2 sergeants, 4 corporals, 60 privates, 1 drummer, —— Total 77 An adjutant from the royal engineers was appointed to the 1st company, and one, a foreigner—Matteo Bonavio[143]—to the other two companies at Malta and Gozo, to which was also added one sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant Guiseppe Sinerco, stationed at Malta. The total number of these companies with the staff amounted to 276. The pay of the war company was assimilated to that of the royal military artificers, while that of the other companies was fixed as under:— s. d. Sergeant-major or quartermaster-sergeant. 3 0 a-day. Sergeant 1 6 ” Corporal 1 3 ” Private, or drummer 1 1 ” Boy 0 6 ” ----- Footnote 143: Styled, by local usage, “Assistant Engineer.” ----- The adjutants received 3_s._ per day each extra,[144] and the working pay of the non-commissioned officers and men was divided into two classes of 6_d._ and 9_d._, which they received in addition to their regimental pay. The non-commissioned officers, who were foremen, received as working pay 1_s._ a-day each. ----- Footnote 144: Of the regimental allowances of the foreign adjutant nothing is known, nor can any record be discovered of the uniform worn by him. ----- These companies were formed into a corps with the title of Maltese military artificers, and, like the old artificer company at Gibraltar, remained a distinct and separate body. They were officered by the royal engineers. Their clothing consisted of a close blue cloth jacket with black collar and cuffs, and Ordnance buttons; open blue cloth pantaloons and a military hat and feather. The sergeants were distinguished by sashes, the corporals by chevrons, and the sergeant-major by a uniform like the sergeant-major of the English companies.[145] ----- Footnote 145: In 1808 the companies were clothed in a uniform made of cotton, manufactured in the island, similar to the local corps. The facings were of black cloth. The sergeants and corporals were distinguished as before, and the sergeant-major still wore the _home_ uniform. The substitution of cotton for cloth was ordered on account of its being cheaper and better adapted to the climate, besides forwarding the views of Government, in aiding the sale of the staple commodity of the island, deprived by the war of its usual vents. -----