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..i. .,.ew Brim: 1cick R1u1ineer Corps.- 'nptai11 Porloy.

Accompnnicd hy tho A"si'ltn11t lns1wctorof Artillery. the Dist rid Paymn~ter nncl tho Brigade \lnjor, I in ... pcctod this c·orp" on the l 1th Octobl'I', in it-. armoury (owing to unfa.,ornble wc~1ther fo1· in~pecti11n in the bnrr:wk gronmlH) n.ncl from porsonnl obser­'\'ation, I l' an {'hCl'rfu11y hl':\r to.stimony to the soldicrliko apponrnncc ot' the 1_nen, tho oxccllent condition of urm..,, :rnd 1wc·o11tremenb and clothing, nrnl ti> the ollic1ont way in which tin• mannal nnd tiring exerC'i..,cs Wt're performed.

B)th tho B1·iga<lo ~[njm· and the oflicer in rommn.n<I, moroovor, :\"!H\ll'01l mo thnt tho annual 1lrill had been carefully excented in tho bttl'l'nck grounds, and Lht\L they con.-idorc(l tho c·orp~, in nrnny rc-ipcl.'t,i. more eflicicnt nt pn'sont Lhn.n it a.ppon.rcd at my in.,.poction, 1Si4-75. I dcsiro no better te~timony, no1· more l-\Ulit;factory inLelli-O'CJll'C to enahle me to l'l'}lort frwornhly. b l •

621 I 8r . .foli11 Baff,1lio11.- Licut.-Col. Sullivan.

This corp-. a ... sembled in c·utnp at Torrybu1·n. on tho 19th .July; and, owing to delay in the tran-..port of l'Ump cquip:lge from :-:it. ~\.rnli·cw's Unmp, it. wai impolSsible to j,.. ... ne the u-..ual :--upply of tenb on the date of a..;~embly. The Lioul.-Col. (Mac ... hanc) however, 1u·1·:mgcd for the ·• Livomw '' or the c:orpH, and an olll wooden building 011 thll ruco com·.-e alt'or<lc<l ~helter for u largo portion of the battalion; and i:;o ... oon n-. the tonh arrived the corps ,,cttled down to camp duties and camp lifo in a ".\°"tcmatic man11er. .\rro.,1p:1nil' 1 Ii~· tho .. \. ... ,..btnnt fo..;pcctor of .. \.rtillcry, tho Dibtrict Payma ... tc1· nnd th1• _\l't ill.! d1·i~a. l•' ~[ajor (L icnt.-Col. Hee r) , J i11"pected Lho corps on the ~6th July, un1l 1 t'uu)l(l t lw uxecllout- regimental :--ystcm e ... tahlibhod by the late Bri~ade Majo1 (Lieut .-Col. Otty) workin~ suti-..fadorily; and, considering that bnt n fow tlay'::; drill hail been performed, the battalion mo,-emcntH were well cxocutcc.l. Duty at Chatham preYontc1l me from again seeing this eorps under arms, bnt tho Lient.­(',,olond'::, report, (enclo ... c•l herewith) hem·:- ample te~timony to i;till furthot· efficiency allnincd licliirc the breaking up of the tamp on tho 30th ,July. Tho situation of the cnmp wa ... :ulmirable, arnl the t<anitary mTnngemenb reflectocl trodit. upon the m edical ollloor ....

I ban~ much plca-.nre in :uliling that there i" a m:.u·kp1l im p1·0,·cmcnt in the con-dition of the arm ... and ui.:cout1·emcnh of this c·ol'Jh since they hM-e been handed over lo the char.;o of tho no,·ernmcnt Q:u·c taker.

On the \'romotion of J,icut.-Col. ~l:ll'Shaue to the Staff, the c·omman<l of the corps h.1 ... dcvulv0t upon an etlicicnt offkur, I1icut.-Col. Sulli,·;ui; ancl an excellent officer suctee l-. ti> t ho .\foj111·ity, ~Iajor Blanc.

'rhc-c ot\ic:cr ... arc ahont to form a chL-.-.., compo,,o l of ofilc:crs aml noo-com-mi-.. ionetl utlic-cr .. i fur im pro\'cment in tho I.now led go of dril I, which I hope may produce good rc ... ul b.

74th Battalion.- -Li('Ut.-Col. Beer.

Aecompanic<l hy the f>i ..,tl'iC't Payina-:tcr nlHI tho B1·i~:ulc .\fajor, l im1poctcll t,his corpQ ut it. camp, near Sn ... scx, on the 1st O('tolier.

Owing to the mo1wy ,·oted by Pal'liamunt for the :rnnnal drill !icing then nearly cxhau.--ted, tJii .., <·01·p,.. was permitted to pcrfonn but l:! ix da.yt;' dri 11. 'rhiH \Vab, of counsc, a di alipointmcnt to it mo1nbcr .. , who had left thoi1· home~ expecting to com­plete twelve< n~· ... ' drill, a11d ha 1 ma1ll.! an·angeuwnt-. fo1· rat iono;, &< .. , for t haL period. llowcvor, "o grcnt wn tho attc11 lio11 c,-i1h·ntly ~i\'e11 to lh·ill clu1·in.~ the limitc<I time a t it di-pu ·11, that 1 con,.idorc I it due to the c•<Jl'l"" t1l 1mbmit for the r.onsidcratio11 of tho authoritie:. at hen I quarter~ n s pcci ·tl rcpol't of its ellii.:ierll'y, :ulvcrti11g to tho dU;ciplinc that prcmil I, t.o whi1·h r'pol't I re.-.1wctt'ully dirod attt•ntion. - The it11nt.io11 or thP 1·nmp, Oil the gr<11111cl ... of" t lie J,icut.·< 'oloncl, wa-.. pi cl urosquo m th~ cxt1·emc l1J11tho1ia11k of Su "-OX Hivcl'), with ah11111l:wt -.topu for dt·ill.

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Tho Licut.-Uolonlll :incl hi ., olli~1 mndo oxccllcnt nr • of ration 'eoo!.ing, &c., whereby the health nnd comfi 1·t frnlngemcnts tor the urply u o t 1c men W1'rc ccuroc .

lJ rt ll S/u'd « t St. .John.

The prcs~in/.{ want of a <lrill :-.hc'<l at • 't. .John hns l>ecn freqncnth· ·vive t d t · my Annual Hcport~. ~o further words of' mino arc hero tlO·"l'ul ·,];I r c o 111

f 'h I f' t S Id" • B """' · IC upper }Jnrt. o • e n an ry • o 1er,.. ari·a<·ks havirw be-en com·o1·t--·1 1'nto ·11·mo 1 · · I ' r fn . . .., vu • I l'IC• Ill t' lfirtt(} o nn c 1c10nt iu·mourcr; an 1m1>ortant i-te11 i11 tho rirrht clirc"1.t"ci11 h·i J r, 1 1.:"' tnken. o '" ' "• 1 ) \'C\"t'I', ucell

Aid tor the (!icil Authorities at St . .Jo/111.

7lh May, is;5. I i>L'g tvcnclo.,~ herewith a c·opy of the Hoport (D) ofLicnt .. (.;;)l. Mnc~ Stb May, lSi'.i. ~h:111.~, c·ommt~nclrng_ fi~rn~ (St. .To.h11).Battnlion, :-.ubmittod by me for the . , flt\ 01.1 l~le C~lht?cra~wn ot. t ~10 ~fay1r hcucl'Ul comrnnncli ng, tr1tiug the ac-

lton t.tkcn 11.v ~l1at oflic:e1· maid of the c·1nl 11owor ut St. John, on the :ith )fay lu t with r c ... pcct _to \\'!11c·h 1 ~port I w_a ... _n:q ucstllll to ·• connnunicato to I..icnt.-<Jol. ~\tne:Sh:me ~l~e, )fo,;or (;rc111•r;1J s _appre•·tt~tron of th.1• ,iudgmc11t arnl prornptiludc with whieh ho .tcte<l upon tl~l' 1·cq11i--1t10n o1 the rnng1 ... trarn-., and tho very -.oldier-likc ... top "hirh h e adopted with regard to the dot_nch ~en7 of his regi111c.11t, arnl which he (tho Major General) hns had much plea-.ure in lmngmg to the uot1te of the Domiuiou l.10Ycrn­

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3RD Baw.\nE D1v1s10N.-Brigade )fojor, Licut.-Col. :lflCulley.

IC CAMP TEDDERS."

Newcastle Field Battery.-Bro"Vet Major R. Call.

. The A~si ... tnntTnsp~ctor of Artille~y h~" ?'ent mo tho following report re .. pccting tlus buttery:-·· It \Yas mspected by lum, 10 my cvmpauy, 011 the 29th July, 1 15. Thi" batt~ry performed its annual drill, in c:amp, at its own hca<l-<1uartcr:-. - 'The hors~ looked well, and the harnc:-s, t-tore·..,:&,.,, were in !{oo<l orclcr. The shot and -lioll practice made b~ the battery w1i... Ycry good. Major Call j,, a mo ... l onerrrctfo and useful ofiiccr. arnl evidently ha,, the wclfa1 o of hi,.. uattcr.r thoron .. d1ly nt henrt."

I again inspected this corps on tlw la .... t d:ty of its annual d.:rill.- 3th J uh·, :~ml I need only add that, a" regards the ;;ituation of the cmnp. tho inlt.•rnal :n·r:mgl.'mcnt" of the corp~, and still furtlw1· progrcs ... mn{k in drill,•· Cnmp Tedder" " appear ... to havo been a great ~ncl'e..,s.

.So. '7 Battery, Rriyadc Uarrison .. lrtill(ry.-Brcvet )fajor <_;ille-pie.

This hat tNy wnl:i in-.pcctcd at Cht\thnm by lho .\.....-.i,..t:mt Inspector of .htillL•n· aud my:;elf, on tho Ht h :-:eptcmhcr, 187:>. 'l'hat otlil•cr rc1>0rh th11t '' the battery nrncle ... omo good ..,Jiooting ·with t hl'il' ~ 1-ponndt•r -,mootlt-horc ~nus." J,icnt.-Col. .Ta!!O adJ, that. '' he hal-\ 1·1•pc:ttcdly p11intcd out. thll dc ... i1·nbility of h:wing proper pl:ttfi1rl11 ... laid, and (I a rnrnll earthwork thrnwn up. nncl three or fo111• gnu" mcnmtod in it tor tlw ddcm10 " of thL• )firaini1·hi. for at pre. ... cnt the tlouri..,hi ng to\\ 11-.. of l'hatham and X cw('a-.tlc nro " nt tho mcr1·y of nny ordintU')' pu-.-.cugL'I' steamer with 0110 !!UU mounted in lt."r, •· whil'l1 1·01ild c:i...ih· i;et tire to both towns in a few hom·-.."

'fhis important ~uggc-.tion \\:t-- 1•mhodiod in my Report for JC.i3, :rnd in tho Rcpm·t of tho B 1arcl of !:\11n cy for thi ... J>i,..tril·t, l I l, :tJl(l the otliccr commanding 1' o. 7 Bat !cry Im" liccn rc<[ Ul':-IL.>tl to c-.t i nrntc for the :-c1Ticc.

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73rd Battalion.-)fojor ._,hcrl'iff.

I in pcctcli thi-. corp .. at it-. c:unp, ucar Chnth:tm, nn ll10 ~!1th .July, 1875: . '.!'ho mn11' oxcolhlllt qtrnlitic,., of thu men of .i:T,>t·tl1urnborl:md, comyo 111? t~1s

corp ... a .... well ns tho dc:iirc for improvement in the knowl~lgo and pract1co of dnll, -0vin~~d by tlacm hnvo frequent!): been _iulvcrto~l t? hy me in ,'~r a!u,i,u~l roport!l ,.,~n.d cl cwhorc nntl tho compnm· trom l\.cnt brrn~mg frc ... h i.:s11nt uito tho 1Bid 13:\ttnlion,

1 I havo invnrinbly oxpcctcd to 1ind cfii<.:iency in tho corps, nor hM'O I yot Leen di ... nppoiI te<l. .

Tho :-ito, howc\'cr, for the camp thi,., year, wa" not, I con~Hlcl', \~·ell ~clecte~-cho .... cn, it ap}F'nr , during dry weather, :md~thcir)~·ill'! mm·h 1·:1111 dunng th? lw1·101l of the drill, tho condition of the grlmllll was atfoctt•1l th,orcb~·· . 'Pho .Ma.ior co~­m:mrling, nm! hh zcnlou" Qnurtl'l"-Jlla-<tcr, ~iow.on'r, :-par..,u 110 parns ?t" expense 1n orcctin~ n ... pacionto m :rrvom, ca11tl'l'll nnd 1-.su.111~ store, :11111 thn::. sccunng t~o com­fort of tho offi0t.•r .... nm! men. I rcgr'-'t that, owrn~ to nn rnurh·e1·toneo on thou· part, thev ha>o failed to reco,·c.r tho monl'Y thu,, exp •tHle<l.

·The rntiou ... ''"cro of o.·ccllcnt cp1ulity, tho c:o"t lioing in exco"" of tho Go,·ern-mcnt nllowunc' ('.?5 conb per man per diem). .

Battalion drill with ... Jdrmi-.hi11~, wa" \\ell cxccuto<l. l took occasion, howe,·cr, to nclvi,c tho:-o umc~nr•,.,t tho officer ... nnd non-commis"ionod ofliccr:-, who hml nut yet quulititJct at the .Military School. to avail them .... olvo" of tho fii·,,t opportunity of doing tiO.

Bathurst Infantry Company.-Cnptain Ba!'barie.

fo..,pected on the 7th of Aug~st last. ?wing .to tho distance .of th!s corps from :my <lo-.irablo pomt of concentration for dnll (1mor .t?. the op~mng of the Interco­lonial Hailway) and there being n.o corps of. ActiYe ~h.tw. now in ~louce:;ter, ~quad and company drill~, without their attract1>~ application to battalion .and bngade mill. hnvu b •on all that thi.; corps could pos!:'1bl . .r attompt; nx;d I r:orn>~<l~r that the energetic Captain de ... cn·o::. creJi l, under the circumi;tance.;1 ~n mamtarnmg even a fair degree or efficiency amongst the fine body of men \:ompo:-nng the compan:r-.

The Captuiu and hi:, :.ubulterns, however, should not. fail to attend the M1htary School thi..; winter.

Aid to Cit:il Power in Gloucester CouMy.

The 1oyaltv and patriofr•m, and their value a..; ..;oldit•r:-, of both officers and men of ~orthnrnl.1e1:land, have becu fairly tc:.tcd <luring tho past ye:u·. Culled out in aid of the ci\'il power in mid-winter, with no small difficultieo to overcome, t~ey re­... ponucd to the call with no uncertain voice, anc.1 the force, us por m~rgm, was -"ewcaatle Field <1uick!.r u~der nrms. aml .en rt'outfe ttol the ~conthe ofthd~sturbnncce~ Batterv, two ofii· Happily, tu ere was no occm;1on 01· m· ic1· ..;erncc an mr pre~en cc1"9

14i non-com on tho ::.pot, and l cheerfully endor:-e the statement (B) of the Ilr1g~dc

of!!cers aotl fen. .Major him,,clf. de:-CrYing praise fo1· tho cxamplo of readinosH which fo~~r:rf:e1;: ·~~1' he sot to the. '·whole force," c,;pcciully. the Newca~tle Field Bat­nori-com. officera tcry, "having behM·cc.l well , and <leHerving thunkH. In proo~ of ~1 men. the good con<luel and di.,ciplinc maintained in the N owcastlo .Field Battery, ui:i•lcr its ef1;icicnt c·ommandcr, ~Iajor Call, ~urin~ tho ~cngthoned por1od of ::.ix wock" it wu t.at10ne<l at 1Jath1m;t, I need bnt <l1ro<.:t attont10n to the address to the officers of the corp. by tho .\lugistrutcs of the place u11d othcr1-1, previous to their <loparturc for their homos, und the reply thereto, enclo)'\cd herewith.

Bnlistmwt fnr Corps on Service i1i .illanitoba.

In eomplianco with General Order:-; (18) of the 2nc1 July last, I duly onlibted fifteen men for service in )fanitoba, and on tho 1th of Augu t they proccc<lc<l to their destination in chari:c of a statr officer from No\·a Scotia.

