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Note: The Militia of the Island is in a very inefficient and nearly disorganized state; consequently, slight interest is felt in this arm of the Public Service. The following lists will be found more correct than last year's; the order of seniority being observed throughout.
[Names in parentheses thus (By ---) after each Militia title indicates the source of the information]
Captain General and Commander in Chief: His Excellency Sir Charles E. Grey
Aides de Camp Lieut. Colonels: Alexander R. Scott, William Thomas Kemble
Adjutant General: Colonel Samuel Rennalls
Assistants ditto: Captain J. H. James, Lieut. Col. T. P. Rogers
Deputy ditto: Captain William Tharpe
Quartermaster General: Lieut. Colonel Thomas McWhinney
Deputy ditto: Major H. L. Garrigues
Judge Advocate General: John G. Vidal
Surgeon General: R. Chamberlain, M.D., M.R.C.S.
Deputy Physician General J. W. Buchanan
Deputy Physician and Inspector of Hospitals for Middlesex: L. Q. Bowerbank, M.D.
Major-Generals: Hon. Samuel J. Dallas, Robert Page, J. Dunstone
No. 1: St. Catherine, St. John, St. Dorothy, St. Mary, Clarendon and Vere:
Major General Page
Major of Brigade, Captain A. Asher
Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. William R. Myers
Secretary, Captain R. F. G. Page
No. 2: Kingston, St. Andrew, and Port Royal
Major General Dallas
Major of Brigade, Captain John Duff, Kingston Regiment
Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. John Fowles, Kingston Regiment
Secretary, Captain William Wright, Kingston Regiment
No. 3: St. Ann, Trelawny, St. James, and Hanover
Major General Dunstone
Major of Brigade, Lieut. Colonel Walcott, Middlesex Regiment
Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. Bailey, St. James's Regiment
Secretary, Edward Whalley
No. 4: Manchester, St. Elizabeth, and Westmoreland
No. 5: St. Thomas in the East, St. David, Portland, St. George and Metcalfe
Colonel: Francis McCook
Lieut. Colonels: James McCatty, R. H. Z. Hemming
Majors: Adam Gunn, G. D. Willett
Captains: Asher Asher, J. R. Hollingsworth, Gilbert Shaw, Charles Stewart, J. R. Tingle, Jon Aris, Robert Russell, S. D. Lindo, John Brown
Lieutenants: Robert Darling, James Derbyshire, John Mogg, James Wood, John Dillon, William Jarmin, John Wilson, Daniel Fogerty, John Bowan, F. S. Fleming, Mark Plues
Cornets: J. Smallhorn, William Payther, James Falconer, G. McQueen, F. R. Jarman, A. Thompson, H. Beresford, James Harvey
Surgeons: R. J. Bruce, T. S. Bailey, William R. Rose
Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant: James Dundas
Quartermaster: Thomas Dobson
Deputy Judge Advocate: James Allwood
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Colonel: Hugh F. Leslie
Lieut. Colonel: Edward McGeachy
Majors: Robert Taylor, John Gordon
Captains: Michael Taaffe, Matthew Thompson, G. D. Parker, John M. Smith, John Palmer, Alexander Branker, Hugh Paterson, J. Williams
Lieutenants: S. Grosett, M. M. Sollas, W. M. Dunn, J. H. McDowell, ___ Douglass, John Pogurty, J. R. Ramsay, J. H. Mitchel
Cornets: H. Y. Richardson, A. M. Perkins, D. Campbell, William Mowat, Joseph Midgley
Surgeons: William Pine, James Macfayden, Gilbert McNab, William F. Henderson
Adjutant: J. H. McDowell
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(By. J. K. Hepburn)
Colonel: Lawrence Hislop
Lieut. Colonel: Charles McKenzie, John L. Walcott
Majors: John Maitland, John Ewart
Captains: Thomas Leslie, in command of Hanover Troop
Joseph Isaacs in command of Trelawny Leeward Troop
Alexander Gladstone in command of St. Elizabeth Troop
Hon. Hugh A. Whitelock in command of Westmoreland Troop
John Wilson in command of St. James' Troop
Philip S. Ogilvie in command of Trelawny Windward Troop
Lieutenants: David Davis, Allan Kenedy [Kennedy?], William Walcott, Lewis A. Bing, John S. Salmon, Jonathan Brown, J. L. Mackie, Alexander Davis, G. B. Vidal, Henry Favors, James Fletcher
Cornet, (2nd): Thomas James Kay
Cornet (1st): Alfred Woodley, Edward Angell, Thomas Murthwaite, Nicholas S. Doman, William Kerr
Colonels: Andrew Graham Dignum, Andrew H. Lewis
Major: James Philip Clerk
Captains: Charles Harvey, William Thomas March, John Brown
Lieutenants: Haughton James, James Gaylard junior, John Minot, Boswell Middleton, F. J. Soares, William R. Myers, Charles C. Hamilton, R. Russell
Ensigns: S. S. Wortley, *W. W. Mackeson, Edward Kemble
(* Off the Island)
Captain: John V. Leach
Lieutenants: G. Augustus Thompson, J. S. Facey
Surgeon: Archibald L. Palmer
Acting Adjutant: James Gaylard junior
Quarter Master: A. H. Cathcart
Deputy Judge Advocate: James Allwood
Secretaries: John Bryant, William McFarlan [McFarlane?]
