HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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HIGHLAND LIGflT INFANTRY CHRONICLE. ]5second-in the Stockwell C\lallenge Shield. Now thatwe a.re in Ambala., and together again, we hope oncemore to proceed to make history in the sports fieldand to do credit to the Company that once were calledthe " Silversmiths."There have been a few changes this trooping season,M'Bride fancying the home establishment, and Alexander,Bradshaw, and Sharp chancing" civvie " life.We wish them success. On promotion we loselilergt. Henderson and CorpI. Sumner, and gain Sergt.Peden (the Pathan), Lance-Sergts. Black and Atkins.As the arrivals are all tug.of-war men we can congratula.teourselves as well as them on promotion.We also extend our welcome to our draft, whom wewere unable to meet owing to a previous engagementwith General Brunker 160 niiles away, which 'we couldnot postpone. This engagement took the form offive weeks man01luvres, and everyone in " D " enjoyedthem thoroughly, and returned to Ambala. with alittle more experience of how to pass the time in the"shiny East."Quite a feature of these manoouvres was the way inwhich our lion-tamer (Jimmy Gilmour) managed thecamels. "D" were never short of camels, as Jimmyalways had a spare one up his sleeve, so to speak.On the other hand our mulemen (Bandy and Scrum)had a cla.ss of mule drivers who were anxious to learnEnglish, but the tuition left much to be desired. Onthe whole we had a pleasant time. Our worthy C.-8.told us some stirring tales of the campaign in '97.8,while we drank pots of " char" at his expense.As regards furlough to U.K., I am authorised tostate that "oor Dickie" is not having his annualimaginary leave next summer. He intends to tourthrough Scotland instead of Mukerian next winter.Dan is not going on furlough either, as he learns thathis former service abroad (Australia) does not count.He broke it by being more than six months at home.Our pet (Douglas) is still taking convalescent exercise,his latest being a 56-lb. weight with a rope attached,which he informs us is a hammer.Our Captain has left us temporarily to study themethods of mountain artillery. On his return, wehope, he will let us into the secret of those " guns thata.re built in two bits."We are pleased to welcome Mr. Loch back to theCompany after his trip home.YOUNG BLOOD."G" COMPANY.WE have had a slight experience of what our newstation is like, as we were ordered away, after beingthere only five days, for a nice little trip of thirty.fivedays through the Punjab. We are very sorry to saythat we have lost Privates Smith and Harley, whodied in Jullandur Hospital after a few days' illnessduring the time we were on the march. We mustcongratula.te Sergt. Marshall and Lance·Sergt. John·son on their promotion and transfer to our Company.We have lost CorpI. Hall, who has gone to "F"Company on promotion to Lance.Sergt., also LanceCorpls. Mears and Herbert, who have gone to H H "and "K" Companies rE)spectively on promotion toCorporals. We have done well in the way of footballthis season. Our first team are tied with " H " Companyfor second place with six points for five games-two wins, two draws, and one game lost to "B"Company after a hard game by one goal to nil-andthe second team are also tied with "H" Companyfor senior position of the Second League with eight·points-3 wins and two draws-a good position inboth Leagues. Our tug-of-war team are still makinga name for themselves. After winning the Leaguethey have now gone into the second round of theTug.of-War Cup by beating" I" Company, and nowpull" F " Company in the second round, which shouldprove a very good pull considering" F " Company werechampions until this year. We wish all our readers a.most prosperous New Year.LAoll:Y." H" COMPANY.ON making a start with my first notes for 1914 I do80 by wishing all ex·"H" Companyites a very happyand prosperous New Year. Those who were delightedat the idea of going by rail got rather a damper whenorders in Umbala stated that we should march byroad to Mukerian, a distance of 140 miles, to takepart in brigade and inter-brigade training, and marchhomewards to Umbala, occupying in all five weeks.It was really a case of "out of the frying pan into thefire," our laundry allowance being of the most meagredescription. The Company thanks are due to ourgallant Subaltern for a change of menu in the shape ofvenison, his prowess with the g rifle providingus with a healthy and appet meal of Indhtnbuck during the line of march. e chief compla.intof all ranks during our five weeks' trek was the develop.ment of an enormous appetite which private incomescould not satisfy. Before leaving Lucknow membersfigured conspicuously in final sports. for the StockwellChallenge Shield, the following very prominently:Piper M'Grory, who gained premier honours inpiping (marches), and Lance.CorpI. Mitchell,who was very successful in the dancing events. Our"reel team, composed of Col..Sergt. Goldie, CorpI. Grey,Lance.CorpI. Mitchell, and Piper M'Donald. gained tenpoints towards our aggregate. In the two FootballLeagues we hold very satisfactory positions, our firsteleven being third and our second eleven tieing for thirdin their respective Leagues. We welcome our two la.testdrafts from Engla.nd, and think, from first impressions,that we will be supported by them in the sportingfield. Our tug-of. war team is undoubtedly on theup grade, and we received a valuable acquisition inthe person of CorpI. Mears on promotion from "G"Company. CorpI. Harper we also welcome to "H"Company. Three well-kent faces have been struckoH the Company roll recently. These are Ptes. Fleming,M'Donald, and Brackenridge. and we wish them luckin their new circumstances. Before the punkahs beginto swing we shall have packed up and proceeded toour summer residence at Solon in the Simla Hills.CALEDONIA_"I" COMPANY.THE cold weather has arrived at last, the parrots haveagain returned, and--ah I alas! "farewell to Dan and:all his greatness."We were all glad to see the CoI.-Sergt. back amongstus again looking in the best of health after having doneanother season's duty as Sergt.·Major at Kailana.Up to the present time has been too much occupiedwith other things to allow of sport having full swing.but by snatches a Football League is being pushedthrough.. Our "Bobby Walkers" and Co. are notshowing the .. go'~ of former days. Let this buckthem up.Ma.nyold members of the Company who were inChakrata along with us will be gla.d to hear that we
HiL~FAN TR YCIl R NICLE.SIIoW Lie ut. r t;rth('y of tho Chur!;ns on the rcucn(DlIUl(llU VTCS. who is cvirll' ntly e nj(lyin ~ hi ~ Oo mmandingfT; er's IIl1est ;ion8 in the l.:l., ter Ann.\', IJIl t \'(~g;1. r d in g hiR a bilityto ('an,)' thi,; Ollt. t.hen· are s"riollR "found, fol' doubt,ilc8 he w,,, 8(!u uLing {or dry rhoot'i ten minutes Ia.ter.A f'"cnlial' pye complaint '::Ht'cd g reat ine()11 enian!!':to th" lItajority ut lItt· C() ll1pa ny on man!llU\Tt'c• • butthank;; tn till' llntiring laho u!';; of D,·. ('!) 'tinea l' itW tl. ch('ckcc\ in tint('. " -- hpn th ' ~nffc rcrs WC['elj uestioned (I n lIw s uh.i, ·~ t th..), ttr'ibutc Ll tho e!!,o.cto t he Hc n're train t heir cy'·' h"d \l"en 1,u t to lookin i(fo[, t ho hurd !'ou.t! .\V" ha ve not. had mtlch t inw tll t.,',L the ,porLiJl~a ])Uilics nf th.. draft, hn t sO fa" t.wo ha,v(, takt'[l th.eirpliH:c on the rope and are iu a"tiv" t.rainingIn t.he fi r~ t [Ottltl] of t.he CLIP w,: had tu a nknowlnt! g"defeat to .. A " Cumpany , h1lt hop" to do hotter illthi, bnuwh of ' P(j l·t during t h · ~ lll1lln e r. n. V.
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