Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

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By His Excellency, Brigadier General D.S. Walter, Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in America

To <font color="yellow"><b>Neil Henderson</font id="yellow"></b>, Corporal in the 93rd Regiment of Foot

Reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your courage, loyalty, and good conduct, by virtue of the Power and Authority to me given and granted by His Majesty's Commission I do hereby constitute and appoint you to be <font color="yellow"><font color="yellow"><b>Commander of the Center Column, British Armies in America</b></font id="yellow"></font id="yellow">, during pleasure, You are therefore to take the said column into your care and charge and to duly exercise as well the Officers as men thereof in arms, and to use your utmost endeavours in pursuance of the trust in you reposed, to keep them in good order and discipline; and I do hereby command them to obey you as their Commander. And you are to observe and follow such orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from Myself Your Commander-in-Chief or any other your Superior Officer according to the Laws and Regulations already made or what shall be made for the British Armies in America.

Given under My Hand and Seal at New York this Twenty-eighth day of March 1776 and the Sixteenth year of His Majesty's Reign,

D.S. WALTER</font id="Trebuchet MS"></font id="Trebuchet MS">

Gentlemen,
His Majesty does me great honour, though Gen. Walter is suspected by many to have been suffering from a serious malady and fever when signing this commission.
Nevertheless, I shall endeavour to fulfil the King's confidence in my service to Him within these colonies. We shall doubtless have to raise taxes somewhat to pay for the increased bar bills while I am in command, but I am confident that the colonists will mind this not a whit.
In the meantime the centre column will be opening up a frontier language school for all Frenchmen from the Canadas desiring to learn fluent English. We intend to make the aquiring of this skill of the utmost importance to them in the future........
God save the King!!
Your very humble servant Gentlemen,

See the wee boy, aw-haw-hey! A bonnier Column wallah ye couldnae hae chosen. Claymores out, hold the salute as he passes by, canny man that he is. Scotland forever, see us the ba', Ah'm open on the wing!

Now then, Neil lad, while ye down that tumbler of Glenlivet there's a needful thing I've to say to ye - can ye see us ten quid 'til Lammasday? Ma sporran's all wore oot and ma bass drone wants a new reed........

Oh, laddie! Another case of <font color="red"><b><font size="5"> BURR-ITIS </font id="red"></b></font id="size5">