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CHAPTER P-\l;E
I The .\rtillery of By-Gone Days ':I
II Organization of the Montreal Field Battery 16
III The Earliest Days of the Battery 3 0
IV On Service During the Fenian Raith, . 4 2
V Service in Aid of the Civil power 56
VI The \Vork and Changes of Recent Years. 62
VII The Battery as It is To-day 7 2
VII [ Some Official Recognitions of Efficienq 75
List of Officers . 81
Roll of Honour 82
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It is IIlO..t lIleet we ann us 'gainst the foe:
For peace it<;eIf should not so dull a kingdom,
But that rlefences. musters, preparations
Should he maintained. assembled and collected,
.\s \\ere a war in expectation.
IIE"õRY Y. ACT II, SCF::\;F.-t.
""e haye it on no less an authority than that of Colond h'or Herbert, at oue
time Commauder-in-Chief of the Acti,-e Militia Force of Canada that the
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is the most efficient branch of the Dominion's defensive force. This fact being
conceded, a short history of one of the oldest and most efficient corps in the most
efficient branch of the service should be welcome to all interested in the Canadian
l\1ilitia, as helping to sho\\' how the found-ations of that efficiency were laid, and
how developed.
I venture to express the hope with all modesty, and with a lively appreciation
of the defects which must exist in any hurried historical compilation of this
character, that this book will prove not merely interesting, but also useful, to the
members of the 3rd Field Battery.
Anyone who has taken an intelligent interest in military affairs knows that
esprit de corps has as much practical effect upon the efficiency of any kind of a
military organization as has its drill, its dicipline, its interior economy, and e,-eu
'its equipment.
There has always been a sturdy, honest corps spirit 111 the l\1ontreal Field
Battery, officers and men being proud of their battery and of themselYes.
I venture to hope that these pages \\-ill help to show them that their pride in the
past record of their fine corps is \\'en founded, and assist in keepiug the com-
mendable spirit alive in the Battery for all time.
Here I would like to remark that it appears to me that by asslstmg every
military corps ill the couutry to write up to date, and keep written up, its re.:ord of
sen'ices from the very beginning, the Militia Department could do mnch in the
direction of improving the efficiency of the Force. Had records of the services
rendered by the Quebec Frontier Battalions in the defence of this conntry been
presen-ed and published. very shame would have pre,-ented the loyal people of the
frontier counties from allowing their historical battalions, with gallantly earned
battle honours on their colours. to die for lack of popular support.
\\Thile thanking all who have assisted me in the preparation of this little
book, I ,,'ould especially like to express my gratification at being privileged to
embody in these pages what might be described as the military memoirs of that
splendid old Canadian soldier, Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. Stevenson, a man known
from one end of this country to the other not less for his open-handed hospitality,
his exceptional urbanity and his good work in municipal life as an Alderman of the
'City of :\lontreal, than for his exceptionally ,'alllable services in the Acti,'e :\lilitia.
:\lost of the information I have embodied in the chapters on the Earliest Days
of the Battery, the Fenian Raids, and Service in aid of the Ci,'il Power was given
to me, during a series of interviews, by Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson. and militia-
men everywhere, particularly when they are aware of its source, will regard it as a
valuable contribution toward the military history of Canada.
ERXEST J. CHA:MBERS.
3SA Park A,-enue,
Montreal, Qne.
August 31st. 1898.
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DI T is but uatnral, that, as cOlUmanding o/licer 01 the Third Field Battery, I
should ayail myself of the opportunity presented by the publication of this
history of the corps to express in a public and enduring way the thanks of
myself and the officers. non-commissioned officers. and men of my command. to
those whose assistance and hard work haye accomplished such a satisfactory result.
First I must express the gratitude of all ranks in the Battery to the kind and
generous friends whose subscriptions haye enabled us to oyercome the great finan-
cial difficulties attending such an undertaking as this.
I have also great pleasure in expressing the thanks due to former members of
the Battery who have contributed the information on which the history of our
organintion has been framed.
All who read these pages will. I am sure, agree with me that the Battery has
been fortunate in securing as its historian Captain Chambers, an officer who, since
his joining the old High School Cadet Rifles as a boy, has taken a constant. active
and intelligent interest in
Iilitia matters, and whose pen. as a journalist, has
always been devoted to what he considered to be the best interests of the Force.
I venture to say that this is one of the most interesting of the series of corps
histories contributed to military literature by Captain Chambers, and it is safe to
predict that the result of his researches as presented in the following pages will be
perused with general interest. and will have for all time a stimulating effect upon
the esprit de corps of the Battery.
I feel that it is moreO\'er incumbent upon me to pnblicly thank the publisher.
:\lr. E. L. Ruddy, for the conscientious way in which he has executed his part of
the work. :\Ir. Ruddy has done all he agreed to do and more, and the splendid manner
in which the book has been brought out is creditahle alike to his conscientious
effort and to his good taste.
RICH \RD COSTIGAX. :\Iajor,
Commanding the Third Field Battery.
THE GUERTIN PRINTING COMPANY
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(.? .'" '\'1 time. English guns thundered-or tried to thunder-at Yannes and
ì ':'"J '. Crecy, Agincourt and Falaise, at the Battle of the Spurs, at Flodden
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Ordnance, displaying carelessness and ignorance, and jobbery and
all the evil propensities of red tape lÌz exælcÙ. Strange and unfamiliar names
and offices, of persons and things, are discernible in this blurred record, continuing,
some of them, into the period of nascent order. \Ve read of robinets and minions,
of cuh-erins and basi1iskes; the men who worked or were responsible for these
strang-e sounding weapons were matrosses, artificers, petardiers, master gunners,
chief bomhadiers, fireworkers, over aU of whom was a chief firemaster.
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The Royal Fusiliers were raised in 1685 for the special protection of the
English gunners, who were at that date civilian artificers. All the Fusilier
regiments were originally intended for the special protection of the artillery,
and the grenade is still borne by them in memory of this ancient service.
Though artillery had been in use in British armies for over four hnndred
years the artillerymen ,,'ere not yet regarded as soldiers, but as mechanics
depending upon other soldiers for protection. But, however regarded, it is a matter
of history that they had rendered splendid aid to the state. Cannon are said to
have been used by the English armies on the continent iu the reign of Henry III,
1216- 12 7 2 , and were unquestionably nsed at the capture of Berwick by Ed,,'ard
III in 1333. At Crecy, 1346, and at Calais, the following year, Edward IY used
fonr cannon against his French enemies; and the l\Ioors are said to have used
cannon in defending Algeciras in 1343. The Board of Ordnance was first con-
stitnted during the reign of Elizabeth, about 1597, bnt as far back as I4I4 the
ordnance possessed by England was superintended by a ., Master of the
Ordnance." The word ordnance ,'"as derived from the "Ordinance" or law
anciently made to regulate the bore, size and bulk of the artillery. (Capt. Perry's
hook on Rank, Badges and Dates.)
Though the first use of English artillery appears to ha,'e been in the field,
the organi/.ation of the artillery, when such was attempted, appears to have been
directed to\mrds the recognizing only of the garrison branch. The l\Iaster Gen-
eral of Ordnance had the control of all the master gnnners and gunners of the
various garrisons, but held no command in the field without being specially
appointed. In 1755 a train of field artillery was organized in l\Iadras, and in 179 8
the companies of the Regiment of Royal Irish Artillery, the snccessors of the
detachment of the Royal Artillery sent to Dublin in 1755, ""ere divided into
" Heavy" (Siege) and" Light" (Field). The Light had four six-pounders each.
The guns and waggons were horsed and driven by the" Driver Corps."
The corps of Royal Artillery drivers was established in I 793, gradually
reduced after the peace of 1814 and finally abolished iu 1822. rntil 1815 the
officers were not Royal Artillerymen, and the rank and file were never artillery-
men. The officers of the Driver Corps were styled "Corps of Captain COl11mis-
saries." Until 1794 the men were styled "Royal \Vaggoners." In 1RI4
there were twelve troops of these men. It was found during the Peninsular \Var
that the divided allegiance of the Dri,'er Corps caused frequent difficulties in the
field batteries. Towards the end of that campaign the officers of the Driver
Corps were only allO\\"ed full control over their men in matters of pay and
subsistence.
Pp to so recent a date as 1877 there were no permanent Field batteries in
the British regular service, garrison companies being detailed for field dnty when
required. The nnwieldiness of the field gnns used at Falkirk in 1745 forced on
an improvement in this arm. In 1746 two artillery companies were sent to
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THE EAR'. OF J\I'NTO, D.C., K,C.M.G.
Flanders, and for a short time two three-pounder guns were attached to each of
the seven infantry battalions on active service on that campaign. During the
next two years three more companies were sent, and there were thirty-two six-
pounders serving with the infantry battalions. The guns were as a rule attached
in pairs, under a subaltern and two non-commissioned officers, to the different
infantry battalions. One waggon accompanied each pair of guns. These guns
seriously impeded the movements of the infantry, and sometimes had to be
abandoned altogether. Their los<; diminished the confidence of all the infantry
,d1O had been trained to consider their assistance necessary. In 1795 the" Bat-
talion" (Field) guns marched past at the head of the regiments to which they
were attached. The ammunition wag-gon follo,,-ed the column. At this period
the artillerymen of the Battalion guns in Ireland were required to instruct in each
infantry regiment at least thirty rank and file under a subaltern and two
sergeants.
In I79 R there were a large quantity of field guns in the British service, but
a marked deficiency of trained gunners and horses. The British field artillery
steadily improved during the Peninsular \Yar, until it was acknowledged to be the
best in Europe. Its value was much enhanced by the use of Colonel Shrapnel's
shells. \Vhen \Vaterloo brought peace to war-sick Europe, there were no less
than I I4 troops and companies of field artillery.
Among the ordnance stores sent out in the early days of artillery were
numerous sets of men-harness, and in many cases the guns were drawn by drag-
rope instead of horses. The first pieces used by the British in America were so
moved about.
Artillery played no important part in the wars of the French and English
colonists against the Indians. This is natural considering the insurmountable
difficulties of transport. But when the war which resulted in the conquest of
Canada began, the importance of maintaining artillery iu the field in spite of
untrodden forests and almost impassable bogs was realized by both combatants,
but especially, apparently, by the British. \Vhen Braddock arrived at Alexandria,
Virginia, to conduct his fatal expedition to tllt: Ohio Yalley there were sent him
from Ireland the 44th and 48th Regiments and the battalion guns attached to
them, manned by a detachment of fifty men of the regiment of artillery. The
French do not appear to have been so careful to keep their colonial forces supplied
with ordnance. \\Thell the French were in possession of Fort Beausejour they
had no artillery; hut they managed to dccei,'e their watchful enemies in Fort
Lawrence, near by. They prO\'ided sections of trunks of hirch, maple and other
hard, well-grown trees, which they shaped and bored after the fashion of cannon,
securing them from end to end with cordage, and from one of these they regularly
fired a morning and evening gun as is customary in garrisons. Upon the reduc-
tion of the place by l\Ionckton, an enquiry was made for the cannon, and it was
then discovered how the force in Fort Lawrence had been deceived.
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The French authorities appear to have made no earnest effort to establish an
artillery force in connection with their very comprehensive militia system, which
under the law of fiefs made all the male inhabitants, with a very few exceptions,
liable for military service. The theory of the French authorities appeared to be
that if they could depend upon the population of the colony for participation in
their campaigns as voyageurs or guerillas that was all that they would require.
They were consequently not even drilled to any extent in infantry tactics. But,
according to General Murray's report, an artillery company was organized in
Quebec, for he reports on the militia organization of the French regime as
follows :-" The militia were generally reviewed once or twice a year to inspect
their arms. The militia of the City of Quebec were frequently exercised, and the
company of artillery every Suuday were exercised at the great gUll practice, nnder
the orders and directions of the artillery sergeant-major of the King's troops."
The first use made of British field artillery in America, ,,-hile failing to
prevent the disaster of Fort du Quesne, reflected great credit upon the artillery-
men. \Ye read that on that fatal day when Braddock's force was ambushed,
when the infantry regiments staggered and hesitated under the deadly fire suddenly
poured upon them from the dense covert, the artillery, although without orders,
pressed to the front, and their leading guns, the field pieces attached to the 44 th
Regiment, plied the thickets with grape and cannister, but in a few minutes all
the officers and most of the gunners were stretched bleeding upon the field. How,
after the guns had been thus silenced, the panic became a rout, and how the
artiJIery shared the fate of the wounded and all the baggage, including the luck-
less general's private papers, is familiar to every reader of Canadian history.
The artillery of the British forces operating during this war was used to
more purpose in other and more suitable fields. \Vhen Baron Dieskau and his
veteran French soldiers made their spirited attack upon the British entrench-
ments on Lake George (1755) they were checked by Johnson's guns, and disheartened
by finding the position armed with artillery. After several gallant attacks they
dispersed in the forest leaving their leader mortall y wounded on the field.
All of the British expeditions of any account appear to have had detachments
of field artillery, though the difficulty of moving the guns through the vast tracts
of forests, hampered them considerably in their progress. \Vhen Abercromby,
with presumptuous haste, rashly precipitated his splendid infantry against Mont-
calm's lines of abatis in rear of the fort at Ticonderoga, committing them thereby
to certain and complete annihilation, his artillery was, on acconnt of bad roads,
yet lagging in the rear. The artiJIery officers in charge of the II Battalion" field
guns were doing their best to overcome the natural obstacles, and if the impetuous
general had waited for a few hours until the guns came up and had used them
properly, the British army would probably have been spared one of the most
disastrous defeats in its history. Some authorities of the time said that one hour
of well plied artiJIery would have swept
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saying in his history that Abercromby was either misinformed or presnmptuous
to expect to force this strong position by infantry alone, and attacking without
awaiting his artillery.
\Vhen in 1759 Amherst undertook the task in which Abercromby had failed,
the conquest of Canada by Lakes George and Champlain and the Richelieu, his
large army included one hundred and eleven of the Royal Artillery, having under
charge fifty-four pieces of ordnance of various descriptions. The French forces
opposed to him appear to have been well supplied with artillery such as it was.
\Vhen de Bourlemaque, after abandoning Ticonderoga and Crown Point, made a
stand at Isle aux Noix, he still had a hundred pieces of cannon, but only a small
proportion were suitable for field service. The French did 110t appear to place
the same importance upon the use of field guns as did the British. The day
when \V olfe broke the backbone of French power in Canada on the Plains of
Abraham great exertions were used to get field guns up the cliff to support the
immortal line of infantry. The sailors of the fleet, by almost superhuman efforts,
succeeded in getting one small piece hoisted up to the historic plateau and it
rendered useful service during the battle which was precipitated almost as soon
as it was got into position. The French would have had no such difficulty in
takiug a large number of field pieces into action with them, but as a matter of
fact they only used two. It would be hard to credit such evident neglect did we
not find it distinct! y stated in Townseud's official report to Pitt after the action.
The lone British field gun which helped to make history on that memorable
13 th of September, though hoisted up the cliffs with the assistance of the sailors
of the fleet, was served during the battle by the artillery, and the detachment
casualty list sho\\"s that the gunners got their share of the hard knocks. It was
as follows :-Killed, one gunner; wounded, one" engineer", one bombadier, one
gunner, five matrosses (assistant gunners or ammunition handlers), One of the
two field pieces taken into action by :\Iontcalm was captured by the victors, and
during the final stages of the action the sailors succeeded in hoisting another gun
up the cliff. By the e,.elling of the 17th no less than sixty-one pieces of heavy
and fifty-seven of light ordnance were mounted on British batteries on the Plains
of Abraham and ready to open fire upon the city. On the [8th, Quebec surren-
dered and the Louisburg Grenadiers marched in, preceded by a detachment of
Arti11ery and one gun, with the British flag hoisted on a staff upon the carriage.
This flag was then hoisted upon the highest point of the Citadel to demonstrate
that the British were in occupation.
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ORGANIZATIO:-J OF THE
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TREAL FIELD BATTERY.
S soon as Canada had passed under Briti..,h rule, within a
couple of "eeks of the capitulation of l\Iontreal to General
Amherst in fact, King George's officers set seriously to
work to secure the organization of a militia force in
Canada. ender the French regime Canada had had
a most comprehensive and useful militia system, a system
which had produced a force of gal1ant and hardy men that had
done not a litt1e to \'"ard off the day of ultimate conquest. The
military administrators appointed immediately after the insti-
tution of British rule set themselves assiduously to ""ork to
organize a British Canadian militia upon the ruins and the
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,.-- istrators have ShO\\11 enough confidence in themselves and in
2-.... the people of foreign blood made fellow subjects by conquest, to
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place anns in the hands of the latter and rely upon them doing
their share towards the protection of the Union Jack. And this practice has
unquestionably had much to do with the success of Britain's colonial policy.
That the British conquerors were willing to return to the officers of the militia
their anus and their commissions, simply upon their taking the oath of al1egiance
to their new sovereign, must have been soothing to the pride of a proud people
like the French Canadian noblesse, and they were none the slower to appreciate
this mark of confidence in them when they considered the ungracious treatment
they had received at the hands of the officers of the French regular army and the
servants of the old civil administration.
The first mi1itia organization under British rule in Canada was, strange as
it may seem at first glance, instituted rather to facilitate the administration of
justice than to provide an effective military organization for the defence of the
newly acquired colony. Some kind of a judiciary had to be established, and
naturally the army officers had more faith in the military element in the com-
munity than in any other. The professional instinct is more keenly developed
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in military men than in any other class perhaps, and it is but natural that snch
should be the case. So the militia captains of the old French regime, after taking
the oath of aIlegiance \vere authorized to sit as judges in certain cases in their
districts, and their sergeants acted as criers, bailiffs, constables, etc.
But it was not long before Canadian militia were enroIled for military duties.
Amherst's army took possession of :\Iontreal after the capitulation of Canada
September'Sth, Ii60, and in l\Iarch, Ii64, an order was issued for the enroIIment
of two companies of militia in the "Government" of Quebec, h\"O in that of
:\Iontreal and one in that of Three Rivers. The occasion, of course, was the
Indian uprising in the \Vest, known in history as the Conspiracy of Pontiac.
Disputes ha\.ing arisen as to the validity of the old French militia commis-
sions, and civil government having been in the meantime established in Canada,
an ordinance was proclaimed by Governor :\Iurray, in Ii6S, declaring that" the
keeping up of a militia in this Province at this juncture is not necessary. , . . ."
and ordaining that .. on the establishment of British Civil Government in this
PrO\"ince, the militia before that time established in the same was thereby abolished
and taken away to all intents and purposes whatsoever. . . ."
Carleton organized a militia for the defence of Canada at the time of the
American Revolution, and some of the militia corps fought valiantly, at St. Johns,
at Quebec and at other places. Three hundred of the l\Iontrealmilitia fonned the
greater part of the force with which l\Iajor Carden captured Ethan AIlen and his
force of Yennonters near Longue Pointe. After the war the militia organizations
were disbanded. Acts providing for the organization of a militia were passed in
Ii S 4 and IiS6, but the militia provided for was purely a sedentary one, and existed
on paper only. The legislation passed by the assemblies of both epper and
Lo,,"er Canada prO\"iding for the organization of the militia. and the prominent parts
taken by the militia of those days in the \\Tar of [S12 and in the suppression of
the Rebelliun of IS37-38 are matters of general history.
Canadian militiamen assisted to man the guns in Quebec at the time of
Montgomery's assault, but it was not until IS12 that a regularly organized militia
artillery corps was established in the then two provinces of Canada. This was a
garrison artillery company at Montreal, which the 2nd Regiment of Canadian
ArtiIIery now regard as the original of their present organintion. Probably the
oldest artiIIery corps in the Dominion of Canada as it stands to-day is the 3 rd
ew Brunswick Regiment of Canadian Artillery, which claims direct descent
from the" Loyal Company of ArtiIIery" organized at St. John, l\Iay 4th, Ii93.
According to Sir James Lemoine, whose historical researches in the Quebec
district ha\'e been practicaIIy invaluable, an artiIIery corps of three companies
known as the Royal Quebec Volunteer ArtiIIery, existed at the Ancient Capital
in I83i. The uniform was identical with that of the Royal ArtiIIery. This corps
""as composed of a fine set of men, officered like tbe infantry by young merchants
and professional men, \\"110, having been instructed by the regulars, acquired
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great proficiency, particularly in the art of gunnery, and handled the cannotf
around the battlement \\'a11s in a most creditable manner, forming an important
part of the selTice for garrison duty.
It was not until r855 that field artiUery figured in the Canadian militia lists.
As a matter of fact it is doubtful that such a thing as a militia field battery existed
in any sen'ice before that date. It wiU be remembered that r854 was the date of
the opening of the Crimean \\Tar, when Britain and France made common cause
against Russian aggression, and a general war appeared impending. J;3ritain was
especially unprepared for the contest. During the long peace that had fol1owed
the tremendous victory of the Iron Duke
at \ \' aterloo, the arm y had been al10wed
to dwindle away, and the equipment was of
the worst, while the administration of the
Army \\'as extremely deficient. Every train-
ed soldier and e\'ery field gun in Canada was
needed in the Crimea, and this at a time
\\'hen military protection for this country
might be reqnired at any moment. The
Home government at this crisis practical1y
depended upon this country to protect itself,
and the people were equal to the occasion.
The organi/.ation of several corps of militia
was authorized, among them the Montreal
Field Battery.
The chief credit for the organization of this
corps belonged to Major \\'. F. Coffin. That
gentleman was a man of large general inform-
ation and had the advantage of a generous
education. He was a man of many parts.
He had held an important appointment in the
From a Dagu.';'o;;; Court House at l\Iontreal, had been entrusted
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running from Caughnawaga to Plattsburg, one of the oldest railways in Canada.
He \\'as named by the government to administer and genera11y look after the
valuable property turned over by the Imperial government to the Colonial one,
and he finally disposed of the principal land areas. He held various other im-
portant appointments under the old administration and the later Colonial govern-
ment. He was a wealthy man, owning large tracts of land in the Eastern
Townships. ì\Irs. Coffin, a fine old lady of the old stamp, is stil1 liying in
ì\lontreal, bright and intel1igent in spite of her eighty-seyen years. 1\1r. T. C.
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The transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, an institu-
tion whose publications are of the greatest interest to all students of Canadian
history, for the session of 1872-73, contained a paper by Lieut.-Colonel Coffin on
"Some additional incidents in connection ,,"ith the siege and blockade of Quebec,
in IïïS-76."
From this it appears that the grandfather, father and two uncles of the organ-
izer of the Montreal Field Battery were aU present in Quebec during the siege; and
the fortner took a very active part in that notable event.
The ancestry of the founder of the Battery, it appears from the cleverly
written paper mentioned above, was ,,"orthy of the brave and loyal corps he
established.
John Coffin, the grandfather of the l\Iajor, though an unobtrusive, undemon-
strative man was a resolute loyalist. Born and brought up in Boston, in the years
before the historical tea party in Boston Harbour, he resisted the revolution, and
made himself so obnoxious to tbe revolutionists that he was by name proscribed,
and his property confiscated by act of the l\Iassachusetts Legislature, September,
I ïï8. Forewarned by friends, and taking time by the forelock, he freighted a
schooner, of wbich he was part owner, with his family and worldly goods, and
coasted round from Boston to Quebec, where he must have arrived in or about
June, IïïS, for the follo,,-ing month he purchased a piece of land under Cape
Diamond.
According to Sir James Lemoine " In the United Empire Loyalists, the \Var of
Independence added a most noticeable element of prosperity and refinement to the
population of Canada. Some 10,000 staunch adherents of the British Crown came
across the Border, or penetrated by ship to New Brunswick and No,"a Scotia. These
brave men had sacrificed fortune and position to consistency, and their allegiance to
King George; and King George, as a good and paternal so,-ereign, indemnified them
by pensions, land grants, honours, and emoluments, to the best of the ability of
the British exchequer." It must be remembered that the British exchequer was not
in anything like so sound a position in Iïï7 as it is to-day.
After purchasing his Quebec property, l\Ir. John Coffin went to work at once
to establish a distillery, when his lanours were interrupted by the American
invasion in September; and from that time to the end of the siege of Quebec, his
infant industry was paralyzed. Nor was this the sturdy loyalist's only trouble at
the time. A brig belonging to him had been detained by the British consul at
Lisbon for six months, as being the property of a rebel, though at this very time he
was carrying a bro,,"n bess for His Majesty at Quebec.
To what effect he carried his musket in the King's service is shown by docu-
ments which speak for themselves. His services attracted attention in quarters
capable of appreciating them, as is shown by the following letter received by l\Ir. Coffin
from Colonel Allan l\Iaclean, 87th Regiment, who commanded the heroic garrison
of Quebec during the siege of I ïï 5-76 :-
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"Ql1FBEC, 28 JULY, 1776.
" Sir :-
" As I am, in a few days, going to England with despatches from the Commander-
in-Chief, I should be glad to know if I could be of any service to you. Power to do
you any material service I have none; but your conduct during the siege of Quebec,
last winter and spring, makes it a duty on my part to gi,-e you my testimony and
approbation of every part of your conduct. Truth must always have some weight
with His Majesty and his ministers, who, I am certain, wish to re,,'ard deserving
men like you. To your resolution and watchfulness on the night of December 3 1st ,
1775, in keeping the guard at Pres-de-Yille under anns, ,,'aiting for the attack
,,-hich you expected; the great coolness ,,-ith which you allowed the rebels to
approach: the spirit which your example kept up among the men, and the very
critical instant in which you directed Captain Bamsfare's fire against
Iontgomery
and his troops,-to these circumstances alone I do ascribe the repulsing of the
rebels from that important post, where, with their leader, they lost all heart.
" The resolutions you entered into, and the arrangements you made to maintain
that post, when told you were to be attacked from another quarter, were worthy of
a good subject, and would have done honor to an experienced officer. I thought it
incumbent upon me to leave with you this honorable testimony of your services, as
matters that were well knO\\"11 to myself in particular; and I should be happy, at
any time, to have it in my power to be useful to you; and do assure you that I am,
with truth and regard, sir, your most obedient and most humble sen'ant,
"Mr. Coffin.
(Signed,) ALI..\
l\IAcLEAX."
This generous testimony, on the part of Colonel Maclean, sufficiently estab-
lishes the share which John Coffin took in the defence of the Pres-de-Ville. He was
not in command; he was not an officer; he was simply a volunteer soldier defend-
ing the hearthstone of his Canadian home. Other Canadian ,'olunteers, thousands
of them, have given their life blood for the same cause.
Lieut.-Col Henry Cald,,'ell, who commanded the "British" l'Iilitia (English
speaking residents of Quebec) during the siege, certifies by a document given under
his hand, ßlay, 17R7, that" John Coffin, Esq. served in the British militia under
my command, during the siege of this town by the rebels, from November, 1775, to
l\Iay, 177 6 ; during all of which time he conducted himself and behaved with the
greatest spirit, zeal and activity in the King's service, which, by his example, was
very much promoted, particularly on the attack of the 31st December, when he very
much distinguished himself." .
