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Les images suivantes ont 6x6 reproduites avec le plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et de la nettetd de Texempiaire i'ttn\6, et en conformity avec les conditions du contrat de filmage. 'he last recorded fr-an a settlement on the west hank of the River XiajL^ara, near the site o\ the present town of that name. \e\t year the\- were joined hy others, and in 1 7S4 iitire regiment was dishanded and officers and men were assioned lands e twent)' townships which were short!}' afterwards sur\e\ed for the purpose he .\iai,>'ara Peninsula, and composed the iirij^inal Ci.>unt\' of Lincoln, i.\cL\ to westward h\ the tract of land aloui,'' the Grand River, j^ranted lo ndians of the Six \; tions. The two haltalions of the Kini,>-'s Royal Ret,>'i- of Xew \'ork, the Kini»"'s Raii^'^ers, the Linal Rangers and fraonients her American loyalist corps, with some men from rej^''ular British and Ger- man ivuiiiKMits. forming- a hod\ ol" lu-arly Knir tlunisaiul iikmi wore at tho samo tmie similarly sollloil on Crown laiuls horilorino- on tlio l>a\ o{' Ouinto ami \\\wv St. La\\i\'iK\\ I liat thoso nion \\\>iv oxcollont sokliofs tlioiv can ho iuw|uostion. Major I'otls, of tho Sih or Kino's Kooiniont. who had lioon appointoil to inspoot I^iillors Rancors hol'oro tlioir disl>aiulinont roportod that "two thirds oltho pri- \alos woro as lino follows as ho o\or saw oollootod to^othor." 'I'hoso mon woro imirod to o\or\ hardship. |{y thoir ononiios iho\ woro naturalh hatod and aoonsod of hoin^- oruol and nioroiloss, for tho\ had oarriod Ihv and sword (or sovon yoars with tiroloss onoroy alon^- ilio Imrdor of" tho ro\oltin,q- provinoos from X'ormont lo Kontuoky, and tho tloworol" tho Amorioan iVontiorsmon had .trono down hoforo thoir onsot at OrasUany, Wyoming-, Minniosink, Sandusky, tho mno l.ioks and man\ anothor dosporato onoountor in tho lorost, from which low o( tho doloatod part\ had oscapoil to toll tho story o\' thoir disastor. Of thoso mon and thoir sons tho first militia rooimonts of tho provinoe woro tormml. I'ho Ih-st oflioial onrollmont of tho mihtiawas aocomplishod in 1 7SS and sliowod an a.i^orooato of 1,525 of all ranks in tho district of Lunonhuri;, 1,141 in Mooklonhuro-, (xu) in Nassau or Xiaoara, and 721 I-ronoh-Canadian and 22() British in llosso or Detroit. At Its sooond session in 1 ;();„ tho Looislaluro of tho nowl\ tormod Pi\>vinoo of I'ppor Canada passod a Militia Act. All militiamon woro thoroh\ roquirod to provide ihomsolvos not oidy with suitahio olothin.i,'" hut with arms, aeeoutro- inents and a stated quantity of ammunition. Hut Lieut. -Governor Simcoe recommended that a request from tho MacDonnells of Gleno-arry to be supplied with broadswords from the Government store should bo irranted, and that muskets should bo provided for tho whole of tho militia. By amendments to this act tho next \ear militiamon woro roiidored liable to service in manninir \ossels on tho lakes. A ciMisidorablo quantit\ of arms was distributed, and as war with the I'nitod States for some time seemed almost inevitable, tho militia of tho province was formally onrolloil and c.ri>anizod into companies and rou-iinonts. On the i7(h of l-Vbruary, 1794, Lord Dorchester, tho Governor-Gonoral of Canada, after roferrin,i,v to General Wayne's projected movomont upon Detroit, instructed Lieut. -Governor Simcoe to lake stops towards occupyin.o" tho most advantatroous positions with a view to rosistino" Gen. Wayne's attack should ho atteni^M by force to take possession of tho countr\ . Simcoe proceeded to carry out these instructions by formini| a militarv post at the rapids of tho Miami and another on an island in the mouth of that i-ivor. 'I\vo hundred militia were called out for the defence of Detroit and double that number woro embodied in the Xia.irara settlement, which he termed M \J(>R-(;i SIKM i;. T. II. IIlM.iN, (.'.I!., A.D.f. \i ' 'i\\\[ \\li\\i, I II I \I I I I I I \ 111 I AN \h \ I 111 (Ml F N '' tlio iMilwark of rppi.'r C";m;ula. " Tlio troal\- ci^iK'likk'd In Mr. Ja\ put an I'lul ti> this pi.'ii.Hl o\ alarm, but (.'Horls contiiUK'il lo Ik- maiK" [o iinpro\o tlu- itrjL^^ani/atiiin of" (Ik- militia, as it was ilocidoil to witlulraw all liio ix-i^iiiK'Hts ot' the iv^iilar army iIkmi stalioiiL-d in I'ppcr Canada, tor the)' wore sorely nceik'd clsewliori'. In i 7C)() a socoiul battalion ot tlic lnel John MacPon- nell, late ot' the S4th Kej^iment. It was distinctly' a local corps, and tor the next six years, in conjunctii>n with the Oueen's i^ani,>'ers, ("iirmed the sole oarrison ot the prinince. An ollicial return ot" the enrolled militia lor the \ear 1S05 shows an aiLj'i^re- i^ate of (152 officers and 7,947 non-commissioned ofHicers and privates. Of the whcile number only 200 had receivetl any militar\- trainini,'' for several years. The unsatisfactory st.'Ue o{ relations between C'lreal Britain and the I'niteu States hail then aj^ain bci^un to excite alarm. As the rei^ular force in the prinince did not exceed 400 men, the militia were once more ordered to hold themsekes in readiness lor service and about 4,000 stands of arms were dis- triinited amonm' them. A comprehensive militia act was framed and passed into law pro\idins4' for a much belter ortfani/.ation than any former act, and enablinj^' the Ciovernor to march the militia out of the province to the assistance of the province of Lower Candida when actuallv invaded or in a state of insurrection, or in pursuit of "an enemy who nia\ have invaded this province and also for the destruction of any \essel or vessels huilt or huildini,"", or an)- depot or mai^^a/ine formed or formiu!^', or for the attack of an\' enem\ who ma\- be embodyinj^ or marchin,!^' for the piu'pose of invadini,'' this province, or for the attack of an}- fortification now- erected or which may be hereafter erected to ciner the invasion thereof." Lieut. -Cunernor dore was evidently ver\- wel! satisfied with this act, but General Brock indicated the weak point in the act by the remark that it con- tained " manv wise and salutarv provisions but few- means of enforcinj^ them." Meanwhile the populatioii continued to increase rapidly, chielly, however, b\ the arrival of emi^-rants from the United States, niany of them with stroni,»- re\-olutionar\- proclivities which they were little inclii-ied to conceal. These meii settled in threat numbers in the Western, London, Home and Xew-- castle Districts, where they formed centres of disaffection, and be_i;-an lo plot the overthrow of the Cunernment and the aim xation of the province to the L'nited States. Their representations unquestiv iiably led the American Govern- ment to believe that the covmtry could be practically conquered by a proclam- ation calliiii,'- upon the people to rise and join a small invadiiii,'' armv-. CllAinHk II Till-: Militia (,s riih; Imxox rii'.K", i k'om 1S12 'I'o iSi; A Sri\\'lv\' of the military stiviii^th of the Pfo\ iiico nf I 'ppor Canada, datod DecenilxM- 2\k\, iSii, C.enLTal Hnvk assured the (.i.uenior-Gciioral that "' altlunimh pcrloeth awaiv of the iiiiinher o\' improper eharaeters who ha\e ohtainetl e\tensi\e possessions and u !u>se jirlneiples ililVuse a s|-iirit of insuhordina- lion \ery adxerse to all military institutions, I still feel eonlideni a lari^e majority will prove faithful. It is, ho\ve\er, eertain," he added, "that the the best policN' to he pursued, should future eireumstanees call for aetive prejiaraiions, will be to act with ' ■> utmost liberalit\, and as if no mistrust existed, b'or unless the inh, '^ i s i^ive an aetive and ellieient aid it will be utterly impossible tor the ver\- limited number of the militar}- who are likely to be empKned, to preserve the Province." The militia available tor the defence of the Detroit frontier numbered only alnnit 700, and the oarrison of Vorl Aml.orstburj^- consisted of but 100 reoulars. About .1,000 militia and perhaps 500 Indians, he believed, could be assembled in an emer^vncN- on the Xiai^-ara River, but he c|ualihed this estimate by the statement that " unless a strtMi.i;- military force be present to animate the lo\al and control the disaffected, nothing- effectual can be expected." 'I"he total number of persons actually liable to perform militia servid" in the entire Province was estimated at 11,000, of whom the Governor-General considered that it would not be prudent to arm more than 4,000. One of the first measu---'- undertaken by the Ciovernment in anticipation of hostilities was to authorize the formation of a battalion of 400 rank and file amono- the Hio-hland emi.^-rants, to be known as the Glonj^arry lAo-\n Infantry. Within six weeks from the time that enlisting- orders were receixed it was re- cruited up to its full strength and their establishment was soon after in- creased to 600, which was completed betore the end of the \ ear. The reo-iment was sent to the front and took a distinguished part in man\- actions. In several of the enyfag-ements the}- lost heavil\-. I>\ (.'iciKT.iI IiiiK'k's advice two ccunpanics uoro scloctcd iVoin each roi^i incut ot" militia to be trained as Hank ciim|")anics, liy which means it was estimated that a force c>f about i,Soo men would be produced in the whole Province. 'I"he Militia Act was amended for this purpose in March, i(Si2, and the sum ol /"5,ooo voted b\ the Legislature tci enable it io be carried into effect. S(.>me flank companies were immediatel) '.irt^anizeJ in the most ]-)opulous cinmties, and as biHli officers and men w.ere recpiired to ser\e willunil pd\, and many o[' them were obli!L,''ed to tra\el a threat (.iislance to attend p.irade, Hrock recom- mended that authorilN' mi_s^'hl at least be t^'ranted him to issue rations and pro- \ide them with clothing;' at the expense oi' the lunernmenl. By the 15th oi Ma\, 1S12, he was able to repiirt, alter makini^' a tour of inspection ihrtnioh the L\">unt\' o\ Lincoln that "the Hank companies in the districts in which the\- have been established were instantlx ciniiiileted wiln \olunteers and, indeed, an almost unaninunis dis]iositiiMi to serxe is dail\' manitestei.i. I shall proceed to extend this s\ stem, !iow that 1 ha\e ascertaincil that the people are st-) well dis- pitsed, but m\ means are \er\ limited." As soiin as the declaration of war became know n the flank companies of Lincoln militia, numberini^' about Soo men, were assembled on the Xiai^ara River. Thev IlumiciI out "\er\ cheerfulK ," but, as the\ were absoluteU' unpro- xideil with ha\ersacks, blankets, kettles iir tents, they were exposed to extreme discomfort, and soon bci^aii to exhibit sioiis o\ im|")alience. Net it was abso- Iutel\- impossible to |">ro\iLle them with cam]i equipage of an\- kind until it could be forwarded from XKmtreal or Ouel'cc. A i^encral order of July 4th, 1S12, announces that General Hrock "has \itnessed with the hii^hest satisfactiori the orderl\- and regular conduct of such of the militia as ha\e been called into actual serxice, and their e\ident desire io acquire mililarx' instruction. lie is sensible that the\' are exposed to i^reat privations and e\ery effort will be im- modiaiel\- made to supply their most pressini^;' wants, hut such are the circum- stances of the country that it is absolutel\ necessary that every inhabitant should ha\e recourse ti,"> his own means to furnish himself with blankets and other necessaries." Similar bodies were at the same time collected at Cornwall, Prescott, Kins^ston, AmherstburjL;' and Sandwich. it was ;u the last named point that the first iinasion of the Prmince look place on llie 12th of Juh', 1S12, and for some weeks the militia of bissex and Kent, intimidateil by the numbeis and Uireats of the enem\ , and influenced b\- the e\ il example of some of their officers, beha\ed badl\', desertins^" to their lumies in numbers and refusins^" to return to dut\'. Within a few days after the appearance of an inxadin^^ army i->n British siiil, a blow was struck in the west which was destined [o ha\e the most impi^rt- ant results. Captain Roberts, who commandeel a |iart\ of iinalid soldiers at the island of St. Joseph, succeeded without difficult) in ori^anizin^- a small 10 • • ^^^^^^^^KA.rJ^KBk H k ^^^^^^^^■^' ^^B ■•■ .^^^^^BHksJP^L k /ijfl K m'^ ^V». J rW ri^^^^^^HiP^'''^ Sbv • ^^^^^sEv."'" ^B- ■ '■■"& l-IKl- I KN AN l-t' >11 \V. D. OlIlK, A. 1). C. riiMMANDlNi; \1 1 I I 1 A K N HISIKIi I Nii. 2, b;ill;ilion of \o]\\n.ccv^ ain.Mit^- llio Imaliiu'ii aiul hiIkm- (.'ni|^lo\cos of tlu- fur c\ini pa nit's, al ilu' licail ol wluim ami his i\'oulai-s 1k' imnwl against ilii.' AnK-ri- caii \oy[ ol Ma^'Uiiia^' ai)J kmU it, willuuii c\cn a show of rosistaiKW llo al- trihiiU'il his cas\ mkwss lai'^jol} \o "iho unparallolk-il oxcrtions of the ^.'aiia- ihans who had maiiiK\l his hoats aiul diai^'^cil his ai-lilloi\ iiiio a >.-oinmaiuhnL;- position. " l^icncral \h\\k pi\'iiip!l\ i.k'tci-n)ini.'i.l to assail the invailiiiL;' fo\w al Saiul- wK-h, 1h'Ioi\' it eouki i\\\'i\e sii|-.port, aiul with ^n:) picked men asscinhkHl at I'oit IXucrand transpoi'teJ thorn in !-ow hoats to AmhorsthurL;'. On ai-|-i\ in>-- there it was leanied that the eneni\ hail retiivilacross the ri\ er. (.".eneral lifoek lesoKwl to follow , and he laiuled in .Miehic.;in on the niornini^' of the Kith ol Aiiousi with !,,:;;,() men, of' w hoin 400 were militia seleeteil tVom the Hank eompanies of the kisses, Kent. C^xlord, XoiMolk. I.ineoln aiul N'ork ivoiments. I he siii-iviuler of the Ameriean ioivewith the town aiul fov{ of Hetroit look plaee the sanu' Jas . I he suhseipient i^ooj eoiuluet of the l^ssex ami Kent militia ami^K alinieJ tor an\ miseoiuhiet in the be^innim;- of the war. In September a (.lelaehment Irom ihe two I'Nsex reL;imenls aeeompanieJ Major Muir's expeJition ai^aiiisi I'\m-1 Wayne aiul it is stated to ha\e heha\ed remarkably well. A nuMilh later ano;her uiuler kiem. Dewar oeeu|Tied an ad\aneed position at the Miami ixapids. nmin;.^ the lollowim^' winter delaehments perkirmeil i^arrison diit\ at Amherst- bm-o-, Detroit aiul e\en .\ku-kinae. 'I'weKe oflieeis aiu! 104 men ol' the ist I'lssex aiul nine ollieers aiul S; men of the jiul l^ssex, iiiuler Major Robert Ixeynokis w ere en,<.;aoed in the batt le at t he l\i\er Raisin, |amiary jjiul, iSi-,. I'i\e prixales were killed and sixteen men were wounded. I hirt\-loiir ollieers and 4SJ men took part in the expeditiiMi aoainst k"ort Moios on the Miami Ri\er, .\pv]\ j;,rd to.Mav ()th 1 S 1 ;, ; Captain Rondy of the 1st i'.ssex was killed in aetion and four pri\ates wouiiil'il. Alter tlu- withdrawal of the nnlish res^ular foives h-om this frontier in Oeto- ber, iSi;,, a eompany eommanded b\ Lieut, jaines Mee'.tvi^or, known as the l.oval Kent \olunteers, performed some notable ser\iee. In Deeeinber I.ieut. Medvi^or with se\en of his men joined I.ieut. Medealf of the Norfolk militia 111 an attaek on an Ameriean p.^st at MeKae's house, bekn\ Chatham, in whieh the whole of the enem\ s part) waseap'.ured. In januarx, 1 S 1 4, he erossed the I\i\er St. L'lair into Miehii^an, and brought off as a prisoner an Ameriean ea|Main of militia, together with the arms of his eompanx whieh were stored in his house. About a numth later he reeei\ed mstruelioiis to eover the passage ol the ruer b\ -!ui ou the 4th of Mareh the i,o\al Kent \oiunteers and a eompany of klssex Rangers, latelv raised by Captain William CaldwelKif Amherstburo-. supported In eii^lu eiim- 12 ■ ■ I 1 H 1 H ^^H^r ^ 1 ^^^^^^^E* .^ 1 I, in I I- \ w I -I'.ii MS n lIi\K\ Ml L\Ki\, ri)MMAMl|M. I IIIK I KKN I II liAIIAlluN ill 1 M- A S I K \ . |i;miL"s otlhc l\o\al Scots ami S()lli IvooinuMil, altackcJ a hodx of i (x) Ainorican ritlLMiUMi who had ontrciK-hcd llK'insclvos on llic liank o\ tlic lu^urtccii Mile Crook noar Doknvaro, Inn woro lopulsod with soxoiv K^ss. In this aolion Liout. MoGiVi^or was badlx woundod. as woro also a sorL;oant and livo privatos ol liis oonipanx . l""or sonio tinio aftor ttio snnvndor o\ Dotroil, tho Hank oonipanios ot liio Xoiiolk rooinionls woro oxoiisod tVoni sor\ioo, but in \o\onilxT, 1S12, Knif oonipanios, oonmiandod by Captains Jolin l^ostwiok, Alirani Rapoljo, l')aniol MoCall and Lioni. l^rowstor Hrii^ham, woro ordorod to l-'ort Mrio. On tlio mornini^- o\ tho jSih o'" \o\oiubor, lu'ini^' stationed at liio tori\ ojtposito Hkiok I\ook and lioarin^- nuiskotfv on tiio bank of tho rivor boK.w, Hostwiok's and Rapoljo's oonipanios haslonod to tlio point otaltaok. Tho) soon Ix-oanio olosolx onjLramod with a bod\- ot tho ononi\ that liad laiidod and oarriod two small batlorios, but iindinm- thonisoKos milniniiborod and tho ononi\ in possession ot iho arlillorx , woro obliood to rotroat with oonsidorablo K^ss. Octobor, I Si;,, liroui^ht a sit^nal rovorso on tho Thanios. Tho Xiat^ara I'oninsula was, in oonsoqnonoo, praotioally abandoned, and tho renmanl ot Cionoral Proolor's doloatod brioado tell baok on nurhnt^ton, which t"or some weeks was tho most advanced post occupied by tho Hritish torcos. The militia had been disbanded and parties ot" mafaudofs over-ran tho counli-y ti\>m which tho tiMops had retired. One ot" those, composed lai'^ely ot retuo'oos from Canada, advancing- t'rom Huffalo, ap|-)oarod in the township ot" W'oodhouso early in Xovombor. On tho i;,th Lieut. -Colonel Henry F.ostwick wont in pursuit ot them with t"orl\-ti\o \ohniteors, t"ormed in two companies under Captains John Host wick and Haniol McCall. The house in which the marauders had taken post was quiolh- surrounded. Captain i^ostwick, acciMiipaniod by Lieut. Austin, advanced to demand their surrender, but on onlorin|L;- the building- he was sur- prised to tind it crowded witli men who spranj^- to arms, and obser\in_y- that he was apparontb unsupported, tired two shots at him, intlicliii!.^- a slioht wound, and made him a prisoner. On hoarin;^- the report o\ liroarms in tho house tho romaiiKlor ot" tho militia rushed t"orward and wore tired at by tho enemy trom the windows. The tiro was at once returned and some ot" tho enemy ran out and attempted to escape, but wore shot down or taken. The rest then surrendered. Throe had boon killed, several wore badl\ wounded and ei.q-hloon taken prisoners. It is not surprising,'- that as tho Count\ ot" Lincoln, as it was then constituted, t"ormed tho principal seat ot" war, its militia should bo calk\l to arms more frequentlx than an\ other in the actual dotence ot" their Immes. The population ot'tho cmmtN- was estimated to exceed 1 j,ooo, and tho militia, oro-ani/.ed into six battalions, numbered nearly 2,400 o\ all ranks. The line ot" det"ence alonj.^- the Xia^ar;; River was ori,ranized in July, iSi 2, into four divisions, each composed ot a section ot" field arliller_\-, a detachment ol' the 41 si Roi>imeiit and a body of militia. •4 0\^ tlu' loth o\ JiiK oiu'-hall o\ the mililia \\i.m\' allowed to roiurn homo o\] hiiloiu^Ii, as thoro appcaroil to Ix- \]o imiiK'(.iialc (.lani^or o\ an attack, tho protlT- aiK\' ix'ins^ s^i\cii to "those whoso prosLMico on tho larnis aro most required lo hriii!^- in the har\est.' l^ut on the 22nd, when parlieulars ol the invasiim of the province at Santlwieh became known, all militiamen absent on furloiii^b were ordered to rejoin their rei^iments. l"'i\e hundred men were soon afterwards i^rdered to hold themseKes in readiness to join the Hank companies tin the tVontier at a moments notice. Altei" the surrender ot Hetroit, the conclusiiMi of an armistice ai"t\'>relei.l t'lener.d I^rock an opporlimity ofpermittins^ t'our-lit'ths of each (lank compan\ to retin'ii home lor a lew da\s. Notice ol the termination of tlie armistice was recei\e(.l on the 4th of September, and the Hank companies iifthe Lincoln rej^iments were not onI\ recalletl but tliose ot the three N 01k regiments were brouijht o\er to l""ort (.leori^e. I'he tlrst casualtN occurreil on the '. ()tb of vSeptember, when I'ri\ ate Jiihn llendershot of the 1st I/incoln, while on sentry dut\ at the Lime- kilns near Oueenstow n, was killeil b\ a sluH from the American bank. In a \er\ i^allant attempt to recover the brijLj' I")etroit tViim the enenn in the rixer abo\e S(.|uaw Lsland, on the c)th ol' October, .\Li- jiir I'ell, ol" the Niagara Hrai^oons was mort.ilL wmnuleil. On tlie 5th ol \o\ember one- tenth ot the militia conijianies sta- tioned at l-"ort C'leors^e and Chippawa were attached lo Captain I'owell's compan\ ol artillers, to be trai'ied in the use ol garrison and field .ij'uns. Li announcini;' the termination of tiie armistice in a i^eneral order of the 20th of \o\ember, Lieneral Siieaffe contented himself with sa\ iiii^' : "lo men who have already so nobl\ conducted themseKes before the enenn , it would be superfluous in the NLijor-licneral to sa\ more than that he is per- suaded that whene\er the opportunit\ shall jtresent itself the\ will ai^ain pri>\e themseKes wortin of the i^lorious cause in which the\ are enj^a^et.!, aiul success- hill) defend their country, their families and propert\. " I.IKl I I \AN I -l_"lll ciM 1 llll liiiN. I>AA( l!l ( IIAN AN, I ilMMAMMNi; I VIII llAll'.. I-^M'-IM.;. Oil iIk' moniini^ o\ the jSih o\ Sownxhcv wlu-n it lu'caiiK' known thai tlu' (.'iK-nn hail L'trc\tL'i.l a landiniL; Ix'low l'"ort I']i"'k' in considi'iabk' t'oiw, Captain lanK's Ki-iln of the Lint^ohi Artilk'ry, witli a tioKl _i.;un, maivlu'il tVoin Cltipp».'\\a witli C"ai">lain I lamiUon's company o\ tho jnd I.incohi and a small party o\' the 41st Kci^imcnt. Alter passing" Block Creek ihcy overtook Major llatt with detachments of '.lis own and other Lincoln res^iments numheriny al>oiit 200 men. I'Jn arrixint,'' at hrencliman's Creek they encountered the rear-t;'iiard o\' the in\aders, ccnsistini^' of thirty-ei_yht men, ci^mmanded h\ Captain l\in,i,^ aide-de- camp to Cieneral Sm\ th. They succeeded in taixiny' tiiem prisoners without loss. I'Ji^hteen boats full o\ men were tiien discos ered crossinjL^' the ri\er, which were drixen back U\ the tire oi llie fieKl piece and a few r(.nmds o\' musketry. Vwo oi the boats were simk aiul about ^'^o men killei.1 and wouiuled in this attack. Major llatt, Ca|itain Kerln and Lieuts. Hryson and Hall oi the Lincoln Arlillerx were speciallx mentioned in the Llispatches. An order o\ the jtli oi l")ecember annv>unced tlia' a cessation o\' acti\e operations mii^ht soon be expecteii. C^^ne week afterwards the Hank comi^anies of the 2nd and _^rd N'ork and the battaliiMi companies o\ (he Linci>ln rci^inients were released iVoni iluty. The Linci In llai k comjianies were letained in service until the cn<.\ of the \ ear. Their v-luties durins^' the months ol Wn ember and December were extremely artluous and exhaustini^'. A serious alarm occurred earl\ in l'ebruar\ , 1 S 1 ;^, as a considerable division o( American rei^jular troops was assembletl near Huftalo, and Lake I'irie was firniK Iro/en over. "There lieiiii^' some reason to believe that tiie enemy meditates si>me attempt on the iVontiers " the Adjutant-Cieneral ot Militia wriHe to Lieut. - CoK^nel Clark o\ the 2iid Lincoiu ou the iith oi l'"ebruarv, " I am directed tii desire that v ou will with all possible expedition assemble not onlv the Hank companies but as manv spirited vouui^' men in additiiMi as can be induced to join them at Chippewa, where quarters will be prepared (or their reception. " His Honor, the Major-General Sheafte, trusts that on this occasion both the officers and men will reci'illect the very honorabli.' and successful manner in which thev have hitherto contributed [o the defence of the province, and that for a little lime Ioniser private ci>nsiLlerations will jL^ive wav io public." Nor was this apprehension ill t\nmdcd, for the American Secretarv o\' War had .ictuallv authorized another attempt at invasiini. "As the season has now furnished v ou with a bridi,''e as well for retreat as advance," he wrote to Colonel Porter, the ofhcer commandin|L;' at Buffalo, "it is thouj^ht advisable that voii do not permit circumstances so favorable to escape without makin*^' a stroke on such points o\ the enemy's line as may be within your reach." The Hank companies o{' the 2nd and 3rd Lincoln and the two Norfolk 16 iVi,''iiiionls uciv ininiodiato!)- maix-hcd to the frontier aiul stationed aloni,'' the shore of Lake l^rie, froin I"\M-t Ivrie to Si!i,>-ar I^oat" I\iint. This show of \ii,''il- anee eonihined uitli tlie desertion of a trusted non-eoininissioned ofTieer from Hnffalo. had the effeet of pre\entin|Lr an\- offensive operation beinj,'' undertaken Ix-yond the l"»oinbardnient of Vor[ h'.rie liy the batteries at I>Iock Rock on the 17th of March. Seventeen hundred niihtiawere actually called mit at th.it time to meet the impeiuliniL,'- attack, but after a tew weeks ser\ice the whole, with the exception of a few Hank companies, were a_!^''ain disbanded. A detachment of three olliceis and si\t\-three men t.de(l ret^'^iment, was stationed during,'" A|-)ril and Ma\- at Hurlins^'-ton, [o main- tain communication between \'oyk and .Niai^-ara. I'rom this pivst the\- were oblit,''ed to retire by a superior force of the enem\- in two armed schooners, who laiuied there on the mornin.i,>- of May loth, under cover of the i^auis of their vessels, and destroved a small barracks. L'pon the e\acuation of \'o\l blrie by the rci^ular troops, Majitr Jiihn Warren, of the 3rd Lincoln effectuall\- dismantled the batteries ami destro\ed the public stores befiire retirino-, while Lieut. -Colonel Clark, of the 2nd Lincoln, performed a similar ser\ice at Chippewa and Oueenston. The j^n-eater part of these re.i,nnients was then quietly disbanded, only sixty militiamen in addition to Captain Runchey's company of ne,!L;'roes and Merritt's troop of Provincial I")rai,'-oons, haviui^- accompanied \'ii cent's division in its retreat to Burrmi>-ton. The Americans made j^-reat efforts [o parole all the inhabitants that had remained at home, and in twn weeks had secured a list of fue hundred persons who had i^iven their parole in the Counl\- of Lincoln. On the retreat of the invading- arm_\- from Stoney Creek, the spirit of the loyal militia aloi\i>- their line of march was thorou^i-hK- aroused. General Vincent at once advanced, as he stated, "to i,''ive encoura^'ement to the militia and \eomanry of the countr\- who are e\ervwhere risiiii^j- upon the fus^'"itive Americans and makinir them prisoners, and with-holdinq- all supplies from them." On the gth of June a party of the 2nd Lincoln captured a depot of provisions formed b\- the enemy near Oueenston and actually took possession of the villaire itself. The blockade at the American camp at Fort Cteori»'e was then discontiniued. On the 9th of October the British forces retired to Hurlin_i,>-ton, and for two months the Xiaj,>-ara Peninsula la\- open to the incursions of the enemy's irre!;,'-ular troops and maraudiniL,*- parties. The militia were disbanded and mostl\- disarmed. nurin_i,'- the whole of the campaign Cr.ptain W. H. Merritt's troop of Provincial nra^>-oons bad been most actixely empkned and performed effective service. \Lijor Lisle of the 19th Pra^-oons, under wliose orders the\- served from July, iSr^, until Hecember, 1S14, stated that this corps "were at all times '7 of tlu' most osst-'iiti.il sci\ 'k\" iVoni ilu'ir p>."rl\.\t know k-ili^i." i>t iIk- ci>iintr\ ami tlu- zi-'al aiul hra\i.M\ i!k'\ al\\a\s (.lis|->la\\'(.l in its (.IoIoik'o." i'lu' lialtaru>ii o\' I iK-iM'poratoJ Militia aiitliori/oil 1)\ the .\t.t i>( I A's^'islaturc hail lu'L'n i\\iiit>.'il nearly to its fiil! strens^th (.hiiini^' tlu- siiiiinicf aiul autumn ot 1 S I ;•,, vhii'l1\ with \ is'oious \ ouui^ men who hail aireaih served in the llanU eoni- panies, with the exeiption o!' i.',iptain ^\ illiani l^ohM)si>n, o\ the (Sth or Kiny's Kes^imeiit, who was seleeteJ lor the .\>niman(.l with the loeal rank ol lieutenant- eoiK>nel. and the Ailjutant, Cennis it/Aierakl, a lieutenant on halt"-pa\ of the 41st Kei^imenl ; all the other eomhaiant ollieers were taken \vom the militia, aiul most ol them were natives i>t the proxinee or had heen horn in the I'niled States hel'ore the Revolution. A detaehnuMit ol the new eorps ee»Msistin_i,'' ot'hve oilieers aiul liltx ov sixiv non-ei>mmissi(ined otlieers and nuMi had joiiu'il the eentre di\ ision hetore i'orl (."ievirL;e in Sejitemlxr, iNi,^, and other detachments were st.itioiu'd at ^.-'rnwall, Kinvi'slon and N'ork. Hui-ini^ the w inter iif 1 S 1 -5- 14 the whole i^l the liattalion was assemliled at N'ork, and drilled inti> siieh .in admirahle state ol' diseipline and eflieieney that Sir dordon l")runimond deter- mined to mo\e it l\ir\\ard in' ^ the fust line of ilelenee on the \ia>,'"ara, aiul with- (.Iraw iMU' o\ the rei^ujar hattalions, hut hetore this was aeeom|">lished the enenn had attain passed the ri\er and the eam|iait;n had aetualK hei^un. On the 22\\d o\ June, 1S14, the hattalion at N'ork mustered twenty-nine iiffieers and 402 non-eommissioned otlieers aiul men. As soon as the laiulin^' ot the enenn heeame known the 2iul i.iiuoln was asseinhled at Chippawa nearly three hundred strong;-. in eonjuiution with the li.i;ht eompanies iit" the Royal Seols and loolh Rei^iment and a liod\ o\ Indians, it tormed the aiKanee of the Hritish loives in the hard rous^Hu action at Street's Creek on the 3th ot" Jul\-, 1S14, w iuMi alter a uarmeontest the hri^ade ot t'iener;d I'eler H. Porter, eompirsed ot \iilun- teers and Indians tiom New N'ork and Pennsyhania, was dislodged and routed with eonsiderahle loss in killed and wvuiiuled, aiul several o\ the officers irade prisoners; Lieut. Colonel Dickson was hadly w\niiuled, and the command ile\ol\e*.l on Major l)a\id Secord, a \eteran ot" the American Revolution, who continued the action with tl'ieat hia\er\ aiul judo-ment. Captains Rowe and Tunuw, Mnsion Macilonell and nine iu>n-commissionei.l oflicers and men were kilk.'d ; Lieuts. Clement and Howinan, I'lnsion Kirkpalrick aiul twehe rank aiul tile wiHinded, while titteen others re|iorted as missing- were also supposed to ha\e heen killed or wounded in the woods where the actii>n took place. At this time the ist i^rii^ade ot" Militia occupietl an ad\anced position exteiul- inj^' Irom the 'I'en Mile Creek to He Cew s and Street's Mills. " 'I'here was a i^roiul deal ot" skirmishins^- \esterilay, " I'lcneral Riall wrote on the K)th, "with the advance ot the militia and the enenn s iuitposts near St. Davids, and thev ha\e in coiisei|iience huinl that \illaiL;e and several ol the nei^'hbi'triniL,'' houses. 