HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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HIGHLAND LIGHT L~FANTRY CHRONICL 107What with universal pay days, double-Company.arrangements, etc., etc., we are all in a bit of a mix atpresent. Everyone is working. The Company Sergt.Major does the shouting. we do the work. and the CompanyQuarterm¥ter-Sergeant. with assistance, doesnothing.So we are really all kept busy.We are left to protect the lower regions for thesummer montha. but we shall make up for it next yearwhen we go to Solon, if we can only manage to hang onto our wee mascot" Sandy," and, by 80 doing, take allthe breeze we can up with us.Field Training is finished for another year, and wehave all enjoyed it immensely, especially our CompanyCommander.Musketry for 1914 is also a thing of the past, and.although our average was not so good this year it wasquite passable, considering the windy weather we had.I think this a fitting place to congratulate L.-Corpl.Messam on gaining double-Company shot with 152.Sergt. Black is again thanked by all the men of hissection for the great interest and -pains he took inmaking it by far the best shooting section in theCompany.The first Monthly Sports meeting of this year washeld in May. After the first heat of the 100 yards weall rushed to back" Old Joe " for a place; but he letus down dreadfully in the final, and our Captain musthave lost heavily, as he seemed dead sure of his fancy.•• Joe" was heard to remark after the race that he wasmerely giving Champion a chance to make his name.There is no doubt about it now that" Joe " intendsmaking a name for himself, as he has just got his 3rd.What next? The cycle race was the laugh of laughs,however, and if Dan Flynn, the cycle champion,had seen "Manse Jamie" going round that track hewould have given up cycle racing and gone in foraeroplaning. Jamie must have thought that he wasa tramway car stopping at halfpenny stations. Theland.boat race went off well, and one of our teams mighthave had a place had not OUt "Gym" person B.M.forgotten where he was. He did a hack somersaultover the pole, which quite upset the balance of the team.Needtess to narrate, of course, our tug-of-war teamswon easily. The left half of the Company have justwon a Football League, and while we have a wee" Ben.der," and a big" Paddy," not to mention a few of ourgood but less experienced players, nothing will stopUS from winning all the foothall competitions. Byscoring a brilliant goal in the last match Naish madesecond place secure for the right half, which finishedonly one point behind the left.A six-a-side has just commenced. There arc twotealnB per Company, and we are depending on thefollowing players to bring us the honours. The firstsix are :-Gorman, Gallaghel, and Henderson,M'Menemy, Bryden, and MarshalL The second sixare :-Campbell, M'Cabe, and M'Intosh, Luke,,spence, and Wil.son. The :esult of this competition"Will be recorded III our next lI:lSue.Ca.sey has not done much with t,he gloves for quite along time now, although in his last competition wenoticed that he had improved greatly~ven to theextent of reaching the second round, getting a bye inthe fil'St.The last draft are still fit, and still looking well.ern."H" COMPANY.SINCE our J.a.st iBBUe nothing much has occurred.We have again succeeded in winning the HockeyCup, this being our fourth year in the final, and thethird time in winning it. The following representedthe Company:-Capt. Walker, Lt. Stewart, C.-Sergt.Goldie, Sergt. Ward, L.