Later in the season the waste land beyond the 97th was cleared and became the home of the 246th, the reserve Unit of the Brigade. It might be of interest to mention that the Nova Scotia Highland Brigade wore Balmoral caps with feathers. The feathers were dark gray, but each one of them had a distinctive coloring. In the 85th, it was red; in the 185th, green; in the 193rd, blue; and in the 219th, purple.
Naturally changes took place in the personnel of the officers of the 219th, especially late in the season, when the 246th was formed. But the following list represents with fair accuracy the situation during most of the summer:
| Officer Commanding | Lieut.-Col. W. H. Muirhead. |
| Second in Command | Major M. E. Roscoe. |
| Adjutant | Lieut. J. S. Roper. |
| Quartermaster | Major F. W. W. Doane. |
| Paymaster | Hon. Capt. H. D. Henry. |
| Medical Officer | Capt. D. P. Churchill. |
| Chaplain | Hon. Capt. C. MacKinnon. |
“A” Company—Major J. Rudland, Company Commander; Capt. H. A. Kent, Second in Command (Capt. Kent, after going Overseas, became Company Commander of “C” Company); Lieuts. V. G. Rae, E. R. Clayton, A. D. Macdonald, R. D. Graham.
“B” Company—Capt. M. C. Denton, Company Commander; Capt. E. C. Miller, Second in Command (after going Overseas Capt. Miller became Company Commander); Lieuts. W. M. L. Robertson, J. Belyea, A. C. King, E. J. Hallett.
“C” Company—Major A. K. Van Horne, Company Commander; (after going Overseas, Captain Kent); Lieut. G. D. Blackadar, Second in Command (after going Overseas, Capt. H. E. Crowell); Lieuts. H. E. Crowell, N. L. Chipman, W. J. Wright, Kenneth Campbell, who went over in a draft during the summer.
“D” Company—Capt. G. H. Cutten, Company Commander; Capt. W. Noblett, Second in Command (Capt. Cutten became Major in the 246th and Capt., afterwards Major, H. K. Emerson, recently returned from the front, took command of “D” Company); Lieuts. A. D. Borden, J. P. McFarlane, J. C. M. Vereker and E. R. Power.
In addition to these officers were Lieut. H. A. Love in charge of Signalling Section, and Lieut. W. L. Black of the Machine Gun Section.
During the summer Hon. Captain Father O’Sullivan was added. He was employed most of the time in raising the “Purple Feather Fund,” and spent only a week or two in camp.
The Battalion was fortunate in its Sergeant-Major, A. S. Ward, who blended a strict sense of duty with a genial disposition and secured alike the approbation of the officers and the respect of the men.