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The war declared by ICngland against Russia, in 1854, no doubt awakened the Canadian (lovi;rnment to the fact that c:omplications might po.ssibly arise on this side of the Atlantic, and liecause the militia was very "sedentary' both in name and nature, a more active force was needed, therefore, on i6th .August, 1855, general orders called for the formation of volunteer corps of all arms. Quebec responded with alacrity, ^'or the following corjis were gazetted on 31st August : Quel)ec field battery, Capt. (lamache, one company garrison artillery, Capt. John Boomer, and one volunteer rifle company, Capt. Charles Cornell. Several other rifle companies, botii luiglish and l-'rench, were subse- (juently raised, but from some reason, probably from insufficient encou- ragement or the great exi)ense they were put to for uniforms, the (lovern- ment in those days only lurnishing arms and accoutrjments, there wa.>. a gradual disorganization, and on 8th August, 1861, tlie most of them were disbandeil. .■\s the rebellion was now raging in the United States, this state of things did not last long, for a number of young gentlemen met together and organized the "Victoria Rifles,' electing William H. Kerr, Esq., their captain, tinder whose command the company was, on 30th .'Vugtist, 1 86 1, gazetted as the No. 2 Comjjany Volunteer Militia Rilles of Quebec. I'he stoppage on the high seas of the British steamer "I'rent' by in .American man-of-war, and forcibly making prisoners of two of her passengers, Messrs. .Mason and Slidell, nearly caused a war between the two countries. 'J'his gave an impetus to volunteering all over Canada, and in Quebec the following rifle companies were raised and gazetted, loth lanuary, 1862:- The Diamond Hari)or Rifles, Capt. John Burstall, the "Wellingtons,'' Capt. James Oillespie, the Ballytrammons, (Japt. L. B. Dumlin, and another coinj)any by Capt. Thomas Burns. On the 22nd of that month another was added to the list by Capt. Thomas J. .Murphy. These six com[)anies were formed into a battalion and gazetted on 28th February, 1862, as the 8th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Qtiel)ec, with Cajitain 1 homas J. Reeve, late Capt. H. M. yyth High- landeTs, as l.ieut.-Colonel in command. The companies were numbered as follows : — No. I — "V^i.torias," Capt.iin .Vrchibald Campbell. No. 2 — Diamond Harbor, Capt. John Btirstall. No. 3 — Capt. I'homas Burns. No. 4 -Wellingtons, Capt. James Gillesijie, Brevet Lieut.-Col. No. 5 — Ballytrammons, Capt. L. B. Uumlin. No. 6 Capt. 'Thos. J. .Vlurphv. \ ' I il By general orders of 28th March of that year the battalion was designated the 8th Hatt. or "Stadarona" Rifles. Drill and rifle jKac tice were carried on most energetically, and on 28th April, 1864, No. 4 Co., Capt. Ciibsone's, was awarded the first prize of $100 given by ('.overnrnent to the 7th military district for drill and general efficiency. Hy the same gazette No. 3 Co., Capt. Burns, and No. 6 (>)., Capt. Murphy, having failed to pass the inspection, were removed from the list of the volunteer militia. On 23rd December, 1864, two ((jmpanies were called out for active service, and on the 26th the Victorias, under Capt. AlKvn, Lieut. Fraser and Ens. Pendergast, left for the frontier, along with the I )iamond Harbor boys, under Lieut. A. H. Jackson, Lieut. Kroste Wood Cray and Ens. H. S. Lemesurier. The former company i)roceeded to join the ist .Administrative Batt. at Windsor, and the latter went to Lai)rairie to the headquarters of the 3rd .Ad. Batt. These companies returned at the end of April, 1865, and the Hallytrammons, under (!ai)t. Dumlin, Lieut. Cochrane and Ens. J. Louis, left for Windsor on the 26th .April to be under Lieut.-Col. Reeve, who had been ajipointed to the ( ommand of the ist Ad. Batt. This c:ompany, which was Ss'o. i of that battalion, returned home on 6th luly. The next call out was f(jr the Wellingtons, Capt. CJibsone, to proceed on the night of 3otli December of that year to Chateau Richer in aid of the civil power. This civil jjosver serviii', fought at Ridgeway and got back to Uncle Sam's territory as s;,on as po.ssibk. The regiment was called out and drilled part (jt every day till the 18th June, when it was dismissed. .A citizens' relict committee had been formed, and subscriptions taken u|) to assist the families of the volun- teers called out on these occasions, but the "Victorias" generously declined to acxept any of this fund, and at tlu- iiisi)ection held on the evening of c;th January, '67, .Mr. H. S. Scott, on behalf of the