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Wll The~e mc11 wore <lrawu f1om tho 1st Brign<lo J>ivi ion, althou •h c ch Dh·i ion ro<pto to<l to furuillh i!.6 'luota.

~lfilitary School.

, \~·ith mr n'!.nal cflic-ie11t taff, Licut.·Col. Olty, (t!iucc elect od) A <:apt um !II cl\.euz10, 1st J nst1·11otor; Sergeant J>u11icl , ~11d Jn tructor tho Hchool, un ler my comma11 l, h·u been in opcmtion d 1ri11, the six montli en l May la;it, with the following rc.,ult,; :- a is

2 cadotH obroi ned J t cla."~ certificates; G 1 do 2nd cla .... ~ c:ertificatc., · 12 caclel':l retired, failed to obtain cortificdte5.

On tho. ~5th of January, t~1c )fajor General commandi110 in,,pec:tcd tho "ch J. . ~n add1t10n to the pre-cr1licd rule (a."; to '}nulificatio11 of l'~md1dntc to1 d

m.1~)'\1.on) the Bo:u:d of Examiners req uirod l'Crtificatc:> ft om offico1::. in omm:md showmg that c~11<h<la.t~s arc member" of the force (auJ likely to be u ofnl mcmbci .) By means o~ tlw; add1t1onal check, tho,..c who woulJJ1roliably have attendt.>d mo10 for tho '.' gratmty " than for th~ benefit that might lie erh'od from tho "kuowlc:dgo" a.eqmrecl, .were as far as po,,::,1blc excluded, anti I am glad to .;ay that at my i111;pcc­tions d1.1 r~ng tho s~mmer month,.;, "pa.-;t cadeti> " were to Ll' :-cun in a Imo t , en· co:l?s, gtv!ng pract1cal proofs of tho utility of their cour"e of iu ... truc.tiou 111 tho M1htary School at Fredericton.

Rifle Association.

Canadians generally, and it may be addo<l .h·tirn ..\filiti.rnrnn, may justh fn•I proud of th.o. fre:<h honor:-, won by tboir 1·cpresentat i,·e:-1 at. Wimblo<lon thi .... .}'l':11·. • .A 11 • other :proof, 1f proof were needed, that the force of the country i~ nut deterio111ting.

L1out.-Col. Beer, who ;;ervcd for three yeni·s continuou ... ly a-. Pre ... idcnt or tLl· New Brun:swick Provincial Rifle A:-sociation, with credit to h{m,elf :Hid ad\'Hntnr•(' to the Astiociation, declining re-election , Captain Perley, Xew Brun ... wi(·k E11gi 1:~r Corps, an officer of zeal and aC'tivity in whnte,·cr he take' in hand. Jia ..... ucccocJ('d t ~ that office.

In addition to the u,..ual County Hillo A"~ocintiou .... Hitlo Club ... uppear to be doing good work. A new club ha:- licen formod at my own liead·q uarlt•r .... with '.11 · niu Cropley, j 1st B·1ttalion, a .. ib cncrgetie Prc,.iclcnt.

In fact the de:siro appenr:-1 to be that, from the lot·al Hifle Club to tho t' t 11. t<'h for Wimbledon (wherever it may be held), the :-u~cc•"i(ln of i.tcp~ ~hould bo lOlll· pleto, tboir aim and ohjc('t tho i.ame, their iuterc:-ts ide11tic:.1l. I must ndd thnt by reducing the cost of ammunition the Go\"ernment h:i,, m:ttl•rially facilitaiL'fl tho pr<•· gross of Rifle .A.i:;~ociutiontl of whnteYer kind.

The following Ai:;:-iociation:-. held t•ompctition ... thit. yl•nr, tlw return,.; whkh will l>c transmitted nt an early dny.

1. N cw Brnn,,wil'l• Pr<n-inciul Rifle .A~socintion. 2. Charlotte Count) Rirlo A"::;ociat ion. 3. St. John <lo do 4. Curleton do do 5. York <lo do 6. :Northumberland County Rifle Assol"iation. 7. King'1:1 County • do 8. li2nd Battalion Hifle Club. 9. "N"ew Brunswicl· I·~ngincor Corps Ritlo Club.

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Drill in Publ , '/, l'.

In my Report for lvi3, I re,·crtcd to tlw qnc--tioll or ('XlC:Hlil.I~ the knowledge of (lrill tn tl{c co11uno11 -.chool of tho t"i0u11try1 it bt'ill~ a •tttt" .. 11011 frt•<p1c11tly brought forward n-. "d -c1, ing the mo-.t ..,crious tou:-idcr:u ion. ~noro pt~1·~ic11I:u:Iy at a time ,\'hen muclt thoul!ht b given to tho intellectual n11tl ph,\'"'H"tl trmmng of the young, wh~n the thirw to b<' dl'-.ini<l i~ lO Jll'l"-ClTO the sO\ll!tl rni11<l in the :,ound bo<lyl and uot to clt:ivclop

0the intolltict at the expense of the boil,\.~· . .

'l'lll' q uc:-tion h:i-. happily been considcrc<l by Parhu rncnt nt its last Session. I h:n-o now tn ndd thnt hoth !Jil•nt.·Col. Jago and my:;clt h:wo 1·oc<mtly brought

the ... ubjcct u1Hle!' t.he noticl' of tho scl.wol :1ntho~itics at ~t. John and li,reuoricton.

1 e--pcct1n,1 ,. . l , 11nhn~ out, f\.'i -.tatc<l rn Lieut. Col. .f a~o,., lcllcr to the Board of

'[1·u--tce,., : t ")' John.'.\ pri\ ~1--t. 1 i5, " that it nppc:\4'::; to him th al the lo~~ Of tU~ hour or :m hm r : n half a week from tlw ~tudics of boy,; oYur ci~ht year:> of ago m the public --chool-- of 1lio eitY, lX'i11g in-.t ructt'<l in the 111di111t·nt:; of drill and military exerci ... c-., would be more 'th:m !'0111JtCl1sntcd by the illlp1·0,·cment in thei.r phyi>.i<:al <·onuition.'' I re rrct thnt our effort-- ha Ye 1wt at pn·--C'llt Jll'Odllted the tlc ... 1rc<l etl:el't, nor do 1 think tl:=-1t succe in thi.., import:mt matt<'r 1·: 11 be attailHd until there he. n-- r£>commcndcd in rny 1 eport a-. ahoYo. a joint :u r:111~ernPnt mado between the D minion :rn 1 Pro,·iucinl t:on•rnmont .... with tht• 'i1" to ' ·lit- ·n-cd sl'hoolmat-'tero l c n, 51> <:iallr im·itecl to attend our --chool.., ofmilitar~· in ... tr H'tion. allll on obtaining the ~<'<'£''>•Hf\; certitiCU'C Of fitllC''i ant\ on <·:UT~'ill!! (Ill {I the sati ·fact ion of the Deputy \ ljnt:mt <.;en ral of t)1e l>i--tri.ct a prl' ... <.:ribod ('0111·:-P of' d1',i,ll in nnd1 :-<'hoot, .un l chat n ... mnll lT<•vN·nmcut g1 uut bern~ ma<lc the school ma,tcr.

l have the honor to be, Sir, Your mo:;t obedient sen·unt1

GEO. J. MAUNSELL1 Liout.-Col. Deputy .\..djut::mt General1 Commanding Military District No. 8.

'I'he .\djutant General of )Iililia, Ottawa.

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f'T. JonN, N.B.1 ~ov. 22nd, 1875.

.Sm,-1 hnvc the honor to forward to you my Annunl Report of the -.tatc of the .Ar.illcry in your Dbtrkt.

FIELD BATTEltU:'l.

.... Ye1,.castle Field Battay.

The Xewca ... tlc Fielu Batt!•ry was inspe<:te<l by me, in yom C'Ompa11y, on tho 29th July. 1 j;}, Thi~ battery performed its annual clt·ill at its own head-quarters. The hor,cs lookc·d ''ell, and tho hn1·nco.;s, stores, &:c., were in good order. Tho ..,hot and shell }H'actiec made by the baltery was very good. .Ma.ior ('all is a mo:-l energetic an 1 u cful oflicer, aud C\•idc11tly hu.o.; the welfare of hir; battery thoroughly at heart.

Woodstock Fieul Battery.

The Wood tock .Field Battery purformc<I it- annual cl rill at tho Brigade Camp at St. Andrew . J had tlw plea uru of scrvi ng on y<m1· Staff at that tamp, and so had oxcellcnt opportunitie of not only in p(..>cting the battery, but. of' observing its whole interior oconomy an l di ciplinc while in c:m1p. ('npt.W.P. Dot111l'll ( incc clctca..,C'<l) was unable to be pre cnt, hut iu Lieut. JI. Dihblcc the Liittt>1·y had an cxccllont. c·omnuuu.ling

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offi~or. The hor .. o:. woro of an. cxcollont stamp, and the drivers being princip: lly their owners, had tho prnpor mduccmont to co thnt they wore well c:ml41 for in cam}'· The hm·ne:.s wt~ well looko<l uft-Or, and woll fitted, und the stOr" , &c , in gc~{)( or<lc~·· . The l~attor!· workc:-1 woll, hoth at itR own drills and nlso when net n~ w~th tl11: infantry m bngudc" f hc hot und hell prnC'tico ww vmy g•>O<I. ], I.' tt. D1 l1l1lt•e 11> a !;llta1·l, capable, you1w officl·r, who would be a <'rt.~1it to nn\' c1 \'ice 11 d wh11 ... e k11owlcdgc Of' Un m·Ltlk1·yr71:u1'q uutics i;pcak well for the l>o:ni111tm , h iJ .. of <; 1111 ncry, frnm ono oi which he hull ju~L rotul'llo<l.

GARRI !'ION AllTU.J.ltRY.

'l'he fo11r Batteries of fia1Ti ... 011 Artillery, Xo-.. 1, 2, 3, nnd 10. ,Sew B1·unsw·ick Brt ~ad!' p(•rform.:<l their dri II :u thl.li1· own hours. unit were inspcetucl by you 011. 'cpt. 21 l, 18'75. On lhi ... dn,\· their ananal co1npetitio11 i11 6hot prnc•tit·c came ott. I ha\ c, iii my report t<1 the In -pee tor of Artillc•t'.}' with regard to this competitiull, m.u:fo the following l'Cllllll'k"': "The guns U"l'd by t!Jc.,c batll.'ric,, arc at-pounder i-mooth I •I e gun ... , on sea "crvi<:c tarriagc~, and wh•.!n I .. tat1.1 that thoy cnu nll tiro ih-c round from th o gun~ at 1, WO y:u·(b under nine minute-. ancl make practice that could not be beaten, I think it j,., dear that they are thoron~hly cffectirn ~unncr:>."

lJivi11!!. ti-. I ha,·e done tnr mnny y1•nt"·" in tho ... iunc placo with these men, I hnvo n:nu1·ally t:1kc11 a peC'nliar interc ... t in them, nn1l I feel pleasure in stating that thoy an' n"' Q;oocl a volnutecr coqis a., can ho .. ecn anywhere.

Xo. i Battery (Brc,·et .'ilaj01· <.:fillu-.piu) of thb Brigade w1i-. in,.poctcd nt Chnt­ham. on the Uth September. 1~75. 'fhc h:ittcry made :-ome good ~h•)Otiug with their 21 po:md ·1· :-In 1oth-horc g-un. I ha,·c n'pcatodly pointed out the 1IC5irnhility of h·1,·i11~ proper platform~ laid. and a "mall earthwork thro\\'D up, and then n b~tt~ry of gnus mounted in it, for the deft•nt·e of the .'ilirumicb~ for at im~ent Ute aourbhmg towns of Chatham and Newcastle nre at the mercy of any ordinary pai:Hmgur Hteamcr with one uun mounted in bcr1 which could ca .... ilv i-et tire to both town .. in a

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few hours. I haye referred, in my report to the fo ... pcctor of Artillery, to th" ~IJ1 un ty of

arming u gunner with the 8niucr rifle. and oxpre ...... e<l a hopo that at --omu tnno or other the rl'\'Olver may be adopted as tho 1wr:;onal weapon ~or an artilleryman i uud though a few !'ltand of rifles mi •rht ho left with a Latten-. m order that the members m.1y compete in rifle competition,, yet I trn .... t that the· time i~ not v~ty far di,.,tant. when it will be tho dc->irc of the artilleryman to perfect h1m ... elf m thu hamlhng c•f ordnance, leaving the ritlo to it..:i righti'ul owner, bi ... infantry comru1le.

I huYe tho honor to Le, :::1r, Your oLL'<licnL t-errn11t1

I>.\ TIELL n. JAGO. l.i1·ut.-C'ol., .bsist.ant Jn ... \)o<:tor of Artill ry. S. B. aud ;-\ ::S.

JJiout,-Col. (+. ~fAUNSET.L, Deputy A l,iut:mt Go11cra . liililary District No. S.

Annual Oompetitio11 of the iYt'u' Bnmswick Artillery.

S.HN'l Jons, September, 1 i5.

lt1t.-Mr .... Jago's silver cup, ,·a\110 ten guin~'\. ... , with $11 added by Lieut:·<?ol. Jago to hll cmnputecl for by n uot:t"luncnt from oai.:h lnttcry, ooch dctaclnMnt tinug fivo

1'.oun \.,. Timo allo\vc l, ton m inute,,. Th cup to he tho property of the bat cry

wiunin~ it twice. 1.~ l ti 2ncl.-A ~iln'r cup, value £10 ,,krling, ~ivcn hy the officer,., to V\J eor!1pot01 •lr

by a ckt:tchment from ea<'h b:\tttwy, no meruhcr of ;vhich m~y ha\'o sho~. rn tho ~1·.-1. competition. Each detu.chmcnt to tire ten round", •· chnngrn~ round!> sflcr encb.

hot. Time unlim "ted, but no JM',Oll to a1h·i:-c or ovorlook tho gun when lnitl by the .. To. 1. Cup to L •the ])l'OJ crty of tJio bnttery winuing it t\\icc. 2ud prizt', $:.W i 3nl priz.e, S 10.

3rd -A priz" of :1 ilvcr <•up. gin~n by Col. 'l'hnr~ar, to bo competed for by u ~Jetnchmont ·, m '::tl'h h.tttcry, firin.~ thn•c romiib c:1eh. 'l'imo allowed, --ix miuutl>"'. 'rl1e No-.. I in thi.i eompo.tition to be different from tho:-.c in l·ither competition. ~n<l pri2:01 $10 i ::Ld prize, ~3.

Rules for Competition.

The marking. and all rules for the competition, will he tnkon from Liout.-Col. T. D. ~trangc':- p:unphlut 011 .. r'Ja,. .. ifil"ltion and Buloction ot' )farksmou." .

Poi11h will l>c ~iYon a~ follow:-:-For tlirection-5 yard::., riJht or loft, :.> point."i.

,, 10 " ., 2 " " 15 " (, 1 •.

Fo olcmtion-:rn yard"' under or 40 ynrtli> ovor, 4 points. '· tO .. {jlJ " 3 " ·' liO cO " 2 "

.A dire ·t, h1 on the flng, statl~ or buoy, to count !i\·e p )it1L'i extra i a ricochet hit, one point cxtui; n rie-0ohet "'llOl, out of bound:,, to ha'e 110 ,·alue.

A sb ·t to b we no value unle-." it obtainq points for both elevation and direction.

DARELL R. JA.r+o. Lieut.-Col .. .. '..~)'ii)'itant In:-.pector of Artillery.

