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GENERAL NEWS.

Balaclava Survivors.

SERVICE NOTES.

Army: Alrships for the Navy.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1913.

field companies EE,, five infan try battalions, including one at Kharton, with the usual propor tion of Army Service, Royal Army: Veterinary, and Ordnance Corps. With the additional battalion the

Contrary to the usual belief. For some time pasta ramour has the late Bir George Worbwell beencurrentio sewnautical circles British garrison will amount to was not the last surviving officer that the small airships at present about 7,000 men, or 3,000 short who rode in the Balaclava Charge. belonging to the Army are to be of what it was pfter Arabi's re- General John Hart Danne, who handed over entirely to the Navy, bellion in 1889 The Sondan is, was himself at Balaglava, although which would use them for of course, quieter, but a great in- he did not take part in the charge, training purposes. writes to the Times to say that he has only recently heard from Captain Percy Smith, who was in the 13th Light Dragoons at at the time. Captain Smith gal loped to the guns and back with out being able to use his sword, owing to an accident.

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Forced Marches. Poet and Pressmen,

Creditable as was the march of Mr. Alfred Noyes, who is about result in freer expenditure on this to leave for a lecturing tour in form of sircraft than might other 37 miles in 12 hours made by the Conda and the United States, wise be the case. There is also the 19th French Infantry in their re has already suffered at the hands obvious consideration that aerial, cent manoavres, it is worth of American reporters. When like marine, navigation lies more recording that the 1st Battalion Mfr. Alfred Austin fied, various naturally within the province of Royal Scots last year did 331 the sailor than of the soldier. On miles in India in 12 hours with Transatlantic journalists ep. deavoured to obtain an interview the other band, there are many out a man falling out. Bat with Mr. Nores, who declined to soldiera, not only in England, but General Craufurd's forced march talk, whereupon they gave out abroad, who consider airships as with his famous Light Division to the statement that he was eaffer indispensible an adjunct to land Talavers during the Peninsula ing from neurasthenia, to which operations as aeroplanes. If the War has, if accurate, never yet he has fortunately always been transference is decided upon there been beaten. Napler credits these part a stranger: He is now asking remains the question whether splendid soldiers with having the beadquatters of the airship covered over 82 English miles his friends to accept with some

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hind. In 28 hours, Craufurd in March 1914; No. 64, The Peak, burglar," according to Professor Bertillon and other authorities, Parachute Descent by an Officer. reached the battlefield. The late-Apply to G. M. HARSTON.

(997 ia a figment of the novelist's Major E. M. Maitland, Fasexoneral Sir George Colley, how- Hongkong, 31st Oct., 1913, Imagination, popular coccaption Regiment, a squadron commander ever, threw the gravest doubts on

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the places All Modern Conveniences. Terms given makes the march one Moderate. Apply H. RUTTON- of 82 miles, a still more re JEE Royal George Hotel. markable feat. It is certain that Hongkong, 17th Oct, 1913. [967 go finer fighting men ever trod the earth than Crauford's light

One of the fraternity just sen- cent from the Army airship Delta distance between tenced to three months' bord at Farnborough. labour at Sunderland is known The airship was at a height of by the soubriquet of "the female 1,800ft. when, with her nose in burglar," owing to his fondness cloud, she came to a halt, and the for woman's attire When ar- parachute, with the officer holding rested" on the last ocession he bar and supported by a baad, was in his habitual "working was cast off. Almost immediate

ly the parachute expanded, but ccatume."

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M. Charles Tellier, whose death

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troops. They were capable of FOREIGN MANOEUVRES. any fest of endurance.

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it developed a swaying movement Thero seome very good ground Remarkable Military Experiment which, before he had dropped for the prevailing dissatisfaction 1,000lt, sent Majr Maitland with the Government treatment

was the inventor of cold storage, swinging from end to end of af the cadet units associated with

at Tientsin.

