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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1900.

[Id substitution for the Order in Council that appeared in the London Gazette of 9th March, 1900.] ^ T the Court at Windsor, the 3rd day of March, 1900.

PRESENT, The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty. Lord Chancellor. Lord President. Lord James of Hereford. HEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1895, it was amongst other things enacted W that, where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State ; and that Her Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the partAngloBoerWar.com of Her Majesty’s dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient. And whereas a Treaty was concluded on the sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, between Her Majesty and the Captains Regent of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, which Treaty'is in the terms following:—

H er Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom Sua Maesth la Regina del Regno TJnito della of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Gran Brettagna e d’lrlanda Imperatrico delle and the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, Indie, e la Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, having judged it expedient, with a view to the avendo giudicato conveniente per la migliore better administration of justice and to the pre­ amministrazioDe della giustizia e per prevenire i vention of crime within their respective territories, reati nei rispettivi loro territori, che gli individui that persons charged with or convicted of the accusati o condannati per i reati qui appresso crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugi­ enumerati, e che cerchino sottrarsi alia giusiizia, tives from justice, should, under certain circum­ sieno, in certi casi, reciprocamente consegnati, le stances, be reciprocally delivered up, the said dette Alte Parti Contraenti hanno nominato come High Contracting Parties have named as their loro Plenipotenziari per conchiudere un Truttato Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Treaty for this a questo scopo, cio6:— purpose, that is to say:— Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom Sua Maesth la Regina del Regno Unito della of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Gran Brettagna e d’lrlanda, Imperatrico delle his Excellency Philip Henry Wodehouse, Baron Indie, sua Eccellenza Philip Henry Wodehouse, Currio of Hawley, a Member of Her Most Barone Currie di Hawley, Merabro del’ Onore- Honourable Privy Council, Knight Graud Cross volissimo Consiglio Privato di Sua Maestil, Gran of Her Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Croce del’ Onorevolissimo Ordine del Bacno, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambasciatore Straordinario e Plenipotenziario to His Majesty the King of Italy ; presso Sua Maesth il Re d’ltalia; And the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, E la Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, his Excellency Cavaliere Paolo Onorato Vigliani, sua Eccellenza il Cavaliere Paolo Onorato Patrician of San Marino, Grand Cross and Grand Vigliani, Patrizio di San Marino, Gran Croce Cordon of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint decorato del Gran Cordone degli Ordiui dei Lazarus, and of the Crown of Italy, Knight SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro, e della Corona d’ltalia, Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Gran Croce del Distintissimo Ordine di San St. Michael and St. George, &c., &c., Minister of Michele e San Giorgio, Ministro di Stato, Pre- State, ex-President of the Court of Cassation, sidente emerito di Corte di Cassazione, Sjoatoro - Senator of the Kingdom of Italy ; del Regno d’ltalia, &c., &c.; Who, having communicated to each other their I quali, dopo. essersi comunicati i rispettivi loro respective full powers, found in good and due pieni poteri, trovati in buona e debits forma, THE LONDON GAZETTE, APEIL 17, 1900. 2497

