No. 3.—From Officers of the 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade.
The following testimonial is subscribed by us, in hopes it may prove beneficial to an officer who has so long supported the character which we are desirous to portray in the terms it deserves.
We certify, that Mr William Surtees, late Quartermaster in the Rifle Brigade, has been for a considerable number of years known to us in the regiment, and that for soldierlike and gentlemanly conduct, no person bore a higher character. He served in the situation he filled in the corps, particularly that of Acting Paymaster, for two considerable periods in the Peninsula, and with the expedition to New Orleans, with credit to himself, and satisfaction to his superiors, and, to our knowledge, obtained the general esteem and approbation of all his brother officers of the regiment who knew him.
S. Mitchell, Brevet Lieut.-Col. and Major, 2d Bat. Rifle Brigade.
Jas. Travers, Brevet-Major, Rifle Brigade.
Wm. Cox, Capt. Rifle Brigade.
Boyle Travers, Capt. Rifle Brigade.
Chas. Geo. Gray, Brevet-Major, Rifle Brigade.
Wm. Hallen, Capt. Rifle Brigade.
T. H. Ridgway, M.D., Surgeon, Rifle Brigade.
Tuam, 19th April 1820.
No. 4.—From Lieut.-Col. Ross, C.B.
Paisley, 15th July 1820.
Dear Sir,