Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery

f^OHISTORICAL RECORDS OF THEand Wallace ; No. 2 under Captain Ring, LieutenantsCarleton and Lander ; No. 3 under Captain Cunard, LieutenantsScott and Ewing ; No. 7 under Captain Gillespieand Lieutenant Fraser, and No. 10 under Captain Armstrongand Lieutenants King and Till. Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsellwas commandant of the camp ; Lieutenant D. G. Smithsupply officer, and 217 officers and men were under canvas.The force paraded to St. Paul's church on the 26th, and nextday Lieutenant-Governor Tilley and suite paid a 'visit to thecamp. The usual competition was held and resulted in thewinning by No. 10 of the first prize; Nos. 2 and 3 tied forthe second. No. 10 also won a cup presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Thurgar, and Quartermaster SergeantArmstrong ofNo. 3 won a silver medal presented by Lieutenant-ColonelThurgar, jr. During the camp Gunner Samuel McIntyreof No. 3 was taken ill, and his death in August caused sadnessto his comrades in their recollection of a pleasant camp.He was buried with military honors by his battery. The yearcloses with a more pleasant event in the marriage of CaptainCunard on 2nd December. The gallant captain entertainedthe men of No. 3 at supper on the evening preceding theceremony and received a royal salute from his congratulatorygunners. During the year No. 5 battery, Woodstock, wasmade a field battery and ceased to be connected with thebrigade. No. 9 battery, St. George, was transferred to theinfantry of Charlotte county, and No. 8 at St. Stephen hadbecome non-effective.The year 1875 i^ practically without record except that No.3 battery with its usual enterprise held a soiree in the PortlandTemperance hall which closed with a dance, about ninety couplesbeing on the floor.