committee, as a token of esteem for this generous action, presented the company with a solid silver bugle, which is still in possession of No. i company. The 9th Hatt. had two English companies on its strength, No. 5, known as the Highland Rifles, Capt. Herald Douglass, Lieut. Horace R. Sewell and Ensign Ed. 1'. H. '1'. I'atterson, and No. 6 comixiny, (Japt. James Black Stevenson and l^nsign .Alfred H. While. I'hese ccjnipanies were on February 8tli, 1867, transterrcil to the 8tli Batt. as No. 5 and 6 companies respectively, i'his year the Enfield rifles were exchanged for Sniders and the price of ammunition was 25 cents a package of ten rounds. On I St July, No. 1 company, 55 strong, paraded at Montreal to take part in the review held there on Dominion Day, and marched past at the head of the 3rd Batt., or Victoria Rifles. In December, 1868, Quarter-Master Morgan ana Mr. F. C. Wurtele, huely a member of th.' Vic4orias, raised a company which was enrolled as No. 2, re;jla.:ing the "Diamond Harbors," then disorganized. By the new law the whole force had to re-enroll within three months of this act comin,.^ into fjrce; the companies of the 8th whi.h complied with this order were Nas. i, 2, 5 and 6 (vide (1. (). of 6th February and 5th March, 1869.) Capt. Morgan and Lieut. F. C. Wurtele were gazetted on lyth March, 1869, vice Capt. A. F. A. Knight and I.ieut. J. Reynar, resigned. In the spring of 1870 there were more rumours of Fenian raids, and the regiment was called out on 13th Ajiril and drilled three hours daily till the 22nd, when drill ceased. 'I"he threatened raid took place on the 24th May, when the "Pirates" crossed the borders at two points in the Eastern Townshijis and were quickly driven back with loss of several killed and wounded. 'i'he whole of the regulars in Quebec left for the frontier and the volunteer brigade did garrison duty during their absence, the 8th being cjuartered m the Jesuit barracks till the 2Qth of that month. That same s])ring I,ous Riel started his first insurrection in the North west and two regiments of volunteers, one each from the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, were formed and ordered to accomjiany the expedition under Col. \Voi^e ey to >u )press the rising, and were gazetted on 12th May. Several n en of the 8th joined and Capt. Barrett of No. i company and Capt. I'atterson of No. 5 were gazetted as Lieutenants, and Ensign W. Ross to the 2nd or Quebec battalion. Ens. Charles Douglass sub'^ec|uenlly joined the depot company at Kingston. By general orders of 14th October, 1870, the different companies of the 8th were renumbered, Nos. 5 and 6 to be respectively Nos. 3 and 4. A fife and drum band was organized on 3rd January, 1871, and sub- sequently changed into a brass band. The regiment was (tailed out to aid the civil power on 3rd and 4th March, 1873, at the Quebec East elections, and was (luartered each day in the Jaccn'ies Cartier market hall. Cai)tain and P.t.- Major Charles A. • Pentland, of the 55th Megantic infantry, raised a company, which was on 1 2th Septeml)er of that year gazetted as No. 5 company. Again it was necessary to give aid to the civil power on nomination day, 22nd January, 1874, when Nos. i and 5 companies were placed on the Citadel for that day. The elections took place on the 29th, and as trouble was expected at Levis, Nos. i, 4 and 5 companies were sent over there and Nos. 2 and 3 were placed on the Citadel. On the evening of 29th January, 1875, while drill was in progress, the Mayor arrived" and requested assistance at the Beauport lunatic asylum, then in flames; arms were piled, belts taken off, and the battalion got to the fire with celerity and worked hard till one o'clock next morning. Lieut.-Col. Reeve retired from the service and Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. R. Alleyn took command on the 6th April, 1877, and the same G. O. contained the change of the designation of the regiment from "Stadacona"' to 8th "Royal" Rifles. Lieut.-Col. Alleyn served in the Victorias as private in 1861, and 8th Nov. of that year was commissioned i I I ' t !■ as supernumerary ensign in the com|jany, ensign i8th Dec, lieutenant ::ist March, 1862, captain 21st August of the same year, luevet major 20th Sept., 1867, major 3rd Jan., 1868, t)revet lieut.-colonel 20th Sept., 1872, and lieut.