'I'hey have alsii burnt the w hole ot" the houses between Oueensti^n and the I'"a!ls. 1 N I'lu' -"lul Rrii^aik- ol Milili.i, iiiuk-r I .i(.'iil.-V.'i>loiu'l I I iiiiillon, is ,il pirsi'iil ,i| iIk' h\>il\ MiloCiLX'k. I am liappx lo Ih' ahU- lo inlorm \oii ihal alnuisi iIk- uluik' 1hk1\ iif" militia is in arms ami s(.\'ms acliiau-tl 1)\ |Ik' most i.k't».Tinincil spirit ot liostilit)' [o tlu' i-ik'HI). " An AnK-rK'an fu-kl iWVKcr InlK ,;orri>biirati.'il this statL-mont that " tlu' whok' population is aj^ainst us, not a toraoinj.;- party inil is fiivil on and not unlVcqucntK returns with missins^' lumiluTs. " At tho liattk' of l-un*.l\ s l.ani.' the battalion o\ hkor] oratcil Militia i.anio into contL'st with the oncnu for iIk' liist time. In tlu- oarl\ pari ol this action this c'lM'ps was suilik'nlx attacked in the Hank by the 25th I'niteil States infantry whieh hatl gained a eomniandini4" piisitii'>n on its left under eo\er o\' the darkness. 'I"he battalion ktst iiea\ily, I'ell intiteon- lusion, aiul was oblii^etl to retire a shiir'. tlistanee, when it was rallied and eiintinuetl the eontesl with j^reat steadiness. 'I'he tiital loss of the battalion was eonsiderabK more than one third ol the whole number ens^aiiod. 'Ihe unusual proportion of" wounded men to the number o\' killed was attributed to the use of' buckshot by the enem\- at close ran_ye, but man\ of the wmnids were cimseciuontly very slight, netacbments ol" the Xork^lk, Ox- ford and Middlesex Kes^iments and of' the Mssex and Kent Rammers arrived durinj^' the latter part of" the battle, but were held in ieser\e and sustained no loss. /Mthous^h much retluced in nundiers the battalion ol I nci^rporaled Militia siiortl) afterwards took an active and distini^uished part in ihe iiuestmenl of" I'ort I'^rie. In a campaiLjn of less than iwo nu^nths, bej^inniiiLi' ou tiie j^lh of'JuK and endin.i'' on the 17th of Septendter, out of' twenty-nine officers beloiii^iniL;' to the Incitrporated Militia three were killet-l anil thirteen wouiulcil, and upwarils of i^ne hundred and fifty non-commissioned oflicers and men were killed or wounded. It w;;s disbanded by .i |L;eneral order dated March loth, 1S15. 1,111 1 I \ \\ 1 t'' il M\ I 1 AllKih HiiiiMi;, I I i\l \1 \ M 1 1 Si. 1 ; I II 1; \ 1 1 . I -li; 1 ^1,1,. 10 riu' militia oi' llu- iLMiiainiiij^' cixmtios of I'ppci- Canaila woiv at'tiiiilotl imich loss o|-)|-)orlunil) o\' (.■arniiit;- (.lislinction, hul slunvod mo loss zoal aiul ahu'ritN' whoiK'wr siimnuMUxl lo ilotViul iIk- tVonlior, aiui liUt-'wisc riirnislK'tl tJK'ir t'lill (.|iiota !"oi- the liK'oiporatod Militia. As soon as tlio tloclaratioii o\' war hoLanic known, the Hank c'lMiipanios of l\w Ivastcin and Johnstmvn Districts assoinbled at Cornwall and Pioscott and those of tiic Miilland Oistrict at Kini^i-ston. H\ Jul}- 5th six huiulrod militia had marchod into tiio lattcM" town and a part\' of sixt\- nion nndor Captain Patrick Smith sent in IxKits to escort some Hritish merchant \essels into port fell in with a lleet of nine American sloops and schooners at the I'pper Xarnnvs, twn of which the\ took and burnt and drove the remainder hack to Ou-denshury, where they were hlocatled for several weeks. Another parl\- at Cornwall, commanded by Captain John Kerr, lOok a laroe number of lart;'e nurham boats ascending- the St. Lawrence, one of which was converted into the t;unboat Rrock. l"'or several months duiiui^' the winter iifiSij-i^ Oi^densburs^' was j^-ar- risoned b\ a battalion of I'nited States Rilles under Captain l'"ors\th, a \ery enterprisinu- and a^y-y-ressive officer, who be^an to annoy the inhabitants of" the opposite shore by a succession of petty attacks. As earl\- as Januar\- iqth, iSi -5, CoK>nel X'incent, then commandini,'- at Kiii^'ston, complained to General nod.i,'-e, the commandant at Sackett's llarbor, of " the militar\ excursions of Captain l^'orsyth which can have no other object in view than injur\- to private individuals and to increase the miseries of war to them without the possibility or even prospect of its attainini,*- any public or private advantage." If they were not discontinued, he said, he wmild be t'ttrced ti> take such measures in self defence "as may prove \ery destructive to the \illa,t,>-es and settlements on that fri->ntier which is by no means my wish if it can be a\oided." General Hod^e appears io ha\e concurred in X'incent's estimate of l''ors\th"s operations for he replied that he would " take the earliest opportunity to cau- tion the commandini,>- officer at O^'densburo' ai^ainst that inetlicient mode of warfare." Undeterred b\- this warning-, b'orsyth made a descent on Rrock\ille on the mornin_i,>- of b'ebruary 6th, where he surprised a Hank compan\- of the ist Leeds Militia and made prisoners of \Lijor Carley, Captains Ives and Stuart, Lieut. Morris and about twent\- non-commissioned oHicers and men with nearlx an equal number of unarmed inhabitants. There was no public property at the place except the arms of the militia. In reporting- this incursion Lieut. -Colonel Sherwood of the Leeds Re^'iment sut,''t,''ested the propriet\- of retaliatii\i,>- b\- an attack on O^densbur^- if his force ct>uld be increased, and sent Captain Duncan Fraser with forty-five men across the ri\er to reconnoitre on the ni^ht of L'ebruary 7th. Fraser took a sentry and drove in the jiickets when he retired without loss. 20 'Vwo wooUs ilicn ol.ipsod Ix-CiMi' (lio lU'c'ossary permission for tho .illi-nipt I'oulcl ho ohlainoil. lint at siinriso on l'\'hrnai\ Jiul, Major C'loor^o MacI )i>nnc'l ol tlic (.ilon^any l.ij^lit Infantry, at the licatl of" 210 i\\L;ular troops anil 270 militia unilor Lieut. -Colom-I Thomas l'"rasor, made a direct tViMital attack on the /Xmeriean hatteries at that place. 'I'hey wen' taken after an ohslinate resist- ance, w hicli cost iiim over fift\ men in killeti anil wounileil. In the winter i>f iSi;,-i4 a \ery successful little enterprise was planned and carried into execution hy Captain Reuhen Sherwood, of the Leeds Militia. On the 6lh of I'"ehruary, 1S14, he crossed the river from Point Irocpiois to Hamilton with a suhaltern and twent\ Kinal Marines and ten men o\' the Incorporated Militia, commanded hy Captain Kerr. Guards were posted ahout the villaj^-e, and ever\' horse and slei,t;h in the place impressed, and he pushed rapiilh' for- ward fourteen miles inland to Madrid (now Columhia X'tllatre), where he recovered a lars^e quantity o\' merchandise captured from Hritish merchants on its wa\- up the St. Lawrence the \ear hefore, and returned without molestation next ila\-. "This hold excursion," says Dr. Iloui^h, the local historian, " con- \inceil the people that iheir li\es and property were at the mercy o{' the Mritish." It was (ollowed up h\- a much more important raid h\ a column of ahout 600 re_i,>-ulars and militia under Colonel Scott, of the 103rd Rej^-iment, also con\e\ed in sleio'hs, which destroyed the harrack at l''rench .Mills and hrou,t;ht off a j^nvat quantity of stores, i"'ehruar\' 19th to J4th, 1.S14. The services of the militia durin,«,>- the contest, therefore, were neither lew nor unimportant. The numher actuall\- enrolled in I'pper and Lower Canada has heen stated at 7,2S(-), of whom 1.S6 were cavair)-, 16;, artiller\-, ^,23 \olti- t^-eurs and 6,617 iiif;'ntr\-. After the lapse of nearly thirt\-five \ears a medal was struck ti> commemorate the deeds of the Hritish arm\- from 1793 to 1S14, and stran_i,>-el\- enouj^h the only military operations in Canada considered worthy of notice in this manner were the capture of Detroit, the skirmish at Chateau- ,t,n.tay and the hattle of Chrysler's i%irm. At Detroit and Chateauj^'-uay there was practicall)- no ho-htiniL;- worth mentioning,'', and no militia had heen eni,'-a_i,>-ed at Chrysler's r'arm. The hloodiest and most important hattles of the war, Oueeiiston, the River Raisin, Miami, Stonex Creek, and Lundx's Lane, were ahsolutely unnoticed. h'ive hundred and thirty-one medals were, howe\er, awarded to militiamen, 267 to residents of Upper Canada and 264 to persons living" in Lower Canada ; and clasps were apportioned, 221 for Detroit, 260 for Chateau_i,>'ua\- and 55 for Chr\sler's l^'arm. Three militiamen proved their title to two clasps each, and oui^, Joan Baptist LeClair, to all three, but it is safe to sa\ that the majority of the men who had seen the hardest fi,i>htinj^>- and per- formed the best service, received no recoi,''nition at this time. 21 C'ii\ni:k> III Till'. Mll.JTiA ()|- 1837-S ill'. I'OIH'I.A'riOX o\' tho pnniiK'o iiK-roasi-d iium\' liian Ww t\iM diiriiii^- tlio coursi.' of iIk" ik-m quarter of a coiitmy, Inn as usual in a tiiiu- of pvofounA peace the iiiililia '.o]\\' was niueh uei^leetecl, allluuis^h a nominal ort^ani/aiiiMi was maintained and the ivo'iments were still assembled for inspeetion and what was lermeil "general ti"ainins4' ' unee a \ ear. nissatislaetion with the administratinn of the affairs of the l-troxinee had l; row 11 p>-onouneeil from the eon\ietion that power and iialronai^e was emieenlrated in the haiuls of a numher of selfish and arhitrar\ persons who exeieised tlieir author',, in an arri\L.;ant and despotic manner for the as^i^raiuli/ement of tliem- seKes, their relatives ani.1 ailherents, and had in eiinse(.|uenee he- eiMiie lulious under the name of the " l'"amil\ Compact. " The pre\alenee of this feelint,'' i^axe the opposition a decided majtirit\- in the Lei^is- latixe .Assembly at the elections of \St,^, but the " l'"amil\ Com|-»act ' still con- trolled the Le,s.^islati\e Council which was constituted b\- appointment. Tlie leatlers of the pojiular party, howexer, soitn became iiuoKed in a contro\ers\- with the new Lieulenanl-lunernm-, Sii- j-'rancis I lead, who had cimxinced himself that they were republicans at heart and that independence or annexation to the I'nited States was their ultimate aim. lie dissti|\ed the Assembh and issued a manifesto in which he a|-»pealed to the loyalty of the inhabitants ani.1 denounced his " Radical opjionents as seditious aiul re\olutionar\-. Vor some time alterwanls the Lieutenant-Cun ernor was kept bus\- answering- " lo\al " addresses which jioured in upon him fri>m the " Constitutionists " or "Tories." In oui: of these replies which was |Trinted and widely circulated as a campaion document, he pointedly referred lo a letter from .Mr. Papineau [o Mr. Hidwell, speaker of the .\ssembl\, whicli had lately been published, calling- upon the peojile of both the Canadas [o " unite as a man." l.ioiitoiiiiiit-C'uni'iMiir I li-.ul ili'i.i;n\'il lli.il : " TIk' pi'oplo o\ I'ppcr C"an;ul;i >.K't>.'st iU'muk r,n.\ ; llu-y roxt-'iv tlu-ir i.'i>iisti- liitional cliartor, aiul aro ».i>ns>.H|in.'nll\ slaiiiuli in alk's^iaiK'*.' to tiK'ir Iviii.t;'. " TIk-v ai\" portVclK awaro lliat (1k'i\- v-'xisis at iIk- Lo\\*.-i- l'ro\iiK\' dik' or two iiuliv "uliials who iiKnik'atL' llu- "uloa that tliis priniiu'o is ahoiit i(> In- ilistin hoil hy th*.' intcrtoroiKc i>l loroi^Dcis, wliosi.' po\\v.T ami \\hos».' mimhi.'rs will prove iii\ iiK'iiiio. "In the name i'\er\ i\,L;inK'nl o( militia in I'piier Canada, I puhliely proimil_i,'-ate let them eo k- it' the\ ilaiv. " This ol' eourse x^as an oiniinis relerenee to some hint ol invasion iVom the I'niteil States, whieh e\en then nuisl ha\e been talkeil ol'. At the eleetions whieh follow eil, his trium|">h was eomplete, ami there ean he little iloiihl that it was laii^el) due to his direet and oppi^tune ap- peal lo the ini^rained loyall\ ol" the mass ol" the peo|-»le, who weie willini^' to eondone the mistleeds o\ the I'amily Cttnipaet, rather than seem lo endorse sedition. 'I"he result ol this election made the I aeutenant-Cunernor feel st> se- cure ol" the Knalty ol" the inhaiii- tanls, that w hen he was asked In Sir John Li^lhorne how main o\' the res^ular lroi->ps lie could sp tre lor the maintenance of order in i.i>wer Cana- da, he unhesitalint^ly replied, "all of ihem," and even refused to retain two companies as a oarrison for the city o( 'l\>ronto. The standard ol rebellion was raised at Mont^jomerN's ia\ern on the 4lh of necember, 1S37. 'Die time and place seemed well chosen. .\ serious risins^- was known to ha\e taken place near Montreal. All the rei^ular trimps had been sent to Lower Canada, and four thousand stands of arms were depositetl in the Toronto cit\' hall, only three miles away, o\er which the Lieutenanl- Ciovernor had declined e\en to set a i^uard. in the cinmtrx to the northwanl, Mackenzie, the leader o\' the rebellion, had main adherents, and some ol' his Llll TINAS l-Ci>l.liM.I. I\\ii> A. Skinnkk. LMiM\1,\Mp|N(; I VI II l:AII. lS()f,-lSMl. 23 most ardent supporters who wore prepared to i^o any length, assured him tliat ht'teen hundred men were ah'eady enrolled and prepared to take up arms. As it was, he ne\er sueeeeded in assemhlini,'' nuire than five hundred wretehedl)' equipped, and as the result pro\ed, anything' but stout-hearted men. This, hiMvever, was amply sufficient to thrmv the city into a state o\' indeserihable alarm and confusion, and had he promptl\- ad\aneed he mis^ht have taken it. Hut the militia soon assembled and was rapidly reinforced by \olunteers from the couiury. On the 6th, Colonel .Allan McXab, llien speaker of the House of Assembly, •ame in from Hamilton with sixty men from Gore District, whom he had as- sembled ai half an hour's lunice. Next morninij', haviiii,'' upwards of a thousand well armed men at his command. Head determined to march out against the rebels, whose numbers were steadily diminishini^'. The chief command was \ested in Colonel James KitzGibbon, well known from his services at Hea\er Ham and elsewhere in the war of i officers and eii^ht artiller\nien, the sole repre- sentatives of the regular troops left in ToroiUo, was resoluteh' declined, as the Lieutenant-Governor had determined that the contest should be decided solel\- b\ the L'pper Canada militia. When the\- came in si^-'ht of AL'int^omery's ta\ern, ^Llcke^/.ie's suppoilers at iince dispersed. There was scarcely a show of resistance, and happil\- little bloodshed. The Ui-litia continued to march into Toronto in j^Teat numbers from all quarters, l-'rotr C.ore, Xias^ara, Lake Simcoe and various other places brave men, armed as well as unarmed, rushed forward unsolicited, and according'' to the best repo'ls from 10,000 to 12,000 men simultaneoush- marched towards the capital to support Lieutenant-Go\ernor Head in maintainiiii,'' the I^ritisii consti- tution for the people of L'pper Canada. As their services were not required, they were directed to return to their homes and disband, and in response to a demand from Sir John Colborne an order was issued authorizing- the militia of the I^athurst, Johnstown, Ottawa, and eastern districts, to march mit of the province and t^'ive their assistance to the oo\ernment of Lower Canada. Colonel Allan McXab was instructed to advance ai^ainst i^r. Ouncombe, who was reported to have assembled a small party in arms at Scotland, in the township of Hurford. At his a|-)|iroach, Him- combe's tiillowers dispersed without hrinj.;' a shot, and McXab scoured the H noiq'libtiriiii^ cininti'\ in pursuit ol ihoni lor si.'\i'ral da\s, niaUiui^' uuiiicrous ar- rcsls of suspicious characici-s. Mackcn/ir made his \\a\ in ilisj^uiso lo tlu' liouso o\' a s\iiipatlii/oi", naiiKHl McAlVoo, wlioliw'd ou iIk' Itank o\' tlu' Xiai^ara, within siohi of l^uffalo, anil was forriL-d across ilio riwr, narrow I \ escaping- cajituiw A conmiittoo iif thirteen proniinent citizens of I^utt;do liad been lornied to aid tlu- re\ohilionai'\ nio\e- ment in Canada as earl\ as the 31)1 ot neeeinher, Ix-'ore it could piissihK lia\e been known that an outlneak had taken place in the uppei^ pro\ ince, and a mass meeliiiL;' had been called lor the e\enin,!L;' of the iilh, the \er\ day tliat Mackenzie arri\ed in the cit\, a lui^itixe and alone. The meetins^' is descriheil as one of the larLjest e\er held there, and when Pr. Lhapin amunmced that the leailer of the Canailian insurrection was then a q'uest at his house there was a dem- onstratiiin o\ wild enthusiasm. \ |L;"uard ol honor ol \\nm!L^ iv.cii was lormed 'or his priHection, and it was announced that he would adili-ess a meetini^' on tl;.' lollowini^ e\eniii!L;'. I'he theatre was crammet! to hear him. Mackenzie sjiiike t\i!' two hours with his habitual lluencx and \i>^or oliiuectixe. Cieneral Ihomas jeff''-- son Sutherland followed him, anounc- in^;' their intention ofiin adiui^- Canada at once and calliui^' lor \olunteers and contributiotis ot arms and su|i- plies. At the time there were man\ laborers, seaman and di.ickhands iille in the cit\ and Ciinsei.|uentl\ recruits promised to be plentilul. Within lwent\-lour hiiurs a band ol armed men were assembled at \\'hiteha\en, on Cirand Island, under the leadershi|"» of General Rensselaer \'an Rensselaer, .i^ixon to L'iuh xoliinU'or who ni;i\ join tlio Patriot I'l^ivcs on \a\\ Islaml. " 'I'licy instaiitl\ Ivoan to oivct lints and to lortity tlicir camp. Within a week the patriot ila.^-, lx\irin,-- two white stars on a lilne ounuul, was said to he waviiij^ over the heads of ti\e hnndred well armed men. Contrilmtions of arms and proxisions eame in t'rom man\ sonrees. As soon as the invasion of Navy Island heeame known, a considerahle body ol mihtia was assemhk-d at Chippawa nnder Colonel Cameron, and the river earetully patrolled. On the 25th, Colonel McXah came in with 500 volunteers fresh h-om his his siieeessful expediti n a,<; ,nst Dnneombe, and u^ok over the command. Within a tew days his lorce was swelled to 2,500 by volunteers t"ri>m all quarters. Amono" them were a company of net^roes and a bod\- of Six Nation Indians, from the Crand River, led by Colonel William Johnson Kerr, who had been one of their ol'hcers in the War of i.Si^. Amoni^- other distinguished vohmteers who had joined Mc.Xab on his march to Hurtord. was Andrew Drew, a commander in the Royal Xavy on halt-pay, who had been settled lor some years on a farm near Woodstock. Several other naval ofhcers and a number of seamen having- come in, a naval bri.^ade, imder Hrew's command, was soon lormed, and vessels and boats collected with the view of attackino- the island. Mac';en/.ies forces, howe\er, had not been idle. Thev had cm a road quite around the island, thrcnvn up formidable-lookin.i-- entrenchments, and obstructed the appri>aches on tlKe western front. 'I'heir numbers were said to have increased to upwards of one thousand, most of whom a Buffalo newspaper described as rufhans " who would cut any man's throat tor a dollar." A desultory artillery fire was opened on the Canadian shore, bv which two or three militiamen were killed or wounded and a few houses dama,i^--ed. Hrew was enoaovd in p.vparin.o- boats for crossing", when late'^on the after- noon ol the 2qth, while standing" in companx with .Mc.Xab at the look-out post, they saw a small steamer put out from Schlosser and cross over to the island! With their held -lasses they could see that she was crowded with men, and thought they cou\d distini^uish o\k' or two cannons on deck. "This won't di>!" exclaimed McXab, " I say Drew, ,\o yon think you can cut that vessel out?" "Oh, \es," Drew replied, " nothin.i^- can be easier, but it must b." done al ni.i^ht.' " Well, then," said .McXab, " ,0-0 and do it ! ' Sir l-rancis I lead, who had arrived at Chippawa a lew davs before, was of com-se considled, and readily o-ave his consent to the enterprise. The steamer they had seen was the Ca.roline, of Buffalo, which had been specialb chartered to carry troops and stores to the island. She tied up on the east side of Xavy Island, where she landed her passen- K'-ers, and seems to have returned to Schlosser after dark, unseen from the Cana- dian bank. Orew immediately called for volunteers, simply sayin.^r that he .'6 "wantod a k-u K'llous witli 1.11I lasses who woiikl follow him to tho ik'vil," Sixty I1UM1 wcro soU'Ctc'il Irom tin- lai^L- iuimiIxt thai ollciwl, aiul about midnii^iil iIk'\ pill oil in sc\on boats. It was brii^'-ht moi>nli_i,''lit, ami when he passed the u|t|iei" end of N'a\\ Island, he saw that the Cari^line la\ at Selilossor whart. lie was then in no mood \o turn baek, and diiveted his men to row aei"i>ss the riser. W'iien his biiat eanie within twent\ yards ot the steamer, it was hailed by the wateli on deck, who demanded the et'»imtersi«,«-n. Drew quietlx replied, " I will j^^ive it to \o{\ when I iLjet on boartl," ami uriifed his men to j-tnll aK>n^side. lie scrambled up the side at the starboard i^an^'wav, earrxins^" his cutlass between his teeth, but such was the anxiety o\ iiis crew to follow that they impeded each otiier's nunements, the boats swuiii'' o\\, and he remainetl aK>ne on the C' ■ le's dei'k tor more than a mu. .e. Hrandishin!^ his weapon o\er their heatls, Drew said to the watch, which ciiiisisled o\ three men, " .Now I want this \essel, and \ou had better jljo ashore at once." They ran across the iWxk, and Drew supposed they were about \o obe\ , when one of them snatched up a musket and and fired it within a yard ot his head. The shot missed, ami Drew struck the man d(.iw 11 witli a sa\- ai^e blow o\ his cutlass. Another man then snapped a pistol in his lace but it missed lire, and he was instanth disaimed by a quick cut on the arm. and with his remain- \\\^ companion was ilriven ashore. H\ this time the remainder ol the boardin*^- parl\' had reached the deck, and in a very slun't time i^ained entire possession of the \essel, drixiiii^' the crew and passenqers on the boat ashore. Drew- mounted the paildle box and ijaxe orders to cut her moorings ami send her adrift. She was found to be attached to the wharf by chains, and some dela\- iiccurreil before these orders could be executed. .\ bod\ of men lVi>m a ta\ern near the wharf assembled apparentlx with the intention of atlcmptins^ to retake l.iir I .-(.'ill iiM I A. II. MiHiKE idM \i \MiiNi, liiii i;\ii\iiiis iS();-i)7. tho vossol, ami hoj^an lirim^. i.iciil. Ivlinslox aihaiKwl with sixtoon iikmi, ainiod oiiK' with cutlasses, and took up a position across tlu' street, where he heKl this part\ in eheek until the chains w hieh seeureJ the Caroline were cut li>ose. Ihe steamer was linalK towed into the current ot' the ri\er, where she was set on fire and cast adrift. After passini^; through the raj-^ids, wrappetl in llanies, she grounded on a small islet near the hrink o\ Niagara I'.ills, where she subse- quentK' went to pieces. Hesides iaeut. McCormack, se\eral others ol Prew s part\- were slioluK wounded, while twel\e persons out o\ thirty-three, said to ha\e been on hoard the Caroline when attacked, were reported missins^'. 0( these, howe\er, onl\ one, Amos Ihnfee, a nei^ro, was certainl\ knmvn to he killed. Hrei-. himself helieve.l I ;iat t'.iere c.ndd not ha\e been more than two killed and f nn- ov ii\e w\>un led. After the ilestruction o\' tlie Caroline the force under McXab was au_L;ii- mented b\ the arrixal o\ fresli bodies o\ militia until it exceedeil 5,000. The hlibusters were also considerabK reinforced and for some days a body ot them was encamped on Cnand Island. dissensions, howe\er, soon arose anions^' them, for \'an Rensselaer was a drunkard and incompetent to command in many wa\s. On the i,^th of Januarx, iS:;S, \a\\ Island was linally exacuated by them, haxiuL!' been in their possession e\acll\ a numth. Late in Pecember HriiL;adier-l.'ieneral Sutherland had been sent by \'an Rensselaer to Detroit ti> create a di\ersioii in his \.\.\ov b\ an attack on tlie Canadian frontier iViMii that quarter. On the jlh of Januarx, iS_:;S, Sutherland arri\ed in Detroit with 200 men. lie lound three or foui^ huiulreil men assembled under (."leneral Roberts and assumed the comm md under the authority i^iven him by \'an Rensselaer. It was determined to remove to tlie island ot i-5ois Hlanc, in Canailian waters and thence make an attack on Amherstburt^- in conjunction with the schooiicr Ann, a i^ilt tVom an enthusiastic suppi>rter which they had armed with three pieces of cannon. Tiie landinj^' on Hois Hlanc was effected without opp.rsition, and duriui^' the nii^Iil tlie scluntnei-, commanded by General Theller, passed between the island and the Canadian shore, tiriui^- into the town. Immediate prejiarations were made lor an attack u|-ion .\mherstbur$4' imder co\er o\ the ijuns o\ the Ann. In passing; down the ri\er by moonlight to take up her positiiMi, the \essel was liied upon b\ a party ot bissex militia, under Lieut. -Colonel Radclitfe, who occupied the town. The man at the helm was either shiit or deserted his post, and the schooner dritfed towards the Canadian shiire, where she ran aground. Some of die militia leil by Captain ironsitle, and I'lnsiii^n Hab\ , waded out in the water, which titok them up to their arm- pits, and boarded her. One o\ her crew had been killed, and they tiiok eit^ht wounded and twel\e unwouni.let.1 prisoners, inclutlint^' all the oUk'ers, three pieces of cannon, and 200 staiul o\' arms. This e\ent greatly dispiriteil Sutherhuul, who instantb s^axe orders lor a retreat to Suj^ar Island in American waters, 2S wIkmv 1k> was jiiiiK'd next day by t'lOiK'ial I laiuiy, \\lio>.-aino down tho rivor in tho stoaiiKM- Ivric wilh roinfoivcnK'nts and siippli>.-s. Tlio numlK-r o\ iikmi uiulor tlioir coninianil was osliniatL'd at 700. In a tow days iIk- ico hci^an to How, pro\isii>ns w\m\" lallino- short, and Handy summoned the I'lowrnor ot" Michigan to Ills assistance, rec|uesiinu- him to eiMiie to SujL;ar Island, aeeom|ianied h^: a siiii,>-le slati ollieer, aiul oi^ tliroiii^'li the torm ot" dispersini^- his I'lirees. \\:u-]\ in l""ehruai-y, nriuadior-Lieneral Donald McLeoil and Colonel X'ree- land arri\ed at Detroit with a Ixh1\- ot" men whom tlie\- had enlisted in Ohio. On the the nioht o\' Ivhruary 24111 the\ ti>ok possession ot" I-'ii^htini^' Island, below Sanilwieh, with Iwo or three hundred tollowers, but were |-irompll\ attacked and driven out next day by a delaehment o( the T,2n^\ Kei^iment, with a loss ot" tive men wounded. After evactualino- \avy Island, Maeken/.ie and Van Rensselaer plaimed a movement u|-»on Kingston, where the\- seem to have anticipated a risiui^- in their ("a\or. In the pnvseeution of this enterprise the I nited States Arsenal at W'atertow n, \. \'. was broken into and robbed of a iari^e quantity ot" arms, and o\\ the 22nd and j;,rd of b'ebniarx a bod\ of men, supposed to nundxM- from 1,500 to 2,^00, uiuler \'an Rensselaer, took pi>sses- sion ot lliekory Island, in the St. Lawrence, about sixteen miles below Kini^s- ton and only two miles trom (.ianaiuH|ue, where there was a small garrison of rci^ulars and militia. A smaller party crossetl trom Buffalo to Point Abino at the same time. There was no nunement, howe\er, tti co-operate witii them anywhere in Canada. On the contra.ry, the militia assemblei.1 with yroat alacrit\- to repel them and in the course of a \ery t"ew da\ s the invaders retireil. After his repulse at I-"iohiin.o- Island, McLeinl removed his headquarters to Sanduskx , Ohio, whence he des|-»atched tour hundred men uiuler Colonels Seward and Bradley across the ice in sleighs to take |iossessien of I'elee Island. After beini,'- there a t"ew i.la\s they were attacked by Colonel John Maitiand with fi\e companies of the 321UI Rej^iment and nearl\- 200 I^ssex Militia aiul some \olun- teer ca\alry under Lieut. -Colonel Jiihn Prince. Ad\ancin!^'- in persi'tn at the head ot the main Wx\\ as^ainst their position at the north cud of the island, Maitiand detached Ca|"ilain Hrow n with two conijianies of the 321UI h\ a cir- cuitous route to the south eiul to cut off their retreat. Retirins^- before Mait- iand s torce in their sleighs much more ra|-)idl\ than it could t'ollow, the iiuaders came suddenly upon Brown's detachment, which the\- s^nvatly out- numbeiVLl, and takinj^- shelter behind the piles of ice aloiii^- the shore, the\- opened a most effective tire. Brown j^allantlx chars^-ed their position with the bayonet, dislodj^iniLj- them with the loss of Captains \'an Rensselaer and McKeon and eleven men killed and nine prisoners. The remainder ran to their sleis^lis and escaped across the ice, carryiiii^- with them a consitlerable number of wounded men. Brown had lost two men killed and t went\ -ei^ht wounded in this very o-allaiu affair. The same evening- Colonel Prince capture.i General 29 SuiIk'iI.iiuI aiul his ;iii.l-do-«.Minp, Ci|itaiii Spi-ncor, on tiK'ir way to (Ik- islaiul. I'larh in |iiik' an attonipt was niailc to fais*.- tlu- standard ot rcliollion in tlic Township o\ IV'lliani, in iIk' Counl\ o\ Lincohi. Hcnjaniin Wait, a natiw ot tlK- I'nitoil Stati's Init a naturah/cd Hritisli sulijcxt, wlio liad tk'd tVoni Canada to escape arrest, was the cliiof organizer ot this enter|">rise. A bixlv of 52(1 iiion, well armed and eipiipped, was assembled in i^urt'alo, and small jtarties were sent seeretlv across the ri\er w ith instruetions to assemiile at Aaron W'iiiehester's larm, in the re|L!ii>n known as the Short llilis. They ti>ok possession ol a eom- mandins^' pi^sition, whieh the\ rudelx lortitk\l, and sjient eii^ht i.la\s tliere heat- in;^' lor recruits anil eolleelin^" prinisions before their presence became known to the officers in ciMiimand on that frontier. 'I'heir nunements were s^enerally made by nit^ht with the utmost sccrecx and caution. Winciiester and sitme of" his immediate neii^hiiors were acti\e symiialhi/ers, and the exact localit) of' the cami-* could not be easily ascertaineil. Their attempts to sulnert the K\\alty of the mass of the inhabitants pro\eil ipiite unsuccessful, ami the\ were ji^inetl onl\ by a lew settlei^s and some dissolute fellows who were probabK atti'acted b\ the hope of plunder. After they had been there a few days, Colonel James Morrow, or Moreau, a tanner b\ tr.ule, who was said to ha\e hail scrnie militars trainiui^', arri\ed and took command. A detachment of' lancers advanced about the same time from Xiat^ara to observe their movements, and pushed fi>rward an out|">iist to occupy the little villas^e of St. John's, about three miles from their posit'iin in the Short Hills. llaviniLj' ascertained the strenjLith of this party, and that it was i.