ions; but as the great coat is
necessarily worn on all occasions for six months in the year,
it cannot by the strictest economy be made to last the
specified time. Those of the 100th have been two years in
wear, and are so far expended, that they will become wholly
unserviceable before next winter. I know of no other
alternative but supplying others at the charge of the men,
which opinion I have given to Lieut.-Colonel Murray, who
applied to me on the subject.

The messes have been all along abundantly provided. Indeed,
the soldiers in this country live in a perfect state of luxury
unknown any where else.

The non-commissioned officers and privates acknowledge to have
received every thing which is their due in respect to pay and
clothing. One man claims a part of his bounty, which, he says,
has been withheld. A regimental court martial has already
decided against him, but the business shall again be
investigated by a garrison court martial.

Lieut.-Colonel Murray has reported to me, that there are
several men in his regiment who claim bounty, but as only one
complained at the inspection, the remainder must be satisfied
that he is doing his utmost to recover what is actually their
due.

The hospital is in as complete order as the house which has
been hired for that purpose can admit. Indeed, the troops in
garrison are much inconvenienced for want of permanent
hospitals. There were three cases of fever; the remainder of
the patients were chiefly attacked with a disease too
prevalent among young soldiers. Three men are unfit for
service, being frost-bitten.

The men are supplied with necessaries in conformity to his
majesty's regulations.

_Colonel Brock to the Adjutant-General of His Majesty's Forces._

QUEBEC, July 1, 1807.

I have the honor to transmit herewith the inspection return of
the 41st regiment for two distinct periods, viz. September 1,
1806, and March 1, 1807.

Some inaccuracies being found in the September return
previously received, it was sent back to Lieut.-Colonel
Proctor, at Fort George, for correction. This circumstance and
the distance of the place, account for the delay which has
occurred in complying, in the present instance, with the
commands of his royal highness the commander-in-chief.

The very great distance of