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consider him well.
well qualified either
to fill the Situation of a
Horskeeper,
or to perform duties requiring much energy of body and mind,
as well as judgement and discretion.
(Signed) A. Dickson, Major General Deputy Adjutant General
Royal Artillery
for the Euphrates Expedition.
and was chosen for it through his
known
good character.
He continued to serve with the
Expedition to its close in 1857,
and during
that time was
remarkable for
an
intelligence
B
Bowden Turk
Sun. 14 1840.
I have been well acquainted with J. Quinn since the beginning of 1835, when he volunteered, as Serjeant in the Royal Artillery,
much beyond his station, for
great zeal, activity, honour, and
trustworthiness.
He
was employed by Colonel Chesney
the Commander, in much
confidential correspondence, Besides other duties of trust, and had the Superintendence of some of the expenses of the party to the extent of many thousand pounds.