222 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

and file. The conduct of the men while under arms awaiting orders was very creditable, not one defaulter being reported during the thirteen days.

(Signed) D. STEWART, Captain. Commanding No. 1 Service Co."

We have been unable to get any report as regards No. 2 Service Company. but from our own knowledge they were of excellent physique and very efficient at that time. It is a. matter of regret that the Militia Department have not as yet recognized in some substantial manner the sacrifices that were made at that time by the officers and men composing the P. E. I. contingent for actual service. It is worthy of note that the old veteran, Sergeant Major John Allen. of this Battalion, volunteered his services to go in the rank of No. 3 Company in place of his son, who was a member of that Company at the time but appeared to be too young for service.

During the period of this suspense however, a formidable array of troops under General Middelton and other valiant leaders, encountered the insurgents in several engagements, in each of which victory crowned their endeavors, till at length on the 16th May, Riel was taken prisoner in his efforts to escape from the field of battle, and was subsequently executed. Thus after a short time the rebellion terminated, when peace and happiness were restored.

Returning to the subject of artillery competition. we find in 1885 the Island brigade to the front. During this year the Shifting Ordnance Competition, open to the Dominion, was held at local headquarters. No. I Company secured first prize; and No. 2 second prize. A similar competition took place in 1886, in which No. 2 Company again secured second prize, also first prize in the general efficiency. Nor was this all: in 1888, His Excellency the Governor General presented a valuable silver prize to the Dominion Artillery, which was contested for—heart and soul—and finally captured by No. 2 Company of Charlottetown, under the command of Captain John A. Longworth, with F. W. L. Moore, and Thomas Dover, as subaltern officers.

Capt. H. M. Davison now took command of No. I Company,