Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society . Gateway in Old Fort at Annapolis Old Fort Annapolis Royal. THE MILITIA OF NOVA SCOTIA. 1749-1867. 73 vided for; drafting men by ballot for active service (penaltyfor refusal to act 10 shillings) and providing for the pay of allranks when on active service outside their own received same pay as Kings officers; sergeants, 2/—,corporals and drummers 1/4, and privates 1/— per day. In 1762 the French invaded Neu^foundland and capturedSt. Johns; and in consequence wide-spread alarm disturbed thepeace of the rulers and good
Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society . Gateway in Old Fort at Annapolis Old Fort Annapolis Royal. THE MILITIA OF NOVA SCOTIA. 1749-1867. 73 vided for; drafting men by ballot for active service (penaltyfor refusal to act 10 shillings) and providing for the pay of allranks when on active service outside their own received same pay as Kings officers; sergeants, 2/—,corporals and drummers 1/4, and privates 1/— per day. In 1762 the French invaded Neu^foundland and capturedSt. Johns; and in consequence wide-spread alarm disturbed thepeace of the rulers and good citizens of Halifax. Councils ofwar were called, and defensive measures were promptly taken,among these being the daily exercise of the Halifax militia,and the ordering of 200 men to Halifax from Lunenburg. Thislast was subsequently countermanded, in view of the insolenceof the Indians in that quarter. One hundred of the militiaof Kings county were ordered to escort to Halifax all theFrench neutrals who were then working for some of the inhabi-tants of Kings and Annapolis counties. A
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