War Office, April 17, 1900. Charles Warren to support and reinforce them, rp ilE following Despatch, with its enclosures, I am of opinion that Lieut.-Colonel Thorney- . has been received from Field-Marshal Lord croft’s assumption of responsibility and authority Roberts, Y.C., G.C.B., &c., Commauding-in-Chief, was wholly inexcusable. During the night the South Africa:— enemy's fire, if it did cot cease altogether, could not, have been formidable, and, though To the Secretary of State for War. lamp signalling was not possible at the time, Army Head-quarters, South Africa, owing to the supply of oil having failed, Camp, Dekiel Drift, Biet River, it would not have taken more than two or My Lord, 13th February, 1900. three hours at most for Lieut.-Colonel Thorney- I HAVE the honour to submit, for your croft to communicate by messenger with Major- •Lordship’s information, despatches from General General Coke or Sir Chailes Warren, and to Sir Bedvers Buller, describing the advance across receive a reply. Major-General Coke appears the Tugela Biver on the 17th and 18th January, to have left Spion Kop, at 9.30 p.m., for the pur­ 1900, and the capture and evacuation of the pose of consulting with Sir Charles Warren, and Spfon Kop position on the 23rd and 24th January, up to that hour the idea of a withdrawal had as well as certain minor operations between the not been entertained. Yet almost immediately 19th and 24th January on the right or eastern after Major-General Coke’s departure Lieut.- line of advance. Colonel Thomeycroft issued an order, without 2. The plan of operations is not very clearly reference to superior authority, which upset the .described in the despatches themselves, but it whole plan of operations, and rendered un­ may be gathered from-them. and the accompany­ availing the sacrifices which had already been ing documents; themselves' that the original in­ made to carry it into effect. tention was to cross the Tugela at or near On the other hand, it is only right to state Trichardfs Drift, and .thence by., following the that Lieut.-Colonel Thomeycroft appears to have road past “ Fair View” and “ Acton Homes,” to behaved in a very gallant manner throughout gain the open plain north of Spion Kop, the Boer the day, and it was doubtless due, in a great positionj in front of Potgieter’s- Drift being too measnre, to his exertions and example that the strong to be taken by direct attack. • The whole troops continued to hold the summit of the hill force, less* one brigade, was placed under -the until directed to retire. orders of Sir Charles Warren, who, the day 4. The conduct of Captain Phillips, Brigade- after he had ..crossed the Tugela, seems to have Major of.the 10th Brigade, on the occasion in consulted his General, and principal Staff, Officers, question, is deserving of high commendation. and to- have come to the conclusion that the He did his best to .rectify (he mistake which flanking movement which Sir Redvers Buller was being made, but it was too late. Signalling had mentioned in his secret instructions was communication was, npt .re-established until impracticable on account of the insufficiency of 2.30 a.m. on .the 25th January, and by that time supplies. He accordingly decided to advance the Naval guns could, not . have, reached the by the more direct road leading north-east and summit of the hill before daybreak.Major- branching off from a point east of “ ThreeAngloBoerWar.com Tree General Coke did not return,-apd Lieut.-Colonel Hill.” The selection of tins road necessitated the Thomeycroft had gone away. Moreover, most capture and retention of Spion Kop, but whether of the troops had begun to leave the hill, and the it would have been equally necessary to occupy working parties, with the half company of Royal Spion Kop, had the line of advance indicated by Engineers, had also withdrawn. Sir Redvers Buller been followed, is not stated in the correspondence. As Sir Charles Warren 5. It is to be regretted that Sir Charles considered it impossible to make the wide hank­ Warren did not himself visit Spion Kop during ing movement which was recommended, if not the. afternoon or evening, knowing as he did actually prescribed, in his secret instructions, he that the state of affairs there was very critical, should at once have acquainted Sir Redvers and that the loss of the position would involve Buller with the course of action which lie pro­ the failure of the operations. He was, con­ ceed to adopt. There is nothing to show sequently,. obliged to summon Major-General whether he did so or not, but it seems only fair Coke to his head-quarters in the evening in to Sir Charles Warren to point out that Sir order that he might ascertain how matters were Redvers Buller appears throughout to have been going on, and the command on Spion Kop thus aware of what was happening. On several devolved on Lieut.-Colonel Thomeycroft; but occasions he was present during the operations. Major-General Coke was not aware of this. He repeatedly gave advice to his subordinate ■About midday, under instructions from Sir Red­ ■ Commander, and on the day after the withdrawal vers Buller, Sir Charles Warren had directed from Spion Kop he resumed the chief command. Lieut.-Colonel Thomeycroft to assume command 3. As regards the withdrawal of the troops on the summit of the hill, with the temporary 'from the Spmn Kop position, which, though rank of Brigadier-General, but this order was not ' occupied, almost without opposition in the early communicated to Major-General Coke, who,until morning of the 24th January, had to be held he left the position at 9.30 p.m, was under the throughout the day under an extremely heavy impression that the command had devolved on fire, and the retention of which had become Colonel Hill, as senior officer, after Colonel essential to the relief of Ladysmith, I regret that Crofton had been wounded. Omissions or mis­ I am unable to concur with Sir Redvers Buller takes of this nature may be trivial in themselves, in thinking that Lieut.-Colonel Thomeycroft exer­ yet may exercise an important influence on .the cised a wise discretion in ordering the troops course of events ; and I think that Sir Redvers to retire. Even admitting that due preparations Buller is justified in remarking that “ there was may not have been made for strengthening the a want of organization and system which acted position during the' night, reorganizing the most unfavourably on the defence.” defence, and bringing up artillery—in regard to 6. The attempt to relieve Ladysmith, described which Sir Charles Warren’s report does not in these despatches, was well devised, and I altogether bear out Sir Redvers Buller’s conten­ agree with Sir Redvers Buller in thinking that it tion—admitting also that the senior Officers on ought to have succeeded. That it failed may, in the summit' of the hill might have been more some measure, be due to the difficulties of the promptly informed of the measures taken by Sir ground and the commanding positions held 2498 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900, the enemy—probably also to errors of judgment ox wagons, 232, 10-span mule wagons, 98, and want of administrative capacity on the part 6-span, 107, 4-span, 52; total, 489 vehicles. In of Sir Charles Warren. But whatever faults addition to these, the ambulances were working Sir Charles Warren may have committed, the backwards and forwards evacuating the sick failure must also be ascribed to the disinclina­ and wounded. tion of the Officer in supreme command to assert By 2 p.m. the 26th, all the ox wagons were his authority and see that what he thought best over, and by 11.30 p.m. all the mule transports was done, and also to the unwarrantable and were across and the bridge clear for the troops. needless assumption of responsibility by a sub­ By 4 a.m. the 27th, all the troops were over, ordinate Officer. and by 8 a.m. the pontoons were gone and all 7. The gratifying feature in these despatcheswas clear. The troops had all reached their is the admirable behaviour of the troops new camps by 10 a.m. The marches averaged throughout the operations. for the mounted troops, about 7 miles, and for I have, &c., the Infantry and Artillery an average of 5 miles. ROBERTS, Field-Marshal, Everything worked without a hitch, and the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa. arrangements reflected great credit on the Staff of all degrees; but I must especially men­ tion Major Irwin, R.E., and his men of the From General Sir Redvers Buller to the Secretary Pontoon Troop, who were untiring. "When all of State for War. men were over, the chesses of the pontoon (Through Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, G.O.B., bridge were so worn by the traffic, that I do Commander-in-Chief, Cape Town.) not think they would have lasted another half Spearman’s Hill, hour. Sib, 30th January, 1900. Thus ended an expedition which I think I HAVE the honour to report that General ought to have succeeded. We have suffered Sir Charles Warren’s Division having arrived at very heavy losses, and lost many whom we can Estcourt, less two battalions, 10th Brigade, ill spare; but, on the other hand, we have which were left at the Cape, by the 7th January, inflicted as great or greater losses upon the it moved to Frere on the 9th. enemy than they have upon us, and they are, The column moved as ordered, but torrents by all accounts, thoroughly disheartened; while of rain fell on the 9th, which filled all the our troops are, I am glad and proud to say, in spruits, and, indeed, rendered many of them excellent fettle. impassable for many hours. To forward supply I have, &c., alone took 650 ox wagons, and as in the 16 REDVERS BULLER, miles from Frere to Springfield there were three General Officer Commanding. places at which all the wagons had to be double spanned, and some required three spans, some idea may be formed of the difficulties, but these From Lieutenant-General Sir C, Warren, to the were all successfully overcome byAngloBoerWar.com the willing Chief of the Staff. labours of the troops. Hatting’s Farm, The 4th Brigade reached Springfield on the Sir, 29th January, 1900. 12th in support of the mounted troops who had I HAVE the honour to make the following surprised and seized the important position of report on the operations on the north side of Spearman’s Hill, commanding Potgieter’s Drift, Tugela, west of Spion Kop, from the 17th to the on the 11th. 27th of January, 1900;— By the 13th all troops were at Springfield and 1. On the 8th January field orders were Spearman’s Hill, and supply was well forward. published constituting the 10th Brigade of tho On the 16th a reserve of 17 days’ supply 5th Division a Corps Brigade, and placing the having been collected, General Sir C. Warren, 4th Brigade in the 5th Division. The 5th Division in command of the 2nd Division, the 11th thus constituted marched from Frere on the Brigade of the 5th Division, the Brigade Division 10th instant, arriving at Springfield on the 12th Royal Field Artillery, 5th Division, and certain instant. corps troops, including the Mounted Brigade, 2. On the 15th January I received your secret moved from Springfield to Trichardt’s Drift, instructions to command a force to proceed which is about 6 miles west of Potgieter’s. across the Tugela, near Trichardt’s Drift to the I attach Sir C. Warren’s report of his operations. west of Spion Kop, recommending me to proceed On the night of the 23rd, General Warren forward, refusing my right (namely Spion Kop) attacked Spion Sop, which operation he has and bringing my left forward to gain the open made the subject of a special report. On the plain north of Spion Kop. This move was to morning of the 25th, finding that Spion Kop commence as soon as supplies were all in, and had been abandoned in the night, I decided to the 10th Brigade (except two companies) re­ withdraw General Warren’s force ; the troops moved from Springfield Bridge to Spearman’s had been continuously engaged for a week, in Hill. circumstances entailing considerable hardships, 3. I was provided with 4 days' rations with there had been very heavy losses on Spion which I was to cross the Tugela, fight my way Kop. I consequently assumed the command, round to north of Spion Kop, and join your commenced the withdrawal of the ox and heavy column opposite Potgieter’s. mule transports on the 25th; this was com­ 4. On the 15th January I made the arrange­ pleted by midday the 26th; by double spanning ments for getting supplies, and moved the the loaded ox wagons got over the drift at the 10th Brigade on the following day; and on the rate of about eight per hour. The mule wagons evening of the 16th January I left Springfield went over the pontoon bridge, but all the mules with a force under my command, which amounted had to be taken out and the vehicles passed over to an Army-Corps (less one brigade), and by a by hand. For about 7 hours of the night the night march arrived at Trichardt’s Drift, and drift could not be used as it was dangerous in took possession of the hills on the south side of the dark, but the use of the pontoon went on the Tugela. day and night. In addition to machine guns, 5. On the 17th January I threw pontoon six batteries of Royal Field Artillery, and four bridges across the Tugela, passed the Infantry howitzers, the following vehicles were passed across by ponts, and captured the hills imme- THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. 2499 diately commanding the drift on the north side got down to the drift during the day, and were with two brigades commanded by Generals crossed over before 2 p.m. on tbe 26th January. Woodgate and Hart. The Commander-in-Chief 11. The arrangements for the retirement of was present during part of the day. and gave, the 5th Division were exceedingly well got out, some verbal directions to General Woodgate. and the retirement was made in good order The Mounted Brigade passed over principally during the night of the 26th, the whole of the by the drift, and went over the country as far troops crossing to the south side of the Tugela as Acton Homes, and on the following day (18th) before daylight, and the wagons were packed, had a successful action with a small party of and the troops bivoucked near the spruit about Boers, bringing in 31 prisoners. 2 miles to the east of tbe pontoon bridges. Buring tne night of the 17th, and day of the About 10 p.m., previous to the retirement, heavy 18th, the whole of the wagons belonging to the musketry was heard to the north of our position, force were brought across the Tugela,, and the which has been attributed to a Boer commando artillery were in position outside of Wright’s thinking we were going to make a night attack. Farm. 12. I propose to forward as soon as possible 6. On the 19th, two brigades advanced, a more detailed report of the movements of occupying the slopes of the adjoining hills on brigades and units, and acts of individuals, the right, and the wagons were successfully C. WARREN, Lieut.-General, brought to Venter’s Spruit. Commanding 5th Division. In the evening, after having examined the possible roads by which we could proceed, I assembled the General Officers and the Staff, From the General Officer Commanding, Natal, to and the Officer Commanding Royal Artillery, the Secretary of State for War. and Commanding Royal Engineer, and pointed (By the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, out to them that of the two roads by which we Cape Town.) could advance, the eastern one by Acton Homes Spearman’s Hill, must be rejected, because time would not allow Sm, 30th January, 1900. of it, and with this all concurred;,- I then IN forwarding Lieut.-General Sir 0. Warren’s pointed out that the-only possible way of all report on the capture and evacuation ef Spion getting through by the road north of; Fair View Kop, I have the honour to offer the following would be by taking 3 or 4 days’ food in- our observations:— haversacks, and sending all our wagons back Sir C. Warren is hardly correct in saying that across the Tugela; but before we could do this he was only allowed 3^ days’ provisions. I had we must capture the position in front of us. told him that transport for 3^ days would be 7. On the following day, 20th January, I sufficient burden to him, but that I would keep placed two brigades and six batteries of Artillery him filled up as he wanted it. That he was at the disposal of General Sir C. F. Clery, with aware of this is shown by tbe following tele­ instructions to attack the Boer positions by a gram which he sent on the day in question. It is the only report I had from Sir C. Warren:— series of outflanking movements, and by theAngloBoerWar.com end of the day, after fighting for 12 hours, we were (Sent 7.54 p.m. Received 8.15 p.m.) ' in possession of the whole part of the hills, but “Left Flank, 19th January, found a strongly entrenched line on the com­ “ To Chief of the Staff, paratively flat country beyond us. “ I find there are only two roads by which we could possibly get from Trichardt’s Drift to Pot- 8. ' On the 21st, the Boers displayed consider­geiter’s, on the north of the Tugela, one able activity on our left, and the Commander-in- Acton Homes, the other by Fair View and Chief desired me to move two batteries from Rosalie; the first I reject as too long, the right to left. • At a subsequent date, during the second is a very difficult road for a large day, I found it impossible to proceed without number of wagons, unless the enemy is howitzers, and telegraphed for four from Pot- thoroughly cleared out. I am, therefore, going gie'ter’s. These arrived early on the morning to adopt some special arrangements which will of the 22nd, and the Commander-in-Chief, involve my stay at Venter’s Laager for 2 or 3 arriving about the. same time, directed me to days. I will send in for further supplies and lace two of these howitzers on the left, two report progress.—W ahben.” Eaving already been placed on the right flank. The reply to this was that 3 days’ supply was I pointed out to the Commander-in-Chief that it being sent. would be impossible to get wagons through by I went over to Sir C. Warren on the 23rd. I the road'ma'Smg; .past Fair View, unless we first pointed out to him that I had no further report took Spion Kop, which lies within about 2,000 and no intimation of the special arrangements yards of the road. The Commander-in-Chief foreshadowed by this telegram of the 19th, that agreed that Spion Kop would have to be taken. for 4 days he had kept his men continuously Accordingly that evening orders were drawn up : exposed to shell and rifle fire, perched on the giving the necessary instructions to General' edge of an almost precipitous hill, that the Talbot Coke to take Spion Kop that night, but, ..position admitted of no second line, and the owing to an absence of sufficient reconnaissance, • supports were massed close behind the firing he requested that the attack might be put off line in indefensible formations and that a panic for a day. i or sudden charge might send the whole lot in 9. On the 23rd January the Commander-in-disorder down the hill at any moment. I Chief came into camp, the attack on Spion Kop said it was too dangerous a situation to be was decided upon, and Lieut.-Colonel aCourt, of prolonged, and that he must either attack or the Head-quarter Staff, was directed by the I should withdraw his force. I advocated, as I Commander-in-Chief to accompany General had previously done, an advance from his left. Woodgate, who was detailed to command -the He said that he had the night before ordered attacking column. The account of the capture General Coke to assault Spion Kop, but the of Spion Kop is given in another report latter had objected to undertaking a night 10. On the morning of the 25th January theattack on a position the road to which he had Commander-in-Chief arrived, decided to retire not reconnoitred, and added that ho intended tc the force, and assumed direct command. The assault Spion Kop that night. whole of the wagons of the 5th Division were I suggested that as General Coke was still No. 27183. 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lame from the effects of a lately broken leg, but according to instructions was generally to General Woodgate, who had two sound legs, continue throughout refusing my right and was better adapted for mountain climbing. throwing my left forward until I gained the As no heliograph could, on account of the fire, open plain north of Spion Kop. be kept on the east side of Spion Kop, messages Upon the 19th of January, on arrival at for Sir 0. Warren were received by our Venter’s Laager, I assembled all the General signallers at Spearman and telegraphed to Officers, Officers Commanding Royal Artillery, Sir C. Warren; thus I saw them before and Royal Engineers of Divisions, and Staff he did, as I was at the signal station. The Officers, together. I pointed out to them that, telegram Sir C. Warren quotes did not give with the three and a-half (3£) days’ provisions me confidence in its sender, and, at the allowed, it was impossible to advance by the left moment, I could see that our men on the road through Acton Homes. In this they top had given way and that efforts were being unanimously concurred. I showed them that made to rally them. I telegraphed to Sir C. the only possible road was tbat going over W arren: “ Unless you put some really good hard Fair View through Rosalie, but. I expressed fighting man in command on the top you will my conviction that this could not be done unless lose the hill. I suggest Thorneycroft.” we sent the whole of our transport back across The statement that a staff officer reported the Tugela, and attempted to march through direct to me during the day is a mistake. with our rations in our haversacks—without Colonel aCourt was sent down by General impedimenta. Woodgate almost as soon as he gained the The hills wore cleared on the following day, summit. and very strong entrenchments found behind I have not thought it necessary to order any them. The Commander-iQ-Chief was present on investigation. If at sundown the defence the 21st aud 22nd January, and I pointed out of the summit had been taken regularly in the difficulties of marching along the road, hand, eutrenchinents laid out, gun emplacements accompanied by wagons, without first taking prepared, the dead removed, the wounded Spion Hop. collected, and, in fact the whole place brought Accordingly, on the night of the 22nd, I under regular military command, and careful ordered General Coke to occupy Spion Kop. arrangements made for the supply of water and He, however, desired that the occupation might food to the scattered fighting line, the hills be deferred for a day in order that he might would have been held, I am sure. make a reconnaissance with the Officers Com­ But no arrangements were made. General manding battalions to be sent there. Coke appears to have been ordered away just On 23rd January, the Commander-in-Chief as he would have been useful, and no one suc­ came into camp, and told me that there were ceeded him; those on the top were ignorant of two courses open, (1) to attack, (2) to retire. the fact that guns were coming up, and generally I replied that I should prefer to attack Spion there was a want of organization aud system Kop to retiring, aud showed the Commander- that acted most unfavourably on theAngloBoerWar.com defence. in-Chief my orders of the previous day. It is admitted by all that Colonel Thorneycroft The Commander-in-Chief then desired that I acted with the greatest gallantry throughout should put General Woodgate in command of the day, and really saved the situation. Pre­ the expedition, and detailed Lieuti-Colonel aCourt parations for the second day’s defence should to accompany him as Staff Officer. have been organized during the day, and have The same evening General Woodgate pro­ been commenced at nightfall. ceeded with the Lancashire Fusiliers, the Royal As this was not done, I think Colonel Thorney­ Lancaster Regiment, a portion of Thorneycroft’s croft exercised a wise discretion. Horse, and half company Royal Engineers, sup­ Our losses 1 regret to say were very heavy, ported by two companies of the Connaught but the enemy admitted to our doctors that Rangers and by the Imperial Light Infantry, the theirs were equally severe, and though we were latter having just arrived by Trichardt’s Drift. not successful in retaining the position, the losses The attack and capture of Spion Kop was inflicted on the enemy and the attack generally entirely successful. General Woodgate, having have had a marked effect upon them. secured the summit on the 24th, reported that I cannot close these remarks without bearing he had entrenched a position and hoped he was testimony to the gallant and admirable behavionr secure, but that the fog was too thick to permit of the troops, the endurance shown by the him to see. The position was lushed without Lancashire Fusiliers, the Middlesex Regiment, casualties, other than three men wounded. and Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry was admir­ Lieut.-Colonel aCourt came down in the morn­ able, while the efforts of the 2nd Bn. Scottish ing and stated that everything was satisfactory Rifles and 3rd Bn. King’s Royal Rifles were and secure, and telegraphed to the Commander- equally good, and the Royal Lancasters fought in-Chief to that effect. Scarcely had he started gallantly. on his return to head-quarters when a heliogram I am writing to catch the mail, and have not arrived from Colonel Crofton (Royal Lancaster). any particulars yet to enable me to report more The message was: '• Reinforce at once or all fully on details. lost. General dead.” I have, &c., ne also sent a similar message to Head­ REUVERS BULLER. quarters. I immediately ordered General Coke to proceed to his assistance, and to take com­ Report by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, mand of the troops. He started at onoe and K.C.B., upon the Capture and subsequent was accompanied by the Middlesex and Dorset­ Evacuation of Spion Kop. shire Regiments. Chief of the Staff, I replied to Colonel Crofton: “ I am sending I MAKE the operations against Spion Kop in a two battalions, and the Imperial Light Infantry separate report, because they did not enter into are on their way up. You must hold on to the my original plans. last No surrender.” Under the original instructions of the General This occurred about 10 a.m. Officer Commanding-in-Chief, of 15th January, Shortly afterwards, I received a telegram from 1900, I was to act as circumstances required, the Commander-in-Chief, ordering me to appoint THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. 2501