Marshal: W. B. Valentine
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(By H. James)
Colonel: Thomas Ludford
Lieut. Colonel: J. P. Nash
Majors: +E. W. Bourke (+ Out of the Precinct)
Captains: P. Harrison, Thomas Hansill, Michael Collman, A. G. Gordon
Lieutenants: William R. Gordon, William Smith, Thomas Melville, G. R. F. Bourke
Ensigns: James Smith, M. J. Griffiths, John Finlay, J. D. Palmer, George Cates, Joseph Reid
Acting Adjutant: John Finlay
Quarter Master: R. G. Hume
Deputy Judge Advocate: McKinstry Kidd
Marshal: Alexander Thomas
Chaplain: Rev. George Rowe
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(By H. Parker)
Colonel: P. F. Garrigues, James Heighington (joins)
Lieut. Colonel: George Rees
Captains: R. G. Lowndes, John H. Hall
Lieutenants: Charles Gruber, S. Rogers, W. McNab, W. Rodon, A. Sutherland, Alexander Anderson
Ensigns: George Lewis, Francis J. Garrigues
Surgeon: Charles H. McDermott
Quarter Master: William Harty
Deputy Judge Advocate: John Masterman
Marshal: A. Mossman
Chaplain: Rev. John Campbell
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Colonel: James Miller
Colonel in Seconde: Robert Jackson
Majors: George Russell, William Rose
Captains: Nicholas Grove, Hon. Ed. Thompson, Paul McKenzie, Thomas Crosedale
Lieutenants: John Girvan, Francis Lowe, George Edwards, John Thom, J. Lawrence
Ensigns: Henry Hall, S. S. Gale, R. B. Smith, Francis Simpson, M. S. Farquharson, Frederick Miller
Assistant Surgeon: John Tait
Deputy Judge Advocate: F. H. Moxy
Ditto in Seconde: Louis Mackinnon
Quarter Master: Ronald McDonald
Secretary: Frederick Miller
Chaplain: Rev. Samuel Stewart, L.L.D.
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(By W. Murray)
Colonel: Thomas Anderson
Lieut. Colonel: William Dowell
Captains: D. Callaghan, John Stirke, James Allan
Lieutenants: James M. Gibb, Alexander G. Kerr, John Moore, John Benningham
Ensigns: James L. Miller, J. Baldwin, Thomas Trench
Surgeon: Dr. Charles Trutch
Adjutant (Acting): Alexander G. Kerr
Quarter Master: John W. Ward
Deputy Judge Advocate: Arthur E. Lindeman
Serjeant-Major: James P. Lewin
Chaplain: Rev. W. S. Coward
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Colonel: A. C. Logan
Lieut. Colonel: Joseph Lewis
Majors: John Davy
Captains: W. Robertson, J. Clarke
Lieutenants: Robert Pearson, James Brown, Thomas Burrell, C. M. Ingram, Peart Robinson
Ensigns: P. Galway, W. Austin, H. Depass
Acting Adjutant: H. Depass
Quarter Master: W. Davy
Secretary: John Palache
Chaplain: Rev. George A. Addison, B.A.
