In every department of the military administration the influence of a vigorous mind was perceptible.
Abundant supplies of food, clothing and medicine, very different in quality from those which Shales had furnished, were sent across Saint George's Channel.

A thousand baggage waggons had been made or collected with great expedition; and, during some weeks, the road between London and Chester was covered with them.

Great numbers of recruits were sent to fill the chasms which pestilence had made in the English ranks.

Fresh regiments from Scotland, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Cumberland had landed in the Bay of Belfast.

The uniforms and arms of the new corners clearly indicated the potent influence of the master's eye.