The same officer in another letter wrote that soon after the enemy was repulsed
on the Pres-de-Ville side" some old women brought an account that the rebels had
surprised the post at Sault-au-l\Iatelot, and had got into the lower town. Part of the
garrison, that had lately behaved so well, were struck with a panic, and began, some
to hide their anns, and some to throw them into the rh-er. The officer began to
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feel a little frightened, when a t\Ir. Coffin, a British gentleman, who, with his wife
and t,,'eh'e children had taken refuge there, expecting to find there peace and
quietness, and who had served previously in our militia, drew his bayonet, and
declared he would put the first man to death who laid down his arms or who attempted
to abandon his post; by which means he re-established order, and with the assist-
ance of Captain Barnsfare (a ship captain), who commanded the seamen, got two of
the guns pointed at the opposite sides, in case Arnold's people, having got into the
Lo,,"er-Town, should attempt to force the post on that side."
Sir Guy Carleton, in a letter dated December 25th, I ï79, had the following to
say about t\lr. Coffin :-" Ha,-ing observed in all his conduct, from his arrival in
the PrO\-ince of Quebec till I left it, a constant attachment and zeal for the King's
sen"ice, as well as the manner of a prudent, worthy man, I could not but interest
myself for him. Yet his conduct and judicious behaviour on the morning of the
:)[st December, 1775, gave him a still stronger claim on me; for to him, ,,'ith the
assistance of Barnsfare, I attribute the repulse of the rebels on the side of Quebec,
where t\I r. l\Iontgomery attacked in person; while the success on the otherside was
very different and brought the town into no small danger.
ow, whether we con-
sider the strength of this post, the number allotted to its defence, or the fortner
sen-ices of the officer who commanded, we might have expected as much, at least,
from him,-a remarkable proof, this, that former services and greater numbers may
be outdone by superior ,"igilance and good sense of gentlemen, though not used
to arms."
Colonel Coffin's grandfather must certainly be credited then with a prominent
part in one of the most momentous military achievements in Canadian history. It
""as a most critical time for British rule in Canada.
As Colonel Coffin himself puts it in the paper quoted :-" Un that memorable
win ter morning, the flame of fidelity to the British empire, paling throughout the
.\merican continent, flickered uncertainly over the walls of Quebec. At midnight
the desperate Arnold had forced the St. Roch suburb and the Lower Town, and
although obstinately resisted, doggedly fough t on, hoping and looking for a junction
with Montgomery. An hour later, and a resolute volley had decided the fate of a
great country. The brave Montgomery was slain,-his detachment annihilated;
Arnold \'"as wounded; the American arm)' was in full retreat. Quebec had been
saved, and the flickering flame of fidelity to the British empire blazed up therefrom,
thenceforth and forever, a beacon of light, inextinguishable in Canada."
If heredity counted for anything, the government of the day could depend upon
the gentleman entrusted with the organintion of the Montreal Field Battery doing
his duty.
Major Coffin organized the Battery on the authorization and order of the Hon.
George l\Ioffat, who, at the time, was in command of the Active Force of the Mon-
treal district. As soon as he received his order, Major Coffin invited Mr. Henry
Hogan, then a young man, to join the corps as lieutenant.
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rp to this date such fe,," yolunteer corps as existed in Canada ,,'ere not guided
by any clearly defined la""s and rules, and many injustices occurred. l\Ir. Hogan
had commanded a volunteer cayalry troop in l\Iontreal some time previous to the
passage of the militia act of 1855, and had devoted considerable time and means to
it. \Vhen the old active force, under the new act, assumed a permanent fonn, a
gentleman named Ramsay ,,'as sent to England to learn the drill, and when he
returned, he was promoted over l\Ir. Hogan's head. The latter, naturally, felt
aggrieved at this and resigned, and did not feel disposed to rejoin the reorganized
force as an officer of the new Field Battery. But Hon. :\Ir.
Ioffat joined
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Coffin in his request that l\Ir. Hogan should
join the battery, and after considerahle persua-
sion, he agreed. 'Lieut.-Col. Hogan says he
never regretted his decision, for :\Iajor Coffin
was a splendid officer and a perfect gen tIeman,
and it ""as a pleasure to serve under him. He
showed great confidence in his subaltern, and
for a time the battery was left pretty much in
his hands.
The first officers of the Battery were
l\Iajor \V. F. Coffin, Captain Henry Hogan,
Lieutenant A. Lamontagne and Second
Lieutenants Hobbs and Owen. The latter was
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old Royal Artillery Sergeant named Logan. ..
The senior surviving officer of the original , .' ""'....
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still hale and hearty, is a familiar figure to all I
citizens of l\Iontreal, and whose name is
familiar to travellers from one end of the
world to the other. F..om a Dague....eotype
The senior non-commissioned officer of r rWT.'C<>L. HE'-'" HOGAN,
the Battery at its organization was A. A. emJ\r '''DlNL >"'NTKF. \I AKTJI.r FR\, 1>'56-"""
Stevenson, since then kno,,'n throughuut the length and breadth of Canada as
Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, a man who has done more for the l\Iontreal Field
Battery in particular and the l\Iilitia force in general than any man whu ever wore
uniform. The gallant colonel had no idea of taking any interest in military
matters at the time he ""as induced to join the Battery, and he gave in his name to
Major Coffin against his own best judgment almost. Colonel Stevenson related
the circumstances connected with his joining the Battery in such an interesting
way that I cannot do better than giye his o""n words. He said:-
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in it, in fact had no special fancy for military work. I had my own business to
attend to.
(lOne day I ,,'as in the Mechanics Institute, in which r took a great interest,
\\.hen a gentleman came up to me and said he wanted to speak to me for a moment.
He said that he was organizing, under the authority of the government, a battery
of field artillery in
Iontreal, and he had been advised to see me. He added that he
wanted me to assist him to organize the corps. I replied at once that r had no idea
of meddling in military matters at all. He, ho,,'e\'er, persisted, and sàid that it was
the duty of every loyal man to prepare to do his duty. There was every prospect
of trouble with the United States, and it must come sooner or later, he said. He
pointed out that the men who were coming to the front across the lines were
actuated by a violent antipathy to everything British, and they appeared anxious
to pick a quarrel on the slightest pretext.
(I He added that as trouble ,,'as coming it would be better to belong to an
organized and disciplined corps when sent against an invader than to be one of an
undisciplined mob. It would be better to have confidence in your comrades and to
suffer from the men in front than from those in the rear.
(I This was Major \V. F. Coffin, a man r had known, of course, but had had no
previous personal communication with. He, at the time, or shortly before, held
the office of Joint Sheriff of :\Iontreal with the late Mr. John Boston. He was a
major before the organization of the battery. He was certainly well up in military
matters, and some years later he wrote a " History of the \Var of r812."
(I He urged me to consent, and on my still declining, he requested me to think
it over for the night. r did give it some slight thought, but soon decided that I had
no inclination for the work. But casually meutioning the matter to some of my
friends, they asked me what there was to hinder me joining. It appeared to be a
good chance, and if r refused to avail myself of it I might regret it. \Vell, I met
him again, and he said he hoped I had made up my mind to help him. r told him
I did not think soldiering would suit me at all. r was just then pretty deeply
engrossed in business. I was a partner in a big printing establishment. \Ve had
started the SU1l in r853, and it was still running. But the t\Jajor, at any rate,
finally persuaded me to join, and at once began to talk over the question of the
organintion of the battery. He entered into an exposition of all the difficulties
ahead. \Ve wanted men of the right kind and \\'e wanted men ,,'ith horses. He had
spoken to many, and some had agreed to jòin. Others Sàid they would if certain
acquaintances would. vVe at once set to work to communicate with desirable men,
and we made the best use of my printing office for sending out circulars, etc.
Finally we obtained promises from many people, and the battery started with
plenty of the very finest material at its disposal.
" Before speaking to me, the major had arranged for all his officers, and told
me that he regretted he had not know]] earlier that I would go in with him, for he
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would bave liked to have given me a commission. He, however, did the next best
thing and made me senior staff sergeant, as he called it. His officers were Henry
Hogan, a Mr. Owen, who lived for some time at Chambly, and a :\Ir. Lamontagne.
The latter went to the States to live, and tbe major appointed in his place Mr.
Henry Bulmer." 1\lr. Hobbs, who joined the Battery in the hope of receiving an
appointment as an officer was disappointed, there being no vacancy for him. A
meeting to recruit the battery was held at the Mechanics Institute on a notice issued
by 1\lajor Coffin. It required seventy-five men for the battery, and the roll of
enlistment at the first general meeting showed nearly one hundred and fifty names.
Colonel Stevenson states that Major Coffin selected the best men for the Field
Battery, and placed the names of the others on a supernumerary list. This enroll-
ment of these supernumeraries finally resulted in the establishment of a company of
foot artillery, attached to the Field Battery, the whole corps being designated "The
Montreal Artillery". There had been an efficient garrison artillery corps in Mon-
treal in 1837-38, and it had a nominal existence for many years later, bnt, at the
time we are speaking of, the officers of the old garrison artillery, instead of joining
the volunteer movement then inaugnrated, did nothing, expecting the government
to make of their corps the basis of the new artillery force in i\Iontreal. But the gO\.-
ernment did nothing of the kind, preferring to take the men who volunteered
under the new act. The new l\lilitia Act came into force July 1st, 1855, but the
Battery was not gazetted until September 27th.
:\1r. \Villiam :\lastennan, Senior, another veteran ex-officer of the battery
relates that among those who attended the first meeting in connection with the
organization of the batte.y were several wen-known citizens alive to-day. Among
them Henry Bulmer, vVilliam McGibbon, \Vm. Robb, at present City Treasurer of
I\lontreal, T. VV. Boyd, A. A. Stevenson, Henry Hogan and himself. On the
organization of the battery, :\Ir. :\Iasterman was made a sergeant, ranking after
A. A. Stevenson, who was staff sergeant.
Next to :\laj. Coffin, Mr. Masterman says, the greatest credit for the organization
of the Battery was due to A. A. Stevenson, and more thanks are due to that gen-
tleman for the maintenance of the corps on its fine footing than to all others put
together. 1\1r. l\lasterman added that he left the battery after seven years service
with the rank of First Lieutenant. He was offered the command of the Foot Com-
pany but declined.
The Militia Act of 1855 is officially designated" 18 Victoria, Chapter 77, An
Act to Regulate the l\lilitia." It provided for the establishment of eighteen military
districts, and defined the Active Militia as follows :_1' The Active Militia shall
consist of Volunteer troops of cavalry, field batteries and foot companies of Artil-
lery, and companies of infantry armed as riflemen, but not exceeding in the whole,
sixteen troops of cavalry, seven field batteries of artillery, five foot companies of
artillery, and fifty companies of riflemen, the total number not to exceed five
thousand officers and men."
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The Act also prm-ided that C( Each Field Battery shall consist of a captain, two
first lieutenants, one second lieutenant, a sergeant major, three sergeants, three
corporals, three bombardiers, a trumpeter, a farrier, fifty-nine gunners and drivers,
including wheelers, collar maker and shoeing smith, fifty-six horses, exclusive of
officers' horses, and four spare horses when the Battery is called into actual service."
Section XXX\Trr of the Act read as follows :-" Each sergeant major of a
volunteer battery of field arti1lery shall, on account of the great responsibility
attached to the office, be paid by the Province at the rate of fifty pounds per annnm."
Section CXY reads as follows :-" This Act shall come into operation upon the
first day of July, 1855, and shall be in force for three years, and from thence until
the end of the next ensuing session of the Parliament of this Province, and no longer;
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provided that if at the time when this Act would otherwise expire, there should
happen to be war between Her :\Iajesty an4. the "Cnited States of America, then this
Act shall continne in force until the end of the session of the Provincial Parliament
next after the proclamation of peace between Her .l\Iajesty and the said enited
States, and no longer."
After enlisting the men, a good deal of time was consumed in making arrange-
ments for the uniforms, etc. The officers finally selected a double breasted, blue
frock coat, red-striped artillery trousers, somewhat similar to those worn now, and a
black, shaggy, monkey skin head-dress, very much like the Fusilier bearskin, but
with the front of the crown slightly projecting. It was originally intended that this
head-dress should be devoid of omament, but Staff Sergeant Ste,-enson suggested that
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there should be something to relieve it, and the officers finally pitched upon a large
bullion tassel which was suspended by a golden cord in front of the busby. This
imposing head-gear was made by a man named McDowall, who had a fur establish-
ment on l\IcGill street. The officers' uniforms were made by Gibb & Co., and the
men's by Henry Lavender.
At first the government gave the battery twenty days drill pay per annum, one
dollar a day for each man and the same for each horse. In 1855, they received no
drill pay, but received a double allowance in 1856. It was late whén they began
drill the first year, but they did some work in foot drill, sword exercise, etc, in the
East end of the Bonsecours l\Iarket Hall. Early in 1856, the Battery began gun
drill, and drilled regularly under an old Royal Artillery Sergeant, named James
Logan, whose son at present carries on business as watchmaker and jeweller, in
Huntingdon. The Battery usually drilled on \Vednesday afternoons. This was
the slack day for the men having business at the markets, and the Battery had a
goodly number of them in the ranks, among whom were \Vm.l\1asterman, the three
Baudens, Edward Charters, George l\lonaghan, Robert Nicholson, John Outhet, John
Cooper, Christopher Breadon and others. Part of the season, the Battery drilled once
a week, at other times twice a month, and so on, and this was the practice for several
years. The horses were supplied to the Battery by Johnl\1cIntosh, Patrick Hughes,
T. Lecompte, Thomas Potter, James Saunders and others. The Battery had
foot drill every morning, at five o'clock, and had full parades. The corps
drilled at the old Royal Artillery Quarters, at the Quebec Gate Barracks.
It was the Spring of 1856 before the equipment of the Battery was complete,
and the gunners could do all of their drill satisfactorily. The armament consisted
of three six-pounder brass smoothbore guns and one twelve-pounder ho,,-itzer. The
usual equipment of the field batteries in the regular army at that time included four
six-pounders and two howitzers. But it was decided to organize seven batteries in
Canada, and, as there were not enough guns in the country to give them the full
armament of the regular batteries, the guns were divided up as far as they would go.
It is a fact that appears to have been lost sight of, that, in 1855, the British govern-
ment transferred to the government of Canada, then comprising only the present
limits of the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario, ordnance lands and stores to the value
of millions of pounds sterling, on the express understanding that Canada should keep
up and drill annually an effective militia force of 40,000 melt. The property turned
over was more than enough to pay the cost, and yet the agreement has been
regularly ignored, and though half a dozen other provinces have been added to the
country, Canada does not to-day maintain a militia force of 40,000 men even on paper.
The Battery did its first field work at Logan's Farm, at Sisson's Farm, and at
l\Iajor Coffin's place, "Uplands", at the back of the Little l\Iountain. It had a camp
or two at one or the other of these places and drilled from four to eight in the
mornings, and from seven to nine in the evenings. It had target practice during
the winter on the ice of the St. Lawrence River, opposite St. Helen's Island.
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Colonel Hogan, who commanded tbe I\Iontreal Artillery for some time, comes
from an old military family, his father having been a captain in the Inniskilling
Fusiliers in 1815. He, himself, almost made up his mind to join the Seventh
Hussars in 1839, and, in 1846, he actually began his military career by joining
Colonel Shuter's Battalion of the old Lower Canada Militia as Quartermaster.
The militia organizations of those days were, however, merely nominal, and he
had no duties to perform.
Colonel Hogan says tbat when the looth Regiment was organized as a contri-
bution by Canada towards Imperial defence, he set to work to qualify for a
commission as major, by raising the necessary quota of 200 men. "-hen he had
raised nearly the required number of men, he found that the commissions had been
practically allotted, and he turned over his men to Major Dunn, who otherwise
could not have qualified for his majority. The career of Major Dunn is, or ought
to be, familiar to all readers of Canadian military history. This gallant Canadian
soldier of the Queen saw his first military service in the Crimea as an officer in the
11th Hussars, winning the Cross for Valour at that most heroic and dramatic of
all battles, Balaklava. In the celebrated charge of the Six Hundred the 11th were
011 the extreme left of the Light Brigade. After performing prodigies of valour,
the lIth, overpowered by numbers, were retreating. \Vhile literally hewing their
way back, Dunn's horse was shot from under him. He sprang upon one that was
rushing riderless about the bloody field, and dashed to the assistance of Sergeant
Bentley who was beset by three Russian lancers. \Vithout a moment's hesitation,
he at once attacked them, and by the strength of his arm and the vigour of his
charge succeeded in cutting them down. A little further on, the Russians had
flocked together, and attacked in small bauds individual members of the 11th.
A Russian hussar officer, with others, had fallen upon Private Levett and was
about to cut him down, when Lieutenant Dunn, bursting through, struck the
Russian officer to the ground with his sword. For these daring deeds, he was
recommended with one accord by his companions in arms for the Victoria Cross
when Her Majesty instituted that token of honour. Lieutenant D
nn was the
third member of the Army who had the decoration attached to his breast by Her
Majesty. He retired on the sale of his commission in [855 and returned to Canada.
but re-entered the army as major in the looth. Being transferred from that regiment,
he attained the command of the famous 33rd Duke of \Vellington's Regiment, and
saw service with it in Abyssinia, where he met an untimely death.
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HE first public occasion upon which the Battery had an oppor-
tunity to turn out, but which owing to some misunderstanding
between the committee and the officer commanding, it did not
avail itself of, was the great public demonstration in honour of
the opening of the Grand Trunk Railway to the Canadian
western terminus of the line at Sarnia, and of the inauguration
of the new .:\Iontreal \Vater \Vorks. The completion of these
two important works '\"as celebrated by a demonstration of
rejoicing extending over the 13th, 14th, and 15th of November, 1856.
The completion of the \Vater \Vorks ,\"as a most important thing for
I\Iontreal, for the citizens had felt very unsafe since the great fire of
July 8th, 1852. In that disaster the whole of that part of the city from
St. Lawrence Street to Molson's Brewery was swept out of existence;
5,000 houses were destroyed and no less than 20,000 persons rendered.
homeless. Immediately after this terrible visitation, work was begun on the
present fine water works system, and it was completed in 1856. There had been a
sort of a water works of very limited capacity before that with a pumping station
somewhere near the Bonsecours Church, and the reservoir where the present
St. Louis Square is, on St. Denis Street. The great event in connection with the
inaugn ration in question was the turning on of the large fountain at Victoria Square.
The whole demonstration was a glorious affair. One day there was a great
trades procession, followed by a magnificent banquet at the Grand Trunk Railway
works at Point St. Charles, when 3,000 guests sat down to dinner under one roof.
Then there was a public ball in the City Concert Hall, in the upper part of the
Bonsecours .:\Iarket building, and on the last day there was a grand review of the
military force, in which, as above described, the Battery did not participate, though
the other volunteer corps were on parade. These included the Cavalry Troop and
the Rifle Companies, which, in [860, were united into a battalion numbered the First
or Prince of \Vales Rifles, now the Prince of \Vales Fusiliers. There was plenty of
excitement at the review. It wac; the tim
of p-mzzle loaders, when the ramrod
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played so conspicuous a part in the drill of the infantry soldier. The riflemen were
not used to reviews, and some of them became so excited that they forgot to take
the ramrods out of their guns. The result was that quite a number of ramrods went
flying over the heads of the spectators. Five or six persons had ramrods passed
through the crowns of their hats, and a number had narrow escapes, but no one was
seriously hurt. Hundreds of people came from the l:nited States to the celebration;
so many in fact that it was a very hard matter billeting them out.
It was in this year, too, r856, that Lieut.-Co!. Stevenson obtained his first
commISSIOn.
The men were getting uniformed, and the officers had been ordered to go and
give their orders for uniforms. Lieutenant O""en delayed doing so, and J\Iajor
Coffin, knowing of it, went up to him oue day on 'Parade and bluntly asked him
why he had not obeyed the orders. He replied that he was waiting until he saw
how he liked the service. The major rejoined that his liking of the service had
nothing to do with it. That was supposed to have been determined the day he
joined the Battery, and he would give him just twenty-four hours to comply with
the order. \Yhen the next drill took place Owen did not turn up, but
Iajor Coffin
found out that he had not ordered his uniform. He consequently asked Staff
Sergeant Stevenson to go with a letter to Owen's office, which was on St. François
Xavier Street, about where
Iajor Bond's office is now, and bring back an answer.
Owen, who was '"ery much annoyed, shO\,"ed the staff sergeant the letter. It
demanded a satisfactory explanation or Owen's resignation. Owen at once wrote
out his resignation, aud handed it to the sergeant, and he at once took it to the
major's office.
The major said that he then had the opportunity to show his appreciation of
Sergeant Ste'"enson's sen"ices for the Battery, and offered him the commission
resigned by Owen, which he accepted.
In r856-57 the Battery had its target practic
on the river during the winter,
firing from the Island to the Longueuil Road. Six hundred yards was considered
a good range for these guns in those days. The battery had practice twice a week
for some time. At the first practice, out of twenty rounds of solid shot fired, fifteen
went through the target, and six or seven through what was then the bu1ls-eye.
\Yhen Lieut. Stevenson presented the target report to the colonel commanding the
Royal Arti11ery here, he said it was remarkably good practice and enquired if the
officers had the usual range party. The lieuteuant told him that they had. but the
colonel sent his brigade major to inspect the target to verify the returns. The
result ,,"as to put up the stock of the Battery '"ery much among the regulars.
Early in r857 Major Coffin was appointed to the position of Ordnance Land
Commissioner, and transferred from the Battery to the civil sen"ice of the govern-
ment. :\Iajor Hogan was appointed to commaud both corps, and Lieut. Ste,'enson
was appointed to be Captain of the Field Battery, Henry Bulmer being made
Captain of the Foot Company. Major Coffin died in Otta"Ta, on January 28th, r878.
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It was early in r857 that the Battery first turned out with the regulars. The
force had manæuvres on the ice, the Foot Company of the Artillery defending the
Island, and the Field Battery, the regular regiment in garrison, the 39th Foot,
and the Rifle Companies forming the attacking force. General Eyre was in
command, and he expressed himself delighted with the Battery's work that day,
calling out several times" \Vell done, the Field Artillery." The Battery had to
cross great pieces of ice, blocks fifteen or twenty feet high frequently obstructing
the way. The gunners had several times to unhitch the horses from the guns,
and haul the latter over the rough fields of ice by the drag ropes.
In r85] the Battery went on an
excursion to St. Al bans, V ermon t,
accom panied by part of N UIn ber Oue
Troop of Cavalry. The Officers and
men had a very good time, and every-
thing passed off quietly, a bit of a
dispute with the caterer, who failed to
carry out his contract, excepted. It
was a great event for St. Albans, peo-
ple flocking there from all parts of
Vermont and Northern New York.
\Vhile there the Battery did a little
drill in the public square which greatly
pleased the American spectators. This
was the first case of a Canadian military
organization crossing the boundary line
since the war of r8I2.
The year r858 was a notable one in the
history of the Battery. The Rifles went
to Portland that year, and the Battery
decided to go to New York to assist in
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as a most important step in the direction of improving the relations existing between
Great Britain and the United States. A committee of the Battery went to New York
as soon as this decision was arrived at, and made arrangements for the trip, the
famous Seventh Regiment arranging to look after the visitors. The Battery \\"ent to
)Jew York accompanied by a tremendous excursion of no less than rooo people, and
all had a magnificent time. The excursion was such a large one that the railways
found it difficult to provide the necessary accomlllodation, and many of the excursion-
ists had to ride on platform cars. The party left on a Monday morning and crossed
to St. Lambert by the" Iron Duke" and ,. Prince Albert", for there was no bridge
then. From St. Lambert they went by rail to Rouse's Point, thence taking the
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Lake Champlain steamer to \Vhitehall. The steamer had such a tremendous crowd
of people on board that she had to stop at Burlington to get scantling to shore up
the deck. She arriyed at \\Thitehall some hours late, and the Battery and excur-
sionists transferred to the train again, but instead of arriying at Troy at seven, as
had been intended, it was nearly midnight. The military, even at that late hour, were
awaiting their arrival, and everybody in Troy appeared to be up, for the streets ,,-ere
jammed with people. The Battery's military friends insisted that the :\Iontreal
corps should have a parade through the streets, and of course Captain Steyenson
consented. All the streets were lit up and the sidewalks cro,,-ded with cheering
people. Flags were flying, guns firing, and altogether the Canadian artillerymen
""ere received like conquerors. There was another magnificent demonstration at
Saratoga as they passed, and in fact at eyery place the Battery stopped it recei\-ed
a most enthusiastic and kindly reception.
The Battery embarked on the Hudson Riyer steamer" Francis Skiddy" at Troy,
and ,,"hen she left her wharf she had no less than 2,400 people on board. So headl y
laden \\"as she that she stuck on a bar between Troy and A.lbany, and instead of
reaching Ne,,- York at six o'clock next morning, she did not arrive until half
past two in the afternoon.
The Seventh had detailed Xumbers T,,-o and Fi\"e Companies, Captains Sbaler
and Ribley, to meet the Battery, and they had been on the wharf since half past five
in the morning, except for a short inten-al, during \\-hich they had been dismissed.
On arriyal, and after the formal reception by the companies of the Seyenth, the
Battery went to the Steyens Hotel at the foot of Broadway, and got rid of their
impedimenta. The Battery did not have its guns and horses \\"ith it, officers and men
merely haying their uniforms, accoutrements and side arms. The corps had a full
turn out, aud the men looked remarkably well.
Haying cleaned up, the Battery marched up Broadway and down to a ferry
steamer at the foot of Grand Street, which took them to the islands in the Sound
for an outing, where the gunners were \"ery handsomely entertained. The next day,
the first of September, was the big day. The l\Iontreal corps paraded at Battery
Park on the right of the Seyenth, and took part in the big military parade. The
line of march was up Broadway to 44th Street, \\"here the New York Crystal Palace,
in which they were holding a grand exhibition, was located. There the military
forces were dispersed. The Battery received a most cordial reception everywhere.
This event was memorable in that it was the first occasion since tbe British
evacuation of
e\\- York that the rnion Jack was carried up Broadway by a British
military organization, and with one single exception the _Montreal Field Battery is
the only British corps that has had the honour of doing that since the British
evacuation. The exception was on the occasion of the international naval parade
in New York at the Columbian re\'ie\\" in rR93, when Admiral Sir John Hopkins'
brigade of Royall\Iarines and Bluejackets carried the Luion Jack through Broadway.
The principal officers of the Seventh, at the time that regiment extended hos-
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pitality to the l\Iontreal Field Battery, were Colonel Duryea, Lieutenant-Colonel
Marshall Lefferts, and 1-fajor J. B. Pond. Colonel Winchester, of the Express
Com pan y, was the Quartermaster.
The intercolonial trip of 1858 having proved such a complete success the
Battery projected another in 1859, and conceived the idea of making a trip to Boston
and Portland, and back by the Grand Trunk. The government intervened to some
extent, after the arrangements had been partially made. The previous year the
men had taken their side arms to New York. Ppon this occasion the Canadian
government refused to allow the Battery to take the arms into the rnited States.
