The Origin and Services of the 3rd (Montreal)

"New""eight miles in length. It was a plank road, and in rather bad repair, butsusceptible of being mended. Major Stevenson was ordered, however, to proceed toPort Louis with the Battery by what was called the New Found Out Road",which would necessitate a detour of nearly double the distance. He was ordered tomarch half an hour ahead of the infantry, but he knew that, even with that start,his Battery could not make the extra distance in time. So he determined, ordersor no orders, that he would go by the direct road.First he sent on some men with a load of scantling and planks- to repair theworst breaks in the wooden roadway, and, sharp on time, the Battery started.Before coming to the point where the Found Out Road branched off fromthe direct road, Major Stevenson had tried to get the guide who had been told offto show the Battery the way, to consent to the change in route he contemplated.The guide refused, however, saying that if anything happened he would get intotrouble. The Major, however, said that he would take the responsibility, andwhen, on reaching the junction of the roads, the Battery kept right along, the guideurged no objection.The Battery arrived at the wharf without mishap. The mail steamer, onwhich it was to embark, had just arrived, and the Battery embarked at once.The men were enjoying an impromptu concert in the saloon when the staff andthe Victoria Rifles arrived. The astonished looks on the faces of Colonel Smith7and his officers when the} saw the Batter} all comfortably established on thein itself.steamer, was a studyThe names on the pay-roll for the eighteen days that the Battery was in activeservice at this time are as follows :Major, A. A. Stevenson; Captain, Win. McGibbon Second; Lieutenant, T. W.Boyd ; Surgeon, Geo. E. Fenwick; Sergeant-Major, C. White; QuartermasterSergeant, John Cooper; Sergeants, John Wilson, John T. Rickaby, Wm. Bauden;Farrier Sergeant, S. Culley ; Corporals, J.W. Wooding, Jas. K. Pollock, HughMclntosh, Thomas Lilley ; Bombardiers, J. H. McNider, W. H. Kerfut, James Yuill,M. T. Lang ; Trumpeter, A. Mclnnes; Gunners, Robt. Nicholson, Angus Mitchell,W. Wilkinson, Thomas Robinson, Chas. McGuaran, Richard McKeown, W. Cunningham, Jas. Griffin, Alex. Campbell, Richard Tearmouth, John Morrison, JamesSmith, John Jackson, William Bennett, Robert Inglis, Henry Corrigan, HughMackay, Wm. Grant, John Henderson, E. Cunningham, Moses Eadon, W T alterMcGrath, James Henderson, Ed. Morgan, Ed. Thompson, John Minnish, JohnMarsh, John P. Peavey, Benj. Robinson, Wm. Hardy, P. B. Ferguson, WilliamBurrell, William Willis, Thos. Wilkinson, Samuel Russell, C. Nimms, J.H.Hutchison, Wm. Nish, Wm. Ross; Drivers, I. S Pierot/, T. Potter, John Outhet,S. Cunningham, C. Cunningham, D. Cunningham, George Bruce, Fred. Bennett,Jas. Cunningham, J. Wigmore, Jno Clayton, P. McKillop, Daniel Wilson, Richard;Conway, Joseph Booth, Donald Munro, John Fraser, C. Fisher, James Saunders,J. Matthews. 50