The Origin and Services of the 3rd (Montreal)

"The corps on service were allowed, by the government, fifty cents per man aday for rations, and though the men of the Battery were so well fed, after payingfor everything, and giving liberal allowances to all who assisted in any way, theyreceived, after the service was over, twenty-five cents a day in cash, the savingsfrom their ration money, in addition to their pay of fifty cents a day.The batterymen were the envy of the rest of the force at Huntingdon onaccount of their good food.The Battery had so few men that a small infantry guard was told off each da}to do the guard duties at the artillery camp, and Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson,the other day, recalled the fact that, on one occasion, the corporal of the guard,which was furnished by the Victoria Rifles, was Mr. Arthur Ross, now the wellknown stock broker. He had had such a sickening experience with the govern-ADVANCING IN BATTERY COLUMN."ment rations, and found the Battery food so satisfactory that he requested that hebe told offpermanently with his squad to do the Battery guard duties, but in thishe was disappointed.The Battery had more or less excitement during the time it was at Huntingdon as a result of the circulation of startling rumours, but nothing really transpired. The men could not drill much on account of the weather. It poured intorrents most of the time, and, in the intervals, it was simply unbearably hot. Themen s faces and necks were badly blistered.The Battery came back to Montreal on the i8th, and glad enoughofficers andmen were. The Battery came back by steamboat from Port Louis on Lake St.Francis. To Port Louis there was a direct road from Huntingdon, some six or49