[322] Captain William Norris, died January 1874.
[323] Four of the Lieutenants were on Ensign’s pay.
[324] The Colonel-Commandant is included.
[325] Volunteered from the 3rd Battalion, to complete the number of officers required.
[326] Volunteered from the 1st Battalion.
[CHAPTER XV.]
We left the 2nd Battalion on board the ‘Himalaya’ at Cape Coast Castle. On January 1, 1874, ‘rouse’ sounded soon after midnight, and the parade was at 1.20 in the morning. The left wing, consisting of four companies (17 officers and 352 men), landed in surf boats, the first company reaching the shore at a quarter after three, the fourth company in about a quarter of an hour afterwards. The whole disembarkation occupied about forty minutes, and elicited the warm approval of the Brigadier, Sir Archibald Alison. The companies fell in immediately on landing, and at once marched for Inquabim, seven miles, which they reached about half-past six; the Battalion heading the advance up the country.
The right wing, consisting of the remaining four companies (16 officers and 300 men) disembarked at about the same hour on the morning of the 2nd, and started for Inquabim, which they reached about half-past five. On this march no men fell out. On their arrival they found an excellent encampment of bamboo huts, 65 men being in each hut.