Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery

N. 1^ GARRISON ARTILLKRY. 7"Ordered, that the Clark do prepare an advertisement to**send to the publick papers offering in the name of the cor-"poration 20 dollars reward to any person who shall discover"the offender or offenders to be paid on conviction."No further reports appear to have been received during thewinter and there was no further reference to the unfortunatesentinels. The alarm of the French revolution, however, had,among other things, caused the formation of a company ofartillery which has unbroken historical continuity with the organizationof today. It will be noticed that the term 'company'is used in referring to the artillery of that time. It was thenand until about 1862 continued to be the correct designationof artillery. It is a fact, worthy of note, that Captain Colville'scompany was organized only seventy-seven years later thanthe formation of that splendid regiment which shares in everyvictory of British arms and proudly writes ^Ubique' on its shield.The Royal artillery having been organized with two companiesclaim regimental history from 17 16, while their New Brunswickkinsman must be content with the record of a single companyuntil 1833. At first our company formed a part of the SaintJohn County militia and was accorded the honor due to artilleryof occupying the right flank at inspections and reviews.When the annual parade states were made up the staff officersand non-commissioned . officers were always included in thestate of the artillery. Another and a very special distinctionwas accorded to this company—that of wearing gold facingsinstead of those at that time usually worn by colonial corps.The personnel of the first muster-roll is an interesting studyto a resident of St. John. Many of the names are still borneby the descendants of the old artillerymen while others havecompletely died out. John Colville, the first captain, was a