Historical Record of the Governor-General's Body Guard, and Its Standing Orders (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Historical Record of the Governor-General's Body Guard, and Its Standing OrdersOn the conclusion of the war the ¿ank companies were disbanded, and the old organization in regimental divi sions was retained 5 and in order to have a quota of cavalry engrafted on the system, it was arranged in 1822 in some districts to organize troops of cavalry to be at tached to the infantry battalions, and to be under the command of the lieut.-colonels of them. In that year, therefore, Col. Chewett, who was in command of the 1st West York Regiment of Militia, being desirous of organ izing a troop of cavalry in connection with his battalion, applied to Captain George T. Denison, of Bellevue, Toron to, then commanding a company in the 1st West York, who took upon himself the duty of raising one.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.