|uite unsupported, Morrow ailvanced with his whole force on the nijLjht of June iSth. I'ourteen lancers, under Cornet Heath, were quartered in Overhiilts tavern, a small wooden buildiniLj', where they defended themselves obstinatelv until it was riddled with bullets, and preparatiitns were made to set it on Ihv, when thev surrendered. Ihe rapid advance of' the remainder of the lancers and a troop of" militia cavalrv from St. Catharines next dav, forceil tliem [o release their prisoners, abandon their cani|i and disperse. Many succeeded in escaping;' to the I'nited Slates. A few were killed in the pursuit, and Morrow, Wait and thirtv-seven others were apprehended. Twenty were foimd i^uiltv and sentenced to death, but only the unfortunate Morr^nv was executed. Between the 1 st and loth of Xovember, about tuenty of the Hunter's Lodges, in the State of New \ ork, nearest the St. Lawrence River, beiLjan con- centrating" their forces for an attack upon I'rescott, where ftirtifications were in course of construction. On the moriiini^" of the i 1 th, two schiioners, in tow of the steamer L nited States, having alxnit ()Oo men on board, with a (.piantitv of militarv stitres, left .Miilen's Hav below Sackett's I larbor. 'They touched at Oi^dens- burj^', where General Hieri.,''e, who commanded, opportunely f"ell ill and went ashoiv. Wlion ilio\ aj^ain startod, oik- of tho sclioonors, coniinaiulcil by tho notorious iVill Jolmson, i^Toiiiuk-J on a slu^al, and tho stoanK-r I'nitcd States was pivvontL'd iVoni ontor'nii^- tho rivor by tlu- Hritish sloanior I'lxporiniont, coin- niandod by l/iout. l-'orvoll, K. X., wliioh lay in wait for hor Ix-Iow. 'I'ho othor schooner alone, oi>n\o\ino- 170 niL-n, under Colonel \'an Sehult/, a Polish refugee, crossed the river anil landed this party at the windmill below the town ol TresciMt. 'I"he windmill iiselt" was a circular stone buildini^-, eii^htN teet in height, with walls o\er three teet in thickness. .Near it were several other stone buildint^s surrounded by a low stone wall, formiui^- an extremelx defensible posi- tion aj^ainst .u)\ force unproxidetl with artillery. The steamer Paul Pr\ after- wards attempted to tow across the schoimer that bad run aground, but as soon as she lairl\ s^>-ot within Canadian waters the b]\periment opened fire upon her with ,i;rape and canister. The Paul Pr\ left the schooner to her fate, and put back to 0,i,'■densburi.^ Lieut, l-'orvell then ran his vessel down upon the schooner with the intention of takino- possession of her, when he found himself in shoal water, and saw the steamer I'nited States bearinii down upon him. .\ brisk interchaui^e oi shots t'olli>wed, duriiio- which the schooner escaped into Os^densburo-, and the I'nited States soon folKnved, haviiii^- received a cannon ball through one o( her eiii^ines and several others in her hull, 'i'hat nii,'-ht Captain Sandom, K. \., arrived from l\in_<,>-ston with the steamers pueen X'ictoria and Cobourij-, havini^- on board seventx marines and ret^ulars. .A eletachment of the C.len^arr\niilitia, under Captain Cieorye Macdonell, came tVom below, and lay on the i^round amid a heavy rain all ni^ht. Lieut. -Ci>Ionel O. R. Crowan, with 140 men of the c)th Provincial Hattalion, also marched into Pres- cott durin^^- the nii^Hit. Next mornino- the 2nd Rattalion o\' I^undas militia, commanded by Lieut. Colonel John Crysler, nearly :;oo strono-, and detachments of the I St and 2nd Grenville Battalions, under Lieut. -Colonel R. i"). l-'raser, also arrived. Colonel Plomer Wnms^', inspecting- i'ield Officer, assumed the command, and determined upon an immediate attack. The left win*,-, com- posed of thirtx marines under Lieut. Parker, Captain .\L'icdoneirs Clent^arry militia, and some of the C>ren\ille and Hundas militia, commanded by Lieut. - Colonel l'"raser, drove the enem\"s picquets out of the wihuIs on that flank in i,MlIant style. The rij,>-ht column, commanded by Colonel Wnni^"- in person, consistin^i,'- of forty men of S;,rd Regiment, Lieut. -Colonel Cowan's battalion, and the remainder of the nuiulas militia, adxanced aloiijL;- the bank of the river, drivinj-j- the enemy from behind the walls of the enclosures until the\ took shelter in the mill and adjacent buildin,q-s, but bein^- much exposed durinj^' their operations their loss was severe. As they approached the mill the hre from its upper windows became \ery stead\ and accurate, and his men fell so fast under it that Colonel Wnmo- resoKed to discontinue acti\e operations until artiller\- could be obtained. 3' 'I'Ik" mill was lIosoK hlock.uk-d ou iIk- laiul siiio by Coloiu'l Noiinji^-, while iho l']\|X'riiiKMil (.•ontiiUK'd \o patrol the riwi'. \'on Seluill/ sent a man across iho river on a plank during,'- the nis^ht to ask that boats sboiiKl be sent to take o\'\' his men. Twentv -t'onr liours later the Taul l'r\ aetuallx erosseil the ri\er tor that |iui-pose, but a eouneil ol" war deeided to maintain the position, ami instead of brin,i,nni4' awa\ the inxailers a small reinloreement was landed. At noon on the i6th, Colonel Henry Dinulas, I\. A., arrixed from Kingston with a delaehment o\ Koyal Artillery in ehari^e ot" tliree heaw i^uns, and \]\c eom- panies ot" the S;,rd Kei^nment. The i^uns were planted on a rise ot i^ronnd about 400 \ards from the mill and their lire soon beeame etteeli\e. .At the same time Captain Sandom, with two i^unboats and a steamer bej^an a bombardment ot" tlie enenn s position trom the ri\er. As it i^rew d.ark the iritops oradiiall) ad\aneed, and \'ou Selydt/, w lu> had undertaken to delend one of the stiMie buildins^'s outsiile the mill with onl\ ten men, because none ot" his sidtordinates would venture to >.\o it, was dri\en from his position and oblis^ed to seek shelter anions;' the bushes at the water's edt^e, where he was taken prisoner with some otiiers. I"]ver\ buildini^- near the mill that would burn was then set on tiie, and as the names bla/cd up liereely about them the trendilin^' i^arrison huns^- out a white Hai,'-. Hn this time all the troops were terribly exasjierated and Colonel nundas appears to ha\e had L;reat (.liffieultx in restrainint.;- their tire. " To his determined resolutiiin indeed, " wrote Sir C'leorj^e Arthur, the Lieutenant- Governor, "it is to be ascribed tliat the militia ofthe country i.;a\e an\ i.|uarler to the bri^^ands ; nothing-, I belie\e, but the presence ot" the ret^ular trooj-ts ha\- in<4- saved an\ ii|" them triMii beinj^' v n to pieces. The prisiMiers numbered one hundred and lit"t\ se\en, and upwards ot" l"orty ol" the inxatlers were sujiposed to ha\e been killed. Their llajLT, ^'''^ which was embroidered an eaLjle and a sini^le star with the inscription "Liberated by the Onondas^a llunters, " was captured. The British K>ss in these operations was two olficers and ele\en rank and lile killed and t"our ol"licers and si\t\-three non commissioned otlicers and men wountled. Lieut. Helmai^e, ot" the .-,iu' Ciremille NLditia, tour ot" the Li>yal Cileni,'-arr\ I Iii,'-hlanders and tour ot" t'e 2nd Puiulas Militia were anions- the killed, and Lieut. -CoK^nel dowan -', the Ninth Provincial Battalion, bjisiq-n An^us NLicdonnell ot" the Lo\al dlen^arry Highlanders, Lieutenant John I'arlow and se\en men ot" the 2nd l')undas Militia were winiiuleil. One object ot the descent upon I'rescott was undoubteillx to create a di\er- sii->n in t"avor ot" insurrection at Heauharnois antl simultaneous iinasion trom the United States at Odelstow 11 and Rouse's Point. To restore order and repel the the iinaders Sir John Colbiirne had attain summoned the militia ot the Lastern districts ot" I'pper Canada lo his assistance. Between the 5th and 9th of .\o- \ember three re,!L;iments ot" Cilen,L,''ar\- militia, under Colonels HiMiald .\Licdon- nell, Alexander Chisholiii and Alexander l-'raser, and a reoimenl of StormouiU inililia iiiuliT Colonel HonaKI .Iviums M;udoiu-ll, assi'inliK'il aiul marv.luil ti> Lolcaii (.III l.a*.'. 0\\ iIk' lolli of N\)\ omlHT t lu'si.' roi^inu'iils, niimhoriii!^ inoio than looc) iiK-n, crossed tin.' St. Law i\'ik\- to lluiiLjrx Ha\, ,iiul niai\-|K'il upon l^c*aiiliariu>is in conjunction with 150 i\'|L;ulars. 'I"hc insiirmonts were ilispeised with triilinj^- Utss, ami a steamer they had seized was retaUen. l'"oiir days later, when the landinj^' oi the enemy at I'resei^tt became known, they were oidereil to return to I'pper Canaila, but tlie\ arri\ed loo late \o take any part in die attack on the windmill ; they were, howe\er, stationed as a gar- rison at I'rescott and Cornwall diiriiiL;' the winter. " llimters " in considerable numbers had assembled at or near IX-tiMit, not only tVom other jiaris ot' Micbii^aii, but iVom the priiici|->al cities in the States o( Ohio and .New N ork. Ihe steamer Lhamplain was eiii^aoed and stores collected lor an exjiedition. On the nii^ht of December ;^\\\ tour hundred men marched ojienly ihroiii^h the streets ot Hetroit, within si^bt ol the sentinels at the armorx, aiul embarkeil without hindrance. At t, a. m., next morniiijLj, the\ laiuled at I'eletle s farm, four miles abo\e W'indsi^r, which was then occu|")ied b\ iMie company o\' I'lssex militia, commanded b\ Captain Lewis. Ihe iiuailers ailxanced rapiilb, ;• 'd were not discovered until llie\ were within a quarter o\' a mile o\ the bar- racks, which the\ immediateh sur- rounded. The militia fired briskly upon tiieir assailants, but were soi^ii ^/^'^^^^-^^^ " SiK Ai I \N M( N \i:. dri\en back into tiieir barracks, which were then set o\\ tire. W'n or iweKe rushed out and made their escape, tiiirteen were taken prisoners, aiui twiiwinnuled men were supposed to ha\e perished in the burniniL;' buildiiii^s. The enenu had aihaiiced to tiie centre ol the town in tWii columns, under Colonels Putnam and ILtwell, and occupied a positii>ii in i''iancis i^aby's orcharil. IVierce remaine*.! with the reserve some ilistance in the rear. After iiriiii^" a single \olley, Captain Sparke chai'i^ed the iiuaders, who were beliexed to number about 1,^,0, and drove them headloiiiij- throui^h the town. Holh Putnam and Howell were killed, and their ilas^' was captured by LnsijLjn Rankin, of the Incorporated Militia. S|iarke lost onl\ i>iie man killed and one wounded in this oallant attack. Colonel Prince, beinj^' then informed that a budy o\ the L'iK'iiu ucro iulvaiK'int; upon Siindu icli, iwalk'il his iiu'ii lioin iIk' puiMiit aiul maivhoil h.wU to tliat pla^o, arriM\rmi,>- Cioiicral hii'ivo a wi-konu- oppiniimilN \o escape' to iIk- .AiiKM'ican siilc of tin- riwr with most o\ liis iiu-n. Tw^'iUn -oiu- ol t Ik- i mailers liail been killeil. l'"our, u lio were liioui^lil in as prisoners at the elose o\' the action, were shot as outlaws by Prince's orders. l''orty-si\ others were afterwards taken, and nuniliers were suppi^sed to ha\e perished in the woihIs. Ihe whole li>ss of the militia was fi^nr killed ami lour woimiled. Ik'tween the 5th of l")ecemher, iS;,;, ami the isi of November, iS;,S, in- cludiniL;' the pris<>mrs taken o\\ the schoiMier Ann, at l\iinl au I'elee, and the Shi>rt llills, SS5 persiMis hatl been arrested on a ehars^e ot' tieason or insurrec- ti(->n ; of tnese, three, Peter Matthews, Samuel l.oimt and James Morrow, had been executed., sixty-five had been sentenced [o terms i^f imprisonment, or to be transpiM'ted or Itanished friMii the Pro\ince, fort\-se\en had been tried and ac- (.piitted, twenty-seven (chiellN persons taken in arms at Pelee Island or the Short llills) wei'e yet in custodx, and 74,^, had been tlismissed without trial or jtar- tUmetl. Si\t\-iine persons wlui ha*.! lelt the Province were indictetl. The militia called into service at this perivnl has been estimated at not less than 40,000. Resides lod re_t;iments of countiv militia there were five battalions of Incorpiirated Militia, which were not linally disbanded until 1^4^, twelve Provincial Hattalions on dutv for a stated pe-'iod, and thirty-one corps of artillerv , cavalrv , and ritles. ^^^'^WMm^m^^' M Chapthiv> I\ Till': Okoani/ation oi rin.; 'fi iiiMi;i;.\Tii Battaijon WI'.XIN NI'IAKS i>l' iinhioUcn peace clapsod, diirini,'- which the ncLVssity for any armoii loivo in ailditicii to tho ivi^ular troops in jTan-is<>n was scaivcl>- obvious. Tht" war with Russia caused a revival of niihtary ardor, and in 1S55 an "Aet to rei«-ulate the Mihtia" was passed by \vliieh tlie ein-olhiient oi' vohniteers as active niditia was authorized, and the pro\inces were divided into niihtary districts ("or tliat purpose. "The active mihtia." this act reail, "shall ci>nsist of" volunteer troops oi cavalry, field batteries and foot companies of artillery and companies of infantry armed as riflemen, but not exceedino- in the whi^le sixteen troops of cavalrv, seven Held batteries of artillery, h\e foot companies of artil'lerv and fifty companies of riflemen, not to exceed five thousand men." The Act came into force on July isi, 1853, and was to con»inue in operation "for three years, and from thence until the end of the next ensuin.ir session of Parliament of the I'roxMice and no lons^rer, provided that if, at the time when this act would otherwise expire! ^ there shouM happen to he war between Her Majestv and the L'nited States of America, then this Act shall continue in force until the end of the session of the Provincial Parliament next after the proclamation of pe;wc between Her Majestv and the said L'nited States." I'nlil then, the annual muster and inspection of the Countv .Militia, com- pnsmi,r practically the whole male population of the countrv, be ween the a^i^es of iNand 45, continued to be held, to the ^veni inconvenience of all concerned, par- ticularly m the rural districts where man\ persons had to travel ^n-eat distances to attend, and lose several days' time. It had become a wretched burlesque Neither ofiicers or men, with perhaps a few exceptions, were armed, equipped, :>5 or ill any \\,i\ iM^lriu-U-J in llu- military iliili».->> tlu-y \\\m\- pi\'stinuHl In pi.'rrnriii. 'riu- ori^aniMiion ».-onsisU\l soU'ly ol' a list of i>rii>.\'|-s. Tlu' lu-w ai.t was sn far sikwssliil ih.ii ilu' lull luiinlHT ol\i>rps aiitlu>ri/».'il \\«.'i\' orL^ani/i."il aiul i.H|ui|ip».'il (Ia!-i4\'l\ at tlu'ii- ow ii (.-xpL'nsi."), aiul in nian\ \.'as(.-s appi-ar to ha\ >.• allaiiK'd a k.'i\\litahk' iloi^roi." ot prolic'ionv.) in [\oop or k.\)M)pan\ iliill, imkUt insti lutions {vo\\\ llu' i\'i^ iilar sor\ ik.\', llamilloM was oik' of tlu' liist cities to tak».- ail\ aiit;i,i^\' ol" tlu' a(.'t. Two rilU' i.onipaiiii."s ami a livKI hattiTv wotl' or^anizcii Ix't'or*.' tlu' (.'nJ of tlu' \oar, anil in iS^i) ,i JliMiil.iiul i.iMnpan\ o\ intantr\ was aJik-il, iliii'llx In llio i'Vit- tii>ns o\ L'.ipiain (alloiw arJs l,i».'iit.-L'oloni.'l ) Janu's .\it».liison Skiinu'r, w lui unilornu'il it .it his o\\\) i.'\p>.Mis(.'. Anotlu'i- militia ai.'t, wlii*.li lx-\.anu' law in iS^t). pro\iik'il lor iho ois^ani/a- tion ol hall,ilii>ns of inl'anti-\ aiul lillrs w Ik'i\'\(.'1- |iractit.ahl>.". 'I'lu- pi-ospcct >'!' hostilities with the I'nited States, in eonseipienee ol the onlrai^e i-^u tlie stea.ner I rent, iieeasioneJ L;r»^'at e\eilemenl, and ,i^a\e a deeiileil stimulus to the \olun- leer movement all o\er i.'ana».la. I'he C"io\ ernor-C'ieneral appiMUteil a I\o\al Commission to leport on the most el't'eetixe means ol' ois^ani/int;- the militia \\i\- the Jelenee o\ the eounliy. The L ommissioneis stronoK reeommenileil that a loree ol ^o.ooo men sIumiKI he emlnulied and trained loi- t w ent \ -eii^ht da\s e\er\ \ eai\ The exeitement had not altooethei' subsideil when the i^eneral onler o\ Deeemher i,v'i. i'^<>-\ was published, anthori/ino- the formation ol' a haltalii>n i>finfanti\ in Hamilton, desionated as the Thivteenlh. The two existinLj- rille companies, then eonnnanded h\ Ciptains |ames luiwin cVR^ilK and Ste|-»hen I. Lattlex, were ineorporateil in the hattalieii as numbers one and two, and the llij^hland eompany, under Captain Skinner, as number thiee ei>mpan\. Vouv new companies were tormed umler eommand of Captains |ohn Hrown, C'loors^e ller\e Min^ave, HonaKl Melnnes and 'I'homas l^ell. lion. Isaac i^uchanan, the most eminent jniblic man in the city, was oa/^tteil as I jeutenant-Ci>lonel L'i>mmandinu;, Captains Skinner and 0'i\eill\ were |-iromoted to be Majors almost immediately. 'I'hc ranks were soon filled with entluisiastic \oIunleers, and on the i()th ot Mecember, i N()J, an eii^hth com|iany was added underCaptain John McKcinvn, and on the <)th o\ januarx. iS();,, a ninth, commaiuled b\' Captain Koberl Law. The l'i>riner company was, howe\er, disbanded on the loth o\ Jul\ , I St);;. A lund ot S4, ()()() was ra|->idly raised by jiublic subsc. i|Ttion, and in March, iS()_:;, the construction o{ a commodious drill sheil was bei,''un, which was com- pleted in lime tor a battalion parade on the 4th o\ }nn<^. It was desioneil b\ , and constructed under the super\isioii o\ an officer o\' the oattalion, Lieutenant atlerwards .\Lijor) Alexander II. Askin. 1 he use ol the motto " Semper Paratus " was authori/ed, and on the isl ;() ot" Sopl'.-inlHT, iS();,,iIk' H.HI.iliiMi w.is pi\'si'iiU'J w illi v oKts In .\|r->. Rikli.m.m, wik- o\ ilu- >.(>inin;mirnii^ ii|t"K\'|-. Tlu' cs(.im1 dii lli.it i>».\',isi(M) wii^ ».t>inin;iiulv.'il h\ C'iipiaiii John Su'w.irl I IviuUtsou, I'lnsis^n^ W'.iIm'ii .iml Uiivli.nian Ik'Iiil;' ik't.iiK'il \o i.;ur\ llu' v'oIi'i>. I'lu's*.' u*.-!*.- iliil\ (.onsot. imUhI In l\>.'\».'i\'iul j- C'lambk' Cu'tiiU's, iIk' l\i.'i.loi- o\ C'hrist's C'lnn\h, aiul i\\i.'i\ci.l lri>m Mis. Hik'banan In Major Skiniur. 0\] Si'pU'iiilH'i ',ril ilu' lial laliiMi, t.onmianiK il l>\ Majoi- Skiiini'i', lumilKT- inu: alHMit lliiw luiiulri.'i.l oHurrs aiul hk'Ii, [ook part in a irxicu at l>ianlliMil, 'rnlKIIINIII I'.MIAIh'N III ImiNIKN ii\ l'\KA|i| ("iKiUNli, M\\ l'.|lll. l«i|i|. w luTo iK'arl) .2, v><> \ ^'I'liil'''*-''''^ ^'1 iIk' disiii(.t wore inspi.\'toi.l In Major (."iciicral i.ii.'iM-iL;\- .\a|"'iL'r. 'I'lio 'riiirti.'i.'i)lli w as iIk- stroni^csi b.itlalion on pai-aili.-, aiul was oipially dislinti'iiislu'il loi- o\MK'i"al iirolkiciKN in ilrill. TIk' iifficors prosi^-nl wcri.' Major SkiiuK-r, Captains lioiulorson, Caltk-y, Miiioaw, l^.jll .nul Law, I it^-uts. I'apps, Mat^'rac, .\skin. Milton, Mi^^^ar and Wink, Ivnsions Watson, l^iichanan, Ir\ini^", jainicson aiul inkson. On the i;,tli of janiiar\, iS(i4, Liont.-CoKMU'I I Kisto, C. ix, l\. A., was a|-)|-)oiiU(.'d I nspoctor of Militia tor llu- ilistri*.!, aiul made iho tirst vifticial inspL't^-lion >>/ of tho Hattaliiin a low wooks later. 0\\ IX'conibor ;,olli of tlial \ oar Liout.- CoKtnol l^iiohaiian rotiroci from iho ooniniaiul, and mi Januaix 27th, i(S65, was suooooilod by Lioiit.-Coloiiol AltVod I^ookor, who liatl ooininaiulod tho llaniil- ton l'"iold I^attory sinoo its ori^ani/.alioii in 1S55, and onjo\od tlio ropiitation of an eiior54"otio and officiont oftioor. In April of this yoar, throe Administrative HattaJitins fov frontier sor\ieo were iM^s^anizod niainl\- to prevent a reourrenco o\ inn^ads upon tlio territory o\ tho I'nitevI States, by refugees from the South, similar {o tho famous St. Albans Raid. Lieut. -CoKmel Hooker was then soleoioil for tho command o\ tho second of those battalions, ha\ini^" its headi.|uar- lors at \ia:.;ara, ,ind he appointed Captain (afterwards I. ieut. -Colonel ) llenr\- l^rskino IrvinjLj'i of his own battalion, to bo Adjutant, Captain Ji>hn llonorx succoodin_i,'" him. .A conipan\ composed of \olimteors from tho rhirtoonlh was enlisted, and ofhcorod by Captain Cattle}-, Lieut. W'atsoii and blnsion Jamie- son. It was sent to I'rescott, where it .ormed part of tho Ivastorn Administra- ti\e Battalion, and remained in t^arrisitn until Wnember, when its term of ser\ico expired. Another compan\' was immodiatoK' formed {o take its place by Captain Ir\in!L',, ha\in^" I{nsit;ps Crant and ilobdon as his subalterns, and proceeded to Windsor. Ivnsii^n dranl was rtppointed Adjutant of the Western A(.lministrati\o Hattalion during' his term of sor\ ice. On tho loth of \o\om!ier, 1S55, \o. 7 company, ami, on the 15th of nocomlier, Xo. S company, wore disbanded, and the establishment of the bat- talion reduced to six companies of fitty-fne niin-commissionod officers and men, Xo. t) iiocciminj^- Xo. 3. Purino" the autumn of iS(>5, and tho follow inj^' winter, rumors prevailed of formidable preparations tor an invasion of Canada from the United Stales h\ bodies of men professing- to act under tho instructions of the I-'^xocutivo of the l-'onian or Irish Republican Hrotherhood, who were known to ha\e collected laio'o sums of money for some such purpose. As nearly a million of soldiers latel\- en_i,''ai>'od in the civil war had just disbanded, many of whom were naturally disinclined to rotvn-n to a life of peaceful toil, a formidable ami}- of well trained men, it was contuiontlx- expected, could be easil\- assembled for an\- enterprise that promised adventure or profit. To man\- enthusiasts the conquest of Canad.i doubtless seemed an easy undertaking- at the time. The reports of consuls and (.>ther confidential agents in tho principal American cities s;uisfied the Canadian Ciovernmoiu that there was genuine cause tor alarm, and on the 7th of March, i S66, the Ivxocutixo Council determined to call out 10,000 volun- teers, which was done that day b\ tek\i,>-raph. The entire Thirteenth F-attarum was included in this force, but permitted to remain at its headquarters, perform- iiijLT d;i!l\- drills and mounting- i^uards at the drill shotl, artillery j^un sheds, mat,''a/.ino, and the Mountain \'iew llotei, in constaiu expectation of boin^" moved to the froiuier. 38 l':v.,-v„lH.,v ,lH-o,,^,lu.,H ,lK. provMKv ,1,0 ,„„s, adn,!,.!,!,. sni,-ii „,,s wiou to the Lolonial Socivtary : •• I may also „K-„lio„ Iha, oHo,-s of scvLv a,„li„„, ,o ho .vooivoci a, hoaj |U|.,-u-,s.oa,, o.,o,„ ra,. h,vo,u, ,,,0 ,„„n„o,. o,' ,„o„ ,.o,„i,vd, a,,. , ha , o Uo„h , ,sl,o„M 1,0 o.vas,o„ „„fo,-,„„a,olv a,isc, ,ho s.ippK of vol,„„co,s who >H, >l p,-oso„, ,ho„,soKos lo,- ,ho .lolo,,.. o,- ,hc oo„„,r V lo„K| ho li, , 1 . , hy Iho ,„„„ho,s 01 ,ho ,„alo pop„:a,io„ oapahio of hoa,-in.. a, ms ■ ll"as.tro„o,.anyoxpoolod iha. ,ho ,;,hor Ma,-oh uouki ho Jis,h,.r„ishoJ n .he f„s, hos„lo n,ovo,„o„,, a„cl as ,ha, day passod wi,h>„, aao a,,:,, p , nvas,o„ ,ho ala,-,„ ,^,.ad„ally al,a,od. A ,o„ da.vs la.o,- a C-,o„o,-ai 0,'d ' v'' , od ,.ohov,„, .ho voh,„,oo,-s o„ so,vioo a, ,l:oi,- ,.o,n,„o,„al hoad,„a, o,■ .i„d 10 oonl„,„o ,„ ,vad„,oss 10 „,ovo al a ,„o„,o„,'s „olioo 0„ ,1,0 S,l, 01 Mav, „W,, ,f,o Hallaho,, „as i„spoo,od h> Maio,-c;o„o,- ,1 N ,0, „ ,0 „as so won ploasodwuh i,s appoan.aoo' ,ha, ho oa,,!.! I , S,,. I ,• , , ,, . TOKONTO, Sth Mav, 1S66. M, hu N DKstnct e. W ., to express to you the oratifk-ation he (elt at the verv ■vc table and sol eHike appea.-ance .nade hy the X'o.untee,- Miiitia IW . ^. >otn command, when .nspeeted by the Major-General this da^ . Their st i noss under arms, and the manner in whieh thev moved on parade, n.erit his cxpress,on ot the Ma.,or-GeneraI's approbation, which vou Jill be Jd u> to convey to the force under voiu- command." ' '^ .19 CllAPlHIv' V Till \'\ \ I \N l\ A I I) ol l8()() • SMAI.I. \ohim<.\r I'oiw \\hii.'li li.ul Ih\'ii slalioiu'il ;il Port * ^'olhi'iiU' ->iiK\' tilt.' ii'ili Ki\ M;n\'li U> pi-otoct tlu' \\\'llaiul Lanal, was i\'lic\ od in ilulx on llio .! i si ot Ajiril, |S()(), i ,inil si.an lionii.'. Tlu' roi^ulai- n\Hips in WA'sicrn C">nlario, CvMisisiino dlllu' i()lli and 47tli Koi^inK'nts, an*.! a hallcrx Kiuai \rlilU':\, \\i.'i\' slat iiMioil a! rori>nto. llamiluin anil iuKmi. I Iu' l'\'in,ni ori^ani/,ilii>n was siij] known li> he ai.'H\o in all iIk' Iari^\' >.ilii.'s o\' the .\\>rtlu'i-n States, but so man\ iinnofs ol invasion had losultci,! in nothiii!,; that lew pcfsons X'lioxcd that tlii.'\ wiuikl i.'\ cf attempt to efoss tlu' Ifonticf. In l-Jnifalo tl)i.'\ wei\' pai'licnlai'h innnoi\ius. aiul scxoi^al coinpanii.'s ol' "hisli KilK's " had diilk'il puhli>.'l\ vhifin,^ tho wintof. Man\ lines of I'.iilwax entered that eil\ Iroin the east, soutli and west, and ,i laiLje liod\ ol" imaianed men eoidd easily he eoneen- iraled thei'e witlunu atlfaetiiiL;' mneh attenlii^n. and boats lor ' liansportint^ them to Canada eoidd be hifed without exeitiiis^" the suspicions o! the otiieeis of the h'edeial t."io\ eiinnenl, who weie not generally supposed to be ]"iai"tieularl\ anxiiuis tothwait theii' plans. When the \olunteers were withdfawn iVom Tori ^.olboiaie, thei'e was no bod\ ol iioo|"is under arms neafef than llamilliMi. \\i t^pposition need theiX'loie be antieipated m erossintj' the ii\ei-. and a siuoK' da\ s mareh mi>^hl pin the invaders in piissessiiMi ol the W'elland Canal. Miuiui^ the l.ist week in M.i\ eimsiderable bodies ol' men. wlio seemed to be aetin>i in eoneerl, weie ol'.served moving tiuvards the i^'.madian liMutief aloiii^' tiie ^^^'- prmeipal Inu's ol railwa \ in the I'nited States. 'I'luw weie uiLiiined and dressed in plain ek^hes, and, w hen ijuestioned as to their destination, unitormly replied that lhe\ were on their wa\ \o the L;old mines o\ Calilornia. ».">iie bod\ ol IIS men, eommaiuled In ^,'i^loiiel |i'hn ^.V\eilklelt \ash\ille, 'I'ennessce, >mi Max JJth. At l,ouis\il|e, Kentuek\, he was joined b\ C. oloiiel 40 V.'^uon Stan' with 144 mon, aiul .il I lulian.ipi'lis In (^'apt.iin ! lai^i^rrl \ with a luimliwl mv'ii. 0\] tlu' nii^lil of tlu' _>Stli tlu'\ ani\i.'.l ,it l.'lt,\ t'laiul, \\lici\' tlun i.'\p(.\ti.'(.l to ».'i-oss tlK' lak>.', Init \\t.'i\' i>ii.U'i\'i.l In l^Ioi^iam to pi"i>».\'Ovl to Iiiillalo, \\liit.'li tln'N i\'a».lii.'il on tlu' luoniiiii^' o\ iIk' ,V'lli. I lu' iikm \\i.'i\' at oik\' bilU'ti.'i.l ill small sijiiails in xaiivuis jiaits o\ tlio cit\ [o cxaiK' suspicion. A \t.'i\ lais^c aiul L'Htlinsiastii.- I'\'nian mass nK'otinL; li.'i'-l W\'\] licM in S:. Janus' jlall llu' niiLjIit holo!\', at whitli llio in\asiiMi ol LanaJa hail hci-'n pu!i'iivl\ dis^ iissi.\|. It is sta!(.'il on l;oi\I antlioi-it\ that maps ,>| the i>iitish I'loxincc- were oshibited, and tlu'ai-Jor i>\ the amlienee was stimnlateJ In a ijeneral imitation I>>seleet I II I !■ I l-> ' ■! I II I I II I l< I I I > I II I' \ I I \ I |i ■% I ■! 1 N I \ \ I K \ M \ \ . 1 ->l'l. the taints the\ wanted al'tef the conquest w as elleeted. The exeitement ol the loeal I'enians was aeeoiilini^lx at lever-heat. (."^n the nii^'ht ol the :; 1 st it is helieveJ that at least 1,500 men assemhled at tlieir i.li'ill-halls anil othei' |tlaees iit renile/\ v>ns, man\ ol them aheaiK aiiiieil and ei.iui|ipei.l. HetiMe miilnii^ht the\ a^iain soparateil into small parties, but instead iW" letuininiL; to theif homes ami lodi^'ini^s as usual, the\ maiehed rapiillx, b\ dilteient routes, to the subuib ol" Lowei" Hlaek l\oeU, about live miles tVom the heait .W the eit\, w heie sexeial eanal boats and a ste.im tui^ la\ in readiness to eon\e\ them aei'oss the i"i\ef, and nine waijijons loadeil with arms and aeeou- 4' iri'iiU'iUs \\(.M\' ;ils(' wa'ninL^ tl)i.'ir ,ini\;i!. lir'n^.ul'uT Ch'iu'ImI I.\ik1i li.ul Iktii appoiiiU'J \o tlu' (.'pmin.iiul iM tho c\p(.'i.lition, l>ul .is lu> ilul nol ,irii\i.', L oloiu'l t'>'.\\'ill look Ills pl;i>.\'. (.VWill was a t;all''i" 'i"*^' t-'lVKionl si'Kl'uM-, wIioIkh.! scrwJ lor cii^lil \c;irs, Inst in iIk' i\'t;ul;n- ;uu! [hen in tlio volunU'cr .miii) ol'llu' rnilcil Sl;iU's. lit- hail lous^lu his \\a\ Ironi llu' ranks u> Hk' iMiik o\ Captain, aiul hail hi'rn fi'iommi'iiilril \ov linlhi'i- piiMDotiiMi uhi'ii ihriisil war i-anii' \o an I'liil. I li' was a siiit'i'ii' anil iinsi'Hish iMit luisiast. I lis jiistiru-al ion oTllu' i'nli'rpi-iso is hrii'l' ami caniliil : " N'on iwol; ni/i' thi' l'!nL;lish l^iu iTnnii'nl as \ owv >^ii\ I'lnn'.i'nl, anJ thi' l'!nL;li'-h lla<^ as \oiir llaj^'. W i' iK'siri'il to ili'sii\i\ both. \'oii wi'i-i- fi'aiU lo ili'liMul holh; Iumki' our oiil\ laiis^^ol quarri'l with wni. I r w I' hail bi'i'n ahlo w i' uoulil not ha\i' hi'siialcil lo kill i'\i'r\ solilii'r w ho wasriMiU to lii^hl lor I'jii^laiul. Till' luimhi'r of nii'ii ri'pi>rti'il lo him in I'lailini'ss to ii'oss the ri\i'r at that liiiH' was onl\ I'ii^ht hunihi'il. M.in\ ol thi'sr nuMi wi'ro \ lii'rans ol thoii\il war, soiiK- ol' whom still worf thi' hhu' o\- u;ri'\ uniloiin ol thcii' ri'spt'i'li\ c ;: -in'.i's. 'I'Ik- ii'siiK'Ht h'l'nians of thi'i'it\ laili'il to appear ni an\ lonsiiUaahlc nunihi'is. Ihi' pass.ii^o of tlu' ri\i'r wascasiK aiiomplishi'il, ami at lour o iloik on till' niorniiii^ ol [unc isi, lour lanal boats lilK'il with nu'ii wimc sak'Kinoori'il at till' l.owi'r I'l'iix IXiik, two mill's bi'low ihr \ill,n^i' ol bori ba-ii'. llu' numbi'i" that aituallx I'rosscil at this tinii', aii'orilini,; lo (.") Xi'ill s ai'i'ounl, iliil not oxi'i'cil six hniiilri'il. Loiil MiMiik s k'ttcr to Mr. ^".iiilwi'll, b.isi'il prob.ibK u|'>on inl'orm.ition li'li'u:i'.iphi'il from l>utr.ilo, ai^i'ii's wiih this I'stimato oxa^'tK. Thi'ir l.iniliiii^' was lirst notiii'il b\ soiiK' i'ounlr\ people who hail been spe.arin^' tish b\ lorehlii^hl, aiul the\ spii-.n! the .alarm .is lhi'\ huifieil home. C"^ Xeill ordered the telei^raph wii\'s to be eul. .and sent <.\iK'iiel Starr with .i det.ieh- ment to oeeup\ I'orl i'aie \ill.i!_;e .iml lake possession ol the r.iilwax \.ird near tlu" oiil fori. This was etlected about sunrisi' but not belore ihe olliei.ils ol the Buffalo ami l,.ike llnron Kailwa\ h.id sueeeeded in renunins^ all their lolliniL; .sloek in one hui^e train. A sm.dl parl\ o\\ ,a hand ear j'lursued them lor six miles up the line, and burnt the bridi^e at S.iuerwein s o\er the Six Mili' L I'eek. O Xeill made .1 rei|uisition IiM' pro\isions upon the l\ee\e ol the \ill,n^e, but assureil him ih.it no depredations w ould be eoiinnilted In his men. Ilisdi'maiul was eomplied with, and at lo o'eloek he marehed his whi^le Utree down the ri\er to the moulh ol bfenehm.in s I.' reek, about a mile below his lamliuL; plaee, where he eneamped and aw.iited reinloreemenls. Hut the I niled St.iles steamer Mie'liijU'an had enteied the ii\er, and piexented the lemainderol the loree that h.iil assembled al Rl.iek Koek Iroin erossiui^ in ,a boih. Sm.dl unarmed p.irties passed o\er on the lerrx that still eoniinued lo ply between I'pper RIaek Ivoek and i'orl Ivrie \illai^e, .iml a lew are s.aid to ha\e eiossi'd in small bo.its. These .leeessions m.i\ h;i\e inere.ised his streniLih lor the moment to .Soo or ijoo, as estimated In the liritish Consul. Still, another leleijf.im from Huflalo 4^ 51! iBilr.