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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 225proper tools, which were supplied from head- 1355quarters in a most stinted way, and consisted ofonly three spades and pickaxes but by dint of;persistant application,the officer in command(Major Gordon) obtained an additional supplyfrom the Greek authorities. Amongst other usefulworks done by the regiment should be mentionedthe re-construction and elevation of thewhole parade ground on the quay, used by thebattalion for drill purposes also the ; raising,draining, and levelling of the streets in whichthe barracks of the men were situated.Detachments were formed from time to time,to give the men a changefrom the defective accommodationsupplied at the head-quarters.In June the regiment was brigaded for a secondtime with the two battalions of French marineISSG.infantry, and took part in a field-day representingthe battleof Islay, in Algeria, for which purposea plan was furnished by the French rear-admiral(Count E. Bouet Willaumez, K.C.B.), commandingthe expeditionary force in Greece.The following February, it beingthe force of occupation was likely to be withdrawnknown that 1857soon, it was agreed for the French and Englishcommands tohold a general parade of the allied15