Although I trust the garrison duty at Quebec is carried on
with every regard to the safety of the place, together with
the strictest attention to all prescribed forms and
regulations, yet the winter has nearly passed without a single
instance of neglect or misconduct having occurred among the
100th regiment; and it is a pleasing task to report, that so
exemplarily have the men behaved, that, even regimentally,
only one corporal punishment has been inflicted for the last
three months.

I am now speaking of men who, being nearly all Irish, are of
all others the most volatile and easily led astray. Should
they, therefore, hereafter be seduced by the various
temptations by which they are surrounded, I hope to escape the
imputation of judging too hastily and partially. The men were
principally raised in the north of Ireland, and are nearly all
Protestants; they are robust, active, and good looking.

The troops in this country are precluded, by the severity of
the climate during seven months in the year, from exercising
out of doors: it cannot, therefore, be expected that the 100th
regiment can, considering the little practice it has had in
the field, and after such a long interval, be very expert in
its manoeuvres; but as Lieut.-Colonel Murray possesses both
capacity and inclination, and as a good foundation is already
laid, the most rapid progress may be expected so soon as the
season enables him to commence his labours.

A large room has been allotted in the barracks to the purposes
of drilling with arms, from which the garrison has derived