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were served out with a pair of moccasins for the march. They wore 
their cloaks, and every man had two blankets and a waterproof sheet. 
They generally wore one blanket tied over their heads as a sort of 
hood, and the waterproof sheet outside it to keep the wind out. The 
other blanket they wrapped round their legs, and with these and the 
buffalo robes in the sleighs, they were generally quite warm and 
comfortable. 
The sleighs in which the men were conveyed were, as far as frame¬ 
work and runners are concerned, identical with those described for 
the transport of the guns, &c. They were fitted however with four 
rough sides, across the top of which were nailed seats for 8 men, 
3 rows of 3 including the driver. They were not supplied by the 
same contractors as the gun sleds, and many of them did not make 
more than two or three days' journey, returning after having done so, 
and their places being taken by others. This was a source of incon¬ 
venience for two reasons; first, the drivers of these sleighs having 
only short journeys to make, of two or three days, were always pressing 
forward, and endeavouring to get ahead of the gun teams in order to 
secure the best stabling, thus destroying the order of march; and 
secondly, much time and trouble were required to make the new drivers 
acquainted with the various orders relative to the arrangement, &c. 
of the line of march. 
Three printed orders were given to each officer going up country 
in command of a party. They were issued by the Quarter-Master 
General's Department at Saint John. Copies of two of them, the 
first, “ Memoranda for the guidance of Officers," the second a “ List 
of half-way halting places," will be found in the Appendix, Nos. II. 
and III., pp. 200, 201, and an abstract of the third, which relates 
to the rationing of the troops. A perusal of these will show the 
arrangements made, better than any description. 
In addition to these, full directions were given as to the arrange¬ 
ment of the line of march; about which a few words must be said 
before going further. 
The first day's march from St John was arranged as follows :—■ 
The half-battery was subdivided into two halves, the one called 
the “ Equipment Detail," and the other the “ Movable Detail." The 
latter consisted of the greater part of the men, including a party of 
2 officers and 61 men of the 63rd Regt. as escort, the three guns, and 
three sleds containing wheels, limbers, and shafts. The “ Equipment 
Detail" contained the twelve other sleds, carrying the wagons, 
harness, vats, &c. &c., and three sleigh detachments, 24 men. This 
latter, being considered the heaviest and consequently the slowest part 
of the train, though in reality all the loads had been as nearly 
equalized as possible, was ordered to start an hour before the other in 
the following order : — 
3 sleighs equipment. 
1 „ detachment, 8 men. 
4 „ equipment. 
1 „ detachment, 8 men. 
6 sleighs equipment. 
1 „ detachment, 8 men. 
1 „ baggage. 
Sleighs for 
the convey¬ 
ance of the 
men. 
Printed or¬ 
ders given 
to officers 
command¬ 
ing detach¬ 
ments. 
Arrange¬ 
ment of the 
line of 
march. 
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