Lieut-Colouel Thorneycroft to the command of Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace,. the summit. 1 accordingly had heliographed: April 16, 1900. “ With the approval of the Commander-in-Chief, OTICE is hereby given, that The Queen’s I place Lieut.-Colonel Thorneycroft in com­ Birthday will be celebrated in London mand of the summit, with the local rank of aloneN on Wednesday, the 23rd May next, and at Brigadier-General.” all other Stations, Naval and Military, on Thurs­ For some hours after this message I could get day, the 24th May next. no information from the summit. It appears that the signallers and their apparatus were destroyed by the heavy fire. I repeatedly asked for Colonel Thorneycroft Downing Street, April 14, 1900. to Btate his view of the situation. At 1.20 p.m. THE Queen has been pleased to approve of the I heliographed to ascertain whether Colonel appointment of Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekera Thorneycroft had assumed command, and at the and Semasinha Navaratna Wanninayaka Hulu- same time asked General Coke to give me his galla, Esqrs., to be Unofficial Members of the views on the situation on Spion Kop. Still Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon. getting no reply, I asked whether General Coke was there, and subsequently received his view of the situation. He stated that, unless the (F. & H. 6087.) Artillery could silence the enemy’s guns, the men on the summit could not stand another Board o f Trade (Fisheries and Harbour complete day’s shelling, and that the situation Department), London, April 17, 1900. was extremely critical. TH E Board of Trade have received, through At 6.B0 p.m. I asked if he could keep two the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the battalions on the summit, removing the remainder following copy of a Telegram from Her Majesty’s out of reach of shells, also whether two battalions Representative at Constantinople, viz. would suffice to hold the summit; this was in Telegramme-circulaire aux Offices de Sant6 de la accordance with a telegram on the subject sent frootifere turco-persane en date du21/3 Avril, me by the Commander-in-Chief. Later in the 1900. evening I made arrangements to send two Far decision du Conseil Superior de Sant6 (Naval) 12-prs. and the Mountain Battery, l’acchs de la frontiers Ottomans comprise entre Royal Artillery, to the summit, together with Revendouz et Handguine est interdit, sauf par les half company Royal Engineers (and work­ trois points de Revendouz, Pendjoune et Hane- ing parties, two reliefs of 600 men each), to guine ou les voyageurs seront soumis a une visile strengthen the entrenchments and provide shell roedicule rigoureuse. Ceux parmi ces voyageurs covers for the men. I may here mention that prdsentant des symptoms de maiadie suspecte ne the 17th Company, Royal Engineers, proceeded seront pas recus en territoire ottoman. at the same time as General Woodgate's force, L’lnspecteur General, and were employed until daylight upon the Dr. Cozzonis. entrenchments, then upon road makingAngloBoerWar.com and (F. & H. 6187.) water supply. Board o f Trade (Fisheries and Harbour Sandbags were sent up early on the 24th Department), London, April 17, 1900. instant. THE Board of Trade have received, through While Colonel Sim was, with this party, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy ascending the hill, he met Colonel Thorneycroft of a Despatch from Her Majesty’s Representative descending, having evacuated the position. at Trieste, enclosing the following copy of a I wish to bring to notice that I heard from all Notice respecting quarantine, viz.:— but one expression of the admirable conduct and Translation of Circular No. 4070 of the Imperial bravery shown by Officers and men suffering and Royal Marine Board at Trieste, to ail Imperial under a withering Artillery fire on the summit and ltoial Olliers and Officers and Subordinate of the slopes, and also of those who, with so Port and Sanitary Offices and Officers. much endurance, persisted in carrying up water and food and ammunition to the troops during In consideration of the present sanitary con­ ditions »t Alexandria and Oporto, the Ministries of this day. During the day a Staff Officer of the Head­ the Interior, of Commerce and of Finance, in quarter Staff was present on the summit, and union with the Royal Hungarian Government, reported direct to the Commander-in-Chief. have issued a decree, dated March 29, 1900, At sunset I considered that the position could abolishing the prohibition of importation and be held next day, provided that guns could be transit of certain specified goods and objects mounted and effective shelter provided. Both arriving from Egypt and Portugal, issued by of these conditions were about to be fulfilled, as decrees of June 6, 1899 (B.L.J. No. 99), and already mentioned. August 31, 1899 (B.L.J. No. 170), and published in Government Circulars of June 7, 1899, No. In the absence of General Coke, whom I 6513, and of September 2, 1899, No. 10259. ordered to come to report in person as to the This decree comes into force the day of its situation, the evacuation took place under orders, publication. given upon his own responsibility, by Lieut- This is issued for information and guidance. Colonel Thorneycroft. This occurred in the Trieste,. March 31, 1900. face of the vigorous protests of General Coke’s Brigade-Major, the Officer Commanding the The President, Middlesex Regiment, and others. Becheb. It is a matter for the Commander-in-Chief to (F. & H. 6191.) decide whether there should be an investigation Board oj Trade (Fisheries and Harbour into the question of the unauthorized evacuation Department), London, April 17, 1900. of Spicm Kop. THE Board of Trade have received, through CHARLES WARREN, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy Lieut.-General. of a Despatch from Her Majesty’s Re, resentative at Montevideo, intimating that quarantine on arrivals from Paraguay has been removed, vess Is B 2 2502 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. and baggage, however, being still liable to disin­ if in the judgment of the local quarantine officer fection. it is safe to do so. (F. & H. 6222.) Rule 7. Vessels wishing to engage in the - fruit Board of Trade {Fisheries and Harbour or cattle trade will be allowed to do so under Department), London, April 17, 1900. special restrictions and regulations governing the THE Board of Trade have received, through same. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy All officials, military authorities and citizens of of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Representative Texas are solicited to assist the quarantine officers at Galveston, enclosing the following Proclamation in the execution of the above rules, and are respecting quarantine issued by the Governor of earnestly requested to notify'thg"Gq^ernor of,any Texas, viz. dereliction of duty by officers or employes or~any Quarantine Proclamation by the Governor of other facts that will give greater efficiency to the Texas. quarantine service. Austin, Texas, March 30.—The following In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed Proclamation was issued by Governor Sayers to­ my name and have caused the seal of the State to day be affixed, at the city of Austin, this the 29th day Be it known that I, Joseph D. Sayers, Governor of March, a.d. 1900. of the State of Texas, by authority vested in me J oseph D. Sayers, Governor. by the laws of this State, do hereby declare that By the Governor : quarantine shall be established on the Gulf Coast G eo. T. K eeble, Chief Clerk and Acting and Rio Grande border on and after April 1,1900, Secretary of State. and it shall continue until closed by proclamation. Said quarantine shall apply to all vessels, per­ sons, or things coming from places infected by yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic plague, or cholera, Admiralty, 14th April, 1900. and all places south of 25 degrees north latitude IN accordance with the provisions of Her shall be considered infected unless proof to the Majesty’s Order in Council of 1st April, 1881—- contrary be submitted to the State Health Officer Fleet Surgeon Richard Gavin Brown, M.B., has and special exemption be granted to said places, been placed on the Retired List, with permis­ and persons from such places are prohibited from sion to assume the rank of Deputy Inspector- entering this State within a period of ten days. General of Hospitals and Fleets. Dated 15th I further declare quarantine against any per­ April, 1900. son or persons infected or liable to be infected Admiralty, \Gth April,' 1900. with yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic plague, or cholera, either within or without the State, and THE undermentioned Boatswains have been direct the quarantine officers of the counties and promoted to the rank of Chief Boatswain in Her towns (o establish local quarantine around any Majesty’s Fleet:— and all such persons whenever discovered.AngloBoerWar.comJohn Richard Broadhurst. The coast quarantine stations shail be governed Edward James Case. by the following rules:— Thomas Nineham. Rule 1. Ten days must have elapsed from the George James. day of sailing from an infected point before ves­ Benjamin Thompson. sels will be allowed to enter the ports of Texas, Harry Bishop. except fruit vessels and such vessels as have been Henry Butters. - . given written permits to do so. Dated 1st April, 1900. Rule 2. Vessels arriving outside the bar of Texas ports with sickness on board at the time of arrival of either yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic War Office, Pall Mall, plague or cholera must not be brought inside of 17th April, 1900. the bar by pilots, but must be at once reported to the local quarantine officer, who will at once 7th Dragoon Guards, Major-General Sir H. P. report same to the state health officer, and he will Ewart, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., to be Colonel, vice endeavour to have such vessel ordered to the Major - General and Honorary Lieutenant- nearest United States marine hospital service for General A. Nugent, transferred to 2nd Dragoons. treatment. Dated 10th February, 1900. Rule 3. Vessels from an infected place having 2nd Dragoons, Major-General and Honorary had sickness or deaths en route, but having no Lieutenant-General A. Nugent, from 7th sickness at the time of arrival, will be disinfected Dragoon Guards, to be Colonel, vice Lieu­ and held five full days after disinfection under tenant-General and Honorary General G. C. observation before being released, and a longer Clarke, C.B., deceased. Dated 10th February, time if considered necessary by the state health 1900. ------officer. Rule 4. Vessels from places actually infected, 1 st Life Guards, Captain Hugh C. Keith Fraser and having been at sea longer than ten days, will is seconded for special service in South Africa. be disinfected and held under observation five full Dated 20th November, 1899. days. Royal Horse Guards, The seconding of Captain Rule 5. Vessels from places south of 25 Charles H. Villiers for special service in South degrees north latitude, with clean bills of health, Africa is antedated to 20th November, 1899. and having had no sickness on board, will be The promotions to the rank of Captain of the disinfected and held three days after disinfection. undermentioned Lieutenants are antedated as Rule 6. Iron steamships arriving from non- follows:— infected ports south of 25 degrees north latitude, John G., Marquis of Tullibardine, D.S.O., to with no cargo or passengers, with clean bills of 20th November, 1899, vice C. H. Villiers. health from last clearance and the clearance pre­ The Honourable A. H. C. Hanbury-Tracy, to ceding the last, and in good sanitary condition at 24th February, 1900, vice W. F. Ricardo, the time of arrival, may be permitted to enter, missing. after being disinfected, without further detention E. Butler Charteris, to 24th February, 1900. -THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 19.00. 2503