But where there is a will there is a way, and the officers determined to go, swords
or no swords. So Colonel, then Captain, Stevenson quietly made arrangements to
borrow the required number of swords from Captain
im's Light Battery of Boston.
The Battery crossed to St. Lambert with its own swords and belts, and before
embarking on the train Captain Stevenson had the belts and swords packed up in
boxes and shipped to Longueuil awaiting their return. At Lowell, Mass., there were
two great boxes awaiting them, and in the boxes the belts and swords of Captain Nim's
Battery. They were at once served out to the men, and when they arrived at Boston
the Battery looked quite ship-shape. There was just one draw-back. On the brass
buckles of the belts were the letters "US" and people began asking what they
stood for. Captain Stevenson had instructed the men to reply to questions that the
letters meant simply what they spelt, "Us ", and the explanation appeared to be
quite satisfactory. Fortunately there ,,'ere no spread eagles on the accoutrements,
or the exact state of affairs might have been given away. After leaving Boston,
where the Boston Fusiliers were the Battery's hosts, the corps went by boat to
Portland, where officers and men had a very pleasant time, spending one day on
one of the islands in the harbour. On the return trip to Montreal Captain Nim's
belts and swords were left in the enited States, and on reaching Longueuil the
artillerymen got their own equipment again, and crossed in proper form to the city.
All this time the Battery had been carefully keeping up its drill, and was in a
very efficient state.
Somewhere in the Fifties the Battery organized a series of concerts to raise
funds to put
elson's monument in a satisfactory state of repair. The Battery
raised a large stun and handed it over to the City on the express understanding
that the corporation would add what was necessary, and place and keep the
monument in good condition, as the following letter will show:
To Hz's Irorshzþ the Mayor, Aldermen alld
CzizZens 0/ the Cziy 0/ iJ1olltreal.
IOXTRE.\J., APRIL 7th, [873.
GEXTLDIEX:
On behalf of the l\Iontreal Field Battery of \'olunteer Artillery, I have the
honor to transmit herewith the sum of $702.90 (seven hundred and two dollars and
ninety cents), being proceeds (with accrued interest to date) of several concerts given
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under the auspices of that corps in 1858 and 1859, with the view of raising a fund
to defray the expense of repairing
elson's monument in Jacques Cartier Square.
As the corporation of :\Iontreal have recently completed that work, the members
of the Battery have authorized the transfer, to your honorable body, of the amount
at the credit of the Battery in the Savings Bank Department of the Bank of
Montreal, to be applied by the corporation towards the payment of the expenditure
incurred in restoring the monument. I have therefore, in their name, the pleasure
of enclosing the sum of 'E-702.90, with bank book, showing original deposits, and
accretions of interest, for which please grant city treasurer's receipt in duplicate,
and oblige Your obedient sen'ant,
A. _-\. STEYEXSOX, Lieut.-Colouel,
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AR:\IA:\n:XT: SIX I2-1'0l NDER R.B. L. GI."NS.
The City Council, at a special meeting held Monday, April 7th, 1873, t
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a ,'ote of cordial thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson and the Montreal i?ield
Battery for their handsome contribution.
A fact of historical interest in connection with these concerts is that a1. one of
them, Emma Lajeunesse, since famous throughout the world as the great Canadian
cantatrice, Albani. made her public debut. 1Ir. Lajeunesse, her father, was leader
of a band here, and a musician of considerable reputation in those days. The
Battery engaged him several times, and it was at his especial solicit
'ltion that his
daughter was engaged. Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson says he recco1lects that the
old gentleman told him that his daughter had a "delicious voice," and that he felt
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sure that if some rich man would send her to Europe she would startle the world.
To please the old gentleman, Colonel Stevenson engaged Mr. Lajeunesse and both
of his daughters to take part in the Battery's next concert. Emma played the piano
and sang, her sister played the harp, and the old gentleman played the clarionet.
Of course there were other numbers on the programme.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ste,-enson says that, to tell the truth, they were considerably
disappointed at Emma's singing at that time, and he says he has heard much better
attempts by other singers making their public debut. There was not ntuch applause,
and the batterymen rather mentally accused old 1\lr. Lajeunesse of allowing his
parental admiration for his daughter to get the better of his judgment.
The year 1860 was an eventful one for Canada, and especially for the militia.
His Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales came to this country to inaugurate the
Yictoria Bridge, and made a stay of a week in l\lontreal and a long trip through
Canada and the United States. The social functions and public hospitalities in
Montreal were on a most lavish scale. It was really a trying time for the Battery,
for the corps was on duty practically the whole time the Prince was in 1\lontreal.
It fired a great number of salutes, including one when His Royal Highness arrived
and another when he left. Upon the latter occasion a terrific downpour of rain was
1D progress.
Two guns of the Battery were sent to Sherbrooke to fire the salutes upon the
occasion of His Royal Highness' visit to that city. Captain Stevenson received the
orders to leave only a few minutes before the time set for departure, and the Battery
had just been dismissed for the day. He at once ordered the trumpeter to sound
the assembly in the street, and he got the men together all right and went to
Sherbrooke by a special train, in good time to fire the salute. The Captain was told
in his order that horses would be supplied at Sherbrooke, and so they were, but
they baulkedand shied, and kicked at the guns, so that he ordered them taken out, and
the gunners ran the guns up to the point where the salute was to be fired.
The year 1861 was a quiet one in the battery, and its members did not do much
besides perfecting themselves in their work as far as possible.
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two was another memorable year both
for Canada and the Field Battery. It was the year of the excitement over the Trent
affair, when war between the United States and Great Britain appeared perilously
near, as a result of the action of the 'Vnited States warship "San Jacinto" in forcibly
taking- the Confederate Commissioners, :\lason and Sliddell, from the British mer-
chant steamer "Trent" on the high seas, in November, 1861.
\Iilitary organiza-
tions we're raised in Canada from one end to the other, and a large force of regular
troops wa
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At thi
7 critical time the Battery was in a splendid condition. containing as fine
a set of mel" as could be found anywhere. The average height of the men was
5 feet 10. Some were 6 feet 4, others 6 feet 3, several 6 feet 2, while men of 6 feet
were plentifuL' It was very gratifying to all ranks in the corps to know that the
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reputation of the Battery had spread throughout the Imperial service, and many of
the regular officers who arrived this year went to Captain Stevenson and said that
they had heard so much in England about his battery that they wanted to see it 011
parade. Sergeant
lajor Bigwood of Penn's Battery of the Royal Artillery was the
battery's instructor at this time.
During the year the Battery gave a concert and exhibition of drill at the
Crystal Palace, organized in honor of Lord Monck, the newly appointed Governor
General, who said that officers of the army in England had spoken to him about the
Battery. His Excellency was accompanied by General Doyle, commanding the
forces in Nova Scotia; by General Sir Fenwick \\ïlliams, commanding the forces in
Canada; by the Honorable Thomas D'Arcey .McGee, and many other distinguished
men. There were over two thousand people present.
One of those who was present remarked that to see
that corps
arching battery front down that hall,
stretching from one wall to the other, was a sight
worth going a long way to see. The line was
perfectly straight and not a button on a single
man's coat was out of place. It was as near
perfection as military work could possibly be.
This gentlemen said that he never saw such a
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exhibition of drill himself, and the remark applies \.. .
equally to both the gun and the foot drill. Lord
Monck, in congratulating the Battery said it was
not only his own opinion but also that of distinguish- I
ed officers who had seen many efficient corps
(doubtless meaning the two generals who accom-
panied him) that in all of his experience he had
never seen any corps, regular or volunteer, march
with such precision and perform its drill so accu-
rately as the corps he had just had the pleasure
of seeing on parade. This, coming from the Governor General, was much appreciated.
During the summer of 1862 the Battery organized an excursion to Xiagara
Falls. The previous winter it had had an exciting march out to Chambly and back.
Colonel Thorndyke who commanded the artillery in the Province of Lo,,"er Canada
was quartered at Chambly and he expressed himself as anxious that the Battery
should go out to visit him. As it was impossible to make satisfactory rates with
the ferries, it was decided to defer the trip until the winter, when the Battery could
cross on the ice. One day the roads were reported in perfect condition, and
lajor
Stevenson ordered the Battery to mnster early the second morning after, and march
to Chambly. During the previous night, a bliz7.ard, accompanied by bitterly cold
weather, set in, but no one suggested that the Battery had better not go, and it
started. Horses and men had an awful time getting out to Chambly, the trip of
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sixteen miles taking from 9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. It was 25 degrees below zero, and the
road was so blocked with drifts that the Battery had to pass through the fields.
Then the Battery was handicapped by its equipment, the harness continually
breaking. The guns "'ere marked 1807, and the harness was a good deal older
than that. The snow drifts were unusually high. One sub-division, having halted
to repair a broken strap, was hurrying to overtake the rest of the Battery, and ran
with such force into a drift that it was completely hidden from view. Major
Stevenson, from his horse, could see neither horses, men nor gUll. 'But the going
out was nothing to the return. The Battery left Chambly at five in the afternoon,
and it was half past two the next morning when it passed l\Iolson's Church on
Notre Dame Street. To get their guns and waggolls through bad places the drivers
often had to hitch up seven horses tandem.
This was about the 9th of March. On the
17th of the same month the Battery went to Lachine,
and, as the thaw had come, had trouble again, but
of a different kind,
In the year 1862 too, the Battery did some-
thing which entitles the corps to the everlasting
gratitude of all the citizens of l\Iontreal. It proved
that the ascent of
Iouut Royal was possible for
vehicles, and thus brought within the range of
practical municipal politics, the scheme for acquir-
ing the :\Iountain Park. Hitherto the project had
met with only ridicule, the general belief being
that horses could never be got to the summit.
Before the Prince of \\Tales came to Canada
in 1860, Colonel Ermatinger, then field officer for
Lower Canada. aud Captain Stevenson had several
conversations about doing something out of the
ordinary as a compliment to His Royal Highness.
Among other things it was suggested that Captain
Stevenson should take the Battery up to the summit of :\louut Royal aud fire a
salute as the Prince was returning from inauguratiug the Victoria Bridge. Owing
to the rain interfering, two days ceremonies had to be thrown into one, and the
Battery had not time to try the ascent of the ?\Iountain. In 1861 Captain Stevenson
was elected an alderman of the city of Montreal, and the following year made a
motion in the city council that the Mountain should be acquired as a pu bEc park.
The :\Iountain was divided at that time among some eighteen proprietors, and the
property was lying practically idle. Cattle were grazed on the lo\\'er slopes, and
fire wood was cut off the higher plateaus.
early everybody laughed at Alderman Stevenson's suggestion, and thought it
an Ctopial1 idea. He was not to be laughed out of it, however, but thought it over
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and decided that he would show the doubting public, by his Battery, that it was
feasible to get up to the top. His original undertaking met with complete snccess.
Haying obtained the permission of Colonel Ermatinger to turn ont the Battery
and also haying got a permit from
Ir. John Redpath to pass through his grounds,
the Major ordered the Battery out on .l\londay,
ovember 10th, for special service.
No one, but the two gentlemen mentioned and the l\Iajor himself, knew what the
special service was, for \'arious reasons. He did not want to be hampered by a crowd,
and he was not quite certain that the Battery could get up, and if it did not he thought
it would be quite sufficient if they had the laugh over their failure among themselves,
without having the whole city joining in at their expense.
Tbe Prince of \Vales' birthday was to be celebrated that day as the actual
anniversary had fallen on Sunday, and Major
Stevenson's idea was to fire a royal salute from
the top of the mountain.
Sunday night a heavy snowstorm set in and
when the Battery paraded on :\Ionday, there was
a foot of snow on the ground, So before starting
they had to take the guns from the wheels and
remount them on sleighs. The Battery went up
by way of 11r. Redpath's private avenue and
grounds, and gradually zig-zagged its way to the
plateau on the summit of the mountain behind
Ravenscrag. All ranks had hard work to get
there. Often the sleighs would get stuck on the
tops of stumps, and the men had to cut the stumps
down to get them off. The sno\\" lay so hea\'y in
some of the ravines the Battery had to cross that
the drivers had to take the horses out, and .l\lajor
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The Battery got into position, and swung the guns into action for the royal
salute exactly at noon. The bells in the city just started to ring twelve as the
first round \\"as fired. The royal salute over, the Battery had lunch, and it was one
of the best lunches ever eaten on the Royal :\Iount's summit. At one o'clock the
Battery fired another salute of 100 gUlls, winding up with three salvos. It was
amusing to see the cro\\'ds running about the city to find out what had happened.
The gunners could see that the firing had caused the greatest commotion, and people
crowded together to the spaces where a view of the mountain could be had, A very
large crowd gathered on the then unoccupied portion of the lot of land on St. James
Street, where the Post Office no\\" stands. The general opinion in the city was that
tbe Fenians had made a lodgment on the mountain. There were man)' vague reports
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that they were vague. The Fenians had already tried to get a footing on the
New Bruns,,-ick coast near Campobello, and there was much talk about their
ha,'ing designs on )'Iontreal.
The people were not altogether satisfied until the Battery returned to the city
in the afternoon. The effect on the Park scheme "-as satisfactory and immediate.
Instead of laughing at Major Stevenson's proposal. people insisted on it being carried
through, and eventually it was, though it took some time securing. the necessary
legislation, expropriating the property, etc.
The following extract from an editorial in the "
lontreal Transcript" of
November 11th, 1862, refers to this incident: ,
.. The twenty-first birthday of His Royal Highnes
the Prince of Wales
falling this year on Sunday, the celebration of the day took place yesterday. The
unfavorable weather prevented any other public celebration by the Troops in
Garrison than the firing of a royal salute from the Island of St. Helen's, which
took place at noon.
., The celebration of the day by the l\Iontreal Field Battery, under Major
Stevenson, however, was possessed of novel features, which are likely to make the
day memorable, apart from the interest which every British subject attaches to it.
The indefatigable major is sure to have some novelty in store, when he attempts
anything with his efficient Battery. Yesterday the new feature was the firing of
the salute in honor of the attainment of majority by our beloved Prince, from the
summit of 1\1ount Royal, eight hundred feet above the St. Lawrence.
., The feat was accomplished not without difficulty. The Battery was ordered to
muster for special duty at nine o'clock in the morning, and the men were promptly
present at the Crystal Palace. The guns were dismounted from the carriages. and
mounted again on sleighs. and, at eleven o'clock, they took up the line of march
with four guns drawn by six horses each. They proceeded through .l\Ir. Redpath's
avenues, and thence by a winding path. extremely rugged, and much obstructed
by trees and stumps, which were removed by the artillerymen, and after having
several guns upset and righted again, to the plateau overlooking the city.
" At twelve o'clock precisely a royal salute was fired, after which the men and
officers partook of a lunch composed of cold roast beef, ham, etc., with bread and
hot coffee. It is needless to say that justice was done to the viands. for the labor
of the morning and the march were keen appetizers. At one o'clock a salute of
one hundred guns was fired in from IS to 20 minutes, when the men again rested
a short time, concluding the business of the day with three salvos from the four guns,
., The horses were then attached to the pieces, and the descent of the mountain
made at the same point, after which they proceeded through St. Catherine Street
and St. Denis Street to
otre Dame, and about three o'clock arrived at the Crystal
Palace.
"The scene presented on the plateau of the mountain, as viewed from the city,
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was picturesque in the extreme. The dark uniform of the men, with the wbite
background of snow, and the belching smoke from the guns, were too prominent
not to attract hundreds to the street corners affording a view of the scene. The
reports were borne towards the city by the wind with deafening distinctness, and
when the salvos were fired, the reverberation was repeated several times.
"Tbe l\Iontreal Field Battery bave linked their names to the future. if no
opportunity is afforded them of proving their efficiency in the field, at least in
having fired tbe first gun from the summit of the mountain."
The next year there was a grand review on the tenth of March, in honour of
the Prince of \Vales' marriage, and in the sham fight which followed, the Battery
and Foot Company of Artillery again went up to the summit of the mountain as the
defending force, and all the other :\Iontreal corps attacked. Some of the infantry
succeeded in getting up, but they had a very trying time of it. The first man to
get to the top was Captain \Vhitehead, brother of the present Lieutenant-Colonel
\\Thitehead, and he almost fainted as soon as he reached the top.
In 1864 and 1865 the Battery did nothing out of the ordinary, but of course
kept up its drills. The corps always did that, as there were constant rumours about
the Fenians in the air.
In another chapter will be found some official reports of the efficiency of the
:\Iontreal Field Battery during the period treated of in this chapter, but a few words
dropped the other day by a veteran militia officer who occupied a very prominent
position in the old militia will give an idea of the esteem in which the Battery was
held at the critical time of the Trent affair.
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman the other day was speaking of the
appreciation of the Canadian militia shown by the Imperial officers in the good old
Garrison days and remarked: .. I recollect that when Colonel Shakespeare, one of
the ablest officers of the Royal Artil1ery, came here at the time of the Trent affair,
to take command of the artillery in this country, be inspected Stevenson's Battery
at the Crystal Palace in company with General Lindsay and General Sir Fenwick
\\ïlliams. I \\'as with them, being at that time Assistant Adjutant General for
the Montreal force. Colonel Shakespeare had just come from Shoeburyness. where
he was in command of the great artillery camp. He said, after the inspection:
.. I left at Shoeburyness eight of the best batteries of the Royal Artillery, in fact I
doubt whether there are any better in any service, and I come here to l\Iontreal and
I find a militia battery as efficient in e,'ery way as any of those I left behind. I
could not have expected it, though I had heard good reports on this battery from
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ON SERVICE DrRING THE FENIAN RAIDS.
T ' . . HE year 1866 will ever be memorable in the annals of the Canadian
, '. . I Militia, It was the first test of the militia as it practically exists
.' I // to-day. For some years the Fenian Brotherhood, an organization
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ostensibly established to wrest Ireland from the British Crown by
force of anns, had been very active in
\merica, the immediate
-.... object of the movement in the States being avowedly to capture
Canada and make it the base of operations against the mother country. Many
poor people were led by patriotic devotion to contribute funds, but there is
not the slightest doubt whatever that many of those who joined the movement were
actuated by more sordid motives. The peaceful homes and prosperous business
centres of the loyal British colony would, they fondly hoped, provide rich spoil for
the invading armies of the" Irish Republic" _ The termination of the American
civil war gave a tremendous impetus to the movement, for it threw many men of
various races, trained to the use of arms, on the country, without any means of
earning a livelihood. The movement against Canada appeared to be reaching a
climax during the winter of 1866, and it was announced with mnch swaggering
and bravado that the invasion of Canada would take place on St. Patrick's day.
The Canadian ,'olunteer militia corps quietly drilled away to prepare for the
threatened trouble, but nothing occurred until the 31st of 1Iay when a force of
about nine hundred men under" General" O'Neil crossed from Black Rock and
landed a little below Fort Erie on the Niagara frontier. .June 2nd this force was
met at Ridgeway by a force of militia consisting of the Queen's Own Rifles of
Toronto and the 13th of Hamilton, and an action took place which resulted in
the killing of a number of the volunteers, and their retirement, the Fenians
making no attempt, however, to follow. The same night O'Neil's force recrossed
the river into American territory.
It was ostentatiously given out that one of the first thin,gs the Fenians
intended to do was to capture Montreal. Camps of Fenians were established in all
the American cities near the frontier, and drilling went regularly along, but the
would-be invaders thought better of it, and contented themselves with demonstrating.
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Everybody, both in the United States and Canada, knew perfectly wel1, in
1865, that there was an organized movement among the Fenians in the enited
States to capture Canada. The American papers openly published advertisements
summoning the" Camps" to drill, and the enited States government let them dril1.
If the United States had been so disposed they could have stopped the whole
trouble in short order. But they were not so disposed, and the 1Iilitia prepared to
do its duty. There was only a smal1 force of regulars in the country at the time.
As far as the Montreal Field Battery was concerned, officers and men kept up
their organization and drill to the highest possible notch, and were ready for
anything that might tnrn up so far as they had arrangements in their o\\'n hands.
The field equipmen t and amlU unition were kept in the magazines on St. Helen's
Island, but though Major Stevenson could not get
those things ready, he did the next best thing, and
prepared his requisition so that he could hand it in
the moment his Battery was ordered out. News of
O'Neil's im"asion and the Battle of Ridgeway created
intense excitement in l\Iontreal, and word came
simultaneously that the Fenians were about to make
their attempt on :\Iontrea1.
The Battery was cal1ed out on .Tune the first,
and the same evening several battalions of the
1Iontreal infantry militia corps left for the front.
The Battery's first orders to turn out were received
by 1Iajor Stevenson at eleven o'clock on the first.
Lieutenant-Colonel Osborne Smith was then
Deputy Adjutant General, commanding the district,
and l\Iajor Stevenson at once went to the Brigade
office to requisition the ammunition, camp equipage,
etc. Everybody was very lUuch excited, and it was
hard to get business attended to. l\Iajor Stevenson's
orders were to take half of the Battery. two guns, to Hemmingford, and to leave
at four o'clock that afternoon. The other half of the Battery was to remain in
the city. The Major detailed Capt. \Vm. l\IcGibbon to accompany him with the
half battery to Hemmingford, placing Lieutenant Boyd in command of the other
half battery ordered to remain in Montreal. Major Stevenson told Colonel Smith
that it was very short notice, and he doubted if they could get the ammunition
and equipage from the Island in time. The Deputy Adjutant General somewhat
hrnsquely replied that he could get it, if the major could not, if the latter had
the requisition. Major Stevenson told him that he had the requisition all pre-
pared and handed it to him. He handed it to Colonel Lyman, who was then on
the staff, and that officer proceeded to get the necessary signatures to the document.
This was no easy task, for people were occupied with personal affairs.
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It was SIX o'clock before the last signature was affixed, and then Major
Stevenson at once sent over to the Island. But the magazine was closed for the
night, and the officers refused to open it for anybody. The next day was Sunday,
and Procession Sunday at that, but l\lajor Stevenson sent over to the Island again
early in the morning, and they got everything over to the city in the evening, or
rather thought they did. But on opening out the ammunition they found that
there were many important deficiencies. There was not a single primer, for
instance, for the shells) without which the shells would be useless. And other
eqnally indispensible articles were missing, so that they had to send back again to
the Island, and found that the magazine and stores were again closed. So the
Battery had to stay in the Crystal Palace again all night, and send over to the
Island once more early Monday morning.
It should be stated that as far as the men, horses and guns were concerned,
the Battery paraded, ready for service, within a couple of hours of the receipt of the
order ca1ling them out.
Finally they got e'Terything all right, and started at eleven o'clock on Monday
for HeIiImingford via Lachine and Caughnawaga. At Lachine considerable delay
was caused, for the ferry boat could only carry half of the half battery at once.
Then they were delayed for a long time at Canghnawaga waiting for the train to
take them to Hemmingford, and it was half past ten at night before the Battery
got to Henl1ningford.
Colonel Smith had established his headquarters at that place, and had under
his command Number One Troop of Cavalry, Captain Smith; the 1St Prince of
\Vales Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Devlin; and the 3rd Victoria Rifles, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Heward.
On arrival at the Hemmingford station, a messenger stopped up to Major
Stevenson and gave him an order to proceed to Colonel Smith's headquarters
immediately, but not to disembark the horses and guns. So the J\Iajor trudged
along through the mud, stumbling over all sorts of things in the darkness, up to
:\lcPhee's Hotel, where the Brigadier and his staff were comfortably established.
The transport facilities had been very bad and the commissariat arrangements
were quite as defective. No provision had been made by the authorities for feeding
the horses and men en route, and when they arrived at Henuuingford they found
that nothing had been provided there. As is the case to-day, there was absolutely
no provision for the mobilization of the militia, and no transport service or com-
missariat to maintain a force in the field.
Means were taken to extemporize transport and commissariat services, but the
experience of armies everywhere, and in every age, has shown conclusively that
such makeshift services, organized in the excitement and bustle of the initial
stages of a campaign, are both wasteful and inefficient.
In the case of the Montreal Field Battery, when it arrived at Hemmingford,
no forage could be procured for the horses) and no rations for the men from the
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authorities, though there was an abundance of food and forage in the immediate
vicinity. This appears to have been annoying to all concerned, no less to the
officer in command at that point than to the officers and men of the Battery them-
sel ves.
Lieutenant-Colonel Smith was anxious that the Battery should continue some
distance on the way to Huntingdon, but it was decided that the corps would have
to be detrained to enable the horses and men to be fed. The detraining was a
very difficult operation, as there was no platform for getting the guns off the cars,
but the men finally managed it.
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had a bite in their mouths since five o'clock that morning, except a fe,,- loaves of
bread they had managed to get at Caughnawaga.
The officers of the staff said that it was absolutely impossible to get anything
for the men until the following morning, and as for the horses, there was not a
bushel of oats to be had within a radius of ten miles.
At the latter statement one of the officers of the Battery expressed astonish-
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No satisfaction could be obtained, however, from the staff officers, and some
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Fortunately l\IcPhee, the keeper of the hotel, was a Scotchman, and the
natural sympathy of one Scot for another came to the l\Iajor's assistance, for
besides being a Scotchman himse1f, McPhee had met one or two other Scotchmen
in the Battery, and commented on the fact as soon as the Major spoke to him.
l\IcPhee said to the latter that he could let him have as many sacks of oats as he
wanted, and he gladly agreed to supply all the oats required to the quartermaster
sergeant, at a very 10\\" price, on the l\Iajor's promise to see that he was paid, which
promise, of course, was given.
But l\Iajor Stevenson had more difficulty in procuring a meal for his tired and
hungry men. He, hO\\"ever, chanced to look into the dining r00111 of the hotel and
saw that they ,,"ere setting a table, and found it was in preparation for some
teamsters who were coming to Hemmingford to transport the Yictoria Rifles to
Huntingdon the fonowing day.
In the meantime Major Stevenson's anxiety was to provide a meal for his
men. l\IcPhee said that the meal being prepared for the teamsters had been
ordered by Colonel Smith, and he dare not disobey orders. The l\Iajor, however,
remarking that that might be a very good rule for the military, eXplained that he
would take the responsibility of ordering his men to eat that meal. They had not
had anything since early morning, while the teamsters had already had their
three meals.
:\lcPhee still resisted, but the Major ordered the Battery trumpeter to sound
the assembly, and marched his men into the dining room and ordered them to
remain there until they had had an they wanted. He then investigated the
kitchen and found that the cooks were preparing an the bread and butter the men
would require, as well as tea or coffee. Rummaging among the cupboards he
found a plentiful supply of eggs, and got the women in the kitchen to boil them for
the men. The result was that the men got a good meal, which of course the :\Iajor
was only too glad to pay for.
He could get no more satisfaction about quarters for his men than he got
about their food, so he arranged with McPhee to let them sleep in the hay in his
barn, and they enjoyed a first rate rest, which was more than the infantry did.
Those poor fellows were simply dumped down on a swamp, and had to do the
best they could without camp equipage or anything else.
It was cruel, and it was not surprising that the next day many of them could
scarcel y speak for the severe colds they had contracted. Many of them at that
time contracted colds and rheumatism from which they never recovered.
