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GG(J.775.041
8 Nov 1775:11 (631)
Cork, August 17. Yesterday Major Boyle Roche, Representative
for Tralee, (who is raising a body of men for his Majesty's
service) began recruiting here and met with great success,
which is not surprising, if we consider his connexions and
the support he has received from the nobility of this
province. His method of enlisting was uncommon as it was
pleasing to those who viewed the procession, which was as
follows:
Major Roche, bearing a large purse of gold.
Captain Cowley.
A great number of likely recruits.
An elegant band of music, consisting of French horns,
hautboys, clarionets and bassoons, playing, "God save the
King."
A large brewer's dray, with five barrels of beer, the horse
richly caparisoned and ornamented with ribbands.
Two draymen with cockades to serve the beer.
The Recruiting Serjeant.
Drummers and Fifers.
Another division of recruits.
The Recruiting Soldiers
A prodigious concourse of spectators. . .
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