17
Inclosure 4 in No. 7.
Depot 24th Regiment.
Portsmouth, 1st December, 1837.
Privatos
W
District.
Corps.
Station.
fit for duty.
Total present.
Establish- ment.
to com-
anting
plete.
Morning State.
53 Foot
Dublin.
90
162
212
50
Eastern.
65
Naas.
112
192
212
20
75
77
35
Northern.
59
93
10
II
12
Cork Southern.
46
58
68
8
18
33
Western.
73
87
92
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Drogheda.
97
200
212
12
Newbridge.
103
166
212
46
Distribution.
Londonderry.
110
170
212
42
Omagh.
80
173
212
39
Armagh.
77
132
212
80
Wexford.
117
181
212
31
Spike Island.
94
172
212
40
Kinsale.
111
171
212
41
Cork.
56
167
212
45
Youghall.
138
164
212
48
-
Waterford.
118
196
212
16
Galway.
126
202
212
10
Castlebar.
102
161
212
51
Boyle.
109
168
212
44
Clare Castle
108
174
212
38
Present, fit duty On duty Going on duty Sick, in hospital
in quarter attending Attending mess
school
Additional drummers Batman and servants Lance Corporale
Clerks
Birr.
116
144
212
68
Cooks
Mullingar.
29
140
212
72
Drills
Orderlies
15
Nenah.
105
204
212
8
Pioneers
34
Cashel.
110
183
212
29
61
Templemore.
194
188
212
24
South West.
66
100
209
212
3
Prisoners
¡Recruits
Staff
72
Clonmell.
136
203
212
9
82
Limerick.'
101
162
212
50
8.5
Tralee.
102
177
212
35
In confinement under sentence of Courts Martial Going on furlough
Total at Head Quarters
Total
2681
4561
5512
951
Inclosure 3 in No. 7.
Return of Depôts in Ireland.—March, 1838.
4
Station.
Corps.
Station.
Corps.
8 Foot.
Galway.
65
11
Charles Fort.
66
Naas. Fermoy.
12
Kinsale.
68
Waterford.
15
Cork.
71
Cork.
18.
Castlebar.
72
Clonmell.
23
Cork.
73
Clara Castle.
38
Carrick on Shannon.
75
Drogheda.
34
Fermoy.
77
Newbridge.
35
Derry.
82
Nenagh.
46
Cork.
8.5
Tralee.
53
Dublin.
87
Longford.
58
59
Armagh,
61
Youghall.
Cashel.
92
Mullingar.
93
Cork.
Majors.
Captains.
Subalterns.
Staff.
Serjeants.
Corporals.
Drummers.
Privates.
2
2722
4 21
12
12
16
13
31
LOC
5
10
1
6
1
9 10
5 1211
Absent on detachment
On furlough
Recruiting
With leave
In confinement under sentence of Court Martial.
Sick at Chatham
On escort duty
Effectives
5
9
2
I
4
9
1
10 11
5 228
Wanting
2
1
Establishment
4
8 1 12
12 1
4
212
(Signed)
G. F. STACK.
No. 8.
Major, 24th Regiment Commanding Depôt.
My dear Lord,
Lord Hill to the Marquess of Normanby,
Horse Guards, March 19, 1899. IF I understood your Lordship accurately, you wished me to suggest in what manner it would be most advisable to augment the army, on the presumption that under present circumstances it should be the intention of the Government to recommend such a mea- sure to Her Majesty.
In a paper transmitted by me to your Lordship's predecessor, dated 7th January, 1839, of which I inclose an extract, it will be seen that it contains two propositions, the one showing an augmentation of 3,698 rank and file, and the other 8,300, exclusively of the proposed increase to the Scots Fusileer Guards, but I beg to observe that such was my opinion founded upon the state of our army and the demands that might be expected to be made upon it at that period, and also in the understanding, as stated by the Secretary of State in his letter to me, dated December 21st, 1838, that in the course of the current year it was contemplated to withdraw two regiments from Ceylon and one regiment from the Mauritius, with a view to a more speedy and regular system of reliefs for battalions serving abroad.
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