[474]. ‘Corps Papers,’ i., p. 107.
[475]. ‘Corps Papers,’ i., pp. 125, 126, 155.
[476]. Ibid., i., p. 155.
[477]. Ibid., i., p. 128.
[478]. ‘Corps Papers,’ i., p. 108, 109.
[479]. Ibid., i., p. 114.
[480]. ‘Corps Papers,’ i., p. 124.
[481]. The senior non-commissioned officer, sergeant James Mulligan, was much noticed for his attainments and exertions. His duties with the commission were of a nature to require the exercise of patience and resolution, and demanded always a scrupulous, unremitting attention. In this he was never found to fail, but rendered valuable services, “which,” adds Colonel Estcourt, “few civilians could have undertaken, or, if capable, would not have undertaken, but for the highest salary.” Mulligan’s survey-pay was 3s. 9d. a-day. After his discharge, in September, 1846, he was awarded, for his high merit, a silver medal, and a special gratuity of 25l. On leaving the corps he retired, with ample pecuniary means, to Ireland.
[482]. “The Alarm,” in ‘United Service Magazine,’ 1846, ii., p. 383.
[483]. ‘United Service Journal,’ iii., 1846, p. 328.