The Yictorias were under orders to go to Huntingdon the morning after the
Battery's arrival. The Prince of \Vales Regiment, not having had ammunition
served out to them, were ordered to remain until the arrival of their ammunition,
which was coming from Montreal by a train which was to arrive during the day.
The Battery was ordered to remain also, and go on with the Prince of \Vales
Regiment. The regular morning train did not bring the ammunition as expected,
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and the two corps had to remain at Hemmingford all day, much to their disgust.
During the day all sorts of exciting rumours got about, and half a dozen stories
were started about the Fenians having crossed the lines, attacking the other
column, etc. Of course there was nothing in any of them. Early next morning
the column mo,'ed off on the way to Huntingdon, being entertained to breakfast
and dinner by the good people of Havelock and Franlyn. The Battery parted
company with the Prince of \Vales Regiment at the Ormstowll road, the infantry
proceeding to Ormsto,,'n.
The Battery arri,'ed at Huntingdon at half past eight at night, its guide,
Captain Rogers, later Lieutenant-Colonel Rogers commanding the 51st Battalion,
ha,'ing deemed it advisable to make a considerable detour near A.thelston owing to
some report of a Fenian force being thereabouts.
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to the corps as quarters an old, unused, wheelwright's shop, utterly unsuited for the
purpose. The boards of the floor were both rotten and loose, and it would ha,'e
broken the horses legs to take them into it. The officers in command told .:\Iajor
Stevenson when he protested that it was the only place to be had, but he was deter-
mined that he '\"QuId not put the Battery up there. The place given as sleeping
accomodation for the men was not large enough to accornodate ten persons and the
members of the Battery would have been almost as well off out of doors.
Mr. Boyd, a local lawyer at this point came to the Battery's assistance, and he
told :\Iajor Stevenson that if the Battery would go up to the square he would see
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that men and horses were comfortably billeted for the night. Arriving at the
square, l\Ir. Boyd, who now lives at New York, mounted one of the gun carriages
and made a speech to the people. He urged his fellow townsmen to do their duty
by the Battery. The artillerymen had corne to do their duty in protecting them,
and they should do their part and see that the men and their horses had the
necessary accomodation.
The speech had its effect, and l\Iajor Stevenson got billets for the horses and
men, he himself that night going to the hotel. There were several oth
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Huntingdon and the accommodation was pretty well taken up. The great
difficulty, so far as the Battery was concerned, was that its horses were scattered
through the village and neighborhood, the two animals furthest away from one
another being three miles apart. l\1ajor Stevenson wanted to encamp, and as he
had taken the precaution to take his camp equipage along, he could have done it
comfortably. But Colonel Smith ,,'ould not hear of it. Finally a crisis was
reached owing to the contractor for forage refusing to supply the horses o,,'ing to
their being so scattered, which made the delivery of the rations a very difficult matter.
At the Presbyterian Church were long sheds to shelter the horses of those
of the congregation who had to drive to service, and l\Iajor Stevenson arranged
that the Battery could have these sheds for its horses. Then he obtained permis-
sion to camp on the church grounds, and the Battery was made very comfortable.
l\Irs. \Vatson, the good wife of the minister, allowed the Battery to use her
kitchen for the cooking, and even spared her servant to help in the work. The
government rations were being brought from l\Iontreal, and when they arrived were
simply unfit for human food. Somebody must have benefitted, but it was surely
not the men who had to subsist on the stuff.
All the provisions required could have been purchased better and cheaper in
the country, and they were being brought from l\Iontreal, not by train but by
teams, by far the most dangerous and expensive means of transport. Of course
the whole arrangement was made to favour some city contractors. The idea of
bringing provisions by team all the way from l\Iontreal in such weather as that
prevailing then was simply outrageous. The meat was often tainted when it
arrived at the front, and the bread reported to have been unfit for food.
A General l\Iiddleton appears to have been badly needed at the front during
the Fenian Raids.
Major Stevenson appears to have taken took good care that the stuff should
not be foisted on his men. He had been made to provide his own rations in the
first place and he determined to continue to do it, as he found that everything
needed could be supplied cheaper, and in first class condition, by the local baker,
butcher and grocers. He was ordered to receive the government rations, but
declined, and was allowed to have his way. As a result his men and horses were
well fed, and when the Battery returned to l\Ion, treal there was not a man or
horse that was not considerably heavier than when the corps marched out.
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The corps on service were allowed, by the government, fifty cents per man a
day for rations, and though the men of the Battery were so well fed, after paying
for everything, and giving liberal allowances to all who assisted in any way, they
received, after the service \Vas over, twenty-five cents a day in cash, the savings
from their ration money, in addition to their pay of fifty cents a day.
The batterymen were the envy of the rest of the force at Huntingdon on
account of their good food.
The Battery had so few men that a small infantry guard was told off each day
to do the guard duties at the artillery camp, and Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson,
the other day, recalled the fact that, on one occasion, the corporal of the guard,
which was furnished by the Victoria Rifles, was f\Ir. Arthur Ross, now the we11
known stock broker. He had had such a sickening experience with the gO\"ern-
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be told off permanently ,,"ith his squad to do the Battery guard duties, but in this
he was disappointed.
The Battery had more or less excitement during the time it was at Hunt-
ingdon as a result of the circulation of startling rumours, but nothing really trans-
pired. The men could not dri11 much on account of the weather. It poured in
torrents most of the time, and, in the intervals, it was simply unbearably hot. The
men's faces and necks were badly blistered.
The Battery came back to Montreal on the 18th, and glad enough officers and
men were. The Battery came back by steamboat from Port Louis on Lake St.
Francis. To Port Louis there was a direct road from Huntingdon, some six or
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eight miles in length. It was a plank road, and in rather bad repair, but
susceptible of being mended. l\Iajor Stevenson was ordered, hO\\'ever, to proceed to
Port Louis with the Battery by what was called the" New Found Out Road ",
which would necessitate a detour of nearly double the distance. He was ordered to
march half an hour ahead of the infantry, but he knew that, even with that start,
his Battery could not make the extra distance in time. So he determined. orders
or no orders, that he would go by the direct road.
First he sent on some men with a load of scantling and planks. to repair the
worst breaks in the wooden roadway, and, sharp on time, the Battery started.
Before coming to the point where the "
ew Found Out Road" branched off from
the direct road, Uajor Stevenson had tried to get the guide who had been told off
to show the Battery the way, to consent to the change in route he contemplated.
The guide refused, however, saying that if anything happened he \\'ould get into
trouble. The Uajor, howe\'er, said that he would take the responsibility, and
when, on reaching the junction of the roads, the Battery kept right along, the guide
urged no objection.
The Battery arrived at the wharf without mishap. The mail steamer, on
which it was to embark, had just arrived, and the Battery embarked at once.
The men were enjoying an impromptu concert in the saloon when the staff and
the Yictoria Rifles arrived. The astonished looks on the faces of Colonel Smith
and his officers when they sa\\" the Battery all comfortably established on the
steamer, was a study in itself.
The names on the pay-roll for the eighteen days that the Battery was in active
service at this time are as follows:
Iajor, A. A. Ste\Oenson ; Captain, \Vm. UcGibbon; Second Lieutenant, T. \\-.
Boyd; Surgeon, Geo. E. Fenwick; Sergeant-Uajor, C. \Yhite; Quartermaster
Sergeaut, .John Cooper; Sergeants, .John \\'ilson, John T. Rickaby, \Vm. Bauden;
Farrier Sergeant, S. Culley; Corporals, J. \V. \Vooding, .Jas. K, Pollock, Hugh
McIntosh, Thomas Lilley; Bombardiers, J. H, UcNider, \V. H. Kerfut, James Yuill,
1\1. T. Lang; Trumpeter, A. McInnes; Gunners, Robt. Nicholson, Angus l\litchell,
W. \Vilkinson, Thomas Robinson, Chas. l\IcGuaran, Richard i\IcKeown, \V. Cun-
ningham, .Jas. Griffin, Alex. Campbell, Richard Teannouth, John Morrison, James
Smith, .John Jackson, \Villiam Bennett, Robert Inglis, Henry Corrigan, Hugh
Mackay, \Vm. Grant, John Henderson, E. Cunningham, l\loses Eadon, \Valter
McGrath, James Henderson, Ed. Morgan, Ed. Thompson, .John :\1innish, .John
l\larsh, .John P. Peavey, Benj. Robinson, \Vm. Hardy, P. B. Ferguson, \Villiam
Burrell, \\'1lliam \\'111 is, Thos. Wilkinson, Samuel Russell, C. Nimms, .J. H.
Hutchison, \Vm. Nish, \Vm. Ross; Drivers, 1. S Pierotz, T. Potter, John Outhet,
S. Cunningham, C. Cunningham, D. Cunningham. George Bruce, Fred. Bennett,
Jas. Cunningham, .J. \\'igmore, Jno. Clayton, P. McKillop, Daniel \Vilson, Richard
Conway, Joseph Booth, Donald Munro, John Fraser, C. Fisher, James Saunders,
J. Matthews.
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During this service the Battery wore the ordinary artillery uniform, which it
had adopted in 1862 or 1863, and which, with few changes, it still wears.
Between 1866 and 1870 nothing out of the ordinary occurred in the history of
the Battery, apart from its participation in the celebration of the first Dominion
Day, July 1st, 1867. There ,,'as a big review on Logan's Park, in ,,'hich the Battery
participated, and it also fired three separate salutes that day at the readings
of the Confederation Proclamation, by the l\Iayor, the Hon. Henry Starnes,
at Logan's Farm, at Dalhousie Square and at Victoria Square.
During all these years the Battery was ordered out frequently to fire salutes,
and also often turned out with the regulars for field days and reviews on Logan's
Farm, The Battery was almost regarded by the regulars as one of their own
corps, and the result was most beneficial to the Battery. At this time, and for
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many years pre\-iously, the Battery had taken a leading part in almost every
public mm'ement in the city.
The pay list on the preceding page is interesting in more respects than one.
It is a significant fact that at this time there was a large proportion of the original
members still in the Battery, as the following copy of the pay-list of the Battery
signed April, 1856, will show:
::\Iajor, \Ym. F. Coffin; First Lieutenants, Henry Hogan, Henry Bulmer;
Second Lieutenant, A. A. Stevenson; Staff Sergeant, \Vm. Masterman; Sergeants,
Charles Garth, Alex. Ramsay; Corporals, Joseph Baudell, Alex. \\Tand, \\Tm. Robb;
Bombardiers; John Buchanan, \Vm. Almour, \Villiam l\lcGibbon; Gunners, R. W.
Isaacson, \V. H. Boyd, \Vm. Hobbs, T. \V. Boyd, Joseph Tees, David Brodie, )Jeil
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Douglas, Robt. Hendey, Edward Charters, John \Vilson, John McIntosh, George
l\Ionaghan, \Villiam Bauden, Alfred Davis, J. Bays, Edward Burke, Sinclair Stuart,
Joseph Baker, \Villiam Inglis, Patrick Hughes, J. Kinleyside, John Cooper,
T. Tucker, .John \Vilkinson, \V. Stevens, J. Simpson, Alex. Turbyne, James
Ma\'or, J. A. Cockburn, George Morrison, J. Cockburn, George Nightingale,
\Vm. Nightingale, James Pollock, C. James, G. l\Iontgomery, \Vm. Ruther-
ford, Robert Gardner, Henry Macfarlane, John Taylor, John Bauden, Robert
Mitchell, John Scott, Robert BeI1l1, John Anderson, Robert Nicholson, \\'m. H.
Kerfut, \\'m. Awler, James Dingwall, John McDougal, David Fender, Hugh
McIntosh, Angus Mitchell, \Vm. :\Iartin, \Vm. \Vilkinson, Matthew Creelman,
Isaac Black; Sergeant Logan, R. A., acting Sergeant Major.
(Signed) \Vm. F. Coffin, l\Iajor,
Commanding Field Battery.
During the winter of 1869-70 the rumours of intended Fenian invasion were
revived and the l\[ilitia held itself in readiness. May 24th a review of the whole of
the Montreal Brigade was ordered in honour of Her l\Iajesty's Birthday. But early
that morning orders were received from headquarters to put the force on active
service and prepare to repel a Fenian invasion along the New York and Vermont
fron tiers.
The Battery's orders \\'ere to hold itself in readiness to move at a moment's
notice. It was read\' at the time the order was received, but remained in Montreal
un.der arms for a day or two, until ordered to the Huntingdon frontier.
The actual order calling out the Battery for active service upon this occasion
is preserved among the archives of the Battery. It was written upon a half sheet
of plain foolscap and reads as follows:
I IUT <\R y DISTRICT No. 5
1st Brigade Division.
Brigade Order.
In accordance with orders received from the Lieutenant General Commanding,
the Montreal Field Battery is hereby ordered on Actual Service without delay, a
% Battery to be held in readiness to proceed by Grand Trunk Railway to River
Beaudette Station for transport to Huntingdon.
" By order" THOMAS BACON, Lieutenant-Colonel.
The 50th Huntingdon Borderers and the 51st Hemmingford Rangers had
been ordered out the same day that the Battery was, and they were already on
duty at Huntingdon, the Montreal Engineers having also preceded the Battery.
Her Majesty's 69th Regiment, under Colonel Bagot, had also been ordered up.
The Battery left Montreal at seven o'clock for Coteau, where it arrived late, having
encountered a number of annoying delays. From Coteau it crossed Lake St.
Francis by steamer to Port Louis. Lieutenant FitzGeorge, now a general in the
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Montreal, 25th May, 1870.
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The following correspondence on this subject explains itself:
l\Iontreal, 6th .June, 1870.
Colonel Elphinstone, C.B., \'.C.,
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Dear Sir:
During the march of the Uontreal Field Battery of Artillery from Hunting-
don to Hendersonville (Trout River) on Friday, the 27th ultimo, we halted for a
few minutes to rest the horses opposite the farm of l\lr. \Vm. Arthùr, who imme-
diately brought and sent from his house a most bountiful supply of milk, water,
bread, cakes, etc. After all had partaken of his good cheer he insisted upon filling
every haversack, at the same time declining to accept of any compensation what-
ever. The members of the Battery feel that some slight acknowledgement of that
gentleman's generosity should be made, and the similarity of name has suggested
the idea of presenting loyal \Villiam Arthur with a photographic portrait of Royal
Arthur \Villiam. The value of the gift would be infinitely enhanced if the
autograph of His Royal Highness could be appended thereto, I have therefore
ventured to enquire whether, under the circumstances, His Royal Highness would
be graciously pleased to append his autograph to the photograph sent herewith.
Such an act of condescension would be accepted by the Battery as a Royal favor
conferred upon the corps, whilst it would undoubtedly awaken li,-elier feelings of
loyalty and patriotism in the breast of that hospitable frontier fanner, in ,,-hose
household it would be cherished with a sort of sacred veneration.
I have the honour to remain
Yours most faithfully,
A_ A_ STE\'EXSOX,
Lt.-Col. Com. :\1. F. B. of A.
Uon treal, 6th .June, I
70,
Dear Sir:
His Royal Highness says that he has very great pleasure indeed in acceding
to the request of yourself and the officers of your Field Battery by signing the
accompanying photograph.
A man who behaved so loyally and liberally deserves every possible recog-
nition, and His Royal Highness desires that you will mention to 1\Ir. \Villiam
Arthur that the Prince will not fail to mention his liberality when in England.
I am like".ise desired to send herewith, for your own acceptance, a photograph
of His Royal Highness.
Believe me, yours faithfully,
H. C. ELPHI
STONB.
Lt.-Col. A. A.. STEVENSON,
Com. l\Iontreal Field Battery, Montreal.
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\Vhile the Battery was at Trout River Lieutenant-Colonel John Fletcher,
being Deputy Adjutant General of the District. commanded the militia force there
assembled. On the last day the Battery was out there General Lindsay arrived,
accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, then an officer in the Battalion
of the Rifle Brigade commanded by Lord Alexander Russell, and held a review of
the whole force. The Battery returned to .:\Iontreal the next day via the same
route as it had taken at the end of the Raid of 1866.
The pay-list for this service.
Iay 25th to June 1st 1860, shows the following
names:
Lieutenant-Colonel, A. A. Stevenson; l\Iajor, \\T.
IcGibbon; First Lieutenant,
T. \V. Boyd; Surgeon, G. E. Fenwick; Sergeant-:\Iajor, E. Hnmm; Acting
Sergeant-1\Iajor to half Battery, James Suttie; Quartermaster Sergeant, John
Cooper; Hospital Sergeant, J. H. l\Iathieson; Sergeants, John \\ïlson, \\"m.
Bauden, James Pollock; Corporals, Hugh McIntosh, Thos. Lilley, \Ym. H. Kerfut,
James Yuill; Bombardiers, \Y. Grant, J. P. Peavey, Jas. Griffin; Trumpeter,
A. l\IcInnes; Gunners, Angus l\Iitchell, Thos. Robinson, C. McGowan, R.
l\IcKeown, Henry Corrigan, James Smith, John Jackson, \Ym. Bennett, Robt.
Inglis, \\'m. Cunningham, H. McKay, .John Henderson, \\T.
lcGrath, E.
Iorgan.
.John i\Iarsh, Benjamin Robinson. P. B. Ferguson. \\'m. Burrell, \Vm. \\Tillis,
Saml. Russell, Chas.
immo, \V. Nash, \V. Houston, \Y. Higgins. John \\Tood,
\\Tm. Brackwell, John Oliver, Jas. Thorn. Richd. Hemsley, Alex. Downs, John
Stephenson. Edw.. Thompson, Mortimer Hynes, James Russell, Thomas Shone,
\\Tm. :\Iuir; Drivers. J. S. Pieroty. Saml. Cunningham, Fredk. Bennett, Jas.
Cunningham, John Clayton, Danl. \Vilson, R. Conway, D. .Munro, \Vm. \Yright,
.John Bloomfield, Thos. :\Iassey. \V. Calvert, Joseph Turner, John Jolliff, Thos.
Fraser, John H. Lynn, Peter Reid, Geo. H. Burt, Jas. Shannon, Alex. Mason.
Hugh Dunachie, Ceo. Johnston.
Major Stevenson was present when General Lindsay, who was about leaving
Canada, decorated Lieutenant-Colonels Fletcher, Chamberlain and McEachran with
the. order of C,M. G. and the old general feelingly remarked to the major: "I want
you to keep up that splendid battery of yours. It is a fine corps, and will be
wanted some day, and when it is wanted I am sure you will all do your duty."
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loyal militia of Canada have been those performed when
,"arious corps have been called out on actual service in aid of
the civil authority. The Active l\Iilitia Force is at once a
national police force as well as a force for national defence.
The militia has been frequently called upon to perform its
by no means pleasant police duties, and upon no corps have the
calls for aid to the civil power been as frequent as those which com-
pose the 1\Iontreal Division.
The l\Iontreal Field Battery was called out in aid of the civil
pO\\"er very soon after its organization, election riots being frequent
in the fifties and sixties as a result of the open ballot and the good
old fashioned ways of conducting elections. Brick-bats were the common missiles,
and cracked skulls were quite the fashion at election times, but a military display
usually restored peace easily. In 1858 and 1859 the Montreal militia corps were
frequently on service in the streets.
In 1860 a riot occurred during a mayoralty contest, the voting then extending
over several days. The orders to turn out were received by the members of the
Battery early in the morning, the parade being ordered for 9.30. So promptly did
the men respond that at that hour to the minute the Battery was on parade, with
guns horsed and ready for action. The Battery was under anus for four days on
this occasion, being stationed on Victoria Square and on the present City Hall
Square, and got through this service without any trouble, but both they and the
Cavalry were once or twice treated to a little mild excitement, being vigorously
pelted with snowballs by the mob.
In November, 1875, the Battery was on service on the occasion of the burial of
.Joseph Guibord, whose body at the time of his death, some eight years previously,
had been refused burial in consecrated ground in the Roman Catholic Cemetery
because he belonged to the Institut Canadien, which institution had been placed
under the ban because its library contained books regarded as heretical by the
Roman Catholic Church.
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Guibord was himself a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church and a
regular attendant at its services. His wife, who had predeceased him had been
buried in his family lot in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, and, before his
death, he had asked that his body be laid beside that of his wife.
The Cemetery then, as now, was under the control of the Fabrique of Notre-
Dame, and the latter body, through its representati\"e, the Reverend Curé Rous-
selot, refused permission for the interment to take place. The power of the law
was invoked by the officers of the Institut Canadien to compel the ecclesiastical
authorities to permit of the interment as desired, and in the meantime, the casket
containing Guibord's body was deposited in the receiving vault of the l\Iounl
Royal Protestant Cemetery.
A series of long and complicated lawsuits followed, the Church authorities
basing their right to refuse interment in consecrated ground on the terms of the
Capitulation of Canada, which guaranteed to the Roman Catholic Church the full
exercise of its accustomed usages_ The learned counsel for the Institut pleaded
that, in spite of any special arrangement with the Roman Catholic Church, that the
ecclesiastical authorities could not interfere with the proprietary or an yother
\"ested rights of a British subject, and this argument carried the day.
After Mr. Joseph Doutre, Ç2.C., the leading counsel for the Institut, had fought
out the case through the Canadian Courts, it was taken to the very foot of the
Throne, the Imperial Privy Council, who, on appeal, finally ordered the Fabrique
to permit the interment to take 'place as desired by the friends of the deceased.
\\'hile the case was being argued before the courts much ill-feeling was
aroused in Montreal and vicinity. :\I r. Doutre and the I nstitllt Canadien had the
sympathy of the Protestant portion of the community, while the great bulk of the
Roman Catholic population, quite naturally, sympathised with the stand taken by
their clergy. The case was much discussed in the public press, in the pulpit, and
on the streets, and, by the time the final judgment of the highest tribunal in the
realm was ohtained, the situation wore an ugly look.
\Vhen the judgment was given, some of the more ,-iolent of the church party
publicly advised the ecclesiastical authorities to refuse to obey the order of the
court, hut when the order arrived in the country and a date was fixed for the
interment of all that remained of the hodyof poor Guibord, the authorities of the
Fahrique allowed the grave to be opened in the Guibord lot,
On the afternoon fixed for the interment, l\Ir. Duutre and a few of the officers
of the Institut Canadien proceeded to Mount Royal Cemetery, and the casket was
taken from its long resting place and placed in a hearse for removal to Cote des
Neiges Cemetery.
All went well until the little cortege approached the gates of the Roman
Catholic Cemetery on the Cote des Neiges Road, when the modest procession was
greeted with hooting from a crowd of disorderly persons who had assembled on the
road. On arriving at the Cemetery entrance it was found that a mob of cOllsider-
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able dimensions had closed the gates, and was prepared to resist any attempt to
open them. The hearse was brought to a stop outside, stones began to fly, the
driver was struck, the glass sides of the vehicle were broken, and, for some time, it
looked as though the mob was determined to obtain possession of the casket. The
driyer of the hearse soon realized tbat there ,\"as to he nothing gained by remain-
ing, and turning the horses, drove back to :\Iount Royal Cemetery, where the
casket was returned to its old place in the receiving vault.
The news of this open defiance of the law
reated great excitement throughout
Canada, but there were not wanting those wþo openly approved of the action of
the mob. The public authorities promptly decided that the dignity of the law
must be asserted at an}' cost, and the ,\"hole of the then existing l\Iontrealmilitia
corps were ordered under arms for November 16th, to see that the orders of the
Privy Council were carried out.
The force consisted of the Montreal Troop of Cavalry, the nucleus of the
present Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, the l\Iontreal Field Battery, the
:\Iontreal Garrison Arti11ery, the Prince of \Vales Regiment, the Yictoria Rifles,
and the Sixth Hochelaga Light Infantry, later the 6th Fusiliers, and recently
amalgamated with the 1St Prince of \Vales Regiment, which has been transformed
from a rifle corps into a Fusilier Regiment.
The Battary paraded in full strength under the command of Major Stevenson,
and was seryed out with the usual supply of service ammunition. The l\1ilitia
Brigade, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Fletcher, Deputy Adjutant
General, first marched to the gates of l\1ount Royal Cemetery, ,\.here the remains
of poor Guibord were once more placed in a hearse for removal to the Roman
Catholic Cemetery. The hearse was escorted by a large detachment of the City
Police Force, accompanied by Doctor, now Sir \Villiam Hingston, then Mayor of
Montreal, and the open grave was reached and the remains of Guibord consigned
to mother earth without further incident. The troops marched to Cote des Neiges
via the Outremont road, and during the interment were drawn up ready for any
emergency on the road near the cemetery gates.
A considerable crowd of rowdies had gathered in the \.icinity, bnt beyond a
little hooting and jeering made no hostile demonstration.
This Guibord incident caused a strained feeling between the two branches of
the population of Montreal which lasted for some time. It looked for some years
as though the City would lose its enviable reputation as the home of a singularly
harmonious population, in spite of the fact that it is divided both as to race and
religion. Tolerant feeling in religious matters had, up to this time, been an
honourable characteristic of the whole of the people of :\lontrea1.
Just after the conquest, the Protestant population used one of the Roman
Catholic places of worship for Devine Service, after the usual Sunday celebrations
of the l\Iass. From 1766 to 1797, the adherents of the Church of England used the
Church of the Recollets every Sunday afternoon for the service of their Church.
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Up to 1792, the Presbyterians also used the same sacred edifice for their regular
sen'ices, and when their congregation moved to their first church, the old edifice
stilI standing on St. Gabriel street, the pious and orthodox followers of John Knox
presented the good fathers of the Recollet Church with a handsome gift of candles
for the High Altar, and of \\.ine for the !\Jass, as a token of appreciation of the
practical Christian courtesy which had prompted the Priests to allow those of
another faith to occupy for so long, gratuitously, their place of worship. The
Recollet fathers certainly sho\\'ed a marked Christian spirit in that early day.
The ill-feeling caused by the Guibord case threatened for some time to bring
the good and honourable understanding hitherto existing between the Protestant
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and Roman Catholic sections of the community to an end. Fanatics arose on both
sides, and secured followings of more or less influence. The excitement had one
good result. It had a stimulating effect upon the l\Iilitia corps, and all of the city
military organizations were kept up in a high state of efficiency,
In 1877 a young Orallgeman named Hackett was attacked on \ïctoria Square,
by a gang of roughs, while returning from the Twelfth of July religious service.
Revolvers were drawn on both sides, and Hackett was shot dead in the doorway of a
big warehouse, near the corner of Fortification Lane. The marks of the buIIet
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could, until recently, have been seen on the stone. That night the Montreal
.:\lilitia Brigade ,ms on sen'ice and passed the night under arms. The whole city
was excited, and it appeared almost impossible to prevent serious trouble. Great
numbers of Orangemen from Ontario and the Eastern Townships arrived in
Montreal for Hackett's funeral, which took place on the 17th. It was announced
that strong parties of Irish Roman Catholics were being organized to attack the
funeral cortege as it passed through the streets, and the whole Brigade was again
called out. The Field Battery had considerable moving about to db, and took up
various commanding positions as the funeral passed through the streets. Thanks,
doubtless to the complete military arrangements. there was no overt act, and
Hackett's body was quietly laid to rest in l\1ount Royal Cemetery.
