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also waived in favor of H. S. McDougall, Esq., for the
senior majority, and obtained all the officers for the
corps."
A number of gentlemen were invited to become officers
by a circular reading as follows:
Dear Sir,
Montreal, August i8, 1875.
I am authorized by Capt. Fred Mackenzie, senior
stamp to form ten companies could be enrolled in a very
short time, and it is only necessary that officers of every
grade, men of capacity, position and experience, should
be nominated without delay.
"It is propo.scd to bring up the strength of the Battalion
to ten companies,— to change the name to
"Royal Fusileers,"—to wear the Fusileer Bearskin,—tr
have attached to the corps a full military band, as well
as a drum corps,—and to introduce a number of
officer of the uxisting detachment of the 5th Royal Light
Infantry, to ask if you would be willing to assist in the
reorganization of that corps. The support of the members
of the late Grand Trimk Battalion has been secured,
and the services of the best men of the large body of
discharged soldiers now living in Montreal, have been
proffered, so that circumstances of an exceptionally
favorable kind offer
themselves to that end.
"It is quite certain that sufficient men of the right
schemes calculated to foster a true esprit-de-corps, among
its members.
"The matter, if promptly dealt with, will certainly
result in success, and the "Old Corps" will reappear, as
it used to be, second to none in prestige, style, physicjue,
drill, and, it is to be hoped, in .smart and capable officers.
"If sufficient encouragement is given, I am instructed
to say that a meeting will at once be called for prelim-