-*/^ V CCCHRAN . PHOTO . F lELD AND STAFF OFFICf-RS OF THF THIRTEHNTH BATTALION OF INFANTRY. I. I.n 1 1 .-C'li I'M- 1 II. M' I. \i; I s, I'.iM \i \ \iii\u ; M M'M; |, Sl.pM \l \N. ;. M \l(.l; I-'.. <; /. I \ I \ M ■ I I I ■ > N , M \ | . . K j j , M \ sm \ , I' \ ^ \| \ . I I K ; Si Hi. H.N- M \ I'll; II S. ( Ikii i in, M. I i ii. Taii \in \ni. Ai'II i \n i' \V < ) Ti iisw h i , 7 Si Hi.Hi'N.r AT I M N (I. S KlNNM. M |) *. ( ' \r 1 MS T W I.I ^ I I K. ( M \l; I 1 K \l \^ I I K. M. K I \ I 1 , A I'.il; N I K I I M .\.. ClI M'l MN. assorted tli.it I .,';4o iiuMi li.ul thon ctossoil with six lloKl i^uiis ami 2,^00 staiul of amis, aiul that b\ iK'st nuiiniiii^ tlu'\ liilK c\p».\ici.l to Ik' joiiK'd In all llu- nu'ii llu's ooiiM aim. This tajso staloiiK'Ht iiiunu'siioDaMx hail its (.'llcot lU'Xt dav on till.' mo\>.'iiK'iils ol iIk' British troops. I'orai^iiiL^ parties woie sont lUii in all diiwtions \o obtain |iio\isions aiul to sci/o luM-ses and ealtle. Tlu'x loiind nu'si o\ ilu' neii^hhorinj^ lai'nihousos deserted In llu'ir inhabitants, who had i^eneialK irnioxed ihoir horses, but tluw seemed a snnieienl niniiber t** nuunit theii' held ollieers and a |iart\ ol seonts. Puiini^' the afternoon L"a|Main Monohiie, eomniandinu; iMie of these pai^ties, who h.ad ad\aneed several miles alon^j' the ii\er foad, re|iorted that he had s^en Hi'itish setHits whit at onee retireil. l.atei' on Colonel lio\' was sent out on the same i"oad and eneoimlered, as he ihom^hl, a pai'lx o\ seonts si\ miles ti-om eamp. l^^ Xeill had been joined In Majoi' |iihn C L'anl\, a benian, who had taken up his i\'^idenee in bort blrie ab.ait a \ear belore, and seems !o ha\e been his j-irineipal ai^ent in oblainiuL;' intellii^enee. Mow this was manai^ed ean oid\' be eiMijeetured. At all e\ents the b'eni.m lead.ei" knew , at S p. m.,ihat two eolumns ot troops wore adxaueint;' at^aiiisi him, the stiMiii^ei" In wa\ ot Lhippav\,i, eompi>scd ol i"e:L^ulai' ti'oops and \olunteers, the other In wa\ ol I\irt Lvtiborne, eonsistini^' ol \olunteers onl\ . At ten It eloek that nis^ht he seems to ha\e abandoned all hope o\ reeeixiui^' luither leintoieements. lie desirvned his spare arms aiul bei^an his m ireh down the I'ix er I'l^ad low ards (.diippaw a. Alter ad\ aneini.^' in this direelion ab.nil lour miles lu' turned westward o\\ the road separaliii!^ the townships of Hertie and W illouL;hb\ , and nuwed aliMiL^' it until he erossod the birie and Xiai^ara l\ailw.i\, when he allowed his men lo lie down in the fields between the railwax and the lii^^hl bank ol Hlaek Lreek. This was a \er\ seeluded spot, as there were lU) lunises within a mile, and the ii'ad was little travelled. It is possible that he ma\ ha\e e\peetevl that the eolumn o\ troops at L'hippawa would attempt toadoanee In '■ il during' the nii^ht and inteiuleil to wa\la\ them as tlie\ erossod Hlaek L'reek. It must then have been nearly midnis^ht. lie state:-. th.it his loree had been alreadv ledueed In (.leseiiiiMi [o about live hundred. Some of the deserters had leerossed the ri v er .ind others lemaineLl about bort blrie. This statement is p.irtlv siibst.mti.ite.l In the l.irs^e number iif strai^i^lers e.iptured at lh.it pl.iee next dav . \\'itliiii a lew hours he seems to h.ive received further inlormatiiiii. for .it three o'eloek he roused his men and after iillowini^' them to bre.ikl.ist he m.irehed r.ipidiv southward unlil he strnek the Kidye Ixo.id, whieh winds southwesterlv from the river to I,, ike I'jie, .ilom^- the summit o\ a bi'ld rid^e o\' limestone rvK'k whieh erops out ol the >^roimd in m.iiiv jilaees. His objeet, he expl.iiiis, was "to i^et between the two eolumns, and if jiossible defe.it one k-^^ them before the other eouKl et^ne to its assisianee. ' The eolumn advaiiein,^; from I'orl Lolborne was the weaker in everv respeet aiul 44 5 . """' COCHRAN, PHOTO CAPTAINS OP THE THIRTKHNTH BATTALION 01 INFANTRY. I. C\IIM\ \s|i Hki\1I MvjiiK i;. 1'.. \V. MiiiiKK. 2. (.'\ii\iN \Mi Hki\hi .M\iMK S. C. MiuiiKs ; Tmimn \mi I^kkvii M\1'ik I" !'.. !<■ 4. I'mimn k II I,\i;\ii. ;. Cm IMS j. II IIikkisi.. ii ('aitMn (.'. A I'. I'nwis. 7 C'aiimn ("i. I). I"k\K'.|\N ■> Cmiain \V II HRlif. lu- li.iil iK\iiK\l «.\'U'il ill. it ils .k1\ iiiit.\' woukl Ix' i.-lu\kfil In llu- iK'siriKiii'ii ol llu' iMil\\;i\ hiidi^*.' Ik'Iow K'uli^cw ;i\ . 0\\ llu' (.'wnii'L; >^l iIh' ', I si 111' M.i\, iiisiiiklions h.nl Ih'imi i\\\'i\i.'il in ll,imill>>M ,11)1.1 I'l'iiMiiv' II' .issiinblc llu' \ i>liinli.\i- Kmw oI ihos*.- (.itu-s ;il .in (.•arl\ lioni' nr\l nu>rn'ms^ in iwulinrss iii pi\)i.Ti.\l li> llu' lionli*.'!'. Uclnri.- ».l.i\- lis^'lil oi\l(.'rs V.MI1U' irni.'t.linL; lluir inn riiu'iils. |-riHn Toronli" I'i^hl i.onip.ini».'s o\ llir Oiu'on s OA\^ Killrs ^■ni'i.irUr.l in .1 sU'.inuT l\ir l\'rl l>,illuMisic. with insiruclions ui proionl ,11 i'ni\' In r.iil lo I\m1 I'l'llmriK'. Tlu' \\\o i\'in.iinin^ (.■oinp.iiru's (\>11p\\i,\1 laUT in llu' il,i\ l>\ tlu' s.inK' i\niU'. At ih>on lliiw ^-om- panics o\ tlu' 47tli Kri^inuMil ,iiul ,1 hallcix o\ l\i>\.il \rlilU-i\ went h\ r.iil lliroiii^h llamillt'n lo \i,i;.^,iia l''alls, rv>IK>u vJ at 4 p. in. I>\ a s(.\\>iul Irain 1.011- XvniiiL;' l\\*^ m,M\' ,.i>inpanii.'s ol' ilu' 471I1 aiul llu' l\'nlli liallarion ol Atlivc Militia. at 7 »i\'K>k'k a. 111., but Jiil not entrain iiiilil I lu' I hirtcriit li as'-i'inhk\l ncaiK t(.'n, wluai tlu'\ \\i.'i\' snit to MiiiiinilU' b\ \\a\ o\ Paris, ai ri v Iiil; alH>iit •^ p. m. riun lUtiaiiu'd .nul wrrr liilK'tcJ in llir \illai^\'. I Ik'\ wrix' joiiK'il by the N'ork aiul LaleiK inia lilli,' i.i>mpanies jroiii llu' L\>imt\ o\ 1 I aKliinaiul, iiiuler (.'aplains KoIhtI 11. I>a\isaiul |;uUson. In l Ik- ev (.■niiiL^ 1 lu' wlu'K' Umw was nui\oi.l tor\\ai\l In rail Ik \\n\ ^.'olboiau'. airi\ini^at 11 p. in. I'loiii llainiltiMi, ,i|so. ji )o men ol the i()lh l\e'.;imeiit vsere sent lorwanl h\ rail to Xias^ara ImIIs. When these mo\enienls were eonipleleil, a loree ol about (joo \ olnnleers w as assenibleil at I'ort ^\ilborne, eoinpviseil ol' the OueensOwn Killes. 4X0 men, 'I'hirteenth Hattalion, Jds men, N'orU ami L'aleiloni.i Killes, (»=, men, Wellaiul L'aiiiil l'"ieKI liatter\ (aelin^ as inranlrx ), txi men, aiul a ie,L;nlar loree at \ia!L;ara [•'.ills, eoiisisiint^ ol' joo men of the i()th Ke^^iment, joo ot the 47lh, ami a baller\ ol'Ko\al Artillerv, iiiulei- i^'olonel I'eaeoeUe, ol'llie lOth. Asiheenenix w as repoiteil mo\iiiL; upon L'hipp.iw.i, I'eaeoeke piishei.1 lorw.iixi that evening;- to seeiire the bridge, his inlantrs priHeeiliniu;- b\ rail, aiul the .iitiller\ follow in^- In ro.ul, as no ears eoiiK! be proeiired to eon\e\ il. (.'Ihppawa was oeeiipieil ab.iiit () p. 111., aiul at 4.,V'''- '"• l\'a>.'oeke was joined b\ 1:^0 men i)| the 47th, the Tenth r.,itt,ihon, 41s men, aiul the Mneteeiith battalion, ;^y> men. The distanee between L'hipp.i w a and i'ort I'olborne b\ the shoiiest route is abiuit rifleen miles, and short l\ beloie inidniL^ht <.\>hMiel I'eaeoeke desp.itehed Laptain .\kers, 1\. ]•'.., aeioss ihe eoimlrx with instruetions hi the ei>mm.i lulani al that plaee to lorm a jiiiuiion with his eoluinn al Sle\ens\ille next da\ at 10 a. \]]., bill does not seem ti> ha\e iiulieated the route he wished him to pursue. I'he Ioiil; liain o\ rolliiu.; sioek that liad eseaped liiMn l'"oil Ivrie jumped the traek and was w reeked iiree miles east of I'orl L'ollHMiie, but durim^ the da\ the roail was ele.ired, an.l a partx sent dinvn under eseort to repair Sauer- weins brids^o. .Mr. I.ariiiour, the Superintendent, went on in a hand-ear to I'"ort I'lrie, where he aarixeil at 10 p. m., and lound ihe plaee not onl\ iinoeeu- 46 COCHRAN, PHOTO i.ii:iiri:NAMs oi- thk thirthenih battalion. I l.ii I 1 1 \ \N I 1 . 1 1. I. Mhi \\\ . J, 1,1 1 I I I N \\ I I". I\ W \iii'i I K ;. I.ii I I I N \N I W. A, I.I 11.1 1 . |. l.lll ll\\NI r I'l, li\KklK. :. I.lll IIN'.NI W. K MVK^HMI. 1 1. I .11 I 1 I \ ^^ I 1\. A. K' i|;M< I M'N 7. I.I 11 11- N \ N I A. K .M' I. \K I N , ~. I.I 1.1 I I N \N I W I.. Ki I--S. pi'.^l 1\\ ilu' l''<.'iii,ins, Imi |ir.Klii.-.ill\ lU'siTU'il. lUiiKt Mi. Ki^liiiiil l.'ir,ili;im, L I'lli'tliM' ol I u^UMiis, \\lu> liaJ \isiuil ilu' |'\iii.iii i.-,iinp .iiul sv.'i'ii, .is lu' sup- poM.\l. llu'ir wlu'U' K>i\\'. I'luTv w.is iu> iiuli>.'.iru>n o\ .iiix mv'\ (.'iiu'iil (>n lln.'ir part wlu'ii Ik' t.aiiu' a\\.i\, aiul liv h.ul mtii a i^oiul m.in\ ilrimki'ii iik'ii. .Mr. I,.irnu>iir pcrsii.nKHl Mr. rir.ili;im \o .u\omp,iii\ liiin lo IVmI i.'i>llHirnf. O]) roliirniiii^ \o S.iiii r\\ (.'iii's lu' roiiiul lh.it ilu- lMiilt^\' had Iktii m.uK' passal>K' \ov tr.iins, ,iiul iho liiu' was .u\'i'iilint^l\ ai^.iin npniril lit hort I'a'u'. W ith this inliMiiKitipii hi- i\'iiiini.\l li> I'imm C'i'IIiimiii.' hi'loir miilniL;ht. Whi'ii V.\>Kmk'1 . IVnnis, Urii^.uU' M.ijiM ol thr I '>ist ri».l, in (.lunin.iiul, whiMU hr i>iiliank>.'i.l siipt.Tsi'iU'i.1. I ho \\iUli.'st rimiois wrrc in L'u\iil.it'u'ii, .mil tho Oiu\'n s Own I'ii-'Ul n;ilti.'r\ wi'io sL-mdiiit; uiuk'r .irins in thi' siiwis. AIut hstrniiii^ ti< Hint j. S a I u aiK .M aiui siipt.Tsi.'ai.'U. I no wikk'st Illinois wno in i.iri.iil,itii'n, ,iiul tho Ljiu\'n s C'wn and l'"ii.'kl Hiiltorv woio si.-iiulinj^ iiiuk'r arms in iho snwis. AIut hstrniiii^ ti< .Mr. t'lraham's sLiU'incnt, ^.'iikuu'ls l^ookor .iiul iV'imis i.k\ii!i'i.l upon a pkm ol o|ii.'r,ilions h\ whioh lhi.\ hopcil to out oil' tlio rolro.il oltho I'cni.ins ;iiul onsiiro iho o.ipluri.' or ik'siruotion ol thoir w hok' toioo. Ivis^htv inon, ooinposi'il ,^\ iho Wolkiiul I'iokl H.iltiTv aiul I'^uninilk' \a\al Hiii^ailo, woio to om bark intho slo.un-IuiL; Kohh, procooii down llio kiko lo korl I'lrio aiul p.ilrol tho lixor, whilo the romaiiuii'i' .'! his oohiinn woukl .uK.iiko ,il oiioo In rail .is tar .is i^r.'Ktio.ihk' il imito with V. oloiu'l IVMOooko no\l Ja\ in a i.; o i lo r. 1 1 .itt.uk on tho ononu s inp. W hik' tlu'x woro \ ol oonsnhino, i^'.ipi.iin Akois ,iiri\oil .iiul was iiuhiooil oonsont to ihoir pl.in. .\i ^', a. m., .1 loloi^r.im, .innoimoini^ thoir dooisiiMi, ,^ .1...,^ ,t..i,...i I., i'.vi.,,,..i 1' ..,.1. ,.i ...ti,. ;.:,,.. r ,. .,,>i. .1, ..., o.iinp. \\ mio tno\ woro \ ol oonsnnmo, ^^.ipi.nn .\kors ,iiri\oil .iiul was nuluoou to oonsont to ihoir pl.in. .\t ^', a. m., .1 loloi^r.im, .innoimoini^ thoir dooisiiMi, w .IS ik'sp.iiohoil lo i^'ok'nol I'o.ioooko, aiul willuuit w.iitiiii^ lor ;i ro|-i|\ tho inon woro omh.irkoil on llio Kohh. Lolonol IX'imis, aiu! ^.'.i|^lain Akors himsejl", wont on hoiiril, .iiul tho Iul;' stoamoil oiii ol iho li.irhor. Tho troops woro 011- trainoil ,iiul on tho point ol mining;, whon .it ,v4,S ■'• i"-. •! poromptoix moss.i^o w.is roooixoil Irom Lolonol IV'.ioooko s.ixino ih.it his orii^in.il insiruotions must ho .ulhoroil to, ;md a junolion lormod ,it Sto\ ons\ ilk-. (.'olonol Hookor w;is dirooloil to loa\o Tori L olhorno at 7 ;i. m. It w.is doonu'd iisoloss lo dolr.iin ;is tho troops ii.id no i.|iiartois to l^o to. Somo ol tho mon woro nois\ , aiul thoro W.IS littlo sloop K>r .in\lKHl\. Al s a. m. iho ordor w.is v!i\on tor tho tr.iin to pull out. Tho I'oroo iiiulor I ,ioiit.-<.'olonol hookor, nominalh S4()orall ranks, |iioh,ihl\ did not oxoood S( n i ollootis os. Thox had hoon iiiulor .inns \ov iwonis- loiir hours in .1 st.ilo ol intoiisi.' oxoitomont, latii^uod lu lra\oI, dopri\od ol sloop ,iiul insiiilioionlK lod. I'hov woro without hlaukols, knaps. loks, h,i\orsaoks, moss tins or w.iior hottlos, ;iiul tho onl\ mo.ins tho\ possossod ol oarrviii!^ thoir inoroo.its w.is h\ woariuL^ llioin. Iho onl\ hoiso with tho ooluinn was riddon b\ l.ioul.-Colonol Hookor, and had to ho takon lo Ridi^owaN in a mail oar. No altompt soonis 10 ha\o boon mailo 10 mount iho othor ol'lioors. 'I'horo woro no mo.ins pro\idod lor iransportinL; tho rosor\o ammunition allor lo;i\ iiii^' tho train. Thoro w as no .imbulanoo p.irlx , nor hospital oorps, osoopt throo suii^oons, ono ol whom was not in unilorm, and oairiod his instrumonts in a haiul-lv.ii^-. I.S COCMRAN . PHOTO SliCOND LIEUTENANTS Ol THE THIRTEENTH BATTALION. 1. I.iii ii\\si A. 1' Zr \i M I KM \ \. J l.iii iiNWi 1. .\\n:KK\. ). I.III IINWI I' |iii\i\iiii. ;. i, I i-.i I h \ \N I (1 li. I.ii I I I N \ N I I . A TrKMi;. - 1,111 I I N \N I I', \', Wkk.ii I , 111 I I \ \ \ 1 A. ]'.. .\' \M pn . I 1 N IM-.K^ilN. - l.lh I I H N \N I A. I' \l N. ShiMilx Iti'lon' si\ nvlovk ilii' n.iiii .inixiHl .11 I\'uIl;i'\\ ,i\ , wIuti' il w.is iKut- iiiiiuil lo lU'lr.iin .is llu' iumu'sI pi>iiil In Su\ riis\ illr. Iliis \ill;ii^t.' (.I'liMsU'il ol ;i siiii^K' liKk'l, a (.iniplr o\ sioii's, ,iiul .iIxmiI luriilv Iumis(.'s. || was almosl iK'si'iU'd, ami U\\ (i| iIk' suklii'is \\(.'i\' alilr In piMiiiri' aiixlhiiit; li> sia\ llu'ii hiiiijL;i.T. SiMiU' linu' uas iu\i.'ssaril\ cunsiiiiu'il in turmini^ ami iiis|H\rm^ tlu' lri)i)ps ami ilisliihiitiiiL; ammiinilion. All Iikiil^Ii iIu' iiiirssaiv wai^i^ons iin- iltMihli'ilK (.oiiKI lia\r bii'P nl'laimil In a pruprr >.'Hoil to coiimn it with tlu- k.ii|imin, all llu' i\'srr\i' aiMuinitiiU) w as unU'inl Inuk to I'ml ^. ulluiriir on tlir train. W liiK' pi rp.n.itions lor llu' niai\li wi'ii' still in proj^ioss, sonir lioisrimii riHJo in with inloi ni.il ion ili.ii llir I'rnians wi'ir not lar Jisi.inl i>n llir Ixiili^o Koail, ImH tlu'ir w.iniins^ was nnlu'i-iU'il. This stor\ iiuk'i'i.1 si'i'im-il improh.ibk', asiJu'V well' known to lu' (.Muampi'il al llu' niontli of I'" i\'iKliman's Crcok, ten mik's ,iwa\, al nim.' o\ lo».k llu' nis^lit lu'lorr. N ». I llu'sr nK'H hail ai.tii.ill\ si.i.'n an .uK.MKi' |iail\ o\ l"vni,ins, ,iml h.nl hrrn inist.ikrn In llu'ni lor nuxinU'il siiMils. This w .IS i\'|->o! iiil lo O W'ill, .iml a I I lu' sank linir I In.' son ml o I Ihil; k's and ihr whistlrsol .1 kMinioti\i' was IkmhI in llir ilimtion ol Kiiltirw a\ . Ik' nintinnnl lo .ul \ an*. ■.• until hr ilrlinitrh ,isi\i t.iimil ih.il iioops wrir .ippro.uh- iiiL^ aloni^ iIk' Kiili^r Koail, whm hr o».\iipii. il .1 jiosition od tlu' Kiitii.' lo.ul, iiinnim^ I'ast w .inl to kort \'.\\c. Mis rii^hl ll.ink rrskil on .1 hrick hoiisr, with w i>*Hk'n ha in ami ol Ikt onlhiiikliii^s, sin ronmlril In a L;;irik'n .iml small oixh.nil, al thr inli.'isi.'(.iion ol this lo.ul with llu' Kiils^c Koaii, ,iml his liiu' r\ti.iuk-i| (.•astwaiil ti\(.' i>isi\ hiimlr>.'i.l \.iri.!s, i.nr\ini^ lorw.iitl into .1 strip ol woojs to ll.ink tlu' a(.l\ aiur ol his assailants as thrs .ip|iroa(.lu'i.i .iIoiil; iIu' Uiils^i' KoaJ, or owr tlu' ojirn s^iimiiuI to tin.' ris^jil. I'lir iriKi' in litinl was sti\'nL,'(lu'm'd with .uklilional rails ami oiIut av.iilahk' maU'iials. A sni.ill rcsiix r w.is st.itioiK'il in an oich.nil somr thiXT hiimlri.'i.l \aiils in tin- i\';ir, ami a wo.ik liiii' ol skirii'islK'is w.is thrown lorwan.1, iumiK hall .1 niik', iiiulrr (.'oIoik'I (."^wcn Starr. CVXi'ill's l\iiw |irohahl\ nunilK'irtl hrtv •'■!) Ii\i.' .iml (.■it^hl IiiiiuIixhI nu-n, hnl tlu'\ wi.'i\- tlu' pit.'k ol his i.oinin.im.1. I to laiii^m.' ami haiilship, ami ;u\iistonu'il \o lii^hlini^' iimk'r i.o\w |iroh,ihl\ hail not Ii.kI miiih 10 imI siiK'i.' tlu'ir lamliiii^, hut to inan\ ,1 th.il w.is no nrw cxiii'iiriKi.'. I'lu'x wi'ro ik'spi'ialo iiK-ii, thoroiiuhl\ a.v ., .iml i\'.ul\ lor aiiion. <.\>lom"l Rookor ail\.iiK\'il ak>ni^ iIk' l\iilt;i.' Koail in ,1 (.ohiinn ol lours, ilu Ouoon s C'^wn, uiiilrr Major t'lilmorc, K'ailim^, lollowi'il h\ iIk- Thirti'i'iit h, 00m- ni.imliil In Major Skiniu'!, ami tho N ork ami Lak'ilonia rilli' LMinpanics. 'llu- sun W.IS hot ami ihc roati ilust\. Alter iii.irihinL;' a littk' more ih.in a mile ariiKii men were seen liirkim^' hehimi trees ami lenees. Aeoinii.iiu of the piieen's (."^wn, .irmeil with Speneer repeating' rilles, was orilered to extemi. Some shots were lireil, ami two other eompanies ol the same hatt.ilion were sent lorwartl, on the iloiihle, to pmlom^- the lirint;" line on either ilank. Within ten ininntes the Ih'e heeame r.ipiil ;inil eontinnons. I'he k'eni.in skirmishers were sle;iilil\ 5tJ I(ii\i.'il l>.n.U, or rrliiril inU'iilinn.ilK , rcsorx iiii^ llu'ir liro until lluii piirsiu'fs iitk'inpU'il Id i.rt)ss ,1 U'lKi', HI' wi'ii' (, iK't.ki.Hl l)\ soiiu- t)tln'r ol)s|,ulr. AttiT Julv.'iiK'ini^ ill tliis iii.miuT lor .1 Irw lniiulii.Hl \;iiJs il u;is Jis(.(i\ ri I'll lli.il llu' wooils on llu' rii|lil woro oi.\upi>.'il l'\ llii' ''ik'Hin, ;iiuI llu' I 'ni\iisii \ .iml IliMli- laiul (.•omp;iirK's oC tlu- OiK '"'^ (.">\\ II wno (.'nU-ihIihI Io ihv rit;l)l iVonl lo tlii\r llu'in oiil. W'itliiii tirU'on i)r Iwriilv miniiU's llu' liriin^ liiu' in Ironi hail «^ol litl ofall tlu'ir aniinnnilion lo \i'i\ lillK' purpose liryoml (.'lurlopiii!.; tlu-inM'l\(.'s in a ili'iist.' (.loiiil ol sinolsi', niuirr n>\A'r ol which thry had ad\aiKcil, with Irillini^' li>ss, lUMily liah a miU'. I lu'y wi'ii' (.lose upon CVW-ill's ifin- poraiy birastw oiks, w hrii.- lu' liail iK^iili-'il lo iiiaisi' a ili'U'rmiiU'il slaiul. I Irir lhi\ w cii.' i\TK\t.i.l liy Xmiihi'is Oiu', Two, ami Thirc iumpairu's o\' llu' 'rhirk'rnlli ami llu' N'oik lillr i.-oin|'>an\ , w ho nunrti loruarJ win su-atliK lo iIu' ass.inll ot ill!.' (.'iK'Hiy s position in (.'xU'iuK'il oiiU'r. Si'itaraU'il Iroiii ilu'in In an inUTxal ol two or lluw hnmhwl yards, ;iml lorinins^' an ohtnsr anL;k' with llu' i\'maiiuK'r o\ tin.' ririiiL;' lim.', were llu' rni\crsit\ ami llii^hlaml tiMnpaiiiis i.i\' tlu' Om't-'ii's Own, still I'lis^ai^i'il with iIh' I'lU'iny in the woods, whom thcv had lailnl to dispossess. 0\] tlu- Kidm.' l\oad, and in tlu- Ik-kls on llu' rii^ht, about thi\'i.' hnmlivd yards in rear i^if the lirins^' liiK-, forined as supports, were the re- inainiiiL;' liiree companies o\' the 'Ihirleenth ami the Cal donia Rilk's. .About the same ilistanee hirther to the rear were six com- panies ol the Oueen's Own in ipiarler column, three oi' whom had exhaiistetl all their ammunition. .After sending a message to Kidj.;ewa\ lo brin,^' for- ward the reserve ammunition that he had sent away lo I'orl Colbi>rne, Cok>nel Hooker seems lo ha\e dismounled and stationed himself near the reserve. I'rom this piisition he could not possibh- see what was tjoins^- on in iront, and lie hail not a siiii-le mounted officer with him to briii'; iiifor- OHI ICI:«S or r) COMI'ANV, iSM,. (' MM . 1 1 HIS r. l:.i\\ \. ICnMi.N ImIIN r,. \'.H N.,. 1,111 I, I'l IC \ (i. K,,| I II. 5' mation ov coincy ordors. His onl\ moans iM" traiisinitlint^' ciirr..i,aiuls to the toiw uiuk-r his oommaiul was In souiul o\ the hii!u;le. I lio now firino- lino achaiiood witli so imioh \i\aoit\ that it is siippiisod tho l'"onians mistook thoiu tor ivs^iilar troops. Tlio \'ork l\illos aiul some o\ tho 'I'hirtoontli passod down into tho holds boKn\ tho sholf of rook akui^- whioh tho road winds, and, availing- thonisoixos o\ soino slight co\or of hrudiwood, turnod tho oiionix 's rioht Hank. At all ovonts tho l'"onians tailod to niako iho rosist- anoo that mi,L^iil ha\o \^cl tlio liuliana|ioiis CviiniianN , a wry i^allant follow, \\lio was conspicuous by Icadins^- tlic final ch.iroo. Attor the action O'Xcill lost no time in ivtivatino-. 1 Ic ilid not c\cn lin- i,'-or to bury his dead. Colonel Starr, with i.m<: column, marched down the rail- way to ilestroy the bridi^es, while O'Xeill liimself retired by the Garrison Road to l^\irl I'j-ie. At that place he encoimtered the Welland l^eld Hatterv, and aftcr a briefskirmish captured the t^reater part M it. i")urins,>- the nij^ht a lut;- and scow- came over, in uhich the l'"enians embarked, and escaped into American waters. The loss of the 'I'hirteenth Hattalion was remarkabK lii^lit, considering- ihe hea\y fire to which it was exposed for a considerable length o( time. .\\>ne were killed, ami only one officer and six men wounded. These were Lieut. I'erc\- C>o\\' liouth (\o. 4), and pri\ales lulwin Milder ( .\\\ i ), S. Dallas, J. G. Powell, James Stuart, Richard I'entecosl (\o. ;,), C'lcor^e McKen/ie 1X0.4), ami John Donnelly ( .\\>. 5). I'rivales James S. Greenhill and Joseph Simpson were taken prisoners; privates James Gahill, W. H. \icolls(Xo. 1), Crossman Henderson, M;;son, Grquahart ( Xo. 4), and Irvine ( Xo. ()), were sent to the liospital -liter their arrival at i'ort Golborne, sufferinj^' from exhaustion or sun- stroke. I'rivates Morrison, Laker and Gahill dietl of disease contracted in ;he cam]-)ai^n. '{"he officers present in the actiiMi were Lieut. -Gi>lonel Hooker, ALijors Skinner and Gattley ; Captains Watson, Askin and Grant; Lieuts, Sewetl, Ritchie, Routh, b'erouson and C'.ibson ; i^nsions .\LKen/ie, leaker, Armstrong-, Roy and S'ounj^-, and Captain and Adjut.mt ilenerx. The colors were borne by l{nsio-ns Armstroni^- and leaker. Im-oiii the ?pa\ to 20th o{' June, iSbb, the Thirteenth was quartered at Port Ciilborne, formins^- part of a small brii^ade of rci^-ulars and volunteers, com- manded by Lieut. -Colonel X'illiers, M. M. 47th Rei,^!!!^^. On August loth, Lieut. -Cvilonel i^ooker, who had been effectually discredited b\ the unl\->rtunate result of the action at Ridt;-ewa\-, retired from the command and was succeeded by \Lajor Skinner. 'l\vo months later the battalii>n proceeiled to the camp at Thorold, where it was brioadeil with the Oueen's Own, the Twenty-Second Oxford Battalion, three companies of the ibth Reoiment, and lwc> batteries of Royal Artillery, under Colonel (now I''ield ALirshal) W'oiseley. The I-'enian Raid of iS66once more ilemonstrateil the unfallerint;- deter- mination of the Canadian people to defend their frontier at all hazards. Lord .\Linck oliserved, in his dispatch of June Sth, they "responded instantaneoiisl\- to the call to arms, and 1 am sure 1 i.\o not exaqirorate when I sa\ that within twenty-four Innirs after the issue of the order, 20,000 men were under arms, and that within forty-eiqht hours after the same time they, in combination with the regular troops, were disposed by the Lieulenant-e'.eneral commaiulinu in positions which rendered the Pro\ince secure from attack." 3;i CllAinEk \ 1 Tin: Vv'oKK and Cii.\N(.!:s oi" 1\iai:nt N'i:aks. 1866-1899 III'; IIISTOKN' o\ llic rhirtCLMilli, siiKo llio l-'cniaii Kaid o( iS()(), is niainl\ a i\'coi\l ot'conscicntious, liard wurk at Kval licadquartcrs and llic ritlc rant^os, wliicli lias ivsultod in a loni^' scries o\ wcll-dcserwd Iriuniphs witli till.' rillo and at ins|u\'tion. In iIk- summer o\ iS()(), tlio muzzk'-loadino' I'lnlk'ld rille, willi wliieh tho Battalion had Ix-en armed since its or!:,'-:ini/.ation, was leplaeed with the Speneer repealing rille, but llii- was discarded in necember, iSOj, tor liie Snider iMitield breechloader. Ry a oeneral order o\ tlie 2;,rd o( Ma\, iSd;, tlie !')undas Inlantr\ Compan\, under Captain Wardell, and the W'aterdown Intantr* Compan\, under Captain (.".lasoow, were attaclied to the 'rhirtcentii Battalion as Xos. 7 and S. The annual drill lor iSh; and iSbS was performed at local headqnarlers, and in the Adjntant C.enerals report tor the latter year the Thirteenth is specially dislinouished as "a \er\ i^ooil regiment, conduct ^ood. Tlie ladies o\ Hamilton presented the Battalion, on March 4lh, i S(m), witii a ver\ valuable and appropriate drum-majors baton. The annu.-d nil was that ye.ir' once more performed at local headquarters, and the vdjulanl Ceneral, Colonel Robertson Ross, in his official report, referred to the Thirteenth in the most »,'-ratif\in,y" terms. " I afterwards inspected the Thirteenth Battalivm, under the command ol l/ieutenant-Colonel Skinner, numberin.Li 24 officers and ^ySS men. The inspec- tion in the drill shed at 1 lamillon, in the evenin.i;-, was attended by a laroe nimiber of spectators. Lieutenant-Colonel Skinner is one o\ the most zealous officers in the active militia ; he has devoted much time and money for the .s^ood o\ the service, and has succeeded in brin^Vmc.- his battalion to a very hi.i^h slate o\ efficiencx . 54 " Iho ap|X-;iraiK'o of tliis haltalion on parade hoix- a striking rostMiililaiKt.' to a rooiiiKMil i^t iIk' ix'i^ular army, llicii' arms, a*.\'oiilroiiK'iits, ami clotliiiii^- Ix'ini^- in an (.'xcollcnl ami praisoworlh) condition. 'I"1k'\ went lininii^li the manual and platoon oxeivise, under the eommami o\ Major 11. li. lr\ini^-, per- fectly, and afterwards were exereiseil in battalion vlrill h\ Lieutenant-Colonel Skinner in a most satistaetor\- manner." On September J()th, the l^attalion paraded to reeeixe II. R. II. I'rinee .Arthur auil the (.un ei-m>r-lieneral, ami furnished i^uards oi honoi- tor both durini^- their stay in the city. In April, iSjo, a i^eneral order was published, eallin^' for \olunteei-s I'or special service in the \ic'.\ l\i\er Cvtuntry, now rorminL"' the Province of" Mani- toba, '{"he i|m>ta required from the 'riiirteenth was ei^ht men, but the nundH-i- that iifiteretl was so threat that it was subsequentK increaseil to thirteen. The tollowiui^- m^n-commissioned ot'liceis and men wei'e linalK selecteil : Sei-^eants James McAithur, John A. Murray and John |{mslie ; Corporals John l'"aulk- ner and Nathaniel \\ Hell; Privates W. S. .\i\on, S. KiKim^ton, llumplirey l'"ilheahault, James Ayr, Kodnev W'eteniiall, William Metcalle, L'harles dil- kison, and W. H. Halnier. The battalion pertiMiiied its annual drill in a res^imental camp at C'lrimsln , be^innin^- on July 2;^\\\, oi which the Adjutant-lieneral made the follow ino- favorable re|iort : "'{"he lirst instance, { believe, o( a citv battalion performing- its annual drill in camp was very successfully carried out bv the i,:;lh {battalion, from Hamilton, under the command of Pieut. -Colonel Skinnei-. '{"his coi-ps marched from I lamiltiin to Cirimsby, a distance of tw entvniiles, in the latter part of the month of Jidv, moving- into camp the same ilav, remainiui^- under canvas for ten days, and marchini^- back to I iamilton o\) the tenth dav without any casualities, in a manner which reflected j^-real credit on the commandiui^- oHicer anil those under his commaml. " '{"he {")e|-»utv Ailjutant Cieneral, who inspected the battalion, described it in his report .IS " a very tine, even-sized body of you m^' men, verv steadv under an .s, move very soldierlike ami well." In 1S71, Lieut. -Colonel Skinner organized and commanded the team of Ontario rilleiuen which went to Wimbledon, on which the Thirteenth had no less than six representatives, Lieut. Little, Color-Serj^eant R. Omand, Serjeant {"". Sache and Privates CieoriL;e \{urison and. Jose|th Mason. The battalion went into a brigade camp at Niagara on June ()th, 1S71, which was composed of 4,7^5 officers and men. The Thirteenth was commanded bv Major Irvinj^', in the absence of Lieut. -Colonel Skinner, who was at Wimbledon. Its sireni^th in camp was twenty-three oHicers and ^:;nel ) A. II. Moore, acteil as Hriqade Major; Dr. R\all as Hrioade Sufi^eon. Lieut, (afterwards Major) ]. |. Mason, as Suppl\ Otlicer. Major Irvint;- commanded the Thir- teenth duriiiiu;' this cam|t. The hattalion team won the Merchants' LhalleniL^e Trophy, and \o 2 com|-ian\ the Tait-Rrasse\ Comi-iaii) Cuji at the Ontariii Rille Association meetinjLi' in 1S72, thus auspiciously bci^innin^' a lons^' list of successes. Lieutenant-Colonel Skinner commanded the hris^ade camii lormed at Xiai^ara on June 2;,rd, 1S74, at which Captain A. II. Moore was Rri^ade Major, and Captain Hoice was Supply Ofhcer. The Thirteenth was once more commanded b\ Major and Rrevet Lieutenant-Colonel II. \'.. Irviiii^. The hattalion aj^ain w Mit into camp at Xiai^ara in 1S75, as it jtroxed toi- the last time Kir man\ \earr. Since 1 S75 the annual dii'l has been performeil at headquarters, until the summer of the present \ear, iScic), when the battalion wjnt into camp tor three days ', f une ^-^oth tojuh 2nd), under command o( Lieut. -Col. Henry McLaren. L eut. -Colonel Skinner commanded the Intantry Hrii^ade at the review at Toronto in iS7(), when the Thirteenth mustered 27;, of all ranks. In iSSo, Lieut. -Colonel liibsim had the well deserved honor ot beini;- selected to command the Wimbledon team, on which the Thirteenth was repre- sented bv ei^iu men. The team succeeded in winninj^- that coveted trophv, the Kolapore Cup. On the 24th o\ Mav, 1 SS4, the Hattalion entertained the Rov al drenadiers of Toronto, and both battalions were reviewed in nundurn Park. The visit ot the Lirenadiers was returned on Dominion Dav, when a volunteer ti>rce ot more than 4,000 men j^araded in Toronto, ci^mposed o\ the liov ernoi-i."ieneral s Hody Ciuards, the ila.millon, Toronto, and Welland b'ield Batteries, i.".overnor- Ceneral's i'"oot e'.uards, Oueen's Own Ritles, ()th, 7th, loth, 12th, i.:;th, 14th, ;,4th, ;,(Mh and 77th Battalions. By a o-enoral order, dated April 24lh, 1SS5, wiien the excitement created by the Xorthwest Rebellion was at its height, two companies were added to the establishment of the battalion. When inspected on June 24th, ;,4i ot all ranks were present. The Battalion was verv anxious tor active service at the trout, but in this thev were dt>omed to disappointment. The Battalion sustained a serious loss In the burning;' ot the old drill shed -^b on May 2;,rJ, iSS(), uIkmi the \\ho\c of its .irms. stores, aiul haiul imisie was coiisiinK\l. Tlio colors ueiv sawil, .iiul many ot' iIk- trophies o\ tlie battahoii, which weiv t'oilnnatelx stored elsewhere. 'I'iie loss to tiie battalion was esti- mated at ,$4,000, and thai i*!" the e'io\ernment at 820,000. On Alio list 2Sth, 1SS5, Lieut. -Colonel Skinner retired from the battalion alter thirt\-one years ser\iee, during- twentx o\ which he hekl command. I'Jurino- his connection with the force Lieutenant-Colonel Skinner had i.\oiw much to promote the volunteer movement, and especialK 10 encourage riHo practice. Ik' was one of foiuulers of the Ontario Iville Association, and had conuiianded the team sent by it to the lirsf |)ominii>n Kitle snatch at Lajtrairie. The team from Ontarii\ that went to Wimbledon in 1S72, was chielh uroani/ed by his exertions, and he was deser\edl\ selecteLJ \o command it. 'I'b.is was the first team of rillemen that .ail represented any i^ritish colony al Wimbledon, and thus the honor of makinij- the Wimbledon meeting- a oenuineK 1 mperial event may be said to be i.