6 JANUARY 1855, page 19

Drill Of Recruits.

Florence, 26th December 1854. .Sra—About a quarter of a century ago, I was, during a period of three years, Adjutant to the Depot or Reserve Companies of a Regiment at that time......

Itittro Fa Tlir

LONDON UNIVERSITY. SIR—As yours is one of the few journals in which one may hope to find an advocate for an institution unauthorized by antiquity and uuconsecrated by abuses, I......

Notes And Queries.

Is it the clothing of officers in the British service or their post in battle that occasions so great a proportionate loss of gentlemen bearing commissions P "A Regimental......

The Reinforcement Of The Army.

Glasgow, 266h- December 1864. Sin—A few weeks ago, I ventured to address you in a letter the object of which was to point out the injurious effect on the raising of new levies......