-Corpl. Phillips, Ptes. Reid,Olding, Wildgoose, M'Luckie, 73 Willis, and 51 Willis.We finished second in the croBS-country race for theAllan Cup, 49 points separating us from the winnersavery close thing, taking into consideration the largenumber of starters.At the Monthly Sports our Company team of" Johnstones"won the bicycle relay race (4 men per team) .rather easily, the remaining teams being" also rans."In the Tug-oI-War League the right half won theirpull.We are at present in the midst of a six-a-side footballcompetition-1st and 2nd League for 1st and 2nd teams.Neither of our tooms have at present played up toexpectations. Perhaps it is on account of our SelectingCommittee (according to "critics ") not putting our1st team in the 2nd League, and 'Vice 'Versa.Ere these notes appear in print we will have startedour Annual Course of Musketry. We should betterour Company average, as our" crack shots," underthe instruction of Sergt. W., have shown great improvement,and have seriously damaged the miniature range,etc. One man in particular obtained a group on theside wall of the Ball Alley. They have also had theireye3ight tested, "Angus" remarking that he couldn'tsee the target over 600 yards. _W.H.G." D" CO:M:PA..~Y(Or" Old I" or "Old K," as the case may be, and asit is so beautifully put in Battalion Orders when Pte.Snooks loses another G.C. Badge).WE are all now platoonists, and quite overcome withthe honour. "Half-Company Commanders" havebecome "Platoon Commanders," and Section Commandersare twice as important as they used to be,owing to their increased responsibilities in the leaveseason.Needless to say, we have arrived in the hills, to whichour eyes have been 80 long lifted Our march was Altill the day before we reached Kalka, when it began toblow and min. Half our camp was blown down about1.30 a.m., and when we moved off on the next stageof our journey we were a very bedraggled crowd.After two marches we reached Dharampore in lovelyweather, which lasted just long enough to dry ourblankets and then let us bivouac in a sodden conditionagain. We were all devoutly thankful to reach Solonthe next day. .Our gladness, however, was not unalloyed, forscarcely had we arrived when Musketry and FieldTraining were the order of the day, and we have beenon Musketry and Field Training for the past threeweeks.The mountains here are pleasant indeed to look upon,but hard to conquer, and many stiff backs and sorefeet testify to the fact. The coffee shop, however, iathriving, as most of us have about three men's appetites.The canteen also must not be forgotten.The universal pay day has arrived, with its accompanyingsore heads on Saturdays and Sundays, andempty pockets and sore hearts from Monday to thefollowing Friday.Our old Colour-Sergeant-" the Big l!'i.le "-has nowblossomed out into Company Sergeant-Major Brisbane,whilst Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Sandersonat one time used t{) be called" Flag." We have alsotwo Captains all to ourselves-a big one and a little
----------------------108 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.one. Corpl. Finlay has joined us from home, whiMCorpls. Herbert and Ward have both come to us onpromotion. So, I believe (by the Duty Roster), hasCorpl. Trim~, but up to date he has been away on furlough.Corpl. Caxton Paton has also joined us longenough to save up for a "bilati furlough_"Before leaving Ambala the Company (Old "I")broke out in a new place by winning the Allan Cup forcross-country running, the course being a very roughone of about six miles. This had almost come to beconsidered the property of "D" Company. Butlargely owing to the keenness of Sergts. Hendersonand M'Millan in training the men, and the excellentway in which the men supportsd them in their work,we had a splendid win, which was altogether unexpectedoutside our own Company.Forbes, who had been running extremely wellvirtually won the racE', leading Penman of " D " Cotn:pany by yards; but by mistaking his direction justbefore the finish he let Penman in, who won by a fewyards. It was hard lines that he should lose 1st placethrough a mistake. Mullen finished fourth, and theremainder came in---a.s the saying is--almost under ahat.Since we have been in Solon our sport has beenentirely confined to ourselves, and we have had twolots of Monthly Sports.Of the Sports held in April I have no record. butrecollect that Sergt. Henderson won the 100 yards andForbes the 2·mile race.Of those held on Thursday, 21st May, the doubleCompany has every reason to feel proud. The interplatoontug-of-war resulted in three of our platoonswinning, the teams being one Officer, one Sergt .