The Origin and Services of the 3rd (Montreal)

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""He""He""field battery of artillery in Montreal I had not the slightest idea of taking any partin it,in fact had no special fancy for military work. I had my own business toattend to.One dayI was in the Mechanics Institute, in which I took a great interest,when a gentleman came up to me and said he wanted to speak to me for a moment.He said that he was organizing, under the authority of the government, a batteryof field artillery in Montreal, and he had been advised to see me. He added that hewanted me to assist him to organize the corps. I repliedat once that I had no ideaof meddling in military matters at all. He, however, persisted, and said that it wasthe duty of every loyal man to prepare to do his duty. There was every prospectof trouble with the United States, and it must come sooner or later, he said. Hepointed out that the men who were coming to the front across the lines wereactuated by a violent antipathy to everything British, and they appeared anxiousto pick a quarrel on the slightest pretext.added that as trouble was coming it would be better to belong to anorganized and disciplined corps when sent against an invader than to be one of anundisciplined mob. It would be better to have confidence in your comrades and tosuffer from the men in front than from those in the rear.This was Major W. F. Coffin, a man I had known, of course, but had had noprevious personal communication with. He, at the time, or shortly before, heldthe office of Joint Sheriff of Montreal with the late Mr. John Boston. He was amajor before the organization of the battery. He was certainly well up in militarymatters, and some years later he wrote a History of the War of 1812."urged me to consent, and on my still declining, he requested me to thinkit over for the night. I did giveit some slight thought, but soon decided that I hadno inclination for the work. But casually mentioning the matter to some of myfriends, they asked me what there was to hinder me joining. It appeared to be agood chance, and if I refused to avail myself of it I might regret it. Well, I methim again, and he said he hoped I had made up my mind to help him. I told himI did not think soldiering would suit me at all. I was just then pretty deeplyengrossed in business. I was a partner in a big printing establishment. We hadstarted the Sun in 1853, and it was still running. But the Major, at any rate,finally persuaded me to join,and at once began to talk over the questionof theorganization of the battery. He entered into an exposition of all the difficultiesahead. We wanted men of the right kind and we wanted men with horses. He hadspoken to many, and some had agreed to join. Others said they would if certainacquaintances would. We at once set to work to communicate with desirable men,and we made the best use of my printing office for sending out circulars, etc.Finally we obtained promises from many people, and the batterystarted withplenty of the very finest material at its disposal.Before speaking to me, the major had arranged for all his officers, and toldme that he regretted he had not known earlier that I would go in with him, for he24
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