The various companies were concentrated at Toronto, where they were clothed and equipped, and placed under the orders of Colonel Fielden, of Her Majesty's 60th Royal Rifles.

All of the field and line officers were duly appointed, gazetted, and joined their respective corps in due time, and in a few weeks the expeditionary force was in excellent condition for active service.
The following is a roster of the officers who were on active service, in command of the volunteer corps named, on the Red River Expedition:-- FIRST (ONTARIO) RIFLES.
Lieut.-Col.

Samuel P.Jarvis, commanding officer; Major Griffiths Wainwright.
Captains--Thomas Scott, Thomas Macklem, William M.
Herchmer, William Smith.Alex.

R.Macdonald.Daniel H.
McMillan and Henry Cook.
Lieutenants--Donald A.Macdonald, David M.Walker, William N.Kennedy, Andrew McBride, William J.McMurty, Samuel B.Harman and James Benson.
Ensigns--A.

J.Z.Peebles, Stewart Mulvey, Josiah J.
Bell, Samuel Hamilton, John Biggar, William H.Nash and Hugh John Macdonald.
Paymaster--Capt.