HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

lato be played on our table, and the followingweek the remaining four games were playedon our opponents' table. It was played onthe relay system. As soon as a player made:100 he dropped out, and the next carried on.Q.-M.-Sergt. Breslin gave us a lead of 15,butSergt. Hayhurst was completely off form, and'before he had made his 100 our opponents hadrun to 376.Sergt. M'Menemy brought ourscore up to 247 before the Borderers completedtheir 400. That finished the game on ourtable.Sergt. M'Menemy started on the Borderers'table the following week to complete his 100.He played very well, as also did the remainderof our team-CoL-Sergt. Lawrie, Sergeants· Mackie, Miller, Morgan, and Whitten. Ouropponents got their 800 when we were 751,and as they had a lead of 153 when we startedon their table we were quite pleased withourselves.· Fourteen of our members 'had a verypleasant outing to Gorakhpur, a town about170 miles from Lucknow. It was the outcomeof a challenge to a football match from theGorakhpur • Volunteer Athletic Club. Theworkshops of the B. & N.-W. Railway are atGorakhpur, and as there is a big percentage of8cotchmen employed by that company youcan guess we had a " richt guid time." Representativesmet us on our arrival at the station,where we had chota hazari. We were verykindly :shown over the works; then we had'breakfast and a lie down. It was a gala dayin Gorakhpur and you can judge of our surprisewhen we saw large placards on the roadside."This way to the Football Match." Webegan to get a bit nervous as to the mettle of· our opponents. However, a very evenly contestedgame ended in a'draw of two goals each.We were all delighted" to see Capt. H. T. C.Singleton, D.S.O., of " Ours" at the match.He is the very popular Adjt. of the B. & N.-W.Railway Vols. In the evening our hosts gaveus a smoking concert in the Railway Institute.Our Pipe~Major gave a selection on his pipes,and our friends were delighted. They said it" did their he'rts guid tae hear the skirl again."After a very enjoyable evening, to whichnearly everyone of our number contributed asong, our hosts escorted us to the station andsaw us safely off. We take this opportunity·of thanking the members of the GorakhpurVoL Athletic Club for their great kindness to·us.Our farewell dance was a great success. Anaccount of it from'the Indian Daily Telegraphwill be found at the foot of these notes. Our· thanks are due to Sergts. Eaves, Morgan,Shaw, Wolstencroft, and CampbeU for theirarduous work in getting the place ready. .We had a return match with the Gorakhpur· VoL Athletic Club on Saturday, 5th Octob~r,at Lucknow. It was a good game, finishin,g,up another draw-5 goals each. " .As there were five of our memb~rs leavingus on the following Monday, we decided tohave a smoking concert after the match for: them, and for our friends from Gorakhpur. Avery pleasant evening was spent, marred justa bit by the thOught of losing so many good· comrades. Sergt. Jones is off to civilian life·after 12 years service, and Sergts. Brown,·M'Donald, and Hope, and Pipe-Major M'Intyre,· are off to the Depot. We wish them every· success in their new sphere.The 8th K.R.I. Hussars, who have been in· Lucknow for four years along with us, andwho also go to Ambala in January, gave afarewell smoker to the garrison. Regl. Sergt.­Major Pitchfork referred to the 8th Hussarsand 71st leaving the station, and said howsorry we were to leave so many good friends,behind. Sergt.-Major House replied on behalfof our members, and gave a very fine speech,recalling how the 8th Hussars and 71st foughttogether in Central India in 1857.Col.-Sergt. Brisbane has rejoined us fromKailana. He was Acting Sergt.-Major of theDepot there during the summer.After many rumours our big march wascancelled, and we got orders to proceed toAmbala by train. The 3rd Batt. RoyalFusiliers, who relieved us, very kindly invitedour members to dinner the night before weleft, and the following morning our goodfriends of the 25th had breakfast ready for us.We heartily thank them both, and hope to-meet again.We can't say much about Ambala, as wehave been on manreuvres since arrivaLArm.-Sergt. Dutton has left us for thehome establishment. We will miss his merrylaugh and wish him luck.'Who shot the village pet 1H.L.I. FAREWELL DANCE.THE tennis court of the Sergeants' Mess of theH.L.I was a most picturesque sight lastevening on' the occasion of a farewell dance,given by the members. Over the court a very·large marquee had been erected and artisticallydraped round the sides with the regimentaltartan and badge. Adjoining this was a large