The Origin and Services of the 3rd (Montreal)

tinguished himself in connection with Stanley s last great expedition across theContinent of Africa. He joined the Field Battery as 2nd Lieutenant under Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson in 1885, the year of the North West Rebellion, when theBattery was very anxious to be sent to the front, and, as a matter of fact, expectedto be ordered out any day. The officers of the Battery at that time were Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, Captain Green, Lieutenant J. S. Hall, Surgeon G. E.Fenwick, and Veterinary Surgeon D. McEachran. Major Hooper obtained hiscaptaincy April 24th, 1891, and his majority Feb. 9, 1895.It was largely through Major Hooper s personal friendship that LieutenantPercy Girouard, at present of the Royal Engineers, became attached to the BatteryGROUP OK OFFICERS IN CAMP IN 1890SURGEON-MAJOR(.. K. KKNWICK LT.-COL. A. A. STKYENSON LT. PKRCY GIROVARD CAPTAIN ( ,EO. R. HOOI-KKI.T.-COI,. MONTIZAMBKRT MAJOR J. S. HAM, VET.-CAP. CIIAS. McKACHkANin 1890, and that fine young officer s picture figures in the photograph of the groupof the officers of the Battery taken in 1890. Lieutenant Gironard was, like MajorHooper, a graduate of the Royal Military College, but before many months servicein the Montreal Battery, he accepted a commission in the Royal Engineers. Hiswork in connection with the construction of the railway built in Egypt, to keep upthe communication between the base and the force operating for the re-conquest ofthe Soudan, is a matter of military history. He has had charge of the work, and70