The following Twelfth of July the local Orangemen announced their detenni-
nation to celebrate the anniversary by a grand Orange procession, and again the
city became excited. Some people left the city, and the Banks barricaded their
places of business. The whole of the City l\Iilitia force was placed on service,
and in addition A and B Batteries, R. C. A., and the nth, 5 0th , 5 1st , 53 rd , 54 th
and 64 th Battalions were sent here. The .:\layor, the late jean Louis Beaudry. had
the Orange leaders arrested at their Hall as disturbers of the peace, no procession
took place, and the much dreaded day passed off quietly. The Battery's orders for
this day were to hold themselves in readiness to proceed rapidly to any point where
its services might be required.
\Vhen ordered out on this occasion, the Battery, as stated elsewhere, was
under-going its annual training in camp. On July 11th the following Battery
order was issued:-
"Orders having been this afternoon issued by Lieut.-General Smythe. and
comnmnicated verbally by Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher, that the Montreal Field Battery
should immediately leave the location where they are now encamped and remO\'e to
the Lacrosse Grounds beside the A and B Batteries, tents will be struck at once,
and the Battery will remove to the above place without delay."
As soon as the Battery was settled down in its new lines the following
business-like orders were issued:-
"The Battery will parade at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in marching order,
horses hooked in, and all ready to move at a moments notice, if required.
" A camp guard consisting of two non-commissioned officers and six men will
mount at 7 a.m. tomorrow, and all the spare men will be supplied with rifles ancl
ammunition, and will fortn an additional guard in case the Battery should be
required to leave camp."
The Battery remained in its lines the whole day, horses harnessed, and
officers and men on the alert. The officers on service on this occasion were
Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, Major .:\lcGibbon, Captain Oswald, Lieutenant
Green, Surgeon Fenwick and Veterinary Surgeon D. l\IcEachran.
The conduct of the troops during this trying and unsatisfactory service was
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most commendable, the general officer commanding expressing his satisfaction in
the follo\\Oing general order:
"Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Selby Smythe has the pleasure to express
his thanks to the three thousand officers, llon-conllllissioned officers and men,
composing the force in l\Iontreal assembled under his command on the 11th and
12th instants, for their remarkable discipline and good conduct, as well as for their
singularl y soldierlike patience and forbearance under trying circumstances."
The last time the Battery was called out in aid of the Ciyil po\\Oer was at the
time of the small-pox riots in the latter part of the summer of 1885. The disease
at the time was epidemic in the city, and the municipal authorities adopted
stringent measures to suppress it. enforcing compulsory yaccination, isolation. etc,
This was resented by a certain section of the population, and a mob attacked and
wrecked an East end \Oaccination depot, and marching to the City Hall, proceeded
to break the windows.
Threats were made to destroy the small-pox hospitals, and to attack the
municipal authorities, and, to assist the City Police Force, the whole of the local
militia corps were called out. The late Lieutenant-Colonel Straubenzie, then
Deputy Adjutant General, was absent from the city, and the command of the
Di\"ision de\"olved upon Lieutenant-Colonel Ste\"enson. commanding the Field
Battery, who made such a good disposition of the force under his command that
there were no further demonstrations. The next day l\Iajor General l\Iiddleton.
commanding the l\Iilitia. came down from Ottawa and appro\"ed of Colonel
Ste\"enson's arrangements.
During this exciting time the non-commissioned officers of the Field Battery
rendered useful sen-ice as mounted orderlies and patrols, the ca\'alry force being
altogether numerically inadequate to perform the mounted duties required.
The force was necessarily much divided, some companies being detailed for
guards at the small-pox hospitals, at the City Hall. and the Annouries, one also
being stationed at the residence of the then :\Iayor, l\Ir. Honoré Beaugrand, who
had earned the enmity of the disturbers of the peace by his energetic support of
the health measures adopted. Some regiments were sent through the streets as
patrols, and the Brigadier would have found it impossible to keep up COlll-
munication between the parts of his scattered force without the assistance of the
mounted batterymen.
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OF RECENT YEARS
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I)JCE the Fenian Raid of 1870, the Battery has not been called upon
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, . < .. '-!'tJib Through the Seventies the drills of the old days were kept
f,V {.;... (fl{(t up and numerous salutes were fired. In 1872, the Battery fired the
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Ste"enson has in his possession, and prizes yery highly, a fine pair of
field-glasses bearing the following inscription :-" Dominion Artillery Association.
Presented to Lieut.-Col. A. A. Steyenson, Commanding the l\Iontreal Field Battery,
that Battery ha,-ing the highest total number of voluntary drills during 18 77."
Later similar glasses given as prizes in these cQmpetitions were given to the
batteries instead of to the commanding officers, and when Lieut.-Colonel Stevenson
relinquished the command, he had the honour of handing over to his successor two
pairs of glasses similar to the ones in his possession, as well as two silver cups,
awarded as prizes for general efficiency.
The six-pounder guns and the twelve-pounder howitzer original1y served out
to the Battery, were called in in [867 or 1868, and to replace them there were
issued to the Battery three smooth bore nine-pounders and one twenty-four-pounder
howitzer. This armament was in time replaced by four nine-pounder muzzle
loading, rifled guns, and they in turn have just been replaced by six twelve-pounder
breech-loading, rifled guns.
The Battery has fired salutes upon the occasions of the arrival in Montreal of
all of the GO\'ernors-Genera1.
\Yhile Colonel Coursol was Mayor of Montreal, the city was visited by the
Russian Crown Prince Alexander, afterwards Czar. The mayor tried to arrange a
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turn-out of all the l\1ontreal corps in honour of the distinguished visitor, but it
could not be arranged. At the request of Colonel Coursol, Colonel Stevenson
turned ont the Battery, and the corps went through a number of manæuvres on
the Champ de l\Iars before the Crown Prince. This was in winter, and the fact
that the Battery had no sleighs for the guns attracted the attention of the Prince.
He told the :\1ayor that he was surprised and delighted at the drill of the Battery,
but thought. it strange that in a country \\"here there was so much snow during the
winter months, that the Battery was not provided \\"ith sleighs. Later on the
Battery was equipped \\"ith sleighs.
On Angust 30th, 1880, the Field Battery lost by the death of Quartermaster
Sergeant John Cooper, a non-commissioned officer who had rendered the corps
loyal and noteworthy service ever since 1855. His _ _
death \\"as the occasion of the issuance of a Battery
order in which the Commanding Officer declared:
.. The long connection of the deceased with the Corps
(25 years), the interest he manifested in all its affairs,
and his 7.eal and usefulness in the position he held,
furnish strong claims to the gratitude of the members
of the Battery."
The remains were accorded a military funeral by
the comrades of the deceased.
The Field Battery has ahm ys maintained an em-i-
able reputation for good target practice.
In 1861 the officers of the Battery donated a
handsome gold medal for competition among the men
of the Battery, the winners being as follows: 1861,
Gunner \Vm. Bauden; 1862, Gunner Charles Breadon ;
lð63, Driver John Outhed; 1864, Sergeant John
\\ïlson; 1865. Gunner Hugh
1cKay; Final \Vinner,
1866, Sergeant John \\Tilson.
The conditions governing the competition for the
medal were as follows:
"The Officers of the :\Iontreal Field Battery of
Artillery, having presented a Gold l\1edal, to be competed for among the non-
commissioned officers and men of the Battery, it is hereby ordered that the
following conditions be observed in reference thereto:
" ISt.- The l\Iedal to be the property of the Company, and is to be fired for
annually for five years. The person who makes the best firing. ,,-ill wear the
Medal for one year, or nntil it is next competed for. The name of the winner will
be engraved on the back of the
1edal, every year, and any person who should be
successful in winning it twice within the period of five years before alluded to, will
be entitled to claim the 11edal as his o\\"n property. Cnless sume one shall have
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won it twice within the period referred to, the 1\Iedal will then be competed for by
the fiye members who shall ha\'e been successful in ,\"inning it in fonner years,
" 2nd.-Eyery competitor will point and lay his o\\"u gun, and the result will
be declared according to the aYerage distance from the centre of the target, of the
whole number of rounds fired by each, and not on what may perhaps be the best
single shot.
,. 3rd.- The ùfficers ,\'ill each year determine what number of rounds shall be
allowed to each competitor for that year, and also the range to be adopted."
The men of the Battery have always given a creditable account of themseh-es
at the annual competitions held uuder the auspices of the Dominion Artillery
Association. In 1879, the target practice took place on the Island of Orleans, and
the programme prO\.ided that each man of the whole detatchment of sixteen was to
fire three round" of common and three of shrapnel shell. Corporal Alexander
( )gihoie Hastings had the satisfaction, on this occasion, of making the highest score
lTer made up to that time in these competitions, 48 out of a possible 52. Corporal
Kendall was second with 40 points, and Gunner .:\IcKinnon third with 37. In
addition to the medal and badge presented by the Dominion Artillery Association,
Corporal Hastings was presented with a gold medal by 1\1r. \\7. T. \Valker, of
St. Louis, ;\1 issouri, a fonner member of the Battery.
The following year Hastings, by that time promoted to be a sergeant, again
headed the list with the score of 46, Sergeant John Marsh being second with 42 and
Gunner J. l\1cG. 1\1owat third with 4 I. The team score was 558, the highest on
record up to that time. The then 1\1 inister of 1\Iilitia, the Hon. A. P. Caron,
specially came to t-.1ontreal that year to present the Batterymen with their priæs.
Sergeant Hastings represented the Battery on the first Canadian Artillery team to
yisit Shoeburyness, in I
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Junc 7th, 1881, two guns of the Battery participated in the inauguration of the
monument erected at Chambly, in honor of De Salaberry, the Canadian Leonidas,
the heroic officer who, at the head of some 400 militiamen, in the war of 1812,
inflicted a disastrous defeat upon an invading army of 7,000 men, in the valley of
the Chateauguay.
September 26th, 188 I, the l\Iontreal Field Battery performed another of those
noteworthy acts of international courtesy which haye characteri7.ed its career.
The great neighbouring Republic had been bereft of its President, the brave
and good General Garfield, by the hand of a cowardly assassin. The whole world,
shocked at the unreasoning brutality of the devilish deed, watched sympathetically
at the bedside of the suffering President and sympathised with the American
people when his gallant fight against the inevitable came to an end. It was one
of those occasions when the natural unity of the Anglo-Saxon race was manifested
to a sceptical ,\'orId, and, from the Queen-Empress to the lowliest of her subjects
in the world-wide Empire, went out a feeling of sincere fraternal sympathy to the
kindred people of the United States.
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Nowhere ,\"as this feeling more sincere than in Canada. At the time of tht::
President's death a United States military organization, the Troy Citizens' Corps,
was in :\Iontreal on an excursion, and the Field Battery was associated ,,'ith the
other local corps in entertaining them. After the sad news was receiyed the
yisiting corps cancelled its engagements, and marching to the station with muffled
drums and draped colours, took the train back to Troy, N. Y.
The funeral took place on the 26th and while it was in progress a memorial
service was held in the American Presbyterian Church on Dorchester Street. At
the same time the Field Battery fired minute guns from Dominion Square. The
order calling out the Battery on this occasion read as follows:
" As a mark of respect for the memory of a gallant soldier, and to manifest
their sympathy with a neighbouring nation now in mourning, the l\Iontreal Field
Battery will muster at the Drill Shed, Craig Street, this afternoon at one o'clock
precisely, and will proceed to Dominion Square for the purpose of firing minute
guns during the funeral obsequies of the late President Garfield at Cleveland,
Ohio. The firing will continue during the whole time the funeral procession is in
progress, probably occupying two hours."
l\Iarch 10th, 18RS, the Battery participated in the :\Iontreal celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
and Princess of \\Tales, marching with a detachment of the Prince of \\Tales Regi-
ment to Mount Royal, where a Royal salute was fired in honour of the occasion.
During l\Iarch, IS89, :\Ir. Frederic Yilliers, the celebrated war correspondent
and artist, lectured in l\Iontreal, under the auspices of the Field Battery, the
lectures proving a rare treat for the citizens.
The annual camp in 1882, on the exhibition grounds, was under the command
of Lieutenant Green, Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson being on leave. Lieutenant-
Colonel In,"in ,,'as the inspecting officer at the annual inspection at the conclusion
of the camp, and said, in addressing the men, that the Battery could not be surpassed
by any corps he had eyer inspected. This year the Battery participated in the
grand military review held on Fletcher's Field, the ninth of September, in connec-
tion with the big exhibition of that year. Special interest attached to this event
owing to the presence of two American corps, the Troy Citizens' Corps, and the
Barlow Grays, of St. Albans. Vt. The evening after the review the Battery gave a
grand military entertainment in the Queen's Hall, under the auspices of His
Honor Lieutenant-Governor Robitaille.
In [885 the men of the Battery fondly cherished the hope that they would be
called upon to assist in the suppression of the North \\' est Rebellion, and officers and
men worked with redoubled efforts to keep the corps up to the very highest point
of efficiency. The Battery was complete in t::very respect and ready to take the field
and give a good account of itself at any moment, but the uprising ,,-as put down in
short order by l\Iajor-General :\I1ddletoll, without requiring the assistance of any of
the volunteer batteries from the Eastern provinces.
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In 18R6 the 1Iontreal Field Battery performed one of those little acts of inter-
national courtesy which have had so much to do towards drawing closer together
the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon family, which are working out in their
own way the problem of developing the resources of the North American Con-
tinent. :\lr. Grover Cleveland, then President of the United States, was married in
.June, and Lieut.-Col. Stevenson conceived the idea that it would be a courteous
thing to fire a salute in honour of the occasion. So he communicated with Head-
quarters and obtained the necessary penl1ission on the afternoon of the day of the
wedding. The salute was fired on Dominion Square, at seven o'clock, the hour at
which the ceremony took place, An American, ,dlO was at l\Iontreal at the time,
wrote to one of the local papers expressing the gratitude of his fellow countrymen
in the following words: "\Vhen I heard the sa1\-o of cannon at the moment of
:\1r. Cleveland's marriage, a feeling of deep pleasure, a sentiment of gratitude to
the Montreal Field Battery for its graceful act, stirred my blood; and I am sure
that it was the same with every American resident in :\lontreal. Honours are easy;
for I venture to say, nay I proudly assert that the heart of Britain throbs not more
warmly than that of eyery true American with sentiments of profound respect
and deep admiration for the incomparable Lady who, during many years, has so
graced the throne of Great Britain; and it would gratify us all to prove by deed, as
we would fain express by word, our homage for Her."
The Battery fired another salute upon the occasion of another historical event
in 1R86. The despatching of the first through train to the Pacific over the just
completed Canadian Pacific Railway, .June 28, was attended with considerable cere-
mony. A guard of honour from the Yictoria Rifle:s was in attendance at the old
station on Dalhousie Square, and the Mayor, aldermen, members of parliament, and
representatives of varions religious, business and public bodies gathered at the
:station. At R p. n1., the Mayor, 11r. Beaugrand, gave the order for the train to
start, and as it slowly pulled out of the station the Battery fired a salute.
Two distinct organizations existed for some time within the ranks of the
Muntreal Field Battery, and had much to do during several years with the main-
tenance of the spirit of esprit de corps and camaraderie, which has always
distinguished the corps. The Montreal Field Battery Association was organized
in 1885, its objects being, according to the constitution:
"(a) The promotion and maintenance of the efficiency of the Battery, and an
esprit de corps among its members.
.. (h) The formation of a fund to assist the Battery in carrying on its work.
" (c) Organizing and carrying on sports, games, athletic exercises, military
competitions, and entertainments of any kind, and provision for a band when
required."
In 1888, when winter sports were booming as a result of the series of winter
carnivals, the 1\10ntreal Field Battery Snowshoe Club was organized, and during
that winter and for several following, the club held a prominent place amung the
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winter athletic organizations of the city. The club held its regular tramps, its
steeplechases, its ladies' nights, its drives, etc., and in the carnival procession of
r889, the allegorical car of the club was admitted to be one of the most effective on
parade. The car represented a full battery behind a snow fort, with a pyramid of
men in the centre of the whole. It was drawn by six battery teams with artillery
harness and driven in the regulation way by mounted drivers in the full winter
uniform of the Battery. It was accompanied by a mounted escort.
The Battery has played an important part in obtaining the present excellent
quarters of the
Iontreal l\Iilitia corps. \Yhen first organized the Battery had the
use of the Artillery quarters at the old Quebec
Gate Barracks, where the station now stands,
for the guns and for gun drill, while the East-
ern part of the upper story of the Bonsecours
l\Iarket ,,-as used for the foot and sword drill,
This \vas after the Barracks had been vacated
by the Imperial troops, who had been ordered
off to the Crimea. \Yhen the Royal Artillery
returned in force, at the time of the Trent
affair, the Battery had to leave the barracks,
and found accommodation for some time, both
for the guns and drills, at the Crystal Palace,
then located on St Catherine Street, opposite
the end of \ïctoria Street.
Some objection having been made to the
use of part of the Bonsecours :\Iarket for
evening drills, in 1857 or 1858, Lieutenant-
Colonel Stevenson and Captain A_ \\'. Ogilvie,
then commanding the :\Iontreal Cm"alry, had
the \ïctoria Hall, on \ïctoria Square, erected
as a drill shed for the t,,-o corps_ This build-
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on Craig Street, on the site of the present one,
was erected. \\Then the Drill Shed collapsed
the Battery re-occupied the Crystal Palace as quarters, and when compelled to
leave that building again, returned to what was left of the old Drill Shed. After
the :\Iontreal High School moved from the building at present occupied by the
Fraser Institute, at the corner of University and Dorchester Streets, Colonel
Stevenson rented the lower part of the building as quarters for the Battery. and
considerable expense was incurred in putting the place in a proper state of repair.
After a couple of years occupation of these quarters. the Battery had again to move,
and this time there was no place to move satisfactorily to. So the guns were
stored in the Crystal Palace, which had been reIllO\-ed to the exhibition grounds at
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!\lile End, the harness was stored in a warehouse on Notre Dame Street, and the
men did what foot drill they could in the upper flat of the Bonsecours Market.
This was the unsatisfactory state of affairs when Lientenant-Colonel Stevenson,
who was \\"ell supported by Lieutenant-Colonels Bond, of the Prince of \Yales
Regiment, \\Thitehead, of the Victoria Rifles, and Gardner, of the Sixth Fusi1iers,
set to work to get the Drill Shed re-built. .
The site on \\"hich the old shed had been bnilt had been bought by the corpo-
ration the year after the first Fenian Raid, when the value of the. Militia Force
was appreciated by the public. The City then built a shed, the annouries round the
drill hall proper being only one storey high.
The cost of the land and building was
$125,000. The construction of the roof was
such that the nuts of the tie rods required to
be tightened and loosened according as the iron
contracted and expanded with the changes in
temperature. This duty being neglected one
fine, cold night, part of the roof came down.
\Vhile the drill shed was habitable the govern-
ment had paid the City rental for it, but after
the collapse of the roof the payments stopped.
This was the position when Colonel Steven-
son got the other commanding officers to make
a strong united demand for a Drill Hall.
Clearly the first thing to be done was to
induce the City Council to adopt some plan
for the rebuilding of the collapsed structure
on an improved plan. A general municipal
election was approaching and all of the candi-
dates were canvassed to say whether they
would support the demand of the Militia or
not. One prominent alderman flatly refused
to pledge himself to the scheme as submitted,
and at the very last moment it was decided to
bring out Colonel Stevenson against him. All the volunteers in the City turned
out and worked for the Colonel and elected him. He has been a member of
the City Council ever since.
In the City Council he would not allow the Drill Hall project to drop out of
notice, and, principally owing to his efforts, in 1882 arrangements were completed
for constructing the present commodious, if not exactly handsome, structure on
Craig Street. The building was completed in 1888, the Battery taking possession
of its quarters in l\lay of that year.
In 1891 Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, beloved by his men, and admired and
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respected by all having the best interests of the Militia of Canada at heart, retired
from the Battery, after thirty-six years service in that corps, and having had the
command with conspicuous credit to himself for no less than thirty-four years.
\\Yhen he handed the corps over to his successor, l\Iajur Hall, he turned it over
with all the stores and equipment complete, an achievement on which the veteran
officer justly prides himself.
Lieut.-Colonel Stevenson formally relinquished the command of the Battery
and read his farewëll order at a drill parade held on the evening of April 24th.
After the reading of this order, which was very affecting, by Lieut.-Colonel
Stevenson, a short speech was made tu the Battery by Major J. S. Hall, to whom the
command was turned over. In the course of his remarks l\Iajor Hall said: "I wish
to say a few words with regard to the stores. Colonel Stevenson has turned
them over withuut one single piece, even to the smallest iota, being missing. You
who know what a vast amount of stores there is to
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to be more than proud of."
Lieut.-Colonel G. Mattice, the Brigade Major of
the l\Iontreal District, also delivered a few remarks,
saying :-" I can only endorse "'hat l\Iajor Hall has
said in regard to the Battery stores. To me it is
something marvellous to know that nothing was
missing. In the short space of one hour and a half
the whole stores were turned over in perfect order,
and I may say that I du not think there is another I
corps in Canada that could show their stores in such I '
a condition."
Major J. S. Hall held the command until Fen-
mary, 1895, when he was succeeded by Major George
R. Hooper. Duriug Major Hall's tenure of the com-
mand there was not much out of the ordinary in the
Battery's work. It had its annual encampment on
either the Exhibition gruunds or St. Helen's Island, and the usual detachments
were sent every year to the Island of Orleans for the field firing practice.
Foot drills were kept up as usual in the armoury during the winter.
l\Iajor George R. Hooper, whu succeeded Major Hall, was an accomplished
ufficer, and during the last few years he had had considerable experience in the
work of the Battery, for Major Hall, being Provincial Treasurer, was often cum-
pletely engrossed with his civil duties. l\Iajor Hooper was a graduate of that
excellent institution, and the Alma Mater of so many good ufficers, the Royal
Military College, Kingston.
Major Hooper graduated in ISS2 in a class which included a Humber of Cadets
who have since distinguished themselves, notably Lieutenant Stairs, whu su dis-
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tingnished himself in connection with Stanley's last great expedition across the
Continent of Africa, He joined the Field Battery as 2nd Lieutenant under Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Stevenson in 1885, the year of the North \\Test Rebellion, when the
Battery was \-ery anxious to be sent tu the front, and, as a matter of fact, expected
to be ordered out any day. The officers of the Battery at that time were Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Ste\'enson, Captain Green, Lieutenant J. S. Hall, Surgeon G. E.
Fe11\\-ick, and Yeterinary Surgeon D. l\IcEachran. Major Hooper obtained his
captaincy April 24th, 1891. and his majority Feb. 9, 1895.
It was largely through :\Iajor Hooper's persunal friendship that Lieutenant
Percy Girouard, at present of the Royal Engineers, became attached to the Battery
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in 1890, and that fine young officer's picture figures in the photograph of the group
of the officers of the Battery taken in 1890. Lieutenant Girouard was, like .:\Iajor
Hooper, a graduate of the Royal Military College, but before many months service
in the .:\Iontreal Battery, he accepted a commission in the Royal Engineers. His
work in connection with the construction of the railway built in Egypt, to keep up
the comIllunication between the base and the force operating for the re-conquest of
the Soudan, is a matter of military history. He has had charge of the work, and
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with such success that the whole military world united in praising the achieyement
as one of the most successful and remarkable military works on record. Some of
the highest authorities declare that, next to Lord Kitchener himself, the credit for
the success of the present campaign in the Soudan belongs to Lieutenant Girouard.
Lieutenant Girouard has lately been appointed to the supreme control of all the
railways in Egypt. After graduating at Kingston, this officer was for some time
engaged in engineering work connected with railway construction, and the experi-
ence then obtained, combined with natural talent and the thorough education
received at the Royall\Iilitary College, has stood him in a good stead in his impurt-
ant \\'ork in the Soudall. He now has the rank of :\Iajor in the Egyptian Army.
In 18n the camp was held on St. Catherine Street \\Test near the City limits,
and the year following the Battery went into camp on .July 8th on a yacant lot on
the South side of Dorchester Street \\T est , just beyond Atwater Ayenue. On the
orders of Lieutenant-General Sir Selby Smythe, tents were struck on the afternoon
of .July lIth and the Battery camp remm'ed to the old l\Iontreal Lacrosse Grounds
on St. Catherine Street, between l\lackay and :\Iountain Streets, where A and B
Batteries of the Regiment of Canadian Artillery were encamped in anticipation of
rioting on the 12th of .July. The annual training was completed there, the
Battery marching out on the 17th of the month, In 1879 the first of the Battery's
camps in the exhibition grounds at :\lile End \\"as held, The camp at night was
lighted \\'ith the electric light, then considered a great nO\'eIty. The annual
camps for the six succeeding years were held un the same ground, the military
enclosure on St. Helen's Island being then adopted as the camping gruund.
During :\lajor Hooper's te1ll1re of the command, Lieutenant Benyon was
transferred from the Battery to the Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilJery.
A noticeable change \\"as made in the uniform in IR94, the old blue shoulder
strap on the serges and tunics being replaced by one of scarlet. This change was
general throughout the service, the object being to create a distinction between the
Militia Artillery and the Royal Artillery, the shoulder strap being the only
distinguishing feature there is.
In 1894, General Herbert, then in command of the Militia, expressed a
wish that the Battery should put in its annual training in the District camp.
Consequently that year the corps encamped at Laprairie, and was brigaded with
the Shefford Field Battery.
Up to 1895 the Battery had sent detachments to the Island of Orleans each
year for the annual target practice, but that year a new departure was made. A
camp of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery was established at Laprairie,
and every battery in Canada had to send detachments there to take part in field
firing exercises under service conditions. The introduction of this idea was largely
due to Lieut. - 1 Drury, R. C. A., who had recently returned .from Okehamptuu.
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1'HE FIELD BATTERY AS IT IS TO-DAY.
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LL one has to imagine is one of the smartest of the field batteries of
, \ IJ rJ \ the Royal Artillery to be seen at Aldershot, replace the blue
... '\ shoulder straps on the tunics by red ones. and instead of the ugly
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r Royal Horse or "Galloping" Artillery, on the heads of officers
4 and men, and one has a very good idea of what the 3rd
" 'm '" .t= plontreal) Field Battery looks like on parade to-day, and as
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Iontreal sa\\- it when it marched into quarters
. at the conclusIOn of the annual camp last summer.
On July 6th, 1883, the Battery discarded the leggings previuusly
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battery men on parade. The :\Iontreal Battery has always, and quite
justly, prided itself upon the fine physique and soldierly bearing of its men, and
the boast \\ as never better j nstified than at the present time.
The Battery has come to be regarded as sumewhat of a corps d'elite. :\Iauy
of its members have served in various other city corps. not a few of them having
given up stripes in crack infantry regiments to join the Battery as gunners. There
is an esprit de corps and feeling of camaraderie in the Field Battery distincti,'ely
its own. amounting practically to a species of freemasonry. This has had the effect
of keeping men in the Battery for long terms of service, and has most advantage-
ously affected the recruiting, for as soon as men take their discharge, friends of
those remaining always are ready to volunteer to fill the vacancies.
