Chapter XLII: Introduction: Military character of the Highlands (9)

“After a sojourn in Scotland of eighteen months, twelve of which have been passed in Edinburgh, the 42d Royal Highlanders departed yesterday from the city, taking with them the best wishes of the inhabitants. Since the arrival of the 78th Highlanders, immediately after the close of the Indian mutiny, such a degree of excitement as was displayed yesterday has not been witnessed in connection with any military event in the metropolis. It was generally known that 9 A.M. had been fixed for the evacuation of the Castle by the Highlanders, and long before that hour the Lawnmarket and the esplanade were crowded with an eager and excited multitude. At 9 o’clock the crowd increased fourfold, by the thousands of work-people, who, set free at that time, determined to spend their breakfast-hour in witnessing the departure of the gallant ‘Black Watch.’ At half-past nine, the regiment, which had assembled in heavy marching order in the Castle Square, began to move off under the command of Colonel M’Leod, the band playing ‘Scotland Yet,’ and afterwards ‘Bonnets o’ Blue.’ As the waving plumes were seen slowly wending down the serpentine path which leads to the esplanade, an enthusiastic and prolonged cheer burst from the spectators. As soon as the regiment had passed the drawbridge, a rush was made by the onlookers to get clear of the Esplanade. The narrow opening leading to the Lawnmarket was speedily blocked, and the manner in which the living mass swayed to and fro was most alarming--the din created by the crowd completely drowning the music of the band. The pressure of the crowd was so great that for a time the ranks of the regiment were broken, and a word of praise is due to the Highlanders for their forbearance under the jostling which they received from their perhaps too demonstratively affectionate friends. The line of route taken was Lawnmarket, Bank Street, the Mound, Hanover Street, Pitt Street, Brandon Street, to Inverleith Row, and thence by the highway to Granton. The whole way to the port of embarkation the regiment had literally to force its passage through the dense masses which blocked the streets, and every now and again a parting cheer was raised by the spectators. The crowd, as has already been mentioned, was the largest that has been seen in Edinburgh for many years, and has been roughly estimated as numbering from fifty to sixty thousand persons. During the march to Inverleith toll, the band played ‘Scotland for Ever,’ the ‘Red, White, and Blue,’ ‘Home, sweet Home,’ and ‘London’s bonnie Woods and Braes.’ Shortly after pressing through the toll, and when within a mile of Granton, the Highlanders were met by the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers), who were _en route_ to Edinburgh to succeed the ‘Black Watch’ as the garrison of the Castle. According to military custom, the junior regiment drew up alongside the roadway, and presented arms to the Highlanders, who fixed bayonets and brought their rifles to the shoulder as they marched past. At this interesting ceremony the band of the Highlanders played ‘Blue Bonnets over the Border,’ while that of the 90th struck up the ‘Gathering of the Grahams.’ Granton was reached about 11 o’clock, and as the Highlanders marched along the pier, ‘Auld Langsyne’ was appropriately played by the band. The slopes leading down to the harbour and the wharfs were thickly covered with spectators, who lustily cheered the Highlanders, and who showed the liveliest interest in the process of embarkation.”

VIII.

1817-1873.

Account of Variations in Dress of the Black Watch--Regimental
Pets--“Pincher”--“Donald the Deer”--“The Grenadiers’ Cat”--Monument
to Black Watch in Dunkeld Cathedral--Conclusion.

Before concluding our history of this, the oldest Highland regiment, we shall present a brief account of the variations which have from time to time taken place in the dress of the regiment, and wind up with short biographies of the regimental pets. For our information on both these matters, as well as for the greater part of the modern history of the regiment, we must again express our large indebtedness to the manuscript memorials of Lieutenant-Colonel Wheatley.

It is a curious study to note the many alterations that have taken place in the uniform of officers and men since 1817. In 1817 the officers had a short-skirted coatee, elaborately covered with rich gold lace, about nine bars on the breast over blue lappels, hooked in the centre. It was also thickly covered with lace on the collar, cuffs, and skirts. All ranks wore two heavy epaulets of rich bullion. The field officers only wore scarves, which were their distinguishing mark of rank. All the officers wore richly braided scarlet waistcoats, and frills plaited very small, the shirt collar well exposed above the black silk stock. Sky-blue cloth trousers, with a broad stripe of gold lace edged with scarlet was the usual parade uniform; and parade invariably took place morning and afternoon, every officer present, and in the above-mentioned uniform, and with feathered bonnet. The gold-laced trousers were abolished in 1823, and blue-gray substituted without lace, which was continued until 1829, when Sir Charles Gordon introduced the trews of regimental tartan, which were fringed round the bottom, and up the outer seams. The fringe system was continued for some years, when it was also done away with.

The undress in barracks was in general a light gray long frock coat; but leaving the barracks, the officers invariably appeared in the coatee and a tartan bonnet without feathers, with a short red heckle in front, confined by a gold ring about one-third up. This handy bonnet was also worn on the line of march with the coatee. It was replaced in 1824 by a tartan shako, with black silk cord ornaments and a heavy red ostrich plume, which again gave way to the regular forage cap in 1826, first introduced with a broad top, and stiff in appearance, with a small gold embroidered thistle in front. Before 1830, when the single-breasted blue frock-coat, without any shoulder ornaments, was introduced into the army, a richly braided blue frock-coat was worn; but it was optional. White Cashmere trousers, narrow at the ankles with a gold stripe edged with scarlet, silk socks, and long quartered shoes with buckles, was also permitted for the evening (about 1819-20).