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BRIOADB OFFICE, CHATu.rn, 6th February, 18i5. . m,-I b: ··c the honQr to report that I received a reqni~ition, duto l 2'7th ultimo,

from three Ju t1<'es of the Peace, in the Countv of Glonce,!cr, fo1· a detachment of ~he A ·tiYe ~ilitia! to proreod to Curaquet, in ."3.i'l count~~, to aid the ciYil m!thoritie~ m -.uppressmg a riot. &c., and on the 2 th ult mo, at 3 o clo('k. p.m., two officers and 11 non-com mi ,.,joncd otficer- and men of the X ewca .. tle Field Battery Artillcn· under comm 111 I of Bro\"et-)fojor C':ill, m:irche(I from X ewc·a-.tlc for Caracinet i•1«1 :B,{thun1t, an! followed o so 111 a they could he mul>tercd in Chatham) by detachment, four <lfticer~ and 4r, ItOfl·COrnmb ioncd officers and men ot' the 73,.,1 Battalion. At 11 p.m., the fir,..t detm:lunent uf infnnt1T mm·ched from Chatham allll aiTi>·ctl at Bathurst at 5 P:m. on the 2!H.h, and the artillery at 9.30 p.m. The B;tthnr4 Jnslic·cs re<1uired the arnl~ery to re!1'1a.in at Bathut'!jt to guard the gaol and prisoners, ancl on the 30th they req u.1red the mftwtr.\• to go on to Caraq uet, with all despatch, and to act ns the Jllhticeo there ma\· require. 1 proceeded on with the infa11Lry, ancl got to Caraquet at 1 a.m.1 on tho ~list .Tanu:u·y, all right, and reported arri\•al to the Caraquet Jmitices. Detach men~ ?f tho force have been employed, ns they wero required to protect the constable;; wh.ile taking the rioter:s, and a-. guards over prisoners, and as sentries at several e t.abli hmcnt::i in place of the con .. tables. On the evening of the 3rd instant the Justioo iuf1 rmell mo that tho force co•1ld return home, and wo marched for ou; bead-quarters on the morning of the 1th initant, and al'l'ived in Chatham on the 5th inAtant, at 8 o'clock p.m., all well.

I have much pica ure in reporting that both officen1 and men hn,·e all endeavored to. ha~te~ to tho support .of the lawful authoritieR, an1l have performed their duties wit~ pra1scw~rthy exertion and por1;;cverance. 'l'hc field hnttery certainly dcservee praise for their irnlefatigablo exertions in taking forward two !.!·pounder gunR, &c.,

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the men having hacl to ho\ cl throngh immen o now Lank and Ion• ]lie e of the ron1l that were clriftod full of' ... now a high a tlio fence.~, before they could get tbc1r guni 1Llo1w. 'fhc whole force have bchnvod well, arnl dcser\"c thank .

0 I h:-ivo the lion"'' to l>c, :-;jr,

Your obedient CJ"\'n11t, (' . .McC: LLEY, Lient.·Col.

Brig:idc-.\l.a}1r 3rd Brigndo .Dh·i ion, .\lilitnry 1>btl'ict ... ·o. Tho Deputy Adjut:rnt-Genural,

<'vmmun<ling .\Iilitnry Di,,frict :Xo. 8.

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ADDRESS.

To .Major Call, L ieut .. Mitchell, ..:.Yon-r.om111iss!one.d.Officers and .Jfen, of tlie ;.Yeu-C<Utle Fidd BattPry OJ Artillery .

We the undersigned inhabitant.. of Bathur:it <le;,irc, on the O\e.of yo~r tlepnrture from ou;. midst, to convey to you ou1· appre('iation of the mnnn~r m wluch bOth ?:ou and the battery under your comma11d have clbch~rged your 1~11_trn.-, mnon !St ll"-. l~e readiness with which you re,pon<lc<l to the rall of the auth~nt1c~, an I.the mnu~cr 10 which you hnve performed dutie::;, in many re.-,pccLo; tno,.t <l1fficult, h:l\ c been 'l';Orthy of prabe. Tho strict di,,cipline maintained, nnd the e~emplnry co.udnet of the 1~en, have been frequent :subiccts of remark, and may he JU:-,t calL:e ~or .c.~:mgrntulntlon. While wo are gratified therefore, tlrnt the state of lhe county wtll JU!il1ty the removal of the b·~Uery we ar~ no les:; plca"eil thnt ib conduct amon~t us ha.., 1 ec1\ ue~1 n~ not to 1c'.wo m~y ground for complaint. Receive then our a~:,nrauco .that on cavmg, you carry wit!~ you our best wi-.he. ... for tho future welfare ot yoUl' ... eh c', an•l tho men under your command. ~ "c arc. &c.,

JOHS Ft~RGU ·ox S•'l tor, nrnl 37 J u-.tices of the Pcac. , : i l vthc~.

REPLY.

To the Hun. Saiator Johll Pa;uson, Bishop and others. BATlll'Rl>T, N.B., 10th )larch. 1 15.

. \\... hehnlf of 011r,elYC'I nnd the battery under our Cl1mm11111l, GENTLE'.\IE~.- e, on 1 i'. • • • • , •• h·md-.omc adcln•, .. , nnd we

bog letwe to tender you our w:u·mcst thnn {>1 im ~ ou1 '~ l}h. '1 I . . . •c:""t '11 \' ... hilo h t .• ·cc" hnYo been ..;o 1g i y •lpp1 c i •• c . '

are very.happy to len.rn t a.. our son: 1 : .1 ,._·t'lt<.~ii our pre.,enco amou~ you, WO rerrrot the unfortunate Ctl'Cllmstanee whtc) nec.e I • t' .,,.."th n.., little c\clnv n,q

0 · d l t carry out our mstrne ions .. 1 ... ~ J ·

still. wo know it wns our u Y_ n~ ,:ohintccr._, but ns citizonq of the Domini<•n. we pO~b1blo, and feel tha~ 1:ot onl)ll f .. to •\id the ciYil po,vei· to cany ont tho ln,v .... ~y eboul<l bo rcnrly nnd w1lhng nt a unc • . ' r ..;o·ourn amon ••t you, to m:un-which we nro governed. W. e ha Ye eirM;·~~·~l,~l~};~~.,0~ho ~ift'erenco of oi1inioo which tain n.s g?o<l order as po~s1l~lej :\1.1< .i'1.0 .\H t;i~ «h~tie~ de\·olving upon us in n efficient here, ox1qted on our nrnv:-i to list' l<Hgo t t t, of ·our county is such s~ t-0 wnrr~nt mnnnor. Wo are plea;ed th~t- \he pre'J°'\ tl1~ ~lny i; far distant, \\;hen anything may our romovnl ; nnd .'~e i-mc~re y ~ope'. t i.n . • Before lc~r\'inrr for our home.i, ullo'v u!! occur to render m1htnry aid ngam necc,~ru) · o

to thnnk you for tho ho pit::i.litics cxh'1Hlcd t-0 lb whiJc hen•, and your vory kind wi-.lae-. for our futuro wol fnro; nnd hoping l!lwt yon :111d your familio.s may lo1w onjoy h03lth1 h::i.ppinc " and pro .. pority. b

We romnin. C:cntlcmen, Yum· ohcdi1'11t. ~<'''''ant-.,

H. R ( '. \ LlJ, B1·evct "'lnjor, Commanding :-..c\\ cn-.t le Fi1•ld H:ttlory.

J. ~IlTGIIELJJ, lJ icttl.

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Oani:Rr,y Rom1, G2n I 13.\.TT.\.T,rox. ST .• I on~. 7th )fay, 1875.

Srn -1 have tho honor to report. for tho information of tho )fajo1· <~onoral Com­m· 1. 1 ·,that on the :ith in-.tnnt at 5 o'dock p.m .. I roeci\"l.!(1 from t

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hl' )fn.\·or of this City t!10 onc}o-.ed rt:qui-.ition to ai<l tho ci,·il J>OWl'I'. 'l'he )fayor i11timavting at the :-:-nne tune. thnt n ... a lar,_{C number of men ont-.ido of thl· Lahort'l's, ot:ich· were about going to ~\·ork, he nnticipatod au attnc!i: hy that or;anizntion. Ile :11-r:w~<'d a :-ignal; upon wl11ch I warned our men to a-.-.omlilo at thl• ('u-.wm Jlou"e 1Jrill nmm as a rondezvou-.. .. 'l'IH' )!nyor apprehcl!<le1l tho grcale-.t da11gcr in the morni1w. when the laborer-. bogm Wtwk. I therefore tho11 .. d1t it prnde11t to owlPr a detachment out, to l1old thcm ... chc-. iu romline,.,.., !or ~cn·icL· tluri11u the rest of the <la\·. Kncnvirw how difliet~lt.it i--. to "t1:11·:rntel; the appcarnnte of uth01·s than men on d·uty, when t1Rturb­:mct: is trum1~1clll, :t(·eord1ngly I had :t clctachmenton duty 1113xt morning at 6 o'clock­forty-two p_rffalc': tl11·eo non-commi,.,io11cd otticer!', one r.aptain and two i-;ubalterns, and the . .:\. .... -.1sta11t • UI"!!COn. '1'~1e whole detachment beiug pnt in <'har,gc of the adjutar:.t. Th~ )foyor arn_l my,.,eTf wero 111 const:rnt nttcnrlance, ::i.nJ kept the detachment inside their quarter~ m t~1c Cu-.torn Ilou ... e dm'ing the. whole time they W<'l'O on <luty, to avoid the appearance ot _mc~1acc; meab wern ol1tam~ at the Royal Hotel, immediately ~ppo~1te.-an<l at ·> o (•lock, p.m., of last .eYe~1111g. tho .Aiayor haYiug at my request tir .. t m·yect~ the dotnchmcut, they wure <l1 ... nu-.seJ, happily without OC('asion ariding for then· -.ornce.

I bwe tho honor to ho, Sir, Your obedient, servant,

J. Il. >f.A.C, 'IIAXE. JJicnt.-Colonel,

The Deputy .Adjutant Gcnernl, Comman<lin,!! Military Di-.t1-icot Xo. 8.

.Fredericton, N.B.

Commanding u~rnl Battalion.

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ST. JonN, N.B., August 10th, 1875. S_IR,-T have the honor to report, for the information of the )fojol' General Com­

mnrnlmg, that pur nnnt t-0 <;<moral O"dcr (No. 7), 1lntc'1 Ottawa, ~·~·I \ '>ril 1875 aml untlor your .o\vn Di ... t;ict. Order, clatoo 8th June, tho corps umlo1· my l co:nmand completod the annual drill for 1 75-71) on tho :nst day of July ultimo in a ro1ri­m8 onJt.'ll camp at Torryburnc, on the bank:i of the Konnebeca'!i~, within ::.cv~n uti1eabof

t. ohn.

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Tho contiuUL~l chango,; in the ntt.ondnnc~ of men at evoning drill of city <ioq , when that rnodo i~ wloptod! tho fract1onnl drill and ulrno t impossibility of mnkin!{ tho <lofa~ltors kcol! pa('e with ~ho rc~.ulur utt-Ondant.t., to r.ay noU1iug of tlio difllcultf of uatt.ahon work m tho ovonmgi;, if there wore no other ronsou houl I 1mtlicc w in1li{'utc c·nmps as th<' •mly bn~i«factory mode of performin~ the n:muul drill.

[ had an cx<:Pl1P1tt (•amp111~ grou11d, on the <:cu tr· uf which is Imo" n the "01<1 J{a('l' (]<mr~p,"' a ri-.iu" "1·01111<1 with 1m11<h· "Oil -.ICJJlin" «cmtl\ U0\\11 on all . ~o .. ' ~n .; • i;1de!i to tlw 1·ace tou1·-.e. '['wu olcl WPlb on the !'pot f'urni-.hod an abumlaut upply of wutor. I to~k, of cou1·:-c, the precaution of' 1iu,·i11g them cleaned out l1y the <luartor­nrnHtc1:, a_nd m.i-.pe<.:tc<l by the <loc:lor bcfo.r~ m:u·chin.f{ i11. .\ 1·apital plncc for hathi11 • was w1tl1111 a fc\"1 hunrkcd ya1·cls. A dchc1e11cy of1·a111p Np1ipa~e in -.ton• ('llllh<l<l mo Home i11co11veuiencc tho fil'::.t dny, I had hut eight t1'11t.; and two marquoo to mnrch in with; I pl'OC<'cdc<l, however, rather than <·h:m~e thu da.\" tixel'I upon. 'l'lic1· was an old huil<lin({ on the ground, which J know would gi\"e -..holtcl' in c·:lbo of nocc it~·· C:unpTillcy, at St . ..\.rnlrew.;, should hrwe fnmi hod tt10 tcnl~, and l atton<lod it to make arrangements for their prompt tr:m,,mii; ... ion, lmt owing Lo heavy clow or oorno cause they were behind time two days. l had to horrow 15 hun •sw;k f1om tho 8th Ganilrv to {'omf>lctc.

l wo1i'lrl here JC!! to -.ubmit that tho nl1Qwnr1co of ~5 < Cnt1'1 for ,., okcd rntiou!\ (marching in) -..houltl hcrcnf'Lcr lie put nt the di-..po,al of the commnndingqiiitl'r, \\ho could then make p1·r,pcr ai-ran:.remcnti- for the first. clay' ... 'ul ,jr;tcnre of the nwn. .A it was i11 thi~ instance the only men who wero renlly frd on the lir,t day, wen' the men of Captain Ifazen'i: rompany, who tl)llowed tho . uggc tio11 made in thl' He -i mental Order, in rcgartl of the cooked rations. Some tfo ... irc<l to :l\"O tho~;; 1·ont."' ; -.;ome to quarter 011 ncighhol'~; ~ome carry a lot of n1bbi ... h. the con"equc11u11 i , when left tu tbem!-<olve .... they are t-<O uaclly :-11} ,.j._ted thl'Y ai u unlit for wm·k.

I be~ to enclo,-o, for the information of the anlJ} ofli<'cr, a copy of Hcgimeutnl Order. and which W:l.':i fou.nd almo~t sallicicut for tho whole re1:,"'1lation •if t11e l'nmp.

The Go,·ernmen l allowance for ration~ pro,·cd quite :.utlicicnt; in fitct, thon.i ii; s i\urplus in the hand-. of tho Payma ... ter, and which I hnvo det:iir 1)(! therl' until .-1afo;fie<I that all the ration bills are paid, when, if it :-till remain'. I will re<1ue::,t the• rc~pcctive compani<"' t-0 plnee it at the di-..po .. al of the Quarterma,,tcr, in cou idem Lion of the eiticicnt wa,· in whieh ho di-.char~ocl his du tic-..

You will be able to i11form the )fajol' General C'..l(nnm:mding of tho u-.e mndc of our ti ml' when you in>'pect1-'ll us. 'l'i1e drill was prococdc<l with thron~h?ut tho whole period of the cam/' in the order of tho r01l hook.... The target pmehcc wna performed the ln"t four t ay;, of tho C'amp.

Though the 8torckccpe1· ldmlly fnrni.;hcd t:m~e~ .... and an. e.x.cellcnt mnge offered at one ~ide of the race cour-.e, I preferred to :woi<l the po"1 b1hty of ca,1wlty hy mard1ing tho target part,\', two com panic.-; p 'r. da). to the permanent run"' a\. "Drury'~,·· t;omo five milt~" from cnmp. .A.,_.; the ~"""hut ·ur~1..>011 hn. I lv m•co111~-.:1n .:i­thom I he.,. to 1:mbmit that horse allow:mcc :'lhouhl be ~rantt I that •)fhcer, m<I ol tlr li

I :... 1 • . I. inci<lental cbnl'gcs of the eamp for which (to,·~rnment 1~a {(h no prm·1 ... 1?n~, n:rn!1: J, hire of the ground, cleaning well~, &c., I 1:mbn11t rc....;pco.:tfully an nppr•>pnat1on ol "10 11hould bo made therefor. . .

The Storokoepor only claim'l a doficioncy of one bl:rnkct and two p111-b:lgs m roRpoct of this camp.

I haYo the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient son·ant,

Tho Deputy .Adjutant General, Military Dbtrict. Xo. S,

Fredericton, X.B.

J. R. 1L\.CSTI.\:XE. J,icut.-Col.. C nnm:tn<lin" u'.?111l D:it.talion. ::>

Ry· 11tal Ord r by L ·eut.-Col .. Mac 'haw, c~mantlinJ 62ml Battalion.

ST . .Jou~,~ · .H., .July 7th, 1 75.

