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238 _Vhz?ing Farni_.<br />

will show the dates and the causes of promo-<br />

tion of this gallant soldier :<br />

" Henry Whiting, Mass., Cornet Light Dra-<br />

goons, 2o Oct., I8o8; Sec. Lieut. Light Dra-<br />

goons, Ist Sept. I8O9; First Lt. Lt. Dragoons,<br />

I Jan. 181 r ; Aid-de-Camp to B.-Gen. Boyd, and<br />

distinguished in the ca_ture of Fort George,<br />

Upber Canada, 27 May, I8r 3 (appointed Capt.<br />

4 Regt. of Rifles, March, I8t4, declined);<br />

Capt. 23 Regt. U.S. Infantry, I4 July, I8r4;<br />

Capt. 2 Reg. U. S. Infantry, I Sept. I8r4;<br />

brevetted Captain for ' meritorious services, z7<br />

March, I8r4,' Sept. I8r5; retained May, I8_5,<br />

in 5th Reg. of Infantry; Capt. 2 .Infantry,<br />

Aid-de-Camp to Maj.-General Macomb, i May,<br />

i815; Captain in March, I817; Capt. the<br />

Ist Reg. Artillery, 3 March, I82I; brevetted<br />

Major 'for ten years' faithful service,' r 7 March,<br />

i824 (June, r83o); brevetted Lieut.-Colonel for<br />

faithful and rnerz'lorious services, 3° J une, 1834<br />

(July, I834); Quartermaster (rank Major), 23<br />

Feb., I835 ; Deputy-Quartermaster-General (K.<br />

K. Lieut. Col.), 7 July, i838 ; Assistant Qt_ar-<br />

termaster (K. K. Colonel), 2r Apl. I846; joined

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