiers of the 1st, and 2nd Battalion Royals,
42nd, 71st, 79th, 92nd, and 93rd
Regiments left in the Crimea, and attached to the 72nd Regiment,
will on the embarkation of that Regiment, be attached to the 82nd
Regiment.
No.
3. – The issue of Treasury Bills by the Commissary General for Officers’
remittances will cease, at Balaklava, after Monday next the 7th
instant.
No.
4. – The undermentioned Officers will proceed to England, the force to which
they were attached having been broken up: --
The
Rev. D. Somerville . . . . Chaplain.
,, E. East . . .
. ,,
,, J. Fergusson . . .
. Presbyterian Chaplain.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
BALAKLAVA;
6th
JULY 1856.
No. 1. – The undermentioned Officers will
proceed to England, the force to which they were attached having been broken
up: --
Mr
G. Cleary . . Assistant
Surgeon.
,, A.
Saltar . . Acting Assistant Surgeon.
,,
Blakeney . . Assistant
Commissary. )
,, Russell
. . ,, ) Field Train
,,
Hewitt . . Deputy Assistant
Commissary ) Department
,,
McKane . . ,, ,, )
,,
F. Weaver . . Dispenser
of Medicine.
,,
M.L. Poad . . ,,
,,
R.C.Mossman . . ,,
,, A.
Wormul . . Cutler to the
Forces.
,,
A. Beauchamp . . ,,
To Malta –
Mr
W.H. Price Assistant
Surgeon, 14th Regiment.
To Scutari –
Mr
Woodthorpe Purveyor’s
Clerk.
,,
Nairne ,,
,,
Parks ,,
,,
Henderson ,,
,,
Mills ,,
No. 2. – Leave of absence is granted at the recommendation of a Medical Board to –
Acting
Assistant Surgeon Chas. Moffat.
To proceed to England. On arrival he will report
himself to the Adjutant-General.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel, A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS BALAKLAVA;
7th
JULY 1856.
No.
1. – The following Officers, being in command of Companies, may draw field
allowance and forage as Captains: --
1st
Batt., 1st Regiment, British Swiss Legion.
Lieutenant Alex. Hostache . . From 6th April, to 30th June,
1856.
,, Frederick Berger . . ,,
3rd Dec. 1855, to 30th Jan. 1856.
No.
2. – Brigadier-General Staunton having left Three Horses, and Captain Herbert,
A.D.C. One Horse for the Public Service, forage may be drawn for them.
No.
3. – The following Interpreters are struck off the strength of the Army, their
Services being no longer required: --
2nd
Class G. Ginsette . . From 7th
inst.
3rd
Class J. Brodie . . ,, ,,
No.
4. – The following Soldier is appointed Senior Clerk in the Assistant
Adjutant-General’s Office, Balaklava: -
Serjeant
W.G. Street, 46th Regiment, at 2s. 6d. per diem, from 1st
July, 1856.
No.
5. – The following Soldier is appointed Assistant Printer at Head Quarters:--
Lance-Corporal A. Ford, 82nd
Regiment, at 1s. per diem, from 2nd July, 1856.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS BALAKLAVA;
8th
JULY 1856.
No.
1. – The Families of Officers with their Female Servants in the Crimea must
leave Balaklava at once, there is an
opportunity on Wednesday by the Bosphorus,
Private Steamer. Passages cannot be permitted now in Government Vessels for
the Wives and Families of Officers remaining.
No.
2. – All Payments from the Treasury Chest, will cease on Thursday after-noon
the 10th instant.
No.
3. – Staff Pay Lists for the Crimea will be made up to the 12th inst.
Inclusive. The Payments will be made from the Commissariat Chest, till 4 p.m.
on Thursday next the 10th.
No.
4. – Leave of absence is granted to—
Paymaster
Bernard, 82nd Regiment, from the 10th July, until the
arrival of the Regiment in England.
No.
5. – The undermentioned Officers are discontinued from the Staff of this Army,
from the 2nd of July, 1856, the force to which they were attached
having been broken up: -
Brigadier-General Lawrenson.
,,
Wooldridge.
Lieut.-Colonel Shute, A.A.G.
,, Mayow, A.Q.M.G.
Major Connolly, D.A.Q.M.G.
Captain Sir Wm. Gordon, A.D.C.
,, Rister, A.D.C.
Lieutenant Lewis, A.D.C.
No.
6. – The undermentioned Regiments having embarked at Scutari for England, are
struck off the strength of this Army, from 2nd July, 1856: -
1st Jäger Regiment
of the British German Legion.
2nd Regiment, Light
Infantry, British German Legion.
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A.A.G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS
BALAKLAVA;
9th
JULY 1856.
No. 1. – The undermentioned Officers will proceed to
England, the force to which they were attached having been broken up:--
Mr Carpenter .. ..
Deputy Commissary General.
,, Knight .. ..
Acting Staff Assistant Surgeon.
,, Fernandez .. .. Apothecary to the
Forces.
,, Philpot .. ..Dispenser
of Medicines.
,, Blelock .. ..Bookkeeper.
No. 2. – Head Quarters and 4 Companies 50th
Regiment, and 82nd Regiment, will embark at Kazatch, in H.M.S. Royal George.
Lieut.-Colonel
Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will make the necessary arrangements.
No. 3. – Supernumerary Officers, to be detailed by
Lieut.-Colonel Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will
embark at Kazatch, in H.M.S. Royal
Albert.
No. 4. – The undermentioned Officer will be struck off the
strength of the Staff of this Army, the force to which he was attached having
been broken up:--
Major M. Earle . . 57th Regiment . . In charge of Croatian
Labourers.