The present Sergeant l\Iajor of the Battery, .1. D. Kendall, has seen 38 years
service in the Militia, receiving his first stripe as bombardier in the Battery in ISn,
and obtaining his Short Course certificate at the Royal School of Gunnery in
July, 1878. The same year he was promoted to be corporal, and .Jnly 30th, lXXI,
to be sergeant. He succeeded Sergeant l\Iajor \Valker as tIp.:: chief nun-commis-
sioned officer of the Battery in 1896.
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The Battery is now commanded by
Iajor Richard Costigan. a most energetic
and capable officer, nnder whose command the corps is keeping well up to its old
traditions. He joined the Battery as Second Lieutenant in 1890. was promoted
to be Lieutenant April 24th, 1891, Captain, February 9th, 1895, and succeeded
l\lajor Hooper in the command, with the rank of l\Iajor, on February 27th, 1897.
Before joining the Battery, l\Iajor Costigan had the advantage of a long and
varied military training. His first soldiering \vas in that fine old nursery of the
l\Iilitia, a corps that has supplied more good officers to the l\Ii1itia of this district
than all the other corps put together, the High School Cadet Rifles. The present
major was then but a boy, but the drill and the soldierly instincts he tben learned
from the old instructor, :\Iajor Barnjum. be has not forgotten. After leaving the
High School in 18ïï, he enlisted in the Yictoria Rifles, and served in that corps up
to 1889. when he joined the :\Iontreal Garrison Artillery as Second Lieutenant, and
qualified for his commission at the School of Gunnery at Quebec. \\ïthin a year
of taking his commission Lieutenant Costigan was put in command of Number Five
Battery of the Garrison, and a little while later was appointed adjutant. The
following year he resigned from the Garrison Artillery and took a commission in
the Field Battery, being one of the hardest working officers of the Battery ever since,
gi\'Ïng much time and attention to the interests of his corps, though much of his
time has been occupied with his private and municipal business. For three terms
he represented St. Antoine \Yard in the City Council.
\\Then :\Iajor Costigan took the command of the Battery. Captain A. T. Ogilvie
transferred from the Victoria Rifles to the Battery. .-\ short time ago he was
transferred to the Royal Canadian Artillery, l\Ir. Donald .\.. Smith. a grandson of
Lord Strathcona and :\Ioullt Royal, joined the Battery in 1896, and was promoted
to be Captain last spring.
Perhaps the most important event in the history of the Battery since its organ-
ization. the increase of strength and the re-arming, took place in the spring of 1898.
By this change the strength was increased from 79 to 102, and the number of
guns from four to six.
The guns are modern, breech loading, 12-pounder rifles. and with them was
served to the Battery a complete, new sett of harness, waggons, etc.
Surgeon-l\Iajor \Vilson represented the Battery in the detachment selected from
the Canadian :'.Iilitia to represent Canada at Her l\Iajesty's Diamond Jubilee, he
having been placed in medical charge of the contingent.
On the occasion of its organization the Battery adopted as its motto the words
.. Always on Hand ", a motto the corps has always well lived up to.
The original badge of the battery was a large Maltese cross, "ith three cannon
balls within each angle. The circular centre of the cross was occupied by an
unlimbered field gun, ,,"hile the Imperial Crown occupied the upper ann of the
cross. The right arm of the cross bore the \vords " :\Iontreal Field Battery", the
left, ., Yolunteer Artillery", and the lower" .-\lways on Hand ".
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In 1886 a new badge was adopted. It consisted of a gun, within a garter,
surmounted by a lion on the Imperial Crown. \Vithil1 the garter was the then
title of the Battery, "The
Iontreal Field Battery of Artillery," while flanking it
were t,\"O sprays of oak leaves tied underneath, the junction of the two sprays being
hidden by a scroll bearing the old motto, I, Always on Hand ".
The latter badge is practically the present badge of the Battery, the new
designation merely being added ,,"ithin the garter.
The Field Battery has ah\"ays been a favourite corps with, the people of
Montreal, as abnndantly proven by the applause which has greeted it at reviews
etc", and the popularity of the corps was never greater than at present.
Admiration for this efficient organization is not confined to the fellow citizens
of the smart gunners. A short time ago a letter to the editor was published in the
l\Iontreal Daily Star from a gentleman who signed himself as " J. Drew Gay, Late
Colonel Ottoman Army". It read as follo\\"s:
" I see that the critics have been making adverse comment upon the Canadian
volunteers. Allow me, as one who has seen service all over the world, to say that
ten years ago, when I visited Canada for the first time, I said in the London Daily
Telegraph, of which journal I was for eighteen years chief war correspondent, that
I had never seen so good a battery of volunteer artillery as that commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Ste\"enson of your city, and that the opinion I then expressed
has never changed" In my opinion the Canadians possess many volunteer
and militia regiments which could take the field along-side of any of the line
regiments in Europe, with credit and confidence."
December 2nd, 1878, Colonel Gay in his description of the reception of the
:\Iarquis of Lome and Her Royal Highness Princess Louise in
Iontreal published
in the London Daily Telegraph December 29th, wrote:
I, And such militia! I know it is the fashion to decry and depreciate irregular
forces" I am aware that to the" regular " the idea of militia is "something too
absurd ", but I may mention that, gathered on parade that morning, were more
than one battalion that would have done credit to any army in the world; that
Stevenson's four gun battery is almost the equal of some of our own famous
batteries at \V oolwich ; and that the Scotch companies of the Fifth Fusilier regiment
showed as handsome a set of fellows as ever marched past the saluting point."
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FACT upon \\-hich the 3rd Field Battery especia11y prides itself
is that, throughout its entire career, it has been måintained in a
thoroughly efficient state, up to fu11 strength and ready to turn
out at any time in response to any ca11 of duty. That the
worthy boast is wen founded can easily be proyed by a
scrutiny of the official records eyer since the battery was
organized.
The fol1owing general order speaks for itself:
.. Headquarters,
Iontreal, 17th l\larch, IRSï.
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"The Lieutenant-General Cpmmanding having had an
opportunity of seeing the Volunteer Field Battery and Foot Companies of .\rtillery,
and the Yolunteer ßli1itia Rifle Companies manæune yesterday on the ice, in
company \\-ith Her :\lajesty's 39th Regiment of Foot, desires to express his satis-
faction at the soldier-like steadiness and appearance of the Provincial Forces. The
manner in which the Field Battery took up its position on the ice and opened fire
\\"as most creditable. The alacrity with which the officers and men of these
:\li1itia Forces turned out at the request of their Commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel
Dyde, sho\\'s an esprit highly commendable and fu11 of promise.
"(Signed), \\T. J. DTTRBAX, Colonel
"Depu ty Quartermaster General."
report in 1866, :\Iajor-General Lindsay reported as fo11ows on
In his annual
the Battery:
"The ßlontreal
corps displays great
pattern guns.
" Half the battery was stationed recently at Huntingdon, and performed seyere
marches O\-er execrable roads."
The same officer reporting on the operations along the frontier in connection
with the Fenian Raids of that year remarked:
" In March and June the \'olunteer Force was suddenly ca11ed out for actiye
Field Battery, under Major Stevenson, is well drilled, and the
zeal to the sen-ice. They are badly equipped, and hm"e old
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service on account of threatened Fenian incursions.
such alacrity that the enrolled men literally sprang
required by their country.
"The latter emergency tuok place at a period when the greater part of the
members of the Force were exposed to much inconvenience and personal loss.
They cheerfully left their agricultural and commercial pursuits and at once
responded to the demand of duty to the state. "
Lieutenant-Colonel Osborne Smith, Assistant Adjutant Genera) of Militia, and
Commanding the Volunteer l\Iilitia Force on the South \Yestern Frontier had the
following to say of the force that had been under his immediate command during
the trouble :-
" It is my pleasing duty to report to you most satisfactorily on this force. The
officers generally are zealous and intelligent, whilst of the general conduct and
spirit displayed by the men I cannot speak too highly. "
Colonel P. Robertson Ross, the then Adjutant General, in his report for 1869,
remarked in connection with a reference to a voluntary parade of the l\Iontreal
Force on the 6th of August:
,. After the usual inspection, the brigade marched past in open column of
companies headed by the Troop of Cavalry and the Field Battery, and again in
contiguous colull1ns at quarter distance, after which a change of front was effected;
the brigade deployed, skirmishers were thrown out, and the whole advanced under
co\"er of the fire of the artillery-subsequently retiring, the gnns taking up other
positions to cover the retreat, fresh skirmishers and suppurts from the reserves
were extended, relieving those first employed.
"Several charges were made in good style, and the manæuvres, considering
the very few opportunities that have of late been afforded the Montreal force for
Brigade drill, were very creditably performed.
"The manner, in particular, in which the Field Battery took up its various
positions, fired and manæuvred, was most praiseworthy, and both its commander,
Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, and those under him, proved themselves to be not
only well acquainted with, but very proficient in the performance of their duties."
Speaking of the Field Artillery in general in the same report, Colonel
Robertson Ross said:
.. \Vith regard to the Field Batteries of Artillery, ten in number, they are in a
perfectly serviceable and effective condition, and this satisfactory result reflects
great credit not only on the officers in command of these Batteries, but on the
indi,"idual officers and men composing them.
"At various reviews which were held last summer, these batteries worked well
in brigade, taking up positions in good style, and firing with ease and rapidity; and
they unly require, in addition to the periodical practice instruction in firing shot and
shell, to be trained at the annual drills in Brigade, in co-operation with Cavalry and
Infantry, to acquire and maintain an adequate and reasonable degree of efficiency."
These calls were obeyed with
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The gallant Colonel closes his remarks on the subject with the following trite
ohservation :
II The power and value of Field Artillery is so well known, and the moral
effect produced by it, during operations in the field, so great, that the maintenance
of these Batteries in a state of efficiency at all times, is a matter of the greatest
importance."
The same officer in his report the following year dwelt upon the difficulty
experienced at this time in procuring horses. He remarked:
II This battery was practised in gun drill and field manæunes. The In-
spector of Artillery reported their gun dril1 as very good, the driving as indifferent.
\\-ith regard to this battery, which is commanded by a zealous and energetic
officer, and composed of an intelligent and fine hody of men, the ever recurring
difficulty it experiences in procuring horses wheuever required, practically seems
to render it non-effective."
Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher, C. 1\1. G. had the following to say about the
Battery in his annual report for 1880:
"The l\Iontreal Field Battery, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Stevenson ,,-ent into camp for ten days on the Exhibition grounds near l\Iontreal.
The Battery mustered in full strength. The camp ,,'as well laid out. The drill
and camp duties ,,-ere efficiently carried out, as they have always been under
Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson. The Battery was inspected on the 21st of Augnst
hy Lieutenant-Colonel Irwin, Inspector of Artil1ery. and the Brigade Major. in
presence of the l\Iajor-General Commanding,
II A detachment of the Battery went suhsequently to the Island of Orleans for
gun practice and I have heard that good practice was made this year."
In 1886 the Battery was inspected hy Lientenant-Colonel l\Ionti7amhert,
Assistant Inspector of Artil1ery, and his official report was as follows:
II Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson commanding. Inspected on St. Helen's
Island, on 30th August. The turn-out of the Battery conld hardly be mnch better.
Fine men, clean and smart, with well fitted clothing and al1 booted. They had
their guns, equipment, carriages, harness, etc., in the most perfect order. Field
manænvres good. Gun drill very good, Gzowski competition very fast and well
done. The camp arrangements of this Battery were excel1ent. Gun practice was
performed at the Island of Orleans, Quebec."
In 1887 the Battery was inspected hy :\Iajor Short, B Battery, R. C. A., Acting
Assistant Inspector, who reported as follows:
"Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson commanding. I inspected this fine Battery
on St. Helen's Island on the 28th of June and found it, as usual, in an excellent
state of efficiency. The horses, guns, harness, clothing and equipment in the most
perfect order. The field manæuvres, marching past, gun drill, answers to
questions and Gzowski shift, excellent. In fact the whole turn-ont reflects the
greatest credit on al1 concerned. The gun practice was performed at Qnebec."
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In 1888 Lieutenant-Colonel :\Iontizambert ,,"as agam the inspecting officer,
and he had the follo,,'ing report to make:
"Lieutenant-Colonel Ste\"enson commanding. Inspected on St" Helen's
Island on the 4th .July. Found no falling off from its usual marked efficiency.
Horses good, but rather too heavy a class. Guns, carriages, harness, clothing and
equipment in first rate order. :\Iarching past, field manæuvres, gun drill, answers
to questions and Gzowski competition all good and very creditable to all ranks.
Their gun practice was performed at the Island of Orleans, near Quebec, under my
superintendence on the loth September, when the high score of 394 was made."
Lieutenant-Colonel In\"in ""as the inspecting officer in 1890 and he reported
as follows:
.. This Battery performed its ann ual drill in camp on St. Helen's Island and
\\"as inspected by the Deputy Adjutant General and myself on the 13th August.
The general state of efficiency ""as, as usual, \'ery creditable to all concerned.
The range-finding practice was subsequently performed at a range near Lachine,
the Battery turning out \'oluntarily for the purpose. Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson
informs me the range is a good and safe one, so that it ,,"ill be possible to go
through a similar practice next year during the annual drill."
In his annual report in 1891, :\Iajor-General Herbert, then commanding the
Iilitia force, made his famous comparison of the different branches of the service
which was so flattering to the artillery force. The General said in part:
" The relative degree of efficiency of the three arms in the ActÜ'e l\Iilitia is as
follo,,"s: Artillery, 1; Cavalry, 2; Infantry, 3.
., The superiority of the Artil1ery, and the marked inferiority of the Infantry,
are traceable to the same cause, viz: the manner in which the duty of inspection
is carried out. In the Artillery, the system instituted by General Strange, when
Inspector of Artillery, and still efficiently carried out, makes the inspection at
once a test of efficiency, a means of instruction and a source of emulation" The
inspection of the other arms has degenerated into a mere parade or review, which
is productive of no good result at all, but, on the contrary, frequently directs the
efforts of commanding officers into a wrong channel. The encouragement of a
spirit of emulation in real efficiency, and not in mere show, is most desirable."
As a matter of fact, the Battery has never undergone a poor inspection, and
has never been criticised as inefficient by an inspecting officer. On the contrary
e\'ery commanding officer the Canadian Militia has ever had, as well as the regular
staff inspecting officers have bestowed unstinted praise upon officers and men for
their efficiency and soldierly conduct.
It is doubtful if any other battery of field artillery in the armed forces of Her
l\Iajesty could make a similar claim.
I t must be remembered too, that few field batteries in the Royal Artillery can
claim such a long continuous career as the l\Iontreal Field Battery. From 1819 to
1846 there was no field artillery in Britain equipped, except seven troops of Royal
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Horse Artillery, and these had only two guns each, with horses and men in
proportion. The only field batteries in the whole service kept equipped were in
Canada. At \\Toolwich there was material and horses for three field batteries of
instruction: companies took them over in turn for a few months for drill, when
they were handed over to other companies. It was not until 1852, three years
only before the organization of the Montreal Battery, that an impetus was given
to field artillery in the British Army by the horsing of 104 guns and their
organizations into permanent batteries.
In view of the then so recent establishment on a permanent basis of this
branch of the service, the acknowledged efficiency of the Battery in the first years
of its existence is all the more remarkable and creditable.
The Battery, under command of Major Costigan, took part in the big review
held on Logans' Park on Jubilee Day, 1897. The Battery was at the time encamped
on St. Helen's Island. They were embarking on the steamer when an overturned
boat was noticed drifting down the swift current, some distance out from shore,
with several men clinging to the bottom. A terrific wind storm \Vas raging, and
the surface of the St. Lawrence was very rough. There was a small boat near the
wharf, but the spectators on the Island appeared afraid to put out in it. \Vith the
men of the Battery it was different. Sergeant-l\Iajor Kendal and Trumpeter
Bishop jumped into the boat and put out for the drowning men. It was hard work
to force the skiff against the sea, and the frail craft was almost swamped. But they
succeeded, and, with great risk to their overladen boat, brought those who had been
in the water to land. The rescue was a gallant one, and largely through the
representations and efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, the act was acknow-
ledged by the Royal Humane Society of Canada, which bestowed medals upon
Kendal and Bishop.
The present officers and men of the Battery certainly have every reason to be
proud of the past record of their corps from its very earliest existence; and in the
official commendations which have been elicited by its efficiency, no less than in
the honourable traditions which have been handed down by successive officers,
non-commissioned officers and men, in the natural loyalty of Her Majesty's
Canadian subjects, and in their determination to keep the Union Jack flying
for all time over this broad Dominion, they dra\\. an inspiration which should
result in keeping their splendid corps for all time true to its good old motto
" Always Oll Hand ".
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LIST OF OFFICERS
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THOSE WHO H-\YE SERYED IN THE l\IOXTREAL FIELD B\TTERY,
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D THE DATES OF THE OFFICI \1. GAZETTES
COXCERXIXG THF.:\I.
\Vm. f-rancis Coffin, Capt. Sept. 27 1855. Was a
:\Iajor in Montreal Light [nfantry, Feb.
26 18-t7 In command Artillery forces of
Montreal. Transferred to staff of lTpper Ca-
nada :\[ilitia Dec. II 1856.
Henrv Hogan, 21)(] Lieut. Sept. U lti55, ,st Lieut.
Xov. '4 ,855, Capt, July 3 '856. Brevet Major
:\Iarch 31 1858, Ueut,-Col. _\pril 10 1863'
From Royal Montreal Cavalry. Appointed
Commander of Io'ield Artillery and Foot
Artillery of Montreal, Dec. I' 1856. Retired
with rank Aug. 10 ,866.
Henry Bulmer, 2nd Lieut. Nov. 14 ,855, 1st Lieut.
Feb, 15 ,856, Capt. July 3 ,856. Removed to
Vol. Foot Artillery Dec. [, ,856. Placed
on unattached list April 2 lti57.
J. Owen. 1st Lient. Sept, 27 18S5. Re<;igne(l Dec.
'5 Iti5 6 .
A. Lamontagne, 1st Lieut. Sept. 27 ,855 Resigne,]
""ov. 14 ,855,
A. A. Stevenson, 2nd Lieut. July 3 ,856, 1st Lieut,
Dec. 15 1856, Captain April 2 1857, Major,
Jan. 22 1862. Ueut.-Co1., March '5 1867.
Retired retaining rank April 24 1891.
\Vm. Masterman, 1st Lieut., Dec. ",856. Retired
v.ith rank, :\Iarch 3' 1858
Wm, Robb, Lieut. Dec. II ,856. Resigned Jul}
9 ,858-
\\'m. Aylmer, 2nd Lieut. .\pril 2 ,857, ,st Lieut.
March 3' 1858. Placed on unattached list
Aug. 8 1860.
\\'m ;\[cGibbon, 2111! Lieut. :\Iarch 3[ 1858, ,st
Lieut. July 91858, Major April 23 ,.';67, Lieut.-
Col. April 23 ,872. Retired \\ith Rank,
July 28 1882.
Jos Bowden, 2nd Lieut. July 9 I 85S. ,st Lieut.
Aug, 8 ,81)0. Resigned Oct. 31 ,867.
T. \\" Boyd, 2nd Lieut. Aug. 8 1860, ,st Lieut,
Feb, ,,867' Retired \\ith r.lIIk July 6 ,877.
Geo. E. Fem\Ïck. Surgeon Nov. '4 IS55. Surgeon-
:\Iajor Aug. 22 '879. Deceased.
Henry Chapman, Paymaster Jan, 31 1862. Faile,]
to re-enroll,
Duncan McEachran, Veterinary Surgeon, June 22
,877. Resigned Aug. 27 18S6.
\Y. R. Oswald, ,st Lieut. June 22 1877. Rre".
Capt. March 2' 1878, Brev. Major J llile 3
,881. Appointed Lieut.-Col. Montreal Gar-
rison Artillery June 24 188,.
E. G. Green, 2IHl Lieut. June 22 1877. 1st Lieut,
Ang. 5 '&<;'. Capt. Aug. 13 1883. From
Toronto Field Battery. Deceased.
J. S. Hall, 2nd Lieut, Aug, 5 ,881. 1st Lieut, :'Ilay
29 ,885. Capt. Aug. 27 1886. Major April
24 ,891. Retired retaining rank Feb. 9 '!'95.
George R. Hooper, 2nd Lieut. :\Iay 29 ,885. 'st
Lieut, Aug. 27 Piti6. Capt. April 24 189"
Major FeL. 9 1895. Transferred to Artillery
Reserve of Officers Feb. 27 18g7.
Chas. :\lcEachran. "et. Surgeon, Aug. 27 1886.
H. H. Hogan, 2nd Lieut April 6 lti88. Left limits
July 31 1890.
R. Costigan. 2nrl Lieut. July 3[ ,890, 1st
April 24 [891. Capt, Feh. 9 ,895,
Feb. 27 ,897.
J. A. Benyon, 2nd Lieut. June 26 189I. Transferred
to B Battery. R. C. A. Oct. 13 ,893.
Lieut.
Major
C, \\'. Wilson, Surgeon Major, March 9 18g5.
F. B. Wilson, 1st Lieut. May ,nth ,8<)6, Trans-
ferred A. R. of O. Oct. 20 ,896.
DonaM A. Smith, 2nd Lieut, :\I..y 16 '8g6, ,st Lieut.
Feb. 5 1897. Capt. May ,6 1898.
A, T. Ogilvie, 2nd Lieut, Dec. 23 18g6. Capt. Feb.
27 1897- From 3r(! Victoria Rifles, Trans-
ferred to R. C. A.
F. A, Crathern, 2nd Lieut. :'Ila} 28 1897, 1st Lieut.
Sept. 27 ,898,
E. T. Bartlett, 2nd Lieut. :\Iay If) 1898 Left limits
July 15 1898.
George \V. Stephens, Jr, 2')(] Lieut. :\hn ,6 1898.
,st Lient. Sept. 27 ,898.
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John l\lcDougali & Co.
Laporte, 'Iartin & Co.
rhe Sun 1 ife ,'-surance Co. of Canada
Cyrille Laurin
Dominion Wire M(I!;. Co.
Furness, \\'ithe\ & ('0.
Je}'es' Sanitary Compounds Co. of Can,
Ilgdensburg Coal and 1'0\\ ing Co.
r. & R :\lcLea
'rhe Tnt-t and loan Co, of Canada
l'il\..ington Bros. ltd.
(;raharu & ('0.
R. I. Tooke
\\,-O'Brien
lIugh :\Icl ennan
rhe (;ranl". Ruhber ('0.
Linotype (iO.
j I. B. i\luir & Co.
The .\hbe\ Effervescent Salt Co. I hI.
\\'r.!. Rutherford
r ames lohns!on
(;. N. 'Ducharme
'as. Rohin
on
Capt, W. II. Ben}on
rhe Stdndanl Shirt Co. I.td,
rhe Sanden Electric Co.
Bartlett Fra7Îer of I Int. I '0. I ld
Chas. Sheppard
Ilem} Bulmer
\\. II. 1>. Young
Faucher & Fils
F. 1>. :\Ion\.., 12, C.
rhe :\[ontreal \Varehousing ('0.
r. R. IlIÎbaudeau
-rhe \\"il(htman SpOlting (;oods ('0.
Joseph Riendeau
).ap. Charhonneau
James \\ïlliamoon
()wen :\. E,ans
\\. r. \\ hite, II. C.
R. S :\[urchis.';n
\\'. Herbert Burroughs
r. B. Resther
},l. I'erranlt
(
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II. Chas, :\ e\son
_\ntoine Robert
:\[acmaster 8.: \Iaclennan
Beaudin, Cardinal. I oranger 8.: St.
{;ermain
\\"m. Ewing
W. \\'. Robertson
lobn T. Bethune
\[arcotte Bros.
:\Ieredith B. Bethune
Renaud, King & l'atter:-oon
B. E. :\lcGale
Dominion Bag Co.
\ almard Lamarche
:\[arin &. \Iorin
los. \-enne
L. 'I. (;rotbe
II. :\lcCormick
"-. Dangerlit'ld
lIenr} Birks &. Sons
Chas. (;urd 8.: Cc,.
James lIarper
I . Cohen 8.: Son
lames Cochrane
'Iames Hutton &. Co.
\1. 1I0nan
R. B. Hutcbison
Charles Charland
1. :\1. Beausoleil
l;. Marsolais
Chas. A, Barnard
C. Beausoleil
\rthur (;agnon
l;eo. \\". Sadler
e. Theoret
John :\rcnougall
I. I J, Couture
\Iajor J. P. A_ Des Trois- \I"ism!'
H. n. \mes
II. B. Rainville
I'he Wilson CO'}
Jas. Eveleigh &. ('0.
lames Robertson
-F. F, Parkins
_ \. Turcotte
Fitzgibbon. Schafheitlin & t .".
William :\Id ellan
I' E. Leblanc
F. Barnard
Frank I. lIart
I. W, Î'\ke
E S. :\Iajor
_\. A. Tbibaudeau
lean de Sieves
\[underloh '& Co.
Fred R. Allev
las. lIutchi
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J. Cradock Simpson
Chas. Meridith
lean raché 8.: Co.
'W, J. I'mpin 8.: Co.
\. R. Meeker
'110\\ ard &. Co.
"'m. Mackinzie
\\ m. Weir & Sons
] :urnett &. Co.
1<ls. F. Burnelt
t. R. Hosmer
R. lIickerdike
I. G (;rant
Jas. Perrigo, \1. I I.
JIOTken Bros.
J. I. I eo
Louis Beaubien
\ndre\\ Baile
Robert Craik, \1 D.
Francis W. Campbell, !II. D.
II. Joseph
II. H. "-olfe & Co.
\. Desjardins
\[ichel ] efebvre & Co.
Frs. Martineau
I. L. Robidoux
'1. Palmer &. Son
'F. 1'. I acbapelle, \1. n.
_\. B. Cross
F. Buller, :\L D.
Fredf'rick G. Finle}, \1. D.
Fdmond (;ohier
los. Brunet
\Iaj. R. I. bans
lames law
-I amf'S Ste\\ art. :\1. I I.
: \. ] I, Hlackar1f'r, ;\1. I I.
e. F. Gilderslee\e
Colin Campbell
II. .\. Ekers
lIenn H. ] "nan
I J. ,,'. Ross
A. S. E\\ ing
Stonewall Jackson Cigar Factor}
:\lcClary Mfg. Co.
I. D. Mamha, jr.
R. lIemsley
\Iaior 7eph. lIebert
B. &. s. I I. Thompson 8.: C".
Thomas Ligget
ludson Ames
'1. B. Rolland & Fils
('has. Cas"ils
C. O. Bf'auchemin &. Fils
II. \ïneherg & Co.
Patrick Kenn}
Frank Pall7é
R. C. lamieson
\_ T. -lliggin s on
Alex, ;\rcFee
Henri lonas &. ('c>.
Garand I'errou\ &. Co,
('has, P. Cousins
:\Iaj. \\ alter II, I anrie
The Canadi..n Bre\\ ing Co.
