My Lord,
The King having been pleased to direct that the
Drafts, which Major General Preston's Regiment of Light Dragoons is to receive
from the 12th - 15th - 16th - and 18th - Regiments of Light Dragoons, shall
leave their present Cloathing [sic], Arms, Accoutrements, Horse Furniture with
their respective Corps; and that they shall be subsisted and cleared by the
Regiments to which they belong up to the day of their Embarking from Ireland; I
have the honor to acquaint Your Lordship therewith, that you may be pleased to
receive and transmit His Majesty's Commands to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
so far as respects the Drafts to be made from the 12th and 18th Regiments of
Light Dragoons.
New
Cloathing [sic], Arms, Accoutrements, and Horse Furniture will be provided here,
and sent in the Transports to Corke, to be delivered to the said Drafts upon
their Embarkation.
I beg leave to mention
to Your Lordship that I understand the Transports will not be ready to take the
Troops on board at Corke until 10th of March next, and I am to desire that you
will be pleased to communicate the same to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland.
I have the Honour to be
My Lord, &c.
Barrington