-colonel commanding as above. The regiment now i ossessed a very fine brass band, which was increased to a full military band of 30 men with a bugle and drum l)and of 16 more. An isth March, 1878, one of the former companies of the battalion was reorganized as No. 4 company by Cajjt. Charles W. Charlewood, late lieutenant H. M. 30th Regiment. The existing No. 4 was made No. 5 and No. 5 gazetted as No. 6. ' On 23rd May the regiment, 245 strong, |)roceedtd to Montreal along with 100 men of the garrison division and two guns of B battery to take part in the grand review before Lord Dufferin, held at Fletcher's Field on the Queen's Hirthday. The 8th held their own in drill with the crack corps of Ontario and Montreal, although the (llengarry caps they wore detracted somewhat from their appearance alongside of busbies and bearskins, nevertheless it was remarked on all sides that the "boys in Scotch caps'" were second to none in drill and smart soldierly appear- ance. The other troops present, besides the whole Montreal brigade, were the Queen's Own of Toronto, Ottawa Field Battery, the Governor- General's Foot Guards, and a smart American company from St. Alban's called the Barlow Greys. The next service tlie regiment was called on to perform was of a serious nature; the labor troubles on the work at the new parliament buildings had spread, and culminated on the afternoon of i2tli June, by the mob sacking Renaud's flour store and getting fired on by B battery. The 8th were then called out, and in an hour mustered strong at the armory. As the Parliament then in session had been threatened, they were quartered in the Parliament buildings for the night, and next morn- ing the garrison, hitherto composed of the 8th, B battery and Canadian Hussars, was, by the recjuest of the Lieut. Governor, reinforced bv three of the Montreal brigade. 5th Royals, ist Prince of Wales and 3rd Victorias, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher, l)..\.G., and Lieut.-Colonel Bacon, Brigade Major. The Quebec garrison and part of the Montreal force were quartered on the Citadel, and the remainder in the skating rink. The arrest of a number of rioters and this timely display of force put an end to the disturbances. On the afternoon of Saturday the 15th there was a review on the esplanade of the whole brigade, except two companies of the 8th on duty at the Parliament house, when the Mayor and corporation jjresented an address to the Montreal troops, after which column of route was formed, and all marched to the Richelieu wharf, when the Montrealers embarked for home. The 8th remained on duty on the Citadel till the 19th. when they were inspected on the esplanade by Lord Dufferin and Lieut.-Gov Letellier. This was the first appearance of the regiment in public wear- ing the. new helmet. On returning to the Citadel, before being dis- missed from duty, Colonel Strange addressed the regiment, complimen- ting it on its high state of discipline and efficiency. In the spring of 1879 the pioneer corps was formed and its equip- ment furnished by some of the officers. As No. 4 company had become disorganised and Capt. Charlewood had resigned, Capt. H. J. Miller, of the 55th Megantic infantry, raised a company to replace it, and was gazetted to the 8th on the 28th of March 1879. On the 24th May the regiment again paraded in Montreal iu full uiitcnaiit ut major th Sept., cnt now military battalion irlcwood, as made » Montreal H battery ■Letcher's drill with arry caps of busbies the "boys ly a|)iK'ar- .1 brigade, Governor- it. Alban's n was of a parliament h June, by H battery- ong at the tened, they next morn- d Canadian ed bv three :s and 3rd .A.Cl., and n and part _• remainder this timely ■i afternoon nade of the luty at the 1 an address fled, and all nbarked for 19th. when Lieut.-Gov public wear- : being dis- complimen- iid its equip- Charlewood itry, raised a kh of March ntreal io full strength, band and pioneers, to take part in the grand review held there before the (lovc'rnor (leneral, Lord Lome, and H.R.H. I'riinvss Louise, ik'sitles the Montreal brigacL', there were also ])rcscnt an American regi- ment of the New York National Guard, the 13th Hrooklvn, 520 strong, Queen's Own of Toroiito, Governor-CJencr.irs I'oot (aiards. Ottawa field battery, I'rincess l.oui^e Dragoon Guards, Shcfford field battery, B bat- tery, 100 men and two guns, 8th Royals, Quebec garri.son artillery. Royal Military C:ollege cadets, and Royal Naval reserve from the Allan steamers. .