I. Inn l'Ot Inn 'l' with ))j,trict Ordc1s. dak<l at Fn~dl·ril'ton on the 8th day of Jone 1 ,..t pa l, lhc G:'.!ml B.tttnlion will n.,,cmblc :it tht•ir bnrr:t<·k ... on .. Monday, the 19th i1bt., nl n.m., prcpnt tory to m:1rchin~ into {':\mp aL 'l'orryb.11·11 on that <lay. If~ owin.! to a clchcioncy t1f eamp l~uipngc, a few day~ poslp01wme11t :-ihonld havo to tnke 1•lncc, re "'011nblo lJOtic • will ho gin•n i•1 Ortler,;. . . . . .

2. 'I he ll 1:utermn .. tcr will place him·df in c.:omm1~111cat1011 \~·1th the D1~t1:1c.:t 'torckecper. l1io11t.-L'ol. I·~,·an~. with n view to anangc with that ofhc.:<·t· for. rocc1 vmg

camp cquipagl' ono day prc\"imis to that fixc l for cmnp. .\. ~cnt pnrty of ono man per company will be dctnilcd for thnt duty, who, to0 ·ether with tho. 91mrtermaster and l~nnrtorrnr. .. t r :-;crl!cnnt, will rct•ei,·e an cxtrn 1lay',; pay fin· rccen·mg the camp c 1ui11a~o and 1·abi11g- the tcnh. Articlc.-1 wanted fir::st tihould lie place~ ?n wnggon11 la:-.t, a ... , for in.,t:mce, tent.-; :uul peg ... ; blanket;.. undci' all. The :unmumt1on (ball 15 round .. per mnn and hltmk) mi~ht be tran-.portetl with the equipage.

3. All the men going into camp, in ad1lition to their arms, accoutrement-., ~nd ~rent coat '

1 hould htwc one change shirt, one change :-;ocks, needle and threat!, knife,

fork, "J>Oon, tin plate nntl cup, piO<'l' !"Onp, towel, bru::.h nnd comb, ni~d a rea,.;onable ;eroportion of oil for rifle.,. Blacking and !"boo brushes should be prondc<l per squad. Small tore,, might be packed in great cont a,; knap::,neks. .

4. Otlkc:r commandiu~ companic" will proYi<lc c.:amp kettles, for winch an allowance of 56 per company will l•e made. For tho comfort oi tho mon, they should enjoin on them to Juwe comfortable hooh (low heels). hail' neatly cut, and be pro­vided with tho ... mall -.tore~ nnme L They will abo tako tare to have one <lny'8 cooked rntions on tho 1lny of mnrching in. Tho mo::;t portable and nutritious would be .. nndwiche-., for whieh o;;ca,onnble arrangement:; :;hould bo mnde. Gla.;s flasks are ea,..ily obtained; cnch man should oc<:ure one, whi.ch migbl ho u"cd as a water-bottle and put in the han·c ... aCk!<. .

!>. On :wriYing at camp, the ~\.djutant will tell otf aIHl parade the following •partie ... :-,Vnter party, two per company; ration party, two per company; wood

party. two per c impnuy: cooking party, two per company: latrine party, one per company. ·

l.i. } .. 1r t d:1y: Captain of the clay, Capt. :Nugent; next fo1· duty, Capt. Likely; 'nbaltern of tho dny, Lieut. :McLean; next for duty, Lieut. Stiu·dee.

I. lnlyin~ piquot: One non-commh,.,ioned officer :ind two men per company. Officc.r of the dny will in truct them in their duties .

. Camp police: One non-commi ... ,.,ioned officer and one man per company. The Qua11erma .. ter will in:-.truct them in their duties.

fl. For gunrd : One orgeant. one corpot'al, and nine men. 10. The following hours will bo ob ... e1.,,-ed in camp :-Renill<.', <111nri;;e; rations,

5.30 n.m.; drill, t; to 7.30 a.m.; breakfa,.,t, 8 a.m.; order,., 10 a.m.; drill, 10 to 12 a.m.; dinner, 1 p.rn.; drill, 3 to 3.30 p .m.; evening meiil, () p.m.; retreat, sunset; tnttoo, 9.:JIJ p.rn.; lights out, 10.HO p.m.

11. Oflicc1·tl e(Jromanding companies will bo held reeponsiblc for the warning of the men.

By Order, .A. BLAIN,

Captain an<l Adjuta nt.

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llll,ITAHY D.::i'l'HlC'l' ~o. ~1

JlEAl>-QU\TtRR flALTFA • . X.~., ith J u crnoor, l j;i,

Sm,- I hnn} the honor to inform you that tho quotn of Acti\"o )fili i.i 1 1uiI I to be f'urnisho<l from tho Distt·ict 1111cl1•r my (·omm:mu, "a ... tixci.1 nt 4,:!"4. Un !er thiJ prc~ont rl'gulutio11 · 1·educing the c·fli)di\·c i;tl'cngth ot l 011"'• tho nominnl trc'fl~th of tho for<"c, wc1·c lh<• rc~pcctivo c·orp'l c·omplotc to their c t:tl.Ji i;hed .:trcn0 th ni nutho­rized, woul1l ho 210 otncerl'I, aiul B,21i:~ men.

The total actual r>trcngtlt of' the forc·o which mu tcn~d at the ni111unl <11ill tor 18 '75-7G, was 211 offico1·;; and 2,SHI me11,-thr·cc otlkor .. am! ~:!2 men \\"c1" for' tuio11 cau~c8 a.b~ont from their corps du1-ing thl• t1111111al drill.

l'ictun Tiattcry <-Tm·ri .. 011 Artillery waiti11g ii; nc of clotliin~ before c.:omplrting dri 11 and final in,..pcctio11.

Corps of tho c ... tabli,.,hed st1·cngth of twunty-thrcc officer and 312 men hnvc hecn relieved from annual drill tlri,, :oen~on.

The Acti\'O :\lilitia in thi;; Di,..tricl con i~t of the follc1wing corp---.\·hich, nt the time of annual ch·ill, turned «Jilt a"' under:-

Kin~ . ., County Troop Carnlry .......................... . Halifax Light B:1ttor~~ ..... ............................. . .. 1 t Jfalifox Brigade <farrbon Artillery .............. . 211d do do ................ .. J.Jtmonhnrp; Bnttery (not .lrillud) ..... . ............... . Mahone Bay Battery (not drilled) .. . ................ . Digby Battery . .. . . . .. ........... . .................... . Picton Battery . . .. .. .... . ........ . ..... . ..... ............ .. 63rd Rifle,; (Halifax) .. .. ......... . ................. ..... . 66th Bntt:ilion (Halifax) ............................ . ... . 68th Balt.:llion (Kings County) ... ..................... . 69th Battalion (Annapoli,;) .......... .. ................ .. 72nd Battalion lAnnnpoli!>) .......................... ... . 'i5th B:lltalion (Luncn lmnr; not drilled) ............ . 7Sth Batt~tlion Highlnnders ....................... . ..... · Cnmbc:·Jund ProYi-..ional B:itt:tlion ...... . ....... . ...... . Victoria ProYi!<ional B:tttalion ....................... · · ··

Office111.

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20 23 26 26 Ht 00

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224 2::!G nu 00 38 43

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00 235 163 210

The annual <lrill wa ... perform()(l in accor1la11ce ~\·ith G1:neral Or·~er ( No. 7) o{ 23rd April, 1 i5 a~ in document~ (A) and ( B) hcrow1th encJo ... ed.

Annual in:;pcction report,; arc nJ....o cnclo~ml. I hm·e the honor to he, Sir.

T ho Adjntnnt·Gcneral Militia., Ott·1wu .

Your mo,;t obcclienL -.er\"nnt,

J. WDIHURX. J, .. \rRrn. Coloud. Deputy Adjntnnt Gt•!1~ral. . . •

Commanding .\11huiry D1,..trtd ~ o. 8.

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The Hnlifox Brigndo co11,i ting of-

Ilnlifa.· Light lbttcry . ..... ....... ............... ...... f''lptain <1rahnm. 1-.t ll:tlif.1x Bd~nde <;nrri-.011 Artillcn· ............... 11ic11t.-( 'ol. .\li tc·lll·ll. :.!n<l do do • ....... . ...... Licut.-<'ol. )[1·PhPr:-.on . ti:1rd Bnttulion ltiile- . ..... .. .... . . ...... .. .. . ..... ....... Lit'nt.-( 'ol. J>:d li::.t cr. f.itjth Battfllion lnfautr.r ......... . .. ... ............. . .. :·. Lieut.-l'ol. Brcm11c1·.

po1:ti.wrncd their :mnu•il drill nt Brigade hcad-1pwrto1· ... , on the 2 Ith lfoy the Hrw;:ule tl11:11ocl ont in fhr<·e to ccldm1k H er ~lnje-.ty':-; birthday; anJ r placed. mysolf :m11 th~ hr1!.~lLdo under the 01 1lu1·-. of' the olfh.·er comnu\nding tho gnrri1'on ut llulifax. ,_,ho hrr~ndow "'formu<l in dh·ision with the rc,,ulm· trout>" tfrirw (1 11-dc-;

0oir. und rroing ~ . , :::>... b

throuffh tho 1isunl ccremonie-. o f' n 1.irthclay parade. On tho Sth of Octo ber I paraded the br1~n lo for n tie I; I ?n.r an I ·1111rn~I in-.pcC'tion : the mo:·cmcnh of tho til'ld clay being bnsod on the supp h ttron tha tthc ton·o was 1.mtrcnl.!hed 111 t he out....,J...i rt" of tho towu :md made a vigoron-. -.01·tio upon tho hend of the column:-. of an l'IH:: my a1lYancing to the attack of t hu. pin ·c. l cxpluine l beforehand the general idea o{' the day's mo,·cment ... to tho lm.~.1de. anJ "a. ... plca-.ed t0 :-cc that both ofiiccr" un<l men entered mnch more re:. lily into the 'Pirit of thu wol'k to lie d011t'.

Tho Bri rn<lc. thr.nl..:oi to tho zeal and enorrry of the c0m man li11 ' an I other officers of corp-., both tu rnU<I ont aucl drillc<l \'CIT cre~iital,ly a,.. u,,ual.

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. Tho J,i_ght Batt ery pmcticL'<.l at 1.-!UO y:mb range. aud the pr:H't icc was «onducted with the u 1m} nccurncy; reference to thi::i will be found in the Huport of Liout.-Col. Jago. tho .\ rs tnnt [n,,pocto r of .Artiller~-. who wa-. prc ... cnt.

Tho b ittcry for the p1..-i.ctico of the (;.urri..;•m Artillot'}', not h :n·in~ hccn armed as wu.-, propo ell Ja,.t y~·J and tho guu,; in the battery frolll .,.,·hich 1hc p1·actioo WIUI eoo­ducted la-.t_ yc:u: han?g l!ccn <li,.,mounteJ., I wa.,., unaule to arrange for the shot and :-hell p ractice ot tho f r l\ITl"Oll .\.rtillerv.

The rifle tnr~o~ practice of tho t;cveral corps wa..;, with one cxeep tion, performed a ... u::-ua! under tho 1mmodinlc ,,uporvbion of a Field Oilic:or.

· Tho rurnl battalion of tho J..t B1·ign<.l&. con"i-.ting of l'"'th Uighlanrler·, Lieut.-Col, Campbell, nnil tbc Cu~nbcrland J>1·0,·i...,ional Battalion, )lajor llarri ... on, drilled in camp at D? Bert, _commcncrng 011 the 2~nd June. Cmnbodan<i Battalion not having ~erved

• provwu~ly m camp, fournl a good deal of nOYl!1Ly in tho work, but mado tho best of evoryth1~g! nnd uccommodn.~et.l ~hern ... eh·e~ vol'y 1·ea•lily. The Hegimcn ~al S taffappoint­~l}nu;. '~ h1c~ h:d ~1p to th l" tr mo beon vacant, w ore mo,,tly fillc l up uy tho otficers hitherto o!·vtn,; w1tl,1 the c·ompani~ ... , and tho companie,, were, wi t h 0110 exception, ~lr,?o ... t untiroly ro-oilicero<l on the e\·c of going into camp. .Fonunatol>, the new otficc1-<1 wore m~:; tl~· frorn t h1.: fo1•mt• :· ~ova Scotia organization, an1l accmstomed to comm~nd, and p1ckmg up the new cl rill read ily, and broucrht on thoir mon very s.-itis-facwnh-. 0

The 18th mad~ a. very good nppoarance, showed a thorough good will, and did thcm,..cl\"'es aud thcll" officer~ l'rodit. Somo little trouble wa~ experienced owing to tho date of the cbn~1go of guarrc of tho Intercolonial luwin~ bct'n al tored

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aftor th& arrangement. ... for t!1b camp wc1·c made, but all difficulty as to ilw transport of troops and ... to re \\:as ob~rntod by tho ready co111·tc>-.y of the officials co1111ecwcl with tho rail­road, who did thou· nLmo t to meet my wi,.ho:-, by arranging trains to co nnect with the branch linell, &c.

. Tho thrco l'ictou cornp:mic3 came to camp much reduced in 11111nher~ tho men ''.~wmg _hoon engage.-! t.o work on th~ railrou<l. during the chnn~c of gnag~. Tho ·e <0mpamc arc cornpo ed of good reliable men, anrl havo hitherto maintained their fitrongth well i anJ I tru t, will in tho future U!> in the pa .. t, be complete iu numbers.

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The grouncl a.t Do Bc1·t J' well ui tc-<~ for e11«:11.np111~nt. being n dry, ma I: Larrc11 , t.ho wnlor 'upply 1.., _good .

1 f hc'. grrmud 1<{ rongh for dr11I, lmt nlford nrnph· room for

fi_clcl 111ove11H!llb , hu 111~ h1·01•1·11 111to belt -. and dump~ of wood, nrnl hein, ,·en 0 ·ten 1nve, f wn .... cnablod to change the gro1111d for 11i:111u:•11vre c:ich d:n. In o lo

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to •h• tho B1·i~adc an i<!ea of th<· meaning of the mo,·crnN1 s pcrlorrrrnd, I demi! I ~~ljc•r Yeom:rn"': the Bl'lgadc )Ju!-<kelry l u:-~rn«tor, to tnk" chnr,;P of a p:ut) ,,f mark ·rs, who c·a1 1·1erl fla~s aw I rep1·c,,cnkd a b1·1g:11I'.! of the· enemy· thi" <lut\· wa i11tclh r rlll \' nn<l well l)C'rfonncd by him, and lhu" caniud out, g:w:· to all rn11k tar mot~ rci1l intero..,t i11 the movement:-, than if th<·y hwl hce11 -im11h· ol.>0vi11g order l{Oillg tllrou~h dl'il l wi thout undor:-.tanrling the ol•jec-t. • • '

'l'hc p1·opriclol' of the property on wbrl'h _the 1·f11np l\'!L-. fonneJ, nwy ohli •ingly gaYc me tnll 1·011trol of the· wh.ulc gl'ou11d d111·111g thl· a111m·1l drill, an<l I wn thu enabled lo p rnvc:nt the C='t:dili .. hrncnt of' .... 11:111tic liir the .. ale nf i11toxi··~1ti1w liquor :ltlll l-0 tJi j,, r a .. cri he m ueh .,f tlic eornfort tliat \\a ... enjoyed h.r all l'flnk ... , :111rl"'tlto g()()(i dbc:iplinc that wa,, rna in tai11L'<l <l111·i11•r tho cutiru drill.

PJC'TOI •

T he Piclou Battery .,f G:trri-011.\1·tillc1·y. lately organiz~'<.I to 1111111 tho L:itten e1·octed fo1· <lcfencc of the haruour, diJ not rcceirn clotlim!! or nrm ... in t'mc to C'Otn·

plete it... <h·ill by the p1·c-l'lll date. Captain (iordc1n pal':l le.-l the b:itton in plnin 1·lothi11,.r) Jin· my iu-pol'tion. :111<1 I w :b much phm-cd with it-. appear:mcci h • 111L• e\ 1-

d untly dl'a\\'n Jii,., n;«n1it-. from the lie ... t da .. -. ... ol' youn~ 11w11 i11 the tO\\ 11 ot' Ptt tuu.

.\.yJ, ESFORI> C.\:\11'.