"-m. Francis
lIon. T. O. \ïllene",'e
las. ,\-. Ilarte
'las. :\Ioore
David ïamphell &. Son
"-m, :\[eldrum
" . ". Craig
I.. II. I1ebert
\. (;. ;\IcBean &. Co.
las. Currie
'\. Beullac
las. Wilson
\\-. F. :\Iuir
10hn Carruthe" 8.: l...
i'. \\. Wilson, \1. I I.
C. D. :\Ionk
Edouard Rm
1. I. l'alme
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I I. P. I abelle 8.: fïe
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E. 1-". Craig
Car1ieux 8.: Derome
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(). Dufresne, jr. 8.: Frère
Thomas Da\idson
_\, G. Thompson
Lionel 1. Smith
S. \Y. Bo\d
C. S. Can;phell
Major". "'. Blaiklock
] I. Fauteux
\. T. Pa'erson
I I, K. :\lcLaren
"-alter Drake
(;eorge R. Prowse
lames :\1. Aird
i ;eorge W. Reed & Co,
\Y. T. :\IeLaurin
:\Iomreal Lumber Co.
II. II. Brosseau & ('0.
t ;ilmour, Sch",field 8.: Cu.
Chaput, Fils & Co.
rsmond I.. Clarke
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cott
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rr. H. Bro\\ n
(;eo. S. Kimber
R.
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The Gilbert lllasting and Dredging ('0
lIun. [as. O'Brien
I'. N'-Heney & Co.
I. Wilson
10s. Bonhomme
'J:. Ethier
R. Chartrand
K. Boissevain
C. O. Clark
\Y, D. :\lcLaren
W. R. \[iller
A. lmce
J. ltenry Smith
1. R. Walker
(;aspard l>eserres
lion. 1. Ald. Ouimet
T. \. - Trenholme
lion. I. K. \\ ani
I J. \. '\IcPherson
-\. J, Brice
B. Tansf'\
William :\ivin
1I0dgson Bros.
I. e. & (;, D. Warrington
R. \\, Sheppard
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\Ie>.. \\. <. ;ranl
F. ('. \Iount & Co.
_\. II. :\lcGillis 8.: Co.
"-. \\. Le;\les,urier
Carler. (;alhrailh & Co.
Fred. Fo\\ ler
las. Sutherland
i t,.Col. I. Ferrier
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.\. Patenaude & Cie.
\ ost &. Co.
Hrol'hy, ('ains & Co.
\Iartin Frère. & ('''.
lohn _\. Pillo\\
k. (;. Ilood
Peter Reid & Sons
\ ]fred C. ] I. Fru:mcke
law, \01lllg & Co
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Albert Holmes
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r. Simpson
(; l;. Foster
\. T. \Vi ley & Co.
lohn Millen & Son
\\. J!. Gifford
.I as. A. Ogilvy & Sons
(;eo. 1'. Wait & Co.
It.-Co\. I-I. I. Miller
I ames Strachan
}'. W. Radfurd
Taylor, relfer & Co.
F. N. Cusson & Co.
los. Bonbomme
t. \. Cantin
(;ibb & Co.
!.. J. A. Surveyer
'1', Berthiaume
\\. Graham
,. C Everett
X. Connelly
Theo. [.anctot
\rthur Dansereau
Higgins & Holland
Joseph Pont
lames Thom
:rees & Co.
Reliance Cigar Facton'
S. L. Richard
Victor Lemay
.\thert D. Nelson
Hanbury A. Rudden
l;eo. A. Simard
E, Giroux
J. Darley
X. U. Thibault
\\. I, Potts
J, F. :\[organ
I.ucien Bernier
I t. - Co\. Frank Ca\erhiI\
P. McKenzie
British American Dyeing Co.
Villeneuve & Cie.
J. \\'. Bishop & Co.
William Robb
(;eo. ()'KeiI\
Henri Iluhois
Wm. Masterman
","m. Wiseman
A. Ramsay
I. O. Gra\'e1
A. S. & \\". I!. Masterman
R. I\[ acfarlane
T. W. Peel
.r. \\. Hughes
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Wm. McNally
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Hon. I. \\'urtele
J. Beñjamiu ]lageuais
E Lemire
Major J. I.. Bittiuger
Olas. Lavallee
J, A. De-jardius & Co.
Geo. Barrall
Laurentiau llaths
John Sharp
P. Elliott
G. Fauteux
F. A Chagnon
G. .\rmstr
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Rev. lames BarcIa,
lohn kobertson & Son
Rev. C. Chiniquy
I. :'.larien
:1. (). Labrec<lue & Cie
C. Salaberrv
Walter Paul .
F. L. Beique Q, l".
R. T. Ruttan, :\1. ii,
J. W. Stirling, M. 1>.
Arthur A. Brown, ì\I. II.
r. ,\Iex. Hutchison, 111. I I.
\Vm, Gardner, M. I I,
P. A. 'lilIoy
Robert [rwin
Geo. ï. Xicbolson
(;eo. W. (;ardner
[[eury C. Scoll
\". Tetrault, jr.
\\". E. [leeks, M. [I.
.I, 'IcGregor Mowat
F. RicJ..ells
E. (;authier
C. Robillard & Co.
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R. MACAULAY, President: HON. A. W. OGILYIE,
VIce-President: T. B. MACAULAY, F.I.A..
Secretary and Actuary.
THE SUN OF CANADA issues a very attract-
ive policy contract. free from conditions
and restrictions as to military service. The
policy is indisputable from date of issue and
nonforfeitable after it has been two years
in force
AGENCY DEPARTMENT.
JAMES C, TORY. Superintendent,
J. MACDONALD OXLEY,) ManaEers
O. LEGER - - ) Montreat District.
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From R. & H. B. KIRKWOOD,
Jewellers and Silversmiths, Tradesmen by Appointment to the
Royal Highlanders, The Duke of Albany's Seaforth High-
landers, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, The Gordon
Highlanders.
66 & 68 Thistle Street, Edinhurgh, N.B.
18th ðMarch, 1898.
BOND'S SOAP-BIG BEE BRAND.
We have tried this soap on numerous arttcles, hoth silver
and hrass, in most cases 'bt'ry heavily tarnishtd, and we
found the effed highly satisfadory and the tarnish, ho"we'ber
had, immediately remo'bed.
We consider this soap a most 'ba/uahie medium for clean-
ing and polishing articles such as "we have experimented upon,
military accoulrements, etc.. etc.
I T 0 Messrs. Bond's Soap Co., Ltd.
Salford, Manchester. R. & H. B. KIRKWOOD.
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requested to read the follo"nJing testimonial regarding
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HEAD OFFICE. MONTREAL.
BRANCH OFFICES AND MAGAZINES
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C HIS Magnificent and Modern Hostelry stands on the very shore
of Lake St. John, the great inland sea north of Quebec, and is
equipped with all up-to-date improvements and conveniences. It
is the headquarters of anglers in the waters where swims the peer-
less ouananiche, and controls the best fishing grounds in this region for tbís
great game fish as well as for trout, pike, wbítefish, etc. All of these
waters are thrown open FREE to guests of the Hotel, where guides and
equipment are furnished.
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charge. The salubrious climate and other advantages of Lake St. John
make t:h
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REASONABLE.
For further illforIllatioll in r
feretlce to THE ROBER\9AL or ISLA'D HOl.SE.
appl
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Total Assets. - - $43.000.000
Assurance in force. 117.000.000
Investments in Canaáa.14. 000.000
Special rates to Military and Naval Officers, covering
whole world residences and War risks.
Endowment, Limited Payment, All Life and Family
. . . , Trust Policies. . . .
HEAD OFFICE FOR CANADA:
157 St. James St., MONTREAL.
w. M RAMSAY, J. HUTTON BALFOUR.
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TELEPHON E
MAIN 782
47 St. Francois XaÞier Street.
MONTREAL.
Condon and [ancasbir
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Invested Funds
Interest Overdue Only
$6,280,000
$2,005
A Record Without å Parallel.
T HE first consideration of every Insurer OUGHT to be the
solidity of the Institution to which he Intrusts the duty
of providing for his old age or for his dear ones In case of
early death.
The facts quoted above eloquently attest the care with
which the funds of the Company are invested.
CHAIAMAN CANADIAN BOARD
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B. HAL. BROWN, Gen. Man.
J. L. KERR, Asst. Man.
cA. STEVENS CJ3ROWN. Ontario Inspector. Galt.
Edwin Hanson.
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Canada Life Building,
MONTREAL.
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Warehouses at
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Vancouver and Victoria.
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ARE THE BEST
THE
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EleGtviG
(ompanj
. , . SUPPLY. , .
Electric Current for
Power, Light, Heat,
every HOUR
of every DAY
in the YEAR
. . . TRY US FOR...
Ju rniture,
SJedding and
2/pho/sterg
Worn.
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Renaud, King & patterson
652 CRAIG STREfl'
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P.S.-We furnish
CHAIRS AND TABLES
for entertainments.
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TABLE
WATERS
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Leadmg ClubS I Restaurants l Grocers l
<Dte
ROBERT MITCHELL CO"
(LIMITED)
MANUFACTURERS
OF - .
.
BRASS
, GOODS
#
}}", FOR !'I.UMfiERS,
. GAS AND
STEAM-FITTERS
GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT
FIXTU RES, ETC.
CHILDREN "LOVE"
JUNKET
A fact appreciated by mothers who recognize in it the
ideal nourisher as well as tempter,
Of all light family foods none is prepared in less time,
with less heat. with less trouble or at less cost than J un-
ket, made with
"'-
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HANSEN'S JUNKET TABLETS
A quart of milk, a little fruit juice or flavoring, colored,
if preferred, with one of Hansen's Pure food Colors. and
just one Junket Tablet form the ingredients.
Sold hy Croct'T!-. and Drug
bts ill packelsof 10 tablets at 15 c .
Hooklet of recipe'i accompaDie
.
AGENTS FOR CANADA
EVANS & SONS, limited, - Montreal and Toronto.
211c:'ntyre Son
& <Lo.,
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agents
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Wrought
and East Iron
Stall
Di\'islons.
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WARDEN KING & SON, 637 Craig St., montr
al.
Best \V orn1anshi p
AND
Latest Designs
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Office Furniture
UNDERT AKERS AND
.- - - -
.
EMBALMERS
300 ST. JAMES ST,
.:J. .:J. .:J. .:J. 9ll 0 n Irea I.
A. T. \JILEY & CO.
IMPORTERS
fin
Cbina,
.Rrt Pott
rv,
Cut 61ass
and [amps
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SPE IAL TIE
'Iub, Restaurant,
""boat. and Hosý,tal
"plies
ALSO WEDDING AND PRESENTATION GOODS
2373 St. Catherine Street.
MONTREAL.
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THOS. ROBERTSON & CO.
LßnTED
Plumbers" Steamfitters' and
Boiler l\lakers' Supplies .
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STORES A:o.fD LEAD PIPE FACTOR\'
63 8 , 640 þ.y.
642 Craig St.
Cor. C01111110n þ.y.
Colborne Sts.
Montreal.
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JI $500,000.00
6 6uarant
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Silver plated knives, forks and
spoons bearing this mark
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W'mOGERS,*
are warranted to be the best of
Brass and Tr ^ n B
dst
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silverplate and to last as long
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as silver plated ware can last.
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, tbis guarantee.
It's wortb the consideration
of purchasers of plate.
1794 nom Dame St. montreal.
Stan
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SHIRTS,
COLLARS,
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. . Establ1shed J 859 . .
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H. R. IVES & CO.
MANUFACTURERS
OF.. .
...
LETTER PRESSES,
Å
HARDWARE,
T IRON FENONG, STAIRS,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Qu
n Str
t , montr
al.
e e
MONTREAL.
Doors, Sasb
s and Blinds,
mouldings, Etc.,
Turning, Shaping and Joiners' Work
of ecve,.y desaiption.
400 WILLIAM ST.
MONTREAL.
XIII
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tores. Clno;oe to the
Acsdem)o of MUSIC and the
nf:en'... Thf:atn:'. The best appointed
rt.
taurallt in Canada. Can he:' re:'3chf:d b\" all Jines of the elec-
tric car
en. ice. .
::\Ieals å 10 COJ Ie unlilmidllight Sf:pa.rate dining-roomo;o
for ladie!õ. Tahle \Vines a specialty.
THE OXFORO CAFE, 36. 38 & 40 University Street.
Amiot, Lecours
& Lariviere .....
Hardware
Merchants
Specially....
Contractors' Supplies . . .
59 J
i-<V 593
.a
St. Lawrence Street
T e1epbones :
Bell, East J6J6.
Merchants, J 83.
Montreal, Que,
McCaskill, Dougall & Co.
MaJlufacturers of
Standard
RAILWAY
CARRIAGE . .
PIANO Varnishes
FURNITURE ,
Also "ZANZER/NE,"
House. School and
Church Varnishes
OFFICE:
30 St. John Street
Montreal.
Factory and Warehouses:
CORNER MANUFACTURERS, Ð'ARGENSON
and ST. PATRICK STREETS, Canal Bank,
o Fire Bricks and Fire Clay
o English, Scotch and American.
(')
Boiler Sealing Blocks
Gas Retorts
Sto'Pe Linings and Grate Backs
Drain Pipes and Connections
Farm TIles
Portland Cements
(.'I
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English, Belgian, German, AmerIcan
and Canadian.
Builders and Contractors' Supplies
F. HYDE {3 CO.
OFFICE. . .
31 WELLINGTON ST.
ßVl0NTREAL.
Yards. . .
KING, QUEEN and
WELLINGTON STREETS.
XIV
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DIAMONDS
WE are in a position to give a spe-
cial value in Diamonds, Our
stones are personally selected in Eu-
rope, bought for cash, mounted in our
own factory, and sold at the lowest
margin of profit,
R. HEMSLEY
255 p.
'Q 257 S1. James Street
1915 Notre Dame Street
MONTREAL.
Established 28 Years.
Merchants' Telephone
1531.
Bell T e1epbone,
East 1425.
Eorbtil
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Otill
...
· Manufacturers
· of . . .
(f!j)
r
DOORS,
SASHES,
. Etc.
.
N.B.-Alcways on hand a large
assortment of mouldings of all kinds.
.
PAPINEAU ROAD
13 and 15 Josephat Lane
Rtf'll t {'II
\"I. Call1l'l/lir a1/lll)r
IIOIltiKIII Wit', I
MONTREAL
The ALE
and STOUT
OF.. .
JOHN
LABATT
LONDON,
are undoubtedly
(b
6
st
PURE, WHOLESOME,
and SOUND BEVERAGES.
Sold
Everywhere.
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\JATS2N'S
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VlliISKY
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Is popular aU
the world.
over
GIVE
IT A
TRIAL.
ESTABLISHED 1856
- - TH E
J. C. [1cLarcn Bc1tin
CO.
MANUFACTURER{)
H E tt .
xtra Oak-tanned Leather Beltmg,
H Th " I tt .
1St e brand Rubber Beltmg,
General Mill Supplies.
FACTORY, MONTREAL
292. 294 and 296 ST. JAMES STREET
%ronto Office. 69 Bay Street.
E. LEONARD & SONS
l
Engin
s, Boil
rs,
fi
at
rs,
St
am Pumps
COMPLETE OUTFITS FOR ALL DUTIES.
HIGHEST ECONOMY AND PERFECT REGULATION.
00
CORNER
Common and91azaralh
/raals,
MONTREAL.
International
Rc
i8tration
ONLY $3.00 A YEAR.
The Annual Registration Fee inc1udes the Premium to the
Ocean Accident amI Guarantee Corporation,
LTD"
OF LONDON, ENGLAND
Capital
$1,000,000
FOR A
Special Accident and Disease Policy,
under contract \Hth this C01Jlpany. for $1500 in car;;e of deßth
sustained by accident whi1
riding in any cOI1'\"c::yance or \.t:hic1e
propelled hy !-Iteam, electricin. cahle or horse-pO\Vf''T. and a
wf:el....ly illdel11llity of ß1S. for nõt exct'eding- ten ,vt"eks. in case
of di
ahi1ity front ßccidents sustained while riding as above.
while cvc1ing or suffering fronl typhoic.l. typhu
I
carlet fe\.'er
or sn1aft pox. as explained in po1ic)o _ Pnder Phil1 .. A, I, the
annual ft:'e of
1.00 for rt:'gi.!-otration includes the prelniulU for a
policy for
5oo.o0 in case of death resulting fronl accident sus-
taint:d a
aho,-e specified, and a weekly inr1emnitv of f/ j , for
not exceedinJ{ 'h'e v
.eek... in cßse of rli..ahi1ity front accu1ents
or disease!oi Jnentioned ahove. n,' paying an extra annual
pn-nlium of
2, you secure in addition to plan ,. A II or .. B " the
henefits of heing registered at the offices of this Con1l>any in
l.ondon_ Pari... and other European cities, \\ here \\e ha\'e offices
or repre"iel1tathes.
MANY OTHER BENEFITS.
rill Pili tUIi/a's call 011 or '1('1 it/' to
HECTUI
HrRTrBISE, Gcncral Agcnt.
204 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL.
xn
B. LEDOUX & CO.
v:G\;.? .1' <:!,
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TO
England's CJ?oyal Family and also for H. R. H.
Princess Louise and His Excellency the Mar-
quis of Lorne, Countess of Derby and
Lord Earl of Verby, Goevernor
General of Conàda.
}flwavs on band · · ·
LA TEST DESIGNS in
CARRIAGES and SLEIGHS.
· · }f fall Sollclt
d. · ·
93 Osborne St..
Montreal.
e. 0. Seal/chemin & 71ls
Booksellers and Publishers,
Printers and Bookbinders,
256 St. Paul Str
t,
MONTREAL.
Publishers of the re71CJ<W71ed . . .
arousse s F;.enc
-DidionarH
WITH SUPPLEMENT OF . . ,
Canadian 6eosraÞ
H and
BiosraS
H' - - ..
fI@'" The best companion book of all who study, read or
write the French language.
Large '2mo volume, ',200 pages, 5,000 articles de\'ote,1
to Canada, numerous engravings, maps, etc,
Prlc
,
Bound 75 c
nts.
Eu
rytbing In tb
Station
ry [in
L
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2TIortol1, Pl]ill ips & ([0.
Stationers,
Ianl
ook 2Hal\ers
. .
printers,
\755 an
\757 !1otre Dame Street,
.
!11ontreal.
Cabl
COd
S,
Comm
rcial Books.
J. J. UllEV & SON
...
564 Craig St, MONTREAL, Canada.
montr
al
Wir
Works
. . .
ESTABLISHED 1830
BELL TEL. MAIN 2167
. . .
Architectural and Ornamental Wrought Iron Fencing
and Grilles, Store Front Guards, Elevator Guards, Interior
and Exterior Folding Gates, Safe Deposit and Burglar-
Proof Vault Guards, Office Railings, Bank RailinRs, Iron
and Steel Gates, Railroad Guards, Hatchway Guards,
Fencing and Drive-way Gates, Window and Fanlight
Grilles, also all kinds of Animal and Bird Cages.
J[a/lltjildw'lTS', ,Jrcl1iil'ds' allli Ellgillce1s' 01,'1/
dcs
[[lIs CrlrtjitlÚ' cxemil'd ill ßrass, COþþ'T, A/lIl,'akd
...."It'd or [roil, /I'il'l', Hal's or Nods,
F:still1ates allli d,'siglls jilmis/u'd for stnial Wire
/I "01 kjòr ClllIrdles, Public Halls, (?ffices, &,-,
IV,' f{uaralll,',' qualilJ. o/mail'rialalld ';"01'/.:111(//1-
s/Iiþ 10 be ulIl'x,'dkd. .
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ESTABLISHED 1871
..
T;e CentraloCumher Yard
ßorn
r Dorch
st
r
and St. ßharl
s.Borromm
Sm
ts.
Mahogany, Quartered Oak, Quartered Sycamore,
Walnut, Cherry,
and all Hardwoods, Fancy Woods, Etc.
Riln=Dri
" ma"l
floOring
<fM
PINE, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK
LATH and SHINGLES. ,:I.
.
DIMENSION TIMBER CUT TO ORDER.
:g
a
t';?
of DRESSED LUMBER of all kinds.
-\11 orners hy mail prolnptly fined "dth special care.
JOHN A. BULMER B CO,
MONTREAL.
STRACHAN'S --
Gilt -Edge Soap
Q GILT EDGE SOAP is a h=ehold"word
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. While it
r is recognized as the best Laundry Soap offered
to the public, 'We gi<ve a'WlilY premiums, hånd-
somer and more useful than any other manufac-
turers in Canada. The next time you 'Want a soap
that "will gi<ve you satisfaction ask your grocer for
one of our thirty-tcwo page premium books. We
- gi<ve e<verything from a sheet of music to a high-
grade piano by returning to us a certain number of
soap "wrappers. CJ3esides Pianos "we gi<ve in pre-
miums Bicycles, Se"wing Machines, Art Sirber-
ware, crra'be[[ing Bags, Books, etc.. etc.
We do not palm off anything of a trashy nature
and you will find that it will pay you to exchange
GILT EDGE WRAPPERS for some of our at-
tractive and useful articles.
WM. STRACHAN & CO.,
28-40 St. Timothée Street.
Gilmour, Schofield
Co.
DRY GOODS JOBBERS
. . .
WE INVITE ALL MERCHANTS WHO ARE IN A
POSITION TO PAY CASH TO VISIT OUR STORE.
This business "was established to proted the man
'Who can take his cash discounts.
WE CLAIM WE CAN SAVE YOU FROM 10 TO 25 PER CENT.
AND THESE ARE OUR REASONS:
".e sell on <ihort dates.
\\.e make no had debts.
"
e ne\.
r hnv ahead.
"We contiunål1y hunt for bar-
gains.
\Ve gh'e our customers the
benefit.
"We ne\"er huy front the first
tnan,
"?e hn\. by cotnpari-.ou,
"We thoroughly kno\\ our
husincs-.
"'e do an our owu hnyiuJ{.
\\"f: tu.lke 110 bad stock
\\W e mind our 0\\ n bu!-'ine"'s
In huving \\e 'keep our coun-
ciL
\\W e 'keep the expen...es dov
.n
The secret of success:
Know where to buy.
COME AND SEE US
Never mind if you are not in a posÜion to buy, the day may
come when you WIll be free.
Respectfully,
GILMOl'R, SCHOFIELD & CO,
364 St. Paul Street, MONTREAL.
TAYLOR, TELFER & CO,
manufactunrs and fontractors
DEALERS IN
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
TELEPHONES.
FIRE AND
BURGLAR
ALARM SYSTEMS.
Personal Attention Gicven to CJ?,epair
...
Work of all kinds.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
.
44 13Peur}J Street,
TELEPHONES:
BELL MAIN 1123 m ^ ntr
a l .
MERCHANTS 610 \J '"
xnn
Coteau St-Pierre Tel. Bell West mount J80
T d. Marcbands J304
@
Joseph Decarie, Fils
Manufacturier d
Briques
et Entrepreneur
P. O. BOX 55.
VILLE DE ST-HENRI.
BELL TEL: MAIN 1499.
MERCHANTS' TEL. 846.
ry..,
'W
.;t,
atenaude & eo,
DEALERS IN ,
Coal and Wood
Ijav. Oats. 6raln of all kinds.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
360 CRAIG STREET
OPPOSITE VIGER SQUARE
MONTREAL.
........
TEL. MAIN 611.
REMOV ABLE
W Steam Pipe and Boiler Coeverings,
Paper Mill Board. . .
0 0
Stoeve Linings and Fihre .
Steam Packings. . . . . .
Ashestic
Wall
Plaster and
Woofing.
Canaáían cAsbestos Company
Corner of St. Peter and c.!oundling Sts.
__ r MONTREAL.
uhe Oldest.' ohe !l.Jest.'
ohe Celebrated
A
Coon's $ie/zd
Sani/zg Shinder
.Ytlwa.!fo:J !Heliable.
to
The exact name "COOK'S FRIEND" and no other
. .
IS genuine,
Purest materials, properly balanced and carefully
compounded, have placed the Cook's Friend
in the front rank and keep it there.
All the best Grocers keep Cook's Friend in stock.
XIX
Cb
eanada Engrauing :::
:
::m
and [itbograpbing ßO'y [imlt
d
CAPITAL, $150,000
PRINTING kNR:
tHkTSS
Stock Certificates, Bonds
and Loan Documents.
5 Þ 7, 9 Þ !!þ Bleury Street þ
MONTREAL.
UNION CARD AND PAPER CO.
----- ------ - - -- - - -
.
GlaZed, EQamelled, lithO. aQd Coated papers
CardbOardS and PlauJng Cards . . . . . .
olored Chinas a nd Ticket Boards
NO.8 LATOUR STREET,
..... MONTREAL.
LUNcH -
FROM 12,30 A.M. TO 3 P,M.
WM O'BRIEN
PROP.
. PHONE MAIN 2889
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G goice -"Wines, W.O'. R
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v"V
1I-'J'-'J
S:iquors
0
and Gisars.
.
.
80 St. James St. .:fI. MONTREAL.
HIGH GRADE CIGARS
""
ASK FOR
"RtlianCt ROSt=bUd"
,""",--or" (oscana "
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
.
CHOICE AND RELIABLE
."'
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\ NOTHING
pi TO EQUAL
r THEM,
RELIANCE CIGAR FACTORY
62 McGILL STREET. MONTREAL.
olme8 8 ßrpiQ
PACKING
..
BOX
MANUFACTURERS
fumhcr 21icrd1ants
BELL TELEPHONE 8415
""be.
231 CHATHAM STREET,
MONTREAL.
xx
ROOFING
...AND Asp HAL TING
.....-
. "Our Work
Survives n
.
Sh
t m
tal WOrk, 'It m
tal SkVlights,
ooflng mat
rials, Builalng Papns.
f
m
nt tUbS,
Jlsphalt, f
mcnt, ana til
Work.
Canadian Agents
CßOscrON CßLOWER CO.
Hot Blast Heating
and Pneumatic
Stock Conveying.
t19
6
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w. R
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C. T. WilLIAMS. Proprietor.
783
785 ßraig Sf.
. . . montr
al.
TELEPHONE UP 933,
TERMS CASH,
. . II
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""on
1&15 , .
. . .
Jllb
rt fiolm
s
Wbolesale
Manufacturer of
Gas, Electric and
Combination Gasaliers and
Brass Work.
Write for my prices . . .
t t th
v ar
th
[oW
Sf.
t19
231 ßbatbam Sf.
. . montr
al.
r J 0 h 11
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Ç'o..
m
n's furnisbings
QUALITY HIGH! PRICES LOW!
n
Ck ti
s, :-Oew and natty, price
. 15, >5, .;5.50 and np.
fOllars, Xew styles Bnd Be<t make" price,. 5, 15, >0 Bnd >5.
Brac
s, Strong and dnrable. at >
. 35, 50. 60, ;." and SI.OO pair.
6IQ
St Forwalkillgordrhil1gat i
. 1100. "'[.25.1.50. "2 25 pT.
