Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Gordon Highlanders
“The commanding officer directs the following address from the
magistrates of Queen’s County may be entered in the orderly
books, and is confident that every soldier will feel proud
at the high estimation in which the regiment is held by the
inhabitants of every quarter where it has been stationed, and
that the approbation[18] so lately expressed by His Majesty’s
representative, and the Commander of the forces in this country,
will act upon their minds as a strong stimulus to persevere in
the same steady and unerring line of conduct.”
“SIR, Maryborough, June 7, 1830.
“We, the undersigned magistrates of Maryborough district, at
petty sessions assembled, avail ourselves of this, the earliest
opportunity of expressing our high approbation of the conduct
of the different detachments of the NINETY-SECOND Highlanders,
quartered in the town of Maryborough for the last twelve months.
In justice to the excellent character of the men, we feel called
upon to testify, that not a single complaint was made by the
inhabitants against any of them, and that their conduct was
uniformly correct and exemplary.
“The general zeal and intelligence of the officers, supported
by the steadiness and discipline of the men, when co-operating
with the civil power, particularly during the last winter (in
suppressing outrages of a _white-boy_ nature, which unhappily
extended to our hitherto peaceable county), demand our cordial
thanks; and we beg that you, Sir, will be pleased to make known
to the officers and men these our sentiments, and to assure them
that their services will long be gratefully remembered by every
respectable inhabitant of this town and vicinity.
“We have, &c.,
(Signed) “W. PERCEVAL, J. P.
“D. O’DONOGHUE, J. P.
“MATT. CASSAN, J. P.
“Lieut.-Colonel McDonald,
Commanding NINETY-SECOND Highlanders,
&c. &c. &c.”
On the 18th of June, the regiment was reviewed by Major-General
Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.B., commanding the Western District. It
being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the regiments
performed a variety of movements, as executed on that memorable day;
the NINETY-SECOND afterwards went through the sword exercise, &c.,
and the Major-General was pleased to express his approbation of the
splendid appearance which the regiment made on that occasion.
On the 8th of October, the head-quarter division, under the command
of Lieut.-Colonel McDonald, and, on the following day, the second
division, under Major Winchester, marched from Birr _en route_ to
Dublin, arriving there on the 13th and 14th October respectively, and
were quartered in the Royal Barracks.
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