• oneCorpl., one L.-Corpl.. one Piper, one Bugler, onePrivate. and last--but not least-one Staff-Sergeant.When this last includes such well· known athletes asS.·Major House, C.-Sergt .. Major Brisbane. I.M.S.Sanderson. Master Cook Davidson, to say nothing?f Sergt. ~dlay and Sergts. Sinclair and Campbell,It can readily be understood that sport was of a highorder, S.·Major House especially being a tower ofstrength to his team (No. 14 Platoon).In the high jump L.·Corpl. Clachie Godsman wasfirst, just failing to win the C.O.'s special prize forjumping ~ ft. 3 in., whilst Sergt. ~o~nstone and L. -Corpl.Bennett tIed for 2nd place and dIVided. the prize money.Sergt. Henderson won the 220· yards in good stylefrom Horn, and Mrs. Barrie was a good second in themem-sahibs' egg.and-spoon race.The half-mile was blank for our platoons, but in therace for soldiers of over 16 years service, which resultedfrom a challenge thrown out by Sergt.·Master BobarchiDavidson, the world-famed sprinter, Pte. Hamiltonwas a good first, with Major Murray close up as secondand the challenger bringing up the rear.'H.S.10548 L.·Sergt. H. Atkins, promoted Sergeant 1stApril, 1914.8955 L.-Sergt. (Unpaid) J. Lawson, appointed PaidL .. Sergeant, 5th February, 1914.10417 I,.·Sergt. (Unpaid) H. Soovity, a.ppointed PaidL .. Sergeant, 10th March, 1914.10133 L.·Sergt. (Unpaid) A. Dewar, appointed PaidL.·Sergeant, 1st April, 1914. . -7677 L.-Sergt. (Unpaid) A. Mortimer, appointedPaid L.-Sergeant, 1st April, 1914.10512 Corpl. S. Porter, appointed (Unpaid) L.·Sergeant,10th March, 1914.10325 Corpl. A. Freeborn, appointed (Unpaid) L.Sergeant, 1st April, 1914.7493 Corpl. P. Sim, appointed (Unpaid) L.-Sergeant.1st April, 1914.10497 L.·Corpl. G. Trine, promoted Corporal, 5thFebruary, 1914.10332 L.-CorpL G. Berry, promoted Corporal, 10thMarch, 1914.10869 L.·Corpl. D. Cochrane, promoted Corporal.30th March, 1914.10457 L.-Corpl. A. Ward, promoted Corporal, lstApril, 1914.8745 L.-Corpl. F. Smith, promoted Corporal, 1st·April, 1914.10484 L. -CorpL A. M'1nn68, promoted Corporal.1st April, 1914.10678 L.-Corpl. G. Banfield, promoted Corporal,lst April, 1914.10880 L.-Corpl. J. M'Lean, promoted Corporal, 15thApril, 1914_11442 L.-Corpl. (Unpaid) P. Fraser, appointed PaidL.-Corporal, 2nd March, 1914.11540 L-.Corpl. (Unpaid) R. Jinks, appointed PaidL.Corporal, 10th March, 1914.10017 L.·CorpL (Unpaid) J. M'Cubbin, appointedPaid L.-Corporal, 30th March, 1914.8083 L.-Corpl. (Unpaid) D. M'Kenzie, appointedPaid L_-Corpora.l, 30th l\'Ia.rch, 1914.11035 L.-Corpl. (Unpaid) C. Beagen, appointed PaidL.-Corporal, 1st April, 1914.11501 L.-Corpl. (Unpaid) J. M. Wilson, appointed PaidL.-Corporal, 1st April, 1914.non L.-Corpl. (Unpaid) J. Cooper, a.ppointed Paid.L.-Corporal, 1st April, 1914. ..11219 L.-CorpL (Unpaid) J. Buchanan, appointedPaid L.-Corporal, 15th April, 1914.RE-ENGAGEMENTS.8495 Sergt. D. Black, to complete 21 years,. 13th:March, 1914.9677 Sergt. A. Duncan, to complete 21 years, 23rdMarch, 1914. ..9583 Sergt. W. Rodger, to complete 21 )'"6ar8, 12thMay, 1914.ORDERLY-ROOM NOTES.PROMOTIONS AND ApPOINTMENTS.7380 Sergt. (O.-R. S.) W. Steele, promoted ColourSergeant (O.·R. S.), 11th March, 1914.7461 L.·Sergt. J. Ward, promoted Sergeant, 5thFebruary. 1914.8495 L.·Sergt. D. Black, promoted Sergeant, 10thMarch, 1914.10703 L.-Sergt. C. Hall, promoted Sergeant, 1st April1914. 'EXTENSIONS.10686 L.Corpl. G. Burns, to complete 12 years, 3rd'April, 1914.10331 Pte. J. Dulake, to complete 12 years, 31st March,1914.:MEDALS.5170 Sergt. T. Miller, awarded the Medal for LongService and Good Conduct (with Gratuity).5923 Sergt. J. Black, awarded the Medal for LongService and Good Conduct (with Gratuity) ..
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