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MILITARY GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, March 1.-20th Regt. of Foot—Major-Gen. Sir W. Chalmers, C.B. to be Col. vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir A. Pilkington, K.C.B. deceased. 50th Regt. of Foot- Major-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir G. Arthur, Bart. to be Col. vice Major-Gen. J. Allan, C.B. deceased.

WAR-OFFICE, March 4.—Royal Regt. of Horse Guards—Cornet T. Leslie to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Lord 0. A. Fitzgerald, who retires. Goldstream Regt, of Foot Guards—Battalion-Surg. J. Monro, M.D. to be Surg.-Major, vice Robinson, deceased; Assist.-Surg. J. Skelton, M.D., to be Battalion-Surg. vice Moore. 14th Foot—W. Renwick, Gent, to be Assist.-Surg. vice Carte, promoted in the 67th Foot. 16th Foot—First Lieut. R. Baillie, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieut. vice Flower, who exchanges. 17th Foot—Lieut. J. A. Caulfield, from the 59th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Lawson, who exchanges; Ensign R. Swire, from the 63d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Clerke, appointed to the 21st Foot. 21st Foot—Lieut. C. Banko, from half-pay 88th Foot, to be First Lieut. vice J. P. Stuart, promoted, without purchase, loan Mutt. Company; Second Lieut. A. Templeman to be First Lieut. by purchase, vice Banko, who retires ; Ensign S. H. Clerke, from the 17th Foot to be Second Lieut. by

purchase, vice Templenient Lieutenant John Millar Bannatyne to be Adjutant, vice John Patrick Stuart. promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company. 54th Foot-Capt. B. Moffat to be Major, without purchase, vice .T. Norman who retires upon full-pay ; Lieut. J. S. F. Fowke to be Capt. without purchase, vice Mof- fat; Ensign W. F. Ramsay to be Lieut. without purchase, vice F. Fowke; Ensign

B. 3. Hardinge, from the 77th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ramsay. 59th Foot-Lieut. J. Lewson, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Caulfield, who exchanges. 895 Foot -Brevet Major H. Lloyd to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Swinburne, who retires upon full-pay ; Limit. T. Adams to be Capt. without pur- chase, vice Lloyd; Ensign M. N. Richardson to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Adams.

Rifle Brigade-Lieut. C. S. Flower, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Baillie, who exchanges.

Unattached-Lieut. J. P. Stuart, from the 21st Foot, to bo Capt. without pur- chase.

Memorandum-The Christian names of Ensign Clarke, of the 50th Foot, are Mon- tague de Sales M'Kenzie Gordon Augustus.