In January, 1884, Col, Trueman enlisted in Not 2 Ca., the present, "B" Ca, as a private. A picture of the company in those days shows the members attired in white helmets, red tunies and black trousers with a red stripe, while pipe clay was a prominent feature of belts and rifle slings—the rifle being the Martini-Henry. At that tu the ilNery Battery of the Corps was supplied with brass vannon—the same which now adorn the Town Hall—and a_ customary feature of drill was to form hollow With these guns blazing vay large charges of blank ammunition at the corners. Shortly afterwards the Corps was supplied with 9-pounders, which remained in existence until the present hattery of 15-pounders was introduced.
Private Trueman became Corporal Trueman in March, 1885, and in March, 1888. was promoted Ser-scant. On October 3, 1889, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in "B" Ca., became Lieutenant on February y 24, 1891, and received his} captaincy on July 11, 1894. At the beginning of 1899 he went Home on Jeave. and his keenness as a volunteer was shown by his devoting the necessary time to attending a vonrse at the Chelsea School of Instruction. In May of that year he passed as captain, taking the grade of "special."
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