No. 2.
B
"I Certify that I have known Mr. W. Stevens (late Colour Sergeant, 49th Regiment) for eight years, during which period he served with his Corps in India, and with the expedition to China, and his character has always been that of a zealous, intelligent, and most trustworthy Man.”
Portsmouth,
24 March, 1844.
(Signed)
No. 3.
J. THORNTON GRANT,
Captain, 49th Regiment.
Great Yarmouth,
27 April, 1854.
SIR,
"I have great pleasure in bearing testimony of the high character which you bore during the time you served in the 49th, and from being Adjutant of the Regiment, I had every opportunity of judging: and I may also add, that where Accounts are concerned, your services are of the highest order."
Mr. W. Stevens,
late Colour Sergt., 49th Regt.
(Signed)
No. 4.
W. P. K. BROWNE, Captain,
Adjutant, E. Norfolk Militia.
"This is to Certify that Mr. W. Stevens served in the 49th Regiment 10 Years, the greater part of which as a Non-Commissioned Officer, during which time he always conducted himself as a diligent, sober, trustworthy, and intelligent Soldier, and from his long experience as a Clerk, and his superior acquirements as a Writer and Accountant, I consider him well qualified to fill any situation of trust."
St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham,
25 April, 1854.
(Signed) G. ROAD, Staff Adjutant,
late 49th Regiment.
Extract from the Minutes of a meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates, at Cold Bath Fields, 2nd March, 1855.
"Certified that Mr. W. Stevens, served the County near 11 years, as Clerk, discharging his duties punctually and regularly, and that he left the Service at his own request on the 23rd February, 1855,'
(Signed)
C. WRIGHT,
Clerk to Visiting Justices.
Extract of a Letter from Colonel Napier, 4th October, 1855.
MY DEAR SIR,
"I wish you success, as I know you worked hard at Horfield.”
No. 5.
1, Aberdeen Terrace, Clifton,
24 December, 1856.
In reply to yours of 23rd instant, I have much pleasure in being able to testify to the zealous and attentive performance of your duties as Acting Quarter Master to the Depot of the Land Transport Corps while under my command.
At the time when I had the assistance of but few Officers, and when it required the greatest attention to duties of no ordinary nature, in equipping and preparing upwards of 2000 men for immediate and active duties in the Field, your assistance and aptitude for business contributed in a great way to this result.
On my receiving orders that the Corps was to be increased, I selected you as Recruiting Officer, in London, and you fully carried out my orders with respect to the class of men to be enlisted for this branch of the Service, you also, I am given to understand, rendered your Recruiting Accounts punctually and correctly.
I have always found you willing and attentive in the performance of whatever duty you were directed to discharge, and I consider you from your general deportment and capabilities, fully equal to the position you now hold in Her Majesty's Service.
Captain W. Stevens.
I have the honor to be, my dear Sir, &c., (Signed)
P. J. IRELAND, Major,
Attach'd as A. Adjt. Genl. L. T. C.
When a Non-Commissioned Officer is promoted from the ranks, he remains an Officer for life, unless he resigns or is dismissed by Court Martial. If the exigencies of the Service require the reduction of the Corps to which he belongs, although he has not served three years as an Officer, (his case being a distinction from a Gentleman Commissioned from Civil Life), he must then be placed on Half-pay, at the rate of his rank prescribed by existing Regulations, and which only can be forfeited by a treasonable or felonious act.
Should the Authorities not be disposed to re-employ this Officer in any Regiment or Corps, according to his rank, then the grant of Half-pay must be permanent, otherwise his Commission would be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare, and better that he had remained in the ranks, but which Her most Gracious Majesty's Sign Manual never intended.
The construction gathered from the rules of the Service-(Vide War Office Regulations, pages 4, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179; Articles 5, 14, 18, 19, 29, and other warrants having reference to promotion from the ranks.)
ent
granted by the forenine
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No. 2.