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(By T. M. Barwise)
Colonel: Patrick Morgan
Lieut. Colonel: Abraham De Souza
Major: H. A. Thomson
Captains: W. T. Martin, A. Bucknell
Lieutenants: Thomas McCulloch, Charles Draeseke, John Ward, Alexander Fairweather, George Armstrong, (a) D. D. Hine
Ensigns: James Ray, Henry Price, J. H. Laing, (b) T. Geohegan
Deputy Judge Advocate: William Gray
Surgeons: Drs. A. Cooke, David Ferguson
Assistant Surgeon: Dr. James Donald
Marshal: John Virgo
Chaplain: Rev. R. Robinson
(a) Joined from the Hanover Regiment. (b) Joined
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(By M. Solomon)
Colonel: S. W. Rose
Major: R. Robinson
Captains: George Robinson, Charles Bravo, Samuel Horlock
Lieutenants: George Middleton, Donald McIntosh, William Burrowes, Joseph Bravo, Charles Royes, Michael Solomon, John W. Daynor
Ensign: Edmund Burke
Surgeon: George R. Stennett
Acting Adjutant: Michael Solomon
Quarter Master: Rowland Parkinson
Deputy Judge Advocate: C. C. Bran
Serjeant-Major: J. A. Gray
Chaplain: Rev. J. Smith
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Colonel: John Clarke
Lieut. Colonel: W. L. Watt
Major: H. R. Gray
Captains: James Mooderick, William B. Brown, Alexander F. Brown, William Wilson, H. C. Trapp, George Halsal
Lieutenants: William Matheson, John Philpotts, J. L. Mawbey, Hamilton Brown
Surgeon: Thomas Johnston
Deputy Judge Advocate: Edward Tucker
Colonel: Edward Charles Mowat
Lieut. Colonel: William A. Nethersole, D. Campbell
Majors: R. Whitworth, J. Carson
Captains: John Duff (Brigade Major), James Porteous, Henry Hutchings, Henry J. Kemble, E. C. Lewis, Andrew Scott, George Delgado, William Wright, John Branday, J. K. Fingzies, David Smith, Robert Bogle, John West
Lieutenants: John Fowles junior (Aide-de-Camp), James Minot, Robert C. Thompson, John Harvey, T. B. Wiltshire, W. Girod (Deputy Judge Advocate), W. B. Morris, D. R. Mitchelson, Samuel Hendrick, P. A. Espeut, T. S. Cushnie, Colin Campbell, B. A. Franklin, Charles Armstrong, Thomas Burke, John Wray, D. H. Lambert, Charles Lambert, Henry Delgado, John T. Dias, Lewis Aria, J. W. Johnson, F. J. March, C. B. Barclay
Ensigns: Thomas Rodgers, William Phillips, J. H. Beuling (acting Adjutant), John Lawrence, Thomas Groom, Richard Hitchins, P. Belinfante, F. W. Nethersole, John Macdonald, Alexander Nathan
Surgeons: Charles Campbell, S. Altman
Assistant Surgeon: Alexander Fiddes
Quarter Master: Thomas M. Clarke
Marshal: N. Nunes
Captain: Saul Moss
Lieutenants: Solomon Belinfante, Alexander Aria
Chaplain: T. Stewart, D.D.
