HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

106 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.about three miles from Solon. A couple ofshowers of rain fell during the day, but thatdid. not in any way damp the feelings of theparty. We were out to enjoy ourselves; andwe succeeded. Everyone took part in thegames. We all returned home about 7-30p.m. very tired, but happy. Our thanks aredue to Sergts. Smithson and Duncan for thesplendid arrangements that were made.COMPANY NOTES." A" DOUBLJj) COMPANY (Old "A" and" B" Coys.).JUST before leaving Ambala for ~olon old" A " and" B" were formed into "A" Double Company.Whatever good results are supposed to accrue fromthe combination I know not, but it is apparently the:sentiment of all that they appreciated the ld armngementbetter. What with "Jack" directing, "Tom"thinking he should, and "Harry" expostulating as toWhere he should come in, there's beena bit of higgledypiggledy.. .The march to Solon was one of the must miserable inour experience. Rain in torrents doesn't describeit. Thuse who could afford a daily triple changewere not much better off, for they got trebly booked..Enuff! As usual, we reached our destination in the;>allottedtime.The place would be deadly dull but for the arrival ofthe 71st. With the inauguration of a programme ofplatoon sports by our ever-active R-M., things havebegun to assume a more lively aspect.In the bolting world Willie Stirling, our middleweight,did exceptionally well in the Fusiliers' OpenTournament at Lucknow. He met that great manMann of the K.D.G.'s, who proved too good a man forWillie; but even second place against a recognisedIndian champion was highly creditable, and we congratulatehim.. The right half have just completed a very instructive~ourse of Field Training under lI