Preparations were made by the British Government to meet the emergency; the “_Army of Reserve Act_” was passed in June, 1803, for raising men for home service by ballot, by which a second battalion was added to the NINETY-SECOND regiment. The second battalion was to be composed from the balloted men raised in Scotland for limited service, and was placed on the Establishment from the 9th of July following. In June, the regiment was removed from Glasgow to Colchester, and on the 1st of July it marched to Weeley, where it encamped while the barracks were being prepared, which were occupied by the regiment during the winter. The second battalion of the regiment was formed at Weeley, on the 24th of November, 1803; officers and non-commissioned officers, with a proportion of old soldiers, being posted to it from the first battalion for the purpose of instruction. Both battalions were commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Napier. Each battalion was to have ten companies, consisting of fifty-four serjeants, twenty drummers, two fifers, and a thousand rank and file. At this period Bonaparte was making preparations for the invasion of England, for which purpose he collected an immense flotilla at Boulogne. The threat of invasion aroused the patriotism of the British people, and the most strenuous measures were pursued to defeat the designs of the French Ruler; volunteer and yeomanry corps were formed in every part of the kingdom, and all parties united in one grand effort for the preservation of Great Britain. [Sidenote: 1804] In May, 1804, Napoleon was invested with the dignity of _Emperor of the French_, and on the 26th of May, of the following year, he was crowned at Milan as _King of Italy_. Further measures of defence were adopted by Great Britain, and the “_Additional Force Act_” was passed on the 14th July, 1804. Both battalions marched to Colchester on the 24th of July, and on the 6th of August were encamped on Lexden Heath. On the 24th of October orders were issued for the march of one captain, one subaltern, four serjeants, four corporals, and one drummer to Elgin, from the second battalion, to receive the men to be raised under the “_Additional Force Act_.” Both battalions broke up from Lexden camp on the 26th of October, and marched to Weeley barracks. Orders were received on the 25th of November for the second battalion to be held in readiness to march from Weeley barracks, and proceed by the inland navigation to Liverpool, from whence it was to embark for Ireland. The second battalion accordingly marched in three divisions, on the 29th of November and on the two following days. The first battalion, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Napier, remained in Weeley barracks during the winter. [Sidenote: 1805]