Before the adoption of the tartan trousers, the officers’ dress was a strange mixture of Highland and line. For instance, at the guard mounting parade in Dublin in 1819-20, could anything, in the way of dress, be more absurd in a Highland regiment than to see the officers for the Castle guards in full Highland dress, and the five or six for other guards, the field officer, adjutant, quarter-master, and medical officer, in white Cashmere pantaloons, and short (under the knee) Hessian tassled boots, and that with a feathered bonnet? All officers for guard ought to have been in the full dress of the regiment, but it was put on by them with the greatest reluctance, and so seldom, that the officers could not dress themselves, and their remarks reached the barrack rooms, through their servants, which caused the dislike to the dress to descend to the men, and for years had the direct effect of causing the men to rail much against it. Since 1843, officers and men alike wear it on duty and on parade, which ought always to have been the case. In 1823-24 the officers all wore wings, rich and heavy, which were discontinued in 1830, by order, and epaulets, with bullion according to rank (for the first time) substituted; and it is a singular fact that the men were authorised to wear wings, by regulation, the same year; and still more singular, until the epaulets were abolished 25 years afterwards, the non-commissioned officers and men wore wings, and the officers epaulets. The laced lappels and braided waistcoats disappeared in 1830, when lace was generally done away with on the breast of the coat in the army. When the regiment returned from the Peninsula in 1814, from being so long in the field, the feathers had disappeared from the bonnet, and a little red feather on the front, the same as on a shako, had been adopted. When the bonnets were renewed, the rank and file were not allowed to have foxtails, under the impression that it caused an unsteady appearance in the ranks. Why not the officers and sergeants cause an unsteady appearance? Be that as it may, to the disgust of the men, and a source of amusement to all the other Highland regiments, was our “craw’s wing,” a wirework 8 inches above the cloth, covered with flats (almost free of anything like ostrich feathers) having a large unmeaning open gap at the right side, famous for catching the wind, which was ornamented with a large loose worsted tuft of white for the grenadiers, green for the light company, and red for the others. Yet this hideous thing was continued until the summer of 1821, when most willingly the men paid about thirty shillings each to have the addition of “foxtails;” yet these were a draw back, as the tails were not to hang lower than the top of the dice of the tartan. The grand point was, however, gained in getting rid of the frightful “craw’s wing,” and by degrees the tails descended to a proper length. At this time there were a variety of heckles worn in the bonnet, another piece of bad taste--white for the grenadiers, green for the light company, the band white, and the drummers yellow, with each of them two inches of red at the top, and the other eight companies (called battalion companies) red. On going to Dublin in 1825, from Buttevant, the colonel of the regiment, Sir George Murray, was the commander of the forces, and at the first garrison parade, noticing the extraordinary variety of heckles, asked an explanation as to the reason of any heckle being worn in the regiment other than the red, it being “a special mark of distinction,” and desired that all other colours should disappear. The next day every officer and man was in possession of a red heckle.

The white jacket was first worn with the kilt in 1821, which was considered at first to be very odd. Up to 1819, it was sometimes served out without sleeves; and when sleeves became general, the soldiers were charged 1s. 3d. for them, “for the colonel’s credit.” Until 1821 it was used as a waistcoat, or for barrack-room wear. It is still in use in the Guards and Highland regiments, notwithstanding its being a most useless article to the soldier. Instead of being used, it has to be carefully put up ready for the next parade. Moreover, why were the Guards and Highlanders left to suffer under it, when the reason for doing away with it in 1830 was--“It having been represented to the general commanding-in-chief, that the frequent use of dry pipe-clay, in the cleaning of the white jacket, is prejudicial to the health of the soldiers?” Surely the lungs of the Guards and Highlanders were as vulnerable as those of the rest of the army, and their health and lives equally precious. Many a time it was brought to notice; but “to be like the Guards” was sufficient to continue it. Yet there is no doubt the honour would be willingly dispensed with, and the getting rid of it would be much to the men’s comfort. Let us hope it will soon disappear, as well as the white coats of the band, still in use for all the army in 1873.

Until about 1840, never more than 4 yards of tartan were put into the kilt, and until lately, it never exceeded 4½ to 5. The plaid up to 1830 contained about 2½ yards, for no use or purpose but to be pushed up under the waist of the coat, taking from the figure of the man.

Until 1822, to have trousers was optional, even on guard at night. Many men were without them, and cloth of all colours, and fustian, was to be seen. From soon after the return of the regiment to Edinburgh after Waterloo, long-quartered shoes and buckles were worn on all occasions. The shoes were deserving of the name given to them--“toe cases.” To such a ridiculous extent was the use of shoes and buckles carried, that after a marching order parade, the spats had to be taken off, and buckles put on before being permitted to leave the barracks. The red and white hose cloth up to 1813 was of a warm, woolly, genial stuff; but, for appearance, a hard cold thin article was encouraged, and soon became so general, that it was finally adopted, and the warm articles put out of use. At this time the regiment was in Richmond Barracks, Dublin (1819-20), and, consequently had to go to the Royal Barracks for guard mounting, and often from a mile or two farther to the guard, in the shoe already described. In rainy weather, it was quite a common occurrence to see men reach the guard almost shoeless, with the hose entirely spoiled, and no change for twenty-four hours; yet, bad as this was, it had its consolation, that “it was better than breeches and leggings,” the guard and review dress for the infantry at this time. Had gaiters been taken into use, even in winter, and the strong shoe, it would have added much to the comfort of the men. The hose being made out of the piece, with coarse seams, were also badly adapted for the march, and not a man in twenty had half hose and socks. The soldier in general is thoughtless, and at this time no consideration for his comfort was taken by those whose duty it was do so, either in eating or clothing. As a proof of it, we have seen that no breakfast mess was established until 1819.

It was at Gibraltar, in the beginning of 1826, that the gaiters were taken into daily wear and for guard; and the frill, the pest of the men (because of the care that had to be taken of it), and the soldiers’ wives who did the washing. There were individuals who rejoiced in these frills, and to excel, paid from 2s. 6d. to 4s. for them. White leather pipe-clayed gloves were also part of the soldier’s dress at all parades, and “gloves off” became a regular word of command before “the manual and platoon.” In short, what with shoes and buckles, frills, a stock up to the ears, about six yards of garters on each leg, muskets with clear locks (burnished in many cases), and well bees-waxed stocks and barrels, they were a most singularly equipped set of soldiers. Yet such was the force of habit, and what the eye had been accustomed to, when the frills and buckles disappeared, many (officers) considered it as an unwarrantable innovation; but not so the soldiers, who derived more comfort from the change than can well be imagined.

In 1820, shoulder tufts, about four inches, were substituted for the smaller ones hitherto worn by the battalion companies. The following year they became a little longer. In 1824, though still short of a regular wing, a shell was added, but without lace, stiffened with pasteboard. In 1827 a little lace was added, and in 1830 the ambition of having wings was consummated, as it became regulation for the non-commissioned officers and men of Highland regiments to wear wings, although, as already mentioned, the officers continued to wear epaulets.

Patent leather chin straps were first used in 1822. Before that a few only had narrow tape, which was not always approved of, it resting upon the whim of the officers or sergeant-major.

Until about 1840, the lace on the coats of both cavalry and infantry was of great variety, a few corps having it all white, but, in general with a “worm” of one or two colours of from one-fifth to one-third of the breadth of the lace. The 42d wore white lace, with a red “worm” three-fourths of the white on one side of the red, and one-fourth on the other. The 73d had the same lace, continued from the time it was the 2d battalion of the regiment.

