Certificates

are of various kinds, as applied to officers generally, or to commi aries, commanding officers, or staff. They are a testimonial bearing witne to the existence of some requisite qualifications, or to the performance of some act required by the regulations of the army, and for which the officer who signs is responsible, whether he certifies for himself, or for any other officer. Military Certificates are of various denominations, and consist chiefly of the following kinds, viz. Certificate from a field officer to the commander in chief, affirming the eligibility of a young man to hold a commi ion. Certificate of an officer in the English army upon honor, that he does not exceed the regulation in the purchase of his commi ion . Certificate from a general officer to affirm and prove the lo es which officers may sustain in the field Certificate from colonels of regiments to the board for admi ion of proper objects to the hospital. Certificate from a magistrate to identify the person of a recruit, and to affirm, that he has enlisted himself voluntarily into the service; likewise, that the articles of war have been read to him. Certificate from regimental surgeons, whether men when they join are proper and fit objects to be enlisted; this is required in the United States army, to be on the back of every paper of enlistment. Certificate of commanding officers for stores, . Certificate , to enable an officer to receive half pay. Certificate of surgeons and a istant surgeons, to prove their having pa ed a proper examination.