The underment ioned co11),., <·on ... i,...ting of I\ in.!! ... f'onr..ty Trnop of ('arnlr~·, ('apt. Ryun; G. th Battalion, Kin!!!'.! County, ] 1icul. C'ol. 'hi prna11; 69th Batt~Llion, A nnapo­li8 County, L icul.-Col. Stari·ntt; and 7~IHl Ihlt.:llio11, A nnapoli !> County. Lieut .. ()ol. Parker, p e1·fol'lned t heir drill in B1·igado C'amp. at .Aylu-.for<.l, in Sep eml>er.

The improvement in tho physique of' the men w:b n::ry marked . the 1·omp:mil"­w ore almo~l without exception at full strength, and with but t1·iflin~ cx"cptiou tho men behaved well , and the commnrnlin~ and other otticcrs --eemL~i doterrnincd w:mnin­tain disc ipline, which w1.h enforcod more firmly than hNctofore.

I1ieut.-Col. Starratt, ti'.Hh Battalion is, to u Jar!!e extem, -.ucl'e...-.ful in r"tniniag tho ~amc men in t he rank,.; from year to yenr, <'-Olh"'l uently hi-. lattalion ho" Ii n marked improvement in clrill nud tum-out. 'Yhcrc tho ('apt..'li11-. CXl)t-ci-e n proper influence over their m en and arc c:1rel'ul in their -.cle ·t!on. I notice the cornpnm • :m full. and the m ore p:wticular the Captain. the Letter• In-.... of rec111it-. ho ohtuin"; good m en ohjuct to :-er\'i ll!! in tlw -.:uno comp:inic-. :i-. 1'(111d1 <·hnractor.... I I clie\·e tlw Captain C':tn !!Ct whichever ch-.-. he choo-.c-., l11tt the cornpa11y 11111,.,t l>C' c mp<M' I :dto••ctlt l'I' of urh:J OJ' the otlll~I'.

1rhu Bri ir,1dc mtJ\"l'Jnl•nt ... , !Kith h:1tt:tli<J11 .11111 ... ki1'llli ... hiu,..:. were h'•Y foil'ly pt 1 fol'med. but ~win!!; to !:'Orne mi-.u 11dc1·,..t:111d i 11!!;. a port ion ol t hl' ground 11,.,nnlly :w~i I able for <h il l h:ul been plott!!;IH'<I up. and tlw -.pn«e at m.' com1.na11~l fur mau<l!U\'1'111!! wM limik d . U nl l'":- the \\'llole ot' tho ground c·u11 IX' :-e<·t11t.-<I, 11willbe11oec. >;!\l'.Y. to i·hatl"'<' the p l:we of em·amyment and 1h·rill. I 'rnu,.1 a~:un r1.'<'m'tl my s:itr-.l:t•'llon with0thl• t111·11.011 l of the h .cntville tn) 1p; it i-. 1111:u·e11 ... t<111rnd work ti•r 11 wcll·to-<ln f:u·nwi· to t·l<•:rn an<l keep i11 good Ol'•lcr all the hor-.l' nppointrneut-.. arm-. :111 I nc;coutn nwnb of a c·a,·:d ry soldier. :h Wt•ll as pt'l'Jiirm hi-. foll numlier of holll"' drill, and atll'IHI w. feud, :rn;l clcun his hur:-e, and t ltt1 way i11 \\hi< h nl~ this w:1: tll)ltC, -.ho\\ ~ thn.t the men whom Captain Hyan comm:uul-. al'C not mot'f• hohdny ,.,old1c1"'.

Lu~Esnrno . I ~:t!< ck,., i ron~ that tho 75th Battnlio11 ,,Jionld go into l3l'i~:11le Cnmp. at n ·.Bert. in

June, bu t )fojor Rudolf :-;tall"-! it. w llll<I he i11< Oll\'t•nicut for hi:s Latt~lion; -.om ~1-dt•r to t'Uit the conyenience of tho nll'n, it w.1. ar1·.111gcd tlt:1t the l1.1tt:1hon hould dull :11.

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Mahone B. y, on the 5 h l tobcr. 'l'clcgmphic in trill lions from OUU\\' ll, n•coivc<l 011

~3rd scptcmbor, dir cte<l thnt all furlhor 1 ·:unp drill should Lo ~topped, ucordingly the ord fo1 tho a~sombl.) of tho hnttnlion wa-. cm1<·0IJP1l.

'.I'hc 1, llll'llh 1rti an I )lahom• Bay B 1tt •r ic" « ~nrriso 1 1 A 1·l illc ry wore tn ha,·e drilled lll c:unp \\ith tho i5th.

DIOB"l.

'l'he D igby Battery 1; .u·ri 011 ,\.rtillc1·y lll'illud a t lo<'al lioad qua r lurs. Very littk• nttont10n had hcmi paid to company 01· rifle d1·ill. 1 in,.,pce letl th i,., battery at l>i~by on t he:! th Suptombcr . Licut..(..iol. Jugo witnc-.sc I the :-.hot practice from the :::!-pounder ~nn . ll i-. r0porl ( 13) i-. attached .

C.\PE BnETOX.

The Y ictoria P1'C>\' i ionnl Battalion drillc<l in .Jul.v, in H0~imc1"1la l Camp at Haddock , under the -.nperintcn<luucc of the Brigade :\lajor, Licut .. Col. Head, who in ... pectc I tho Lnttnlion a t the conclu,,iou of the trainin~. and rcporb (C) very favor­.1bly of the n11pcarnnce, bchm~iom'. and general progre ... ,. made hy the 11 1P11. I much rc~rct that prc-. ... ing ofli.ciul en~agcment... compelled me, aL tho last m mcnt, to give np rny appointment for in.,pccting tbi:-; battalion.

1 would ngnin call nttomion (:-cc [Bl of Report, 18i -1) to tho nccc~::iity for a proper on•rhnuling of the arms in po:. .. e:-bion of the ::ic'\'cral <.:orp::i throughout thi:o district.

A ccu1tfreme1ds.

The matter of acc·untrcmenh (boo Report, 187-!), although noL of pressing im­portance. d~crrn,; con ... ideration. ns men who cultivate pride in thcmselvc~ and their uppenranco, arc more likely lo take interest in training in time of peace, and there­fore to he more u ... cful in time of war, for which our traininrr i ; intended as a

. b preparatioH.

Ut11form.

A mc!ro frequent i -. ... ue of tr<nv ... cr:oi i~ Yery necc,.,-.ary. The· serge jacket, though ,·~ry "Cl'YlC~aLio and 1·0~ fortnL!c on actual " ClTi<:c, iR not smart, and, c ... pccially in city cor11 , 1 .,trongly objected to; and I would roc:omrnc11d that the full dre:-.:; tunic be i-.::.ucd , n heretofore.

_The forllgc-cap with donblo peak, as i"~ucd to the 68th Daltaliou, is far more ~crY1coahlc th~n the poaklc-.:;. Kihnarno<·k, buL it is hc:H"y, and rcqui1·08 to be n good ht o:- tho..,,)) lier cannot l..1icp rt on hi ... head. 1t i-., I thiuk. too shallow in the crown.

Training.

I woulrl again u1·gc the necc ...... -.ity for preliminary trainiug auuually for officcr1:1 and non·commi ionc I ofticc1·s. ·

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Comnianding )filitary Dil:ltrict No. 9.

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SAl:fT Jon:s, x.n., No'\'cml r L! I i5

Sin,-1 h aYc the ho1101· to forwrml to y ou my annunl 1 eport on the tat<• of th A1·tillcry in your l>it>ti·ict :-

F1 r.r. n An TILL El!\.

/lal1fa.1· Field B(lfitr!J.

I -.,·:h p re cut at the annual «ompctition of tho ll 1lifox Fie! I Bat Cr.), on .August 5th, 1S7a, and hnd ~1·eat plca-4Ul'C in witnc "ing tiOmc \ c•r.r ~oo I pra ·tirn. Cnllt:1in fJ1·aham appca1·:- pcr1edly at home with hi:; hu11<ly little gun ... , nn I n they nrc ight and i-ma ll , it appear ... to Hle that they arc well uitc<l for the--c ProYinre, a they r·oul<l not on ly he t'.tken anywhere; IJ11t arc cffoctive for :b 1<1116 a rnngo a you cnn crcncrally dciicrnl upon •rettin". The hnrnc <1 wn ... in good order, n well n th tore , ~nd l wa ... stru~k with

0thc i~tclligc11tc nml knowk•rlgn of fn7.cc, ammunition, &c.,

di p layed by the n 111-cornmi,,ionc<l ofli ·er-., n f:tct which ... poko well f r the in tru tion they htl\'C rccch·cd.

Garrison Artillery.

I rc"'rot t hat th e unfortunate failure of the Imperial A.uthoritic ... to nrm tho battery, ~hich they kindly otforc<l ~place at the di .. p_o,..ul ~f th~ Yoluntee~· .\.rt.iller y, early in tho y ear, pre\ented my J~anng anr upportumty .~t :,ecrn~ the ~\\ O br llfOOl! . of Gru'l'ison Artillery at their duties .as art1llcr):men. . \\ 1th t}w tir!c dnll --heel thi.;.) havo at their dispo~al , and the c;crnccs of then· ;\.dJu.t:mt, C aptam Il!arul. a Dn ll Instructor, I t n u,t t he loss of a 1:1ca.~ou's outdoor drill will not 1., :-o detnment.al.

Outlying Batteries, Digby.

The Digby Battery wa~ inspected, ScptemLcr '.! "th lSiil. T he mcu work~ l their guns w ell, and made ,·ery good !'>hot 1)1'actice. 1 purpo .. o!r hehl o'\'cr the -.hell till _"o": }·eal', a~ t he battery j,.. comparati\cly now, and nc.1ther otlke1· .. nor men appear t? k1~0\\ much a bout their dutic" a.s nrtillcrymen. Captmn Daley, who ::-com-. to ho _?Ch'\'e .md

t ·c ould 1 tl11'11k mal·c ·t .ro()(l officer if hl' underwent a COlll°"l' ot gunnery. OllCl'"'e I , \~ • ' ' ' ' ,.... ' · ffi ' It i!'> in fact ncce~-.ary that from all outlying ballcne ... -.omc ? cer or 11c111-con111ui;-Hioncd officer :-;houkl attend a cour-.c of gunnery, or that :t tr.u1101l 111 ... trnctor flhonld bo fu.rni~hed to them dnl'ing thcil' ann ual drill.

1 . . ·l to tlio [u:,,pcctor of .Artillery. l took ocl'a::>ion to n'!l'l' lo the n lll'\ le1)01 1 I t · [' \. ·t 11·1·\· wen· .-' . . m with which i t a) 1cnr c<l to me t 1at iat Cl'IL'" o • 1 1. c . •

Wt\O~ ofll:sJ h~C tt l ab ml withoul l mud1 refer ence to their actual ut1hty, a1!d occa1<1onu y o Cl • ( 1 l· lt . . of ·ntillcrY :-;honhl be rm .. ..:-d Ill to oxprcH~ a hope th.at . th~ r1:,~c~. 1~;-c 1~ 0

1ffic~~; th;t a ... 11\all cartl\\\(lrk ... hould future, i:;hould bo dete1 mine( ' ) •1 ~ll t 0

1 ' 1 . " r at the nui..t four nu11-.

bo thrown up, l~ro1~c1; ,Plf~[.~~n~~1~~:~\1~~,~~;.0 n::~ ut ~~~d ~ar~tukcr bolo.ngin~ ~ ~10 mounted, nnd th~ w o c p l , 'J U ut the number nf battcric-4 in ..:-~1<'h Dt,,ln <'t battery. By tlrn1 mcnn~ tOIN ~r \ the . would he ' :ts tlY more cttiricnt. would be let>~, but that fo.r purpo:,,e" ~f Uc~~n'c~, c~tor of .A.rtil!CI'): to the nb-111i lily

I ha,·o altoo rcforrctl ll\ my repor t. .to ic 11 "P l . , 1 "l lio "' t li-'it "'t .. umo time or · b I s · I H fie nnd cxprc--.--ct · l "" · ·•

of arming a gunner wit_ lt t~.1 mtt .. ~t a \1i~ '11cr--0~1al wca1>0n of :m artillcryinnn, and other , the revolver ma.) >C .wop ~ " •

thou~li n fow i;tnni l of r111c ... ; might oo left with a h:tlt\'l'.)', in 01,lcr thaL the mem­Lcr ... mny oomp tc in riHo coml>ctitions, ,·ct I trust the time j ... 11ot far di taut when it \\ill I c the d<'.,itc of the arti ll'J'\"ltl:lll to pcrfoc-t him,,elf in thl' hatullitl" ol'on.ln:mce lc:wing the rillc tu it-. i;ghtfnl owi1er, hi..; infantry comt"\.lc.

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I h:n·e the honor to be, ::;ir, Your olictlient sernw t,

D~\..RELL H. J.\GO, Licut.·Colonol, A -.sist:1nt· l nspcctor A1'lillory.

' l'o C'ol. J. \Y1,m ·n:-. L\11uE,

llcpnty-Adjutant-licM1'al .Military Dbtrict ~o 9.

(G] :-;, 1 ~t:Y, 20th July, 1875.

. I~:-:-I Ii.:wc the honor to ... ubmit for your information. the following report on tho M!httn nmp. he ld ut 13ncldcwk, 011 the 5th July. 1 ;;;, n111l following day:;, :accord.mu to ~€ner~l order-.. l beg lea\·e to report that the Vil'toria ProYi,;ional Bat~hon. nttomled !11 good ... tren~.th. ancl made ~ood progre"" in clrill and dbcipline. f UOtICOO U IJ1Rl'k.e1} 1111pl'O\'ClllCllt IO both the drill, and abo the general nppcal'auce of the men, on th1..; ~<·a..:~in, OYl'r Ja ... t year'b drill; and no <·rimes 01· irregularities were reported. )faJOr Bm~h.nm. commandlng the bnttaliou, an<l the officer::; of this corp-., I have much plc:1--m·o m reporting as zealous and eHfrient.

Tho go!1~rnl. order-. ro,p~ctin~ d1·ill and discipline were strictly cnnied out. I rcmamod 111 <·amp dunng the whole period, and per,;onally superintended each

pnradc. I beg leave to enr·Jo ... c a pnracle :state and target 1n·acticc returns.

I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient "'Cnaut,

C. CREWB READ, Lieut.-Colone1,

Tho Deputy-Adjutant General, &c., &c., &c., Commanding .Militnry Di::stJ-ict No. 9, Ilalifax.

Brigade )fajor, 3rd Division.

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M ILl'J'Al{Y ()J~fH I < "r S o. 10.

W1~s1 r.r.:c;, IJei.:\·ml,cr 1 J, 18:6.

Sm,-111 t'onvm·<li n~ to y ou my 1cporl !Or tlw <·11rrc11t 0

\'('ar or the .M ilitary Dii;tric t under my C•nnmnnd , J h u.n~ th o honor to i.lJ\k : •

Local .lf1li tia.

That ns regards th <.> u11t l1ori1,c l t<l rcngth 11f 1lw I. c:il Al'lin· \l ilitia 110 ch a11~0 has taken place AinC'e t he .Jute u!' my la-,t n•p<>1·t; thi.: ~.LZ•'tll••I "1rp, li>i11~ .

'l'ho Winnipeg Field Batt<·!',\". .. 81n1lh Hl. Andr1•w .. •·or" I ,i ... gal' Hitl1• C:<irnp:lt1.). •• ~1 aplcton ·• " Poplar Poi11t ,. ..

anaking altog1·ther a 11 omi nal •11111ta of' l \\ O li1111 lt·1• I and tit'tj ll\1• otli,..•r, tt 11d 111e-11.

Wi1111i1•e.1 Pif.f•f F:.1ttery.

OJ' these, the \Yi nn ipe~ Fi1 l<l Battery. nt' I\ hri-.c pr•11ni'" nt' ertio-ie111'j I ha\'o ~dt·endy reported. a~~iduou,;ly drille•l 1lnl' illl-{ ~1 1·011 id1•rahll· portil•ll 111' th1• .' c111· ; l111t in eou~eq11c11 c<' ot tlw no11-arri,•al or their 1111iti11·111, un til -,11h,t• p1•·11t 1 1 tlwo1~ 1 l'I' 1 1<i.t~ p oni11g n.111111111 dnll for the c·n1Tc11t )'l':l t'. t he 1·•11·p~ wa ... 1111alilc a, p11 1·pnwcl to ,,., into c·amp fol' the xm1nal drill uncl p r:wti1·t•, pn·,·ion-.ly to th<' :,t•!ti11~ in nf the winter tiOt\s<HI.