\u<\ in the main, to him. I le was succeeded b\ Lieut. - Cokmel the I L>n. John Miirison liibsi>n. Lieutenant-Colonel Ciibson had won deser\ed distinction in man\ wa\s in civil lile. When he graduated from 'l\)ronlo l'ni\ersity in iS();,, he had carried off the Princes I'rize, Sil\er Medals in Cl.issics and Modern Lanouaoes and a prize in Oriental Lanouaoes. After bein^- called to the Har in ]S()-, he entered the law course of the L'niversiiy, and was ^ranted the decree of L. L. 1^. in iS6(), at the same time winnino- the o-old medal. After commencing- the practice ^^' ''^^^ "1 llamilliMi, he soi^i secured a leading- position at the bar of the Pi\>\ince. \lc had been a Senator of Toronto l'ni\ersit\ since 1S7;,. l''orfi\e years he had been I'resident of the Hamilton School of Art, which he was instrumental in fouiidino-. Since iSjc) he had represented the city in the I'ro- vincial Le.i^-islaliire. and in iSSi) entered the Cabinet as I'nnincial Secretary. His connection with the volunteer force dated from 1 Soo, and he had been present with the battalion at Kidoewa\ in iS!)(). l'"or three \ears he h.id been rresident ot the Ontario Rille AssociatiiMi, and in iSc);, he was elected President of the Oominion KiHe Association, a.n oitice which he still worthih holds. I he new commanding- officer, besides bein^- himself a marksman of the ti>remost rank, was endowed with ainuist unlimited zeal and enero\. lie threw himself heartilx into the work of command with the best results. '{"he oKl Canada Lile Assurance l^uildin^s were secured as a iliill hall, and when the bat- talion was inspected on I December ;,olh, ;,_S5 of all ranks answered to theii- names. rwenty-fi\e thousand dollars were placed in the estimates in 1SS7 tor the construction ot a new drill sheil, and wi^k was beoun ujion it during- the \ear. It was finished during- iSSS al a cost of nearly 830,000, was occupied on the 14th ot September, and formally opened by a most successful concert on October 17th, which was attended by o\er 1,500 jiersons. The battalion is 3/ now lunisi.'i.l in this nuHli.Mn aniiiMy, with i-omfortahK- >.|u;irt(.M-s fur tho i^rik-oiN, ami rooms for th«.' ilifr«.'i\'iu (.ompairu's aiul the ItaiuL l.ii'Ul.-L oloiK'l (."lihson, (.'xi,'!- anxious to >.mkoui',i^\' |iiorK-it.MK-\ in the iisi.' oi iho liilc, ordL-rod a numhor of Moiris lulx's lor the hallahon in llio antiinin of tiiat war. 'I'lic adoi->tion of a plan hy which, the \\Uo\v of the drill-pa\- was funded for the henelit of the hattalion, eail\ in i SSc), pi-odueed the most henefieial results. A eonsiderahle numhei- of men look their disehar^e in eonsenuenee of the ehaiii^e, hut their plaees were immediatel) filled with the most desirable elass ot reernits. l-'or the lirst time the 'I'hirteenth took part in the 'i'hanksoix iui^' Day tield maiuvuxres u Toronto on .\o\emhei- jth, iSSc), musierin|L; ,',().^, of all ranks. At the 'I'hanksj^risino' mamvuxres at 'I'oronto on .\o\emlier ()th, iS()(), the Fhirleenlh turned out 400 of all ranks, undei" I.ient.-Coliinel Moore, formini^'" the attaekiiii,'- foree in eonjunetion with C Com|>an\, l\o\al ixeoiment Canadian Inlantrx and the Royal t'irenadiers, luuler Lieut. -Colonel Ciihson as l^ri^adier. On May J4th, iS()i, the hattalion \isiied iierlin. 'I'his \isit aroused mueh enthusiasm amoniL;- the ofHeeis and men, as it was the tiist time that the hat- talion had left the eily on the Oueen's l^irthdax loi- some \ears. On Satin-da\- al- lernoon, the 22ni\ inst., the regiment, umler eommand of laeul. -Colonel C'lihson, paradeii at the " Liore " 445 st roni^, proeeedino- fi-nni thenee li> the dejiot and entraining- for the trip. L'|ion arriving- at Merlin the corps marched to the I'lxiiihition i^rounds, w here ample accommodation was |iro\ ided in onv i>f the lar>'e h-ame Iniildinj^s. .After depi>sitini^- theii" arms and accoutrements the men were maivhei.1 to the hotels lor dinnei-. A pleasiui^' feature of the tirsl e\enino- in Herlin was the concert ^iven by the bands of the i,:;lh and 2qth liattalions. A splen- did pri\i^i-amme was reiulered, .i^iv iiii^' much enjoxment to all present. 'I'he church paratle on the lollowiuij- Sunday was a most imposint^- ceremonx. It was what is termed a "held ser\ice." The battalion formed three sides of a hollow square, with the band in the centre and the bustle band on the ri^ht Hank ol the o|-»enini^-. 'I"he I\e\. A. d. l'"ornerel, usiiii^- the res^ulation j-iulpit of stacked drums, ci>nducted the service. Monda\ s celebration was a "red letter" day tor Herlin. Ivxery train biouqht crowds of \isitoi-s, ;uid before tiie da\ was lar advanced the streets were thronged with the holida\ makers. Allalontr the route ol the |trocessiiMi the sidewalks and e\er\ possible point of \antai>-e were occu|-)ied, cheer after cheer s^reetini^- the bo\ s as the\ marched past. On arrixal at the market place the "feu-de-joi" and ro\ al salute were oi\en. In the afternoon the battalion priveeded to the Athletic i^nounds, where different iiiaiuvu\res were ^o\w tiirouoji, t'ollowetl by a proijramme of sports, conhned to the men of the battalions, imder the direction of Lieut. -Colonel Cnbson. The band concert was a^ain enthusiastically received. At the conclusion of the con- i.\Tt iIa" liatt;ilion p;ir;ul(."i.l, finbarkino- on ilu- train lor ilamillon, wIkmv iIk-v arriwil alnml 2 oVKvk iIk- no\l morning-, aiul \wr>.' (.lisiiiissod at tlio drill hall. I'.WM-yonc c'oncunwl in the opinion that llu'\ had spfiit a most cn|\>\ahlo liiiie, and i.-ould mn haw hcon Ix'tlcr ust'd In tlu- |X'0|-»k' ol" HL-rlin. 0\\ tiK" Onccn's Mii-thday. iS()j, tho 'I'hirtccnth mustcrin.L^- 4i7orall ranks, visited 'I'oronto as tiK" i^uosls of tho 4Sth ili.i,'hlaiuk-i-s, and wore ivviowed hv tho Cunornor-l'.LMK'i-al, Lofd Stanley. A most onlluisiasiie wek'onio \vasui\on them hy the peojile of ToroiUo, and one of the most pleasant of the Haltalion's tfips was the fesult. in the year i SSc), Lieut. -CoKmel (then Major) MeLaren su,i,'-,t^esled that company eomnetitions should he started, and a shield and money prizes he j^-iven to the three companies ohtaiiiino- the hii^hest marks during the whole season's drill. At an earlier period a similar s\ stem had been applied h\- Lieut. -Colonel Irwin, olthe Canadian Artillerx, to ihe held batteries under his command. Major McLaren's suj^-i^a'stiim was apprmed o(, and with slight \ariations as to conditions, was carried out until the close ot' iNqs- .\Lirks were i.li\ided as lolK>ws : I. AniKnii-io. iDiidilinii of arm-, ;k roulrcriu'nl--. ■>|(iri.'> and iHii.k- J. L'lass l''iriiiii- (a) atU'iiilaiui' (1') M'oriiiL;' rdiiipaii \ "> avi'rani' ^. AtlriKJaiuo at (lrill> |. L'liillliiii;- and acroinriiiR'iit- V I)rill compL'titidiis 0. Written (.■Naiiiinalions ( a ) (itlKi'r> (li) iiiiii-r()mini-->ioiic'd ()tlici.Ts 7. l'"ic'ld da\ 5" 75 100 150 350 (XX) ' ,5" 100 I .SO() N'ori;. — 0(1 prr rtMit. (if mark-- ninst Ik.' dlitaiiu'd to ciititli' to a !)ri/f. The lirst competition for general eniciencx was won in lSSq h\- A Com- pany, in i,S()o by I) Compan\, in iSc)i by |^ Company, in \H()2 In A Company, in 1S9;, by A Company, in 1 ,S94 by A Company, ami in \Hi)^ b\ H Company. There is no questiiMi but that this series ot" competitions did much to increase tiie general eflicienc)- of" the corps, and perhajis more especially ot" the non-commissioned oHicers, w ho hat! more work assioii^d [o them than pre\ iousK , and consequentl\- took a keener interest in their compjinies, and more especially in their own particular sections. 'I'he Hattalion efficiency competitions havings in the meantime, been introduced, it was thought better to drop the company compet- itions tor the time beinj^'- at least, and devote all available energ-N- to the former. To Lieut, -Colonel Otter belon^-s the credit of introducins^ this svstem into the infantry battalions of Xo. 2 Military District. hi the year 1S91 he induced the late Sir Casimir Gzowski, that ,i>-reat friend of the Canadian Militia, to offer a challenge cup to be competed for by the cit\ corps in \o. 2 District. The competition duriiii^- the first \ear was based lari^eh on a battalion figure of merit. .S<) Miijor-CiciK-ral I k'rln.'rt Jipprowd m> lii|L;hl\ o\' l.icut.-ColoiK'l Otters iik'.i that ho intrinhkwl it into otJK'r disiriois, aiul iihiinatoK apphi-d it \o iho w liok- mihlia loiw ; thaiijL,''iii.ii', houo'or, tho sxsti-ni ot" wiM'Uins^', aiul hasiiio it (.•niii\'|\ ou a oomiiaiiN liL;'ui'<-' o\ inorit h\s thoor\ hoiiii^ that IiHi muoh altoiitiiM) liai.1 W\'\\ |iaii.l (o lialtaHitn aiul lirii^aiio ilrill, to tlic iK'!^k\l o\ squad aiul compain Jril!. Piirint;' tlu- last tow years, lunvowM', marks ha\c hooii aJJoil tor hattalion lirill iiiuk-r the conimandiii!^' otVieor, aiul this, no Jouht, is the liapp> meiliniii, aiul takes all |->oints into eoii- sideralion. kaler on anolluT "Ci/owski eiip " was ^ixeii to be eoni|'>eled tor In the rural eoips in \o. :> Pistriet. I'roiiiinent men in other ilistriets also eame for- ward aiul imitated Sir Casimir's e\am|">le so that now nu>st districts ha\e "an ellieiene\ eiip io compete lor. Major-' " oneral llutton lakes rather an (■•pposite view of matters from C."ieneral llerben, thinking' that \oo mueh time is de\oted to st.|uail and eompany drill, and that the Canadian militia should push forward into hrii^ade drill aiui field fi^ y. maiuvuxres. There is no doubt, howe\er, that the last eii^Hit "^^^*' \ears work, whieh has been principally se|uad and compain- drill, now places the militia force in a better positiiMt to ap- preciate these his/her and more extended nunements than it would otherwise ha\e been. The t;eneral standard of" efticiencN' amoni; non-commissionetl ofhcers has, without di>ubt, been L;reatly elevated b\ these battalion competitions. l'"rom lack of lime, owiiii^' to more exteiuled work, it was fiHiiul necessary to drop the efticiencN competitiiins ilurini,'" the present drill season, ami it is doubtt'ul whether the\ will be con- tinued amain in their present form. nuriniLj- the eii^ht years that efhcienc) competitions ha\e been held anions^- the city corjis o\ \o. 2 District, the "lizowski Cup" has been won ti\e times by the 'riiirteenth Hattalion, and three times by the Oueen's Own Rifles. As the latter, however, wimi it in 1S9S, the\- now ha\e possession of" tiie coxeteil |->ri/e. Whether tiiere will be weepinj,'' or rejoicing" it" these competitions are finally abolished, is a matter of' opinion. 'Phere is no doubt that all concerned have felt it a terrible j^-riiul at times, and that an anunint o\ polishino- and cleaning- has been done that could not otiierwise ha\e been accomplished. There is also no doubt that these com- petitions ha\e t.\on^' a ^reat deal t(.nvards briiii^ini^- the rej^imenl up to its piesent standard, and ha\e been particularly \aluable in developing,'' etiiciency and responsibility amont;- the ranks o\ the non-ctimmissiiined officers, a most desirable thin^;' to accomplish. UZ(iwsK[ Cii' Inn .1- N] lur. l;l I 11 IKNCl 60 l-'oIlowiMK- isa (;,No shouin,^. .ho scores mad. In ,Ik- diffV.vnt ci.v hat- lalioiis each year in coinpolilion lor tlu. " C".zo\\ski Ciin " : l.'l!lS(,2| IS.,, m,|4 n.,-; lS<)(i 211(1 Oik-cm'-, Own Killcs. Tiinuito. . i'>lli knyal Onnadii'is. T.iniiitd.. I UhHat'taliiiii ,<( liHantrv, llainiltoii !Mli l)utr...riii \. Mi-anti„nl . 4Mli IhirhlaiuliTs, 'r.innitd |S(,7 I S(j,S *7?5| ii'i 'ii>:: ''4? 7'' ■'^.1 ()5i 742 *.,S.< S'J.li 55',' 1-5 l<'l.4Vl 141.4; 1,1.,,- ♦,;„,,f, -K..21J .s,s.2(,i r.is,?., i2(,.„,A ,4. •,„ ■12? «?i*li5.'.2| •l44.>4*i.l7.i(.", m!.;.., i"2.i;? ')<).S4J i<,4.i„ in,,.. ^ ,., On May .4,1,, ,Sc,.;, ih. Fony.Ki^-nh Highlanders returned the visit oC the H-teen.h. ^ "usual ^^ood fortune in the matter of weather attended their visit ,0 ' iamdton. It was neither too warm nor too eold. and ahhou^rh at times the skv was somewhat overeast, no rain (ell. The eity presented a husv appearance a^ t ousands o, people who, tailin,- son.e special local attraction, would have proh- ah y have ^one on son,e of the many excursions, stayed, with the knowledge tlia. tlK-y could have "just as .^oo.\ a tin,e • in Ilan,il,on. on account of L extensive pro.trramme lurnished In the Thirteenth. At .0.40 on the mornino-ot.he .4,h, the visitinu" hattalion arrived and -re escorted to the Drill I lall by the Thirteenth. The ,^rand street parade of IK day commenced at ,,..3, and all alon,^- the line vociferous cheers ..veted both re,.ments. Ihe Highlanders were under con.nand of Lieut.-Colonel D.ividson, with .Majors Loshy and .McDonald as Held officers Dundurn park was not reached until a fc.. minutes after noon. After hnn^ the ', eu.de, oie,' the two battalions partook of a substantial lun, eo sei\ed [o them at the i-rounds. Shortly after 2 o'clock the nri,i,rade, under Lieut. -Colonel Gil the ba ■>son, entered th th th . .^i.i i^rounds, and as each company passed the snluUu^ point, where e staH was assembled, cheer after cheer ..veted them, 'on' account ^f e so dier-hke appearance and steady bearin^^ of every man. The troopin.^ of colour physical drill and bayonet exercise as presented bv the Thirteenth was beyond cnticsm Some of the crack dancers of the I<\>rt;-I<;i,.hth, accom- panied by the ba.^.-pipes, furnished some excellent dancing. ' 1 lie hand concert and hreworks in the evenin,.r ..ere witnessed bv larp-e ■'" who "•• --11.- .'"*.>. uowds who pronounced both items excellent in every respect. At m'.io th, H.^blanders paraded at the depot, and, in takin,- their departure, expresec themselves as more than satished with the ,ood time thev had and th^ trea ment accorded them bv the citizens. ' e ssed At the Thanks.trivin,ir manevuvres at Toronto in this vear, the Thirteenth parade 440 o. all ranks, under I.eut.-Colonel Moore, and with the R d Urenadiers and >orty-h,,.hth Hi,rhlanders formed the attacking, force in he •sham battle, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Gibson. 61 At tlu' .iniuial imisti.T ;iiul inspection, 4(n) o\ all ranks u*.-!-'' prosonl, or nink'ty-two in cnl'oss ot tin.' (.■siablishnKMU. On tlu- OiK'L'n's l^iitlulav, iS()4, tlu- Thirtoonlli, nniU-r (.•i>niniani.l iil l/u'iil.- LitJonol Moor*.', \isiti.\l C'lalt. !"lu' nuiinins^ was a lino ouk.\ anJ at abont oiyht o't'look on llu- nu'inini^ o\ iIk- J4th, llu' baltalion paraiU'il at liu' ilrill hall 300 sti'oni^, in i\'\i>.'\\ i>i\Ut. llu- turnout, uliii.li is spoken ol as heins^' the laii^esi o\ that season, was most t^ratilxinL; to all. \\i quote \vo\u a newspa|">er report o\ the ilay, " loo niueh eredil eannot he s^isen to the I laniil- ti'>n rcil-eoats lor their line appearanee, soklierly bearinjL;", and lar^e paratle.' The journes by tr.ain was rather lediiMis iiwinv^' ti^ several delays i>n the ntad, but the L;eneral i^ihhI hunioi- pervadint.; all ranks was m nowise niarreil b\ tiiis cause. 0\) the arrixal at Ciall the ret;inient was met In a de|iutalion ol the I'oresters, under w luise auspices the celebration was held. The batl.div>n lornietl iMi Water Stieet, and niarciu'i.1 to the Tow 11 llall, where the\ were ilismisseil lor the purpose ol partakin*^' ol dinner, w hicii was ser\ed lor the rank and lile in tlie Skatiiii^' kink, the ofticers beint; i|uartereil at the dilterent lunels. 'I'lie loth I\o\al (."irenadiers, ol Toronto, wlio were also takini^' part in the celebration. Iiai! arrived some time belore the I hirteenth. Alter ilinner the p.iraiie lormed lor the |">urpose ol i^roceediiii.;' to the bair L^rounds, where a \er\ attractive |">ro- mramme ol spi>rts had lieen arrani.;ed lor, but the weather, which had been tiireateninjL;- tor some lime, now declareil itsell in a steady downpour ol" rain. It was decided, in conseiiuence, tocurtail the proceedi list's b\ liniitiui,'' them to the dilterent iiuuhvun res and exercises ol tlie two reLfinients. The first item on the priiij'ramme was the " march past," to the music ofthe bris^i-ade bands. This was splendiilb done, and elicited xii^oriuis a|t|->lause trom the spectators. l'!\liibilions olplnsical drill and baxonet exercise b\ sipiails Irom the Thirteenth lolkiweil, and as the rain sluiwed no sii^iis o\ abating', the remaiiuler o\' the |-»ri\s^ramme was cancelled, ami a return to the tmv 11 ordcretl. A concert b\ the combined bands of the Tliirleenth and C'irenadiers had been announced for the cNeniiit^, and i^real disap|">ointment was t'elt when it was found necessary to cancel it on account o\ sexeral ol" the instruments ha\ini^' been rendereil temporarih useless b\ the rain. A kinilb lu>spitalit\ was extended on all sides to the members i^f both ciirps, and, apart \von) the wettins^' receixed, reminiscences ot" the trip can lun be otherwise than pleasant. 'The re_i,>'imeiit entrained tor the retuin )\>urne\ at lo.^'^o, arrixint;- in liamiiton shortly befiirc 12 o'clock. In dismissiii|L,'' the men. Colonel Moore thanked them tor the ^ood conduct thex' had obserxed throuj.;lunit the day, and expressed his pleasure in haxiiii,'' been able to assume command ot'the battalion on the laryfest parade in its history. On \o\. 22nd, the battalion ai^rain took part in the Tlianksj^>'ixini,'' manani- X res at Torimto, numberiiis^' 42S, ot" all ranks, under Major llenrx' McLaren, Lieut. -Colonel Ciibsiin bax intj' leaxe olabsence, ami Lieut. -Col. Miiore beintr ill. b2 'I'lu- lMtl.ilii>n, in iS()4, wasaoain awaiiU'vl llu' C'l/ouski V,"iip Kir t^i'iUTal oni<.''u'iK'\ . riu' lollow int; '.Nliai,! liiMn M liiii-C'iiihTal I k'rl>(.il s ri.'|ii)il will sv.'r\«.' to iiuruMU- llial tliis ilistin l\o\\ was \\>.'ll (.■arni.'il : " 'I'lu' 'l"liirto«.'nlli Hallalion \. as insp».'k.-k\l h\ tlu' I X'piilx ,\(.ljiilant-di.MK'ral iM> l."^i;l. ,^ I si am! .Wn. jtli h\ ».'om|tanios. I")rill, arms, i.'t>.'., \».t\ i^oi'il. AiisulTs to i.|iiostions, cxt-olk'nt. 'I'lioU part in a rK'KI-da\ at 'l\>fonto (pa\ iny' lis ou ii trans|iort ). at ulii(.'li a(.l\anv.\'-i^iiarils ami tlu- attacU \\\m\' prac'lisi-tl, attorwafils ins|"it.\'tt.'».l In tlu' Maji>i-C"n.'ni.'ral (.omnia ml inj^'. I'Ik' hattalion is in (.'XcX-IK'nt iii\l».'r ami \or\ i-'ntluisiastii- ; (.'onipli-'ti.' in oHitXTs, ami inei- stivnLjtIi in uk'H. In this corjis a most ».'tH>.'i(.'nt system iif tai!L^\'t piai.Mi>.\' i.'\ists. " 0\\ llio 2()lli iiT IX'c'. mlKT, iS()4, tliv.' lati' (.•ominaiurmjL,'' i>rti'.\'r, I /n.'iit.-Coli>n».'l Skinm-r was biirioi,! with militafv hi>nors, ilu- battalion assomhlinL; in stix-ni^th. TIk- marUoil sn».\'L'ss whi».h atttMuK-d llu' trip \o dalt, naturally i-'rK'itod an almost unanimous assent on tho part ol" the otlicers, w Ikmi invited to attend the i.lemonstralions to he lield i^iu the follow iui^j Oueen's Hiitlula\ at London. The hatlalion, in eommand ol" i^'olonel i."iihson, paiaded al the Mrill Hall at 5.45 on the e\enin|^ ol the 2T,\\\, and proeeet.led in hea\\ marehins^" oider to the I". II. \ n. Station. Larj.j'e crowds i.jalhered there, nian\ with the ilesire ol seeim^ the first passem^er train run on the new road, as well as oettim^a s^linipse ot the rci^iment entrainins^'. 0\) arri\ iui.;' at Liimlon. the eo!|")s was reeei\et.l In the assembled ei^rps, eonsistiiii^ ot .\o. 1 Lompanx l\i>yal Canadian Inlantry, Seventh Hatlalion ot London, "A " Troops ol the Lomlon Hussars, Lomlon l"iekl Matter), and the ^ySth nufterin Killes ot" Hrantlord. The 'rhirteeiith wei'e a|iportioiied most eomtoitable i.|iiarters in the main Lxhibition buildim;'. The proeee(.lin_t;"s opened with a review ot the bris^ade, whieh mustereil, all told, jooo. Lieut. -Colonel the I Ion. J. M. (.'libson was the Hrii^atlier in eommand. It mav be mentioneil with a eertain amount ot pride that out ot the total ol 2000 the Thirteenth eonliibuted over a quarter, havinj.,'" that da\ a parade state ot 504 ollieeis and men. The tiriiiiL;- ot" the " teu-de-joie " by the intaiilrv and rille battalions elieited unboundeil admiration and appl.uise trom llie spectators, o\^ aeeount ot the reL^ularitv with whieh it was i.lise harmed. In the maivh past the Thirteeiitii were awanleil the lieeision o\] everv point. Seldom had tho citizens ot Li>iulon or theii' visitiiii^' triemls heard such music as that turnished by the band, headed by Handmaster l\obinsi>n, and as the res.^i- ment marched past with everv company in pertect line, belrav iiiiL^' caretui tr.iin- ini.j' on the part ot the otiicers, ami eipial attention on that ot the men, thev presented an inspirim^' sioht, and cheer alter cheer greeted their efforts. The troopin|LJ' of the colour by the battalion was an event of tho da\ . The militarv tournament tollowint; was no. the least important part o\ the tlav s proL^ramme, and the members o\ tho Thirloonlh, w ho participated, acquil- U\l iIk'Hisi'Im's iiu'si c ToililaMy, c'.utn iiii^' i^tt" ;i i,''<>iHl piMpDilinn nl llu' (.'wnts. riu' ImiuI i.oik\tI in tlu- (.■\>.'niny', tolloucil li\ llu- spi.\l;Kul.ir ri.'pi\'si.'nl;itioii ol iho soi,v;\' i>t " 'l\'l-l']|-l\cliir ' att'onU'il imuli pli.Msin\' U> all, aiul hioiii^lit tlu' (.■L'U'hrat'u'ii \o a cK'so. \ conipliiiK'ntary hani|iK't was t(,'in.li.'i\'».l h\ [\w ^.iti/ons {o [\w iilTu-i'is of' llu* \isitiiii,'' aiul iIk' li'».'al inilitai-y k.oips, aiui in it-pKins^ lo a toast C'i>K>ni'l (.'iihsiin tliankoil L'oloni-'l l,iiulsa\, tlu; 71I1 I'lisiruTs, and tlu' (.iti/ons i^\'ni."rall\ tor tlu' UiiuhK'ss show n 10 llu' riiirl«.'i'nth ilinin;^ tlu' ila\ , ami (.•nU'MiU'i.I an iiuilatiini to Coloni.'! I,iiulsa\ anvl his battalion to \isit llaniilton at an imiK dali.'. On XovcniluT Nth, iSt)^, l/u'ut.-L HIimk-I C'lihson, liaxiMi^ conijik'tL-J tliirlx- tlw NL'ai's scr\ it*.' as a \i»lnnt>.'i.'r, ami tiiirty-tliroo in the ThiitcxMith, i\'tiroJ tViMii tlu' k.'on)inaiul, hut "* in \ ii-w ol' Lieut. -L\>li>ncl I'liiison's lon>^' and laithlul sorvico in tJK' militia," the jLloneial oi\l*.'r added, " and in reeoi^nition o\ his zealous efforts in pioniotim^' and eneouracjins^' rille slu'otins^' in the toree, that i>Hieer is permitted \o letain his rank as honorars Lieutenant-Colonel o\ thi'- iiat- talion." Ry a subsequent i,aMieral ordei" of .\Liieh 4th, |S()(), Lieut. -^.\>Ionel Liihson uiis appointeil an honotaiy aide-de-eam|-) to the Cuuenior-tieneral, the I'larl o\ Aberdeen. lie was sueeeeded in eommand In Lieut. -Colonel Alexander I lui^^'ins NLiore, a \ei'\ able ;uul eners^etie ottieer, to whose aeti\il\ while aetins^' as .Adjutant, and skilful manai^ement o\ its I'manees for main years, the battalion owed nuieh of its eflieieney. l>ieut. -Colonel .Moore had j^-raduated from the .Milit.uy School iluriiii,'' Colonel I'eaeoeke's perioil i>f eommand, and had seen \aried and arduous ser\iee on the frontier in 1 (S()(). On se\eral occasions, as alreath noticed, he had been selected lo act as Hrijuade .Major at successi\e camps of instruction. In iSjCjIic had been attached lo the School o\ Ciuniiei"\, takini^' a tirsl-class certiticate in i^umierv, and in the course o\ the same \ear was offered, and d'-.-lined, an In- spectorship in the North West .Mounted Police. 1 le became Hre\et .Major in 1S75, and liad been a major in the battalion since iSS^, When itne considers the tact that the winniui^' o\ the " Oueen's Prize" at Hisley means that the successl'ul ciim|tetitor must pro\e himself the best marksman from a picked 2,000 men, a fair realizatiiin o\ the skill reipiired for such a performance will be obtainetl. The honor o\ winniiii^' this much co\etei.l tropin lor iN()5 tell to Canada, and more particularix [0 liam- ilton, l'ri\ate 1 layhursl, o( the 'rbirteenth Hattalion, outshoiHins^" all his oppiMienls ami thereby winning' exerlastiui^' fame l\>r himself, his corps and Canada. I layhursl was born in Keuilal, Westmoreland, l{n_t,'-|and, in 1S6S, came out to this counlr}, and eventuall\- settled in liamilton in iScj^-^, joiiiini,'' 1^ Company o\ the Thirteenth Hattaruin on June tjth ot the same \ear. It is iherefore but natural thai Canada shoukl claim the honor of his 64 .•U'liii'Vi'MK'nt, ;is mikli o\ liis i.'\pi.'r'K'm.o, assisU'il l»\ his iimi1\ ahilitv, was j^»'aiiu't.l iliir'mi^' liis mtv iv.\' wiili tlu' I liiru^'ntli Haualii>ii. M».'(oi\' i.'i>min!4 •" Canaila Ik' won tlio I'riiKo ol Wak-s' pii/o at Misk'\. In |S«)4 lu- slu); with iIk' C">nlari(i ^.'ij^ht for iIk' " Loiulon Moivhants' Cup." Ho w.is rouitli in tlu' t;raiul a^!:^i\'i,>'ak' at C'^ttaua ani.1 lirsl o\ tlu- i^anailian Hisk'\ loani (ov llu' " Kolapuro Cup" in IhmIi iSt)4 anil iSc)^. \\ Iki) iIk' now s oI liis \ ii.'liir\ loaolioil llamillon llio jov o\ an olassos, InUli niilitaiy ami civilian, w;'s iniln>iinik'i.l. ami propaiatiiMis wi'io innnoiliatoK OiMiinionooil tv> onsnro hnn a tiltini^' ivooption on his ai rival. I ho Una! strui^i^lo lor iho pri/o was intonsolx' o\oitin>^, ho\ii, oltho Thiril l.anarU Killo \\'lunloors, ha\inL; tioil Ilay- hnisl's sooro ot Jji). Iho last louml tor tho ilooisii>n ihon ooiunionooil. Ila\lnnst sovMod with an outor ; Hovil tollowod with an innor. I lay- hurst was porloolly c\>ol toi' his soooml shot ami takiiiLT a slijL>htly lons^or aim soiTod an innor. HomI s noxt shot was a oloai" miss. Tiio dooision prao;ioall\ rosiot.) on I la\ hurst's ihiiil shot, ami whon ho I'noil, soi^rins^' an innor, ;i i^roat shout aroso IriMii tho assomblod Canadians, "Canaila l'"or- o\or." Iho matoh was luor ami tho pri/o oamo to Canada. \\ oil tlono, lla\ hurst. Hoxd's noxt shot louml tho hulls-o\o, Inil did not sa\o him from iloloat. I la\ hiust was tomlorod a most ontluisiastio roooption on his arrival at Montroal, and an otpially iioarty woloomo at Toronto ami other oitios. Tho matiiMi j^ix on to tho roturniniL;- toam by tho oiti/ons of I lamilton was ou{: that will noxor ho lorootton, and is naturallx so woll known to all that a description is soarooh nooossarx . A i^raml priioossion was tormod to osoort thoin lo tho roooption at l">umlurn I'ark. Tho follow inj^' oor|-)s toi^k part: Thirtoonth Battalion, undor Liout. -Colonol Ciibson ; I lamilton l'"iold Hattorx , undor Liout. -Colonol \'an W'a^nor ; Ouoon's Own Koqimont, Tonth Royal Cronadiors and many local societies. The Thirteenth has at all times been well represented at tho Rislox moot, and tho tact o\ tho Ouoon's Prize haxinij' boon Si Ml -Sim. I . 'I', II, li w iii K^ i , ( 1. M. WINSIK Ml I IIK i.iIKI.n'^ I'K1/I. M IIKIIS. iS()-;. 65 capturcil h\- one of its miMiihcrs should bo an iiiccntixo to still stroiii^''or clTort on tlK- |tarl ot' its niarksnion to repeat ihc pcrfoniiancc. Tiio appri>ach o\ the Ouoen's Birthday ot" icSqb was iieraldod b\ pivpara- tions of a somowhat dift'croiU character, on the part oi' the hattaliiin, than thiise undertaken at th.it period tor the two preeedin^' years. This time lhe\- were to he the luists, where hitherto the\' had been the quests, jind there were bus\- times lor all iri order that the visitini^' ei^rps, the l'ort}-l{i,t;hth llii^hlanders, ol Toronto, theSe\enth I*"usiliers, ot' London, ami the 'rhirty-l']ijL;hlh i")utTerin l\itle>, ot" Hrantt'ord, mii^'-hi be well and tntinml\- receixed, and earr\ away with them a mood impressiiin ot namiU(.>n and its citizens. A i^rand tield da\- was arrans^ed tor the holida\-. The Highlanders arri\ed on Saturday exenin^', May 2;,id, and took up eamp at Dundurn Park. The i''usiliers reaehin^- the eit\- the following- exeninj^-, and the nuff'erins, of Hrantt'ord, completed the eon- tini^eiit, arrivins^' on the mornino- otthe 24tii. -Sunday was the scene ot one ot the larj^est church parades e\er held in ll.unilton. The IliiL^hlanders had a total ot'.dl ranks ol" 41 2, e\clusi\e ot" thiise on picket duty at llie camp. The Thirteenth must'-red 424, and the T'ield Haltery 39 iit' all ranks. Lieut. -Col. Gibson was senii>r Hrii^ade ot'ticer ot the da\ . The total parade stale ot the brii^ade, ineludinj^- stat't", was S77. The chiet" feature of the tield day, held on the luilida\, was th.> sham batt'e at the ^rounds o\ the Jockey Club. The attacking" force, termed the " Red Hiim'ade," under Lieut. -Col. Moiire, con- sisted of the 'I'hirteenth, under .\iajor McLaren, the Seventh l-'usiliers, under Major l^eattie, with two i^uns of the l^'ield Hatter_\, under Lieut. Alexander Huncan. The det"ence, under Lieut. -Col. Davidson, was con-)posed of tliC Hiy;hlandeis and the Hufferin battalion, with two iLjuns of the [-"ield Hattery, under Major I LMuirie. Althou^^h the j^rounds were somewhat loo small to permit of an\ extensive mancvuv riui^, each mo\e was pertoruK'd io perfection, the Red Rrii^ade oventualK carr\ ino- the day as arranged. In the subsequent proceed- ings the Hii,'-hlanders came ia for a lar^e amount of praise, their marchinj^' and '^'■eneral appearance leaviui^' m^thiuL;' to be desired. A combined concer' by the different bands was held in Dundurn Park in the e\enin|L;', but, unfortunately, beUire the proi^ramme was completed, the rain, which had been threaieniui,^ for Slime time, descended in t'trrents, calling,'' a rather abrupt termination to the ente'-tainment. Speakiiii,^ of the Hij^hlandors' visit the Toronto Globe said : "The officers and men are unanimous in saNiny" that thexwere never made more comfortable, and that they could not have spent the time more pleasantlx." '["lie membeis of the other visiting" corps were equally pleased with the trip and reception (o the city. Tile battalion took part in the field da\ at Toronto on the 2()th of \o\em- ber, iSi)(), (Thanksi^ivin^), paradini,>' 405 of all ranks. In iS()7 Color-Sert^eanl W. IL W'hateley, Seri^eant iX \'. Gartliner, 6b Corporal John I.c'ith aiul Privato \V. Richnioiul, wore selected to re|->reseiil the baltahon on the Jubilee eontinL,'-ont wliieii went to l^ns^land on the oeeasii^n o\' the celebration of the sixtieth \ear of Her Majesty's reii^ii. The trips taken h\ the baltaliiMi ou the Oueen's l^irthda) s o\ former years h.id al\va\s been cliaraeterised b\- the fact that the corps was i^\i',,iu- somewhere w here they were, at least, not entire stran^'-ers, on account ot' the comparati\ely siiort distances that separated the towns they had \isited tVom Hamilton. l\ini|slon, however, beinm' a considerable distance, and, at the same time, essen- tiall)- a mililar\' town, extra prep- arations were made to have the the battalion at its best in .'xery possible wa\ oo its trip to that city in iSq;. With a parade state of 5 lo, the corps entrained at 10 o'clock on the nioht of Saturday, the 22nd, arri\ iui^' in Kinyfstt.'in the fiillow iiii^" Sunda\- morninj^- about 5 o'clock. One hour later the troops were all detrained and proceeded to the fair i^rounds, where, under the direc- tiitn o\' Major Mason, se\ent\ -iue larjL;e tents and three marquees had been erected for their accommo- dation. 