The breast, cuffs, collars, and skirts were covered with lace, the cause of much dry pipe-claying. Some corps had it with square bars, others in “frogs.” The 42d had the latter. Its abolition about 1830 was regretted by many, because it was an old-established custom, and also that it added much to the appearance of the sergeants’ uniform; but when it came to be worn at a cost of from six to seven pounds for lace and fringe, it was, without doubt, a hardship, and Sir Charles Gordon did well in abolishing it.[362]

All the staff-sergeants wore the turned-back blue lappels, barred with square lace, and hooked in the middle, which was particularly handsome, and much admired. They ceased to wear the silver at the same time as the others, more to their regret, as a coat served many of them for years. The sergeant-major and quarter-sergeant only continued it, being furnished to them, with handsome bullion wings, along with their clothing.

The only changes of late years have been the Highland jacket and dark hose, both for the better, and the bonnet much reduced in size, also a decided improvement, all introduced after the Crimean war. The kilt is also more ample, and better made, adding to the better figure and appearance of the men, who are in all better dressed at present (1873) than at any previous period. May they always continue to be the pattern, as they ought to be, to all the Highland regiments, and that not only in dress, but also in all the qualities of good soldiers.

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Out of the many pets of the regiment, we present our readers with the lives of these three, as being on the whole most worthy of record,--the dog “Pincher,” “Donald” the Deer, and the “Grenadiers’ Cat.”

“Pincher” was a small smooth-skinned terrier that attached himself to the regiment on the march in Ireland, at some stage near to Naas, its destination on coming home after the Peninsular war in 1814. Pincher was truly a regimental dog. If he had any partiality, it was slightly towards the light company. He marched to Kilkenny with the regiment, back from Naas, remained with it during the winter, and embarked for Flanders in the spring; went into action with it at Quatre Bras, and was wounded somewhat severely in the neck and shoulder, but, like a good soldier, would not quit the field. He was again in action at Waterloo, accompanied his regiment to Paris, and, amidst armies of all nations, Pincher never lost himself, came home, kept to his post, and went over to his native country in 1817. Late in that year, or early in 1818, he went with some men going on furlough to Scotland, who were landed at Irvine. Poor Pincher ran after some rabbits in an open warren, and was shot by a keeper, to the general grief of the regiment, when the intelligence reached it, which was not until one of the men returned from Scotland to join. In the meantime, Pincher had hardly been missed. There was some wonder at Armagh, and remarks made that Pincher was long on his rounds, but no anxiety regarding him, because it was well known, that from the time of his joining the regiment in 1814, it mattered not how many detachments were out from headquarters, in turn he visited them all; and it was often a matter of wonder how he arrived, and by what instinct he found them out. Poor Pincher was a good and faithful soldier’s dog, and, like many a good soldier, died an inglorious death. His memory was respected while his generation existed in the regiment.

“Donald” the Deer was with the depot which awaited the regiment when it went into Edinburgh Castle in September 1836 after landing at Granton from Corfu. He was a youth at the time, and not so formidable as to cause his antlers to be cut, which had to be done afterwards. He marched the three days to Glasgow in June 1837. He was somewhat mischievous that year, sometimes stopping the way when he chose to make his lair, or with the meddlers and intruders on the Green when the regiment was out at exercise. But it was in Dublin, in the summer of 1838, that Donald came out. Without any training, he took his place at the head of the regiment alongside of the sergeant-major. Whether marching to and from the Phœnix Park for exercise, marching out in winter, or at guard mounting on the day the 42d furnished the band and staff, Donald was never absent. He accompanied the regiment to all garrison field-days, went to feed until the time came for going home, was often a mile from them, but always at his post when the time came. With one exception, about the third field-day, the 79th were there for the first time, and Donald trotted up to them when marching off. He somehow discovered his mistake, and became uneasy and bumptious, and on reaching Island Bridge, when the 79th had to turn off to Richmond Barracks, declined to accompany his new friends any farther. Colonel Ferguson desired half a dozen men to hand over their muskets to their comrades, and to drive Donald towards the Royal Barracks. He went willingly, and happened to rejoin his own corps at the Park gate, evidently delighted. He never committed a similar mistake. When the regiment had the duty, he invariably went with the guard to the Castle; and whether going or coming, the crowd was always dense, although a daily occurrence, but Donald made his way, and kept it clear too, and the roughs knew better than to attempt to annoy him. Indeed, he has been known to single out an individual who did so, and give chase after him through the crowd. There was never any concern about him, as he could well defend himself. The Greys were in the Royal Barracks with the 42d, and permitted Donald to make his bed, even by tossing down their litter, fed him with oats daily, &c. But early in 1839 the Greys left, and the Bays succeeded them. It was very soon evident that Donald and the new comers did not understand each other. The Bays would not allow him to make his bed, nor did they give oats, and Donald declared war against all Bays, when and wherever they came near him, till at last a Bay man could hardly venture to cross the Royal square, without looking out that Donald was out of the way. It gave rise to a clever sketch made on the wall of the officers’ room at the Bank guard of the “Stag at Bay,” where Donald was represented as having one of them up against a wall. In May 1839, he made nine days’ march to Limerick, although very footsore and out of temper, and woe to the ostlers in the hotel-yard who interfered with him after a day’s march. Donald had another failing, which his countrymen are accused of, which was a great liking for whisky or sherry. He suffered after a debauch, and it was forbidden to indulge Donald in his liking in that way. At Limerick, as soon as the officers’ dinner pipe went, he made his way to the mess-room windows, which were on the ground floor, to look for sherry, until a high fine had to be made on any one who gave it to him. Donald afterwards marched to Templemore, and finally to Cork. He had by this time become so formidable in his temper, particularly to strangers, that it was clear he could not be taken on board a ship to Corfu, even if the captain of the troopship would permit it; and, to the regret of all, it was decided that Donald must be transferred to strangers. Colonel Johnstone arranged with Lord Bandon, who promised that Donald should have the run of his fine park at Bandon Castle while he lived, and it was Donald’s own fault that it was not so. It was really an effecting sight to see poor Donald thrown over and tied with ropes by those he loved so well, and put into a cart to be carried off. His cries were pitiful, and he actually shed tears, and so did some of his friends, for Donald was a universal favourite. Thus the regiment parted with dear old Donald, and nothing more was heard of him for many years.

