The condemned men were made to face to westward; three sides of a hollow square were formed, flanked on one side by a detachment of the 89th Regiment and a party of artillery, while the recruits, many of whom shared the guilt of the culprits, were appropriately placed in the line opposite them.

The firing-party were a little in advance of the recruits.
'The sentence of the courts-martial, and other necessary documents, having been read by the fort adjutant, Mr.Meehan, the chaplain of the forces, read some prayers appropriated for these melancholy occasions.

The clergyman then shook hands with the three men about to be sent into another state of existence.

Daaga and Ogston coolly gave their hands: Coffin wrung the chaplain's hand affectionately, saying, in tolerable English, "I am now done with the world." 'The arms of the condemned men, as has been before stated, were bound, but in such a manner as to allow them to bring their hands to their heads.

Their night-caps were drawn over their eyes.