Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire ... - waughfamily.ca

9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 109guards on the lower deck. Their exampleof 1342.perfect obedience and discipline was eminentlyuseful. Corporal Thomas Nugent was of greatservice in helping to encouragethe men of thewhom it wasfour companies considered necessaryto keep below on the orlop deck, which wasa positionof the greatest danger. He assistedin silencing some, whose fears were beginningto be expressed too loudly for the general good,and he also requested to be allowed not todisembark with his company, as it was his wishto stand by Captain Gordon to the last. Andifany officer's name may be mentioned, theconduct and assistance of Assistant - SurgeonStubbs well deserves notice.He was in wretchedhealth, but on the first announcement of dangerhe retired to the sick bay, and never left hischarge until they were all safely landed.And, although last in the narrative, the calmnessand resignation of the soldiers' wives ought tobe ranked amongst the first of those ingredientsof order which contributed to safety. Confusion,terror, and despair, joined to the wildest shrieks,were spreading their dangerous influence fromthe women's quarters when Captain Gordonfirst descended among the peopleon the lower