In 1862, nearly 22 years afterwards, Lieutenant-Colonel Wheatley being appointed to the Cork district, soon after arriving at Cork, took steps to ascertain the subsequent history of Donald. The reply was, “That from the day he was set at liberty in the park, he declined having any intercourse with either man or beast. That summer and winter he kept in out-of-the-way places to which no one could approach; and that there had been so many complaints against him, that about the end of two years his lordship reluctantly sanctioned his being shot.” Poor Donald! the regiment and its ways was the only home he ever knew, and his happiness left him when separated from it. So has it been with many others besides Donald.

The “Grenadier’s Cat” was picked up by the company in one of the encampments in Bulgaria, probably in Gevrecklar, and was embarked at Varna for the Crimea. Having seen it at the bivouac at Lake Touzla, Lieutenant-Colonel Wheatley was induced, after the action at Alma had commenced, to ask what had become of poor puss, when one of No. 1 company called, “It is here, sir,” and opening his haversack, the animal looked out quite contented. It was shut up again, and on making inquiry next morning, it was found that “Bell” had escaped both death and wounds, and was amongst them in the bivouac, well taken care of in so far as having an ample share of the rations. It appears that the man who carried the cat and took care of it, was exempted by the company from fatigue duties, or his turn of carrying the cooking-kettles, &c. Like all the pets, it did not come to a peaceful end. It finally became an inmate of the regimental hospital, being the only quiet place to be found for it, got worried, and died at Balaclava. Such was the end of Bulgarian “Bell,” the only instance, probably, of a cat going into action.

On 2d April 1872 took place one of the most interesting events in connection with the history of the Black Watch, viz., the unveiling in Dunkeld Cathedral of a magnificent monument (a plate of which we give) to the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment, who fell in war from the creation of the regiment to the close of the Indian mutiny. The monument, which had been in preparation for several years, was subscribed for by the officers of the regiment, and was executed by Mr John Steell, R.S.A., the celebrated Scottish sculptor. It is placed in the vestibule of the cathedral, at the east end of the choir, and is the largest and one of the finest mural monuments ever erected in Scotland.

The monument, as we have indicated, is a mural one, having for its principal feature a beautiful piece of sculpture in _alto relievo_. As originally designed by the artist, this composition was on a comparatively small scale. When, however, the sketch came to be submitted to the officers of the regiment, they were so much pleased with the idea embodied in it that they resolved to have the figures executed of life size, and increased their contributions accordingly. Standing out against a large pointed panel of white marble, the sculptured group, which is worked out in the same material as the background, represents an officer of the 42d visiting a battle-field at the close of an engagement to look for some missing comrade. The point of time selected is the moment in which the searcher, having just discovered the body of his friend, stands with uncovered head, paying mute homage to departed valour. The central figure of the composition is admirably modelled, the expression of the soldier’s countenance being in fine keeping with the calm and subdued tone which pervades the whole work. On the left, beneath the remains of a shattered gun-carriage, lies the body of a young ensign, his hand still grasping the flag he had stoutly defended, and his face wearing a peaceful expression, as befitted a man who had died at his post. Other accessories combine with those just mentioned to suggest the grim realities of war; but the artist has so toned his composition that the mind is insensibly led to dwell on that other aspect of the battlefield in which it speaks of danger braved and duty nobly done. A slab underneath the sculpture bears the following inscription:--

IN MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS,
AND
PRIVATE SOLDIERS
OF THE
42D ROYAL HIGHLANDERS--THE BLACK WATCH--
_WHO FELL IN WAR_
FROM
THE CREATION OF THE REGIMENT
TO
THE CLOSE OF THE INDIAN MUTINY,
1859.
THE TEN INDEPENDENT COMPANIES OF THE FREACADAN
DUBH, OR BLACK WATCH, WERE FORMED INTO A
REGIMENT ON THE 25TH OCTOBER 1739, AND THE
FIRST MUSTER TOOK PLACE IN MAY 1740,
IN A FIELD BETWEEN TAYBRIDGE
AND ABERFELDY.

Here, ’mong the hills that nursed each hardy Gael,
Our votive marble tells the soldier’s tale;
Art’s magic power each perished friend recalls,
And heroes haunt these old Cathedral walls.

_Erected by the Officers of the Corps._
1872.

On either side of the above inscription are recorded the names of the hard-fought fields in which the regiment gained its enviable reputation. How many memories are recalled as one reads the long roll of historic battle-grounds--“Fontenoy, Flanders, Ticonderoga, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Havannah, Egypt, Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo, Alma, Sebastopol, Lucknow!” The selection of a site for the monument was determined by considerations connected with the history of the regiment. The gallant 42d having been originally drawn chiefly from Perthshire, it was felt to be appropriate that the memorial intended to commemorate its fallen heroes should be erected in that county; and all will concur in the propriety of the arrangement by which a shrine has been found for it within the venerable Cathedral of Dunkeld.

For the following account of the ceremony we are indebted to the _Scotsman_ of 3d April 1872:--

A detachment of the 42d, under the command of Major Macpherson, had been sent down from Devonport to perform the ceremony of handing over the monument to the custody of the Duke of Athole, and also to place over it the colours under which the regiment had fought on many a bloody field. In the vestibule of the cathedral were the Duke and Duchess of Athole, the Duchess Dowager of Athole, and many other distinguished persons.

Upon entering the vestibule, Major Macpherson, younger of Cluny, placed the old colours of the regiment over the monument. He then requested the Duchess-Dowager to unveil the monument; which having been done,

Major Macpherson said--May it please your Grace, ladies, and gentlemen--We, a detachment of the 42d Royal Highlanders, have come here to deposit the old colours of the regiment in Dunkeld Cathedral--a place which has been selected by the regiment as the most fitting receptacle for the colours of the 42d--a regiment which has been essentially connected with Perthshire. In the name of the officers of the regiment, I have to express to his Grace the Duke of Athole our kindest thanks for the great interest he has taken in this memorial, which I have had the too great honour to ask the Duchess-Dowager to unveil; and if I may be allowed, I would express to your Grace the kindest thanks of the regiment for the great interest the late Duke of Athole took in this monument.