Strength: 400 Rank and File
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Colonel: James Williams
Lieut. Colonel: W. G. Lowe
Major: Edward Lucas
Captains: James Brookes, James Gilbert, J. MsNair, R. Storey
Lieutenants: P. J. Ferron, R. Savage, B. Magill, Thomas Wilson
Ensigns: John R. Kerr, S. L. Barned, T. Depass, H. Stevenson
Surgeon: William Thompson
Adjutant: J. D. Logan
Quarter Master: J. McGregor
Deputy Judge Advocate: Henry Franklin
Chaplain: Rev. C. F. Hall
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Colonel: W. Robertson
Lieut. Colonel: Colin Chisholm
Majors: Thomas Lundie
Captains: P. B. Lundie, Charles Hicks, Thomas Ellis
Lieutenants: Francis Harris, J. R. Brice, Thomas N. Jones, G. H. Chavannes
Ensigns: S. W. Mais (acting Adjutant), William Chisholm
Quarter Master: Robert Hancock
Deputy Judge Advocate: A. W. Aikman
Marshal: S. Carson (for Foot and Troop)
Chaplain: Rev. Alexander Campbell
Rendezvous: (Half-way Tree) Residence of Commanding Officer
Head Quarters: Glebe Chateau, near Half-way Tree
Strength: Three Field Officers; 8 Battalion Officers; 5 Staff Officers, re Non-Commissioned, Staff, etc., 18 Drummers and Band, 150 Rank and File, 16 Artillery, 46 Supernumeraries, Total 267
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Majors: Charles Nockells
Captains: A. G. Gordon, G. J. McQueen, W. Humphreys, Thomas Scott, J. Wilson, John Henry, D. McPherson, J. Blount, William Paterson
Lieutenants: James Paterson, H. Needham, George Silvera, W. McKay, J. McLean
Ensigns: J. McPherson, A. Jeffry, James Duffus, C. P. Lord, W. H. Harnett, James Lundy, C. Trench, W. P. Coles
Surgeon: Dr. Ward
Adjutant: W. Paterson
Quarter Master: George Reeves
Deputy Judge Advocate: R. G. Marshall
Chaplain: Rev. S. H. Cooke
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(By George Ffrench)
Colonel: John P. Jones
Majors: William Croft
Captains: John George Deans
Lieutenants: Charles Anderson, W. B. Lawrence
Ensigns: Richard King, Henry J. Speed, George B. Clachar, George Ffrench, Alexander Escoffery
Surgeon: John H. Henderson, M.D.
Adjutant: Henry J. Speed
Quarter Master: David Bolt
Deputy Judge Advocate: Alexander J. Brymer
Chaplain: Rev. Joseph Williams
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(By Robert Dunbar)
Lieut. Colonel: William Hosack
Captains: Henry Mason, J. L. James
Lieutenants: John Gray, N. Guscott, R. J. Robertson
Ensigns: Joseph Brough, Edward Skyers
Adjutant: Henry Westmorland
Assistant Surgeon: C. T. Rapkey
Quarter Master: J. A. Francis
Chaplain: Rev. C. T. May
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(By Edward Bond)
Colonel: George Scotland
Lieut. Colonel: R. C. Burke
Major: J. G. Wick
Captains: G. A. Shaw, W. J. Espeut, Augustus Hire
Lieutenants: James Prestwidge, William Bell, Thomas Lowe, H. Spalding junior, Andrew Rudolf, Alexander McGregor
Ensigns: D. Davidson, R. J. Swire, L. H. Desgouttes
Surgeon: J. M. Ferguson
Quarter Master: Thomas R. Norman
Chaplain: Rev. R. Forbes
(By Charles Gordon)
Colonel: Thomas Mason
Captains: James Hall, J. B. Wells, Thomas Wheatle, G. Daly
Lieutenants: D. McTaggart, Robert Smith, John James, John Allen, Charles Lediard, John Wiggan, C. M. Farquharson, F. Maxwell, R. W. Smith, William Henry, D. McBean, Archbald Moore, John Cuff, T. Doran
Ensigns: F. Hendricks, Edward Maris, Nicholas Heath, E. R. Tavares, J. Calder, George Deverill, Arthur Beswick, W. H. Coke
Surgeon: A. Dewar
Assistant Surgeon: A. Maitland
Adjutant: John Cuff
Quarter Master: Samuel Shearman
Deputy Judge Advocate: J. M. Cooper
Chaplain: J. C. Stone
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(By E. A. Alcock)
Colonel: Robert Locke
Lieut. Colonel: Charles Braine senior
