"THE DAILY 'BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1911. TON. | THE 14TH REGIMENT, PRINCESS OF WALES OWN RIFLES, OF were Capts. James Min- of May, 15365) apd became No aisle to the commandant"s pew, {handed him a large official enve- [ready } twith the fig its ghisgust | pric On Sunday pight the 14th regiment, companies f Princess of Wales Own rifles, King {nes, W, P. Phillips, John Kerr: J. company of the 4th. ston, will leave on a. holiday trip tol Paton and Daniel Callaghan, The ---------- { lope, which he at once tore open and Niagara Falls; Ont., and return to] old drill shed on Union street was The Troubles of 1816, read the contents. He made a sig Kingston early Wedmesdsy morning. | not erected at that time, and the! 'fhe following reference to the pari)to the chaj lain, who at once pre This will be the regiment's first trip | companies met for company drill at nounced 'th benediction. i since it took (part in the tercemten-{ the armoury, and for battalion drill] FESS v ey | After t téalion formed wp nary celebration at' Quebec three yours | at' the artillery barracks square or rl ago. tthe skating . rink on King street The 14th as a regiment was or { Drills were kept up regularly through- gouized on Jan. 16ih, 1863, but itslout the year. The battalion econ 3 a it ' hh 3 $28 hough 3t*v ay, the men Sov not 'supliress their feelings and gave a hearty cheer. The were then dis ntigsced with orders to be at the drill shed Jar Tour o'docl with rolled and a day's cooked heir, haversacks. As the forr the whole battalion, to rin ton rifles, {ows de the official poder from: head i the men which once, by Grand 'I'runk ty < Connw'nll 2A The instruments of the band placed inthe store department, the bandsmen put in the ranks of ghmpanies to which they belonged was nearly seven 'clock when the battalion left the dril headed by the Boval Canadian rifles hand, te lohnson street, where it boarded the train for Cornwall fhe citizens were . ; {William F. LIEUT COL. DANIEL CALAGHAN In command 1866-1877 1 the 14 took part in the Fenian trou- bles of 1866 is taken from the mili tary records of the late Capt. Edwin scene of action Horsey, of Kingston, who wrote: . Ib : 3 into barracks, "On the Sth of March, 1866, the SY and * 11th battalion was called on duty, tained in Tete the signal being three guns fired the left half from the fort. The signal was given romphniesy bei about two o'clock' in the ,morming. Henry, on ace In a short time the whole battalion modation or ; was on parade at the drill shed, or Lieut yh LIBUT.-COL. A. B. CUNNINGHAM, NOW COMMANDING THE 14TH | ders were read to the men, and they | Ji : Gc es REGI MENT. were dismissed to parade again at 9 y . | OMEN. > : A a.m., when guards and picquets were Py in command first company was formed on Nov sisted of six companies, with a total]told off, and marched to their' difi- y =n oe no : "uh, 1855. Arter the withdewwd of [strength of 262 non-commissioned \ofli- | rent stations, Guards were posted : s 4 ih 0h reiovad the imperial troops in 1854 at thie | cers and men and twenty-five offi-|at all the banks and public build | 3 i | 1 fort time of the Crimean war, only | ings, and piquets patrolled the streets 4 with small detachment of the Roval Cana and espepially Ontario street, at all Kerr and dian rifles - formed: the garrison at First Active Service. hours, both day and night. Boats were : ai Kingston. An agitation was started In the autumn of 1864 a call came| not allowed to land or leave the to form a volunteer corps to assist |for a company of sixty-five men for | wharves without orders. Although OL. JOHN KERR frontier service at Niagara. The bat- | the battalion was dismissed from ser te - a a kh oi talion was paraded in the city hall, | vice on the 31st March the men vdlun- | PE the orders were read and a call for] tarily kept up guard and piquet duty | out en masse to see volunteers was made. At once the | for some time after. The meft of | way : required number, stepped to the front companies "were allowed to keep their "At Cornwall the 14th was brigade lhe officers were Major Thomas Fitz {arms and uniforms at their homes | with her majestiy's 25th King's Ow Roy Kelly, eaptain; George Seale, | or lodging places, as the drill shed, | Borderers, 30th and 47th Regiments of | | lieutenant, and John Johnson, en- | just - ereéted, was. thought: am 'unsdfelioot. I'hree companies of the 14th, | | 1886 the volunteers 1] | | | | | | | | A | | | | BIBUT -COL, DAVID SHAW, First commander of the 14th, 186% in the protection of the city, and Da vid Shaw,' wholesale diy goods mer chant, who was one of the enthu giants, called a meeting of the young wen of the vty and Ue reac" was the formation of a volunteer com pany. During the next few years othér companies were formed : On Jan. 16th, 1563, the andependent > 0 THE 14TH REGIMENT DRAWN UP ON THE MARKET SQUARE. ed into a battalion and gazetted us LIBUT -COL. JOHN PATON In command, 1865-1863 ---- rifle companies of Kingston were form- the 14th Battalion of Rifles, with Lieut.-Col, David © Shaw commanding; 4 Fitz Roy Kelly, major, and, sign. After the men had been sworn in for service they were addressed by Lieut -Col. Shaw, brigade major, and several other officers present, Then they were dismissed to parade * in Untario hall the next morning for drill. That hall became their quarters until orders came for their trans portation to Niagara, where they became No. 3 company of the 2nd Administrative Battalion, undeg Lieut - Col. W.sburie, A2A.G., of the second military district. The company left Kirigston in Decembes, 1864, and was played off by the band of the Roval Canadian Rifle regiment. A = hall holiday was proclaimed by the mayor of the city in honor of the com- pany's departure. Thig service com: George A. Kirkpatrick, lieutenant and adjutant. Those in command of the pany retarped from duty on the first die. place in which to keep arms. 1 "On Saturday morning, June 2nd, | the alarm again sounded, and the | battalion paraded at the drill shed, | but as orders from headquarters had not arrived, it was dismissed, to pa- rade agan at 7 pam. The men were instructed to be ready at a moment's notice. . The Storrington rifle com panies, under command of Capts. Hugh Spring and Herchimer Hamilton, were murched into Kinggton, and attached to the 14th for service. At the even ing parade ¢rders were issued by Liout.-Col. Paton for the battalion to parade at the drill shed the following day at 2 p.m. for the purpose of at tending divine service at St. George's church. Shortly after the service had commenced, an orderly walked up the ., . "THE OFFICERS OF THE 14TH REGIMENT IN Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were told off as a flying column, and were quartered at | the railway station. A» engine and train of cars were kept ready to move in any direction required... Happily the war cloud dissolved, and on June 21st the note came for home. The 14th hattalion was played to the cars by the pipers' band of the 25th Regiment Un the arrival of, the battalion in Kingston it was welcomed home by the mayor and council, then headed by the Roval Canadian Rifles band, marched to the city hall, where' the men were entertained by the ladies of the city to a sfimptuous dinner, after which. they were marched to the 'drill shed and dismisced." Service in 1885. . In 1885, at the outbreak of the |other rebellic | another com mereased gars Murray ir Was senior, ment: at the til the Pont Barracks