The Duke of Athole then said--You have this day paid a great compliment to the county of Perth, and to this district in particular. By the placing of this beautiful monument in our cathedral you have enhanced its value, and by placing over it your time and battle-worn colours. I can assure you we shall value the possession of this monument excessively, and do our utmost to preserve it from all harm. I trust that the cloud which is now hanging over the connection between the 42d and Perthshire will yet be dispelled, and that the old ties may not be broken, and that we may yet see the ‘Freiceadan Dubh’ localised in Perth.[363] I need not allude to the services of the 42d--they are far too well known to require comment on my part. One of the earliest colonels of the regiment was one of my own family--Lord John Murray; and at different times a great many men from Athole have served in your ranks. Members of almost every large family in Athole have at one time or other been officers in the corps. Many relatives and friends of my own have likewise served with the regiment. His Grace concluded by asking Major Macpherson to convey to the officers of the 42d the thanks of the county of Perth for the honour they had done to the county.

At the close of the proceedings a salute of 21 guns was fired from a battery placed on Stanley Hill.

After the ceremony the Duchess-Dowager entertained a select party at her residence to lunch. The detachment of the 42d and the Athole Highlanders at the same time partook of dinner in the Servants’ Hall. When the dinner had been concluded, the Duchess-Dowager, the Duke and Duchess of Athole, and party, entered the Servants’ Hall, where the Dowager-Duchess proposed the health of the 42d, a detachment of which regiment had come such a long distance in order to place their beautiful colours in the Cathedral of Dunkeld. Her Grace having made a touching allusion to the various battles in which the colours had been borne, remarked that there was no better place where the regiment could lodge them than the old historical cathedral of the city where the corps was chiefly raised. The colours had been given in charge to the Athole Highlanders, and she was sure that they would be as proud to look upon them hanging on the walls of the Cathedral as the 42d themselves would be to see them in the midst of battle, and she might assure the detachment that the utmost care would be taken of them.

Major Macpherson returned thanks on behalf of the officers and men of the 42d. He stated that the officers had taken a vote as to where the colours should be lodged, and the majority were in favour of having them placed over this monument in Dunkeld Cathedral, on the banks of the Tay, where the regiment was originally formed. He begged, on behalf of the officers and men, to thank her Grace for the exceedingly kind reception which had been accorded to them during their stay in Dunkeld, and concluded by calling upon the men to drink to the health of the Duchess-Dowager of Athole. The original colours of the 42d are in the Tower of London.

The colours placed in Dunkeld Cathedral were carried through the Crimean campaign and the Indian Mutiny. The colours which the regiment presently possesses were presented by the Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot in 1871.

In the autumnal manœuvres of 1871, the Black Watch, as might be surmised, performed their part brilliantly, and to the satisfaction and gratification of all present, the foreign officers especially awarding them the palm as models in every respect of what soldiers ought to be; indeed, their praises were in the mouths of all.

In September 1871 the regiment went to Devonport; and when, in February 1873, in accordance with the scheme for the establishment of military centres, the 42d were allocated to Perth in conjunction with the 79th, we believe both corps felt the greatest gratification, as they had stood “shoulder to shoulder” in many a hard-fought field, always indeed in the same brigade--in Egypt, the Peninsula, Waterloo, the Crimea, and last of all in the Indian Mutiny.

We cannot help expressing our gratification at being able to present our readers with a group of authentic steel portraits of four of the most eminent Colonels of the Black Watch. That of the first Colonel, John, Earl of Crawford, is from the original in the possession of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, at Haigh Hall, Wigan. The Earl is represented in a Russian or Hungarian dress. That of Sir George Murray, so long and intimately associated with the regiment, is from an original painting by H. W. Pickersgill, R.A. The portrait of Sir John Macdonald, his successor, is taken from the original in possession of Mrs Burt, Edinburgh: And that of the present brave and much respected Colonel, Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, from a photograph taken expressly for this work; and Sir Duncan’s modest reluctance, we ought to say, to allow his portrait to be published, was not easily overcome.

Here may we fitly end the story of the brave Black Watch, which nearly a century and a half ago was originated not far from Perth by the chivalry of the North. In these later days of rapid advance in military science, when the blind enthusiasm of our forefathers is spoken lightly of, have the highest military authorities come to the conclusion, after much discussion and cogitation, that it is wise after all to give way occasionally to sentiment; and thus have they been led to assign to the old Black Watch, after a glorious but chequered career, a permanent recruiting home in the country of its birth, not many miles from the spot where it was first embodied.

SUCCESSION LISTS OF COLONELS, FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS, &c.

COLONELS.

John, Earl of Crawford, 25th October 1739.
Hugh Lord Sempill, 14th January 1741.
Lord John Murray, 25th April 1745.
Sir Hector Munro, K.B., 1st June 1787.
George, Marquis of Huntly, 3d January 1806.
John, Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.B., 29th January 1820.
The Right Hon. Sir George Murray, G.C.B., G.C.H., 6th September 1823.
Removed to the First, or the Royal Regiment of Foot, on the
29th December 1843.
Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B., 15th January 1844.
Died 28th March 1850.
Sir James Douglas, K.C.B., 10th April 1850.
Died 6th March 1862.
George, Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., 7th March 1862.
Removed to 2d Life Guards 9th September 1863.
Major General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, K.C.B., 9th September
1863.
Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, K.C.B., joined the Regiment in 1825
as Ensign, and has never served in any other.--He was appointed
Brigadier in
Turkey, (local rank) on the 24th October 1854.
Major-General, (local) 5th October 1855.
Major-General, (local) in England, 24th July 1856.
Major-General, 25th March 1859.
Colonel of the 42d, 9th Sept. 1863.
Lieutenant-General, 1st May 1868.

He served throughout the Eastern campaign of 1854-1855; commanded the regiment at the battle of Alma, and the Highland Brigade at the battle of Balaklava, on the expedition to Kertch--Siege and fall of Sebastopol and assault on the outworks 18th June--Was appointed president of the Council of Education in 1857--Commander-in-chief in Scotland in 1860--Commander of the forces in New Zealand, with the local rank of Lieut.-General 1861, and of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand in 1863--Governor of The Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1865, which he still holds (1873).

LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Sir Robert Munro, 25th October 1739.
Promoted to Colonelcy Ponsonby’s Regiment, 17th June 1745.
John Monroe, 17th July 1745.
Died in 1749.
John Campbell, 24th May 1749.
Promoted to Colonelcy of 56th Foot, 23d December 1755.
Francis Grant, 17th December 1755.
Promoted to be Colonel-Commandant of 90th Regiment, 19th
February 1762.
Gordon Graham, 9th July 1762.
Retired 12th December 1770.
Thomas Græme, 12th December 1770.
Retired 7th September 1771.
Thomas Stirling, 7th September 1771.
Promoted to 71st Regiment, 13th February 1782.
Norman Macleod, 21st March 1780.
Removed to 73d in 1786, which regiment was formed from second
battalion of the 42d Regiment.
Charles Graham, 28th April 1782.
Promoted to a regiment serving in the West Indies, 30th
November 1796.
William Dickson, 1st September 1795.
Retired 3d March 1808.
James Stewart, 14th December 1796.
Retired 19th September 1804.
James Stirling, 7th September 1804.
Promoted to rank of Major-General, 4th June 1814.
Robert Lord Blantyre, 19th September 1804.
Exchanged to half-pay, late Eighth Garrison Battalion, 6th
May 1813.
John Farquharson, 3d March 1808.
Retired 16th April 1812.
Robert Macara, 16th April 1812.
Killed in action, 16th June 1815.
Sir George Leith, Bart, 6th May 1813.
Placed on Half-pay, 25th December 1814.
Robert Henry Dick, 18th June 1815.
Exchanged to Half-pay, 25th November 1828.
Honourable Sir Charles Gordon, 25th November 1828.
William Middleton, 23d October 1835.
George Johnstone, 23d August 1839.
Henry Earl of Uxbridge, 5th September 1843.
Duncan Alexander Cameron, 5th September 1843.
James Macdougall, 14th April 1846.
Charles Dunsmure, 15th February 1850.
Thomas Tulloch, 9th March 1855.
Alexander Cameron, 9th October 1855.
George Edward Thorold, 28th July 1857.
Frederick Green Wilkinson, 5th March 1858.
Edward Ramsden Priestley, 10th August 1858.
John Chetham M’Leod, 26th March 1868.

The Lieut.-Colonels from 1815 are also included in the general
alphabetical list.

MAJORS.

George Grant, 25th October 1739.
Died in 1742.
James Colquhoun, 24th June 1742.
Retired in 1745.
Francis Grant, 1st October 1745.
Promoted December 17, 1755.
Duncan Campbell, 17th December 1755.
Killed at Ticonderoga.
Gordon Graham, 17th July 1758.
Promoted July 9, 1762.
John Reid, 1st August 1759.
Exchanged to half-pay, February 10, 1770.
John M’Neil, 9th July 1762.
Died in 1762.
Allan Campbell, 15th August 1762.
Placed on half-pay on the reduction of the regiment, March
18, 1763.
John Murray, 10th February 1770.
Retired March 31, 1770.
Thomas Græme, 31st March 1770.
Promoted December 12, 1770.
Thomas Stirling, 12th December 1770.
Promoted September 7, 1771.
William Murray, 7th September 1771.
Promoted to Twenty-seventh Regiment, October 5, 1777.
William Grant, 5th October 1777.
Retired August 25, 1778.
Charles Graham, 25th August 1778.
Promoted April 28, 1782.
Patrick Graham, 21st March 1780.
Died October 22, 1781.
Walter Home, 28th April 1782.
Retired March 16, 1791.
John Campbell, 23d October 1781.
Died March 23, 1784.
Hay Macdowall, 24th March 1784.
Removed in 1786 to Seventy-third, which corps was formed from
second battalion Forty-second Regiment.
George Dalrymple, 16th March 1791.
Promoted to Nineteenth Foot, December 31, 1794.
William Dickson, 14th January 1795.
Promoted September 1, 1795.
Robert Pigot Christie, 1st September 1795.
Died June 23, 1796.
William Munro, 2d September 1795.
Promoted to Caithness Legion Fencibles, October 21, 1795.
James Stewart, 21st October 1795.
Promoted December 14, 1796.
Alexander Stewart, 24th June 1796.
Retired September 7, 1804.
James Stirling, 14th December 1796.
Promoted September 7, 1804.
John Farquharson, 9th July 1803.
Promoted March 3, 1808.
Archibald Argyll Campbell, 9th July 1803.
Died in February 1809.
Charles Macquarie, 7th September 1804.
Retired May 2, 1811.
James Grant, 7th September 1804.
Retired November 14, 1805.
Robert Macara, 14th November 1805.
Promoted April 16, 1812.
Thomas Johnston, 3d March 1808.
Exchanged to half-pay, Bradshaw’s Levy, July 14, 1808.
Robert Henry Dick, 14th July 1808.
Promoted June 18, 1815.
Hamilton Rose, 9th February 1809.
Died in October 1811.
William Munro, 2d May 1811.
Exchanged to half-pay, Royal Regiment of Malta, May 30, 1811.
William Cowell, 30th May 1811.
Retired April 8, 1826.
Maxwell Grant, 10th October 1811.
Placed on half-pay, December 25, 1814.
Robert Anstruther, 16th April 1812.
Placed on half-pay, December 25, 1814.
Archibald Menzies, 18th June 1815.
James Brander, 8th April 1826.
William Middleton, 15th August 1826.
John Malcolm, 25th December 1828.
Hugh Andrew Fraser, 3d December 1829.
George Johnstone, 4th May 1832.
James Macdougall, 23d October 1835.
Duncan Alexander Cameron, 23d August 1839.
Charles Dunsmure, 5th September 1843.
Daniel Frazer, 14th April 1846.
George Burell Cumberland, 15th February 1850.
Thomas Tulloch, 20th May 1853.
John Cameron Macpherson, 29th December 1854.
The Honourable Robert Rollo, 5th January 1855.
Alexander Cameron, 24th April 1855.
Charles Murray, 10th August 1855.
Frederick Green Wilkinson, 9th October 1855.
Andrew Pitcairn, 12th September 1856.
Edward Ramsden Priestley, 17th July 1857.
John Chetham M’Leod, 16th March 1858.
John Drysdale, 10th August 1858.
Duncan Macpherson, 5th July 1865.
Francis Cunningham Scott, 26th March 1868.

The Majors from 1815 are also included in the alphabetical list.

PAYMASTERS.

John Home, 21st March 1800--the first appointment of that rank to
the Regiment.
Alexander Aitken, 25th December 1818.
Charles Wardell, 22d February 1821.
Stephen Blake, 3d July 1828.
William A. M’Dougall, 23d August 1833.
John Wheatley, 12th October 1838.
James A. Bazalgette, 24th April 1855.
Frank Samwell, 15th Dec. 1869.

ADJUTANTS.