']'lw drill. ii' pt•i·mitt('<I, wi ll li\• <'11tnplclt"I i11 1li1• 'pri11i-r ol'tlie c11 -.11i11;.! y l'al'.

South St. Andrr1c\ f11Jf, r•,,11·~·

This (•o r p., o<wnpil'" a wdl !milt drill ,!J,. ( awl a111wry. Cl'l'l'l<...'d wi1 ho11 t .111y i>ecuniary a r-;;i:;tant·e .trom .the )fil itia D~part111c111, a11 I 1 ... , l n•, pL·c.:tfnlly rup ru-1c nl,

~ l e!'!erv;nO' of nl I con ... 1dcrat1on. '£he"': . :'out h S t. An : rews " C o11q1·111y ~a' l' 'l'\.\'11'011~1.wutin.• .!a~-. of•liill at thuir

lbcau-qunrtcr.,, d 1·illing -,ix hour~ NH'h 1l:ty, :iud one duy fiir tit\\• 1•r :lc:til:~. I hn\·c rnrcly held n m•irc l'n.ti ,.,fac·l(1ry in-.pl't·tion 11! any 1·01·p-. th:rn 1h t whil·h

thi::i l'.Olllpa11y affonled; t~c t'kir111isl.1i11g 1'.rntli..-l• wn ... yar hctt~r than in many m u<'h ~klor c·or p"' whi<'h 1 h:wc 1nspt•tle1l 111 Ya1·1111b p:irL-. 11J C;u1111la.

·' M.aplt'tu11 " awl ·' l 'u11l111· P oint •· r'. mi" 1 (~.

1 l'<'''''\ll t hnt. the rornai ni ug 1·orp-.. i 11 l'Oll~l'C\ uolll'l' (' h il'lly nf t h1.•i 1· ,,fl i<:1.•1' l·om­mandi 11,,'.\:\\ in~ left the lim.ill', June :l!-{Hi n thi ... \ l' :n· failo.I to p1.l'f trm tlat·ir .an1.nrnl drill, at~I l hnt, thon•fore, and in view o!' I\ 1"·n r~a11 i :atttin11 in t lwir. 1 ~ 11 p~111y l h:..tr1ct~ l have hncl to n•cummond that tlw .. )foplPt011 :u 11I 1

• T~oplm· Pomt <Jont111lt1IC" lx remo\'l'<l from the '\lilitia L ii;t, ha\ in~ bet·o1111.• d 1sl1r~111 111.1.,'l l. I! . t: .

I ha\'\' .. ·m·ncsl Iv to tru .. t Orn t t lw r1.•1·orn tlll' t1dat ion :1-. to r1.•or~a01za t wn ~lf tho Uilitia in tlaih pro,fnce which from tim.ll to 1i111·t' I havo h:\•I tho hono_r to :11l11111t.~n~ c;,peci:tllJ tht• mumorandum 011.tiw ~ubJl'•' l. wl11~·h l h:1d.1 h~ 1~pporl~111t~· o~yr ~011hn~ to tht• ~f:tjor Ucnc1·al Command1111.~ <lll tho OCl't\.~1011 \11 ln-- 't l"lt to thu,, p1 0 \ tUL~ .u July )n<1t , lll!\)'

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1'ul'l'i\ l' t·urly 1•1m:-idC'r:1 tiou .. '.1- ~

Oriy ·, tl 01'!/an ':at'on of ,l/ifitia iu the l'ro1·ince.

'!'he hn"'t.), an I therefore ill-con-iidcrcd orr•a11izntio11 whiC'!1 w·1 ... c1l'ct• t <I t u1 > 11c t f · ·1 t · I · · · t- ' • c a u ! I II 0 CXCI Cllllll Ill t 11-. prO\'JllCC Ill lS'j I, ha-., :ts \\':ts ('\ idcnt (CJ lllC it nlU~t

when I a: ... m~H! It ?mmnnd of thi~ di fril't, pronid u11~111•rc~sful in m:111) in.,t:uicos . Lut 1 Jin' o C\ C:J conhdl'n<'c thnt wrth tho m111·c scttll'd cliarndcr· of tho popuht'o .'1 · 1 nmy JH't'V:trl-..; n Yoluutcer ~lilitia forec <'all l c c ... tahli-.hed hcr·c 011 .1 1..1.,1·' ~·1'~ '1\ n~111 l ·o1n1 ·11·~ r1 < t f:· .. i .1 . ·11 t I 11 . • u, . t'! " uc i wr . c l ,... ,I\ or .tu ~ WI l II) () ( ('I' Jll'OYIIll'C".

On!1i11al ft rm ~( rnlistmmt c.rpit·f•d.

The tcrrn of 1.•11listment in tlw ":-;outlt St ·\ncl1·ows'' Pifle ('o I cx1>ind · d f' I I ·11 I · • · 1 mpnny tH'I now

t .111 a •"" 1 cnro mcnt w1 >t' rcqni,ih'. In effl'C'(inir thi n I · tl Infontr~· nil oth ,1• It fi 1 . l' . . 1 . ~ ", • 11< 111 le caiso of

in-teadot Rifle e l nn l,\ ompanH'"' Ill t 10 prOYllll't', T most )';tf'on•~.r t'c<:omn • d uniform re- tliat .tJ11·.r IJC Olll'•)llt>d : .... Infantry with [nfantn· (1't'd) nnfo) . l lcn commended :is R1tl l' corp.... • 1 m, .mt not

. 'Xo cxpcurliturc i-. i11rnlvod in tlil.l thu1we ·uHI [ res iet'tfully I · umform i . ., better adapted to Lhe cil'l'llnbt·111cc b o.t •th · l. . s11 >rn1t that the which may po ... ,,j(,}y nri ... e hc1caf1or th·111 '11 ' ::, tc pl ro,':mcc, a~Hl ~·ontingcncic~ out. • . • H prc,.,en c ot 1111g w l11d1 r,; now wom

1>0111inio11 F ,r, ., 011 Serr ice ;,, J[miitolm.

The gmdunl rudnctiou nf ... trc1wth of the force 1·. I " · duC'cd th1.· nnmhl'I'' tn r111e hnudrc<f non-com . . cni"•tffiec ior ~Ol''\'l('O hero, has re­wi th nftil'er:- as follows: mis--ronec o c:crs, and mon organized.

Artillcry.-Oflicc1· ... " · [nfnntry.- •· '1} 1

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'l'otal

X.-C. officers and men, 20. Total.. .... '· " 80 ((

····················· ····················· 111

Of the ffil'll co111pri ... i1w thi~ force. but Y f \ion .... Iy ... 01·,·ed i '' ith fow c~cc itio1i-. tl:e - •trc .ery cw remain of t!to .. t• who had pre­! ronnce" i11 ~\u!{n:;t hH. 1 ) ' all of dr·afl ... dc)';patd1cd frnrn tlw Eastern

. The genernl c·o11d11c:t Ull(l phy-.i11 ue of' th . . . w1tJ1 few exce1lti<m ... rPflcct-. ... 1.o<l't ti ~"c ml'll 1" all that can uo 1lt·-.ired · and h } " r o11 11• ,·m·1ou.. ·1·1 1· . ' a,·e 1&>11_ rlrawn. mi 1 ni-.r 1 1-.tnc·t ... from which they

In tb1 ... force, a.-. will he "<'on in the 01·11' . • er~ arc l'~trc; .w11ilc a1 tho ... anw time tht• "t~~'.trJ_ m?ut.hl.y re.turn~ c1·i1ne:-1 a11d disord­fic·urncy m d11ll, c·o11~ido1·i1w tl1<' -.J101·t 1 e .· lcte1"~ di •"<'•plme is oL~ervocl, and tho pro· Of th . b 1 110< w 11<· 1 hn . I 1 . c 1nen, 1~ m(),,t -.uti .. factor.'. "c apscc "llH·c tl1c onliRtment

R~Tff' flange rmd Target Practii·,..

I1! :t(·('rm! witl1 a11tliority "iYc·n trom he· l made 11}. CO!l!ltructing a rifl<• l':t~l 'C fot• tho ti:;' qu~r·tcn,,_a i>malf OX}'OJ1<Jit111·e ha!oi neen from'\\ mn1pcg to the East\\: /~of the Hcd R~~Rs .it a dii-.tmtC·c of about twelve miles

The whole of th1• forc:o witli the 0 •• t' er. . mu ... ketry <'0111 c and p11wticc. tho 'xcop ion of :.t fow <·usuals, It ave gone through I\ anti ~ne:unpirig until tho prnc·ti<·e wu n~~~11~r0;·~r1• 11g hy dct1whmcnf1, to the range8,

The ranl-{c11 m·p well ·11•<1 c . I c c<. fc • 1 • • 011vc1ucntly 't , t 1 o1· art1l cry ~If! well a rifle J>racticc 'l'J • 1 na c1 ' nnd <·an bo 1'1:tfely mndo avnilablo tlt:m tho nnthori7.t'<I cxpcnd1 tu1·c. . IC cost of <'on11truC"tion il'I very <·on"liclornbly Jess

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Barracks.

'l'lt pafi .. ado around the silo of the now lia1·1·:ll'k .. , cl •:;i~natcd Lly uuthority " Fort O hOI'm ,' has licon <·omplctcrl; it i:; gr·<:'atly to he <l~irc I tl1at in the c11t<11i11g ispri11ti ~lll :tppniprint io11 may lie made fc11· tho pu r p•' c of carrying out the ilc"i~n with 1" gal'<l to 1::1 t•J1·:tgc, magazine and <frai11ago; a c·ompnrntiH•ly 111all l1 xpe11 litme woul I plac·o thciso liana(:ks i11 a <·011ditio11 whid1 fiir a m11nh<:1rot'ye·1r-; tr, come \\Oniel rcll!'fo1· tlwm mo:,t 1·1111vcnic11t head cpmrto1·~ fo1· any trnn:.;th which thcpxi~cn<·i£.'« of' 1!1"\ ir ·, Qithor te111porn1-y, or pcnn::i.11ollt, would ho likely to r·cqnin: i11 thi" J>l't)vi1wc.

School of fn.~tructio11.

I haYo respectfully to c::all attcntio1. to my rcc::omml1 ndntio11 of [n,l yca1· th lt a School or I 11:;truc~ion in connection with tlH· fim:c OJI CJ"\'i<'u hero should ho e tnb lishe1l-thc cxpcllllituro :tlS I pointod out would uo trilling. as tho dutic!i of com· mnmlant can bo disc·harge<l by the D e puty Arljut:rnt c;cner:il, without coist 011 thi-. head, or in hb temporary absence on duty from hi-. Hcad .. p1artcr:-. hero, !ty au 11ili1·cr of tho force on crvic:e.

Tho oflkcrs 01· non-commii:; .. ion-otli<-crs altc11ding tht• Sl'l1ool ... 1iould he l"l'gttlal'ly attac·hcd to the force during their attcnclanto at the -.chool, au<I be in all r1•spoct a~ regarclH <lisC'ipline under tho same regnl:~iou-. a .. the troop" on scr\·icc. I be!.{ to lay ei;pecial Hlre":i on my submis-<ion of this re<'omm1.•1ulatio11 l t> the }.fojor Gcnernl <} mt· manding.

A.nnorer 8er1)'W.nf.

I have re'<pectfully again to call attention to the ah«olute ne('e-.--i ty ofa 11ualified Armorer So1·gcant being attached to this di:-ltrict.

0-eneral H1'1111tr/i~.

As the )lajor General Comman<linir ha.;"'" lall'ly per:-onally ,·i:,.itcd th1 .. Pro,·imc and tho ~orlh West Territories, it wouid bc:supcrfiuous for me to enter at ll•ngth into my view~ as to the nature an<l composition of the \lilitia Force re11ui-. ito for tbc defence and maintenance of order in thiH ibolatc<l portion of the l>ominion ; mon'O\'Cr, I have all'muly, from time to time, had the honor to report on the :-ouhjcl't. I may howeYor, bo permitted most ... tro1$1Y and re:-.1~c~·~ully to urge .that authority ~hould t.e. given to llll' to rai~o corps of local volunteer .M1htrn, on the ha"1" of my memo1'3ndum of 19th July lu~t, and thut in the meantime, and until tho cin·umc,tancc" of the populutio11 of this now ProYincc permit the Militia oy~tcm, whidt in ot lwr, anrl older portion" of tho Dominion hat\ borne such good fruit, to tak(• firm root here ~ that the Force on sorvico be atwmontcd, at all cYonto, to -.uch ... mall extent a ... may enable n detach· mont lo bo dt~tioned at bOIDO point to be detcrm i11cd Oil in tho weskrn "cl'tion of Manitoba, and nt the same ti mo loave at tho len-.l :1 -.ti·N1gth t'1pth alent to 1 hat now stationed in thit:1, the contra] poinl of tho Pro\·im·e.

I have the honor to be, Sir.

Tho Adjutunt Genernl, &c., &<'., &c.,

Ottawll.

Your mo:-.t obedient :--1.•rnrnt.

W- OHB01CfF: S~UTIL Lt.-Col., JLU+. Militan Di:.trict S o. 10,

Commanding Dominion Fort•cs in ·~fol'lb Wo.-.t.

11 Ll'l'.A HY I>J. THIL'T No. U.

Ih:.u1 <luAR1•.1-:1u•, C'11ARJ,nTTETOWN.

~Ot h N on~m ber 1875. SIR -lu tr:u1"mittiu~ tl1t· :u (' mp:rnyiug fn,.,1wetio11 .Hcpol't, r. l1ave the honor. fl)

late ro1! the iuformation oft lie .:\fnjor Gl'llt'r:il 'ornmand111g, that rn ace )rd:mce with your iJHrul"tion ... of tho :?~rd \pril 111 ... 11 I imm<'<li:ltely .P!.'?ccedod_ to ~nil ~or .Vo~un­wcr-. for tl10 Jllllj)O t• ofcnrolliug the qnot:l ot'A<:tin· )f11Jt.1a l'Ci}Ull'Cd l~l th1~d11ltnct; I.mt n thci:u·iI1"truetion :m·frcd ... imultn11t•o11-.Jy with the 1 ... -..uc of the Cre~ic.ral Ordl•r of the ... amc dak }>l'c eribin~ thl' n111111nl drill of th~ )filjtia of. the ~)omnuon, l wa.. met \\ ith much h -.itntion 011 the p:irt of the populat1011 111 1·ommfj for~rnnl t<? volun­t er, the employer:!< in t11e H.1v. n ... i11tirn11ti11.!! to tht• yo1111~ men m their .-<cr:1ce that they '¥ nld be di chur~c,'11 if nb,cnt from their c11gagcm.c11t-. for twch·c day~ m camp, \\bile in the 111rnl di ... triet the iuhnhitaut-. Lcing l'IHcfly ~mall landlwldc!·", muth .Ji.st ~t wn~ exp1 ... cd :1t the JH"O,JWct .... of h:rv.inu . to lt•nw t h~ir farm~ uud h rn t>t.ock for m. m dnv" \\i thout tlieir O\CJ-.1~ht. While l'udoaYormg to O\'un:omo the,e ob:,tncle the tiii1cly 'i-.it of tlw \l njur C:e11crnl Commaucling, and hi!' permi:-:-ion being ''iHm f; r the drill to I · pe1 formod fo1· tlti ... year at Company head quartcr:i, ennbk"l ~1e to <-0mplctc the t•n ice roll-. without much furthe1· delay. .

