REPORT OF THE DAY
" Sir,
" I visited the différent Guards, Black-Hole, Hos-
pital and the men's Quarters agréable to the Order of the Capt. o£ the day.
" Nothing extraordinery has happened since, I ara on duty.
" Maxe Globensky,
"Lient. G: Voltigeurs.'*
La copie de la précédente lettre écrite de la main de mon père, était adressée, comme suit :
On Service.
To THE Capt. of the Day.
" Lacadie."
Commission de mon père.
De sivijjle lieutenant qu'il était à la bataille de Chateauguay, alors qu'il n'avait que 20 ans, il fut fait un peu plus tard Premier'- Lieutenant, comme l'indique la commission qui va suivre, et que je copie textuellement avec ses lettres majuscules et grossies en quelques endroits. Il n'y a que le sceau ou cachet officiel apposé à la marge du document que je ne puis reproduire :
" By His Excellency Sir George Prévost, Baronet, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of Lower-Canada, Upper-Canada, Nova Scotia, New-Brunswick, and their several Dependencies, Vice-Admiral of the same, General and Commander of ail His Majesty's Forces in the said Provinces of Lower-Canada and Upper Canada, Nova Scotia and New-Brunswick, and in the Islands of Cape Breton, Newfoundland and the Bermudes, etc., etc., etc.
" To Lieutenant Maximilian Globensky.
" I do by thèse présent constitute and appointyou to be First Lieidenant in tlie corps of Light Infantry Canadian Voltigeurs, ancl of which Lientenant Colonel Charles De Salaherry is appointée!, for the time being, commandant and Superintendent ; Yoii are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of FiRsT Lieutenant, by exercising and well discij)Kning both the inferior Ojficers and Men of that Corps ; And I DO hereby command them to obey Yovb as a First Lieutenavt ; And You are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from Me, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Articles laid down for the better Government of the Militia of Lower-Canada, in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in You.
" Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at the Castle of Saint Lewis, in the City of Québec, this eighth day of February, in the Fifty-htli year of His Majesty's Reign, and in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eie:ht hundred and lifteen.
"George Prévost."
*• By His Excellencys Command,
" NoAH Freer,
" Millitary Secretary.'"
Le document qui va suivre établira encore davantage ce qu'était mon père, avant, durant et après 1837. C'est le duplicata d'une formule imprimé qui lui était adressée et qu'il avait à signer tous les trois mois :
" Army. Hal£-Pay and Military Allowances.