Gilbert Stewart, 25th October 1739.
Lieut. James Grant, 26th June 1751.
“ Alexander Donaldson, 20th March 1759.
“ John Gregor, 27th August 1760.
“ William Gregor, 22d October 1761.
“ Duncan Cameron, 6th October 1762.
“ John M’Intosh, 1st November 1768.
“ Hugh Fraser, 20th March 1776.
“ Robert Leslie, (2d Battalion), 21st March 1780.
“ John Farquharson, 6th April 1791.
“ John Fraser, 5th October 1795.
“ Simon Fraser, 21st March 1800.
“ James Walker, 5th April 1801.
“ Archibald Menzies, 9th July 1803.
“ James Hunter, 28th September 1804.
“ James Swanson, 6th June 1805.
“ John Innes (Killed at Orthes), 8th December 1808.
“ James White, 8th June 1809.
“ Colin M’Dougall, 13th February 1812.
Lieutenant James Young, from 18th March 1814.
Lieutenant James Robertson, 14th September 1815.
Ensign (from Sergeant Major) William Duff, 14th April 1825.
Lieutenant William Dick Macfarlane, 16th July 1829.
Ensign (from Acting Sergeant-Major) John Wheatley, 20th July 1832.
Ensign Duncan Cameron, 30th October 1838.
Lieut. Atholl Wentworth Macdonald, 8th May 1840.
Lieut. Archibald Colin Campbell, 31st March 1843.
Lieut. Thomas Robert Drummond Hay, 24th January 1845.
Lieutenant Andrew Pitcairn, 28th August 1846.
Lieut. William John Cunninghame, 9th March 1849.
Ensign John Drysdale, 25th June 1852.
Ensign (from Quarter-Master) William Wood, 16th February 1855.
Lieutenant James Edmund Christie, 4th May 1863.
Andrew Gilbert Wauchope, 5th April 1870.

The Adjutants from 1814 are also included in the alphabetical list.

QUARTERMASTERS FROM 1795.

David Rawlins, 5th October 1795.
Donald M’Intosh, 9th July 1803.
Finlay King, from Sergt. Major, 31st December 1818.
Edward Patou, from Quarter-Master Sergt., 19th June 1840.
Charles Fraser, from Ensign, 28th August 1846.
William Wood, from Sergeant-Major, 5th May 1854.
Alexander M’Gregor, from Quarter-Master Sergeant, 25th May 1855.
John Simpson, V.C. from Quarter-Master Sergeant, 7th October 1859.

All, with the exception of the first, are included in the general
alphabetical list.

SUCCESSION OF SURGEONS FROM 1800.

Alexander Grant, 26th September 1795.
Swinton Macleod, 9th July 1803.
Brinsley Nicholson, M.D., 15th November 1829.
James Paterson, M.D. 19th June 1835.
James M’Gregor, 26th February 1841.
John Gillespie Wood, M.D. 12th March 1852.
John Sheldon Furlong, M.D. 9th February 1855.
James Edmund Clutterbuck, M.D. 14th June 1864.

All, with the exception of the first, are included in the general
alphabetical list.

SUCCESSION OF SERGEANT-MAJORS.

Sergeant-Major James, was killed in action at Toulouse, 10th April
1814.
Sergeant-Major Perie, was killed in action at Quatre Bras
(Waterloo), on the 16th June 1815.
Finlay King, 16th June 1815, to Quarter-Master, 1818.
William Duff, 31st December 1818, to Adjutant, 1825.
John Macdonald, 14th April 1825. Discharged to pension, 10th
December 1834. Died the following year.
John Wheatley, appointed Acting, on the 15th November 1827; at the
regiment (the Sergeant-Major being at the Depot), to Adjutant,
1832.
Thomas Penny, acting with service companies, from 20th July
1832--Sergeant-Major, 11th December 1834. Discharged to Pension
1839. Died at Glasgow 15th February 1865.
Charles Fraser, 12th December 1839, to Ensign, 1843.
Alexander Geddes, appointed to Reserve Battalion 1st April 1843.
Discharged to Pension 22d October 1851--appointed Quarter-Master
of the Perth Militia 22d November 1856.
John Drysdale, 5th September 1843, to Ensign, 1847.
James Ranken, 22d June 1847. Discharged to Pension 10th November
1853. Quarter-Master Argyll Militia 14th April 1869.
William Wood, 11th November 1853, to Quarter-Master, 1854.
John Wilson, 5th May 1854, to Ensign, 1854.
William Lawson, 10th August 1854, to Ensign, 1854.
John Granger, 18th January 1855, to Lieutenant Land Transport
Corps, 1855.
Peter White, 7th September 1855. Discharged to Pension 25th July
1865.
John Forbes, 26th July 1865.

The Sergeant-Majors who were promoted to be Officers are included in
the general alphabetical list.

LIST OF OFFICERS

_Who have served in the 42d Royal Highlanders, “The Black Watch,”
from the date of the Muster taken at Armagh on the 28th of May
1817, the day of marching in from Glasgow, for the period ended
on the 24th of May up to the 31st of December 1872._[364] From
Lieut.-Colonel Wheatley’s MS.

Abercromby, Samuel Douglas, Lieut.--3d June 1842, Ensign. Died at
Bermuda 16th May 1847.

Ainslie, Montague, Ensign, 20th May 1843. Died at Gosport, 18th Oct.
1853.

Aitken, Alex., Paymaster, 25th Dec. 1818.--Half-pay 7th February
1821. Died at Brighton, 13th May 1871.

Aitken, Walker, Lieut.--3d Dec. 1861, Ensign--Lieut. 19th Dec. 1865.

Alexander, Sir James Edward, Major-General.--9th March 1832,
Captain--Half-Pay 24th April 1838.

Allan, Fife, Ensign 23d Sept. 1855. Retired 12th Dec. 1856.

Baird, William, Bt.-Major.--17th Nov. 1854, Ensign--Captain 22d May
1857--Bt.-Major 5th July 1872.

Balfour, James William, Captain.--2nd March 1847, Ensign. On
Reduction to 89th, Lieut. Retired Captain from 7th Dragoon Guards
16th June 1857.

Balguy, Charles Yelverton.--24th Feb. 1854, Captain from 41st.
Retired 24th April 1855.

Barnett, John Osborne, Lieut.--16th Nov. 1841, Ensign. Retired 12th
Nov. 1847.

Bayly, Richard Kerr, Captain.--16th Mar. 1855, Ensign--Captain 5th
July 1865.

Bazalgette, James Arnold.--24th April 1855,
Paymaster.--Half-pay--1869.

Beales, William, Lieut.-Colonel.--24th April 1838, Captain--To
Half-Pay 30th August 1844, Captain. Died at St Heliers, Jersey, on
retired full pay, 23d April 1868.

