A letter, dated 13th of April, 1830, was at this period received from the Adjutant-General of the Forces, authorising the adoption of regimental tartan trousers for all occasions when the kilt is not worn.
On the 11th of May, the first division of the regiment marched for Kilkenny, and was followed next day by the head-quarters, at which place they arrived on the 14th and 15th of May; detaching a company to each of the following places—Carlow, Athy, and Maryborough. On the 8th of June, another company marched from head-quarters for New Ross.
The regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel John McDonald, was reviewed on the 5th November, by Lieut.-General Sir John Byng, K.C.B., commanding the forces in Ireland, who directed the commanding officer to make known
“the gratification which he felt at witnessing their soldier-like appearance, and the correctness of their movements, as well as the excellent style and cleanliness in which their barracks are kept.
“That from their former services together, he considers them to be old friends, and was therefore the more pleased to find the NINETY-SECOND greatly improved since he last saw them, and in a state, which, in their best days, they never surpassed; and that immediately on his return to Dublin, he would make a point of reporting the very high state of discipline in which he found the regiment, and which, he was sure, would also afford to General Lord Hill, a pleasure the most sincere.”
The head-quarter division, consisting of three companies, marched, on the 26th of May, en route to Birr, and the remaining three companies, under the command of Major Winchester, marched next day for the same place, detaching one company to Nenagh.
The head-quarters arrived at Birr on the 29th of May, and the second division on the 31st of that month; the companies from Maryborough, Carlow, Athy, and Wexford arrived about the same period.
The following is an extract from the regimental orders, of the 9th of June, relative to the receipt of an address from the magistrates of Queen’s County:—
“The commanding officer directs the following address from the magistrates of Queen’s County may be entered in the orderly books, and is confident that every soldier will feel proud at the high estimation in which the regiment is held by the inhabitants of every quarter where it has been stationed, and that the approbation[18] so lately expressed by His Majesty’s representative, and the Commander of the forces in this country, will act upon their minds as a strong stimulus to persevere in the same steady and unerring line of conduct.”