Majors: Thomas Taite [Tate?], William King
Captains: James W. Fraser, John R. Brown, Walter Comrie, Anthony Rerrie, George Cunningham, Aaron Deleon, John Deleon, A. H. Quallo, senior (Artillery)
Lieutenants: John Dick, William Johns, David Tavares, Samuel Bernard (Artillery), Peter Easson, Richard Pessou [Pessoa?], John McKenzie, James S. Buckingham, Jacob Segre, Robert Locke (Artillery), John Dodd, George R. Ruthven
Ensigns: David King, Charles A. Abbot, Alexander J. Rose, Anthony Rerrie junior, Henry Hylton
Surgeon: Simon A. McDonald
Assistant Surgeon: John Eddie Tullis
Adjutant: David Bernard
Quarter Master: Charles Tomlinson
Deputy Judge Advocate: George R. Gow
Secretary: Giles Williams
Chaplains: Revds. W. Mayhew, D. Fidler
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(By J. K. Hepburn)
Colonel: Henry E. Walcott
Lieut. Colonel: William Hutton
Major: Henry Brockett
Captains: Jacob Lyon, E. R. Hine, D. Sinclair, A. Malcolm
Lieutenants: Peter Campbell, George Malcolm, Ed. E. Chambers, J. Chambers, W. Whitmore, Daniel D. Hine, Joshua Hayward
Ensigns: W. J. Chambers, John Campbell, George Munroe, James Wilson, William B. Dickson, Abraham H. Quallo junior, James H. Casely, Henry Lyon, Duncan Dewar, James Jenkins
Surgeon: William Brebner
Assistant Surgeon: D. Potts
Quarter Master: John Campbell
Deputy Judge Advocate: Alexander C. Campbell
Secretary: George Henry Hopkins
Marshal: Samuel Bucknor
Chaplain: Rev. J. Stainsby
Rank and File 291
*Am not certain about the tern Eastern
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(By J. Jenkins)
Colonel: Hon. Thomas McNeel
Lieut. Colonel: Isaac Jackson
Majors: F. H. Thompson
Captains: Benjamin Vickers, W. H. Cooke
Lieutenants: J. Parkin
Ensigns: __ Whittington, J. Jenkins
Surgeon: James Davidson
Adjutant: E. H. Clarke
Quarter Master: Andrew McFarlane
Deputy Judge Advocate: Henry Groves
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Lieut. Colonel: Henry A. Plummer
Majors: William Boyd, Robert Dewar
Captains: Joseph Fray, R. W. Buchanan
Lieutenants: G. Baillie, W. C. Morris, H. Corinaldi (Artillery). G. Ruthven, John Arguimbeau, William O. Dunbar, Octavius Lawson, William Anderson, S. G. Corinaldi, Richard Turnbull, William Symond, Edward Fray, Lawrence Hill, Ralph Brown, Charles W. Masters, George L. Phillips, E. Foster, Horatio Lewis (Artillery), James L. Williams
Ensigns: William James Jennings, Thomas Reynolds, Francis Blakely, Edmund Morris, Samuel Kerr junior, Joseph R. B. Bowen, George R. Braine, Richard Chambers, William Breakspear
Surgeon: Hon. George McF. Lawson
Assistant Surgeon: John E. Chambers
Quarter Master: Jacob P. Corinaldi
Deputy Judge Advocate: John A. L. Monchet
Marshal: Robert Calvert
Chaplain: Ven. Archdeacon Williams
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(By J. K. Hepburn)
Colonel: Thomas P. Kidd
Lieut. Colonel: John R. Kitchen
Major: Thomas Morrish
Captains: Archibald Scott, Samuel T. Sharsmidt [Scharschmidt], James Murray, William Sewell, James Innes, John R. McDonald, Frederick L. Castle, Charles W. Ricketts (Artillery)
Lieutenants: William Hamilton, Phenias Abraham, Paul King, Stuart Edwards, Hugh Stewart, George Lyons, Robert M. Wilson, Montague Salmon (Acting Adjutant), Joseph Roberts, John Peryer, John F. Lions, James Nathan, William Cooper (Artillery), Daniel Abraham (Artillery)
Ensigns: Michael P. Constantine, David Kerr, Thomas W. Cooper, Edward Fedden, Robert Macdonagh, Thomas Patterson, John Reid
Surgeons: George McCartney, Alexander C. Stevens, William Dalrymple, Peter McLaren
Quarter Master: Edmund Anderson
Deputy Judge Advocate: William Holder
Chaplain: Rev. John Magrath, L.L.D.
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