1st Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant the Honourable The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Chandos G. Gore-Langton to be Captain, vice Dated 7th April, 1900 :— W . J . S. Fergusson, promoted. Dated 11th C. G. Graham Hutchison, vice D. Bowly, pro­ April, 1900. moted. William Thomas Yere Way to Wood, Gent., to be Hugh B. Protheroe Smith, on augmentation. Second Lieutenant, in succession to Lieutenant E. Deacon, resigned. Dated 18th April, 1900. T he I mperial Y eomanry. 2nd Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant Charles A. L. Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel C. Bar­ French to be Captain, on augmentation. ton, Beserve of Officers, from Captain, to be Dated 18th April, 1900. Second in Command of a Battalion of Imperial Captain Bobert Clyde Lawrance, from 3rd Yeomanry. Dated 18th April, 1900. Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Boss-shire Lieutenant H. W. M. B mham, . Lieutenant- Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s), to be Second Colonel Beserve of Officers, to be Captain. Lieutenant, in succession to Lieutenant T. Dated 7th April, 1903. Ward, promoted. Dated 18th April, 1900. Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel Wind­ ham T., Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl, K.P., 3rd Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant Gerald A. 7th Battalion the Boyal Munster Fusiliers, to Burgoyne is seconded for special service in be Captain (Supernumerary),' with the tem­ South Africa. Dated 10th March, 1900. porary rank of Captain in the Army. Dated 4th Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant Edward Bickards 18th April, 1900. to be Captain, vice D. F. Sellar, seconded. To be Captains, with the temporary rank of Cap­ Dated 15th November, 1899. tain in the Army. Dated 18th April, 1900 :— Supernumerary Lieutenant A. G. A. Jerrard to Captain G. B. Crosfield, let Volunteer Battalion be Lieutenant, vice E. Bickards. Dated 21st the Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lan­ January, 1900. cashire Begiment). Second lieutenant G. B. Lamont to be Lieu­ Alexander Stewart Crum, Esq., late Lieutenant tenant, vice C. Parker Toulson, promoted. the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Dated 18th April, 1900. '7th Dragoon Guards, The appointment to a Captain C. F. S. Ewart, Beserve of Officers, to Second Lieutenancy of Captain C. H. be Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Anderson-Pelham, from 4th Battalion the To be Lieutenants, with the temporary rank of Lincolnshire Begiment, which appeared in the Lieutenant in the Army. Dated 18th April, Gazette of 6th March, 1900, is cancelled. 1900:— Second Lieutenant N. E. T. Bosanquet, 7th Bat­ 8th Hussars, The undermentioned Officers are talion the Bide Brigade (The Prince Consort’s seconded for special service in South Africa:— Own). Captain John A. Henderson. Dated 30th Francis William George Gore, Gent., late Lieu­ November, 1899. tenant North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry. -- Captain Francis W. Mussenden. Dated 9th B. Osborne Hilliard, Gent. December, 1899. AngloBoerWar.com

Supernumerary Captain Isaac W. Bums-Lindow Lieutenant C. C. Macdowell, Captain the Devon to be Captain, vice F. W. Mussenden. Dated Artillery, to be Adjutant, with the temporary 5th January, 1900. rank of Captain in the Army.. Dated 18th To be Second Lieutenants, on augmentation. April, 1900. Dated 18th April, 1900 :— Koval R egiment of A rtillery. . r Captain Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert, from 4th Boyal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, Lieu­ Battalion the Lincolnshire Begiment. tenant Bobert Gordon Finlayson, from die Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Bryan Theophilus Suffolk Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant. Metcalfe, from 3rd Battalion the Hampshire Dated 18th April, 1900. Begiment. Captain Bobert FitzMaurice to be Adjutant, vice lltA Hussars, Second Lieutenant Claude S. Borne Major J. E. W. Headlum, who vacated on pro­ is seconded for special service in South Africa. motion. Dated 21st March, 1900. Dated 3rd March, 1900. Royal Garrison Artillery, Supernumerary Captain 12th Lancers, Captain Cecil Henry Anderson- Henry G. Howorth to be Captain, on augmenta­ Pelham, from 4th Battalion the Lincolnshire tion. Dated 1st April, 1900. Begiment, to be Second Lieutenant, vice the B oyal E ngineers. ' Honourable J. D. Hamilton, promoted. Dated 18th April, 1900. Brevet Colonel Frederic Gosset, on^pompletion of five years’ service as a regimental Lieutenant - 14th Hussars, Second Lieutenant E. T. L. Wright Colonel, is placed on retired pay. Dated 9th to be Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated April, 1900. 13th December, 1899. Brevet Colonel Chandos Hoskyns, on completion 16rt Lancers, Captain Guy P. Wyndham to be of five years’ service as a regimental Lieutenant- Major, vice S. Frewen, promoted. Dated 1st Colonel, is placed on half-pay. Dated 14th April, 1900. April, 1900. 19tA Hussqrs, Second Lieutenant A. Holford to The undermentioned Captains to be Majors, to be Lieutenant, vice H. A. Porter, seconded. complete establishment. Dated 1st April, Dated 21st March, 1900. 1 9 0 0 j: ‘ Herbert V. Kent. 20fA Hussars, Lieutenant Gilbert M. B. A. Eyre Houston. Swiney to be Captain, in succession to Major Burdett E. Morony. • E. Witham, appointed to the Staff. Dated 8th William B. Brown. January, 1900. Charles F. Mould. ; 21 st Lancers, Captain Ernest H. Lewis is seconded Thomas F. B. Benny-Tailyour. for service under the Colonial Office. Dated. Walter A. J. O’Meara. 2nd hlarcfa, 1900. Edward D. Haggitt. 2504 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900,

Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel William S. L ine Battalions. Gordon. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), The promotions John I. Lang, C.M.G. to the rank of Captain of the undermentioned Walter G. Lawrie. Lieutenants are antedated to 21st February, Arnaud C. Fainter. 1900:— The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, F. S. Reeves. to complete establishment. Dated 1st April, G. B. De M. Mairis. 1900 :— The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), Henry S. Rogers. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Malby James M. C. Colvin, V.C. E. Crofton is placed on half-pay. Dated 23rd William E. R. Dickson. February, 1600. Percy T. Denis i'e Vitr6. Lieutenant Robert G. Parker to be Captain, vice David M. Griffith. T. D. L. Whittington, deceased. Dated 13th Allan H. Cunningham. March, 1900. William A. Watts-Jones. Lieutenant Leveret Beverley Webster, from Guy Lubbock. Canadian Local Military Forces, to be Second The name of Quartermaster and Honorary Lieu­ Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated 18th tenant Henry Rofe Samson is as now stated April, 1900. and not as described in the Gazette of 22nd December, 1899. The Northumberland Fusiliers, The under­ Major Rookes E. B. Crompton, the Electrical mentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieu­ Engineers, Royal Engineers (Volunteers), is tenants. Dated 17 th February, 1900:— granted the temporary rank of Major in the A C. L. H. Jones, vice E. M. Moulton-Barrett, Army whilst serving with the Volunteer Section promoted. in South Africa. Dated 18th April, 1900. H. B. Warwick, vice H. T. Crispin,'promoted. The undermentioned Officers are granted the J. H. Matthews, on augmentation. temporary rank of Second Lieutenant in the St. J. E. Montagu, on augmentation. Army whilst serving with the Volunteer Sec­ H. F. Stobart, on augmentation. tion in South Africa. Dated 18th April, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, The under­ 1600 :— mentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieu­ Second Lieutenant Harry F. Bigg.>, the Electrical tenants. Dated 17th March, 1500 :— Engineers, Royal Engineers (Voluntf ers). G. B. Marriott, vice W. C. Christie, promoted. Second Lieutenant Francis P. Williams, the W. E. W. Elkington, vice G. N. B. Forster, Electrical Engineers, lioval Engineers (Volun­ promoted. teers). N. P. Clarke, on augmentation. G renadier Guards. C. B. Benson, on augmentation. Lieutenant George S. Clive is seconded for special R. H. W. Rose, on augmentation. service in South Africa. DatedAngloBoerWar.com 24th Match, G. D. Broughton, on augmentation. 1900. Lieutenant Henry W. E., Earl of Kerry, is The Royal Fusiliers ( City of London Regiment), Captain William B. Ilickie is seconded for seconded for service on the Staff. Dated 25th January, 1900. special service in South Africa. Dated 3rd The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be February, 1900. The promotion to the rank of Captain of Lieu­ Lieutenants:— S. D. Shafto, vice E. H. Trotter, seconded. tenant A C. Annesley is antedated to 3rd Dated 1st January, 1900. February, 1900. L. R. V. Colby, vice G. S. Clive, appointed The King's (Liverpool Regiment), The undermen­ Adjutant. Dated 19th .laouary, 1900. tioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :— J. H. Powell, vice H. W. E., Earl of Kerry. C. L. Harford, vice C. L. Parmiter, promoted. Dated 25th January, 1900. Dated 28th February, 1900. The Honourable M. B. Parker, vice the Honour­ H. C. Owen, vice V. T. Bailey, promoted. able F. C. Stanley, promoted. Dated 28th Dated 21st March, 1900. January, 1900. Second Lieutenant Arthur Neville Vince, from Scots G uards. Canadian Local Military Forces, to be Second Supernumerary Captain Archibald Stirling to be Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated 18th Captain, on augmentation. Dated 28th March, April, 1900. 1900. Second Lieutenant A. A. L. Stephen to be The Norfolk Regiment, Lieutenant Noel G. Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated 4th April, Thompson is seconded for service in the Army 1900. Pay Department. Dated 28th March, 1900. R egimental D istricts. The Devonshire Regiment, Captain Edmund M. Colonel R. C. Hare, from 63rd Regimental Dis­ Morris is seconded for special service in South trict (the Manchester Regiment), to be Colonel Africa. Dated 18th April, 1900. to command the 24th Regimental District (the The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry), South Wales Borderers), vice Colonel E. S. Captain Arthur G. Boyle is seconded for Browne, V.C., appointed to the Staff. Dated special service iu South Africa. Dated 8th 29th March. 19C0. March, 1900. Colonel H. G. Grant, from half-pay, to he Colonel to command the 72nd (Seaforth High­ The Bedfordshire Regiment, The undermentioned landers, Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s) Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :— and the 79th Regimental Districts (tl.e Queen’s H. C. Jackson, vice F. A. D. Stevens, seconded. Own Cameron Highlanders), vice Colonel (tem­ Dated 23rd February, 1900. porary Major-General) R. H. Murray, C.B., W. F. B. Edwards, vice H. I. Nicholl, promoted. C.M.G., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, appointed Dated 23rd February, 1900. to command an Infantry Brigade at Aldershot. A. M. Rundall, vice G. E. F . FitzGerald, pro­ Dated 3rd April, 1900. moted, Dated 23rd February, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. 2505

T. I. Webb-Bowen, vice H. D. Selous, killed in The Luke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regi­ action. Dated 28th February, 1900. ment), To be Second Lieutenants, on augmenta­ The Lancashire Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant tion. Dated 18th April, 1900 :— J. F. F. Tate to be Lieutenant, vice A. J. Second Lieutenant Edward Montgomery Harris, Allardyce, promoted. Dated 9tli February, from Canadian Local Military Forces. 1901. Second Lieutenant Edmund Featherstone Osier, from Canadian Local Military Forces. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Captain Richard Denham Ralph Robinson, Gent. E. P. Gabbctt is seconded for service under the Colonial Office. Dated 19th July, 1899. The Duke of Edinburgh's ( Wiltshire Regiment), The undermentioned Second Lieutenants, to be The King’s Own Scottish Borderers, The restoration Lieutenants. Dated 22nd February, 1900 :— to the Establishment of Supernumerary Captain H. M. Rigg, vice P. Hasler, promoted. P. Wildman-Lushington is cancelled. W. A. Blake, vice F. W. Stoddart, seconded. Supernumerary Captain Norman E. Playfair to be Captain, vice Brevet Major D. A. Macfar- The Manchester Regiment, Captain Willoughby lane, promoted. Dated 26th March, 1900. G. Gwatkin to be Maj»r, on augmentation. Second Lieutenant J. A. Doig to be Lieutenant, Dated 7th April, 1900. vice E. M. Young, died of wounds received in Second Lieutenant Thomas Fraser Ritchie, from action. Dated S 1st March, 1900. Canadian Local Military Forces, to be Second Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated 18th The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lieutenant April, 1900. Robert W. H. Mitchell to be Captain, vice The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regi­ W . L. P. Gibton, deceased. Dated 20th ment), Second Lieutenant E. S. J. Anderson March, 1900. to be Lieutenant, vice A. R. Hoskins, pro­ The Worcestershire Regiment, To be Second Lieu­ moted. Dated 20th March, 1900. tenants, on augmenta'ion. Da'ed 18th April, The D

R oyal Southern R eserve R egiment. Army Chaplains’ Department, The undermentioned Ernest H. Hacon, Gent., late Lieutenant the Chaplains to the Forces Third Class to be Buffs (East Kent Regiment), to be Lieutenant, Chaplains to the Forces Second Class with the temporary rank of Lieutenant in the The Reverend F. G. Wright. Dated 7th April, Army. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1900. R. E. F. Bullen, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, The Reverend C. H. Murphy, M.A. Dated 8th with the temporary rank of Second Lieutenant April, 1900. in the Army. Dated 18th April, 1900. The Reverend W. B. Dowding. Dated 9th R oyal Scottish Reserve R egiment. April, 1900. G. W. Hutt, Gent., late Lieutenant the Royal Army Ordnance Department, Captain A. H. Scots (Lothian Regiment), to be Captain, with Woodifleld, Royal Garrison Artillery, to be the temporary rank of Captain in the Army. Ordnance Officer Fourth Class, on augmenta­ Dated 18th April, 1900. tion. Dated 1st April, 1900. Army Pay Department, Major H. Swire, Pay­ Staff. master, to be Staff Paymaster, vice Lieutenant- Colonel (local Major-General) J. P. Brabazon, Colonel W. Montgomery, retired. Dated 17th C.B., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, from the March, 1900. command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, to BREVET. superintend the organization and equipment of Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. the Imperial Yeomanry, South Africa. Dated Jackson, employed with the Egyptian Army, 11th February, 1900 to be Colonel in recognition of his services Colonel C. G., Earl of Erroll, to be Assistant during recent operations in the Soudan. Dated Adjutant-General, Cavalry Division, South 14th March, 1900. Africa. Dated 18th January, 1900. Memoranda. Lieutenant-Colonel E. Hegan to be an Assistant Colonel (local Major-General) J . M. Babington, Adjutant-General in South Africa, with the on vacating the command of the 1st Cavalry local rank of Colonel whilst so employed. Brigade, to be an Assistant Adjutant-General, Dated 10th February, 190O. Imperial Yeomanry, South Africa, and to revert Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel W. C., to the substantive rank of Colonel. Dated 11th Lord Gerrard, Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry February, 1900. Cavalry, to be extra Aide-de-Camp to General Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. Adye, the Right Honourable Sir Redvers H. Buller, Royal Artillery, to have the local rank of Colonel G.C.B., K.C.M.G., V.C., Commanding the whilst Staff Officer, Colonial Contingents, South Troops in Natal. Dated 31st October, 1899. Africa. Dated 5th February, 1900. Major H. C. Sclater, Royal Artillery, to be Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel E. De Assistant Adjutant-General for Royal Artillery, Bratb, Indian Staff Corps, Deputy Secretary to South Africa, and to have the local rank of the Government of India in the Military Depart­ Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed.AngloBoerWar.com Dated ment, to have the substantive rank of Colonel in 10th February, 1900. the Army. Dated 18th November, 1899. The undermentioned Officers to be Deputy- Major W. H. Birkbeck, 1st Dragoon Guards, Assistant Adjutant-Generals, Head-Quarters, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel South Africa, and to have the local rank of whilst employed in the Remount Department in Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated South Africa. Dated 5th October, 1899. 10th February, 1900:— Captain C. H. Villiers, Royal Horse Guards, Major H. I. W. Hamilton, D.S.O., the^Queen’s to have the local rank of Major in South Africa (Royal West Surrey Regiment). whilst second in command of the South African Captain and Brevet Major G. F. Gorringe, D.S.O., Light Horse. Dated 20th November, 1899. Royal Engineers. Lieutenant W. G. Eden, Retired List Royal Navy, to have the temporary rank of Captain in the Army whilst employed in the Remount The undermentioned temporary appointments are Department. Dated 18th April, 1900. made:— Risaldar - Major Hafiz Muhammad Nawaz Major-General E. P. Leach, V.C., C.B., Royal Khan, Bahadur, 15th Bengal Cavalry, to have the Engineers, to be a Major-General on the Staff to temporary rank of Lieutenant - Colonel whilst command the Troops in the Belfast District, vice British Agent at Kabul. Dated 18th April, Major-General (local Lientenant-General) Sir 1900. F. Carrington, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., employed Risaldar - Major Abdullah Khan, Sirdar in South Africa. Dated 2nd April, 190;>. Bahadur, Indian Army, is granted the honorary Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. James, Reserve of rank of Captain. Dated 18th April, 1900. Officers, to be a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant- RESERVE OF OFFICERS. General at Head-Quarters, vice Major T. H. B. Lieutenant Edward T. Dixon to be Captain. Forster, Reserve of Officers, employed in South Dated 18th April, 1900. Africa. Dated 27th February, 19C0. To bo Lieutenants. Dated 18th April, 1900 Captain W. H. B. Long, the Queen’s Own (Royal Captain Benjamin Herbert Piercy, Denbighshire West Kent Regiment) to be Aide-de-Carap to Yeomanry Cavalry, late Lieutenant 12th the Right Honourable G. H., Earl Cadogan, Lancers. K.G., Lieutenant - General and General George Edward Rogers, Gent., late Lieutenant Governor of Ireland. Dated 3rd April, 1900. the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Captain M. R. de B. James, Army Service Corps, to be a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office, Pall Mall, vice Major G. A. French, Army Service Corps, 17th April, 1900. employed in South Africa. Dated 28th The undermentioned Officers to be Second Lieu­ October, 1899. tenants. Dated 18th April, 1900 :— Indian Staff Corps, Lieutenaut-Colonel Hugh De 7th Hussars, Second Lieutenant Edward Sinclair la Mott Hervey is transferred to the Unem- Gooch, from 5th Battalion the Lancashire ployed Supernumerary List. Dated 30th Fusiliers, in succession to Lieutenant H. A. March, 1900. Johnstone, promoted. THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. 2507

