HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE. 125 PART Ill. We now come to the statement which shows the country to which the men of the Scots Greys and <strong>Highland</strong> Regiments belonged on the 1st March, 1861, taken from the Monthly Returns sent in by each Regiment to the War Department. <strong>The</strong> reason of a later month· than March not being given arises from the Returns having only been received for that month when the subject was gone into, most of the Regiments being in India; as, excepting the 78th, returned in 1859, everyone of the <strong>Highland</strong> Regiments are now there. <strong>The</strong> 74th embarked in 1854, and the remainder on the outbreak of the Mutiny in 1857. It is a matter for regret that nearly all of those fine corps should be in India at the same time, as they may not get so many recruits from Scotland as, during a European war or foreign service nearer home. <strong>The</strong> fate of the 78th <strong>Highland</strong>ers in India in 1844-45 is not yet forgotten in Scotland; having become widely known amongst the population from whom the recruits are obtained. It is hoped that some of those Regiments may soon be recalled. In September last one-half of the men of the 42nd were on the sick list at Agra. However, under all these disadvantages, it must be gratifying to all Scotsmen who have any nationality (many nowadays have none) to find, as they will do in reading these statements, that the mass of the men are still Scots; and it is hoped that it will always continue so. We believe the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 78th, since the return of the 'Regiment from India, has been very particular 'about his recruits being Scotsmen; but, as the Return will show, of 1002 strong, 135 English and 85 Irish still remain; and a year or two must elapse before the Regiment can be restored to its old position. This is the result of service in India . <strong>The</strong> numbers given for March, 1861, may be taken as the present composition of each Regiment, as few alterations have occurred within the last few months. As regards the Scots Greys, it will be observed that a good many English are now in the ranks. Of 622 strong, 247 are English, and 53 Irish, leaving 322 Scotsmen. This arises from the strength of the Regiment having been suddenly raised, and volunteers from other Regiments called for, as well as from giving volunteers to Regiments in, or ordered to, India in 1857, at the outbreak of the Mutiny; also, from the Regiment having been, from some strange determination, systematically kept out of Scotland for the long period of seventeen years; and lastly, from recruiting parties having been sent to recruit in London. <strong>The</strong> Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, and about one-half of the officers, are Englishmen; and as a commanding officer has power in such matters, a good deal as regards the influx of English into the ranks may be ascribed to the Regiment not being commanded by a Scotsman. It was a p,oor reward for the gallantry of the Regiment at Balaklava, and their sufferings during the Crimean campaign, on their return to be sent to and kept in Ireland, and thereby debarred from the enthusiastic reception in Scotland which awaited them. In Ireland they moved yearly from Dublin to Newbridge, and from Newbridge to Dublin; latterly with a summer trip to the Curragh for a month or so. <strong>The</strong> Scots Greys are as a household word in every Scottish peasant's family, and plenty of recruits of the proper standard could have been got in the rural districts, without having recourse to England, had proper means been taken, and gone about in the right way, instead of the recruiting being confined to Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is known-and Major-General Brotherton, Inspector-General of Cavalry, when under examination, admitted this to the Parliamentary Committee of 1850-that they preferred having recruits for the Cavalry from the agricultural districts. A characteristic of the Scots Greys is that always some of the officers serving have been raised from its ranks. At the beginning of the past year there were no fewer than lour Scottish officers in the Regiment who had
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