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312 APPENDICES.G.THE WATERLOO ROLL.ANOTHER interesting relic of this regimentis the Waterlooroll, now handsomely bound. This document lay hiddenamong a mass of office papers until the year 1848, when itwas saved from destruction by a sergeant of the name ofHirst, who was employed in turning out a quantity of oldbooks and papers which had been ordered to be destroyedas useless. This sergeant laid the roll aside, and it was notuntil the 27th of August, 1871, that it was again discovered,and this time it was carefully sent to be bound. It is dated,"Camp before Paris, 1815 " (at which date itappears tohave been rendered to the War Office). The roll of theofficers is as follows :Lieutenant-Colonel Sir W. Douglas, K.C.B.Captain James Walsh (Major).T. H. Blair, Major of the 3rd British Brigade(wounded).Captain William Steuart.Archibald Campbell (1).Dugald Campbell,,James C. Murdoch.,,Alexander J. Callender (Major).Archibald Campbell (2).Robert Anderson.Lieutenant John Campbell.John Russell.Alexander Campbell (1).Robert Stewart.