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218 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1853. rifle were received by the battalion ;at this timethe men were armed with percussion muskets.In March the regiment marched to Dublin bydetachments, and was quartered in the RichmondBarracks. During its stay there, the Queenvisited Ireland and held a review in the PhoenixPark, which was witnessed by an enormous crowd.Nothing else of specialinterest is to be recordedof the remainder of the stay of the 91st in Dublin,1854. which was left in April for Cork.Although the regiment did not take part in theCrimean War, it furnished a great number of mento the Highland regimentswho took such a distinguishedpart in the contest, and also to the 50thRegiment, by250 of its best men.which means itpartedwith someIn December the 91st received orders to holdthemselves in readiness to go to Malta, and on the15th they were embarked on H.M.S. Saint George,Captain Henry Eyres. The regiment on thisoccasion was composed of the following officers :Colonel Campbell (in command) ; Majors Gordonand Scott; Captains Patterson, Howard, Mackenzie,and Battiscombe ;Lieutenants Sweny, Macqueen,Dewell, Bruce, Wood, and Dobie ; Ensigns D'Eye,Blackall, Gurney, Wade, Glass, Burton, and