Bedingfield, William.--9th Dec. 1862, Ensign from 58th Regiment--To
7th Hussars, Cornet, 22d Nov. 1864.

Bennett, William Henry.--27th May 1853, Lieut. from 30th Regiment.
Retired 11th May 1855.

Berwick, William Alex., Lieut.--17th Feb. 1869, Ensign from 16th
Foot.--Lieut. 28th Oct. 1871.

Bethune, Alex, (of Blebo), Lieut.--20th May 1842, Ensign. Retired 2d
March 1847.

Black, Wilsone, Major.--11th August 1854, Ensign--Half-pay on
reduction, 9th Jan. 1857--To 6th Foot 17th Nov. 1857--Brevet-Major
14th April 1873.

Blake, Stephen, Paymaster.--3d July 1828, Paymaster--Exchanged to
7th Fusiliers 23d Aug. 1833. Died Paymaster of the 93d at Dublin,
5th Oct. 1848.

Borrowes, Peter Robert.--2d Sept. 1845, Lieut, from 13th Foot.
Retired 16th June 1848. Died in Dublin 1854.

Bosworth, Percie Mackie, Lieut.--23d March 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 2d
Oct. 1855. Died at Nynee, India, 19th June 1858.

Boyle, Robert, Captain.--5th April 1806, Ensign--Half-Pay 31st May
1821. Died in London 11th July 1821.

Bramly, Alfred Jennings, Lieut.--15th March 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 2d
Oct. 1855. Killed in action at Rooyah, India, 15th April 1858.

Bramly, Henry Jennings, Lieut.--30th Dec. 1859, Ensign. Retired
Lieut. 3d March 1865. Died at Tunbridge Wells 19th Feb. 1870.

Brander, James, Major.--14th Dec. 1809, Ensign--To Half-pay,
Lieut.-Colonel, 15th Aug. 1826. Died at Pitgaveny House, Elgin, 23d
March 1854.

Brereton, Robert, Captain.--8th Dec. 1825, Captain, to Half-pay 9th
March 1832. Retired 12th May 1842.--Dead.

Brickenden, Richard H. Lambert, Lieut.--18th July
1865, Ensign--Lieut. 11th Jan. 1867.

Brooke, Henry, Ensign.--5th Aug. 1859. Retired 9th Dec. 1862.

Brophy, N. Winsland, Lieut.--30th Jan. 1866, Ensign from 6th
Regiment--Lieut. 17th March 1869.

Cameron, Alexander, Lieut.-Colonel.--24th Feb. 1832, Ensign. Died
Lieut.-Colonel Commanding at Bareilly, India, 9th Aug. 1858.

Cameron, Duncan (of Inverailort), Lieut.--23d Oct. 1835, Ensign.
Retired 8th May 1840.

Cameron, Sir Duncan Alexander, Lieut.-General.--8th April 1825,
Ensign--In the Regiment until promoted to Major-General in
1855--Colonel of the Regiment 9th Sept. 1863.

Cameron, Wm. Gordon, C.B., Colonel.--24th May 1844, Ensign--To
Grenadier Guards, Lieut. 12th May 1847--4th Foot, Major, 23d Oct.
1857--Lieut.-Colonel 1st April 1873.

Campbell, Archibald (of Glendaruel), Captain.--26th Nov. 1825,
Ensign. Retired Captain 6th March 1840.

Campbell, Arch. Colin (Renton), Brevet-Major.--24th Feb. 1837,
Ensign. Retired Captain and Brevet-Major 7th Sept. 1855. Died at
Mordington House, Berwickshire, 23d Nov. 1866.

Campbell, Colin (Southhall family), Lieut.--8th April 1826, Ensign.
Retired Lieut. 27th Sept. 1839. Died at Auchan, Isle of Man, 10th
Oct. 1859.

Campbell, Colin George (of Stonefield), Lieut.--31st Dec. 1829,
Ensign. Retired Lieut. 24th April 1838.

Campbell, Farquhard (of Aros), Captain.--30th Nov. 1838, Ensign.
Retired Captain 26th Oct. 1849.

Campbell, George Frederick, Lieut.--11th Jan. 1867, Ensign--Lieut.
25th March 1871, to 51st Regiment 31st Oct. 1871.

Campbell, John, Colonel.--3d Dec. 1807, Captain from 35th--Half-pay
Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel 22d April 1826. Died at Marseilles,
31st March 1841.

Campbell, John Charles, M. B.--29th March 1861, Assistant-Surgeon,
from 4th Hussars--To Half-pay 2d July 1861.

Campbell, John Gordon, Captain.--17th Nov. 1848. Ensign. Retired 9th
May 1856. Died at Peebles 30th Nov. 1865.

Campbell, Patrick, Captain.--24th Aug. 1815, Ensign--To Half-pay 3d
Sept. 1829. Died at Ford near Dalkeith, 24th Feb. 1856.

Ceely, Arthur James, Lieut.--10th Aug. 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 20th
June 1858. Died at Point de Galle, Ceylon, Sick from India, 29th
Dec. 1866.

Chawner, Edward Hoare, Captain.--9th June 1825, Ensign--Exchanged to
4th Dragoon Guards, Lieut.--Half-pay, Captain, 7th Sept. 1832. Died
23d Nov. 1868.

Childers, William, Captain.--5th June 1826, Captain. Retired 14th
Sept. 1832. Died at St Heliers, Jersey, 28th Feb. 1861.

Chisholm, Arch. Macra, Captain.--17th April 1842, Ensign. Retired
Captain 6th April 1855.

Chisholm, Donald, Captain.--10th Oct. 1805, Lieut. from 30th--To
4th Veteran Battalion, Captain, 24th Feb. 1820. Died at Portobello,
Edinburgh, 21st Aug. 1853.

Christie, James Edmund, Captain.--10th Aug. 1855, Ensign--Captain,
Half-pay 1st April 1870.

Clark, James, Ensign.--26th Aug. 1819, Ensign--To Half-Pay 2d Sept.
1824. Died 12th Dec. 1838.

Clarke, Alfred T. Stafford, M.D. 8th Aug. 1862, Assistant-Surgeon,
from Staff--To Royal Artillery, 20th Sept. 1864.

Clarke, Charles Christopher, Lieut.--2d Aug. 1815, Ensign--To
Half-Pay 1st Nov. 1827. Died in the 33d Regiment in Jamaica, 23d
Sept. 1831.