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The following items are taken from the Notes on the Military History of P.E.l. _ Major T. E. MacNutt. and will interest our readers in this Centennial Year. 1964.
On the 19th January 1864 Cap- tain John , late of the Prince of Wales Rifles died and was bur i e d wit-h military lion- ours. This was the first death of an officer since the organiza- tion of the Volunteers. Captain Lea had formerly been 5 Su- haltern in the City Guards. and when in 1859 the Enficld Rifles arrived was amongst the first to enroll again.
On the 24th May the City Vol- unteers assembled at Fort St. George to celebrate the occas- ion A Royal Salute was fired under Captain Morris. as was
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an Act of the General Assembly passed during the session of 1863, the Imperial Government granted to the island the sole use and possession of the 0rd- nance property situated to the south of the City comprising Georges Battery and Barrack Ground. The property was divi- ded into twenty one building lots, and sold by public auction on 14th June, 1864, realizing the sum of 5.479 currency. (From Pollards History)
Thus one hundred years had passed since Captain Holland had laid out the site of Georges Bahery until it passed out of existence as such. The Fort was not however erected until 1776, following the plundering of the Town by crews of two American Privateers on 17th
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Early militia
Novenber. 1775. The barracks were erected about 1798. After were with- drawn in 1854 the site had be- come a par grmind for the Volunteers and a favourite sort for pleasure of the citizens, who were not as a whole at all pleased at its being turned into building lots.
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On the 81st May, 1864. Lieu- tenant Robert A. Cropley of the Volunteer Artillery was made Captain and transferr- ed to the 2nd Queen’s County Regiment of Militia, and on the 1st June was appointed Inspec- tor of the Volunteer Brigade, assuming office of Quarter Mas- ter and Store Keeper. (District Order of 31-5-64)
WORRY EXPRESSED
l-lowi-ng is taken from a despatch to Lieutenant Gov- ernor from the Rt. Hon. Edward Cardweli, Secretary of State, Downing Street, 15th October, 1864' “I learn that a Law exists among the Statutes of the Island, which declares that
the Militia shall not be called America
out except only in times of war, civil commotion or other
sufficient emergency. It appe- ars that this enacteth was passed simultaneously with the concession to the Legislature of Responsible Government, so
' the inhabitants
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obtained exclusive power to manage their own affairs, they inaugurated their career of self - government by depriving their Militia of the opportunity of becoming an organized and efficient body. You will, I am sure, concur with me in the opinion that if, in time of peace, a community neglects those mea- uresofprecautionbywhich its independence against fooei g n aggression can be secured, its safety must be more than imp- erilled in time of war. Her Maj- esty's Government are very desirous that no British Colony shall be left in this situation;
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confer with the members of your Council with the view of remedying a state of affairs, as res cts the Militia, which has no parallel in British North tch the following also appears. "I have observed with satisfac-
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“We do make oath individual- ly that we will be faithful and near true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria her heirs and successors and that we will, in duty bound, honest- ly and faithftu defend Her Majesty, her heirs and success- ors, in person. crown and dig- nity against all enemies and will obey all orders of Her Ma- jesty, her heirs and successors, and of the generals and officers set over us. So Help Me God."
Wi those words 21 men banded together in 1860 to form what was known as Company R in the centre of Prince
County.
Those of the company who could write signed their names, the rest ‘made their mark’ on a fantastic strip of parchment 30 inches long by four inches wide.
The document was made even
more legal when it also bore
tion that in Prince Edward Is- land a Volunteer movement has arisen which reflects much ere- dit on the loyalty and spirit of
inhabitants”. (This despat- ch taken From Old Charlotte-
, town, Guardian, 9th Jany. 1952) Stewart, Ad- N
Colonel Peter D. infant General, to Lieut. Governor Dundas, co- vering activities of the Volunteer Brigade of the Island ending 31st January, 1864 alter referring to the great help received from the Imperial Government and
Volunteers themselves. receiving comparatively ing so little support from public funds. they have been able to hold their own with the most fa- voured Volunteers from other Provinces. I need hardly ude to the occasion on which they competed with the rifle. Two out of three Inter-Colonial prizes won by Island Volunteers remain a tesdmony of their pro- ficency". (From Old Charlotte- town, 26th April, 1950) The fourth Rifle competition took place on Government s on 29th Sept- ember. Of 88 competitors, Allan Stewart, of the Dundaa Rifle 5 made the highe st score, and won 10 pounds and medal of Rifle Association. Ranges —- five shots at Pollanh History
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VOLUNTEERS PLEDGE LOYALTY T0 QUEEN
the inscription: "Sworn before
cumpeque. Aug. 16, 160)."
First to sign the paper was the man who organized the new military force, Captain John Hunter, who gave to the area in which he lived the name of Duvar and later petitioned the government to add it to his own name. In his petition ho assert- ed most of his mail was first being read by other men of the same name and money was oc- casionally not being received
him.
Just 11 years after formation of the company another docu- ment, this time an imposing one, came into possession of the soldier.
The preamble to. it reads: “BY His Honor WILLIAM CLEAVER FRANOIS ROBIN- SON, Esquire, Lieutenant Gov- ernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s ls- la-nd Prince Edward, and the territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor, Vice Admiral, and Ordinary of tlhe same, etc.
It is addressed to Major John Hunter-(Duvar appointing him to be: Lieutenant Colonel in the 4th_Prince County Regiment of
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sued January 10, 1871, By Com- mand, and signed by JOHN HAMILTON GRAY, Adjutant General, the same man w
seven years before became part of history as a Father of Con- federation It is also signed and sealed by William Robinson, Lt. Gov.
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on this last parade on the old Barrack Square, as by
Disagreement on discovery
Disagreements among people: are general: among historians} common, and e v e n frequent : among biographvers. Which of . the latter two are responsible for varying opinions regardin the discovery of Prince Edward 1 Island is difficult to determine. For instance:
Campbell's History of Prince Edward Island notes: "The land was amongst the first dis-, coveries of the celebrated navi- gator Cabot, who named it St. 1 John as indicative of the day of discovery. Britain failing to lay claim to it. the French after- wards assumed it as part of the discoveries made y Verazani in 1523. In 1663, it was granted. with other islands, by the Com pany of New France to the Sieur Doublet. a captain in the 1 French Navy. with whom were 1 associated two adventurers. who 3 established a few fishing sla- l tions, but who did not perman- ently reside on the Island."
The above paragraph is taken - from a rare volume published ‘ in 1883 by Rev. John Harris en- titled “F‘rancis Metherall and ‘ His Work in Prince Edward 15- land". It is a combination bio- ‘ graphy and history insofar as . Methodism here is concerned.
Late in the 19th century Metli~ odists felt some record of the' work of one of their outstanding , preachers should be availablei
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named a committee of Rev, J. Harris, Rev. J. Ball, Rev. E. A Tonkin and Mr. J.W. Pick- I ltd “to examine the writings of Mr. Metherall and the accounts of the early history of the Bible , Christian Church of P.E.I.".
~18 his book Mr. Harris uses C a head for the first chapter a ve title for the prov- t well re- “ "The Isle of Prince In}!!! gem of the Nor-
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