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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 97ment took part.I have therefore the honour to 1840.inform you that I have given the necessaryinstructions to have the medal placed at yourdisposalat the office of the Mint."This medal (whichiskept in the officers' mess)has on one side, inrelief, a head, with the words," Ludov. Philippus I., Francorum Rex ;" and onthe other is represented the dome of the Invalides,and classical figures of France receiving thecortege,and the words, " Reliquis Receptis Napoleonisfunus, Triumphale xv. Dec. MDCCCXL."In 1842 Government decided upon the for- 1842.mation of reserve battalions for the purpose offacilitating the relief of regiments abroad, andshortening their periods of foreignservice. InApril of that year, in order to carry this arrangementinto effect, the establishment of the fourcompany depots of certain regiments was changed,and they were formed into battalions of six skeletoncompanies by volunteers from other corps.The 91st, whose dep6t companies were thenstationed at Naas, was selected as one of theregiments to be thus augmented, and the strengthof the battalion was ordered to be1st battalion,540 men; reserve ditto, 540 men; depot, 120men; total, 1200.7