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

216 HISTORICAL RECORDS OP THE1850. officers Captains Savage and Cochrane, LieutenantsOwgan, Ussher, Stanton, and Mackenzie,Ensign Spraight, Paymaster Dalrymple, Lieutenantand Adjutant Boehmer, Quarter-Master Blackburne,and Surgeon Armstrong proceeded toLiverpool.1851. In March a draft consisting of Captain Middlemore,Ensign Pickwick, two sergeants, and 100rank and file, left for the Cape of Good Hope, tojointhe reserve battalion.Lieutenant Mackenzieleft for the same place with a small draft in June.The regiment was moved to Manchester for ashort time, previous to the embarking at Fleetwoodfor Ireland, in July. On arrival it wasquartered at Belfast ;and the draft of onesergeant and sixty men, under command of CaptainWright, was despatched from here in Decemberto the Cape of Good Hope,in the ill-fated Birkenhead.The account of the wreck of this shiphas already been given in another chapter.The 91st did not remain long at Belfast, butduringthat time the officers and men won therespect and attachment of the inhabitants by theirexcellent behaviour, which was exemplified by theflattering address presented to them on leaving,which was signed by the mayor,the Earl of