HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

Dlgbland [Igbt Infantry Cbronlcl~. VOL. IX., No. 2. APRIL, 1909. PRICE FOURPENCE.Editor's Notes.THE Editor begs to acknowledge with manythanks the following donations and subsoriptionsto the "Chronicle" for 1909:­Sir Claud Macdonald, £1; Major J. RichardsoD.S.O., £1 6s; Colonel Scrase-Dickins,lOs ; enoral Sir H. Hildyal'd, 5s; GeneralTrelawn ,5s; Colonel Hopton, 5s; ColonelHunt, 5s; Colonel Keppel, 5s; ColonelM'Cau8Iand,' 5s; Colonel Leigh, 5s; ColonelLambton, 5s; Colonel O'Malley, 5s; ColonelPagan, 5s; Colonel Wallace, 5s; ColonelStraghan, 5s; Colonel Craigie, 5s; Colonel1:; -Hour, 5s; Major Evans Lombe, 5s; MajorManselI, 5s; Major Ferguson, 5s; Capt.Hamilton, 5s; Capt. M'Murdo, 5s; Capt.Hardy, 5s; Capt. Elwes, 5s; Capt. CampbellSwinton, 5s; Capt. Goff, 5s; Capt. Fraser,5s; Capt. Camp bell, . 5s; Capt. Feilden, 5s;Capt. Stevenson, 5s ;" Capt. Templer (4 years),£1; Mr. Mounsey Grant, 5s; Sir CharlesM'Grigor, 5s; Mrs. Haldane, 5s; Mrs. Bannatyne,58; Lady Audrey Anson, 5s; Dr.Cowan, 5s; Colonel Pollok Morris, 5s; Capt.Prentice (2 years), lOs.THE Editor has still a oonsiderable quantityof back numbers of the Ohronicle, since itsfirst commencement in 1893. The followingnumbers are now out of print :-October,1897; October, 1898; January, 1906. Asone or two other numbers are lIkely soon tobeoome out of print, any subscribers who wishto obtain complete sets of the Magazine shouldnot delay in securing them."According to news from India the 1stRoyal Dragoons beat the 1st Battalion HighlandLight Infantry by 1 goal to 0 in the finalfor the Murray Cup."-Glasgow Evening News,April 3rd, 1909.The Recruiting March which took placeearly in March of all the Territorial units inGl .... sgow has met with a result most gr8tifyingto thol'!e who proposed it, and the youth of thecity has responded nobly to the calL Of thefour battalions of the H.L.I. in Glasgow, twohad completed their establishment, andhad a considerable waiting list before the31st of March, whilst the other two were buta few men below their totaL We heartilycongratulate them on their success.Recruiting for the Special "Reserve Battalionshas also been very brisk throughoutthe winter, and both 3rd and 4th Battalionsare rapidly approaching their establishment.Moreover, the stamp of recruit, both morallyand physically, is considerably above theaverage.Depot Notes.CAPTAIN CHICHESTER joined the Depot inMalch for a term of duty with the 4th Battalion..Capt. J. Stewart, Black Watch, has beengranted an extension of his term of appointmentas Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion until31st of December, 1910.