21 st Lancers, Lieutenant Carfrae Hamilton The Lincolnshire Regiment, Lieutenant Robert Delmege, from 6th Battalion the KiDg’s Edward Drake, from 3rd Battalion the Suffolk (Liverpool Regiment), in succession to Lieu­ Regiment, in succession to Lieutenant A. H. tenant the Honourable R. H. L. J. de Johnson, seconded. Montmorency, V.C., promoted. The Suffolk Regiment, Lieutenant Roger Warin Beaconsfield Onslow, from 3rd Ba’talion, vice L ine B attalions. F. W. Wood-Martin, miesing. The Royal Scots ( Lothian Regiment), Lieutenant Lieutenant Robert Eric Bryce Wisden, from 3rd Hugh Edward Reid, from 4th Battalion the Battalion the East Surrey Regiment, in succes­ Essex Regiment, vice G. H. F. Abadie, sion to Lieutenant C. C. R. Murphy, promoted. seconded. The Leicestershire Regiment, Lieutenant Frederick The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Ingram Ford, from 3rd Battalion the Duke of Second Lieutenant Henry Noel Alexander Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), in succes­ Hunter, from 3rd Battalion, vice C. S. Du sion to Lieutenant A. A. P. Butler, seconded. Buisson, died of wounds received in action. Second Lieutenant Frederick William Hunt, from The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Lieutenant 4th Battalion the Essex Regiment, in succes­ Miles Beevor, from 5 th Battalion the Man­ sion to Lieutenant AV. Bryce, promoted. chester Regiment, on augmentation. The Lancashire Fusiliers, Lieutenant Thomas The Northumberland Fusiliers, Lieutenant John William Talbot Isaac, from 3rd Battalion the Edmund Valentine Isaac, from 3rd Battalion Border Regiment, on augmentation. the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Lieutenant Ronald Gordon Thompson Gatherer, Regiment), on augmentation. from 3rd Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Lieutenont Ralph Gerald Ritson, from 5th Bat­ in succession to Lieutenant V. II. A. Awdry, talion, on augmentation. missing. Lieutenant Charley Vernon Leslie Poe, from 4th The Royal Scots Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant Battalion the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regi­ William Alexander Farquhar, from 3rd Bat­ ment (Royal Canadians), on augmentation. talion, in succession to Lieutenant H. S. Second Lieutenant Albert George L’Estrange Le Ravenhill, promoted. Gallais, from 1st Regiment Royal Jersey Second Lieutenant Seymour Frederick Auckland Militia, in succession to Lieutenant H. T. Albert Hurt, from 3rd Battalion, vice G. C. Crispin, promoted. Briggs, a prisoner of war. Second Lieutenant Harold Walter Archer, from Second Lieutenant Gerald Wharton Browne, 4th Battalion the East Surrey Regiment, on from 5th Battalion the Royal Inniskilling augmentation. 'Fusiliers, in succession to Lieutenant M. E. Second Lieutenant Bryan Evans, from 3rd Bat­ McConaghoy, a prisoner of war. talion the Prince of Wales’s Own (West York­ Second Lieutenant John Erskine Young, from shire Regiment), in succesion to Lieutenant H. 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant F. E„ S. Topping, missing. AngloBoerWar.comBuchanan, promoted. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Lieutenant George Dermot Marti d, from 5th Battalion, on The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Lieutenant Francis augmentation. Caradoc Rose Price, from 3rd Battalion, in Lieutenant Henry Edward Morritt, from 3rd succession to Lieutenant G. E. S. Salt, deceased,. Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment, in The South Wales Borderers, Lieutenant Andrew" succession to Lieutenant W. C. Christie, pro­ George Board, from 4th Battalion, in succes-. moted. sion to Lieutenant F. W. Gray, promoted. The Royal Fusiliers ( City of London Regiment), The King's Own Scottish Borderers, Lieutenant' Lieutenant Leonard William Kentish, from George Robert Seton Logan-Home, from 3rd 5th Battalion, on augmentation. Battalion the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders),, Second Lieutenant Thomas de Beauvoir Carey, in succession to Lieutenant E. M. YouDg, died from 1st Regiment Royal Guernsey Militia, in of wounds received in action. succession to Lieutenant L. G. T. Stone, pro­ moted. The Cameronians (.Scottish Rifles), Lieutenant Geoffrey Raymond Worthington Wilmer, from The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), Lieutenant Noel 5th Battalion the King’s (Liverpool Regiment), Barwick Charles Byam Grounds, from 3rd in succession to Lieutenant H. V. Lockwood,, Battalion the Northamptonshire Regiment, on deceased. augmentation. Lieutenant Charles Shaw Cameron, from 3rd Second Lieutenant Ernest Louis Evelyn Paine, Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire- from 3rd Regiment Royal Jersey Militia, on Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s), in succession to augmentation. Lieutenant R. Oakley, promoted. Second Lieutenant Edgar George Dion Lardner, from 3rd Battalion the Queen’s (Royal West The Gloucestershire Regiment, Lieutenant Edward Surrey Regiment), on augmentation. Montague Hill Raynsford, from 5th Battalion Second Lieutenant Reginald Williamson Gaskell, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), from 6th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers (City of vice H. H. Smith, a prisoner of war. London Regiment), on augmentation. Lieutenant Reginald Crommelin Popham Blyth, Second Lieutenant Hugh Frederick Lewis, from from 6th Battalion the Worcestershire Regi­ 3rd Battalion the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey ment, vice R. L. Beasley, a prisoner of war. Regiment), on augmentation. The Worcestershire Regiment, Lieutenant William The Norfolk Regiment, Lieutenant David Webb, Harold Cathcart, from 3rd Battalion the York from 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant and Lancaster Regiment, on augmentation. N. D. Horsford, transferred to Indian Staff Corps. The East Lancashire Regiment, Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Robert Honbury Brudenell- Edward Joseph Wolseley, from 3rd Battalion, Bruce, from 4th Battalion, on augmentation. on augmentation. No. 27183. C 2508 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900,

