HLI Chronicle 1910 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

IlIgbland [Igbt Infantry Cbronicl~.
VOL. X., No. 3. JULY, 1910. PRICE FOURPENCE.
Editor's Notes.
THIS being the first number which has appeared
since the death of His late Majesty King
Edward VII., it is impossible to commence
without mention of that great calamity, which
visited the Empire on the 22nd of May. The
world-wide expressions of regret and revercnce
for his memory are the most eloquent testimony
to the esteem in which he was held by
all sections of his people, and by no section
more deeply than his Army.
The Regiment can fully participate in the
universal sorrow, and extend their respectful
sympathy, especially to their Colonel-in-Chief
in his personal bereavement.
The Editor begs to acknowledge with many
thanks receipt of the following donations
and subscriptions since last issue :-" In
The annual Regimental Dinner, which was
to have been held this year at the Piccadilly
Hotel early in June, was of course cancelIe d
in respect for the national mourning for His
late Majesty.
The "Army Pageant" will have taken
place before this number is in print, and no
I doubt many of 6ur readers will have been
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fortunate e"nough to have seen it. Colonel
A. G. Balfour has taken a prominent part in
its production on the Advisory Committee.
We lately received an excellent" Book of the
Army Pageant," which would form a delightful
souvenir for anvone who was fortunate
enough to have vie~ed the Pageant, as well
as a most instructive record of the evolution
I of arms, armour, and military history. The
book contains most excellent illustrations III
colour.
Memoriam," Major-General F. W. Lambton,! The Pageant was held with the object of
late l~t Battalion Highland Light Infantry, i raising funds fO! "The Incorporated Soldiers'
who dIed 1st May, 1901, from an old brother I and Sailors' Help Society," and, in view of
officer, £5; Colonel E. A. C. Garland, 5s.
Brig.-General H. R. Kelham, C.B., who
completed his four years in command of the
Lowland Division T.F., in March, has now
retired from the service. Although his direct
connection with the Regiment was severed
in 1903, he has been intimately associated
with the Regiment, and it.'! Tenitorial Battalion
in particular, dming the last four
years, during which be has been at Hamilton,
where, we feel sure, he will be very much
missed.
I the importance of the object, His Majesty
, King George expressed the wish that the
Pageant should in no way be postponed in
consequence of the recent national calamity.
We bust that the Pageant will yield an
abundant profit for the funds of this most
deserving Society. The book referred to is
now on sale at all bookstalls, at the price
of 2s. 6d. rer copy.
Colonel A. G. BaIfour has retired on retired
I pay, on completion of his term as Commandant
of the Royal Military School of Music at