Sub-Lieutenant 1 Sergeants 5 Corporals 5 Second-Corporals 5 Drummers 3 Carpenters 15 Masons 10 Bricklayers 6 Smiths 4 Wheelers 2 Collar-makers 2 Cooper 1 Miners[171] 30 —— Total 89 The establishment of the corps was fixed as under:— Staff { Adjutants[172] 4 { Sergeant-majors 4 { Quartermaster-Sergeants 4 { Drum-major 1 Sub-Lieutenants 32 Sergeants 160 Corporals 160 Second-Corporals 160 Drummers 96 Privates 2,240 —— Total 2,861 exclusive of the three companies of Maltese military artificers. ----- Footnote 171: A third of whom were to be gardeners, hedgers, or canal-diggers, but only to be enlisted on special authority from head-quarters. Footnote 172: These appointments were never conferred. The whole business of the corps was carried on by an Adjutant, who held his office independently of the battalions. ----- The annual expense of the corps, not including working pay and other fluctuating contingencies, amounted to 87,736_l._ 14_s._ 3¼_d._ At this period 5 sub-lieutenants, 1 sergeant-major, and 130 men were employed on the recruiting service. In all practicable cases, general and field-officers were deprived of the command of companies, which now ceased to be stationary, but were removed by rotation of relief from one station to another, the same as the companies of the royal artillery. The employment of men on detached duties was also discouraged, and companies were composed of a convenient strength to enable them to move in bodies.