'!'he localitie;i dctcrrniiw•I 011 h,r tl1e .Majm· Gener~d for tho bead <1uarl~1-e o~ th1

<' ~ewml c·ornpn11ic~ nrc without douht. the very he:-t wh1C'11 could bo t-elcdcd; 1n Krng i:. <'ouut v the four ~t:npm 1:1 vr' t ;1.,1n-'1•town1 Montal-'ue, ~ouri ... , and St. Peter's have caC'h Lho miv11ntng" of 01w c om1m11\· · n11d iii Prin<:c Connl\ tlw liarlxm., of Su nnneroide,

~ ' . I b lbl•rton Port Jlill. :111d 'l'r,·011 hil\"c 11 t1imil111· numbt•r. and 1 hu.vc been u..-.sunx ~y nuun• of tho H idc111 .. i11 th· ,,c countic-. that the> Yicwcd with JlllH:h gratifkation the :iction of tho Govei ument in at:urdin~ thcrn tbi.:. ·very dc~irahlc awl muc:h nct.Xlod pro­U.'<'tfou, I nrticulnily in harhor ... where i-o many as three hunrired i,ail of foreign ti!1h­i11g v1· ol- Jiu" o congrt>gated nt. the •rnnc I imc. and tl1t• laudi11g of. nmc hundrcdi. of their ere'\\ keeping tho inhnhitm11-. in fe~tr am! au:xiety for days together. In Qucen't. County the hond qmu·kr {If D\'c comp:mic,; arc within two mile,., of tlw City of,C~iar­lotletowu, nnd imrne lintely avail11hlt• for any duty rc,111iroo. \vhilc tho rcma11u11g, three ('OlllJ :u1iea arc jndic·ionsly pOl>tcd ut Crapaud, Wheatley River, and fHrnthalLy.n.

The .K h1g' ( 'ouuty Pro~ i-ional Batt.1lion !icing the tir"t tn cnmpk·tc the annual drill I eommcnccd my in«pol·tio11 0 11 the :rnth A ngu~t, nnd con~idcring the \'ery f-hort time hill<'c thoir enrolment J ha I 1·en"or1 to ht• »ati·.ficd with both otliccri- und men; C.1pU!i11 !Jwcn, corn111a1 ding tl1e <;co1·g.-•tcm n H:ittt-ry ofCla1Tii;on A1 tillery, ii- an nt~en· ti•e good offirer nnd I wo11ld i.tl'Ongly 1·1·1·om111cnd hii; lil·i11g snppliPd with two ll1Ttt'­

prm11d1·r gun" :or tl1c l'l0 \'i1·l· ol his ti11e bat lPrY i fo1 a" t11<• drill i;Jicd in tlic town ha~ bocn l:.itcly puL in flinPpair tla•rc i"' O\'ery fa1·ility for hi~ in ... trn<:tiug bin men <luring tho wint1 r BC<Nm. ..\l:1jo1· .Mac lonald i·mnman<ling thil'l battalion ha" provi(lt•d a good ix hundred yard rm1gc· a1111 ert•('f1!i) Butt,, thereon at hiN head quarter!'!, he li111'1 Rhewn

him elf mo"t Zo:llou:'l 111 the• org:111ization a!H'\ drill of'thc ~C\'l'l'lll com pa11io;1. J noxt in J ected iu ~cptcml11•1· tho Pri11e·c ('ounty ProYisioruw .lfattaliou. 'l'l1c1·e1

""""° considerable ditlif'1.;fty in P!l1·01li11g m1y 1·1>mpany in f>11m111cr ... ide, but owing to the indofatignliJ,. <'X1•1tio11;i ,f tlie J,il..,1t .. ('ol<mel Jl1111tc•r-l>un11· u lmttcry of Garrii.on Artillery Jrns been mi 0<l und pcrioru1c<l tho an11ual drill under c01nm1111d of A<'fing­Oupt11in Bctlm: , t

1 u t\rn oflitcr who w<.•rc gazette<! to thb battery }iuving re .... igucd

at the commo:1ccmc11t of' tl1c 1lrill. r would l'<'<'<Hnmcn<l thnt thi" Bnttory be ufl:l() •upplic<l with two nine poundPr gunq, there hciuK :t good drill 1>hoo iu the city now iu CfJlui;e oJ tl1orough rcp:iir mul :1vuilabJ(' for in ... tru~tion. The thn•c compani<'.l'l <>f tl1i Battnlio11 nrc a fitw hody of 111011, W<·ll <'111nmuntlod, witli much r11tu1·0 promif!<l.

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I Toronto...... ...... .. 3 j :i52 2 I 42

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Hamilton ..... ....... ! 3 55 l 38 § 381 )fo. 3 do ... 1 ... tLil'ut. Griffin, Ham- ~ .

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C&thertnPs.... ..... 3 o5 2 41 113 :-io. 3 do ...... Capt. Carli•le, St. I j I I I

I Cntherints.. ...... 3 55 2 j 41 13 ~ No. • do ... ' ... Capt. Walker, I do do !lo do I ~

I Jk11msville ........ 3 55 2 I 42 26 tii; No. 6 do ...... IJapt . Brennan, l:it. I

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bl£"\ 1uton ......... 1 :1 55 2 42 .\ o. :~ 1]0 •••.•• ('a11t. Barber. , I

\.cor~cto" n ··-··· :1 65 2 I 4-0 So. -I do ...... C1ip . l'urry, Xor- I

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1 ville .. •.... ......... 3 5:; 2 3G , CS So. G do ..•.. Gnpt. Goodwin I '

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I .9 ~ - 22•30 I I S C:::: ~ •

I I ~ C'I 125•!)6

B<'st shooting Co., :\'.o. 5 Co., 31·;111 i'oints .

' I I I i I ---1-1-\-l--- ,---l-1-1

I I I I I I

I

ll I :.!!hl4 :-ll·J31 • 1B •t -hot iu tbc Jfattaliou, Pte.

W. .\mlerson, So. 1 Co., 55 point~.

clo clo do !lo do •lo do do I do

I

I \ 1

30•251

20·171

\

Heo::t ~lw otiug Co., 23 03 2 ..S Xo 1, Co., 31·33

- , - point-.

~::::I I I \ "·I' I I I I I I -

b:'l'lWI 1ox H EPOHT uF Cmm..: which huYe

lllLIT \RY DbTHI "T.

------

' I .\ ct111ll I I F.~tabli h Str ·u..,.th

mcnt. pr~~~en~ 111 .\luster. ~

I rn~pect1on. I ·~

------1-------- ~

Gorp.. Corl''· I ~ :i

i -g I c I~

-... ;

;;; 0

c_'":: = Battalion

or Corp.

Commnnding Oflic rand Head

Quut r-. --.. '·­. --. ;.,.

. I - o s ....

l.J 1 ~~ I ~ ~ 1~1 1 i -~I-~

0 17. ~ Q :.>; f::: 1:::: ;;;;;

-:'-=::I ~=====·-~·-- - -=--==- I

3Stb B1ttalion ...... GlLi~~!·,:fr~;d 1:~~·t·~-~'. I· ··· .. • ......... !...... ......... 1 ..... . So. 1 Company •.... C.lpt. ('ox, P.iri<. ... 1 31 5:; 2 38 1171

0

:::

.\o. 2 do ...... Capt.Van Sormnn.I I Brantford ........... 3 I 5:; 2 3i 110

1

~ So. 3 do ... 1··· Lieut. Jenkins, _

Brantford.. ...... 3 I 55 l 39 up ~ ~·o. 1 do ...... ·······•·. ....... ....... ... 3 55 ···2···'1·····4·0··· .,··l·'.J··o·1 'd:-:;os No. G do •..••. Capt. Wetmore, _

Burford..... ........ 3 55 So. ti do •..•.. Capt. Pnr tulo, I

Drum ho. ...... ...... 3 55 '.! I 40 1127 i:x:

1stalf .........•...•..... _1 ..:.::.:.:.:.:. _.i_I __ :;

1 I Total..... ..... ... '.![> 330 13 199

-----------i------

th Bottalioo ..... .I , U•.~t -<Joi. \J•ho<, ' l I I I 1. ..... No. i Company"

1 ••• 1c.~~~~~~ur;;i;;;· ··· ····· ·····~~-· ..... T .......

I ~1mcoe ..... .•.....• 3 I u<> 2 42 198 No. 2 do ...... ,Cart. Thompson, I \ 1lla Xova .... ...... j 31 55 2 42 i 105

No. 3 do ... ·r""· -''""''• """I Rowan.... ... . ........ 3 -- 2 ~2 I ll2 J.J

I ~o. 4 do ...... r,i~nt. Price, \\' 1l•-1 I I rngham •.•........ ... 3 55 2 42 do do do do 114 d<> No. 5 do •••... I Qapt. Yorks, Water-1

I I ford ..... ............. 3 55 2 42 99 So. 6 do ... ··r·t· Iathc on, I 1105

1mcoc ...•....... .... 3 55 2 42 No. 7 do ...... Oavt. Green, \\"ind-I I

bl\m Centre ...... I 3 55

: I ..... ;;,1 1102 Xo. 8 do . . Capt.Crysler, .!:'red-

ritk&burgb ........ 3 55 114 StalJ' ...................... 8 1 ......... 8 I I

I I - -- - --

I Total ... ... ........ 32 440 2~ 336

I

89

iwrfonncd tho Annual Drill for 1 75-76 -Continued.

do du do do do do do do

fiJrnre of Merit

20·51

s 8

Be•\ shot in tJ11• Battalion,Corpl. Hnn~om. Xo. 1 Co., 62 pointi.

25·41 I 17-10 § 26 90.:; l.g Be-t ~hooting Co.,

_ Xo. 4 Oo., 26~ 15·"lO ~ point...

14•5.<:;l

""·s~· . ~:·a~I

no

Ix:--PJ.:c•Trox Hr:PORT OF C<>HPR whi<'h have

AIILIT \.RY DISTHIC'f.

I I

I F.stnblish­

ment.

\ ct1111l Stn·ngth pn~•cnt 11t

In-pcctiou.

?\o. 2.-<.:ont_11_iu_n_l_d_. ----1'~~C~o~rp~s-._ -- --_-c~o~rp~,·~~I "' ""

Battalion. or

Corps.

Commanding Otliccrnnd Tlcntl

Q1wrter:;. .;, ... c.> u e 0

c c Cl Cl

0 0 "· oci oc ... c;

"' u "' ·- ·-.... E ...., z 0 z

• I I I 44~ Battalion ...... 11,s 1L~~l~f~~~l:.~~.~~~-~~'.1l ..... 1. ...................... .

.1\o. 1 Company_ ... Lieut. Thomp~on,

i\lu•tcr.

c.i (.) °' ..:: d

c.. Q

.,; '" 'f; ... "' ..c 0

_Clifton ......... ..... 3 &51 1 41 I Thorold ...... _...... 3 55 l 24 ., 13

~·o. 2 do ...... Lu~11t, .\.ndcr. on. I :-lo. 3 do ....•. Capt. 11. J. Beam. 1 c §

Gbir•r.awa.;......... 31 55 I' 2 34 .:; 18 t:.o :::io. 4 do ... ... Cnnt. ~ewL1g:!'lng. I J -=: .,; -: ':

I Fort Eric ....... ~.... 3 55 l 33 ~ ~ ~· a 132 ~ No. 5 do ...... ,Capt Bro" n, "el- 1 e:c .3 "" (5 ..,

lnnd .. .. ..... .. ....... 3 5511 36 I -~ ..., • <'> 30 c

·;::: ~: ::: :::1 ~:~1:~LJ~ T~~t~z:: 3 55 ............... 1 z ~ I - .:; 11 ...... i I f:it~ven•n·i!~e .. ;"" 3 561 2 42 1 ~ 3

3

4

21 So. 8 tlo ...

1 ...

1

C11pt. llllne), Fen- I wick ..... . ......... 3 t 66 2 42 I

I Sta··;~:.-.: : : 1-ii-r·:~ 1~1 ,,: 1 1

1 1

--1. ,--·---!-- ---"'" Baltaliou ...... 6JL!l;':;;l:,~': .. ~~".~~'.'. ... ..1. .............. ·········

1 I

~o. I Gompnny ..... Capt. Ogg, Dundas 3 6.'i 2 39 I ~ o. 2 tlo ...... Capt. ,\fdlonies.

I \\0

aterdow11 ....... : 3 55 l 42 So. 3 do ...... Lieut. Fletcher, j

Uinbrook...... ...... 3 55 l 40 I ~o. 4 do ...... Capt. Bertram, I

I Rockton ...... ...... 3 65 21 42 l • ·o. 5 tlo ...... Capt. Carpculcr. I I l

.:saltOreL ... ,......... 3 551 2 39 do do tlo do 63 do No. 6 do ...... L1cul. "alker,I I

s~~}a~.~~.~~::.: ::::::::: 1J_1

1 ..... ~~. J_ ..... ~. GS

Total ........... 25 .~~~1--------1 ___ _ HrlgAdo .....•......... ... Sta ff ;;:; : ::: :: f; I ~~ ;; l: 1 '•": i i I I

75

70

91

performed the J\ 11 mw I Drill for I 87fi-71;.-Con/i11 ucd.

., Cl ., (.)

'CJ 0 0

c!;

'CJ .s ' .., I 0 I

~I 0 z

---1-1 I I

"" 0 0

{.!)

R&.!UllKJl.

92

lX:-;PECTIOX R EPORT OF Cor:P:4 whi<.:h han~

I 1 Estnhli:;b-

III1lT.\RY DI. THil'T I ment.

At'tnnl I S1renglh I presl!nl Al

lospecliun.

~lnslt·r.

:.; o. 2.-Contin 1e I

Unttalion or

Corp~.

Corps. Corp~.

------- -- - - --

Commanding Officer nnd Hcntl

Quarters.

-.,, ... .. ._,

-, T- I 4th and 6th /:rig de I I 1

1 I

lhrm'om. I .S I Go~erourGcnen1J s I I I .~ .:;

Body Guar l ...... 11 <;nµt. Drnisou, - 'E I Toronto. ............ 3 55 ~ -12 I ~ .., ~ 38 ]

:!nd Regiuteut •.• 2 Capt. ~l.cGonnell, I ~ 3 ~ ~ I ""' llllk nulgc.......... 3 55 2 42 I 'g I "' I ('> ~ 120 ~

do ... 31Cnpt. Elliott, Mark- I co ~ '"""' " I hnm . ... ...... ..... 3 55 I 2 42 ~ '"> I 28 I

IStntl' ........................ 9 ... 11· .. l .. 6 .. 5 .. __:_ .::.:.::.= ~ II ~ 11 I I '1

Total ...... .. ... 8 126

----,---1--'-l-1--l-1-1-1-Field &ttery-...... 1 l,llt -llojor Gray, I .. ! i-==· I .,, I I I

' Toronto............. 6 15 5 75 I =~ ~ 138

I -,------ do .... _I '-= dn do _j Total .. ......... 6 75 51 75

1

] ;.: 1

'.::! I --. -',1- --1--,_:_l-1-,--12~ Bat,:aliun ...... 'I ILi~u~~~~~l.'. .. ~.~~.~~:'. ...... . . ... . j ...... 1

1

..... .... 1 1 I I I 1

1

,, o. I A•ml'any ...... Capt. LPa, Scar- I . boronS?:h ..... ...... 3 551 21 ·121 I 42

No. 2 do ...... IGnp t . 8tnu1E,rc, I . I A ~ • urorn .......... .. . . 31 55 2 42 = JO c:i

No. 3 do ... 1 ... Capt. Broce, King.. 3 55 , · 2 i 42 I '"> 114 ~ No. 4 do ......

1 Capt. Lloyd, New- •

1

I 'E

1

~

do I mark~t .............. 31 55 2 42 M ~. I G f::: Xo. 6 ......

1

Capt. Stevenson I £ ~ Sutton ........... '.... 3 551 2 42 do <> do 221 ~

~o. 6 do ...... Capt. Reesor, I I § <"

Markham ........... :i 55 2 41 '"> 60 ~ No. ; do ·•• ... Cllj1t. Wnyling, -g I ~

Sharon ........ ...... 31 !J5 2 42 .. , 4 No. 8 do ...... Capt f:ckRrdt, I .. ,

St~tf'.~~.~.i!.'.~.:: · :::::: ~ ..... ~~. ~ ..... ~~. 1661

--------T-ota1-_ ...... ~·+~2~ 4401~23,_325~!~J_!_-L_I ~'

93

p(•r fcmned tlw A 1mual Drill for 1875-7G - Continurd.

i 1

1

. "J 1

-( .. ,.,, , •••• , ~ ]l 1: I Troops, Trooper = 0 ~ .; ,.:. J . Rorntoo, AA ~ ::; o 10·31 I§ :; points.

