Lord Macleod’s efforts in raising the regiment were so successful that in April 1778 it was embodied at Elgin, under the denomination of “_Macleod’s Highlanders_,” and was numbered the “SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.” In May the regiment, eleven hundred strong, embarked at Fort George, under the command of Colonel Lord Macleod, and proceeded to Guernsey and Jersey, in which islands it was stationed for six months. The regiment was subsequently removed to Portsmouth, and was cantoned during the remainder of the year in the neighbouring villages. On the 24th of September, 1778, Colonel Lord Macleod received orders to raise a second battalion to the regiment. Each battalion was to consist of fifty serjeants, fifty corporals, twenty drummers and fifers, two pipers, and a thousand privates. At this period the following officers had been appointed to the SEVENTY-THIRD HIGHLAND Regiment. FIRST BATTALION. _Colonel_, John Lord Macleod. _Lieut.-Colonel_, Duncan M‘Pherson. _Majors._ John Elphinston. James Mackenzie. _Captains._ George Mackenzie. Alexander Gilchrist. John Shaw. Charles Dalrymple. Hugh Lamont. Hon. James Lindsay. David Baird. _Captain Lieutenant and Captain_, David Campbell. _Lieutenants._ A. Geddes Mackenzie. Hon. John Lindsay. Abraham Mackenzie, _Adj^t._ Alexander Mackenzie. James Robertson. John Hamilton. John Hamilton. Lewis Urquhart. George Ogilvie. Innes Munro. Simon Mackenzie. Philip Melvill. John Mackenzie. John Borthwick. William Gunn. William Charles Gorrie. Hugh Sibbald. David Rainnie. Charles Munro. _Ensigns._ James Duncan. Simon Mackenzie. Alexander Mackenzie. John Sinclair. George Sutherland. James Thrail. Hugh Dalrymple. _Chaplain_, Colin Mackenzie. _Adjutant_, Abraham Mackenzie. _Quartermaster_, John Lytrott. _Surgeon_, Alexander MacDougall. SECOND BATTALION. _Colonel_, John Lord Macleod. _Lieut.-Colonel_, the Hon. George Mackenzie. _Majors._ Hamilton Maxwell. Norman Macleod. _Captains._ Hon. Colin Lindsay. John MacIntosh. James Foulis. Robert Sinclair. Mackay Hugh Baillie. Stair Park Dalrymple. David Ross. Adam Colt. _Lieutenants._ Norman Maclean. John Irving. Rod. Mackenzie _senior_. Charles Douglas. Angus MacIntosh. John Fraser. Robert Arbuthnot. David MacCullock. Rod. Mackenzie _junior_. Phineas MacIntosh. John Mackenzie _senior_. Alexander Mackenzie. Phipps Wharton. Laughlan MacLaughlan. Kenneth Mackenzie. Murdoch Mackenzie. George Fraser. John Mackenzie _junior_. Martin Eccles Lindsay. John Dallas. David Ross. William Erskine. _Ensigns._ John Fraser. John MacDougal. Hugh Gray. John Mackenzie. John Forbes. Æneas Fraser. William Rose. Simon Fraser, _Adj^t._ _Chaplain_, Æneas Macleod. _Adjutant_, Simon Fraser. _Quartermaster_, Charles Clark. _Surgeon_, Andrew Cairncross. [Sidenote: 1779.] [Sidenote: 1st bat.]