The Border Regiment, Lieutenant James Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shtre Buffs, tke Duke Alexander Ellis, from 4th Battalion, vice H. of Albany’s), Lieutenant Malcolm Bedford W. Garvey, killed in action. Duncan, from 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant J . F. Grant, promoted. The Royal Sussex Regiment, Lieutenant Foster Lieutenant Charles Sylvester Nairne, from 3rd Newton Thorne, from 4th Battalion the South Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant A. C. B. Wales Borderers, in succession to Lieutenant Alexander, promoted. R. C. Gridin, seconded. The Gordon Highlanders, Second Lieutenant The Welsh Regiment, Second Lieutenant Barry Vivian Gordon, from 3rd Battalion, in succes­ Hartwell, from 3rd Battalion the Prince sion to Lieutenant P. S. Allan, promoted. Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry), vice The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, Lieu­ C. F. I. Wiraberley, died of wounds received tenant Thomas Wilfred Hargreaves John in action. Erskine, from 3rd Battalion the Black Watch Tke Essex Regiment, Lieutenant Evelyn Dalrymple (Royal Highlanders), on augmentation. Raymond, from 4th Battalion, vice A. B. Lieutenant Herbert Smith, from 4th Battalion Coddington, killed in action. the Highland Light Infantry, on augmentation. Second Lieutenant Hugh Rice Bowen, from 3rd Second Lieutenant Lawrence Edgar McConaghey, Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant J. C. H. from 3rd Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment, Newman, seconded. on augmentation. Second Lieutenant Charlie Lionel Patton-Bethune, 'The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), from 3rd Battalion, on augmentation. Lieutenant Arthur Edward Every Sargent, Princess Victoria’s ( Royal Irish Fusiliers), Lieu­ from 3rd Battalion the Bedfordshire Regiment, tenant Frank William Evans Johnson, from 7th on augmentation. Battalion the Royal Fusiliers (City of London The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), Regiment), in succession to Lieutenant E. W. Second Lieutenant Edward Hubert Norman, Shewell, promoted. from 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland High­ W. H. B. Long, seconded. landers), Lieutenant James Archibald Lock- nell Campbell, from 3rd Battalion the Royal Tke King’s Own(Yorkshire Light Infantry), Second Scots Fusiliers, in snccession to Lieutenant A. Lieutenant the Honourable Edward Plan- H. Maclean, promoted. tagenet Joseph Stourton, from 5th Battalion, the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal The Prince o f Waleis Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), in succession to Lieutenant S. C. Canadians), Lieutenant Frank Joseph Rayns- Taylor, promoted. ford, from 5th Battalion the Royal Irish Regi­ Second Lieutenant Robert James McMullin, from ment, in succession to Lieutenant P. B. Carlisle, 3rd Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant C. E. resigned. Heathcote, seconded. The Royal Munster Fusiliers, Lieutenant Reginald AngloBoerWar.comGodfrey Strong, from 4th Battalion the Royal The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry), Lieu­ Dublin Fusiliers, on augmentation. tenant Bertie Elibank Murray, from 4th Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant G. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Lieutenant James Meynell, promoted. Paumier Tredennick, from 4th Battalion, in Second Lieutenant Hugh Reginald Wentworth succession to Lieutenant C. N. Perreau, pro­ Bird, from 4th Battalion, in succession to moted. Lieutenant P. C. Grover, died of wounds Lieutenant Otho Hugh Chartres Molony, from received in action. 4th Battalion, vice T. H. C. Frankland, missing. The Duke o f Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regi­ ment), Lieutenant George Darling Wright, from 4th Battalion the Norfolk Regiment, on aug­ War Office, 17th April, 1900. mentation. MEMORANDUM. Lieutenant Cecil George Blacker Feilmann, from The undermentioned Officers are seconded for 6th Battalion, on augmentation. service with the Imperial Yeomanry ■Second Lieutenant Oswald Vernon Forbes, from YEOMANRY CAVALRY. 3rd Battalion the East Surrey Regiment, on Dorset (Queen’s Own), Lieutenant J . B. H . augmentation. Goodden. Dated 18th April, 1900. The York and Lancaster Regiment, Second Gloucestershire (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars), Lieutenant Duncan Robert Wolseley Gordon, Captain and Honorary Major G. J. G. C. from 5th Battalion the Rifle Brigade (The Codrington. Dated 18th April, 1900. Prince’s Consort’s Own), in succession to Lieu­ Yorkshire Hussars (Princess o f Wales's Own), tenant F. P. Howlett, removed from the Army. Lieutenant A. F. Watt. Dated 18th April, The Durham Light Infantry, Lieutenant Henry 1900. Ernest Lavie, from 3rd Battalion the North­ MILITIA. amptonshire Regiment, in succession to Lieu­ I nfantry. tenant E. A. C. Blake, promoted. 5th Battalion, the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), Major and Honorary The Highland Light Infantry, Lieutenant Hugh Lieutenant-Colonel G. Moore. Dated 18th .Marjoribanks Craigie Halkett, from 4th Bat­ April, 1900. talion the Devonshire Regiment, in succession 6th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, Lieu­ to Lieutenant C. P. M. Craigie Halkett, killed tenant T. M. Greer. Dated 18th April, 1900. in action. Lieutenant Percy Bramwell Davis, from 5th Bat­ 3rd Battalion, the Royal Irish Rifles, Captain talion the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middle­ H. C. Harvey. Dated 18th April, 1900. sex Regiment), in succession to Lieutenant 7th Battalion, the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Lieu­ H. G. N. de Berry, promoted. tenant J. Browne. Dated 18th April, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. 2505'

VOLUNTEER CORPS. The Northumberland Artillery ( Western Division), A rtillery. The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second 5th Lancashire, Lieutenant T. E. Topping. Lieutenants:— Dated 18th April, 1900. Richmond ffolliott Powell. Dated oth April,. 7th Lancashire (the Manchester Artillery), Lieu­ 1900. tenant F. Sowler. Dated 18ih April, 1900. John Fleming King Lockhart. Dated 7th> April, 1900. 2nd Northumberland (Percy) ( Western Division, Loyal Garrison Artillery), Lieutenant T. The West of Scotland Artillery (Southern Division), Chrisp. Dated 18th April, 1900. Edwyne Douglas Jones, Gent., to be Second R ifle. Lieutenant. Dated 11th April, 1900. 4th Volunteer Battalion, the King’s ( Liverpool The Wicklow Artillery ( Southern Division), Angus Regiment), Captain J. C. Ward. Dated 18th Melville-Robinson, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ April, 1900. tenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Prince of Wales's Own ( West Yorkshire Regiment), Captain J. R oyal E ngineers. Mackillop. Dated 18th April, 1900. Royal Anglesey, Lieutenant L. G. Beaumont 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regi­ resigns bis Commission. Dated 18th April, ment, Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel 1900. H., Duke oj Norfolk, K.G. Dated 18th April, Royal Monmouthshire, Codrington Howard Rees- 1900. Crawshay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant- lit Volunteer Battalion, the Prince o f Wales’s Dated 9th April, 1900. Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), Second Lieutenant T. M. Broadbent. Dated 18th Submarine Miners. April, 1900. The Thames Division, Lieutenant T. W. F". Spottiswood to be Instructor of Musketry, vice lit London, Lieutenant E. D. Johnson. Dated Captain C. G. Holland, who vacates the- 18th April, 1900. appointment. Dated 11th April, 1900. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, Lieutenant A. A. Hopkinson. Dated 18th I nfantry. April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Lieutenant R. H. Cawley. Dated 18th April, Regiment), Cuthbert Leigh Blundell-Hollins- 1900. head-Blundell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant- Lieutenant C. R. Pilkington. Dated 18th April, Dated 6th April, 1900. 1900. 5th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regimentr 7th Middlesex (London Scottish), Second Lieu­ Major G. R. Powell 13 seconded for service with tenant W. N. Clark. Dated 18th April, 1900. Line Battalion in South Africa. Dated 18th AngloBoerWar.comApril, 1900. War Office, 17th April, 1900. Lieutenant C. A. Blacklock to be Captain. Dated HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY 18th April, 1900. OF LONDON. Ivo Richard Vesey, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ Surgeon-Lieutenant E. H. Myddelton-Gavey to tenant. Dated 6th April, 1900. be Surgeon- Cap tain. Dated 18th April, 1900, 5th Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London MILITIA. Regiment), Arthur Reignaltt Mytton, Gent., to- be Second Lieutenant. Dated 7th April, 1900. R oyal Garrison A rtillery. The Antrim Artillery (Southern Division), 5th Battalion, the King’s (Liverpool Regiment), Ernest Lawrence Caldecott, Gent., to be Second Fletcher William Barnes, Esq., late Lieutenant Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. 6th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers, to be Captain. The Cardigan Artillery (Western Division), Dated 5th April, 1900. James Charles Ellard D’Esterre, Gent., to be The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Lieutenants Wyndham Heathcote Parker Rickford. The Cork Artillery (Southern Division), Richard Dated 10th April, 1900. de Beaumont Beamish, Gent., to be Second Donald Stevenson Cameron. Dated 10th Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. April, 1900. The Durham Artillery ( Western Division), 3rd Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, Arthur The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Amyot Steward, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ Lieutenants tenant. Dated 30th March, 1900. A, J . Buchannan. Dated 18th April, 1900. B. T. Haslewood. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment, Russell- Herbert Skinner, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ The Lancashire Artillery (Southern Division)> tenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Captain and Honorary Major Napier Macleod Wylie, retired, late South-East of Scotland 3rd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, Montagu- Artillery, to te Captain. Dated 18th April, Irvine Gedoin Jenkins, Gent., to be Seconch 1900. Lieutenant. Dated 4th April, 1900. Allan Campbell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment, Second. Dated 18th April, 1900. Lieutenant G. L. Bailey to be Lieutenant- The Mid Ulster Artillery (Southern Division), Dated 18 th April, 1900. Arthur Spencer Cleaver, Gent., to be Second 3rd Battalion, the Prince o f Wales’s Own ( West' Lieutenant. Dated 9th April, 1900. Yorkshire Regiment), Mortimer Fisher, Gent.,, The Prince o f Wales’s Own Norfolk Artillery to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 5th April,. (Eastern Division), The seconding of Lieutenant 1900. R. F. Boileau for service with the Royal Artil­ 3rd Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment, Arthur lery, which appeared in the London Gazette of Charles Hart, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant- the 20th March, 1900, is cancelled. Dated 7th April, 1900. C 2 2510 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900,

