HLI Chronicle 1915 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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VOL. XV., No. 2. APRIL, 1915. PRICE FOURPENCE.
Published July, 1915.
Editor's Notes.
THE EDITOR must thank the subscribers
to the " H.L.!. Chronicle" for their patience
in awaiting the appearance of another number.
Some subscribers, however, have not been
so patient, and to those he would like to
appeal ~o refrain from writing him letters
demandmg news. He is trying his best, and
more letters to answer will not expedite the
paper's appearance.
. He wishes also to acknowledge man v donations
and SUbscriptions for 1915, of which
time will not admit of making a list.
He will be most grateful if readers will
forward him any letters and cuttings descriptive
of the doings of any Battalion of the
Regiment. The" Chronicle" must be almost
entirely dependent at this time on " voluntary
contributions" of news.
Depot Notes.
THE Depot has now two definite duties to
perform :-(1) To receive recruits and give
them Regimental numbers and clothing, and
then despatch them to the Reserve Battalions;
and (2) to receive rejoined invalids "fit for
light duty" until such time as they are
" fit for ~uty."
Taking the second contingent first, it is
hoped that the majority of these will in a
short time be fit for service again, but there
are others whom it is intended to form int()
garrison companies with the Reserve Battalions.
Between March 1st and June 15th
262 invalids have been passed to the 3rd
Battalion.
Turning to the second function of the Depot
-recruiting-we have from March 1st to June
15th passed 718 recruits to the 3rd Reserve
Battalion and 90 to the 13th Reserve Battalion.
Recruiting has practically been confined
to Scotland, and the results, considering
the number of men working on Army contracts;
and the number of Territorial Reserve Battalions
of the Regiment being raised, are very
satisfactory. A fresh battalion-the 18th
(Bantams)-have been raised by the city of
Glasgow, and, we believe, are up to strenglih
in privates. A number of N.C.O.'s for
"light duty" have been sent from here t()
instruct them. The problem of recruiting.
hampered as we are by voluntary enlistment,
is a difiicult one.' The response by the
working class-the men who work by "the
sweat of their brow"-has been splendid.
But when we turn to the rather superior (in
their own estimation) classes-clerks, . saleSmen
in grocery and drapery shops, farmers'