Militia general order
Subtitle: His Excellency the Lieut. Governor is pleased to direct that the following orders, rules, and regulations, in which is also contained an abstract of the militia law, be strictly observed by the militia throughout Prince Edward Island, and continue in force until further orders
Contributors: Bagnall, J.; Smith, Charles Douglass, ca. 1761-1855
Publisher: J. Bagnall
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Charlotte-Town [P.E.I.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Notes: Dated and signed: Militia Adjutant General's office, Charlotte-Town, Prince Edward Island, 1st May 1814. J.F. Holland, colonel & adjutant general militia.

Reference: Casey 1000 ; Fleming, P.L. Atlantic Canadian imprints, 1801-1820, PEI21.

"Remembered as an autocrat and a tyrant Lieutenant Governor Charles Douglass Smith arrived in 1813 convinced that the Island was full of enemies. Having detected them in the Assembly which he summoned reluctantly, prorogued abruptly, and did not convene again till 1817, he set about reforming the militia with these regulations. Instead he drove officers and men to disobedience and, with his meddling ... prompted John Coape Sherbrooke to withdraw all but twenty-two men from the Island garrison ... "--Fleming.