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Major Commandant. A fuller account of Simcoe will be given further 

 on. It is sufficient to say here that he was a most active and vigilant 

 officer and that in his hands the Rangers became, to use the words of an 

 American historian of the war, " a model of order, discipline and 

 bravery." A great many of the original officers of the regiment, who 

 were found to be unfit for the positions they occupied, had been dismissed 

 and their places filled mainly by gentlemen from the southern colonies 

 who had joined Lord Dunmore in Virginia and distinguished themselves 

 under his orders. To these were added some volunteers from the army, 

 " the whole," as Simcoe remarks, " consisting of young men, active, full 

 of love of the service, emulous to distinguish themselves in it, and look- 

 ing forward to obtain, through their actions, the honour of being enrolled 

 in the British army." 



Officers of the Queen's E angers in 1777. 



The following abstract from the muster rolls of the Queen's Rangers 

 of the 24th November, 1777, after the battles of Brandywine and Ger- 

 man town, shows the officers and non-commissioned officers attached to the 

 ?everal companies at that date, or the causes of their absence. It will be 

 observed that several resignations, transfers, deaths and promotions are 

 recorded : — 



Capt. Saunders' Company. 



Major commandant — James We3miss, resigned 15th October. 



Major — John Grymes, resigned 20th October. 



Major commandant — John Graves Simcoe, appointed 15th October. 



Captain commandant — Arthur Ross, appointed 16th October. 



Captain — John Saunders, sick in quarters. 



Lieutenant — Abraham Close, resigned 17th September. 



Lieutenant — John Whitlock, transferred from Capt. McCrea's Com- 

 pany 11th November. 



Ensign — William Atkinson, promoted 20th September, to be 

 lieutenant. 



Ensign — George Proct/cr, appointed 17th September. 



Adjutant — George Ormond. 



Quartermaster — Alexander Matheson. 



Sui-geon — Alex. Kellock. 



Surgeon's mate — Isaac Ball, resigned 24th October. 



Sergeant — Peter Newton. 



Sergeant — Jacob Revere. 



Sergeant — Solomon Stevens. 



Corporal — John Dwyer, killed 12th September. 