The following, from the Peking and like many great inventors, full-semi-circle with a radius of the various Territorial Associa-correspondent of the N. C. Daily failed to reap and very substan-aut 30ft. The way was help- tione, The movement is, unfor-

tial pecuniary reward. About a ful, however, rather than other. taately, not as popular as it News, supplements our telegram year ago he was found to be wise, for while the parachute might be, because of the ill-advis of Thursday last living in penury, and funds were fell ultimately into the doop ed system which embraces, as

rafeed for his maintenance, a total water of Gove Reservoir, the cadets, really fine battalions, suck

of some £4,000 being collected or swing left the major in the shal-8 may be seen in London and

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counts published recently, there worse for his descent. The ex-/and unarmed industrial. school Tientsin and concluded tc-day, to an optician of doubtful ablišty appears to have been a bitch in periment was quites private one corps. The authorities refuse to in which rearly 7,000 troops of to purchase glasses upon which

and by an irony of fate it was only announced a couple of daya ago that the inventor was definite ly safeguarded from future want

the distribution of the money, and formed no part of the training aliliate the best corps to the Re-

work of the corps; nor is the in-ular regiments, and insist on 59ven nationalities were concern troduction of this form of descent thoir subjecting themselves to ed and a battery of artillery with into the work contemplated. Territorial units. Cadets have to twenty-two machine-guna. Major Maitland has long been pay for their arms, bayonets,

A force consisting of 1,200 wishing to fly the experiment to belts, frogs, and alinge which

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perty. They pay for their munition, and the transport of their equipment, while the process troops under the command Limits of Duty,

of General Cooper, with of obtaining these various neces- of the philosopher, it was occupied Does the duty of military ob by Dr. Barney, who himself won edience override all duty of a man saries is accompanied by unceas- mounted infantry and mountain renown as a musician, and is still towards himself? saks the Globe ng red-tips and circuml sution and machine guns, opposed a

The Only European better known as the father of If so, it may by asked whether And, finally, the best corps, un-skeleton invading force composed

less affiliated to a Territorial unit, of the American, Austrian, Optician In D'Aguilar St. Fanny Burney, afterwarde Mdme. there has ever been or exials upon is not even included in the Army French, German, British, Japan- Telephone 1292. d'Arblay, the author of“ Evelina." earth any tyranny, ecclesiastical List. This is, we are sesared ece and Russian troops under Some years ago the house was or political, comparable to the saved from a threatened attempt militery one. We admit the most strongly reseated,

at demolition, but its insecurity awkwardness of duiding a ques

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razing to the ground is consider of obedience and disciplane. A The King has approved, on the solider, Sir James Turner, in his recommendation of the Lord military treatise "Pallas Armata," Chancellor, of the following for Sir John Faller, who has just of 1683, argues that soldiers appointment to the rank of King'a met with a rather serious accident, whore original service began for Counsel has been Governor of Victoriaa just cause, and who are onn- since 1911. From 1894 to 1895 strained by their military oaths he was A.D.O. to the Viceroy of to continue in service for a new India, end from 1900 until his and unjust cause of war, ought to desert and suffer anything before Victorian appointment be repre- Bented the Westbury Division of they draw their swords against Wiltshire. Prior to that he had their conscience in an unjust. takon, part in numerous elections, quarrel. Admiral Keppel steadily contesting Chippenham, Bath, and declined to take part in the War of American Independenca be- Salisbury Sir John was, at one time a Junior Lord of the Trea-cause he deemed the mother and has also boon Vics-country's cause a bad one. We Chamberlain of His Majesty's readily admit that it is almost

impossible to allow the Navy and lin. Household..

the Army to decide upon the pre- France's Commander-in-Chief.

General Jaffre, the man of the priety of the expeditions in which moment in France, is only known they are ordered to engage. Bat by name to the majority of his if, by injudiciousness, they are Countrymen, og was the case when forced to tarn, as in the ease of he was appointed Commander-in- James II. sad his army, and Chief a couple of years ago. he possibly in our day in Ulster, is one of the strong men who "do "gainst their countrymen, this not adverties," and the wisdom blood ba on the heads of these of the appointment is now who make such contingencies generally apparent. General possible.

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Jofre, who is in his 'sixty second Ve SThe Army in Egypt, year, joined the Army during We understand that, in spite of the Franco-Prussian War, when the advice of Lord Kitchener, the he was only eighteen, has aided Government bas decided to in- in the reorganisation of orange the Army of Otonpation Madagascar, and fought in Indo in Epypt only by one battalion. China Ho Has been described At present the British garison you have lost your appetite one of the big Vi sty of cavaliy dainty dishes at the

XANE Es having 'n good head for a consists of one watch dog, calm, bai always regiment, one at'ery R.BA DRA CAFE 8 Sure to tethpt

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Commandant Gauthier, the French Major-General,

General Sato, the Japanese, was Dircotor and Umpire in Chief assisted by an officer of each nationality.

The signalling arrangemente were complicated owing to the fact that the different natiqnalities had no meats, of signall- difficulty was overcome by the ing 10 each other. The

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