..,>^'^'>^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^t<k ^, 1.0 1.1 11.25 |» US us u 1* .. 1^ K^ - 111^ 1.8 1.4 n.-i C Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ^"^'"^ "^^^ .>«■' .^^^ A^> ^^<^^ ►^ ^° ^%'' U.j. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproducticns historiques O^ Technical and Bibliographic Notas/Notaa tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha Instituta haa anamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua. which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction, or which may significantly changa tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. D Colourad covara/ Couvartura do coulaur r~~| Covara damagad/ Couvartura andommagAa Covara rastorad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura raataurte at/ou palilculAa Covar titia miaaing/ La titra da couvartura manqua Colourad mapa/ Cartaa gtegraphiquaa an coulaur □ Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ Encra da couiaur (i.a autra que blaua ou noira) □ Colourad plataa and/or illuatrationa/ Planchaa at/ou illuatrationa an coulaur □ Bound with othar matariai/ Rali* avac d'autraa dosumanta □ Tight binding may eauaa ahadowa or distortion along interior margin/ La re liure aerrie peut cauaar da I'ombre ou de la diatcraion le long do la marge intArieure □ Blank leaves added during restoration may appeer within the text. Whenever poaaibla. theae have been omitted from filming/ II so peut que certainea pagea blanchaa ajoutiee lora d'une reatauration apparaiaaent dana la taxte. male, lorsque cela Atait possible, ces pagea n'ont pea «t4 filmAea. L'Inatitut a microfilm* le meilleur exempiaire qu'il lui a «t« possible de ae procurer. Les details de cet exempiaire qui sont peut-Atro uniques du point de vue bibliogrephique. qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dana la m«thode normaia de fiimage sont indlquis ci-dassoua. n Coloured pages/ Pagee Pagee de couleur Pagea damaged/ Pagea endommagies □ Pagea reatored and/or laminated/ Pagea raataur«es et/ou pellicul«es Q Pagea discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages d«color«es, tachettea ou piquies □ Pagea detached/ Pagea d«tach«es rij Showthrough/ IXu Tranaparence □ Quality of print varies/ Quality inigala de I'Impreaaion □ Includea supplementary material/ Comprend du matiriel suppl^mentaira □ Only edition available/ Seule Mition disponibie □ Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc.. have been ref limed to enaure the best possible image/ Les pegea totalement ou partieilemftnt obacurciaa par un feuiilet d'arrata. une pelure, etc.. ont M filmtes A nouveau da fa^on i obtanir la meilleure image possible. r~T| Additional commenta:/ LZJ Commentairea suppiimentairea; (Printed ephemera] 1 iheet (verso blank) Thia Item ia filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est film* au taux de rMuction indiqu* ci-deaaoua. 10X 14X 18X 22X 12X 26X y 30X 16X aox 24X 28X 32X Th« copy filmed h«r« has b««n rsproducad thanks to th« g«n«rosity of: D. B. Waldon Library University of WMtem Ontario (Regional History Room) Tho imagM appaaring hara an tha baat quality poaaibia eonaidaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in icaaping with tha filming contract spacificationa. Original copiaa in printad papar covora ara filmad beginning with tha front covar and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- sion, or tha back covar whan appropriate. All othar original copiaa ara filmad beginning on the first paga with a printed or illuatratad imprea- sion. and anding on ttie laat paga with a printed or illuatratad impreaaion. Tha laat recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol — ^> (meening "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V (meening "END"), whichever appliea. Maps, piatea, charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Thoss too large to be entirely included in one expoaure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrama illuatrate the method: L'exemplaira film* f ut reproduit grice i la gAn^roaiti da: D. B. WaMon Library University of Western Ontario (Regional History Room) Lea imagea suivantae ont ^« raproduitea avac la plua grand soin, compta tenu de l« condition et de la nattet* da l'exemplaira film«, et en conformiti avac lee conditiona du contrat da ffimage. Lee exempleirea originaux dont la couverture on papier est imprimAe sont filmis mi commen^ant par la premier plat et an terminant soit par la darnlAre paga qui comporta una ampreinte d'impreaaion ou d'illuatration, soit par la second plat, salon la caa. Toua lee autrea exemplaires originaux sont filmte an commandant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte dlmpreealon ou d'illuatration at an terminant par la darniAre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un dfe symbolaa suivants apparaitra sur la dami4re imege de cheque microfiche, seion le cas: le symbols —*• signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "PIN". Las cartee, planchea. tableaux, ate. peuvent Atre flimte « dee taux de rMuction diff^envs. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour 4tre reproduit en un seul clich4, il est film* A partir de I'angia aupArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en baa, en prenant le nombre d'imeges nicessaira. Las diagrammaa suivants illustrent la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 OIRCULABJ OTTAWA, January 2nd, 1872. M(/ Dear Colonel : — / t7ii7ik it tvould he very desirable to encourage all Officers helonging to all Infantry Corps in the District under your command, who have not passed their examination and qualified for Commissions, to attend the Military School, in order to qualify and obtain their Certificates with as little delay as possible. Of course you are aware that no eomrnis- sio7is are given to Officers mitil they have qualified, and Officers who will not take the trouble to qualify are liable to he passed over iii promotioti by those junior to them in rank who have qualified. Under these circumstances, therefore, you are requested to notify those Officers in your District w/io may be affected, that they are now invited to attend the Military School in order to qualify, 1 may add, that the experience of the Annual Drill last season, showed fairly the necessity that the Officers should qualify, and that the system of permitting Officers to come up for their examination at tliat time was very insufficient and unsatisfactory. I am. My dear Colonel, Faithfully yours, P. ROBERTSON-ROSS, Lt. Col. TAYLOR, (Xep.^djt. Gen.JirU., JVrUy. Qist.JTo. 1, Lovjdon. Qol.fi. G.Jd.