Honorary Colonel Col. D. H. MacDougall. Officer Commanding Lieut.-Col. Frank P. Day. Second in Command Major J. G. Johnstone. Adjutant Capt. R. C. Jackson. Medical Officer Capt. J. A. Munro. Paymaster Capt. R. MacDougall. Quartermaster Capt. J. T. Malone. Protestant Chaplain Capt. A. J. MacDonald. R. C. Chaplain Capt. Michael Gillis. Machine Gun Officer Lieut. J. A. Holland. “A” Company— Officer Commanding Capt. J. MacIsaac. Second in Command Capt. A. L. Macdonald. Lieutenants H. N. Price, John MacKenzie, J. D. MacKenzie, E. M. Johnstone. “B” Company— Officer Commanding Major G. S. Harrington. Second in Command Capt. A. J. MacInnis. Lieutenants C. MacLeod, W. F. Carroll, J. A. McKinnon, J. H. MacIvor. “C” Company— Officer Commanding Capt. W. W. Nicholson. Second in Command Capt. Alex. MacDonald. Lieutenants T. D. A. Purves, D. N. MacDonald, L. G. MacCorrison. “D” Company— Officer Commanding Major J. W. Maddin. Second in Command Capt. C. W. Sutherland. Lieutenants A. M. Fraser, D. M. Wiswell, G. D. Crowell, D. Livingstone. The voyage from Halifax to Liverpool was made in a little over five days. The Battalion disembarked on the morning of October 19th, the Pipe Band playing the men down the gangway. Immediately the train was taken to Witley Camp, which was reached after a journey of eight hours. Here the Battalion settled down to work as part of the 12th Canadian Infantry Training Brigade, which name replaced the old name, “Nova Scotia Highland Brigade.” In early December there came tidings which nearly every Canadian Battalion that ever went to England had grown to dread. The Battalion was called on to supply a draft of 192 men for France. The other Battalions of the Brigade had received similar orders, the total number of men required from the Brigade being 800. The call for these drafts seemed to spell the disruption of the Brigade, notwithstanding promises to the contrary in Canada. The strongest protests were made by officers of the Brigade, but to no avail. On December 5th the drafts set out for Southampton whence they were to embark for Havre. The 185th sent 20 men to the 42nd (Montreal) Battalion, and 172 men to the 73rd Battalion, also of Montreal.