HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

,88 HIGHL..L,\"D LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.,however, put out quite respectable churchparades.I should also note that there are signs of the;silly season having commenced. Several menin their intervals of .leisure have put in transfersto other corps, having just discoveredthat their lives have previously been livedamongst horses, guns, etc., etc., and are nowbeing grievously mis-spent. Also that theatmospheres of other regiments (rightly orwrongly supposed not to insist on such a highstandard of efficiency as we maintain) will bemuch more congenial to them. Although notable to r()sist this little dig at their change ofmind, we, however, wish them all prosperityin their new surroundings.No more till next mail, when I hope to havesomething of more interest for you. I mustnow close.H. S.SERGEANTS' MESS NOTES.WE were at home to the Sergeants of theKing's Own Regiment on the 17th April,1909,Jor a series of games, and a very enjoyabletime was spent.The sport opened with a football match,which resulted in an easy win for us by 4 goalsto nil.Considerable excitement prevailed throughoutthe game by the antics of several aspirantsfor an international cap.Our opponents had exceedingly hard luck,several attempts to score being turned asideby the excellent goalkeeping of Col.-Sergt.Kelt, who performed some acrobatic feats inhis attempts to save, which would have donecredit to Harry Rennie.Col.-Sergt. Buckland, the goalkeeper of theKing's Own, also comes in for speoial mention,his saving at times being miraculous.On the conclusion of the above our visitorswere entertained in the Mess, and a billiardmatch of six-a-side took place, and again theHighlanders came out on top.were al' follows :­H.L.I.The resultsGames.Bandmaster Stockey, 1Sergt. Mackie, 1Sergt. Camp bell, .. 1Sergt. Boyle,Arm.-Sergt. Sutton,oSergt. Wad dell, 1'rotal, 4oKING'S OWN REGIMENT.Games.Bandmaster Smith,Schoolmaster O'Connor,Sergt. Goldin,oCol.-Sergt. Sowerbutts, 1Sergt. Turrer, 1CoL-Sergt. Harria,oTotal, 2On the 23rd April, 1909, the Sergeants ofthe King's Own Regiment were at home onthe occasion of St. George's Day. We werepleased to accept the kind invitation of ourneighbours to be present at the annual sports,held on the above date, and were accordedthe usual effusive welcome. A very pleasantafternoon was spent, and the day was broughtto a close by an excellent concert in the King'sOwn theatre.A whist drive was held in the Mess on thenight of the 19th May, 1909. Invitations wereissued to the garrison, and were extensivelytaken advantage of. The weather was exceedinglyhot (115 degrees in the shade), hutpunkah coolies and plenty of iced drinkshelped to obviate the unpleasant state of theatmosphere.Sergt. M'Cafferty, by some unexplained orexceptional means, managed to win the 1stprize for ladies, but, as he was a gentleman,he handed over the prize (a beautiful parasol)to the lady with the next highest number ofpoints-viz., Mrs. House.The 1st prize for gentlemen was won byCol.-Sergt. ]'erguson. After the drive anadjournment was made for supper, and a mostenjoyable evening conoluded with an impromptuconcert.An open-air concert was held in the racquetcourt on the night of the 14th April, 1909.Representatives of all regiments in thegarrison were present, and the civilian populationof Lucknow also turned out in greatforce, and the accommodation was taxed to itslimits.The following programme was gone through,and encores were invariably demanded. Theundernamed were especially encored :-Mrs.Ray, 1st K.O. Regiment; Sergt. Lawrie,