THE EOYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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REPOET, 
OF THE 
MARCH OF A HALF-BATTERY (“G” BATTERY, 4th BRIGADE), ROYAL 
ARTILLERY, FROM SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, TO THE TER¬ 
MINUS OF THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, AT RIVIERE-DU-LOUP 
ON THE SAINT LAWRENCE. Feb. 6th to 16th, 1862. 
By Lieut. F. M. SMITH, E.A. 
In tlie commencement of 1862, three Batteries of Field Artillery 
were sent from St John, New Brunswick, to Riviere-du-loup, on the 
Saint Lawrence. Two of these, “ E ” and “ G ” Batteries of the 4th 
Brigade were sent the whole way across country, by half-batteries, 
without any difficulty; and the following particulars relative to the 
transport of a half-battery have been collected with a view of showing 
how r it w r as accomplished. The third battery, “ F ” of the same brigade, 
was sent from St John to St Andrews by sea, thence by rail to Wood- 
stock, and thence across country to Biviere-du-loup. 
“ G ” Battery, 4th Brigade, It.A., under the command of Major Embarca- 
D. E. Hoste, C.B., embarked at Liverpool on board the “ Hibernian” *“mof“G” 
on the 1st of January, 1862. The strength of the battery was six a ery ’ 
officers, and 252 non-commissioned officers and men. The guns (12-pr. 
Armstrong), carriages, and equipment were supplied new, from the 
Eoyal Arsenal, Woolwich, and along with the battery were sent thirty 
sleighs, which had been constructed in the Arsenal, intended for the 
transport of the battery in British North America. 
Before shipping the guns, the tangent-rings and sights, the handles 
of the breech screws, and the elevating screws were removed; and a 
piece of soft wood fixed over the dispart and trunnion sights. The 
wheels and shafts were then taken off all the carriages, and the battery 
packed on board ship. 
The battery landed at St John, New Brunswick, on the 20th of Landing of 
January, 1862. The guns and equipment were landed the next day, ^ ^st" 
placed on the sleds used in the town for heavy loads of any description, jjhn^New 
and drawn up to the permanent barracks. Here the wheels and shafts Brunswick, 
were put on and the battery parked in the gun shed. The men were 
lodged in the Custom-house; some of the large rooms in it having 
being converted into a temporary barrack. No day was fixed for the 
march of the battery up country for some time after landing, in con¬ 
sequence of the large bodies of troops waiting at St John to be sent 
forward. 
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