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Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, the commanding officer ; to Major 

 Kinnaird, the field-officer on duty ; and to order the main guard 

 immediately under arms. 



Our repeatedly calling for the gate to be opened, and for the 

 officer of the barrack guard. Lieutenant W. Scale, to appear, was 

 of no avail: it was but too apparent the guard, officer and all, 

 were now prisoners to the mutineers. However, our incessant 

 application for admittance, and the assurance they now had of 

 their motions being discovered, seem to have pressed them to a 

 deternnnation of venturing out, sooner than they intended ; and 

 while their numbers were much below what they expected to 

 collect. 



The wicket being opened, about one hundred of them rushed 

 out: the whole appeared fully dressed and armed. We remon- 

 strated with these deluded men as they passed ; but to no purpose. 

 There were also many stragglers following to join them, most of 

 whom were sent to the barracks. 



On the way down the street we met Majors Kinnaird and 

 Wright, and many other officers. The general alarm Avas made, 

 and all the men of both corps who could be found, were assem- 

 bled at the foot of Ladder Hill, and marched off into the country. 



Major Kinnaird ordered me to remain with Lieutenant Colonel 

 Smith, to collect all the force we possibly could, and to send 

 him a reinforcement to Plantation-house. I immediately joined 

 Lieutenant Colonel Smith on the lower parade, and communi- 

 cated to him the order I had received from Major Kinnaird. 



Upon enquiring into the state of the main guard, I was asto- 

 nished to find no opposition had been made to the approach of the 

 mutineers ; no attempt to defend the magazine ; and in short, 

 tliat the main guard were not even under arms at the moment. I 

 had the names of the men of this guard called over, when it 



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