It is now time to turn to the East, to trace the movements and services of the corps in that interesting quarter. The van of the army sent thither under the command of Lord Raglan, was a small party of six rank and file of the sappers and miners under Captain Chapman of the engineers. They belonged to the fourth company, at Malta, whence they sailed in the ‘Banshee’ on the 25th January, and having arrived four days after in Beicos Bay, were the first British soldiers landed on the Ottoman shores. To meet the calls for its services in the coming struggle, the corps, by order of Lord Raglan under date the 23rd February, was augmented from an establishment of 2,218 of all ranks to 2,658 officers and men, by enlarging the organization of each of the twenty-two companies with one sergeant, one corporal, one second-corporal, and seventeen privates. The corps was now fixed according to the following details:— Colour Ser- Cor- 2nd Pri- General Sergeant. geants. porals. Corp. Bugl. vates. Total. Total. 17 general service 1 5 6 6 2 100 120 = 2040 companies, each 1 company for Corfu 1 3 4 4 2 68 82 = 82 3 survey companies, 1 7 8 8 2 99 125 = 375 each 1 survey company 1 5 6 6 2 100 120 = 120 Sydney mint . 1 1 3 . 11 16 = 16 detachment Van Diemen’s Land . 1 2 . . 12 15 = 15 detachment -—— 2648 Staff—1 brigade-major, 1 adjutant, 3 quartermasters, 2 sergeant-majors, 2 10 quartermaster-sergeants, and 1 bugle-major —— Total 2658 ==== To concentrate the available force for active duty, the seventh company, employed in services of a secondary character only, was withdrawn from Hurst Castle, and removed to Woolwich. While at the castle the company had assisted in strengthening the place by constructing two batteries for ten and twelve guns respectively, and also three loopholed caponniers, built of brick and cement in the moat of the castle. Quartered as it was upon an exposed shore, in a spot that was isolated and dreary, the conduct of the company was anything but satisfactory, and in the short space of eighteen months, out of a strength that scarcely exceeded ninety non-commissioned officers and men, no fewer than twenty-three privates deserted.