 Cochrane named the ex @-@ slaves the Corps of Colonial Marines , which was enlarged with fugitive slaves from Guadeloupe . The Corps was paid from Marie Galante revenues , clothed from Royal Navy stores and commanded by Royal Marine officers . After the repossession of Guadeloupe Cochrane maintained the Corps , and on 12 October 1810 redistributed the men : 70 among the ships of the squadron , 20 to 30 to the battery at the Saintes ( a group of small islands south of Guadeloupe ) and 50 remaining in the Marie Galante garrison . They saw no further action as a distinct body , but were listed in ships ' musters among supernumeraries for wages and victuals under the description " Colonial Marine " until mid @-@ 1815 . 
