The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

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those of the aids-de-eamp still re-
main there.
1t is our purpose to try to raise
another contribution of a com
paratively small sum, $25 or $50,
10 erect large bowlder of Cana
dian granite, with small space
smoothed off, so as not to leave
the graves of these aids-de-eamp
unmarked. The military authori-
ties will probably give US cannon
and chains to place around it.
The old military prison, now
storehouse for military supplies,
is an exceedingly interesting place
to visit. 1t is in the form of half
circle, imbedded in the old fortifi-
cation wall, close beside one of
the main gates of the old walled
city. The passage leading to cells
is IN entire darkness, and the cells
themselves are heavily stoned
apartments, with but one small
grating to each to admit light and
air. Military culprits were i'm
prisoned there for various Of
When the bodies of the thirteen
American soldiers were disin-
TERED, close by one of them was
found a pair of rusty scissors,
which had evidently been in the
breast pocket of his coat. These,
together with the skull of one of
the men, are now in a glass case
in the room.
At Cap-Rouge, where we now re-
side, the American troops in 1775
had important earthworks, and
large body was encamped there
and also at st. Foye, two miles
nearer Quebec. The main army
was billeted in the village and the
old church was converted into
hospital. "Holland House" was
General Montgomery headquar-
ters, and in the garden several
bouies were found few years
ago and were identified as Ameri-
can soldiers by the buttons.
Our next-door neighbors' house
was at that period the country
seat of the English Governor,
Cromahe, and Henry, who wrote
an interesting memoir of the
Montgomery campaign, describes
visit General Montgomery made
with several companies to loot
the house. An old woman in
charge nearly 'entrapped them all
by telling them that vaIuables
were secreted in the cellar, and
invited them to go down, her in
tention being, no doubt, to close
the trapdoor on them once they
were in the cellar. They were
suspicious and declined the invi-
tatioD, but secured enough to put
them in great good humor with
the result of their visit.
On the south shore of the st.
Lawrence, directly opposite our
house, is the Chaudierre River,
down which the Arnold expedi-
ton iabored after its terrible jour
ney through the Maine wilder
ness. The whole country around
here IS full OF associations Of that
memorable though disastrous
campaign.
Should you or any OF the men,
hers of your society ever visit
Quebec we will be delighted to
accompany you or them to the
many places OF interest about the
city.
1t was in the early part of
last year that the Canadian
military authorities in over
hauling the old military prison
accidentally unearthed the re-
mains of the American SOL
diers. The workmen wanted
to scatter the bones of the sol
diers, but an old English sol
der, Patrick Lewis, an arti-
ficer of the military stores,
with true soldiers chivalry, in
,terposed an objection and de-
clared that though the bones
were those of the enemy they
were those of soldiers, and
should be respected. He Sc
cured all of these, and with the
assistance of J. M. Lemoine,
Que bees historian, reinterred
them beneath the flooring of
the southeast corner of the
prison. When the Misses
Fairchild learned of this they
started q 81 subscription to
ting place of the American SOL
money, then came the most diff
permission, however. is credit
t as the granting of the permits
re as IAN act of honor to New
f General Montgomery, so they
w York. These now rest under
aul's Church, Broadway, erected
alling into decay.