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208 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THECHAPTER XII,Redistribution of the Regiment The name Reserve Battaliondiscontinued Depot companies' history to their absorptionin 1857.1855. THE order for the redistribution of the serviceand depot companies on the name " reservebattalion " beingdiscontinued was as follows :The six service companiesto consist of two fieldofficers, six captains, eight lieutenants, fourensigns, five staff, and 650 rank and file. Thedepot companies to have one field officer, sixcaptains, six lieutenants, six ensigns, one staff,and 642 rank and file. The command of the1856. latter was assumed in January by LieutenantColonel BertieGordon, who had been sent homefrom Greece from the old 1st battalion for thispurpose.At the end of March,medals were presentedto ninety-one of the men who had served in theKaffir wars of 1846-47 and 1851-52-53, the