2.
53
2nd Battalion • Northamptonshire
Regiment, on ito de partière from the
Colony.
2.
I was invited by
the
promoters to take part in the
proceedings; but, though having
declined to de
20
• for
various reasons,
especially from a reluctance to make a procedent, which might hereafter prove inconvenient, I
in
have, nevertheless, much pleasure mentioning my general accord with the favourable views
expressed
OV
that occasion with
regard
regard to this fine Regiment. The general conduct of the
the men in.
their relations with the civil
population has been highly-
Actiofectory;
; and
if
as I do not
doubt, they well deserve the high character for military efficiency,
especially as regards musketry,
which is
is
6 given to
n to them by the. local experts, their condition on
the who
hole reflects
much credit on
Colonel Anderson and the other
officers, who, I have been pleased
to observe on several occasions,