Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery

N. B. GARRISON ARTILLERY. 65salute. On arriving at the St. John hotel His Excellency wasreceived by a guard of honor of the 36th Regiment, andanother salute was fired by Captain Robertson's Artillerycompany which was stationed on the King square.The birth of the Prince of Wales was celebrated on the8th December by the Royal troops firing a salute, but thenewspapers do not state whether there was any demonstrationby the militia.On the 17 th August of the next year a bazaar and exhibitionwas held in the Mechanics' Institute under the patronage ofLady Colebrooke. Upon the opening an address was readby Vice-President Jack and Sir William read an answer onbehalf of Lady Colebrooke. As Her Ladyship entered thehall a royal salute was fired by a detachment of the artilleryunder Major Nicholson, and the National Anthem was playedby the band of the 30th Regiment. It is interesting to notethat among the articles exhibited were working models of asteam engine projected by Lewis W. Durant and manufacturedby him and James G. Melick. The exhibition was onquite a large scale for those days. It aspired to the dignityof a picture gallery in which the place of honor was assignedto the portrait of Major Ward.In September of this year Major Lock's company of RoyalArtillery, then at St. John, was relieved by a detachment underCaptain Tuite. On the 12th of the month the St. Johndivision of militia artillery assembled for drill.The next year's militia orders show Charles J.Melick tohave succeeded to the command of the old company of 1793,which was about to celebrate its jubilee. The orders alsonote that in August the New Brunswick Regiment of Artillerysubscribed the sum of ^9 toward the rebuilding of the