Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society . and Rank and File. On the embarkation of the Earl for Quebec on 5th June ofthis year the flank companies of the Halifax regiments, undercommand of Captains Liddel and Pyke, formed the Guard ofHonour, and the Halifax Militia Artillery (Tremains battery),fired the usual salutes. A few months later the Grenadier andLight companies of the 1st Halifax Regiment—then command-ed by the Hon. T. N. Jeffrey, Collector of Customs—.gave a grand ball in the Masonic Hall, which was attended byover three hundred persons. The House of Assembly this year (1821
Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society . and Rank and File. On the embarkation of the Earl for Quebec on 5th June ofthis year the flank companies of the Halifax regiments, undercommand of Captains Liddel and Pyke, formed the Guard ofHonour, and the Halifax Militia Artillery (Tremains battery),fired the usual salutes. A few months later the Grenadier andLight companies of the 1st Halifax Regiment—then command-ed by the Hon. T. N. Jeffrey, Collector of Customs—.gave a grand ball in the Masonic Hall, which was attended byover three hundred persons. The House of Assembly this year (1821), passed a new andvery voluminous Act, embodying all militia legislation to date,and making many amendments and changes. It containedno less than ninety-three paragraphs or sections, and coveredevery possible phase of the legal government of the nationalforce. Reports of reviews, of salutes fired and such matters, form-ed the chief items pf militia news for the next year or two. I /:?. -n •-V fif- *!? • Z u • ?!. o S il THE MILITIA OF NOVA SCOTIA, 1749-1867. Q6 More legislation was passed in 1823, but contained nothing ofspecial importance. In August 1825, a review of the two Hali-fax battalions—commanded respectively, by Lieut. ColonelsJeffrey and DeBlois—and a brigade of Artillery, under ,—took place on the Common, the force in questionhaving just finished its annual drill of four days. The Com-mander-in-Chief with his staff and other prominent officialswere present; and the former expressed himself as being highlysatisfied with the appearance and drill of the men. Eulogyof militia regiments—whether deserved or not—was doubt-less as common eighty years ago as to-day. In 1826, more legislation was put through, and an Actpassed making several changes of importance. The annualdrills or musters were reduced to two, the fines for non-atten-dance, etc., altered, and a section added to the effect that nomilitiaman could be liable for arrest for any ci
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