'I'hat da\- probably the lar_i»'esl church parade ever wit- nessed in Kiiii^ston {00k place. The Rrioade consisted of exactly 1 ,200 officers and men. The Brig- ade Re\iew lield on Monday, the 24th, Lieut. -Col. Cotton in com- mand, was successtui in ever}' re- spect. 'I'he Hriq-ade line was as t'olKiws : "A " i'ield Hatter\- on tiie rii^ht, the Thirteenth and {'"ifteenth Battalions in the centre, and the 14th Prince of Wales' Own Rilles on the left. After the " feu-de-joie " and three cheers for ller Majest\-, column was formed for the march past, in which the Thirteenth acciuilled itself most creililably. The troopinj^*" o{ the colour b\ the Thirteenth was a new feature to most of the Kins^stonians, as only red-coated rei,''iments are privileq'ed to perform this ceremon}', and the local rej^>-iment is i blue-coated one. The applause that followed "' was deafenini^. After a par 111 I!fk MaJK-.|\'-. IJlAMllM) JllllIKi:. officer of the dii\ , said that ho was proiul of toinporarily (.HMiiniaiulinj^' a hrioatlo in which the Thirtcoiilli toniicd a part. Tlio i-ilFK-crs aiul men o( the hattalion rocei\ocl nnhoinulo*.! kindness chninL;' tlieii' \isit, more espeeiallx' from the memlters ot' the I'rinee ot' Wales' Own Rilles, whii were imremittinj^' in llieir eiulea\ors to make it a pleasant one. I")urinL;' i!~>i)7 an amhulanee eor|">s was lormed, and tlie hattalion was re-ai'mei! with Lee-l{ntield rifles. I.ieul.-Coiiinel Mi>ore retired on Xo\emi"ter jolh, iS()7, and was sneeeeiled hy Lieut. -Colonel I lenr\ McLaren, who, during twenly-eii^ht \ ears cimnection with the hattalion, liad served in e\er\ capacity, from ensii^n ii|">. Before joinini^- the 1 hirteenlh he had ser\ed as a i^irixate in the l'ni\ersiiy company o\ the Oiieen's (."iw ■ Killes, and was one of a detachment tVi^m that company tliMtted into service in the Western Administrative |->attalion, in the aulnmn of iSb^. I'he companv lormed iVom the Oueen s C'^w n w.is stationed dmMns.;' the winter o\ iSf)^-*) at S iinia, in aniiciiiation o\ a l-enian Raid. In \Hbb Mr. McLaren joineil the home i^iiard, in Hamilton, ami three \ears later he was i^a/etted an ensi<^ii in the I'liirteenth. I le immediately i|ualitied hy takini,"" a second-class certificate at the Militarx School, and ohtained a first-class certifi- cate the follow iiii^- year. In i SS :^ he jterformed the duties o\ Hri^ade NLijor at the camp of instiaiction at Xiai^ara. Ik' obtained a first-class certificate from the Torimto School ot Infantrv in iSSj, and followed this n|i h\ takins^' a lon^;' course at Kins^ston in i SSt). The Thirteenth Battalion, with a parade st.ile o\ three hundred and si\t\ - fiveofhcers and men, participated in the Ihanksniv inu- field da\ at Torontii, on \o\emhei- 25th of this \ear. Some dissatisfaction h.ixini^' been expies^ed In the people of ll.imilton that the Thirteenth should leave the city on the holidav, it was decided that f\ir the Oueen's Birthdav of iS;)S the corps wi>uld remain in town, ami contribute to the public celebrations. The Koval Lirenadiers, o\ Toronto, " A " Companv oi the Seventy-Seventh Battalion, ot Hundas, and the l\i\val Canadian I ")rajLjoons, were the inv ited i^uests of the day. A Ll'r.ind rev iew of the troojts and a sham battle was |ilanned tor the forenoon, to be followed in the afternoon with an exhibition by the l")rai^''i.ions and mamvuvres and exeicises bv the troojis, all under the auspices iif the St. Cieor^e's Society. The Thirteenth Battalion and the T'ourth T'ield Battery paraded at the Drill Hall at cj. i 5 on the mornins^' o\ the Oueen's Birthdav, whce thev were joined bv the Hundas companv o\ the Seventv- Seveiuh Battaliim. On the arrival at the Jockev Club ^rounds the f'ltrces were divided in the folKnvimn' manner : 'The Thirteenth and the rii^iit section o{' the battery, under Lieut. -Colonel McLaicn, tor'iied the attacking' force, and the Grenadiers, assisted bv the middle and left sections ot the batteiv , the defendini^' force, under Lieut. -Colonel Mason. T'rom a military standpoint the battle was 68 a pcrtocl success, hut sonic of the s|-)cclatiirs c\|trcssci.l disa|-)poinlmciU, as il did not last lon^' cnoui^li, and was pc!lia|">s iu>t (.]uitc up to tlicir expectations in tlic \va\' ot noise ani.1 excitement. In the atternoon pertoiinance tlie hit o\ the ila\ was made h\' tlie l")rajLjoons, who went tlirmii^h man\ interestint^' and enlertain- iiii^' tactics. Plnsical tlrill hy the Cirenadiers, the troopim^' of tlie colour by the Thirteenth, and marcii |iast by the assembled troop;-, lirous^ht the day s pvo- ceedin_i|s {o a cK>se. In the exeiiim^' the iiaml concert ami exhibition ot drill by the Hrai^oons at '")unduiii Park was a most enjo\able leature. At <).45 the CiMiibined bands struck u|i the national anthem, windiiii^ up the celebrations at an earl\- hour, b\ the desire ot' the committee. A number ot Maxim i^iins were purchased In the Canadian C"io\ernmeiil in l(Sq7, and weie !^i\en to certain ollhe cit\ corps. The corps recei\ ini^ 1 hem weie rcepiiretl to qualilx one ol'licer and iMie non- commissioned iillicei' in the use oi the new i^un. The Thirteenth Hat- talion was the lirsl corps to receixe a Maxim, and now has a \ery ellicient detach- ment commanded by Lieut. John I"). Laidlaw . The Maxim is the latest type o\ machine ^un adopted by the Hritish (.unernment, and is doubtless the best and most accurate of these death-dealinm' instruments. The iL^un hres, at its t,Teatest speed, ()00 shots per minute, throui^h a sinojo bairel. This barrel passes throus^h a casim,"" tilled with water to keep the barrel cool. The water in the casint^" boils in about one and a halt" minutes, and the arrangements tor the escape ot steam and constant suppK ot water are all pro\idet.l tor in the most complete manner. The work I'll these i^uns durinj^" \.o\\\ Kitchener's recent cam|">ait;n in tb.e Souilan shows their terrible etVectiveness. The ThanksiLfi\ in^;' manauivres in 'I'l^ronto were attended a^fain in iS()S b\- ^■^SS ot all ranks. .\ pressins.^" imitation haxins^' been received trom the otticers ot the Nine- teenth Hattalion ot" St. Catharines, it was decided to take the Thirteenth to that town to assist in the local celebr.itiim ol" the Oueen's |-?irthda\ o\ \Si){). About T H I . Maxim ( '■ i n \ \ i ■ j 1 1 1 ( 1 1 \ 1 1 1 i \ ■ 1 1 \i k s i . T.l I K 1 I- I N I II I'l \ 1 I \l liPN Ml I M W I KN . 59 S. i^oii tlio iiioriiins^ ot (Ik- J41I1, llio li. lit, ilinn paraded ;it tliol^rill I lall, sluns in^- a parade slate o\ ^i)^ o\ all ranks. 1 11 honoi' ot the da\ in llaniilti">n, the regi- ment was niarehed to the "Cioie," lor the purpose ol" tiring'' a " feu-ile-joie, " jLj'ivin!^" a ro\al s.diite, and three eheers tor the Oueen. The entrainini^' at the Stuart St. (.lepot was satisl,ieloril\ aeeom|">lished, all arri\ini^' at St. Catharines in i^ood order at ahout 11.45. The re^'iinent was esei>rted h\ the .Xineteenlh Hattaliiin I^and to " MiMitehello I'ark, " where, after piliii!:^' their arms, the eomjianies were marehed to the different hotels to partaUe of" dinner. At ahout J p. m., the Hrii^aile, whieh eonsisted of" the Thirteentii and .Nineteenth Mat- taiioiis, "A" Si.iuadron, Seeond Mra^oons, and two i^uns i>t' the W'elland l""ield l^alterx formed up ii Montehello I'ark, iiroeeedin^;' from there to the fair i^rounds. A ro\al salute ol" twenty-one j^iins by the Mattery, followed with a reu-de-ji>ie b\ the Thirteenlh and .Nineteenth battalions, ojiened the daws pro- eeedini.;s. The hrit^ade " march |iast " in eolumn and quarter column was exceetlinoiy well i.lone and loudK' ai'ijilauiled by the sjiectators. The trimpini^' ol the colour and jtlnsical diill,as iierformed by the Thirteenth, \.ere notable features ol" the ilaw On conclusiim o\' tiie pri->s^ramnie, the biis^aile formed for the return march, the Thirteenth depositin*^' their helmets and arms in the train on tlie wa\. in the exeniui.^- a com- bined concert o\ the Thirteenth and .Nineteenth bands took place. Nearl\- 2,000 people attended, and satisfac- tion was expressed on all siiles at the spleiuTul renderings of both baiuls. The treatment accorded to the members oi the Thirteenth b\ their sister corps was hospitable in the extreme. The battalion entrained, for I lamillon shortly alter () p. m., arrixins;' without an\- special incident, after haxiiiLj' spent what has been termed " one o\ the pleasantesl ila\s in its historx . The want •" a nuxlernh equijiped rifle rant^e had been a loiii^-felt one for many years by tlic i^flicers and men of the Thirteenth, and it was in consequence with f'eelini^s of the utmost satisf'actii>n that arram,''ements were hnally concluded tor the construction oi a new rauLj'e on a site selected b\ Musketrv Instructor Lieutenant I'ain and .\ssistant I nstructi'>r Sert^l. Ha\luirsl, 'Tiie site was aji- proved of by Colonel Otter, and is, witlunit doubt, i>ne of the finest ranjLjes in the Dominion. 'The otTicial i^peninij' took place on Saturdax afternoon, Sept. I, st'orini^' a i">iills-(.'\ I.', aiul tilt.' olfkial oponins^" was cU'claioil. .\ \oi\ haiulsomo aiul artistic souwMiir, ill tlu" shape o\ a ccrtirKate o\ the first shot lii\i.l ;'.t the (hk) \artl raiii^c, tile work of Ca|itain Tiilswell, was presented hy that oHieer ou hehalt ot" the raiii,''e ollieials to Mrs. McLaren. An iiUerestiiiL;' exhibition o\ t|iiiek liriiii^' by the Maxim ^1111 tletaeiinienl preeedeii the eontimianee of the Senior matehes, whieh had been started early in the niorniiit^-. 'i"o eoneliide the day a very pleasant "at home" was tendered by the iiJIieers to their tjuests in a larj^e tent erected u|"n'>n the i^rouiuls. On Thankss^ix in>^- dav , October ic)lh, iS(){), the i^altalion, with a muster of ^^56, attended the maiuviivres held at ToriMito. In the sham battle, which was the princijial e\ent of" the da\ , the lliirteenth, w ho lormed |">art o\ the attackiiii^' force, actpiitted ihemseKes nu^st creditabK . The torces were di\ided as follows : The attacking;-, or siuith- ern force, consisted ol the Thirteonth l^attalion, C'l and K companies of tlu' Oueen's Oww Rifles, the Roy. il Cana- dian i)raiL;oims, and one section o[ theqth i-'ickl Hattery with two s^iins. Lieut. -L\iK>nel lleiir\ McLaren was in command o\ the attacking;' force. The defendins^ or northern force consisted o\ the balance (.>f the To- ronto I'ield Hatterx, ist Prince ol Wales i'usihers oi .Montreal, Oueen's Own Rifles, loth Ro\al (."irenadiers and the l'\irt\ -Lii^hth i Ln^hlanders. Lieut. -Colonel Oelamere was in commaiul o\ this force. .Main intcresiins^ tactics were |"»erf(.'>rmed, and the- commanders of both torces expressed them- selves as hiohly salislieLl with the manner in which the\ had been carried out. Canadians have ever been marked for their staunch loyalt\- to the ^Knher country, and when, towards the close o\ this year, war was declared between Groat Hritain and the Moers of the South .African Republic, a wa\e of s\inpath\- and excitement swe|->t this country \'vo\u coast to coast. Canada's dut\ was plain, and no time was lost in offerinj^- to liivat Britain a contini^ent ot her best soldiers to assist the Rritish forces. The offer was o'lailK acceptetl, and in an incredibl) short space of time a splendid rci^imenl, reiiresentin^' all the mililarv districts, was oatheretl lv\oether, armed and ecpiipped at the country's expense, and despatched ti> South Africa. The quiUa from the lliirteenth 'I' \Ki.l' is \ 1 \ 1 U K \N(,h> l^;itlaIion t.-oiisisic(.l iA oiu' oUkx-r aiul six nu-n : l,iciil«.'nanl W. K. Marshall, I'l.'. K. Cassoll. I'U'. W. i.'. Wanvi). I'l.-. j. II. Siillon. i.aiKV-Scri^t. |-\ II. Kiitiu'iiorJ. Tu'. A. l\ol>son aiul V\v. W. Wani.k. Ii \\.,s ovnorall, a.oivod that no ivtl..'!- <:ho\^\' coiiKI liaw \k\-u iiiaJo in appointin;^ l.iculonant Mafshall to ivpirscnt tlu' olticrrs o( tlio rhirl(.'>.'nlh, as Ju' was an oWwx'v o\ (.•oiisicicrahk' mililaiN (.'xixTit-MKi', iiv.'\i>t(.'il to atlik'ti«.s. .nul a thoioiii^li l'a\orit>.- in tlu' ^-orps. ^v>!oiu'l .\Ll.arrn oxi-irrss^^i his ^ lalilicalion at (Ik' spirit whicli IkkI proniptoi,! —^ iIk'so nion to \ olimti.'>.'r lor si.'r\ icf in Si) lilst.'lllt :i 1^:11-1 i \i lll.> iMll f^i i-i k 'iMil SO ilistant a part ol' the oinpiro, aiul saiJ, " I led sure that thc\ will mn i>nl\ iipholil the honor o\ theii- own rej^inient, hut also that oi the Cana- i:in null! 1. 1 \n (Vimii'im I rinil I :itii <.lii-,> than militia in i^eneral, ami I am sure that I eeho the desire ol e\er\ mein- her ol the eorps in wishinj^' them (."lOtl-speeil. ' The iormation o\ Canada's cou- lini^eni to assist the Hiitish troops in the Transxaal has foinied tor this eoimtiy a |">reeedent whieh all C'ana- dians ha\e just reason to he proud ol. In eiMijunetion with the other eolonies w ho ha\e sent troops to lijL^ht loi- ller Majest\,this moxement has furnished eonehisixe prool that Col- onials are as trul\ liritish as were ettle in the dillerent |ioi-tions o\ the t i-\i'.\\ I'll iiiir lii\':iltv i i -i i tfivil Isfitriin Mks. m i.\hin ()iihi\it\ ()iiM\., nil K\M.i> tumished eonclusixe prool that L ol- '■' "''"■ "" "^^' ~ ^ ^^'^"^' onials are as truly British as were their lorefalhers, who left theii- homes to settle in the dillerent |ioi-tions o\ the em|iire s \ast possessions. .\\it alone has it pro\en ourlo\alt\ to Li real Hritain, hut, as an ohjeet lesson to the woild at larj^e, it is in\aluahle to the nation's interest, showiui^' to those wlu* wouhl plot against it that the\ ha\e not alone lineal Hritain to deal with, hut alsoCiivater Hritain as eonstitiited in her ilifferent eolonies. In e\er\ sense we are trnl\ siildiers o\ the Oneen, reai.l\ to lii^ht lor her at all times, and |iroud ol the piivilet^e that enahles us, as tree-horn subjects, to i.\o so. Chapier VII Till' TiiiiMi:i:xTii Battalion Bam 1S7, .M •'I- patriotic hiiul aMiimittcc, on Oclolvr (xli, ,.S66, pivscntcd iIk- coinniaiulino- oCficor llio sum of 81.000.' and a .oniniittLX-, consistin.i^- of Lieut. -Colond SkimKT, Lapiaui Watson, Captain Askin and IJout. Kitdiio. was appoM.tcd to tako tiK- nc.vssary stqrs louafds or-ani/in- a band, siidi Ivino- tlu- disposition which thc'patnoti" lund coniniiit.v desiivd to Iv made of tiic money. A band uas inimediatoly oroanixed and in oood working- order m a tew weeks, and since ,l,at time the hattahon has alwa\s liad an elhcient hand. 'I'he hrst bandmaster was Mr. V. Cross- man, who held the position till ,S(„;, uhen he was succeeded In Mr. e.eoroe Kobmson (late ofthe hand of I L W. Prince Consort's Own Reonnent). After one years service Mv. Robinson retired. Mr. \\m. HIanchard then assumed the leadership, hut the position a^am became vac nt, owin^- ,0 his decease, on Januarv 17th. Kobntson was then uuhKcd to assmne his former position a's band- .naster. m which capacity he has officiated until the present time. In October ot .S7.V the mstrtiments becomino- x.orn out. i, was d.culcd to replace them and steeps were taken for the purchase of a new set oi liesson's manufacture' r "^ ^";^';'^'- The ntoney for the purchase of these instruments was raised by subscription amon.- the omcers and men of the battalion, and in March 1N74- the new mstrumen'.s were placed in the hands ofthe bandsmen Inasmtich as the battalion itself was oroanixed only fot.r vears before . S66. the history of the band datesalmost identically with the historv of the battalion and November ,s,, of this >oar. brin^in^ to a close the .,0 vears of Ccor^r;, Kobutsons labors as bandmaster, the present is an oppor.tine iime in which ^^ review hriefly the historx of the band and its leader. IMore this is done, however, i, mt.st no, Iv forgotten that previotis to .MX) there were bands m the city bands with mercurial ttK-mberships and an uncertain hold upon existence. IVrhaps the fust one of these that merits rec- — ■> i\iL,''niru>n was tlu- oroaniz-'ilion known as tlu' l\'in|"»t.'raiK\' liaiul, liroui^lit to- luol Ikt in 1S31, iiiuli-T llu' loaiK'iship of \\-[i^-\- Tiiossniaii. Il wasilu' lUiUonu' o\' lIu' ^i\'at wa\t.' o\ tt.'niPv.'i.uK\' who'll sw>.'pl nwr llu- i.imii)1i\ al ihal linu', and wasMui nnik'T tlu' aiispi*.\'s ol I Ik- U'nipi.'i .UKr socii-Mu's dt llu'(.il\. W lun tlu' (.mIiI waUT wawol >i.'nlinu'nl i\'».\'iU\l, this haml In^anu' ilisiirs^ani/oi.1, ani.1 a now *.'oni|ian\ olplaxns was I'ornu'il in iN.s.i. undei' llu' nanu' ol the City hand, Mr. (."irossnian still heini^ its eondnotor. AhoiM this tinii.' Lt'loiu'l Hookei" (al'tei w aids I /u'iil.-(.\>KiiK'l of tlu- Thii- loonth Hattalion) was nuK'h inleiostt'd and \ei\ ontluisiastie in niililaiN matters, 'ill 'I'm K 1 1.1 N I II I'lA I I M I'lN I') \Mi and had an independent artiller\ eorps under his eonti'ol, theii's^nns haxint;' heen east lor llieni in the Cifeal Western ear shops, wiiieh were then loeated in llaniil- ton. The Colonel was as enthnsiastie abi>ut imisie as he was about niilitar\ mat- ters, and throui^h his efforts the old Cit\ hand heeanie merited into the I lamiltiin Independent Artillerx hand. This happened in 1^5*), and, inider this name, Mr. Grossman kept his pla\ers toj^ether until iS()2, when, as is nearh alwa\s the ease, a re-aetion set in, and lor neai'K four \ears the j^enealoj^ieal line o\ oar present well-kmiw n ham.! was almost lost. Hut not altO|L;'ether, \ov enous^ii o\' the old artiller\ pla\ers were arouiul to f(irm the nueleus oi a new ort;ani/.atiiin, 74 •■'iHl Ihat ,K-\v oro;,ni/,,tio„ u;,s ouv ou n ThiiUvnlh Rwll.ilion R.nul. ii Ivii,..- avo.i^n./.cl lor th. |„s, ,1,,,.. as a ImiuI of ih. iv-inKMU on Wn. ... ,,S(,(., ui.h .Mr. drossman al iis licail. It was in iS(,.>, al llu' tini.' of tlir Trrnl troiihlr. ihal (u.orov Kobinson oame lo (.ana.la anJ Hamilton uill, th- kill. Mriu-.-uk-. Alihouoh h, s.avrj in lli. Killr Mn-aJc lor lour yrars, Ivin- stationed at Kingston, Montival aiul OndKv, ho .oulj not lor-vt llnnilton. So mud. JiJ lu' think ol lu'r and lur pros|Hvls that \w s.v.nvd his dischar-v Iron, th. KilK.s. and in |S(,(, .ainr l>ad< to the city ol h,s d.oi.v. Ii,tk' chvainin- at thr tinu- that \w uo.dd Iumv Iv leader ol the eraek hand of the Dominion lor a period of thirty \ears. At the time Mr. K.^iinson tcH>k ehar-v o\ tlie luiid the 'state oi m.isie in «.anada. and in laet. all over Ame,i,-a, uas not verN eneonra-ino. There uere .kood hands and -ood handmasiers of the old sehools, Init methods and insirn- ments were ol neeessity primitive, and the standard of musieal eomposition in use uas low. I he appearanee in Canada olthe l^ritish militarv hands did nuich loeansean improvement in thiseoimtry, and aeross the line the da\ of real ad\aneement may he said to have dawned al the time of the lioston fuhilee lesiual. r.eorue Rohinson uas not Ivhind in -raspin.u all improvements wilhm reaeh, and, so lar as lay uithin the often limited means of the hand, new instruments were pmvhased. and a better elass o\ miisie taken up. 'Idle old e.erman instruments of other days were laid aua\, and Hessons |{no|ish make suhslilnted. Xew instruments have made their appearanee. and? whenever possible, these were added. Amon- these are the bass and tenor elarioneltes the oboe, the double bass and slide trombone, the basscn-n, l-reneh luM'ns,' saxaphones and 1\ inpani, these latter bein,o- amono' the last added. Because advanta-e was taken o( these improvements in instruments, and beeause at all times ivtter ihinos uere souuht for in the wav of eomposiiions the I^and ol the 'I'hirteenth Hattalion -rew in favor, and its fame as a first-elass musieal or,i^ani/.ation spread throughout theeountrx. It was not ouW in and around Hamilton that the bandsmen's services uere demanded bv the people but m other Canadian eilies also. In Toronto in 1X74, at Montreal in iSjSand at Inoersoll in 1S7,, there were band competitions in which the Hamilton band took part, and under Georoe Robinsons leadership creditabh accjuilted itself in competition uith the best military bands of the countrx. WJien the Peace Ju bilee was held al Herlin in .S7, the band was there, the bio- attractiot, o\ that immense oatherinu-. At Montreal with the Roval Templars; in Toronto more times than can be easily told; at Sarnia to enliven the proceedings oi' the ureal tunnel opening, and in many other Canadian towns has the Kind playetl. In the I'nited Stales the band's greatest coiu|uests ha\e been made in com- pany with the members o( St. Bernard Commandery. Kni-hts Templar, ol 75 Cli"K-a.i,''i>. Willi tliis t.-<>inniaiulor\ , trips haw Ix\mi mado to Cliii^ai^o, St. I.oiiis, Boston, Dciuor and \\'asiiin,yton, the i^'aiiadians on cwiy <>i.\-asion iK'ini^ ro)all\- iroalod and nnsliniinj^ly praisod 1\\ both pn-ss and pcopk-. I lu- St. Ik-rnatd Coniniandcrx in iSgi made a visit to I laniihon and to tiic Tliirtocntli Hatlalion Hand. At St. Louis the band and its loatler were honored in a marked manner li\ tlie late I'. S. C'lihiu'tre, who was in eliari^'e o\ the musieai l'esli\ iiies. 'I'hat j^enlleman, with his wide knowledjLje I'l l>ands and bami nuisie, selected the Canadian or_i,''ani/atii>n, iViMii anuMii^' the man\ there, to pla\ a separate seleetion, a thint;" <.\on<: h\ o\\\y one other band, ami that one Ciilmore's ow n. At \\'ashin_^'ton also an incident oeeuned that was not iinly unique, but inteiestini^', and called forth most kindly expressions tVom the .American jiress. The bandsmen, together, visited the tomb ot" the i^reat W'ashini^ton, at Mount X'ernon, and there, with the I'nion Jack draped iner the bass drum, played a funeral dirj^e to the memory of tiial j^nvat man. Purini,'- its Penver trip, in iSc)2, the band went up Tike's i'eak, where the\ pla\ed " Ciod Sa\e the Oueen." While in Penver the band i^a\e a compli- menlar\ concert to the Canadian Maple Leat Club ol Heiuer. A number of national airs were pla\ed, and the lavi^e audience was nnv.t enlhusiastic. In Chicai^o the band is well established in the favor of the pei>ple, fore\er\ time the ciimmander} trips ha\e been taken in past years there ha\e been i^rand local concerts arranged for, and thousands o\' Chicat^o residents ha\e sat, listened to and appreciated the concert numbers of the famous Hamilton organ- ization. The Hand accompanied the St. Bernard Commandery to l^oston on its visit [o that cit\' in 1S95. in the parade there were 22,000 Knij^hts and 164 bands, but the Thirteenth Hand, as usual, received its full measure ol" approba- tion from the spectators. At various times the band has been en^'au-ed b\ the Grand Trunk Rail wax- to assist at the opening- of their different lines. Amon^' other events o\ this character thev were at the openini,>-s of the St. Clair 'I'unnel at Sarnia in 1 S90 and the new Suspension Hrid,t,»'e over the Niaj^-ara River in 1S97. On the occasion of the thirtieth anni\ersar\- of Handmaster Robinson's leadership of the band, Xovember 2nd, 1S9S, a complimentary benefit concert was tendered him, and an audience of over 2,000 people crinvded the Drill Hall. Durini^ the eveninj^- a ^^'old watch, suitabi}' inscribed with the crest of the corps, was presented to him, a s^ift from the officers ot the corps. The presentation was made b\' Mrs. McLaren. ^-j ^^r^^?t^r->r^-: >3e>Li>ifrs(:i.VsSNiI >^, tyTvi ^w 7^ ClIAITHR VIII '-t. Till-: W'oK'K oi- Till.; M \K'KSMI-:X IIS'IORN' of the riiiitooiith woiildho iiKoinplotL- without a ivk'iviKo, however hrieC, to the iiuli\ idiial shoot iiit,'- of the men who have maJe the iiattalion faiiunis for its iiiarUsnian- ship. riiirty-seven years have elapsed siiiee its fi>rnia- lion, aiul it is possihie that in our reference to iiulividual marksmen, some may he omitted. I he lathers o\' the shooliiiir element of the hattalion were douhtedly Capl. Ilenery, then Adjutant, and Privates Ceo. urison, Donald Xieholson, James Adam, 'l"lu>mas iMeehorn, -eph Mason and I*". Sehwarl/. l'"or nearl\ two ,i^eneratii>ns .>se zeaK>us memhers of the hattalion, en eon raided, instrueted and assisted the xouns^er shots, and the proud position that the hattalion oeeupies to-da\ ma\- he traeed haek to the efforts of these early pioneers in rifle shooliuir. 'rhrou,i,--h their eneouraoement and assist- anee, teams were sent to the hrst meetin,<^- o\' the Dominion Kille Assoeiation at Laprairie in iSbS, and i>f the Ontario Ritle Assoeiatioii at 'I'oronto in 1S69. These teams included Corp. John Hrass, who won Major General Stisted's oip at Tori>nto, and Corp. J. MeArthur, Lieut. J. J. Mason, I'rivates Wvatt, Kiee and GilUison, as well as Lieuts. 1 lerhert Marsh, John Little (hattalion champion 1.S67) and the Hilton hrothers. The X'ieloria Kille Cluh, of Hamilton, which had its oriranization ahout the same time as the Thirteenth, and which was the forerunner of all the litle cluhs m the province, materiall\- encouras^ed the hattalion in its rille practice. hor man\- years. I'te. Ceo. Murison occupied a prominent place in slunnint^- circles. He won the championship at Laprairie in iSbS, and the small-hore championship at Toronto in 1S70, and from that time up to his retirement from the hattalion his name appears frecpiently in prominent positions in the prize lists, both of the Dominion and the Ontarii^ Rifle AssociatiiMis. Private Jos. .\Lison had a lon^r and brilliant career as a small-bore shot, year alter year either winnini^- the championship or comiuir within reasonable distance of it. He won the battalion championship in 1.S79, and, with Private Schwartz, was on the International teams of iSSo and 1S82. Pte. (afterwards Captain) Adam's name also appears with practically equal prominence in the prize lists, in i S6S at Laprairie, and in 1S69 at Toronto, while in 1.S73 he won the small-bore championship in the latter com- 77 politioii. Ho was alsi> chanipii-ii sho[ iiftlu' TliirtiHiitli in iShi), iSy^aiul 1S77, ami won llu- sinall-borc ».-hani|)iv)iishi|i at L'lwJmoor, W-w \ovk. \'oy many soars his naiiK- appears in tlv.< pri/L' lists at tlio M. K. A. and CX K. A. niatohos. In iS(m) aiul iSjo tlu- I'anunis MitolioM IhoiIkm-s tirst appoaioil npun tlu- S(.\MU\ ji'lin, Mavit.! ami Wijliani, ami, snhs^iHK nth , 'riuMnas, C'oulsor. ami (.'■(."orow riu' latlrr, thoiii^h liarJIy ahK- [o lu>M a rillc, won tlu' TurmT L'np whon a Iniqk'r in \o. 1 Company. Daviil Miti.lu'11 won tlu" hattalion cliam- piimship in 1S7J, i,S74, 1 SSo, |SN4, |SS() and iS(,i, a \wo\\\ not <.-i|nalU\l hv any oihcv nu-mliL-r of tlu- battalion. In aiklitiitn ti> tins, Ik- has Ix'on o\\ tho \\ imhloilon ami Hisloy loams many tinu-s, won tho Maoi.lont.;ail Cup at tho IX l\. A. matohos in 1S7.S, has won tho Cnaiul Ai^ijroi^ato at C'^tlawa on mi-.fo ihaii one oooasion, wasiMi tho I nlornalioniil toam o\ iSSj, ami in all tho prize lists, both at Ottawa ami TiM-onto, h,is boon woll to tho iVont. This may also bo said ol" his bioihofs, ami though, as to throo o\' thom, i>thor battalions ha\o now tho bonofit of thoir skill Liont. Mitoholl boinj^- with tho Thirtx-sooiMul, Captain T. Mitoholl with tiio Twoirth, ami Capt. Coulson Mitoholl with tho Xinotiolh \ot it is a mattor i>l' pi-ido that tho shooting; qualitios ol this famous band o\ brothors orit;inatod in tho 'riiirtoonth. All ha\o shot brillianti} at timos, haxint;' won tho C'loxornor-C'ionoral's |->ri/A' oii moro than ono ix'oasion, but !)a\id Mitoholl may probably bo lookod uj^on as at all tinu-s tho most roliablo mombor of tho soxtotto, this honor boiiii^' possibh shaiod In his brothor TluMnas. Tboy ha\o always boon on tho Hattalion, ,\sstioiatiiMi and Compan\ toams. Liout. W. Mitoholl won tho Trinoo ol' W'alos' pri/o in 1882, and was on tho I ntornational toam o( i88t); John won tho battalion ohampion- siiip as lato as i8()4, and Thomas in i!^7_:5 and i87(). .Anothor tamily ol' brothors appoarod as mombors ol' tho battalion somo- wlioro about iS()S or iS()() CiillK'it, Robort ami Jamos C'Jmand ami ihoy for many yoars holpod matorially in koopini^- up tho shootin|^- rocord i>I'iIk' batlaru>n bosidos winnins^- luimorous pri/os at tho mootiiii^s ol" tho so\oral ritlo assooiatii^ns. In 1X7:! tho SoNonly-sovoiith Mattalion was I'ormod, and tho 'I'hirtoonth lost suoh i^'-ood shots as Ashbiu), i'lnolish, (battalion ohampion i8f)8) and blastor- brook, who had diino woll as mombors o\' \o. S L\>mpan\ o\ t!io 'I'liirtL-onth. In 1S72 two woll known namos, anuini;st olhors, ropiosonlod tho Thirtoonth in tho baltalivm matohos at Toronto Colonol liibson and Liout. I'ain. Colonol Gibson had praotisod roj^'ularl\- and assiduously, and, in that \ oai- oonniionood a oaroor that was almost phonomonal, both with rospoot to militaa-) as woll as small-boro riflo shooting-. b'or lit'toon yoars his name appears as a mombor of tho baltaliitn toam, and in ihomoantimo ho wnn mam tirst pri/.os, inoludin*'" tho I'rinoo ot' W'alos' prize, at W'imblodiMi, in 1S7C), with a rooord sooro for tho Snider rillo. lie, on more than ono oeoasiiin, on tho small-boro ohampiunship at Toronto, and he was a.lso a member of the International Toam of i8(So. 7« I.ii'iit. I'.iin, llu- prosi'iil (.•iTkii-nt M iisk>.'ti-\ I iisHikior iW' tlu- hallallon, lias alsi> ilisiin^uislu'il himsfllal Ihinu-aiul aliroail, ln>tli willi tlu- nii!itar\ aiul matcli rillo. I lo lias 1k\'ii on llio tcMiiis ol iIk- riiirtt.'».'iilli lor ma ii\ years, won tlio liallaliDii c"liaiiipii>iisliip in i SjS. aiul w as a nioniln-'r of both I ntoi'nalional U'.inis. I lis si>r\ic\'s 111 ilu' hatlalion, aiul [o llu- Canadian Mililary Killo Iams^ik', oI \\ilii.li lu' is Si.\M(.Mai\ , haw boon inxahiahk'. Majoi- Mason, who has l>>.'v.'n S(.\-i\iar\ ol tlu' rhirti.'i.'iilli Uallalion KilK- .\ssov.'ialioii iViini its oit;ani/ation up lo llu' pi"os(,'iii tinu', aiul who was pi\'S(.'nt at thi" liisl nuclinL!' ol lIu' Mominiiin Killi.' Assi^ialion at l.apraii'ii.', ani.1 tlu.' Ontario Rillo .\sso(.'ialiiin at l\ironi»i, has also ».'i>nti"ibini.\l to tlu- sucw-s ol tlu- riiiri>.\'nlli toanis, both In his own shoolini^' ami In assistan*.'*.' i\Muk'i\'v.l by him to iMIut nu-nilHTs ot llu- battalion. In iSjo lu- won llu" battalion (.•liaiii- piiMiship, ami in iSjj tlu- sniall-boi\' championship at IoiimiIo, ami I"!" aboiii twi.'nl\ \\Mrs was a nu-mbi'i' o\ tlu.' battalion ti.'anis, Initli at Toronto ami (."^Itawa. 'a-, with l.t.