No. 5. – The Services of the undermentioned Officer being no
longer required as Paymaster in the Land Transport Corps, he will proceed to
Malta, to rejoin his Regiment:-
Quartermaster Hopkins . . 31st
Regiment.
No. 6. – Leave of absence is granted to –
Major Earle, 57th Regiment, from 11th
July, 1856, to 11th Sept. 1856.
No. 7. – The undermentioned Officer has been granted an
increased rate of Pay at 5s per diem:-
Mr Maxwell Reeve, Chief Paymaster, Land Transport Corps,
from 19th Dec. 1855.
No. 8. – The undermentioned Officers are struck off the
strength of this Army from the dates set opposite their names, the force to
which they were attached having been broken up: --
Mr.Farmer, Acting Assistant Surgeon . . From 27th
June, 1856.
Dr. Cruickshank, Deputy Inspector-General ,, 30th ,,
,, McIlree, Staff Surgeon (1st
Class) . . ,,
,, ,,
,, Gorringe, Staff Surgeon (2nd
Class) ,,
,, ,,
,, Wilson, Acting Assistant Surgeon . . ,,
,, ,,
Mr. Macpherson, Staff Surgeon (2nd Class) ,,
2nd July, 1856.
,, Madlin, Acting Assistant Surgeon . . ,, ,,
,, Tessier, Medical Clerk . . ,, ,,
By
Order (Signed),
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel, A.A.G.
GENERAL ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS, BALAKLAVA;
10th
JULY 1856.
No. 1. – All Baggage of Troops, and
Staff, and Stores of every description, will be embarked by 4 p.m. to-morrow
afternoon.
All Officers and Men of Military
Staff, and Civil Departments, will be embarked by
6
p.m. to-morrow, except the Infantry. The Commander of the Forces, and Major-General Garrett,
with their personal Staff.
No. 2. – Mr Jackson attached to Head
Quarters on special service will proceed to England, the force to which he has
been attached having been broken up.
No. 3. – The Head Quarters of the
Land Transport Corps will embark, at Balaklava, in the Steamer Pacific.
Lieut.-Colonel Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will make the necessary
arrangements.
No. 4. – The 3rd, 10th
and 11th Companies, Royal Sappers and Miners, will embark, at
Kazatch, in H.M.S. Dragon.
Lieut.-Colonel Hallewell, A.Q.M.G., will make the necessary
arrangements.
No. 5. – The Post Office will
finally close at 10 p.m. to-morrow, Friday the 11th inst., no
letters will be received after that hour.
No. 6. – Lieutenant Herbert, R.N.,
of the Land Transport Corps, late Commandant at Sinope, will proceed to
England, the establishment at Sinope having been broken up.
No. 7. – The Price of Preserved Meats and Soups has been
altered from 6d. to 10d. per lb. on the 17th June, 1856.
No. 8. – The following Officers will
embark for duty in the Steamer Gibraltar,
Sick Ship, to which all Sick unable to embark with their Corps, are to be
transferred: --
Dr Huish in Medical
Charge
Dr Hamilton
Dispenser James.
No. 9. - The undermentioned Officers
will proceed to England, the force to which they were attached having been
broken up:--
Mr Knox . . Acting Assistant Surgeon.
,,
Knipe .
. ,,
To
Scutari –
Mr Buchanan . . Purveyor to the
Forces.
,,
Ravenhill .
. Purveyor’s Clerk.
,,
Little .
. ,,
,,
White .
. ,,
,,
Baker .
. ,,
,,
Hagerty . . ,,
,,
Howard .
. ,,
,,
Taylor .
. ,,
,,
Monck .
. ,,
,,
Thompson . . ,,
No. 10. – Leave of absence is
granted at the recommendation of a Medical Board to—
Lieutenant Lewis . . 50th
Regiment.
To
proceed to England. On arrival he will report himself to the Adjutant-General.
By
Order (Signed)
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel, A.A.G.
GENERAL ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS
BALAKLAVA;
11th
JULY 1856.
No. 1. – The remaining portion of
the Army, viz. the 56th Regiment, and one Wing of the 50th
Regiment, will embark at Balaklava, in H.M.S. Algiers.
Major-General Garrett, with his
personal Staff, and the remainder of the Staff of the Army, will embark
to-morrow in the Steamer Argo.
The Commander of the Forces, with
his personal Staff, will embark in H.M.S. Algiers.
No. 2.
– The Services of the undermentioned Interpreters being no longer required,
they will be struck off the strength of this Army, from the 12th
instant, inclusive:--
Chief Interpreter . . . . Mr H.Suter.
2nd Class
Interpreter . . H. Summat.
,, . . J.
Passapian.
3rd ,, .
. J. Krasilnikoo.
,, . . J. Glyn.
,, . . N.
Haralampides.
,, . . V.
Calagaro.
,, . . D.
Venondrio.
,, . . J. Stuck.
,, . . L.
Francopulo.
,, . . E. Vivell.
,, . . R. Artino.
No. 3. – Mr James R. McTurk,
Dispenser of Medicines, 72nd Highlanders, having tendered the
unconditional resignation of his Commission, will proceed to England by the
first opportunity. On his arrival he will report himself to the
Adjutant-General, Horse Guards.
By
Order (Signed)
HUGH
SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
A.
A. G.
GENERAL
ORDERS.
HEAD QUARTERS
BALAKLAVA;
12th
JULY 1856.
The
Russian Troops relieved the Main Guard of the English Army, composed of a Wing
of the 50th Regiment, at 1 p.m. this day, at Balaklava.
The
remainder of the English Army is embarked this day.
The
Staff of the Army in the Crimea is broken up.
Head
Quarters will be transferred to Constantinople till further orders.
The
General Orders for the Army in the Crimea will cease this day.
(Signed),
W.
J. CODRINGTON, GENERAL COMMANDING.