~ , ~ ~ 15·22 ~ ~ lsest shoo tin~ rn ~ ~ I ~ ~ I Troop, No '1.

] ~ ~ 12'27 ~r~~p, 1~J2dp~: i:i: g I

~ I

do

do

___ ,_, ___ ! _____ _

.... .,, I I I ~g I .t..:S c e I I I .:; :> Inspected Ly A•t. ~ ~ do do I .d -:. l?SpeClOr Of .AJ'-~ ~ I

1 .D ~I ullerr.

l-·-,--1- j-- ·-i-i---I I ' Ina. I ,

l I 1

. •He3t shot in lhe • 1 J.1·54 Btlttalion, Pte . ~ I Robert.son, No. :C 18·9i I 7 Co., 67 poin1~. .... , !8•06

8 .; · 1 "' ltl 16 g q Best 11 b o o ti n i ~-1 '"> .::; Co., No 8 Co

. 18·82 :S ~ I 20 point~ I ~- 11·85 ~ ..,,

18 .,. 18·~ :

do

do do

I ~·00 I !

I i I

lx::-PECTION HEPORT or Co.In'~ ". hich have

I .\ctunl ·

ll!LITARY DISTHIGT. E t.nhlish- ~trength llustcr.

ment. prcseut nt I .; lln pcction.

1 ·~

1----, ~

-------1~':_! Ooc1::__1 I ~ I ~ ] is ~· ~

Battalion or

C r1 .

Commanding Ofi c r nnd Heat!

Qunrtcrs. ci ~ _, ..: I ~ 0-• ..: I -~ ~ - ,-,_ _ C) - - i:j: ••

;~ I~ ;~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ j

I I I I I 31" Battalion •••.• ; "''"'··Cnl. Bro.io, ' I I I

so.1 Comp n~·- ... ca~~en~i~l::~ ....... I ..................... j ......... j' I s:i

I < wen Souiul ...... 3 55 '.! I 42 1120 I ~ No.'.! do ...... Gn11t. Mcllce, ;\f - .S I ~

~ rd .. .. . .. ... .. 3 5:; 2 11 ~ ~ 78 I:= No. 3 do ... . C111v lord, 1 c: • -c

J, " ......... ...... 3 55 1 I 42 ] "8 in - 1114 :ii .. ·o. 4 do ... ... Cupt. )foodie. ...:i «: ~ § I ~

No. 5 do ...... Bt~f1~J~~ni3~j'.;i,...... 31 5.; ' l 4:! "g I i ~ o 1169!1 ~ ""'o . ., do Owen Sound ...... 3 55 2 30 ;:§ ..:; ..... .S 120 c n u ...... Lieut. Camp!x:ll, I I o I "" 1 ~

Fleshert~~ ......... 3 I 55 2 41 t=l ~

1

1156~1 ~

So. i do ...... Cd1t. Ror ... e I <"' ·-

j ,,.·;,'.~'. .•. '.'..'~. :: : i I ''. J_ _!J I I 71 I ~ Total........... 2S 385 1' I '1J5 I I I I i

------1-1-1-1-i--1-r-34.Ntho.Bal tcta

0lmio

1n .•• ..l ; U~~l;;~;~:.":'.'I'.'.''" ., ......... 1 J .I I I

1

1 I inny ..... f,icut. rotlicrgill, I I I I

Whitb; .............. 3 55 2 41 I 67 I No. 2 do ... Ca11t. Farewell, I

1 ::: ~;/f :.;f::i:~~. : : : I : 1' :: I I I 71 I Bt"aTcrton........... 3 o5 3 381 do do ilo I do 1' :;, 1' ~ ... Cn!Jl. !lc~lillcn, ....

_Port Perry ........ 3 55 I

1

38 83 .•. Lu~ut. Brown,

1 I ~rooklin ............ 3 55 I 41 I '131 .•. <,nrmmgton........ 3 55 ...... 41 1 gr

1 Staff'................ ..... 7 ......... 5 5 I I Tn1al • ......... ····1""'11G,2ai"J I I I

.No. 3 do

Xo. i do

So. 5 do

No. 6 do

No. 7 do

!J5

performed tlw Ammal Dri l! for 187 .;-i 6 -Co11tinued.

96

= Ix~rECTioN REPORT OF CORP:-, which ha"V'e

MILITARY DISTRICT.

Actual Estnblish- Strength

ment. present at Inspection.

Muster.

No. ?..-Oon/1nrie.l. ---- --- -------Corps. Corps. ______________ , __ -- - ·----

I Battalion I·~ Commanding

or Ulticer and Head .,; Corp~. ! Qul\rtcr~. ..

<.> 8 (.)

0 c 0 0

35th Battalion ..... 10 Lie:it.-Col: ~!cKen-t1e, Barrie ..... .......... .

No. 1 Company ••. Capt. Graham, Bar-ne.................... 3

~o. 2 do ...... Capt. Hamilton, Collingwood ...... 3

No. 3 do ...... Lieut. Cook,Oooks-town.................. 3

No. 4 do .. .... Capt. Ward, Vespra 3 No. 5 do ...... Capt. McK~nzie,

No. 6 No. 7 Ko. 8

do do do

Barrie ..... . ....... . ...... Capt. Clark, Oro .. .

3 3 3 ...... Capt.Burnet,Orillia

...... Lieut. Sutherland, Bond Head......... 3

No. 9 do ..... Capt. ){cLar en, Rosemont........... 3

:ti o. 10 do ...... Capt. Wisden,Wye-bridge. ..... ... ...... 3

SlAff ...... ...... ......... 8

"O "O ;; c .,

0 0 .,; o::: .. 0 ci "' .~ (.)

., ·""' 19 I ::a

z 0 z

......... J ............. ..

05 I 2 42

55 21 42

55 ; I 42 55 41

I

55 2 42 55 2 39 55 l 42

55 42

55 2 42

55 1 39 7

-- -------Total ......... .. ...... .. 38 550 24 413

:..:. t:C :.; .... c :a "O .. d M

"' ...:i 0 .... "O "' ] d

" 0 ...,

::::= "O c

N ('I

,,, -c-~ . o---'

0 gj ()

·~ _;::J'"" fo~

·~ "'__. ., .. I> "O .. ., "'., ... ..c ,,, ., ....

·;:: 0 ., (.) 0

..c8<> "O ... - i:>,"O 0 GI 0 0 -.. "" <.>..,a ;., a i:: "O "O

"' "' s cd d "O 0 . !!l..t: Oil

... "O .:! 0 0 ., a ~ . .... ., ----.,.2

~ I .0 .. .,; ~ s., ., """" ..c ~ "O

f!: I 0 z - ::.t ""

30

66 ci

20 0 bl)

36 bl)

P. ., a 30 Ii: "' 0 39 "O

d 58 ~

.,; ~

"O ('I ..... -

10 ·;;; p::;

36th Battalion

~o. 1 Comp

~o. 2 do

--- - --- - -----------i-- ---9 Lieut Col Gracy -- - - ----- - -...... .- . ,

Brampton ...........

No. 4 do

any •... 1Ens. l!cCandless, Bram0ton ........... 3 55 1 40 60 .. , ... r~ieut. ccatur, Oran-¥evillc ...... . . 3 55 1 40 76 r c~~ '':: ·-~-~'.: 3 55 l 40 60 ..... Lieut. Wolfe, Al- ci bion ..... . ........ .... ·

31 55 l 41 65 0

..... Capt. Brewster, bO bl)

Alton . .............. .

~1 65 2 4.0 .,

..... Capt. Smith, Elha .. 55 l 37 73 ~

.. ... Capt . .Allen, Mono do 86 "O

do do do I 81

d }fills .................. 3 55 2 .(2 "' .. ... C':fit. llcCollum, ~

ullamorc .... ...... 3 55 1 38 79 ! - ... ca0t. Dav•son, ·;;; harle~ton......... 3 55 2 39 69 a:

Staff........... .......... 8 , ....... .. 6 5 - - - - - -r-2'~= 3S .,,

18 362

.......... ~ .. ·····················=1= -- --- -- - - - - ----- -8 6 Suenp;th of the Bri-

I I

Fiadc, C.mJ'• Ho!- I and Lanrlrng.h ... 17G 2,495 119 1,899

No. 3 do

No· 5 do

No. 6 do No. 7 do

No. 8 do

No. 9 do

Brii &de ........ .

!l7

performed the Annual drill for 1875-76 -Co1itinued.

I "O ~ ~ ·1 = c .§ -.. -:; i.:. c:l i:":,; (.,.; %Y ,,, ;:; ~ ..:> ..-:: Targt•t Practi.-c.

i:: 8 ::§.:; 1 . .., .. ~ ~·- fa:= --c'"' <l "f. ::.-~~ c " - :.= -e p::) .. t:D .... ;... _ ,, c.,,.

Fi17:11rc of

I~ ~~ c c; ~ ~ " 'J)

:.c :o: -~ )l l'ri t. d"O

0 2 · ...:: ... 0 CJ od :: 'C - ~- K 1- - --·- c:l 6 ,,, c. 4' ~ bO 'r "· ·t: i:' - c ~~ ·= lg j ~ 1 Ht:ll.&.Ua ::.- - ..... oi fl! -..,, ~ .., ..

~·:; Oc ;...~ <:.t~.~ tz ., CJ 0 .. 8 ~1 . -;; :::

~·- :::: e ::::~ ""' ... .,, c:#~ (.; ~ •

·=~ .z .., - :: ~ t... c =- "":

......... CD!:: .... i:< -:; o:: O iz: -::. :: c..'- - ::

Oo t"" '-5 ! .. ::: .~ !:• ..= ~ · ,.::0 0: 0 .,,..= - CJ Q -:..> , ,; g_ - .. .. "' .... "" ~t~ I~~ ., :s "C.> :,, ~ "' - bC

.::: ..0 §-< c; ca c = i:: ;-"'"-=~~ a= c C!) x :=:: ~ i::: ~ 0

---

f"~ :--::x=;.

Be-t !!hot in tho Hnttnl oo ~er •t.

2-t·~~ ~ • ..\ . X1:11\y. ~ o. 3 Comp 1oy, r.7

·;:: .;, '.!1;·00 (11JIOU!. 0 ;:

":I z ...

I ~ , ~

I I ~·

] .. "' ~i·31 "' "O .,,; '• B " ~ t sloo nting ~ '-:I ,;: :?'<·OQ .I

~ .. to 3 c >, Com1 an~·, ~ o. I 0 ·;:: c "C .. . .., .. ~ 0 '.!<)-00 ~ ~ I Co.mi a ny, '.!8 0 ;§ ~ 0 --::: 20·6•1 - 1•urnt.;. to c .. "' 16·l-'3 ~ "" ~ ;., .,

5: .. 0 g ... i:: :->

"' ~ ·= :r..

:- l~·R5

~ c d

0 '.!NS I ~· cq

I 9~

-1'--'- l- I----'-----'-- · I B"-l Shot in tac I 20.48 Bnttalion, Sergt.

I ISL. ~~hn,. No. 4

do do do do do

is·oo Co., ~ ro DIS.

2 1 ·t>a & st ::ihooting Com1 an~-, 1\ o. [)

20·8i Co., 24 ~ti points.

2I ·3GI j 1 Hriga•lt> Fi~ure c f

21'26

11

:\Ierit, 18·53 pt~.

I l&'t Shooting Bat-do do do do 1~·83 o ~ talion in the Hri-

20·69''"= -:::I ~de. ~rol Rall , '.!'.!·n pornts.

I 1Vi6 I

Bt'st Shooting :?O·oo Com Jllrn ~ , ::'\ o. i

Go., 35tb HaK,

-1-- _I __ ------___ 1

_

1

1 _ _ _ 11l ~:t00

s1:;'~~ the 1 Rrigade. Corp!

I S h8\"H, ~. 7 Co., 31't l)n\I I 63 pl •

7-7

98

IX:'PECTIOX REPORT OF Ooni>s which have

)[nster.

''I -- ... c-~ 0 a; .

C,.) = t: .; ..... 0

-~;:... .:!! f! 0 ~ ~ .,_ d ... l>--o .... ., Q.1.,-.a VJ~ :....

0 ., (,) 0 .. - 0., ';::!:;:~ 0 -o a.. ~!:a e c.,,.,,,

d .5 d c 0 rr.-= aS

)IIL1TARY DISTRICT

Xo. 2.-Continued.

Battnlion c 0 .. or Corp-.

... ----..Q I

I .; ~ ..;

~ "" .a 2 ::: ~ .....

I =

I ' n I . ~ t>D j ...... ,; ..; Garri•on Bntterie~ 3 Bt -~!Ajo~ O:?g·;;·.. ...... .. ... . ········· _ 0

0: Q.I

Toronto Battery ··- Cn pt. Gibson, Io- 55 39 g -< rn I .::l ~ ronto ...... ··-······ 3 2 5 .,; ~

3 l'l.l ::;

::it. Catherines do ..• LiPut. LcP, St. 3 5~ 3;; <"' a> ;;- f! ~

I Catherine•......... v 2 v ... "" "" ::; 39 :.:;"g Collingwood do ... Bt.-\f:Ljor Hogg, 5" ! 1 ~ 2 I ~ o:i ~ c::

St~ff~~i.~.~~~::::::: ... ~. ······~· 1 3 3g ~ ~ .:l 951~] I --- - ---- Z ,...., . ~

I

Toi.ti!............... 9 165 8 118 I 1 _____

1

_ ----- --,-.-1----- --1 10th Rornls ......... . IO BL-Lieut. Col. Stol- I I ' I

· I lery, Toronto ....... .... 1 ·· ···· ··· ······ ········ I No. 1 Batten···- ... I Capt. ~\ndcr,;oo, • Toronto ............ 3 55 2 41 I I

No '.! do •.. -·· Capt. We too, To. 39

..; · ron to. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. 3 55 2 ~ ,,,

No. 3 do ... .... Lieut. Lawrcoc(', 2 s .. I I Toronto .. ... ·-····· · 3 55 42 g Q.I t:

Ko. 4 do -·· •.. Cl\pt. Xoverre, I 3 r.r. 'l 40 ::; g. .:. g Toronto···: ····· .. · · vv - E-< r:n .. & I

l'io. 5 fio ....... Capt. Flemm~, I "' ..o ~ - ....: • I I Toronto.............. 3 55 2 42 ~ ~ ::; ~ 1 ·- ;:::

~o. 6 do ··-1· •Cfo~onc~~~.~~~~... . 3 I 55 2 42 5 3 ..... ~ I ;.>; 1 ""

Xo. i do ....... Capt. J. T. Thonip· O' :£. .2 son, Toronto...... 3 55 42 "Cl ::i :§

No 8 do --1··· C11pt. Patterson, ~ ..,, :: · Turon to ... - ......... 3 55 2 40 ~ :;. IXl

So. 9 do ....... Capt. Bailey, To- I ..... I 3 r.5 2 42 ~o. 10 do •.•... lc1~;~t~:"rh"~·~i·~~·~;I v I

Toronto-.. .. ........ 3 55 2 I 31 Staff..................... 8 ......... 8 1. ... .... .

------ - __:_otai... .. .:.:.::.:.:.:.:138 550 I 261 40·1 I ____ , __ --_I_ Independl!nt Rifles I I I I I

S1rnlt Ste. ~fariel 1

Company · ........ ,= ~::~::'W•:;.;,:'~l--3 55 I,~ ~1,~1.:.:=:.:.:,:.:.:.=,~ =I,= District Xo. 2 ...... 520 7210 349 5Wi

• Fignre of Merit lJilitary District Xo. 2, .19·09 points. Best Shot In ~lilltnry Dlatr1ct, No. 2, Xo. 9 Co, 10th Royals 38 61 points.

99

perform1•d tl11• Annual Drill for 187.)- 7(; -Contillued.

~g

!::;;: - = ~ ::

....

Ti ...

Tnrgct Practic c.

Figuri• of A1erit. I

......... I~_~ & & fo<1 ~cted b' Lt-

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