-i.'ol. (.libsoi:, Capl. Ailam ami Ss^t. M. M iti.lu'11, was lor tlnw wars a nu-nibi-'r of the team which, alter a keen contest, liiialh won the Lomlon Merchants' Clip at Toronto in i SSo, it ha\inL^' lt> be won three limes eon^eeu- li\el\ before lieeonrmi:' itermanent nionertx. — >■.• - •- ' -■ •■■r — .• ' '•[ -- — - of his transfer to the Se\e!ilh Tusiliers of London. lie was a member iif the team that assisted in defeating" that from the I'niled States in 1SS2, and was on the Kolapi'tre Cnp 'Team in 1 SS4. In 1SS7 he won the TllUinqlon Cup at Toronto. I le was etpially at home with both the maleli ritleand niilitar\- weapon. 'Two other membeis o\ the liatlalion were of Ljreat assistance duriiii,'" this period, Scrs^t. Oli\er 1 lancocU, a well known member o\' \o. 2 Company, and Staff-Sero't. W. II. Clarke, pre\ieasly a member of the Oueen's Own Rilles. 79 In 1SS4 I'to. f larry LiiiihaiM, an cntluisiaslic rilloman, won the ballalion cliainpionship, ami attended all tiie prize meetings lor some years. In 1SS5 the Murdoeli brothers Geori^e and Andrew beeame pnilicient shots, and on man_\- an occasion assisted the Thirteenth in winnini^' a \ictory. In iSSj the battalion championship was won b\- Pte. J. i\. Adam, a >on lit Capt. Adam, whooa\c promise iM' becoming- a brilliant shot, and whose re- tirement Irom the battalion, after a short ser\ice, was L^reatK ret^retted. In iSSq Major Zealand won the battalion championship, and his name runs cohcur,vntl\- with that of Major Ross throui^h aP the prize lists of the I). I\. \. lor main \ears. Ot later \ears one of the most prominent shots of the Thirteenth has been Li>lor-Ser^t. Skedden, who has had a marvellous career since his first appear- ance in iSgo, having- won numerous prizes at Toronto, Ottawa, Wimbledon and Hisley. He liolds the record for tie shoolini^' at Hislex', ha\ino- had to make eij-ybteeii consecutive bulls-eyes in order to win the HaiK Lirai^hic Cup; won the Governor-Cienerals u^ld niedal at Ottawa this \ear ( iSqq); holds battal- ion championship, and is probably the best all-round shot now in the battalion. Hid sjiace permit, we could oi\o the names of a host of others who, both in the past and in recent years, lia\e b\- their skill contributed to the successful career of the riiirleenth as a shootinu- reo-iment. Aivioiii^st them are Co!. -Sot. Thomas Mitchell (battalion championship 1 Sc);, and iSqS); Scrot. I). Carson (battalion championship 1896); Siaff-Serot. T. II. Hayhursi, CM., winner of the Prince of Wales' Prize in iiSSQand the Oueen's in iSc);, and was battalion champion in ,'ie same _\ear; Ser^t. Major I luooins (battalion championship I '^96) ; Lieut. W. L. Ross, wiio made such a yallant flight for the Oueen's Prize in 1S97; Sero-ls. F. S. Morison, C. W. Spencer, W. Will, ll. McXeilly, li. R. Marshall and A. Miller, Lieut. R. A. Robertson and Capt. j. H. Her- rino-. Lieut. A. Robertson, now of the vSe\enty-se\enth, was for some years a popular ;ind xaluable member of the Thirteenth teams. \\ e must not omit a special reference to Surgeon-Lieut. Bertram, i»f the Sevent\-seveiuh, whose career at Bisle\ this year was of a marvellous character, and who most justly won the admiration of all shooting,'- men fiir his wonderful shootinjLr there. lie was or'^inall)- a member of the Thirteenth, with which battalion he was p. ominently identified until his transfer to the Se\enty-se\enth. Xo man in C;inada has won orealer lionors or carried them more modesth than Surgeon-Lieut. Bertram. He was champion shot of the Thirteenth in i>^g^. Such a record a^ this can scarcely b^ excelled, and v iU be undeniably hard to maintiiiii. Hut whalexer emergency the comin;,^ )ea: ma\ brin^-, we mav rest assured tluu with an oflicer of such recoj^-nized ability and enerq-y as Lieut.- Colonel McLaren in command, supported by the present efficient boil \- of officers and non-commissioned officers, it will find the Thirteenth irue to its motto "SHMPHR PAR \TLS. " So List of Officers \'iio 11, WK Si;K\i;n r\ riii': Tiiiki-kI'Mii r?.\rr.\i.io\ o\- \s\\str\, AM) TlIK DviKS Ol- IllK OkI- UlAI. Ga/KITKS CONCi;K\I.\(.i rilK.M. 'I'liu IIiMi. Isaar HiK'Iianan. IJl'iU.-CciI. Nov. sSth, I^ii2. Retired Dec. fioth, 1864. + All'i-L-d Hooker, Lieut. -Col. Ilaniilton I'ielil Hattevy, April 23r(l, iS;;. Lieut. -Colonel r3tli I'latt., Jan. 27tli, isr,?. lietired from eoniniand oV 13th Halt. Aiijr. lotli, i.Sfi(). Retired, retaiiiiiijr rank as c<.niniandant of 1 laniilton, |unc> utii, iSd;, + Jaiiu's A. Skinner, joined IIi,i;liland Co. in i-i??, and was Capt. when 13th was orjjjanized. Major Dee. sfitli, is(i2. f^ieut.-Col Au,u;. loth, iSfif). R. R. R. .Aui,,'-. 27tii, i>>(]. J. Kdwin O'Reilly, Major Dee. 2i.tli, im,2. R, R. 1!, I'eb, loth, iSr.:;. + Stephen T. Cattley, Lieut, julv lytii, iMn. Major l'\'l). 24tli, 1X.5. Brevet Lieut. -Col. March i5tli, >h-. I>eft limits July 5th, 18ft-. + Henry iM'skine Irving, Ivnsisrn April 10th, i.S(i3. Lieut. .May i2tli, 1S64', Major |nlv ftli, iSii;. P.rev-et Lieut. -CoL Julv ah,' 1,872, R. R. R. Ian. i2th, 1SS3. + Alexander IL Askin, iMisign Dee.;;, iS(i2. Lieut. ALireh 5th, 1863. Ca|)taiii Dec. 30th, iSi^. Major (Pro.) Oct 22nd, iSdc^. R, R. R. of Cai)tain Sept. .:Stli, .'877. + Isaac Ryall. >L H., Surijeon April 4th, i>i,ti. Sur.t;elln-^hljor April Mh, iSSii. R. R. R. May 3r(l, i.SSo. John Brown. Captain \ov. 2>tli, i''fi2, R. R. K', Sept. 14th. I Slid. Jolm Oetavious ^hlcr;le, I^ieut. Xov. 28th, 1S62. Resigned May 12th, 1.^114. Peter Toronto Buchanan. Ensign Xov. 2-ith, 1S62, Lieut. July sijth. 18114. Left limits ^Llrch 2nd, i86()." George Herve Mingaye, Captain L ■■■. fth, 1862. Left limits Dec. 3otli. 1S114. John .\. Ward, Lieut. Dec. 5th, 1862 Resigned .NLireh 5th, i8»)3, Donald Mclnnes, Cajitain Dec. 5th, 1862. Re- signed May r2th, i8(i4. ("rcorgc H. (lillespic, Lieut, Dec. 5th, iS()2, Cajjt, ^/a.-ch iSth, 1863. Retired' Dec. iftli, i8(,< Thomas Bell, Lieut. Dec. nth, 1862. Resigned April 2Sth, 1805, W. F. Biggar, Lieut. Djc. iith, 1862. Cajjtain A|)nl 28th, 18(15, Resigned No-.. loth, 18'., A, Jamieson, Lnsign Dec. iith, t'l?.. Lieut. April 2Stli, I 1(15. Rcsigne>'. M. ■ ist, iSfjii. John McKeown. Captain Dec. ii)lh. 18(12. Re- signed July loth, 18(13. Ahuirice O'Connor, Lieut. l)ec. ii)th, i8fi2. Re- signed July lotli, i>(i3, ihirtin I'it/patrick, ICnsign Dec. nitli, 18(^12. Re- signed July loth, i8(j3. Robert \. Law, Captain Jan. 3. Resigned .Vpril 23ril, 1865, Wm. Inkson, ICnsign [an, cith. 1^(13. Resigned Dec. 2i|tli. r>() = . C, J. LloycL CajUain and .Adjutant. .March ?th. 1^(13. Resigned Di^c. 2nd, i8()4. Jolm Sti'wart Ilendersou, Captain .^Llrch ;th, i>fi3. R. K R. ^Llrch 2nd, i>(ifi. Alexander 'I'urncr, Lieut, .^hu■ch 5th, 18(13, Re- signed July loth, 1X13. Robert Park, JMisign >Lirih 51I1, isfi3. Lieut. .April 2'^th, i8()-,. Left limits Dec. 22n(l. i.'^i)?. C. I'eeley. ICnsign ^hlrch ~lh. 18(13. Resigned .April loth, 1865. >hutland Voung. Lieut. .\Lirch i8th, r8(i3. Re- signed 18(13, John Voung (Jr,l, luisign ^Lu•ch islh, 18(13. Lieut. Dec. 30th, 18(14. Resigned Oct. 3rst. 18(17, ■*■ Frederick ICwiiig Ritchie, JMisign .Vpril loth, 1*^(13, Lieut, Dec, 30th, 1S64. Cajitain Oct. 2(ith, i>(i(i. R. R. R. Dec. 3rd, iS6(). ICdward Hilton, Lieut. April 10th, 1863. Re- signed ^h^y I 2th, 18(14, * John IL Watson, ICnsign Jan. 31st. iS'13. F^ieut. Julv 15th, 18(14. Capt. May 17th, i8();. Died iS6(). I". M. Atkinson, r,ieut. .Aug. )2th. 1S64. Left limits Dec. 30th, 18(14. (ieorge S. Pajips, l^ieut. Jan. 31st. 18(13. Re- signed 186?. ■*■ Percy (tore Routh, iCnsign I'eb. 24th, i36?. Lieut. March 2nd, iSdi^i. Captain .Sept. 14th iS(i6. R. R. R. 0,.t. 2fith, i,S(i(i. + Joshua J( hn Hehdeii, ICnsign Aiiril 28th. 186' Lieut. Oct, afith, 1866. CaiUain Oct 22n ,, i8fi(|. Dri'l Instructor March T7th, 1870. Acting A ijutant, July 14th, 1S70. Died Sept. 1st, 1872. 81 ' Kdliendr.iiit. ICiisii;!! A|n-il J^th, i m,v Licm. Dcu. L'jiid. iM,^. (';i])l;iiii March Jiid, l^(,l,, I'aymastL'i- Ocl. ji.tli, i-di.. lion. Major OcL 2(illi, 1S71. DilmI Juno 2()tli. r-77. Ji.liu liiliiiiijs, Lieut. April 'ji-nd, i^d?. Re^ij^iiiMJ I>LT. 22?1(1. iSlj?. + ClK.rli.:s Kamlolpli M(inl,t;Mtnurv Scwi'll. l-'.nsij^n April 2Sth. iS(,5. Lioul. 'Dec-, -.vjud. im',;. k. K. K Sept. 24tli, iM,(,, ■^ J. \V. l-"c'r,t;us(in, l.irut, April I'Mli, isi,;. e'a]it. Sept. I4tli. IX, I,, kv^ii^iu'il I >tT. ■.i->tli, 1^1, 1,. + Alexalidfr William kov, l-;iisii;n Mav hilli. i-(. = . l-iuut. Oct. ;i^t. iM,7. raplaiii Xdv. ;tli, i^i.'i. k. k. k. Marcii loth 1-77. + John IlriK-rv, Captain and Adjutant .Vnv;. 1 ^th. ■ ■•^(if- k. k. k. An.i;. Jlith, i>7u. ■^ 'I'lir Ilim. |i)hn Mdiiscin (hI.-imi. iCn-.iv;!! Dn. 2j;id. i-(,;, l.irut. MaiLh Jnd, I -i,r,. L'.ipt. ()i.-t.2iitli, I ^(i( . lire\ct-.Mai(ir( )rt. Jiilh. 1 ^7 1 . Hi. Liunt.-Cul. Oct. 21. th. |S7(,. kc.^t. Major Jan. 2^tli, i-^i. kc,L;l. l.icut.-Col. Aux'. 27th. I'-M,. Iliin. Lieut, (.'ill. Xov. nth, I-,,?. A. I), f. t(i IL !•;. the < inv.-dcn. Marcli 2nd, I -M4- kc-appointcd A. 1>. C. March srd, 1 -mm. * Charles At nistroni;-, ICnsisrn Let. 2iith, 1S115, Lieut. Sept. l.|th, l-i.i.. Capt. Dec. 'JMh, i-M7." + IIu;
  • . ■^ Allan .N'apier McXah Stewart, l-;nsi,v;n fan. ; i-^t. 1-1. V Lieut. Oct. 22iid, i.SiMi.' IJicd i-'eli. 2!rd, IS7J. * Charles D. Cory, ICnsii^n J.ui. ust, isi.s. i.^ft limits Mureh 25111, 1 -7",.. (Jeor.i^e Hope. ICiisii^n Jan. ;, 1 , is(,-. kesij^iied Dec -, 1-1)'). ' John Lilile, ICiisix-ii Jan. iisi, i-f,-. Pro. Lieut. March 25111, "1-70. Lieut. Mnv iird, I'^TS- li,<). Lieut. March 22iid, 1S72. Capl. jnlv 21st |S7(.. k. R. R. Jan. 2Stli, i.ssi. " ' lli-nr\- .McLaren, I'. usij^n .Mure h pli, t-i,,,. Lieut Dec. iril, i-i..,. Capt. April r)th, 1S75. lirevi't ALijor .\pnl .)th, 1.S.S5. Re,i;l. MajVir • Vn,;;. 27tli, 1-0. Lieut. -Col. D'cc. nth. 1 - )7. kohcrl i-;nii;ht Hope. Ivnsinn (pro). Dec. 17th. i-<,M. I':nsii;ii .NLiv (,tl'i. i,S72. Lieut, lutie I2tli, 1-7.: R. k. R. Dec. K.th, i,S7(,. * Peter Pieujaniin HariKird. ICnsinn March 2;tli, rs7o. Lieut. March 22nd, '1S72. Captain' March loth, 1-77. I'.revet Major .\hircli (|th, i-^V- R- k. k. July I nil, ISM". Charlc-, Ilyl.i IloMcn, iMisiir,, ^Llrcll 25.11 1S70. kesinned Jnnt- 7tli. 1S7J. Cii.irlesC. Dvcll. l-;nsi,v,Mi (Pro.) Mav 1 Uli, IS7,,. I'".nsi,i;u luue iMlh, 1-71. kcsi'^iicd Oel loth, 1 -7 ;. Joseph .Macready, Knsi.i;!!. .\ec. sih, 1 --I . Cillivit Wakefield (Iririin, ICiisi.i^n .March 22111!, 1^72, Lieut. Xov. 22nd, 1-7 5. R. R. r' .Sep. 2-th, 1 -77. James .Ndam. l-;ii-,i«n Maicli 22nd, 1,-72. Lieut. July 2isl, is;,,. Captain Jan. 2,Slh, i.-:,Si, R. R. R. .Ma\- i)lli, is,,o. M'nsketrv Instruc- tor Oct. usi, 1 -()o, l-;d\varil Cartwriuhl Kerr, laisii;]] luiu- 7th. .-72, Lieut. July 2!st, 1-71,. kesl.i^Ileil Dec. ll,th, i-7'i. Heiirv Stran,i;c. .\1. D., .\ssl, Suv.:;v(,u |uue 7th. 1-72. kesi^^ned X'ov. 22nd. i-7i." Daniel Sulli\an .Murphy, i;usii;n June I2tli, 1-72. Lieut. July loth, 1-74. Resigned |ulv2i.* l-7'i. ' k.jhcrt Crockett, ICnsij^n Xov. 22nd, 1-7-,. Lieut. April 22nd, I ■7:;. Capt |u'ic 14th, 187-.' '■J- I'i k, June 27th, 1-S4. Major i ud lluioii ll.iltalion .\Ia\- 22nd. i-i|i. 'John Stoiieniaii. l-;nsi-ii March 1 ah. i,S74. Lieut. Sep. 14th. 1-77. Ca]itaiu |an. 2-th. i-^i. I'.revct Major Ian 2--lh. IS, ;i , Rei^t! .Major J.iii 24tli, ismIi." ICdnumd Craves Kittsipii, .M. D., .Vsst. Surj^eoii June lijth, IS74. Res. Dec. 2(itll, 1.S7O.' .\nKns Peter Spohn, l-:nsi,v;-n (pro. ) .Mav I4tli, IS7;. Res. [an. 2Stli, I.s7(). ' .Allied Mackeand, Ivisi,i;n .Ma\- 2.^tli, 1-7^. ,\ct- iii.i.;- Adjutant Jan. 22nd, 'i.s7(, Licnt. Jan. i.|th, 1-77. k. k. k. |;in. 2-tli, r.^si' Capt. Winnipeg Intantrv" Co. Lieut. Col" 'loth I'.alt. killes, Winnii)e,^, .Ma\- 2Mlh, is-5" Thomas Kiliicr .Mackeand, Knsi.nn |ulv 21st, is7r). Lieut. .March ((th, 1S77. R, R. R. [an'. 2Sth, i>^Si. Capt. .Xo. 4 Co., Chath.ini. 24111 Kent ISatt. .March 21st, isi|o, .Arcluhald Willard l''crirusson, ICiisIkii (Proi. March Mth, i,s77. Res. Sep. 2.-jn Sep. -"-lli, 1^77. LJLMit. May ;ust, i>7S. Ca\n. Jan. 1 ;th, 1SS2. Acli;. Adjl. .Si>[). i4ih, i.vs^. Ailjt. Ai)ril i^ili, 1S.S4. l',it..\Ht viMJorJan. nili, i>')2. 'rransl'onx'il to K. (), P'oli. isl, i^v^. Ilciiace KcRinalil Kidont, ICnsij,^! ( Pro). I )cc. -.''jud. 1 ••77. Kc. June 4th, I ^^o. \'u tor .\le.\an(l(.T Kobertson. l\n^iv;n il'ro). Mav ,i. Kc'S. Jan. n.lh, i^^o. lltThert Spohn (Jiiflin, M. 1).. Asst. Suiiji'on ( )i.t. Vitli, 1^711. (.,"a|)lain Oct. vtli, i^^.). Suf- Rcon Major May ird, i>^o. Cliark'-- Suinticr Scott, -Jiid l.icut. il'i'm. .\pril |)tli, I'^^o. 2nd Lieut. .\o\-. .''.til. f^o. I-k'Ut. Ani;'. =;tli. i-^r. Krs. 1 uuu 2^lli, 1 ■'-i^. I'liMlcriek John ('iil)son. jnil l.icut. il'ro). Sept. "ird, i-^-o. jud Lieut. Xov. 20th, f-~o. Lieut. Aiiif. 5th, i-^i. Kes. .\uv;-. ;; 1st. 1 -^^i. Kobert Hvyson ()slionn\ 2nd Lieut, il'ro). < )et. Ntll, l>-'o. 2VA L-eut. N'ow 2'.th, l^'-o. Lieut. Au.n'. 5th, i^>i. Kes. l''eb. ud, i^^2. Ke-appoinled Lieut. Xow otli, I'^^l. K.K. R. June 17th. I ^s-, Dunean J. (,'aini)heli, 2nd Lieut, (pio. > .\ui,^ =th, )-!■<>*z. Lieut Dee. 1st, iHg2. Captain Jinie 27th, 1HS4, Rrevet .Maj*')K. Win. John t'oulsou, 2nd LieiU. (pr). William Orlando 'i'iilsu-ell, 2111I Lieut, (pro.) April loth, iS.Ss. 2nd Lieut. March 21st, iS.S;, Lieut. .\i)ril 2iHh, 1SS7. Capt. Mav 9th, l,S(>(). ;\djutaiit I'eb. "tli, i.SijS. .\le.\auder !)a\id Siew.irt. Captain ipro.i .\pril 2,|th. ih.Sv Kts. .\ov iijth, iSio. Richard John l)u,;;!;an. Captain (pro. 1 April 2.itli. iSfij. Re-.. .\uj^27th, l,S,^ll. lieori.;c 'riiom.is 'I'uckett. Lieut. ( pro. ) .\pril 24th. I,SN;. Res. l-'cb. 4th, IS.S7. Charles .\lbert Chapman, 2iid Lieut, (pro.) April 24tli. i.SSs. 211(1 Lieut. .March .^oth, iSS.S. Lieut. .May (jtli, m^-^. Res. July (ah, r.^.s.S. .\lc\auder Duncan Cameron, 2n(l Lier.t. (|jro.) .Mav islh, :8.S5. Res. .May jrd, i,SS(j. John Will. Bowman, 2nd Lieut, (pro.) June i.Sth, I.SSi). 211(1 Lieut. Auk- I.Uh, 1H87. Lieut. Oct. 21st. iii.S7. Cajit. July nth, 1X90. R. R. R. of Lieut. Jan. 30th, 1891. Percy D(unviile, 2U(1 Lieut. (])ro.) April 7th, i,S87. ?nd Lieut, .\hircli jolh, 18SK. Lieut. M,i\- 9tli, ISHH. Cajit. Jan. .;oth, 1H91. R. R. R, Jan. I2lh, 1H95. Re-appointe(l 211(1 Lieut. Selit. 29tli, 1M9H. .Mbert Ivhvard Carjienter, 2nd Lieut. i])ro.) June 17th, INN7. 2nd Lieut. June ^uth, iHmh. Lieui. Jan. 4th, 1HH9. Appointed t(j In- fantry School Corps Se|)t. i(>th, i,SM9. Will. Woodljurn Osborne, 2nd Lieut, (pro.) Oct. 2ist, inny. 2nd Lieut. .Aujr, i;th, ishh. Lieut. Jan. 4tli, !HH9. Capt April 2.)th. 1S91. R. R. R. Oct, 2)1(1, 1H90. .\lbcrt Pain. 211(1 Lieut, (pro.) July tjth, iH8s. Supernumeray 2nd Lieut. Nhiy 2(jth, 1899. Ileiiry P.lois Wittou, 2iid Lieut iiud.) Julv'ith, ih.H.M, 211(1 Lieut, N'ow jjth, (■*tj. 'rransferred to Ilainiltou r iv\i\ Batt<.'ry as .Surj^eon .May 22nd, 1H91. Cicor.ne Doiu^las I'ciirm.in, 2n(l Lieut, (pro.) Au^. 211(1, |HH(1. 211(1 Lieut. Aui,^. 15th, lH(jo. Lieut. Oct. ilst, |M()Q. Cajil. I"eb. 7th, 189.S. John Dickson Laidl.iw. 2nd ],icut. (pro.) .\uK' jiid. is,se,. 211(1 Lieut. .March 31st, 1H91. Lieut. ,\Liy 22ud. 1S91. John IK'iiry Iterriuj;, siid Lieut, (pro.) .\u,i;. 2nd, iHH(|. 211(1 Lieut. June loth, i^oo. Li(.'Ut. July nth, iwgo. C.ipt. Jan. 24th, |H()(i, Charles Alfred Peteis(m Powis. ?ii(l Lieut. I pi(j. ) .Aujf- 211(1, iM(i9. 211(1 Lieut. June ^oth, iHgo. Lieut. Sept. 5tll, |S9(j. Capt. Oct. 2(r(l, 1H96. Walter Hamiilon Bruce, iud Lieut. (pro.),Au'iid Lieut, (pru.i Dee. :ust, l8i)u. 211(1 Lieut. \(i\-. 'lotli, iH(^}. Lieut. Jan. 24II1, 1 >i)t<. James Harvey iiid Lieut, (pro ) Dee. ust, iKq,.. 211(1 Lieut. June idtli, |H()|. I, lent. |uly idtli, lKi)\. 'Res May 1 Uli, l«')2. Re-ap- ])<)inte(l 2nd Lieut Sept. \nl]\, i,S.,2. Res. Oet. i3tli, iH()5 (leiir^o Septimus Keiinie, M. D., (', M., .\sst. Suixenn July idtli, |H()i. linn. Suri^i'on Capt Sept. roth, iH()0. 'riimiias W. Lester. Jlld Lieut. ipri>. 1 Xi)\-. intli, lB()i. 2iul l,ieut. June ?iiti!, iK(i->. Lieut. Aii.if. Kith. iH()2. iJ.iii. Capt. and ( luartor Master Sejit. 2')tli, |X:;M. Walter (lihl) TDWUsend, JU'l Lieut, (pro.) NdV. 2iit!i, l^ti)!. Res. M.iy 1 uh, 1H9.'. I'"rank Russ-11 Wad le'.l. jnd Lieul. ipro) Xov. 2r,tli, |M(»t. 2nd Lii'Ut. June ^(.tli, i:-i()2. l-i(.'Ul. Jan. 12th. lS()5. Ralph K'in.ij, 2nd Lieut, (pnj.i NLiv 1 Uli, i'<()2. 211(1 Lieut. An;;-. 121I1, i^'ii;. Lii'Ut. I'eh. ^Ih. lM()i). Charles (lartiui I'.arker. '2nd LieiU. (pm. 1 [une 211(1. iM(i5. 2nd Lii'ut. A'.i.i,'-. I2tli, i.S()4. Lieut. Oet. 2!rd, |S()(,. Aetiuj; Adjutant May Utli. 1.S117. Win. Leajicr Ross, 2nd Lieut, (prn.) N'ov. --ird. ■ •^w.i. 2nd Lieul. Jnue ;,r(l, [>^i|S. Jiihn Billings, Jr . 2ni\ Lier.t (prn.) June 1st. is(|?. R(.'s. ( )et. 3rd. iS()-i. Win. Keiiwuk Marshall, 2iid Liei;l. ipro. 1 Oet. I3tli, iS()3. 211(1 Lieul. Ann", dth. is,,;, Lieut. l'"eii. 7lh i^'is. T raiisferred to Seeond (Special seivi(.e) Hattalidii Royal Rejfimelit C^inadian Infantry for serviee in South .Vfriea Oet. s^tli, iM(j(|. i'rederiek Parsons, 211(1 Lieut, (pro.i June i^th, |H();. 211(1 Lieut. June 3otli, \h,)(>. Lieut. I'"el). isth, |H()H. rVs. Oet. iMtli, i.-^os. Jolm Willis .Xnihrey. 2nd Lieut, (pro.l I'eli. sth, |H(|(), 211(1 Li(.'Ul. Auj;-. 1 Uh, iS(>h. Res, May I2tli. |H()^(. Robert Ale.xander Roherlsnn. 2n(l Lieut, (pro.) I''el>. Hth, i."<9t). 211(1 Lieul. Jviiu.' iolli. iM(jf). l-ieut. Sept. 2(»th, I'^'j.S. The Rev. (leo. A. I'orueiet, Hon. Ch.iplaiii, Oet, 17th, lSi|(,. () R(iliert Rowley 2n(l Lieul. Oet. 2Ud, r.Si)6. Transferred from 771I1 Matt. Ri-s. Oet iHth. If-(JS, .\reliil),al(l Kerr McLaren, iiid Lieut, (pro,) l"el). 7th, |M.|H, 211(1 Lieut, Mareli ■, rsl, i.Si)H, Lieut. Oet. iStli, |8<^M. .MeNauder l'"ranklin Zininierman, 2iid Lieul. (pin.) I'eh. 71I1, i-<(,-<, 2nd Lieut. Auji;. I3tli, iSci^. .\rlhur IvKvard Mason, and Lieut, (pro.) I'eh. i?th, i'*')'^. 211(1 Lieul. Au.i;-. l,Uh, !.■'().■<, (Jotdon John Henderson, 2nd Lieul. Oct, loth. iH(/h. Previ(nis serviee, Capl. dth I'usiliers, .Montreal, May iitli, 1^0^ Transferred to 13th Halt. ( )(.t. istli, i.S(|H.' John .Alexander Turner, 2iid Lieul (pro) Oct. loth. i.S()S. Ldw.ird \'auirhaii Wii,t;ht. ..Mid Lieut, (pro. 1 Mav 1 2th, 1H()(). ' OlVn'ci'-- wlio ln(\(' M-cii \\iO- :.fr\irt'^ .\lilircviiitiipiis--- Bt.-Hri'vcf. Hon. -IlcMioniiv. H. I{ U. -li ■lircil ntiiiiuiif.' rank. Kcs. Kpsit^iiciJ. Het.-Hctircd. H. -Kcscrve nf Odicr.s. I'ro.— I'roviisioiiiil. 84 RKCORFJ OF RII^IJ^ SHOOTING iU l.Vll' IVVII AI.IlIN Ol ImAXIKN, IKOM 1,i;\- for arrau.nini; the lollowinv;' l>a;lio\v I sliall indeed he ),;ratllied. I must e.xpress my sineere thanks to Major J.J. Mason ami Lieut, .\lherl I'ain lor invaluahit' assjstanee K'iven nie in eompilinji; the various competitions to com|ih'tiou, as, without the aid of th.eir ancient stirelarial minutes of nieetin.ijs of the X'ietoria Rille C'luli and Thineenth r'atiahon Rille .\s^oeiation, some of tlie eompe'itions herein would haveln'i'U incomplete. J. III-:\'RV IIICI-'RlXd, (.'Mi.MN, I ; I II I' \ 1 I . I M W I K\. Rl-.l-OKh ol WlNM'K I3III Im.\N KN I'lKst I'lAII \lloN I'kI/.I AM' Mlli\l. B D. "■3 i8f7 •r8'i8 l86y 1B7., 1871 187/ 187.1 1874 1875 187.. ■877 1878 .87,^ 1880 1881 i88j 188 1 7" N,\MK. St;t. I.llllt:, No. '1 I'lc. 1). l.riKli^h. I'ttf. J.uiifs .-Xiiain tl. J. I .Nhisun. Col. Si;l Dili. mil. Pie. I), .Miicliell Ft.:. I. Mil. Iiell Pie. I). .Mitchell KiisiUM las. .Aclai KUI. riio-,. .Mu.he I.l. I. .X.larii S^IA. I'.iiu Pte. Ji.-s. .Masijii Sul. II. .Mitchell Pie. K. 11. K.)^^ ('orp, \^■, I,. ( lood S. S-l. I-. 11. Ross No. No. II 1'=. 81 7" 84 t>y «4 4S (». fi., 7^ ^4 7.i .■i'l 75 5.i 7i Hi? 75 56 1884 18S5 1886 1887 i838 i88y i8uo i8<;i l3i;2 >8yi l8y.| l8y5 l8yn 1807 .3y8 iS'iy ri)o.i °-. ■^ t; N.\.\1K. y. - 1-4 I'le, ll. Mili.hell ... 15" I'lf, 11. tirahiilli Pie. I). Mitchell ... Pte. J. K. Achliii C(ir|i. H. Mams ... C'apt. P. /c'lland ('apt. P. H. Koss . . S. S;;l. 1). Mitchell Sut ri. Maros Pte. Iho-s. Mitchell, ... Corp. loliii .Mil. hell Pte. 1 homas .-\. ilertiai S^l. 1). (larsun S. Sgt. T. U. Hayhuist Sgl, Thus. .Mitchell Cul. S^;t. 1:. Skedden .. 56 48 57 81 87 39 9^ yi y4 B7 yS 99 Ml 75 75 75 jPNioKs WHO nwr, npioMr. si.nioks i:\rii ykak mv wiwim; #5.00 ok moki-: •l8fi8 I'irM O. K. .Malcl[i:s wen- held tins ye,il. Si86y— ijth Ball. Iiifalilrv alhliated with O. K. A!,s., .^th April. i'«,. 1870—1.1. Mason; S^ts. Omand and P.rass ; Corpls. I.iunnett .uid Sachc; Pies. .-Xriiold. C'roiker. Mooiley, \V. Mitch- ll. 1871 - Pies. las. Adam. 1'. Willis, slu-a.-er. Creii; and llamill-.n. 187^ Corp. Paint;; Pies. Jan. es (Inia.nd. J.... .Mason. I eitLli.li. .Muri- son, Perkiss. 1871 -Major Gibson; Pies. J. Mitchell. Duw. C. Mitchell. Kinhi>, W. Street. 1874— .Sgt, Hancock; Pte. Stone. 1875 -Not any new seniors this year. 1876— I'tes. Kiheriimton an.l I. .Mcllonald. 1877 — Pte. ''e.i- .Marnetls. 1878 - Pies. .Miller anil kitto. 1879- -Not any new seniors this year. l88r«— S;;t. F. Linns. len; Pies Crawford and .\. M. N'onnc. 1881 — S^t. lie... Mnrdoih ; Pies. W. .M. lioodwin. lames l_)m.iiid i88j Sgt. 11, Harvey; Corp. Madneti; I'te. H. Martis. 1885 S. S),;i, W. H. Clarke; Coipls. Woodward and P,. ; .11 ; Pies. J. I*eef)les. I>. (i,irs-.n, l.ipki, -McKae. J. H.oris, Mc.-\rllmr, Mcl.eod, porhes. liugleis Hnll aiul Prowri. |S8.(— C.ii.t. W. t;. Keiil ; Sgt. A, Mlsm.'in k ; t-ies. Klirmidi:e, Pccnver, Kelk, .v. Park!. ill, J. I.awience, K. Heath, linrniston, Keefer, Mur- lay, Webh. if"--,-Maior .McLaren; l.t. Tidsvell ; Col. Ski, Milhr: Pies. A. Kay, (ieo. Still, ('. 11. Smith. I.amherl. P. koherls.)!.. Ih. Lawrence, Ply, lieilles. II. A. W.ilsh, Cilmii. 18S1, C.iiit. K. Zeal. mil; Col Sj;l. Hariis; CorpK. T, Pallr.ini. .Mead- ows; Pies. Smith. l!op[)er, Alhawes, I'.esl, Wigiiiure,(i Dlamonil, Chanler, WiU. 11, I). Henders,.... A .Miiidoi h 1887 Col. Si;l. Slannard ; Corp. W.id.lell: Pies. C. Mudnetl, \V. Wil- son. |. li.iker. Silk, I . loh.iis, A. Steuart. H. Clark, I. Clark. Ray. H.-iS-Col, S-t. Cram ; Sgts. C. Ilainilton, l.. Ske.lden ; Corp. Martin ; Pies. M. C..)mhiin, Wilde, IlLvon, Ri.liins..n, -Mephain, keid, W. Sonth.un. R.C. Preehorn, I- . Ko>;ers. W. Zimnieiman, \V. Haines. II. Kii.hnion.l. I -., l.t. Herriiit;; C.rp. Cline. Pies. H. K. lieckelt, H, Hooper, M. ske.lden, 1'.. li. I h.nns.jn. C. /iinineiman, K. J. Harris, HiiL'ler W. McAiidrew, li,iiidn 1 . H. Kinn. i-i.: Col. St!t. I, Harvey; Corpls. S. A. Moore, Hopkins; Pies. H, liirker, A.lilison, .\. Stewart, Hainpson, Gillespie, Lawson. Bugler W. W. Stewart, P.and'n I. R. linrns. iRtyi— ISIo re.;or.l this year, i8.;j -CaiU. lloiiivllle; Pies. G. Klliclt. McGill, McKimlsey, Pook, Turiihull, K. Miller, E. Keii.holt, C. Denip-lcr, Bugler A. Berry- iiiiin, Banil'ii |. I>iviiie. 1891 Capt. M,..iie; Sgl. t psilell: Ptes. R. C. Allan, t), Gardner, Ogil- vie, Jolley, C. .\'. Stew.irt. li.ind'n R. Madness. Hugler Heath. lS94--Sgt. A. Scott Ptes. I. R. Hates. G. Curran, T. I.eMessusier, W. S, Millichamp, J. R.Nlillvr, H. B.nvstead. W. A. Wills, Bands n R, Magness, [r., [as. We .'don, 181-, Sgt, |. A. Gihson; Pies, C, McNah, |l. l.anihe, lira.lshaw. W. Chiswell. p. Iskedden. I, W. Ainhrcy, J. Kil^our, Baiurn W. Rob- inson. i^'of. Col. Sj-i. Woo.lcrofi ; Pii-s. K, I). Marshall, C. Cripps, 11. Strick- lan.l, P. Illair. H. Walker. !• . C. Chitlemltn, Dawe, Bugler .Mc- intosh, nan.lsrnan R.jIIs. .\ Polle I. R - ,-. , ... Pit^gerald. A. K. Cropper, N. Nudd, K, R. Pm.llay , J. Coniion. Pan. In W. <'ainpl.ell, Hugler A. H.b 1 -'.y;^ — Ptes. tl. Il..winali. K P. Hon., hue, A.hinis. W. llr.ver, H. Stewart, Slornis. L. II. ni.iin;. K. W. Pr..vo-l, "-V . Crawfoi.l. Hugler Spauls. '^5 ■■iKiiiKli Ml I )|s I Kli I (.'ll M.I IM.I C"l P. CoN,„ilnNs,-Tol,e co,„p,.,e,l l„r l.y thnc ,„.,rkMn,„ fro,,, ;„,v \ „lu„teer 1 '....pany ,„ ,l,e 'l l„r,i li,iK.,clo iJiviMun, lu he hM ,„ ,ru,l fur the Associatiitti \-y Cutii|Mriy rii.ikini; liij;lR'st a);Ki'ev;;ite SLure. IliOeof Kille Maid,. used. 1 d R;.„,e>' COMl'A.NV. Vanis. "'"" '■>■ 1 k D.ileof .MatLh. Kill.- [f_ used. Kanj;es 1 CO.MPANS Wniihy. j 1) 1 114 1 V,' .','," 'Oakville ■■ No. ,. , ,th. ^4 ■1 ^ S.-p:,!,.,,.-! 11 »1 I), 1. :;, „. .■;.. S.KiiCl.i i 1 ■v,:.':.- No ■ <'uiMi>.iii\ r !lh Mat. \' , , 1 ■ 1'", ""1 . i ;. 1 ,,l,. ... •• i. ,,,lh. 1,, •■ 17. 1''. -^i '■ A I" ; 1 . . r 1^ ' - .spe„ier ■■ .'. 1 ,lll ^--pl. ,. '-|8.K„r'lil •■ .. , ,ll,. Nov ■! -i' ■■>" •■ ' K '"4 1 iS MiiC .1, ,., ■■ •■ ,. , ;,h. --. ^^ [ r-i 1 Ti ■■ .■^. .'''. 7' N',,. -. , l,ll. \\';ll|.|-,l,m,, 77 Oct..,',. i,,^'- ■■ '■ 'i\ 1 {s Sep.,,.,.,.;.. ■• ■■ ,. , ; h. ■■ . 1 .,1, . " ■'■ ■■ ■• ''■1 ■' 1 ■• A \'i'i > (-. A„B......7 7; •• ■ .■. , ;lh. '^ .. '' ' ' '" " K i> ■'^ ' !t Ocl.,„ 1.,, 7., ■• Nov. .■;, -, •■ :: '■ •. , ill, • .(. , iih. T> •■ < \.,>: 1 IS del. ,-, ;, •• Sept.',. 7. 77 ■• ■■ .|. 1 iili Il»'> llcl, •... ,,.| •' ;, r. J 1 is ,. 1 iih. , 'ill t. ,•.■7 -'. lea„,^ c,)„,pele,l. Caljeii .\lr~. (;ihsji,\ Cup this yeiir li^.i- ;; teani^ co,npeleil. i3,ji— 3 lea,i,s co,i,pele,l. iSgj~o teai,,s co,i,peleii. , - , i ' tca,n> < o,„i,e:e I. , ',,4 T te;,,i,s I (,ii,peted. |S„„ — No a),„|ielilii)ii oviiiiK to darkness. ,t,.7— Kei:.i,-d M,-,>r.-, sh.,, at I)ii„da-., iNo '.., yards at \ .K.C , ■ ,"■' —7 teit,i,s i.-.n,i[,(ted. r.tnyes Kl.i i,H|, 'I- " ( )l 111 KKs *-'i I' i.vm H \ri.\i i,,.\ I.\|. A.N \v.\. Cm.itions. - Tu be co,„|,elei! fur annually l.y , _■ ,ne„ fro„i each C,H„pi„,y ; l„ l,e ivi,n il,r,.e l,„„;s i„ succession fu- pernii p,jssessio„ i,y ('oi,ip;i,,\ . Kanges \'.ards. , riate of Match. Rille Useil. Spencer >. Km!'. -C X Rarities Var.Is. COMPANY Won liy. 4^ to 144 V J '7. i Hate of M.tich. Oct.j,,. Ji .-"i ■■ 10. -v.Ss is, lie l,se,l. -Alii;. ,,. ' , NV . Snider " I M~ N0V..'4.j:i Si -'-■■"■ '■ ' S. Kiif. No compeiiiiuii. •• 7 S, S- Oct -..y. io t.? ■' -M. Ji S,, 7 ' ; Waterdown Co, So, .S Sept. '!.!■> 7.' (. ^iii.i'r ■■, No. i-^'t AU^ .-..,7 ;; '-■ l-"i 4.-i,,i 4^,,| " 0. 10. -i. > I. .-'. 0, '-■ " t .!.!4 48,, '■ 17. ,.^ )J' .1 Sept. <-.;. 77 " I " t 4 54 417 :::;;'! Sept ji...., ,ji Oct. ... . ,,4 Oct. 14.1:; 7-: Snitlrr 1-'" Nov. jj. Q^ _ " '7-'- 7'' ■' " -• \'^7 ho,, gl-v ; 1 J.. 1 ,i> ^ -' . . . 4J-' h< >., '<7 I.. Kn. - Uri. ^. '\, -,.. .. ,. 4.i,t fl,KI .Vov. 5, 1,3! 7 / • ■ - . ""^ •' A ,. f„», '"""1 '1 IsKM.Mii.s.— , ■' 7. i-v,p,, iSr,„_Korthisporicd of ihrec years conditions were: 5 shots at ;,», 4,.,, ;-., .yards. l''6j— Won permanently by No. , Conipiiny. COMPANY _i *" Won by. ■/. 3 K 17 i fNX. A (m ,< , A rj.K. C 61 .t) A 1' i„T 4„j K (' .. 4ih K 417 Ckx. K 1.72 gtxi .■\ .. 9(,i 1 J<-t K. 5»4 A ■ 7.'4 .•\ . A S.36 .. 569 1^7') -No competition tins year. i--,, -Won permanently by .\,i. ., (',„n|,ni,y. ,- ..- -Won permanently by A Cjinpany. ,., men cnly. R M iKi, Hi- X. C. (). Cir i.^ni I-',.\ n.M.ioN I.m-a.ntks. CoNlii riONs.— To 1)6 competed (or annually by ■ men fr,„i, e.i, b Companv ; tu be won faur ti. les in succession lor permanent po.ssession. Date of Match. Rifle used. Xi Ranges ^'ards. y. (.■OMl'\N\- Wu,i by. Oct. ,7, ,s 7y Sniiler '■ ,9, aoe,. Si.|i:lol).,t.1"ll Oct. 5 6, 82[ " 17. 18 8)1 " " 2,), 21 84 1 " " in. 20 85I " Nov. 24. Sf>j " " 7.8,87 " Ocl. 29,30 88 " ' 21,22 .39 *' C, No. : I " " 1) " A " A " C ■• C " C " C i 2, 271 42,1 271 42,, 20 1 420 tot 2fi.j 420 420 270 420 250 420 = 49 420 222 4-"' 4-'" I late of .Match. Oil. „, 1,,.,,, " 1.2,91 " 17. >3 9-' .Sept. 2 1 29 oj Oct. 20, 94 Nov. 22. 93 i2ob 1 007 Nov. 5, 98 1899 19,», Rille used. 'x Ranges i Yards. fenider r,. K. Cn.MPAN-, W,>n by. N. . C ,. V ('.. V " K (' ... ■' K " A -'"7 420 ■.i77 420 299 421. 287 420 4.1 ■! 420 ■^=■7 420 2S1 420 .14') 4-Kl Kk.vurk-.- 1S39— Won iiennanently by C Conipaiiy. I ,895 -W,,n |,tii,ianenllv 'ly <-' Cjinpaii) 86 RlidKli 111 MiNlhKN r.Kiri\M\ Cl I' ciK "JCMOK Cll'" I.Mll ISaIIAIIHN ImaNTKV. t'oNi)irio\s. - le.ini> .,t f.,iir Ivniinr sli.iis fruiri e.ith ('oiii|i.iriy ; i.j lie won twice ill ^ucces^ioll for pernianent Ill)•.ses^ioll by one Company. 1) ite 11 Alatih Oc r. S.| • '1, J> '■^ N uv ?4 V.h • 7.f. «7 I). t. .•9.1. 1* '.'. i., Kill^ \f_ K.-iMBes llSfll. V•l^^l^. COMPANY \V,i„ by. y. Snider ;.i. K '■ .\ , " A " A " K " (■• . '• K •■ !■; . Uhmxkks.- i;'::Y, 'I'his year i) men, .'.i rouiuls; ^ e;icli at .( I" yan!>.. Won p»*rm;iiieMlly iiy .A ('umpany. irvi— W.iM p^Miuaiiiiilly liy I'' ('ump:iliy. I I"' I Paleot ■ Kille ^ Kan«e, Malth, UM-cl. ■- San!,. I .■! I '.> 1-1 117 •177 :'s I ■•1' CO.Ml'ANV W'un liy. Sep, Oct. No i Nov. _, .',,.,; Sniiler . JIM Km MM No, A 1 1 -M,'', ■'", 'M r. •• E 1 il\ m h I A I Ii iN M A 1 1; II I'S, 'I'l 1 Ki l.M 1 1, I'b 1(1 .\Mi IMIllH.Nl^ I.'''|i|. N. R. .Asso. ialion Medals, won In Corp. T. Mitchell i.^rt ; Sergt. I). Mitchell 1-77; l.ielll.-Col, dibson' I 7 ,; S. Seri;t, Geo, .Marijetts I ■ land 1- I ; Sergt. H. .Man is 1 , . ; Lieut. W. I.. Ross ig,,7. I). R. .A. .Medals, won by Sergt, I). .Mitcheil. silver. 1 -:77 ; Sergt. D Mitchell, silver. 1:-,;; Pie. ) H. Ha\hursl. C. .M., brnn/e. i ,: ; Corp C. W. Spencer, bioii/c, i ,1 . , first year at Pisley. I .... C.ipl, E. (1. /ealaiid. Capt. F. (1. Ross, "Sergt. H, M.irris. I - ,1. Sergt. II. Marris. 1 .... Sergt. H. Marris. StalTSergt. I). Mitchell. 1 '01. None. .-■,4, Slair-Sergt. I) Mitchell. Pte. I. II Ha>hurst, Lieut, W. L, I ...Col. .Sergt. v.. Ske.lden. Sergt. H. Marris, 'Pie, T, H. Hay- hurst, 1 ,'., Lt, W. I„ Ross, StafT-Sgi, I, H. ! L.i hurst, 1;. iVL.Sgt.Ma- i..r S. I. Hnggins, Sgt. I'. Miuhell. i-,i7, Major J. I. Mason, C.auniaudanl ; ' Lt W. I.. Ross, C.jl..Sgt. v.. Ske.lden, Sgt. I>. Carson. i-i', Lieut. A. Pain, Lieut. W. L. R.iss. StalT Sgl. T. IL Hayhursl, Sgt. C. W. Spencer. I'l'i. Maj.ir r. 11. Ross, l.i.-ut. R. A. Robertr.o.i, Sergt. -Mai ir S. J. Muggins. NoTR.- Ih.ise marked ' ineinl'crs .if K..laB..re Eight. < i!? ) Col. C.ibson won I'riuce of Wales Pri/e,,i4 .,iu of Ms. Snider II. I.., record sore; iSo^ Col. -Sgt. Ske.lden w..ii Daily Crapliic Cup alter recor.l for lie shooting; i^.,5 I'le I'. II. Il'.i\ hurs't u.in '.linen's Pri/e after lie sho,,iing. S: Rn (iKh 111' ■■ I, \\\ \^.K^' ■' Cii'. • •„N,„ , ,„N.. -, Oir„„, , H.r;;e,.u,, , (;„r,.„r.,l .,,,.1 , I'mv,,..., f,-,,„, ...,y .„,■ (;o,„|m„v ,o ..Mnposc .1.. lo.n, ; the l,r,l C.Hui.any wm,,,,,^ l>aleol kille ^Jllaligcs M.ilih. u>eil. 'l ^' VariN. CdMI'A.W Woi. Iiy, Sept. I lit: S. Kill'. ^ • i Aun. 4.(.( Hf|.i. i-r-' I.. Siii. , Aug. -•'.■.■7 7 1 Oct. .,1.. 7.1 " Is, t ... . WattT'lou ti il ihire tiriK". to hum n, i; 1 /. T. »H U)J |JU •77 .l«.. HI 4,",. , .