\gain Quebec was disturbed by riots: this time the ship laborers gave trouble, and the 8lh were called out on the 15th August, 1879, and quartered in the skating rink. I-ate in the night of Sunday 17th, the regiment marched down to the Queen's stores in Chami)lain street, and remained there till the 22nd, whei: it marched to the Citadel and was dismissed.' On the evening of the 21st H.R.H. Princess Louise arrived via H.M.S. Be lie top ho II, from a visit to the maritime provinces, landed at the Queen's wharf, where she was received by a guard of honor of 100 men and band of the Hth, under Capt. Ray, Lieuts. Norris and Webster, the remainder of the regiment lined Chamjjlain street. Again the ship laborers gave trouble, and to aid the civil power the 8th were called out on the 12th May, 1880, and placed on the Citadel till 7 p.m. of the 14th, when they were relieved, except one service company under Capt. I.eSueur, together with a comi)any of the 9th bat- talion, which remained there till the 17th, when they were dismissed. This year the (Queen's birthday review and sham battle took place on the plains of Abraham, before the Govenior-General (Lord Lome), their Royal Highnesses Princess I, ouise anc i*iince Leopold. Besides the Quebec lirigade, the following regiments wcf present: 62nd infantry, of St. John, N.B.; sth Roval Scots, 6th l-'usiliers, ist Prince of Wales, 3rd Victorias and 65th Rifles, and a company of high school cadets from Montreal. On the 30th April, 1881, Lieut.-Col. Alleyn resigned his commission on being appointed judge, and Major Andrew C. Stuart was pro- moted to the command. Lieut.-C!ol. Stuart joined the regiment as ensign in No. 6 Co., ist May, 1868; lieutenant, 8th October, 1869; captain, 28th January, 1870; brevet-major, 28th January, 1875; major, 18th .\pril, 1878. On the nth March, 1883, the regiment met with a sad loss in the death of Lieut. Col. Stuart, who had been seriously ill for some time. His funeral took place on the 13th, and was attended by the whole regi- ment. 'I'he firing f)arty of 150 men was uTider cominand of Major Scott, and the gun sleigh was furnished by A battery in charge of Capt. Peters. General orders of 22nd May contained Major Scott's promotion to the command of the regiment Lieut.-Col. E. G. Scott joined the Vic- torias in 1862, and passed through all the grades to color-sergeant, and was appointed ensign in the company on ist May, 1868; lieutenant, 5th March, 1869; captain, 9th February, 1872; brevet-major, 9th February, 1877; major, 30th April, i88i, and lieutenant-colonel, 22nd May, 1883, but antedated to 27th April. 'I'his year, 1883, Capt. VV. E. Russell raised a signal corps of 13 men and fitted them out with all the necessary api)aratus of flags, lamps, tele- scopes and heliographs; the next year they were mounted and went through a riding course on the Citadel, subsecjuently they rode out to the plains, and were inspected by the 1).A.G. and specially mentioned in his report. They became very proficient at long distance signalling. 1 m'-AVvii, ii' f , i! V Ii and on the expected arrival of H.M.S. Cnmuia, with H.k.H. Prince deorge of Wales, a party proceeded to C!ape I ourmente, ,30 miles helow Quebec, and signalled to the Citadel with their heliograph her approach. The new pattern breastjjlate, with the old regimental motto, t'S5, the North-west rebellion broke out, and the regi- ment, which was at the time performing annual drill, held itself in readi- ness, hourly expecting marching orders for the front, and two companies under Major LeSueur did garrison duty on the Citadel for one month, owing to the absence of A battery on service. (!apt. Prower, chancing to be at that time attached to \\ battery, proc ceded with them to the war, and was present at the ai:tion of Cut Knife, and went through the cam- paign with the battery. Lieut. Roche got attached to the Montreal garri- son artillery, and served in the North-west with them. On the 6th March, 1886, Lieut.-Ci)l. Scott retired from the 8th, and Capt. H. J. Miller, as senior officer, took command and was gazetted lieutenant-colonel on 31st March. I.ieut.-Col. Miller served in the ranks of the Highland convuny of the 9th battalion, and subsetpiently in the Victorias till loth February, 1871, when he was gazetted lieutenant in the 55th Megantic infantry; captain, 12th Sejjtember, 1873; rejoined the 8th as captain of No. 4 company, 28th March, 1871), and promoted lieutenant colonel as above. Hitherto, company promotion prevailed in the 8th, but on 30th July general orders changed this to senioritv or regimental promotion. The annual inspection took place this year on the 24th May on the plains of Abraham, before the (lovernor-Ceneral and Lady Lansilowne, when Private I). Smith, of No. 6 company, was presented by her lady- ship with the North-west medal, he having served through the campaign with the Royal (Irenadiers. Three of the officers of the regiment were called by government to serve on the commissions