Shirts, .'\11 kinds at all price<.
night Shirts Large and Roomy at SO. 75 and $1.00 each
MILITARY BRUSHES,
HAIR BRUSHES, SHAVING BRUSHES,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
LEA THER GOODS, Etc., Etc.
fohn 9ll1lrph.!J & Co.,
2343 St. Catherine St.,
Corner Metcalfe.
ALLAN
LINE
Roval mail St
amship ßo'v.
ESTABLISHED 1854.
The Company's fleet consists of 34 Steamers aggregating
134,937 Tons.
10,000 Tons) buildin g
8,000" I
TUNISIAN
CASTILIAN
Steamers sail weekly from Montreal during tbe Season of
navigation to Liverpool, London, and Gla-g..w, also di.tinct
services from Xew York, Boston ami Pbiladelphia to Glasgo\\.
The vessels are provic1ed with every known device to secure
Safety \\hich has al\\a
s been considered as of first import-
anCe by the management. The Pas.enger Steamers are all
modern and care has been taken to insure the comfort of al\
the passengers. To promote this end, the emire passt'nger
acC'ommoltation is ligh,ed with the incandescent electric light.
The saloons and staterooms are near the centre of tbe >hip,
promenade deck tbe whole width and 150 feet long, Smok-
ing rooms, Music rooms, etc" etc.
Special attention has been given to the ventilation and
sanitary arrangements.
An experienced Surgeon is carried on all the Passepger
Steamers. Rates of passage lower than by most first-da5s lines.
Circular giving rateS and sailings on application to any
Agent or
H. &. A. ALLAN,
MONTREAL.
XXI
.I
THE BUGLE
...
BRAND
Is what all Soldiers
Shou ld Drink . . .
o
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Í"..)ß I
o
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OLD SCOTCH WHISKY
OLD TOM GI;\J
UNS\VEETENED GIN
BASS' ALE
GUINNESS'STOUT
t t t rh
V ar
th
6
st.
......,. I'
See that
You get
Them.
.
J. & R. McLEAt Agents
23 COMMON ST.
105 MEDALS AWARDED
...
..... . B) St..ecial Royal ".arrant to......
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
H.R.H. The Prince ofWale5.
"" "J EYES'
.,:
t.'-::'" FLUID ".
1-
THE STANDARD DISINFECTANT,
NON-POISONOUS
COL. McKINNON, Secretary of the NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION, writes:
"I am desired by the Committee to inform you that they are
qulie satisfied Wl
h the manner in which you carried out the disin-
fection of Bisley Camp, dunng the last and previous years, and
<VIII gladly entrust the work to you this year. ,.
SAMPLES ON APPL/CA TION.
Je}Jes 8anifar}J Compounds Co.
of Canada,
3G Hospital Street, __01. __01. MONTREAL.
Stafldard J3 rand s
.
POmmERY cHßmPßGNE
Kilmarnock Sc
tcn WniSky
ScOweD De's min eral Waters
JonQstOQ'S Clarets
SaQdemSQ'S Ports and SOerries
Jßarie Brizard & Ro ger's Liqueurs
BoucOa rd's BurgUQdies
. KocO, LautereQ's aOiQe WiQes.
.
.
.
&
l
IF you wish to shoot well,
"'" see that your eyes are
in perfect condition.
Many persons think that they have per-
fect sight when they might have more
distinct vision.
CEO. BARRA T
PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
2365 St. Catherine Street VI
lYlONTREAL
A Full Line of
Optical 600d5
also. .
=--
..
eam
ras
..
-,-
and ..
Photograpbic
SUPpll
5.
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k
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Dt""-t'lopill
.uut
printing OQne 011
Tt:'a..un.lhle tenus. '-
ßa,aloguu info -
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XXII
AOUIN & IrZWEIRE
Manufacturers of
Sash, Doors and Mouldings
Turning, Carving, Etc.
PLANING AND ,)j..
,___
.+- >
-41
)>)'
.
SA W MILL. . ,
@
-Corner Vinet and Tracy Streets
.......
ST. CUNEGONDE.
PHONES ,Bell 8002
I Merchants 1249.
@ o
" . 0
<Po'
Swimming t
T urkish t
Russian and
Private
Baths
@
Laurentian Baths,
Cor. Craig and Beaudry Sts.
'--MONTREAL.
LADIES. . .
Monday Morning, Wednesday Afternoon.
'''RodCJoers''
b
Cutler,'r
PLEASE SEE
THAT THIS
EXACT
MARK
IS ON EACH
BLADE.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
H,-\S XO
EQL\L
IS ST. HELEX STREET,
""
1IO
TREAL.
By wearing one of
ENJOY
YOUR
OUT OF DOOR
SPORTS
Snoreg's Rigbg Waterproof BicgCle
Dr Golf Suits --
They admit the air but keep out
the rain. The feeling. appearance, or
porous properties of ordinary t"'e
d are
not changed by RIGBY. It sImply
renders goods repellent to ""ater, yet the
cost is not increased.
XXIII
Perrin's Gloves
,.
..
..
For LADIES
GENTLEMEN
and CHILDREN
If you need a pair of Stylish
and durable Gloves
...
Ask for
..-../
5Prrin's Sloves
,
They are
the
Best
T HE MOLSONS BANK
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1B!5B
HEAD OFFICE, - MONTREAL
P.id up C.p't.I, $2,000,000 00
Re.t Fund, $1,500,000 00
Re.erve for Reb.te on Current Oi.counts, $60,000 00
Profit .nd La.. Account, $26,829 68 $1,606,829 68
Board of Dlndou:
WM. MOLSON MACPHERSON, President.
S. H. EWING. Vice-Pr..idenl.
W, M. RAMSAY, SAMUEL FINLEY.
HENRY ARCH BALD. J. P. CLEGHORN,
H. MARKLAND MOLSON.
F WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager.
A. D. DURNFORD,/nspeclor ti.
?t
't5
AN, : Assl. Insp
Colledions T1'!âde in all Parts of the Dominion
and returns promptly remitted at Lo'West Rates
of exchange.
Commercial Letters of Credit and Travellers' Circular Letters
Issued, Available in all Parts of the World.
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
1.1.\01
(Incorporated J832)
Capital,
s
r"
and "ndi"id
d Profits,
$1,500,000.00
$1,626,634.20
LIST OF OFFICES
neva Scella nrw BrunsWick Ontarle
Amherst, Campbellton, Toronto.
Annapolis, Chatham, Wnt Tndln
Bridgetown, Fredericton, Klngston,Jamalca
Digby, Moncton.
Halifax, Newcastle, Prlncr f:dward Ts'd
Kentvllle, St. Andrews, Charlottetown,
Liverpool, St. John, Summerside.
New Glasgow, 5t. Stephen, newfenndland
North Sydney, Sussex, St. John's,
Oxford, Woodstock.
Pictou, Harbor Grace.
Stellarton. Ðurbtc Unltrd Stain
Westvllle, Montreal. Chicago, III.
Yarmouth. Paspeblac. Calais, Me.
7he 5lohert 5lerord eO.
imiled,
cStaamslllP ./'tgants
.,iJ ð ' Commission 9llarchants
23 and 25
ST. SACRAMENT ST.
.
Montreal
AGENTS FOR
Donaldson Line f01 Glasgow.
crhomson Line for Lonáon. Leith. de.
Pickforá {3 Black Line for the West
Ináies.
Cory Ltne for Caráiff.
XXI\'
Montreal City and District
Savings Bank
Establish
d 184t1
Capital SubsC7'tbed -
Capital Paid up -
Reser<ue -
UndhJided Profits
$2,000,()(X}.00
600,000.00
400,000.00
193,000.00
Hon. Sir William Hingston,
Henri Barbeau,
- President.
- Manager.
Head Office,
176 ST. JAMES ST.
BRANCH OFFICES
656 NOTRE DAME EAST
2312 NOTRE DAME WE.ST
1232 ST, CATHERINE ST.
COR. GRAND TRUNK AND SHEARER ST.
The Bank's Act oj Incorporation is so framed as to afford all
possible protection to Deposl
ors mcluding zoomen and minors.
Fred R. Alley & Co.
.e REAL
EST A TE
INVESTMENT
........
.
f
AND...
.
FINANCIAL
AGENTS.
.
.
.
116 ST. JAMES STREET,
fJVJONTREAL.
Telephone,
Main 1251.
GARTH&CO.
MA
UFACTURERS
...
PLUMBERS
þ,y.<;) STEAMFITTERS
Porcdain
Enamdl
d
Tron Batbs
BATH TRIMMINGS.
GAS p.
'J ELECTRIC FIXTURES
536 to 5.12 Craig St. lIONTREAL.
Eug
n
f. Pbillips .....
;o
!:;if
: EI
ctrical WQrks
Sec. and Treas.
(LIMITED)
MONTREAL, Canada.
Bare and Insulated Electric Wire
Electric Light Line Wire
Incandescent and Flexible Cords
Railway Feeder and Trolley Wire
Americanite, Magnet, Office and
Annunciator Wires
Cables for Aerial and Underground Use.
u. s. FACTORY:
AMERICAN ELECTRICAL WORKS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Ht:w yo..... STOAI: :
P. C. ACKERMAN, AGENT, 10 CORTLAND STREET.
CHICAGO STO'U: :
F. E, DONOHOE, AGENT. 241 MADISON STREET,
xv
WHEN YOU WANT...
Silh j/zread
.
21nderloear,
Sfosieru or &Ûtts
.
.
.
stamped on the goods, is proof of the maker's
faith in the quality of them.
eorticdli Silk eO. t [fd.
12 Sf. nïcbolas Sf.
. . . mcnfr
al, ean.
McClary Man'f'g Co.
MANUFACTURERS
OF .
Sto
St furnac
St
Enam
"
d War
t Cinwar
t
tt
Head Office:
LONDON, ONT.
Branches:
Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver,
m
W Al TER C. HAGAR,
J'n.:Jurance !l.Jroke r .3
...-
. . . SPECIAL AGENT. . .
THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE CO. þ
Of London, Eng.
@
313 CJ30ard of Trade CJ3uildingÞ
8rIonfreal, Canada.
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BISHOP ENGRAVING and
PRINTING CO.
288 ST.]AMES ST., <'j'aâng Victoria Sq.)
Station
rs Blank Book makm,
ngra\1
rs. .
t [ithographm, Book
:Job Prlntm
THE BEST WORK AND RIGHT PRICES.
GET OUR PRICES Fo.. YOUR NElEna.
BISHOP ENGRAVING and
PRINTING CO.
288 ST. JAMES STREET, M TREA
<'j'aâng Victoria SQ.) n. ON L.
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.....
.- -.
Bell Tel.
8025.
Merchants
Tel. 550.
mitCb
II' s
Scotch and Irish
Whiskies
-w
Edward ea
anagb eQ.
Manufacturers. . .
Importers and Agents.
CONTRACTORS' SUPPLIES
.Jtardware, Oils, !Paints, Coal.
...ARE...
. . . Sp
cialti
$ . . .
Always Popular
llluminating and [ubricatlng Oils,
"Sun" Bcil
r ecmpcund e e e
TAKE
NO
OTHER.
2547-2553 NOcrRE DAME Scr.
Corner Seigneurs Street.
WAREHOUSES. . 1r Jf
Sf. Henri. Mile End, 1 Yl ONTREAL
and 355 Richmond Sf. ·
CAPITOL SCRANTON
COAL
Us
i:
JI first=dass 10 c
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Smok
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MONTREAL.
XXYII
Pilkington Brothers t Ltd Official Figures
MANUFACTURERS
.
OF.. .
..
Polisb
d Plat
..
o . . . and Window (1lass
9/a/n and !íJevelled
9ll/rror 9/ales,
Rolled Plate, Fancy Cathedral Glass, &c.
DEPOT:
Busby Lane,
MONTREAL.
I WANT A...
c. THEORET
......
LAW BOOKSELLER
. .1
p,ÿ.'J PUBLISHER e e e
11 AND 13
ST. JAMES ST, ...MONTREAL, CAN.
",0,&
......PUBLISHER OF......
ABBOTT'S RAILWAY LAW OF CANADA, 1896
B LI G H 'S QUEBEC STATUTES LAW INDEX, '98
CRANKSHAW'S JUSTICES OF PEACE'S GUIDE, '95
H 0 L T'S INSURANCE LAW OF CANADA, '98
LAFLEU R'S CONFLICT OF LAW. - '98
LA REVUE LEGALE. - - - - - - '98
LA REVUE DE JURISPRUDENCE, - - '98
R.S, WEI R, LLD., CIVIL CODE P.Q" - '98
FOPR LEADING PAPERS
OF CANADA
.:J..:J..:J.
Montreal Daily Star. . . 5'0,0001
Montreal Weekly Star . 100,000 t 150,000
[liThe FaJIlHy Herald find \Veekl) Star"] J
Toronto Daily Globe . . :H'5 oo }
Toronto "Teekly Clobe 26,000 60,5 00
Toronto Daily Mail. . . 32,000 }
Toronto \\Teekly l\Iail, . 25,000 57,000
London Daily Ach-ertiser 8,000 }
Lonclon\VeeklyAch-ertiser 22,000 3 0 ,000
Deæmber, r898.
New Hat. +,l!t;:-=-
,
AND I WANT TO
FIND OUT. . .
j. E. D
slauri
rs
eo'S
--
Hat
Store
IT IS AT ...
No. 2050 NOTRE DAME ST.
2 Doors from Chaboillez Sqr.
One minute walk from
G. T. R. Station.
MONTREAL.
xxnu
LINOTYPE COMPANY,
=è-
The linotype /
'
Type Bar Machine I
,
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/-
,
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MAKERS
OF. .
The "Oliver"
Typewriter
Special Tools
Special
Machinery
WORKS AND OFFICES
156 St. Antoine Street,
Send for
Catalogues.
...MONTREAL.
, . . ESTABLISHED 1854_ _ .
.. .
. [a
all
IMPORTER and
MAKER of all kinds of
.
.
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
C}?epairing of all kinds.
CViolins made to order.
35 Sf. [amb
rt Hill,
montr
al.
]. P. JI. d
sCrOiS maiSOnS
eO.
I.I
.
fmporlers
.i' 9llanllTactllrers
.
Wholesale
SJÛllill erg
i:
goods
""
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1801 NOTRE DAME ST.,
.
Montreal
FELIX SAUVAGEAU
General Contractor
and Valuator. --
,
Carpenter, Joiner & Builder
All kinds of Jobbing
promptly attended to.
SHOP and 'OFFICE :
189 ST. ANTOINE STREET.
Bell Telephone,
Main 2637,
... MONTREAL.
XXIX
FAUCHER & SON
Tmpor 'rrs and Dra'rrs In fiardwar
Carriage Wood Work & Trimmings
SMITHS' COAL
AGI:NTS fOR
R. Ingbam ßlark
6J ßo's I Condon, Eng.) Uarnlsb
s
796 to 802 CRAIG STREET
Corner of ...
. C)' Jl. Q '7I.T7" RE ' .il L
Little 5t ""ntoineStreet.
""ctrJI JY j J n
\Y. H. D. YOU
G. L.D.S., D.D.S.
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1NJ
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1694 NOTRE DAME ST..
=-=-s;;
=
MOf'.:TREAL.
ONLY FIRST-CLASS. WORK.
Teeth Extracted without Pain by New Process.
Sets ordered in the morning can be delivered in the
afternoon. Telephone, Main 2515,
vVightman
fl
Sporti ng Goods Co.
FISHING TACKLE, FOOTBAL
S,
BOXING GLOVES,
STRIKING BAGS, SNOWSHOES,
CAMPING GOODS, ETC,
403 ST. PAttI. STREET
. . . MONTREAL.
Our Motto" THE BEST."
6 d ' GINGER ALE.
SODA WATER,
ur S APPLE NECTAR,
CREAM SODA,
-
KOLA,
CALEDONIA, &c.
to b
obtaln
d from all first-class groms.
2 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze Medals Superior Excellence
and .7 Diplomas awarded for..
J. EVELEIGH & Co.
H. P. LABELLE & CO.
Manufacturers of
TRUNKS & TRAVELLING BAGS
STEAMER TRUNKS
AND SAMPLE CASES OF I[VI[RY DESCRIPTION
Military Cases, Cartridge Boxes, Haversacks,
STRAPS, OFFICERS' TRUNKS, ETC,
Head Office and Factory - VITRE. cor. of Elizabeth St.
City Warerooms 245 ST. JAMES ST.
:
PALMER'S
{Ìj'--:;'
Nl:W STYL E5 IN
ìil . HAIR GOODS
'-\.:'f..t;
\\:'- We carry the LARGEST STOCK
,.' .... in Canada,
OUR BORDEN HAIR GOODS. . .
ARE UNEQUALLED fOR WEIGHT. QUAlITY AND BEAUTY.
1745 NOTRE DAME ST.
TEL. MAIN, 391.
1657,1659,1661 NOTRE DAME ST,
MONTREAL
MANUFACURERS
\ND. . .
FURNITURE DEALERS
PARLOR, BED ROOM, DINING 'Z:ur n i t ur
ROOM, HALL AND KITCHEN'"
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Saw and Planing MilL..
H
F A IU ,.
X
Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Turning, Shaping, Mouldings
Sawing and Planing
10 FAUTEUX AVENUE
Bell Tel. 8593.
ST. CUNEGONDE.
xxx
TELEPHONE. MAIN 2733.
x X $Jrosseau & eo.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
AND INSURANCE BROKERS.
LOANS and INVESTMENTS
PRIVA TE ESTA TE a"d TRUST admi"ist.r.d.
13 ST. LAMBERT HILL,
BETWEEN NOTAE DAME AND ST JAMES ST
MONTREAL.
B. ETHIER
DEALFR 1:\. . .
\VOOD and COAL
. ............
N APOLEO
STREET, near Canal
and 1119 ST. J.UrES STREET
. . . MOXTREAL
MUNDERLOH & CO.
ALL KINDS OF
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
ELECTRIC FIXTURES
DYNAMOS, MOTORS, ETC.
61 Sf, Sulpice Street, '" MONTREAL
f\
r20I
HIGH CLASS
-
CIGAR
The
CJ3lackstone 0 (j
Cigar Factory M 1
. . . MAKERS . . . ontrea
J · ....
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M ç: . ... _.........
Q:
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ij
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.
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S>S>.
.
RepaIrs of all kinds on the shortest notice
and at Low PRICES.
WITH LARGE STORAGE
94
,,
!;2
:
d
:
' MONTREAL
Office Tel" Main 1265.
Branch and Residence Tel. 3087
E. e. mount
o.t
PLUMBERS. . .
GAS and STEAMFITTERS
and ROOFERS
.& .:J. .:J. .:J.
c
BrADcb 510ft :
eot
Sf. Jlntoin
oad
784 eraig Str
t,
it it .. mcntr
al.
TELEPHONE, MAIN 1694.
CABLE AOORI[5S:
BREVET. MONTREAL.
OIRI[CTOAY COOl[ USED
_ Orr,cE: reR .
PATENTS, DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS
OND COPYRIGHTS,
HANBURY A. BUDDEN
F. M,CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PATENT AGENTS
u. s. REGISTERED ATTORNEY No 1088.
ADVOCATE, PATENT AGENT.
NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING, MONTREAL.
For the BEST forms of . . .
LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE
The
Travelers Insurance
)
t"i Company
Of HARTFORD, CONN.
[tb
ral eontracts FRANK F. PARX,INS,
Chref eAgent,
13t1 St ]am
s Stn
t.
. .. montnal, P.Q
Apply to
<<
[ow
st Ratu.
XXXI
Dominion Wire Mfg. Co.
. . LIMITED. _
. ----.:W ORKS AT LACHINE
(NEAR MONTREAL.)
OffICES:
TEMPLE BUILDING
MONTREAL.
p.
65 FRONT ST, E"
TORONTO
WAREHOUSE:
492 ST PAUL ST.
MONTREAL.
. . ll!anu'aClnrrr. 0' . .
Iron, Steel, CJ3rass and Copper Wire
Steel and CJ3rass Wood Scre'J:vs
Steel Wire Nails
Steel and Brass Jack Chain
" Crescent" Coat and Hat Hooks
Spring Cotters, Staples
Wìre 'Ðoor Pulls
Bright WÚ'e Goods and Mill Wìre Goods.
All carefully packed and neatly labelled
and guaranteed second to none.
MORRIS MICHdlELS
, . Tmportrr 0' 'finr. .
Øaoana
"
Cio'at:s
" "
and of high grade European novelties
of every description.
ROTUNDA WINDSOR HOTEL AND CHATEAU FRONTENAC
MONTREAL.
QUEBEC,
Established in /882
}'ð'ler virr e's
-Restaurant
o
1752 NOTRE DAME STREET
MONTREAL
GORDON A. MELVILLE, Proprietor.
TELEPHONE MAIN une:
E. A. GERTH
2235 St. Catherine St.
Queen's Hall Block
MONTREAL
Dir
tt ImpQrt
1'$ t t t
fiigb Class fia
ana Cigars
JlArnt .
W. D. & H. O. WILLS, Bristol, Eng.
TOBACCOS t
and
t
CIGARETTES
], BENJAMIN DAGENAIS
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
NO, 210 GUY STREET
'"
,.,
"
MONTREAL.
..
Bell Telephone 8118
....
All kind. of Bulldinlts erect.
ed and General Repairs
done at the shortest notice.
)
f:stimales 'nrnisbed.
$atls'actlon guaranteed.
SPECIAL T'\ : P
ans and Esti-
mates furnished for Embossed Ceilings in SteelJ' AluminumJ' etc.J' etc.
All kinds of Goods made of Steel in Sheets for the Huilding Trade.
J. O. LABRECQUE & CIE
Wood and Coal
83 WOLFE STREET
Bell Telephone, East. 7257.
Merchants Telephone 358.
. . . MONTREAL
Bell Telephone 83 II.
E. LEMIRE
. . Dqalrr in
Wood & Coal of all kinds.
Straw, Grain and Hay.
Wholesale & Retail.
367 RICHMOND ST.
Jill ordrrs promptlv executed In all parts
0' tbe cltv wltbout extra cbar9r.
MONTREAL.
SPECIALTY: Dry wood for lighti"g stwe..
at lIIudera.fe prices.
XXXII
r. eohen << Son,
Anthracite & Bituminous CO A L
COALS: Cape Breton & Scotch Steam Coal,
American & Welsh Anthracite also Smith Coal.
FOUNDRY SUPPLIES:
Lehigh Coal, Coke, Moulding Sand, Plumbago
Facings, Stove Polish, etc.
DRY CUT WOOD & CHARCOAL
36 PRtNCE !SoT. MONTREAL TELEPHONE 814
1mport
a air
ct from mJn
$.
Merchants' Tel. 135.
Bell Tel. East 806.
CHS. CHARLAND
.. DEALER IN
Hay, Stra'W;
WOOD {3 COAL
Oats, Bran, &c.
OF ALL KINOS.
53 VITRE STREET
Specialty: Kindling Wood of all/llnds.
. . . MONTREAL.
The James Robertson Co.
Limited.
Lead . . .
Manufacturers
MONTREAL
TORONTO,
WINNIPEG
ST. JOHN.
SHOT A SPECIALTY.
H. BOKER B CO.
i:
Razors,
,
Scissors,
Pocket- Cutlery.
l TR
E BRAND
H. VINEBERG & co.
WHOLESALE
CLOTHIERS
25 ST. HELEN ST. COR. NuTRE DAME ST.
MO;\JTREAL.
PATENTS TRACE MARKS
OWEN N. EVANS
Patent Attorney
(Foreign Member Chartered Institute Patent Agents, Eng.J
Successor to the late F. H. REYNOLDS,
"Temþre Buirdins. ST. JAMES ST.
MONTREAL.
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When you want a good, large load of Dry
Kindling Wood, cut Slabs, Hardwood,
or any kind of good Coal, be sure
and call up
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H. JOSEPH & CO"
CANADA CHAMBERS, J6 ST. SACRAMENT ST.
MONTREAL
Real Estate and General eAgents
and Valuators.
Special Attention gi<Den to Management of Estates
BELL TELEPHONE MAIN 2866.
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MILK!
A\"oid the danger of tuberculosis and other
diseases resulting from unhealthy animals, and
uncleanly dairies, hy taking your milk from. '
ELMHURST FARM . fJ;;g
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A limiterlnumber of families supplied com-
mencing' 1st August inst.
T. A. TRENHOLME, Prop.
Tel. Mount /480. MONTREAL WEST.
D. A. McPherson & Co.
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the CWdnt of a shoe the horse 'Was lost: for the
'Want of a horse the rider 'Was lost, being (}<Ver-
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taking them, if they \\ ill only insist upon their farrier
shoeing their horses \\ ith the" C" brand horse nails,
made by
THE CANADA HORSE NAIL COMPANY
MONTREAL
GASCON FISH CO.
Curers and Packers of . . . C df ' h
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6 ST. LAWRENCE MAIN STREET
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461 Craig Street MONTREAL
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HEATING, PLUMBING,
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2 ST. ANTOINE ST. Tel. Main 548.
26 BAYLE ST. , , . MONTREAL
124 IRVINE AVENUE WESTMOUNT.
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4 0001'18 "RO'" C. P. A. DEPOT
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Its cuisine and service are of the highest order,
and it counts amongst its many Patrons the leaders
of the Social and Political worlds of both Continents.
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MONTREAL, QUE,
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J. -Emile Vanier,
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A.M. Canadian Soc. C.E.
Member Soc. C.E. of France.
Member Soc. of Architects of the
Province of Quebec.
SPECIAL TIES. . .
IMPERIAL
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J '-' S extremely rapid in its action on Catarrll, is entirely non-
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inhaled. It is also taken internally, acting as a tonic, in-
creasing the blood circulation, and thus assisting the whole system to
throw off the disease.
This preparation is the most efficacious remedy for CATARRH
now on the market. It was first prepared by the famous Sikhs, in the
East Indies, and brought to this country by a British veteran. It has
cured thousands of cases of CATARRH all O\'er the world. It is
. curing thousands in Canada, It will cure \"on. \Yrite us, we will
prO\'e our claim.
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INDIAN CATARRH CURE CO.
I J. HISLOP, Proprietor I
. .. Room No. 6-J46 ST. JAMES STREET
d $ 00
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Price,
HEAD OFFICE OF THE
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"METROPOLITAN" PLATE GLASS INSURANCE Co.
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IMPORTER OF. . .
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Platt, Window
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PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH,
WALL PAPER, ETC.
Manufacturer of Mirrors.
Bevelling a Specialty.
J 621 Notre Dame Street,
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, mitin 2718. MONTREAL.
Compang of Canada.
INCORPORATED I3Y ROYAL CHARTER
A. D. 1845.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED $7.500,000
. With powerio incre-se to $/5,000.000.
PAID-UP CAPITAL - - $1.581.666
RESERVE FUND
$924,138 63
MONEY TO LEND.
ON CITY PROPERTY
AND IMPROVED FARMS
AT LOW RATES
AND ON VERY DESIRABLE TERMS.
ADDRESS:
THE COMMISSIONER
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trust and [oan ßompanv of ßanadA
26 St. James Street. MONTREAL.
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