185

ultimo, They numbered again 200; viz. Artillery 84, Band 2.5 and Rifles including banten go with, including banlow, 12

members. The Wanton Volunteers

Я

Hemorry formed Rifle Company with the sanction of his

as a sub- Division of the H.M.N.

amongst

the

Officers

and I have always

thought it a mistake to make the Cosmopoliti

Corps pay for their arms, if demanded from British Stores, as

by doing so all Control

was lost which might have been obriated.

Office

On this subject I wrote to the war in the early part of 1863 - ti Sir Frederick

Heerenles Robinson and the various

Treaty

Rower lements 24th September 1864 and armed with the Song Onfield Rifle

One peculiarity following December

in

11

this

of the Hooghing Corps is the Parsees

the difficulty of putting the five volunteer

forming

Corpo

under

Although

well aware

of

Beurer 15th August 1863- and again through Sir F. Bruce's information the Governor for Sir I. Pruce's

July 1864.. and as at the time I had;

formed 2 out

formed

the

4 Corpo, Armed 3 and

of Commanded 1 (how 2 out of 5) I thought

I

the plan could have been then carried int

have obtained the

especially

يحة

I

sanation of all the commanding Officers..

head

and

having them

By this means

me

and

led

periodically inspected

d and reported

Still, it is very desirable to uphold the

British interests in them

especially

uniform arm, drill Dress would have been seemed a

Share This Page