to investigate the maiuifacturc of snider am- munition at the government factory, Lieut. -Col. Scott and Capt. Balfour serving on that of 1883, and Capt. F. C. Wiirtele on that of 1885. This sket' Lansdowne, by her lady- the camiwign rovernment to )t snitler am- C:apt. Halfour .fi885. loting record," the regiment, use of the rifle and from this ; ranges, as far ir skill against but were suc- orious in two »th Rifles, and 1 men a side of • the Victorias. le great Dtmi- th a number of all the district n fired a match next important vincial matches Vlorgan, Sergts. Hawkins, Maxter. lergnsmi, and i . HollowaN, won the Dominion cup. valued at $800, given as a battalion pri/e by the l'(^).R. association. 'I'hat same fall the (Irand 'I'riuik lille i)riga(lc sent a team to (Jutbecand beat the 8th on Ikauport I'lats. However, in 1872 the return match was won by the .Stadaconas at .Montreal, on th<' day before the I'.Q.R. association matches, whi( h they had couie up to' attend. Again, the team composed of ('apt. .Scott, I.ieut. Hilfoi r, I'avmastcr Krew, Sergts. Hawkins and liaxter, was victorious in the b.utaiicin match, winning the Dominion cu|), this being the second time in three years it became the property of the regiment. In icS;^ CaiK. .Morgan anil Sergt. (1. liaxter (»f No. 2 (ompany were chosen and went to \\ imbledon. In 1874, I.ieut. Halfour won the (lovenior-deneral's bron/.e medal, and ("apt. Morgan again went to ICngland on the Wimbledon team. On the 6th iNIarch, 187^, as the battalion had not been tor some years very successful at rifle matches, a meeting of the regiment was held, and the regimental rifle association was reorganized on a sound basis. The result was that in 1880 the team took second prizes, both in the battalion and association, and third prize in tiie skirmi>.hiiig matches at the I'rovincial, and (.'orporal (1. I'hilijJS won the (lovernordeneral's silver medal and I.ieut.-Oovernor's medal, but as a team the 8th did nothing at the Dominion, although individually they did well; ("a|)t. Maltbur won the (Wnemor-deneral's |)rize of $250 and his place on the Wimbledon team for 1881. That year the (lanadians won the Kolajjore cup and ("apt. Malfour was 6th score in that match. At the I'rovincial the team t(Jok third |)rize for skirmishing, and at the Dominion matches third b.ittalion ])rize. In 1882 the Royals were well to the fore in the provincial, taking 1st prize both in the battalion and skirmishing matches and 4th and 6th team prizes for volley firing, and Sergt. (1. Philips won the Dolan Cup. They won at the Dominion matches 5th battalion prize and Corporal (loudie won his place on the Wimbledon team for 1883, and went to ICngland that yejir. In 1883 the 8th were again successful, both at the I'nninc ial and Dominion matches, winning at the former the 2nd Hatt., 2nd Mi^tary, 4th Association and 1st prize in the 3rd series Military mat( h. At Ottawa they took ist Minister Militia, 5th Dominion and 3rd |)rizes in the Ozowski matches. Capt. Halfour won the (Jov.-denl's. Medal, besides the N.R.A. Medal and Snider champion badge. Lieut. W. H. I'orrest took the (irand .Aggregate and first place on the Wimble- don team and went to luigland in 1884. This year the team again were dose up at the Provincial, taking 2nd Hattalion, 5th Association, 3rd Skirmishing and 3rd Volley Firing prizes. .\t the Dominion they won 2nd Minister of Militia and 4th Dominion Match prizes and Lieut. l'"()rrest again won his place on the Wimbledon team In 1885 they took only 3rd volley firing prize at the Provincial, but at the Dominion were 2nd place for the Hritish Challenge Shield as well as 5th prize in the (izowski competition. In 1886 they won the 4th Association, 2nd Hattalion and ist Volley Firing prizes at the Provincial; and the team comjjosed of Sergts. .\lex. ihomson, (loudie and Dewfall, Corjjoral Hartley and Private R. D. Norton carried off the British Challenge Shield, that much coveted prize, for skirmishing and volley firing; also the 4th Cizowski jjrize, and Sergt. (loudie his place on the Wimbledon team for 1887. To the regimental rifle association and the active encour- agement given to rifle shooting by the officers is due the successes above recorded. The regimental matches held annually on 29th June have alwavs been looked forward to and carried out most suc<:essfullv. I 1 ,1 Since the formation of the rej,'inient the roster «ontains the names of 115 officers. The 25th anniversary was t elehrateti, on tiie ev«n ing of 2ist I'ehruary by a ball, j^iven in the Academy of Musii, l)y I,ieut.-(!oi. Miller and officers to the non.-