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82 ^th ROYAL SCOTS OP CANADA gazetted an Honorary Major in the Army, September, 2oth, 1901. In the second Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles he participated in the operations in the Transvaal February" to May 31st, 1902. Captain C. .7. Armstrong took part with the 2nd Special Service Riegiment, R. R. C. 1., in the operations in the Orange Free State from February to May 1900, including the operations at Paardeberg F'ebruary i8th to the 26th, during which he was wounded. He also participated in the actions at Poplar Grove, March 7 ; Driefonteiii, March 10 ; Hont Nek, May i ; and Uzand He took part in the operations in the River to May 10. Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, May 29, and Pretoria June 4. He served on the staff ol the Imperial Military Railways, South Africa from July 1900 to May 31st, 1902 and received the war medal with three' clasps and the King's medal with three clasps. At the conclusion of the war Captain Armstrong was appointed District Engineer of South African Railways at Harrismith, Orange River Colony. lieutenants Allan, Ciault and Mackay .served in the SeconcJ Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rilles, Lieutenant Mackay being wounded in three places at the lirst engagement at Hart's River. Most of the men ol the regiment who went to South Africa joined the first contingent, raised in October 1899, no less than thirty-five officers and men transferring from the Royal Scots, serving in K Company of the 2nd Special Service of the R. R. C. I. At the time of the raising and despatch of this first contingent to the seat ol war the patriotic spirit of the Canadian i)eople reached the highest pitch of excitement. In Montreal at the time the first contingent was being rai.sed, and attached to the Royal Scots, was Captain J. C. Gardiner, of the 3rd Militia Battalion of the Scottish Rifles. To accompany the contingent he resigned his commission in the Scottish militia, enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots, presented himself as a recruit for the Contingent, passed the required examination, was accepted and proceeded to the seat of war. April 14, 1900, at Bloomfontein, he was transferred back, as an officer, to the Scottish Rifles, and attached to the 4th (Militia Battalion) which had been embodied and sent to the front. He was detailed for service with the Mounted Infantry, commanded the Bcshuff Mounted Infantry, and returned to Scotland, March 1902. Upon the occasion of the embarcation of the first contingent for South Africa, no less than eighteen of the total establishment of twenty-six officers of the Scots, went down to Quebec accompanied by the regimental pipers, who marched at the head of the regiment on the march from the Citadel to the Ksplanade, and thence to the transport. Sunday, June 2, 1901, the Royal Scots paid a touching tribute to the memory of the two members of the regiment who gave their lives for the Empire in South Africa. On returning to the Drill Hall, after the annual Church parade of the regiment to St. Andrew's Church, a monumental brass in memory of the dead soldiers, afterwards erected in the regimental armory, was dedicated with simple, hut impres.sive ceremony, the Rev. Dr. J. Edgar Hill, Chaplain ol the regiment officiating,. The memorial brass bears the arms ol the regiment in her;»ldic colors, and states that it is in memorj' of Corporal Robert Cuthbert Goodfellow and Private Frederick Wasdell, who fell in action at Paarderberg, S.A., the former on F\'bruary 18, 1900, aged 35 years, and the latter on F'ebruary 27, 1900, aged 23 years. "This tablet," it is also recorded, "is erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Scots of Canada in honor of their comrades." Since the Orange troubles the Royal Scots have performed con.siderable .service in Canada in aid of the civil power, but, to the regret of all ranks, the regiment had no opportunity to as.sist in tlie suppression of the Northwest rebellion. the The year 1885 is an imi)ortant one in the annals of Canadian Militia. The Northwest Rebellion broke out with startling suddenness so far as the general jjublic of Canada was concerned in Marcb of that year. On the 23rd Sir John A. Macdonald, then Premier, announced in the House of Commons, that some Half-Breeds instigated and led by I,ouis Riel, had cut the wires and stopped communication with the settlements on the North Saskatchewan. On the 26th the battle of Duck I
5th ROYAL SCOTS OF CANADA S3 lalation being introthieed. This was resented by a certain section of the population, and a mob attacked and wrecked an east-end vaccination depot, and marching to the City Hall, proceeded to break the windows. The following dav threats were made to attack other municipal buildings, and the residences of officials and others who had shown activity in connection with the vaccination and isolation campaign. To assist the city jiolice force, the whole of the local militia corps were called out that suit of the constant expectation, earlier in the j'ear, of a call to active service in the Northwest. The Royal Scots turned out in full strength, Ivieut.-Colonel Caverhill being in command. The first night the troo])s were called out was one of much excitement in Montreal. The residences of .several aldermen and officials in various parts of the city had been threatened with attack, and while detachments were posted to protect some of them, and the municipal OoMOffeae Staeet *\ Passing SecONO Parish Churom PseafiNTEo BY SeiiaT C.E.Wa«d 2hD REOIMeWT CAMAOtAM AfiTlLLtfiY night. The late Lieut. -Col B. Van Htranben/ie, then. Deputy Adjutant General, being absent from the city, the command devolved upon I/ieut.-Col. A. A. Stevenson, commanding the Montreal Field Battery, but the next day Major General Sir Fred Middle ton, the G. O.C., caine down from Ottawa to supervise the arrangements, and expressed his satisfaction with what had been done. All of the city cori)s at this time turned out promptly, the interior organization being very complete as a rebiiildings, patrols were sent out through other parts of the city where trouble was feared. The whole regiment of the Royal Scots, accomjjanied by a magistrate, was despatched on patrol duty through a portion of the west end, returning to the regimental head(|uartcrs in the upper storey of the Bonsecours Market building, without incident. Quiet being restored in the city proper, most of the brigade was dismissed from active service, one regiment being kept on duty to supply guards for the armories and the exhibition buildings at Mile End. Some
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