The 48th Highlanders and Queen’s Own Rifles at Riot and strikes, Lake Superior Corps, Huron St. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 30 September 1903.
48th Highlanders and The Queen’s Own Rifles assembled outside the workshops of
The Consolidated Lake Superior Company, 30 September 1903
After arriving in Sault Ste. Marie by train from Toronto the troops assemble to receive orders. They were assigned to guard the workshops damaged in the first stages of the riot and the jail where seven of the rioters were held. Some were posted on the verandas of the International Hotel, as officials feared company-owned properties were at risk. Captain Campbell commanded the 48th contingent with Lieutenants R.S. Wilson and Trumbull Warren as platoon commanders. Bugler Otto Spence and Piper Anderson volunteered to accompany the unit.
(Prior accession No. P1657)