■■■ i 4,'., i' '7 4^r, tl-' ■1"' ' 1 \'i V" I>.il<-of , Kilte -g KaliKch' M.iIlIi. used. I ■ I .5 \'iir.ls. COMI'ANV Won hy. Nov...,. 187s I,. Siii. ' ^4,.,, i„.,iN 17. 7 ; =. Hcut. I1-7, 77 ■' Is •■ i Oi.i. 14.1 s 7-; Hiiiilur ! s '■ ] " 171- 7'/ '■ . SI " li)...,,.S,, Sepl. {.. ami Oci. ,, ft, Kkmark>,. i,"()7- Only j,,'. i:'7'i I'l men Iromeai.h Company ami won pernianenlly liy No. j. Ki;(iiKii 111 ••Ikisii I'Kui i.m \n I Hi-nkmu km Sikikiy" Cup. *'"'""""■•'•-■ '■'■••""^ '.f , mr„ Iron, c-a, 1, C nnp.my : to I,.- won Iwi, e in Mir,:,-,,ion lor |„-nM.n„-nl possession. Dated I Kilte [^ ! Ranges ' <;0.\1I'AN\ .Match. nseii. 1 W on iiy. ^ \ar(i>. ■a ' , a. Hate of Match. Aug.JS.^6 70 S. K. 1.S71 s... No Kille f Kann.;> ll^-ed. ,i Vanls. I Sept. .,,!., 7.. S, K, , s !■'., S" COMI'ANV Won l,y. No. RE.MABK.S.— r.i7.' Won pernianenlij l.y No. 1 Company. Km (iKIi Ml ■• I'll.Kl I- " CfP. CoNlnrio.N.. Teams ..f . men Iron, each Con.pany ; t,> l,e won ihree lin,es for perin.„„„l possession Dale of Mat, h. Kille f, Kannes nieil. COMI'AN^• WonlA. fici. ... ij, 74 I,. Sni. I s {■-.. ■-.■., N'.i. No%. „■( :-•' ■■ I s " •• Date of Kiile ^ Range. Male!,. used. J?: Vards. , IS! .■.«) Nov. 17.7'. [..Kill, s ;"., -.r,, No. j 1-7 , -•.»., Sept 6, 7,77 " s ■• "1 .,, COMI'ANV V on ijy. Rk.M AHKs ,-77 Woi, pcrniaiieiitly l.y No, 1 Company 18,? •,,,, 170 .ISO Kii'iiKi, oi- ■' I,n.:r I . An wis " C\ v. CoNniiluNs I e-iin- of' men. Hateot I Rille Match. I used. Oct. 17,18 79 Snider X Kanges ^ Vards. 5'«., f". CO.M HANS' W'on by. No. ,. •-^7i Date of .Match. Sept. io and Oct. 5, A Kille Snider ^. Ranges COMI'ANV Won hy. o, Ok, 'No. Rkmakkm.— iSr;.,-.No match for this .lip this year. Rki iiKii <:i- ••Mn>, J, M. (;ii:si,n\" CTp, Dale of , Kille Match. ,, use. I. Oct. 5, 6. 8,. Snide Range COMI'.\NV jj Won },y. i I -V.., 1... No. A -^74 Dale of Kille Match. Used. Ocl,.".., J,,,:., S|.;,ler ■■ 1.,!, .....a: 2'k.y 4 s Haiim's COMI'ANS tj _Q Var.ls. W.in l.y. 03 = s..''.'"'i....No. K ,..8 4 SO .. j .. K .■87 450 88 /^^#^^^^.^i^^^^'^^^^§^$^^^ §^-'5i^$^^:N^~^?^^^S?^:^^^^ 1/ I I I 1» I f i I I I I I i .'^y, Capital, $1,500,000. Total Assets, $13,000,000. Reserve and Surplus Profits, $1,000,000. ^Jr Bank of l^amilton Hamilton, Ont» -^^ Canada* ^ e.^ SAVINGS BANK AT ALL OFFICES. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. J TURNBULL, cashier. Orancbes in Ontario: ''''"'^- l'>i^iii. (.'iiisi i.v. Dm III. Ci ,,u.,i.i(.UN. (;ki\i-,i;v (II. ad OlVur. I m;x ,.. I.is|,,\\i I. Li . KNuu II.wiii n.N l',.iii,,ii St. I'.riiuli, " MiMMN. Xiai, \ka I' \i i s. (l'::isl |-;n(l I'.raiuh, <)k\N,,i\iiii OwiN SipIni, ' ^' ^'1 '^^i""^' ''"Ki I'^i'.iN. Sim, m;,. S.ir 1 II \m|.|,,n 'I'mkom,, \' \N" MIV 1. 1;, h. C, WiM.II \\1. Branches in manitoba : ''"'^^""^- ('\HM\N. ilnii.,i\. Mnmi.h. Mmki.in ''l 1^1 *-'"! I II-. WlWIII..,. \Vl\kl IK. il I f '(to I t. I I i I I :(4 I I I I ,=. _ _ .,. ..- ^. .. _ ',« . E. 8ANF0RD MFG. GO. HjIIs^IXEID r^^' WHOLHvSALB ClX)T!IIHk\S ll.\A\ILTON, ONTARIO With liiii^c L-apituI, wide experience. tniiiieJ vvorker.s liikI unsurpassed iiiaiuiiac- turini.; laeilities, we are able to olTer the ACME OF STYLE AND VAEUE In HIGH GkADE CLOTHING lor Men and Boys, at Prices that will please and interest close buvers. 0,'ik II.'ill, T\)ronto, ?^ Oak Hall. St. Tliomas, Oak Hall. T'oronto, fe^ Oak H.'ill. St. Catharines, 115 t" 121 Kinn St i;,ist. f^^}^ 'i.i St, I'liul St. Oak Hall, Hamilton, ^ Oak Han. Windsor, 1(1 !;inu's St. Nmlli. UVkyj^ 13 S.iiKtwicli St. Oak Hall, London, 151 m.iuias S M. II TEMPLES LIVERY AND ^ 'A^>' BOARDING STABLES ESTABLISHCO IBBB. Oxfords, (^'^ Surreys, ^ Stanhopes, "T" Carts, ^)) Wagonettes. lP^ /r?-^^^^^:^^^^^te:^V$^J?-^$5:^^^^=^ ^j^ f( All First-class (^ Equipages For Hire. ^1^ Open Day and Night. Four-in-Hand for Party Driving. TELEPHONE 52. ^^^^ HAMILTON, ONT. Alex. Thomson i'j'" <"^^"^ '^°"^r"'^ MANUFACTURER OF J\r\ and General furniture BAMBOO ^ J* GOODS, ETC. Contracts taki^tt for the furnishinfl of fiotcis, Offices. Schools and Churches. FACTORY AND WAREROOMS: 1 54 to 1 58 York Street HAMILTON. 'Phone 567. MANUFACTURERS OF •> r Ladies' and Children's Ribbed Underwear Men's Balbriggan and Fleeced Underwear HAMILTON f I I I #. A^ ""^w. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) y O // &?/ ^(4$> f/^ 1.0 !S* I.I 1.25 2.8 M 1.8 U IIIIII.6 Vi V r /: /^ '-V'^ 7 m ^ m m - m ■ ''Silver i Plate iCbat m mm' m m m Tfltonly^uaran^eoof ^ Jqualityif\elecrro-^ilverPldt< ^ are rf\e tradMnarW^ieareildniped |y °ii\conipicuoii6ly oil 'Aq\\ drticle ,- ^ every dealer can di^d should ^ 'poinnheiilout.Aikioieethe/' ,^ following [rade-in«arKbefoj'e/' ^ NEW YORK. CHICAGO. HA/AILTON.ONT. ''sAN FRAIi CISCO. LONDON. roR Acki\owled^ed[obe[hebe5| qood.^ n,ar\Lifac[Lired A%epu|ariori unifnpwh^d jor nearly fifty years Prize Cups and Trophies a Specialty. '^{S^QfeuiBRSi'l m m mmmw'^w^mm^m'm^mmm^'^w^^m^mwmwm^^mmmwmm^ IV SMOKERS... No matter how hii^^h the wind or iiow rainy the weather, a i,^ood 'LIGHT' can be secured by usin.ij' €(MV$ Rfax Ue$ta$ matches matches ^ ^ O -^ T ^ Ul •-I- O "'^ D ^ Cl> CONTAIIM NO BRIMSTONE and are conseiiuently free from the sometimes objectionable fumes of the ordinary sulphur match. Ask for any of the following; brands : " EAGLE," " VICTORIA." " LITTLE COMET " Anglo-Saxon Unity... ^^^^ Facihties lor r;ipid interconmiunication are the surest means for the ^^ perpetuation of peace and amity between nations. 1^^ The World's Greatest Railway Systems, the Vanderbilt Lines and h^::^ the Canadian Pacitic Railway, with their connecting- link, The Tofonto, Hamilton \ Buffalo !(ailvvaij (THE EXCURSION ROUTEi make the North American Continent an indivisable unit. MINIM I'M DISTAXCK. MI MM I'M riMK. MAXIM I'M ('(>MK)HT, To All Points East, West. Xoi'tli and South. E. FISHER, F. F. BACKUS. General Superlndent T. H. & B. Ry. General Freight and Passenger Agent. Federal Life Assurance (JofJ^P^-ny ^At Head Office: Hamilton, Canada CORNER OF JAMES AND VINE STREETS ^ Capital and Assets over $ 1 , ^OO.aX). Fifteen per cent, of all premiums received in seventeen vears by this Company has been returned to policy holders, either in Cash or in reduction of premiums. IK^ JAS. H. BEATTY, President. DAVID DEXTER, Managing Director. VI "Our Loviii^r FrieiKls Advertise Us" In fact once tried, we are always used IN connection witli our Gas Ranges, we have a Water Heater, tor heatint; water in tiie kitchen boiler. It is very simple, cheap and eilective, and is highly recom- mended. Hstimates and other information cheerfully given tor gas appliances used in Light. Heat or Power. I^atnllton 64$ im Company OFFICE : N. PARK ST. Sf SINCE Mamma bought ^^ THE FIRE KINC. HENRY KdNTZ BREVER er p^GNTZ' CELEBRATE MdMM^ LASER HAMILT0N, ONT.. VII ESTABLISHED 1836. (g) Hamilton Engine Thresher Works MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CLASS Threshing Machinery '^"^ Compound and Simple Traction and Plain ^-^rt ENGINES l^^M •♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•«•♦•♦• • Peerless Separators, Daisy Separators ECLIPSE SEPARATORS Also Road Making Machinery, Stone Crushers, Road Rollers and Graders. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE SENT O/V APPLICATION TO SAWYER S MASSEY GO. um.ted HAMILTON, ONTARIO. \ 111 Spring BRcvery India Pale Bk Dublin Stout ESTABLISHED 1S42 BREWERS ^^ ANB MAL^TSTERS. export eager Hamilton, 0nt. •Jewel Cine comes first Others follow JEWEL '> Stoves and Ranges LIKE THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT, KEEP STEADILY IN THE VAN. The ''Empire Jewel" Range and The ''Grand Jewel" Cook Stove ARE WINNERS: THEY HIT THE MARK. the Burrow, Stewart ^ milne €o. HAMILTON. The Hamilton Provident & Loan Society ♦ INCORPORATED A. O. 1871. Paid up Capital, = - $1,100,000 Reserve Fund, = = = $300,000 Directors: (liii. II. ("ill 1 Ksi'iF, I'residunt. A. T. W M. 1'., \"ico-Presi(kMit. Al l.\. Tl KNKK. \Vm. (;in>,(iN, M, I', T. l\. M.\( nil kmin, M. l>. Cm. Rrnii- kimki.. Treasurer, C. FERKIE. Deposits r(.'i.'t'ivf(l. Small and larj;'!.' sums. IiitcTC'st alldwc'il at liL'St cunviit rales. Money to Loan mi I'anii and Citv i'toDurtiLS. Apply at Scieioty's Otlice, Cor. King and Hughson Streets, ilamiltuii, Unt. I.\ M Mum Owns* make $oui)cnir$ the Greatest Stoves ofjbe Htb Century AERATED OVENS require less fuel to heat. They don't destroy the natural tlavor of food like ordinary ovens do. They are the most active and easily managed ovens in the world, *l Souvenirs ^ O 0000000OOOOOOOOCmX>00 t Have more up-to-date improvements and liive users better service and more satisfaction than ordinary stoves. One of these beautiful rant;es in your home would save you much time, nioiiev and aimovance. Sold Everywhere. One will Last a Life-Time. The Qurney=Tilden Co. Limited HAHILTON, ONTARIO ^^^^^^^i^^^^W:^^^^^^mm^^^^%^^^^^^^^^^^^ .,H-,; -!- +• -I- ■ .,'-.,'■-,'■■ VIRGINIA SMOKES EASIEST LASTS LONGEST MOST ECONOMICAL THE BEST 4.ni,t,--'-.,-'-.,t,.-'-4.t4.i-,+;+ Franl^ D. W. Bate^, n. D. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND H THROAT SPECIALIST u'< Ollkc 1 lours : 9 to 12 a. in. 2 U) 5 p. 111. 'r(.'lc|)li<)ii(.'s : Ollico 7^^ IIduso 1 1 sy No* 34 James Street North HAMILTON, ONT. Hamilton Conservatory of Music... Cc*. Charles and Main Streets Hamilton, Ontario. DR. C. L. IV!. HARRIS, MUSICAL DIRECTOR The Coiiseratory of Music is one of the best equipped musical institutions in Ontario, both as to teachers and general equipment. Stiulents prepared for Toronto Conservutory and Tor- onto College of Music local centre examinations, also for the examinations for Bachelor in Music at Toronto and Trinity Universities Write for f'rospectiis ^ivinj; full particulars. .\I ,1 • ••THE««« The WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY fx:r:e ai. .M \K^II \l I T. .M. .\aikn. The " STAR BRAND" Hams are like the British Army^ They are the best, and you can always depend upon the m. For sale everywhere in Canada from X'ancouver to Halifax, and on the British Isles. Put up by... F. W. FEARMAN CO , LIMITED. Hamilton, Canada. Ayliiier Canning Co. I'.\cki;rs oi Canada First Brand Fruits Vegetables, Poultry, Meats and Evaporated Fruits. AYLMER, ONTARIO. Medals and Diplomas awanlcd at C'dlmiial and Indian ICxhiliitidii, f.ondon, ICnj;., Dominion ICxliihition, Canada; Ontario I'mviiuial Kxliil)- ition; Toronto Industrial ICxposition. TADDY'S Celebrated English Tobacco m SOLE AGENTS James turner $ €o. WHOLESALE GROCERS HAMILTON. xiir THE (anadiai) (olored (otton jV^ls Cottonades, Tickings, Denims, Awnings, Shirtings, Flannelettes, Ginghams, Skirtings, Dress Goods, Lawns, Cotton Blankets, Angolas, Yarns, etc. rX MORRIGE, SONS & GO., ^^n^ ;;;;.",rp-;,;„- MONTREAL and Toronto Royal Distillery HEAD OFFICE : NO. 6 JARVI8 STREET, HAMILTON #X.«THEC\J) Distillers of the following brands of fine old Spirits matured under Ciovernnient control, nanielv: Royal Rye Whisky Royal Halt Whisky Grand Jewel Whisky Maple Leaf Whisky Alcohol Silent Spirit, &c. f WM. MARSHALL, ^ — ® MANAQEff notion mfd. £o. — Manufacturers of— Fruit, Paint, Baking Powder and Lard CANS-^ BY AUTOMATIC^ MACHLXERV Capacity, 150,000 Cans Daily. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. HAMILTON, - - ONTARIO xiv Hiram Walker & Sons Limited ^§M^ V Walkerville, Ontario Canada r iff fessBranw F KSTAHLISIIKI) 1847. Annual Income, Assets, over Assurances in Force, over I'kimiii:m am, Ckmhal Mas ackk. W- imi A. C. RAMSAV HONORARY DIRECTORS : SiK Ckuk,;,., a. Kikki'mkick, Kr.M.C, F. Wumkkstan Thomas, Hs.., '!'iiri>i)t(i, Montreal, Oiu'. $ 3,000,000 20,000,000 75,000,000 I', I. A. Anukcw Air. an. Moil I real . hS(i., Hun. I), MacInnks, Haniillon. A Bkick, Ks(|., y. C. Hamilton. H(j.N. (J|.;o. A. Cox, Toronto. B. K. Wai.kkr, Es(i., Toronto. Vkkv Rkv. Dkan In.nks, London K. \V. CiATKs, Ks(i., Vice-President, Hamilton vSiK Ckokck KiKKiN, Chief Justice of Ontario Toronto. E. W. COX, Secretary, R. HH.I.S BOARD OF DIRECTORS : John HosKi.N, Esq.. O. C, L L I)., Toronto. •N. Mkkriit, Esii., Toronto. A. (i. Ramsay, Esq., President, Hamilton. Adam Brown, Esq., Haniilton \Vm,_(;ii,,son, Es(|.. M. p., Beamsville. J. \v . I'lAXf. 1.1:, ICsq., Toronto. Z. A. Lasm. r:s(| , y. C, Toronto. Treasuier, B. E. WALKER, Assistant Cencral Nhui.ijrer. Superintendent, Actuary, W. T. RAMSAV. F.' SANDERSON, M A. Joliii Bertram & Soii§ DUNDAS, ONT. @— — @ CANADA. EQUIPMENTS SHIP YARDS, FOR.... BOILER SHOPS, ::::r--r~>^ LOCOMOTIVE and CAR SHOPS, V\^" MACHINE SHOPS, MARINE RAILWAYS. H in Jlinslie Park ON THE LINE OF THE l^atnilton and Dundas ...Stmt Railway... Fare, 5 cents from Hamilton T^« /^ ^ J Acetylene The Safety -, ,., With Clltf-Waidlaw (ieiierators Acetylene (ias is iii>i iln' ■■ I.ixlit df OiIut Days," 11 is lliL- I.ll'ill'l' of lii-dav and (if Ur' l\itiiie. The " Safety " has the (ollowinK Koud points : SAFK .Ml jciinfs aiu watcr-Sfalc-d and tlio suals are sc'i'-sustaiiiini;-. SIMPLE - Sduasy to niana^uaiid "pcraU' that cluiix'h SL-xtoiis liavL' no trmible, and tliuy can \v (.leaned and re-ehavj^jed m ten minutes and there is mi mess nor had odor. ECONOniCAL— The autoniatie means by whieli the ash is removed from the earhide. so that liotli are left dry, prevents ovcr-ijeneration, and the maxi- mum ipiantity of vjas is obtained from the earbide. It is made eool and twice washed, .Made in all si/.i's have them from ; lij^hls to !oo Iii;hts in operation. 205 An aeeidenl has ntvt'r oirnried to :i " Salet\." and there are 20= in Mieeessful operation m (,'anada. Send for Piooklet, I'riee l.islaml 'I'estin'.onials. \^< The All rietallic "Durable" Burner |{i-C(i|liliU'll(i - - - /lA Ihiill Mcliil, iiiilinakiililt' iiiiil Mnii-Ciii'lMHii/iii;;. /3>\ '(Jy 'I'liu I'l'^l linniiT oil Ilii- MiUlat In ilin. ^5/ SAFtTYLIGHTSHEflTGO DUNDAS. ONT. W )-' We alwiivs show the NEWEST NOVELTIES in Woollens tor all sea- sons. Made into HIGH-CLASS Gar- ments at MODERATE PRICES .... Coosky ?•!« Imks ..TAILORS AND IMPORTERS.. TIMES BUILDING .\ \ I liKMif|)(iiatc(l by Act (if raii;i(liaii I'arliaiUfiit, A. I), 1SS7. HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO, CANADA Safe, Prosperous, Hodern. Capital and Assets, $1,522,871 PRESIbRNC, Mana(";ing DiKi:i:roK, (jtO. (iOODBKHAM .1. H. JU.NKIN HAMILTON OFFICE, SPECTATOR BUILDING J. BURBANK. GENERAL AGENT This Ci>nipan\- issiiL's the best all aroimJ up-ld-datc Policy C(jntracts, iipdii the most liberal leinis. To be a Policy-holder in this (jonipany proves you are well insured. ^M^M^ Drink the Purest GOMPFS ^'KKAM - and export la(;krs ?.^^; ^im^^J ^ feS^ -Brewed from the Finest of Malt and Hops by__ J0HN GOMPr ONTARIO BREWERY Hamilton, Canada \ \' 1 1 W II I ill I \\'\> II N Ki I |M 'N II Hi im I I W. H. (lilliinl k in ^snvoT{mT{! l/\fl]oIese*Ie grocers And.... Manufacturers +[AMII:T()X. Os'w 840,000 FREIGHT CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH The= Westinghouse Air Brake MANUFACTURED FOR THE DOMINION BY THE WESTINGHOUSE MANUFACTURING CO. HAIIIKTON . . . ONTARIO Printings Company (CintHed) l^amilton, Oni :Xr \ f\ ii jy^^j Illustrated Catalogue Printing Publishers Daily dnd Cwicc-d-mcck Spectator a specialty ««««««« will f^ 1899 ^ J Ontario Mineral Lands . ♦ J. W. ROSS. J. T. ROSS. r > 1899 %^.J l''-\liiiil r.inii mill-- I'roin tlii' St. I,,iwri-IK( KivcT \'\ ihr Maiiilolia Hmiiiiiarv, ami r.mjiV t'niin fn tn icKi inilf^ wi'Kv l''.asily acei>siliU,' 1)V Wtitcr ami Railway. Threc- riiunli> year salc^ of liii'aliiins m-iri,' than (IhuIiKmI la^t vcar's. M nuT. il priKhRtimi in- iivasinij straililv. (iiiM, ('ii]i]n.-!-. Xiiki'l. Iron ami (."Miunduni ilis- I'liVL'i'f'l (ivti i-xtrn^;\'t.' aiX'as. I"(ir Ki.]"ins, .\lininv; Laws ami all in- rnnnaliiin api'lx' tn HON. J. M. (IIKSON, .K ARCHIBALD BLUE, Ro$$ Brothers PAINTERS COMR. CROWN LANDS ■RECTOR BUREAU OF MINES TORONTO PAPER HANGERS, ETC ooo[^d@®!?'^tOfpoo. mail Paper, Briiisb Plate 6la$$ and mirrors. 51 Main Street t t m r\ East '^^ Hamilton, Unt. HAND & COMPANY, HAMILTON ONTARIO .* HEADQUARTERS FOR ..FIREWORK DISPLAYS..! '^A lui; MILlTAin' TAirooS. DKMONSTHA riO.NS am. FAlh'S ' ] M.\\ii'.\t''i r Kix<; .\i.i. Lixi:s oi - '<^<^a^*'^*' ■^- -^ ' Balloons AND Mailing Tubes ( \ul;^ iN(i \ Ni'i;(i.\i, i.iM. ov ...CANADIAN FLAGS... I I.arites!: Canadian Importers of Chinese Fire Cracker.s, Torpedos, Paper Caps and Lanterns, etc. \vi: iWT!!-: rw in.ike ■■i m:k-liitu's. Vouciuiii'it iii.ikL' .1 inisUiko in i;ettiin; mio IVMfim;' ■mr ii;inu'. THE DOWSWELL MANUFACTURING CO. HAMILTON. LIMITED 57 KI\(; STHEKT W KST %MIIrT()X, OnT. ,^" TEi.,EFJ^3:oiNrE inTo. ess .\.\ ESTABLISHED 1852, ^ Campbell'^ ^on^ MANUFACTURERS OF STOVE FIRE BRICK Rockingham and Yellow=Ware. Art Tiles for Stove Decorations. ALL KINDS OF Stone and Bristol Ware. 96 to 118 South Locke St. HAHILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA MURRArS Men's Furnisher and Hatter « ««« SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER King and Hughson Streets, Hamilton Garland STOVES&RANGES ARE THE BEST ''\ Artistic Uuruule Li corn KS' 'v.eiiieni loiniLU h'M,yrr BOWES, JAMIESONUo. Hamilton, . . Ont. Montreal, Que. Winnipeg, Han. Vancouver, B. C. SMOKE.... HILDA and MERRIMAC 5 Cent Cigars __3 ^^^CLEAR HAVANA FILLED AND UNION MADE^.^.^"^^ Sold by all Leadiiij^^ Tobacconists. .\.\i DAVIDM|RTONi|^NV HAMILTON, ONT. • • THE GREAT « * 5^ BAR E. B. Patterson Aivl?ikvt all^, Posiancr ^ KING STREKT EAST Hamilton Room no, 7, . . Copp $ Block JOHN DUFF & SON ALEX. MITCHELL 216 and 218 York Street. Si I H < r» -« VI m »-^ r> Hamilton's Largest and Nicest Store for all kinds ot Table Supplies. A hiKi.l, I'lrsldrllK CiiAKi Is Ai 1 WM.i K. X'lri'-l'nsiiU'in. IIkkiii'K I C, r.iK',1 , Sii 1 ..■tar\-. \V. Im< \nk (■,,,,: |.. •I'lcaMiivr. HAMILTON, - Canada MANUF4CTUBEBS OF Wood Screws of all kinds Stove Bolts, Stow Rods, METAL MERCHANTS lire Holts, Alaiiiiiic Screws, lion And Copper Rivets, Wire Nails, Bri,i;hi aiui Annealed Wire, Seiew Hooks, and Eves, Gate Hooks, etc. cni'i 'I'^IJ- 11. \. IA:.\1). SPKM'Ki.'. ANTIMONY-. ri r-p -f:^ i^EFiidNTi] iisro. GROCERIES AND LIQUORS ^33 & 135 Kins: St. East .\ .\ M I pS-^lO/r ^^^-^^ A 9759 THE ABOVE CUT REPRESENTS THE CELEBRATED "Jas. Boss" Case AGENTS BUCK'S HAPPY THOUGHT" KLEIN & BINKLEY 35 James St. North p. Qmsman's $on$ 65 JAMBS STREET NORTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN SHEET MUSIC, it MUSIC BOOKS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Band and Orchestral Instruments a specialty. Acents for . . . Bessons & Co iLondon, Englandi World Renowned Prototype Band Instruments. \Vr Ikivc a full ii~s(irt incut .it' Buffet Paris, France i Celebrated Clarionets Wcsupi-ly i;a„,ian.l()n-lirstn.lMuM.-, ilirluililli; ••■• Boosey's Military Journal, Chappel's Army Journal, Hawkes Hilitary Band Journal, Boosey's New Orchestral Journal, ...and Band and Orchestral Music of the principal American publishers. FOR SALE ONLY BY and York Street. .H and lo MarKet Street PHONE loaa. .1. W. ■rMiUK.l.l,. C, K.li A 1). I., s. .Mini. ('Mil. Siw. <'. I.. \V. H FOlill.r. E ■■<>. I,, s .\>-..K\ Mini. (-.'an. Si'O. ('. K. Tyrrell & Ford CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEERS Oniakk) .\ni» Dhmimon Land Sru- \ i;v. — ^@ — Kii.uiiHvrs for Ili<' Coiiiitv of \\\'iit- worth and Six 'rownsliips. 42 JAMES STREET NOKTH HAMILT0N, ONT. TELEPHONE 1095 X X I \' B. EDWARDS ESTABLISHED 134-0. ** wn.. /a terser® OonFeetioner® ^* 1^* ^6 James Osborne & SON i.mi'okti-;ks oi- c-.koli;rii;s, \VI\l<:s AM) iJOlORS. 1 00 ^102 King St. W. HAJIILTUN. ONTARIO ^^ ^ 14 Jam?$ $t. Jouth ^w ^w ^^ . RITCHIE Mamiachnik oi- Shaftings, Pulleys and Steam Engines All kinds of HEAVY AND LIGHT MACHINERY Small Gear Cutting of all kinds. Repairing Promptly Attended to. 134 BAY STREET NORTH Hamilton TELEPHONE ••««« 106O '"•' i.i:.\ni.\c. r.Roci-Ks i.\ rill-; Lir\-.' Hamilton Granite Works T. J. STEWART, Proprietor Wlicilcsiilc iuhI III, Mil M.ii I, hiivi- ,,1 rionuments, Statuary Building Work Headstones, Vaults Platforms. Etc. Cor. York & Bay Sts., Hamilton xw These have won for the Canada Ht pimmr placc imono 0*N*Dt«N aCMOOLS Business Colledc ARCADE BUILDING HAMILTON electric Dgbt ^--^-^^^ mirins -- ^ ^' Chandeliers r^ eiecfric Bells ^^ X.- AND ALL KINDS OF IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1862 iiiul is t(i-il;i\ rdinu'iU'cl willi (i\i'f A THOUSAND lai-im'-^ tlrm- lliri ii^li it^ tiiatliiali'- SENO FOR PROSPECTUS TO R. E. GALLAGHER, Principal ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Electric Supply Co. Lowe & Farrell, PROPRIETORS, 67 JAMES ST. SOUTH TELEPHONE 23. Adam Clark 3ohll 6 Rlddell PLUMBING AND HOUSE DRASNAGE STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER CONSTRUCTION. r-iN I l; \c I iiK I iiK Ml kIMi'- 111' V^J-' •-yvV^r^ Galvanized Iron Tin and Copper "^c^?^ii5r Work didi^j^ HKTALLIC CBILINOS, COPPER AND (iALVAMZI-l) IRON CORMCKS. o- :^FXTXS.X3S * 7 Main St. W., Hamilton Sliitinji:,Tilin!tr, Metallic, TriiiidLkl Asphalt Fell and Gravel Rootinjj. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 257 KING STREET EAST. TELEPHONE 687. XXVI GRAFTON & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE READY-TO-WEAR f^W OTMINO Branches .- opposite the city hall. HAMILTON. LONDON. BRANTFORI), PETHRBORO, OWHN SOUND. DUNDAS. Hamilton. ESTABLISHED 18S0. SO ITEARS IN BUSINESS. j.l^oodlm^Son I Wl I \t II 1:1 K- I 'I THE LATi JOS MOODLlftS Interior Hardwood Wor!c Office, School and House furniture Warerooms : 61, 63, 6S King St. West. FACTOBr : Main. Catharine and Jackson Sts. JOHN MOODLtSa DUNN'S PURE MUSTARD IS MANUFACTURED SOLELY FROM HIGHLY FLAVORED SEEDS IN THE MOST APPROVED WAV. THE BEST VALUE ON THE MARKET TO-DAY. ARTHUR S. JAMES. RROPniETOR. CHARLES JAME5 ENGINEER >»«o MACHINIST riANUFACTLIREn OF Stephenson's Pat. Seeder Discs. Standard nnd Special Hmery (Irinders. Flower Pot Machines, Book-binders' Presses, File Cutting Hachines, Dies, Tools and (leneral Machinery. SPECIAL MACHINERY DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED 10 to i6 Mary St. Telephone \\\ii J.E[.W|cllW^aith2^Co. EG. BROWN ....Importers of.... High Class Dry Goods MILLINERY AND MANTLES For nearly twenty-three years one of Hamil- ton's leadliT^r busiruess houses. A well assorted stock in all departments at lowest possible prices. Ladies will find our store a most comfortable, convenient and satisfactory shopping place. Always pluased to show the late.st novelties. Come and see them. J.G.MClLWRAITHSCo. 31 and 33 Kiiiff Ot. East. ^ F-Ioi^'kI: ^ Cut Roses Carnations, VIOLETS AND OTHER rLOWERS IN SEASON PALMS, FERNS, ETC. tf^ i^w ^^' (IREENHOUSES: 170 Wentworth St. N. Hamilton, Canada M^r^ ^^^ 1^^' Of?an tiouse Bab«r; wM. BUTLER ESTABLISHED 1859 ♦ ♦ E.W.BATEMAN BAKER PASTRY GOOK AND GONFECTlONER 305 King Street East Cal ami ->7 KiimSt. E. 4-(A\inrT()X, OXT. PROPRIETORS 71-75 riain St., corner John 5t. t llSf 7i'\ T. M. POWER, PROPRIETOR 7l\ M. KOUBER Hatter and • • • • • • • • • t • • Furrier « ^ 96 KING ST. WEST |)amilton,...Onl:arsio 16 Hughson St. North -^est of satisfaction : GUARANTEED A CALL SOLICITED N .\ .\ 1 1 Long:&BUbynfp^££3 COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS IN Foreijj^n and Domestic WOOLS 41 John Street South... Hamilton, Ont. Canada. Like Heat Without Sauce «L^> IS BREAKFAST 5 wiTHonr .^^ UPTON'S MARMALADE Yet many people never eat VlarnialaJe because ot" the impurities vliicli most brands cont.iin. This need no longer iiinder them, for they can now obtain a Canadian product wiiich is absohi- tely free from adulteration. Upton's Orange Harmalade A purer, healthier food was never made. All leadinsj grocers keep it. ORNAMENTAL «nd FRUIT BEARING SHRUBS AND VINES Extensive Assortment, (iuaranteed True to Name. Select Quality. DOMESTIC FRUITS IN CAR- LOTS A SPECIALTY IN SEASON E. D. SMITH HELDERLEIGH FRUIT FARMS AND NURSERIES 400 ACRES 400 ACRES WINONA. ONT. f ^ ^ ^ ^ \ KNOWINa / ^ :^ WHETHER ITS ^ ^ A Watch % :^ Diamond Ring or :^ ^ ^ Fine Piece of Jewelry ^ ^ :^ Huyiiiij; fnmi I's means that ynu get the sfc; 4i/, KiieU Hiittiitii I'riee witliuut having to ask ^/ jj/ Kuek i-iiiudtii rnee witiiuul Having (^ t'lir it, as we mark everything in phiin 3t< figures, and have one ])rice only. I DAVIS & LAMPMAN ^ 12 King West, HAMILTON ;^^ ■UCCESSOK* TO 0AVI3 A McCULLOUSH. \ .\M 1 1 J. CRAIQ. R. L. CRAIG. €rai9 Bros. Veterinary ourgeons Boardini; and Sale Slables Office Open Day and Night. 71, 73, 7s Bugbson $fmf Somb HAiVllLTON, ONT. Telephone 234. ]atnc$ Crawford, Confectioner. 1 1 Mamifacturor "f WrililiiiK Ciikps, loe Cn'aiii iiinl (Jy^Art/V I'iiio ('Hiiily. Wcilrliiits, Hi'criiliiiiis, At Hollies mid •I DiilLTtnii'iiioiit ■ siiiipliiil. 34 Hind St. (U<$t, liantilton. LUNCHEON PARLORS Skeddcti ^ Co* MANUFACTURERS OF "^ H R U S II BS Brooms. 4, 6, 8, lo Park St. South HAMILTON, ONT. SPECIALTIES : •lewellers' Fine Brushes. Machine Brushes. Jewellers' Wheel Brushes. Factory Brushes. Fine Bristle Rifle Brushes for Cleaning .30,^ [.ee Hnfield Rifles. THE BEST IDEAS IN _' ^^oiiir \ ^ >^' NEED NOT BE COSTLY. Tell us the luiioiint vou want to spend: We will he ,i;l:id to suj^^U'e-'^l iiii artistic treatment for the room. will, COMH TO YOIJK I-IUMH WITH SAMPI.HS IF VOU !)HSIRE. WiV\. DODSON PAINTER, 37 JOHN ST. NORTH. X.WIV TlLI»HONB l«A We Sell Only First-Class Lambert's Restaurant CHAS. LAMBERT, PROPRIETOR CeRh V V bamilbn, Qnt. 6 Mhal iicKirrs iok Sl.oo. Sphcial Raiis hv Tin; Wiik. EVCKVTIIlNr, Kiksi'-Class. 4 MARKET SQUARE. y Kerner^s ^ Vineyard and riusic Hall $4,000 ORCHESTRION THE ONLY ORCHESTRION IN CANADA NATIVE WINES A SPECIALTY. In Box Cars Direct from the Mines. Dry, Bright and Clean. Delivered by Careful Teamsters. VaLKER'S S(JeAR BOWL SPECIALTIES 111- All. KIM 22 MAIN ST. EAST PLRi<: IC1-: cki<:am wn ICI- CR1«:.\M so HA 209 KING STREET EAST, HAMILTON, ONT. x\xv ^^z::sA^l^^^^=:i^i M^ Labatt's Ales and Porter ARB. UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST. ^^ ^^^^'^ \ ^ ' ^ (j^C REPORTED MEDALS .. tffi^^fc^ .^k9mi9M 4q.^ FAVORABLY AND ^, BY FOUR 12 DIPLOMAS ■'m;^r-, p CHEMISTS •^x^ ;K^ LABATT'S BREWERY. LONOON. Used by the Mounted Police and Canadian Regular Forces in Mess Rooms and Canteens, and in all the Military Clubs. Brewery: London, Canada. FOR SALE Branch Depots: Quebec, Montreal, Oltawa, Toronto, Hamilton THROUGHOUT and St. John, N. B. CANADA. MM '',?^^ mm. m E^ZS)' Wd wxvr K. L. RUDDY riiii.isiii.K MOXTKi:.\I. TO RON TO IIAMILIOX *. o.Mrii,i;K oi iiii.; lllSTOKN OI nil-: rKlNcK o\- W'm.ks' Rkiii.mkm ANH I 111: Can vdi.w Mn.n i \ llisioKN oi Tin: MoMNiAi. iMKi.n IVmtkkn lllSTOKN OI Tin; 'ri||KTi:i;MTl lr\TT\l.lo\ OI Imam K\, 1 1 \.\lll.!■^.■(^• CoKKl:sl•o^•^|.:^•^ k IwiTKi, KKOM .MiMTAKV CoKI'S I'kk.m \m:m .\nnKi:ss 1674 NoTKi- Dami-: Stki:i;t. Moxtki.a .\\X\ II 59 King west. Telephone 96. n, R. Dodsworib 1>attimon, om. HUCCCHBOR TO J. CHAPMAN Plumbers' , Steam and (las Fitter*' Supplies. TELEPHONE 737. FAIRLEY & STEWART PRACTICAL Plumbers and 6a$ Titters Steam and Mot Water HeatinK- Dealers in (las Fixtures. . . . 18 John St. North, -< Hamilton, Ont. Robinson & Peterson SUCCESSORS TO W. R. PRAY /IS TEUEPHONC 041 JS'i^ofe\;^ionfivl 33 King St. West, Hamilton Hamilton $ Drug Store CENTRALLY SITUATED KING AND JAMES ST., NEXT TO C.P.R. TICKET OFFICE. OllV -elrctiull of KilU- I'lT'.ll.'l'S, Soaps Mh'l TnlU't ItiMjuiiiituM 1.-. i'li.>s|.ii \\f .. nivi' iirni liislf ...fl Stock of the Purest Drugs... »LW* YS ON HAND Pr««crlptiem«« \V<' nmKi' lln'si.' dui- -pci'iftlty. iind nil -iiiiif at. a liioliiclifs iL.tM-i' "lili cMii' aiul i.\|ii..litiMn, n lui,- .4 iiM's,.. PRICES NORMAL. TORONTO & HAMILTON ELECTRIC CO. gy, loi, lo.? McNab St. North. »»•»» HAMILTON. Uynaii ''S. Motors MiMl all Hlectrical Appliance!. l-ine I.ulvl W'lik a Spi'L'i.iUv ?A Bowell Cttbograpbic £0* Ditiitcd L.ibdl .iiul Sluiw Cuiii iV\;»iuil;ktuiL'rs Engravers Designers - - HAMILTON, ONTARIO FREEHAN S ^ OOUBLB STREN(iTH FERTILIZERS (ireat Reductions In Prices CA1AI.OUUK fRfcK W. A. Freeman Co. Limitfd HAniLTON, ONI ARIO X .\ X \ 1 1 1 DO YOU Si^m? SAVIi VdtiR MONIiV MV PUR<:ilASIN(i ^ ViMK (iKOCRKIhS IKOM John T^od^^rs, VZo%%\''. 130 JAMES STREET NORTH. Voliiiitcci' Saloon Choice Ales. Wines, Liquors :;i&Tk„;,ok 2U James St. North. 0pp. Drill Hall IIAVII.RiN, (INTAKIO. JOHN K Blv'OWN MANUFACTURER OF SAMPLE TRUNKS, ETC. ^77 Main Sirhbt Fast, TELEPHONE 698 I I . . ^ ^° • « Ha.ViII.TON, Ont. Ualky City Seating Co. CimiXd SEATING FOR ALL KINDS OF PLIBLIC BLIILDINGS DUNOAS. ONTARIO. Kilgour Manufacturing Co, PRINTERS ON WOOD AND MAKERS OF OF EVCnv DESCRIPTION. AU.i S(iv,.|i UooiN 1111,1 Sp.M-iiU l.inr> of \\,,o,i \V,„-k Kill. Hint; WoihI f,,r siil,.. Telephone 1402. 25 and 27 AurOfa St. •DRS« Berry k Burnet ?i^_3m\noon Dentists y^ CORM:k KINO AM) CATHARINH STRERTS. HA Mil. TON. JOHN HILL special Krands : (lOLl) AMIKK HAniLTON'S l-AVORITt; RIO (iR/\INI)l: RETAIL STORE go James St North. FACTORY 52 Vine Street HAMILTON HENRY HARDING » Plumber, (ias and Steam Fitter, % Hot Water Heatinjf, &c. Hatl).. \ValyrCl„s..ts, |.-,i,vinK- I'mnps. .M^rblu Wa.l, Slai.ds. l',.iv(.-lam .Slabs and Basin-, Cas 1-ixtmvs, Oldln.s and Sliadi-s. •-'"I'l'^'V. fylincK-r and Calvanizfd Imn lint \Vit(.-r I^'hUts, |-;tr,, i-:u-. North-west Cor. James and Cannon Streets, >"■ i.S.S James St. North, Hamilton The Levy Bros. Co. ^ ESTABLISHED 1857 Wholesale and Manufacturing_^_^.« mited .\.\\I.\ vjEWEkER/v DIAMONDS HAMILTON. ' ^ eNTARie HUBERT MARTIN Ameriean Sh(>e Findin.i^s and Shoe Store Supplies 3 KING WILLIAM STREET. HAMILTON WKITt rot eSTlM«TfS AND SAMPLES T«HPNOI«l ,to 8 f<'rrt/ fr niixn i-f >,>. ' ' GEO. H. CUTTRISS, ENdRAVIiR ALL IMi; LATI-Sr I'KODUCTIOMS . . . IN . . . '^' Table Gl assware liUK<)Pi:AN AM) CONTINI-NTAL Art Pottery L'ctr Deco.ations. A Choice Selection of Tea Sets, Breakfast Sets, Dinner Sets, and Chamber Sets WeduinK nuts a »pcciiilt> J* Hotel, Club and Institution Supplies Robert Junor COPP'S r.fi?.';.", .... ■* -* Hamilton, Ont. China Palace, jO James St. North W. H. Wodehouse DixOU ^^rotbcVS DEALER IN BOOTS, SHOKS 88 JOHN ST. SOUTH, - - HAMILTON MOT ro Good goods at reasonalilc prices. IMPOinHKS OF FRtJlTS, OYSTERS, FISH AND FIRECRACKERS Revere House «• ^ J- now ^^ ^ Wholesale and Retail Dealers in JOHN STAUNTON, PROPRIETOR 137 and 1372 King 44 ,^ ky-. i 1 [-^ k^ Street East. )In TT S; 1711 1 CO il NVhole.sale and Retail Dealers in WOOD & COAL LIME, ETC. iMi-iiKiiKMi 1mm \VIX1:s, I.loroKS iV CKl.XKS I'.ll.I.IAKDS \Mi I'dol.. No. HI MAIN STREET WEST, HAMILTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE No. 771. XL s