B
"I Certify that I have known Mr. W. Stevens (late Colour Sergeant, 49th Regiment) for eight years, during which period he served with his Corps in India, and with the expedition to China, and his character has always been that of a zealous, intelligent, and most trustworthy Man.”
Portsmouth,
24 March, 1844.
(Signed)
No. 3.
J. THORNTON GRANT,
Captain, 49th Regiment.
Great Yarmouth,
27 April, 1854.
SIR,
"I have great pleasure in bearing testimony of the high character which you bore during the time you served in the 49th, and from being Adjutant of the Regiment, I had every opportunity of judging: and I may also add, that where Accounts are concerned, your services are of the highest order."
Mr. W. Stevens,
late Colour Sergt., 49th Regt.
(Signed)
No. 4.
W. P. K. BROWNE, Captain,
Adjutant, E. Norfolk Militia.
"This is to Certify that Mr. W. Stevens served in the 49th Regiment 10 Years, the greater part of which as a Non-Commissioned Officer, during which time he always conducted himself as a diligent, sober, trustworthy, and intelligent Soldier, and from his long experience as a Clerk, and his superior acquirements as a Writer and Accountant, I consider him well qualified to fill any situation of trust."
St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham,
25 April, 1854.
(Signed) G. ROAD, Staff Adjutant,
late 49th Regiment.
Extract from the Minutes of a meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates, at Cold Bath Fields, 2nd March, 1855.
"Certified that Mr. W. Stevens, served the County near 11 years, as Clerk, discharging his duties punctually and regularly, and that he left the Service at his own request on the 23rd February, 1855,'
(Signed)
C. WRIGHT,
Clerk to Visiting Justices.
Extract of a Letter from Colonel Napier, 4th October, 1855.
MY DEAR SIR,
"I wish you success, as I know you worked hard at Horfield.”
No. 5.
1, Aberdeen Terrace, Clifton,
24 December, 1856.
In reply to yours of 23rd instant, I have much pleasure in being able to testify to the zealous and attentive performance of your duties as Acting Quarter Master to the Depot of the Land Transport Corps while under my command.
At the time when I had the assistance of but few Officers, and when it required the greatest attention to duties of no ordinary nature, in equipping aud preparing upwards of 2000 men for immediate and active duties in the Field, your assistance and aptitude for business contributed in a great way to this result.
On my receiving orders that the Corps was to be increased, I selected you as Recruiting Officer, in London, and you fully carried out my orders with respect to the class of men to be enlisted for this branch of the Service, you also, I am given to understand, rendered your Recruiting Accounts punctually and correctly.
I have always found you willing and attentive in the performance of whatever duty you were directed to discharge, and I consider you from your general deportment and capabilitiess, fully equal to the position you now hold in Her Majesty's Service.
Captain W. Stevens.
I have the honor to be, my dear Sir, &c., (Signed)
P. J. IRELAND, Major,
Attach'd as A. Adjt. Genl. L. T. C.
When a Non-Commissioned Officer is promoted from the ranks, he remains an Officer for life, unless he resigns or is dismissed by Court Martial. If the exigencies of the Service require the reduction of the Corps to which he belongs, although he has not served three years as an Officer, (his case being a distinction from a Gentleman Commissioned from Civil Life), he must then be placed on Half-pay, at the rate of his rank prescribed by existing Regulations, and which only can be forfeited by a treasonable or felonious act.
Should the Authorities not be disposed to re-employ this Officer in any Regiment or Corps, according to his rank, then the grant of Half-pay must be permanent, otherwise his Commission would be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare, and better that he had remained in the ranks, but which Her most Gracious Majesty's Sign Manual never intended.
The construction gathered from the rules of the Service-(Vide War Office Regulatious, pages 4, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179; Articles 5, 14, 18, 19, 29, and other warrants having reference to promotion from the ranks.)
ent
granted by the forenine
14
Seelys 1859.
375
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