The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-07-28
MINNEAPOLIS MINI, SATURDAY, JULY 2s 1894
The Fusiliers were then q magnificent
regiment. During tha battle thew held

! Inc tQ6llef6 were Gnen magnlnc9n
regiment. During the battle they hel,
the most forward and important pos
|itions, and a mere handful Of then
[charged and repulsed large body o
Russians. OF 402 mon who went int.
faction seven officers, six. sergeants, ant
LA men were either killed or wounded
Private Patrick Mcguire, being con
siderable in advance of his followers
after the charge, and finding himself as
Isailed by numbers, took ahelter behind
rock where he was attacked by three
Russians who attempted to take him
prisoner. After a desperate struggle
Mcguire succeeded in shooting one
bayoneting another, and bringing in the
third prisoner. He was one of those
above mentioned who was awarded the
silver medal for gallant conduct in the
Geld. Another was '.Murtiff Madigan"- -
surely somebody is here responsible for
playing tricks with the time honored
name of Murty, which has been since en-
shrined in Land League verse. Another
son Of the old sod, Lieutenant Roger
Killeen, who was raised from the ranks
refused to give up the colors though
severely wounded, fought through the
whole siege, and died colonel.
Irish valor did not, however, always
shine 90 brightly in connection " ith the
Royal Scots Fusiliers. One of It's first
commanders was Colonel Fergus o.
Farrell. He deserted King james, and
was appointed BY William to the colonel
scy ofithe Fueiliers, but his recreancy got
it's due reward ultimately, when he was
ignominiously dismissed from the service
for surrendering the town of Deinse with
ont firing shot.
Mr. Crowley is still hale snd hearty,
enjoys a pension for full service OF q
years, and is employed in business es-
Etablishment situated on one Of our city
+qhays.
AT the depot of the Fusiliers at Chat
hem shameful practice existed OF is-
eping old and unservioeable frelocks.
The recruits were too ignorant to detect
defects in she weapons, but when they
returned them not long afterwards to the
sattmonrer sergeant previous TO ennbark,et- k,et
tion 10 India, these defects were speedily
detected by the armourer, who had list
of the arms SO largely annotated that he
knew at once where to look for the de-
feet in each firelock. The unfortunate
soldier had to pay to make good the de.
feet as if it was of his. s.doing, as many an
other unfortunate had to do before him
for precisely the same flaw.
Only two meals day were provided
insufficient in quantity and ,inferor in
quality, and unless Tommy Atkins laid
by portion of his scanty dinner he went
to bed on an empty stomach, being tre-
quently nineteen hours without food,
There were no schools except for children
and non.commieeioned officers; and no
library 81 recreation rooms. Thefamous
Cobbet-who, by the way, served under
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Of whom be
speaks in warmest terms of admiration
in his writings,-had, when private SOL
der, to practice the service economy in
order to provide miserable candle to
light him in his night task when he was
educating himself. The services is etil]
anything but an ideal one, but it is q
great Improvement on old times.