5/A Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers, Captain 7 th Battalion, the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, F. J . Radcliffe is seconded for service with The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Line Battalion in South Africa. Dated 18th Lieutenants April, 1900. Thomas Esmd Baring. Dated 2nd April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers, William Cyril Holmes Coleman. Dated 6th April, David Forbes, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 1900. Dated 6th April, 1900. 5th and 6th Battalions, the Manchester Regiment, 3rd Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, Lieutenant Second Lieutenant C. A. Booth to he Captain. E. R. Harbord to be Captain. Dated 10th Dated 18th April, 1900. April, 1900. Reginald John William Leyden, Gent., to be Alexander Cecil Adair, Gent., to be Second Second Lieutenant. Dated 27th April, 1900. Lieutenant. Dated 11th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Gilbert The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Francis Egerton Cotton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenants:— Lieutenant. Dated 5th April, 1900. M. N. M. Rawlins. Dated 18th April, 1900. F. R. Tarleton. Dated 18th April, 1900. 4th Battalion, the South Wales Borderera> J . D. Blyth. Dated 18th April, 1900. Arthur Charles Austen Thackwell, Gent, to to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 4th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry, 1900. Major T. S. G. H. Robertson-Aikman is -granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant- 5tA and 6th Battalions, the Worcestershire Regi­ Colonel. Dated 18th April, 1900. ment, The undermentioned Gentlemen to be George Uniacke Jameson, Gent., to be Second Second Lieutenants: — Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Mervyn Trevor. Dated 10th April, 1900. Robert Francis Traill. Dated 10th April, 3rd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire 1900. Buffs, the Duke o f Albany's), Duncan Giant Lionel Peter Collins. Dated 10th April, Warrand, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 1900. Dated 4th April, 1900. Edward Elers Delaval Henderson. Dated 5th Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish 10th April, 1900. Fusiliers), Henry Mortimer Caddell, Gent., is John Rooks Roper. Dated 10th April, re-appointed Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1900. 1900. George Edward Goldsmith. Dated 10th Victor Peter Felix Bryce, Gent., to be Second April, 1900. Lieutenant. Dated 3rd April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Duke o f CornwalCs Light 3rd Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, The ap­ Infantry, John Claude Lewis Tremayne,AngloBoerWar.com Esq., pointment of Mr. S. T. Grey as Second Lieu­ is re-appointed Captain. Dated 5th April, tenant, which appeared in the London Gazette 1900. of 20th March, 1900, is cancelled. Second Lieutenant L. V. A. Cooper to be Lieu­ 5 th Battalion, the Royal Munster Fusiliers, tenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Captain J. McNamara resigns his Commission W alter Damarel Coode, Gent., to be Second on account of ill-health. Dated 18th April, Lieutenant. Dated 10th April 1900. 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Border Regiment, Captain J. YEOMANRY CAVALRY. Norman is seconded for service with a Line Berks, William Albert Somerset Herbert Aevill- Battalion in South Africa. Dated IStli April, Davies, Gent,, late Second Lieutenant 4th 1900. Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, to be Captain L. H. Caird is granted the honorary rank Lieutenant, and to be seconded whilst serving of Major. Dated 18th April, 1900. with the Imperial Yeomanry. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment, Eustace Wyndham Maude, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ Buckinghamshire (Royal Bucks Hussors), Con- tenant. Dated 4th April, 1900. ingsby Ralph Disraeli, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment, Denys Derbyshire, Captain F. W. Peacock to be Super­ Corbett Wilson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. numerary whilst holding the appointment of Dated 6th April, 1900. Assistant Adjutant to the 6th Yeomanry 3rd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, Lieutenant D. Brigade. Dated oth April, 1900. How to be Captain. Dated 10th April, 1900. Leicestershire (“Prince Albert’s Own"), Captain Charles Strangvvays Linton, Gent., to be Second and Honorary Major H. G. Clough-Tajlor to Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1900. be Major. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Black Watch ( Royal High­ Lothians and Berwickshire, John Edulf Blngrave landers), Second Lieutenant D. Campbell to be Swinton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Lieutenant, and to remain seconded. Dated Dated 18th April, 1900. 18th April, 1900. Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Hussars), Captain Second Lieutenant C. J. Murray to be Lieutenant. W. Duncan is granted the honorary rank of Dated 18th April, 1900. Major. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Montgomeryshire, Captain C. T. Dugdale resigns Stanley Somerset Wreford Paddon, Gent, to his Commission, also is granted the honorary be Second Lieutenant. Dated 8th April, 1900. rank of Major, with permission to wear the uniform of the Regiment on his retirement. 4th Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Dated 18th April, 1900. Frederick Rivers Bulkeley, Gent., to be Second Veterinary-Lieutenant J. C. Rowlands resigns his Lieutenant. Dated 10th April, 1900. Commission. Dated 18th April, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, APEIL 17, 1900. 2511

Nottinghamshire (Southern Nottinghamshire), 2nd Kent, Captain and Honorary Major N. O. Second Lieutenant G. L. S. Wright resigns his Budden resigns bis Commission, with permission Commission. Dated 18th April, 1900. to retain his rank, and to wear the uniform Yorkshire Dragoons ( Queen’s Own), Captain and of the Corps on his retirement. Dated 18th Honorary Major Thomas Henry Morris, retired, April, 1900. late 2nd West York Yeomanry Cavalry, to be 1st Lanarkshire, Captain and Honorary Major Capta'n. Dated 18th April, 19C0. R. Thomson resigns his Commission, with per­ mission to retain his rank, and to wear the VOLUNTEER CORPS. uniform of the Corps on his retirement. Dated A rtillery. 18th April, 1900. 1st Banff, Major C. G. Masson to be Lieutenant- 2nd Lancashire, The undermentioned Gentlemen Colonel, and to command, under paragraph 55a to be Second Lieutenants:— Volunteer Regulations. Dated 18th April, John Henry Layton. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1900. Second Lieutenant D. Tudhope resigns his Com­ Cecil Vernon Montague Townsend. Dated mission. Dated 18th April, 1900. 18th April, 1900. 1st Caithness, Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel 8th Lancashire, William Rathbone, jun., Gent., to Sir J . R. G. Sinclair, Bart., resigns his Com­ be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. mission, with permission to retain his rank and 3rd Middlesex, Quartermaster H. Nash resigns his to wear the uniform of the Corps on his retire­ Commission. Dated 18th April, 1900. ment. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1st Cheshire and Carnarvonshire, Captain F.‘ B. 1st East Riding o f Yorkshire (Western Division, Mason to be Major. Dated 18th April, 1900. Royal Gairison Artillery), Preston Cobb, Gent., Second Lieutenant H. R. Reichcl to be Captain. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, Dated 18th April, 1900. 1900. 1 st Cinque Forts (Eastern Division, Royal Royal E ngineers (V olunteers). Garrison Artillery), Reginald Henry Messenge, 1st Cheshire, Captain R. L. Hutchison is borne Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th as Supernumerary whilst serving with the April, 1900. Volunteer Section in South Africa. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1 it Devonshire ( Western Division, Royal Garrison 1st Gloucestershire, Acting Chaplain the Reverend Artillery), The undermentioned Gentlemen to J. Taylor resigns his appointment. Dated be Second Lieutenants :— 18th April, 1900. William Brundrett Maddock. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1st Hampshire, Thomas Henry Grice, Gent., to Hugh Cuff Darke. Dated 18th April, 1900. be .Second Lieutenant. Dated 18tli April, Henry Augustus Garrett. Dated 18thAngloBoerWar.com April, 1900. 1900. Iff Middlesex, Owen Hague Bayldon, Gent., to Reginald Hampton Whiteway - Wilkinson. be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, Dated 18th April, 1900. 1900. 2nd Devonshire (Western Division, Royal Garri­ 2nd Tower Hamlets (“East London”), Charles son Artillery), Henry Woolmington Webber, Harold Gray, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. M.D., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant. Dated 18th Dated 18th April, 1900. April, 1900. Submarine Miners. The Forth Division, Lieutenant J. A. Maclaren 1st Dorsetshire (Southern Division, Royal Garrison resigns his Commission. Dated 18th April, Artillery), Major G. P. Symes to be Lieutenant- 1900. Colonel, and to command, under paragraph 55a Volunteer Regulations. Dated 18 th April, The Severn Division, Walter Stssions, Gent., to 1900. be Second Lieutenant. Dated 6th April, 1900. John Stewart Wood, Gent., late Captain 3rd and Acting Chaplain the Reverend W. S. Heathcote, 4th Battalions Scottish Rides, to be Lieutenant. B.A., retires under paragraph 118 Volunteer Dated 18th April, 1900. Regulations. Dated 18th April, 1900. The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second T he Engineer and R ailway Volunteer Lieutenants:— Staff Corps. Ivo Francis Henry Carr Gregg. Dated 18th Cuthbert Arthur Brereton, M.Inst.C.E., to be April, 1900. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 18th April, 1900. Robert Gordon Cromwell . Curr Gregg. William Barton Worthington, M.Inst.C.E., to be Dated 18th April, 1900. Major. Dated 18th. April, 1900.

3rd Durham (Western Division, Royal Garrison T he E lectrical E ngineers. Artillery), Second Lieutenant A. V. Mabane Captain R. S. Erskine to be Major and to com­ resigns his Commission. Dated 18th April, mand. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1900. Wilfrid Lawson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. R ifle. Dated 18th April, 1900. The Queen’s Rifle Volunteer Brigade, the Royal 1st Fifeshire, Surgeon - Lieutenant J. C. G. Scots (Lothian Regiment), Arthur Edmund Macnab, M.B., is borne as Supernumerary Lewis Jones, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant whilst serving with the Royal Army Medical (Supernumerary). Dated 18th April, 1900. Corps in South Africa. Dated 18th April, The Honourable Adam George Watson to be 1900. Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated 18 th April, 1900. 1st Gloucestershire, Vincent Ford Brandling, Thomas McIntosh Newton, Gent., to be Second Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated 18th April, 1900. April, 1900. 2512 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APBIL 17, 1900.

1st Volunteer Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Prince o f Wales’s Regiment), Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Own ( West Yorkshire Regiment), Edward Peel Colonel E. W. Knocker, C.B., to be Lieutenant- Cross, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant (Super­ Colonel Commandant under paragraphs 55a and numerary). Dated 18th April, 1900. 114 Y olunteer Regulations. Dated 18th April, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Prince o f Wales’s 1900. Own ( West Yorkshire Regiment), Major Charles Major G. L. Gwatkin to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Henry Speight, retired, to be Captain. Dated Dated 18th April, 1900. 18th April, 1900. Captain and Honorary Major J. F. Honeyball to Henry Arthur Johnson, Gent., to be Second be Major. Dated 18th April, 1900. Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Cadet Corps ( Cha'ham House College, Ramsgate) 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regi­ attached to the ls< Volunteer Battalion, the Buffs ment, Captain M. D. Macleod resigns his Com­ (East Kent Regiment), Honorary Captain A. G. mission. Dated 18th Apiil, 1900. Fryce resigns his appointment. Dated 18th April, 1900. Cadet Corps {Bedford Modern School) attached to- Lieutenant A G. L. Hendry, 1st Volunteer Bat­ 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Bedfordshire R e g i­ talion, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment), is ment, H. W. Evans, Gent., to be Honorary appointed Honorary Captain. Dated 18th Captain. Dated 18th April, 1900. April, 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Princess o f Walcds- 1st Cadet Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent Regi­ Own ( Yorkshire Regiment), John Gildart Jack- ment), Honorary Second Lieutenant C. C. Gray son, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated resigns his appointment. Dated 18th April, 18th April, 19C0. 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers, 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire James Kenyon, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Regiment, The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Dated 18th April, 1900. Second Lieutenants: — 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers Frederick Willi3 Peart. Dated 18th April, Lieutenant J. Faulds resigns his Commission. 1900. Dated 18th April, 1900. Edgar Arthur Innes. Dated 18th April, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Cheshire Regimentr 1900. Surgeon-Lieutenant C. A. K. Renshaw to he John Percival Nelson. Dated 18th April, Surgeon-Captain. Dated 18th Apiil, 1900. 1900. Leslie Newton Liltlefear Wilders. Dated 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers^ 18th April, 1900. The Reverend D. E. Rowlands, B.A., to be Reginald Keble Morcom. Dated 18th April, Acting Chaplain. Dated 18lh April, 1900. 1900. 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the South Wales Bor­ 1st Volunteer Battalion, the King’s {.Liverpool derers, Edward Meredith Griffith, Gent., to be Regiment), The undermentioned GentlemenAngloBoerWar.com to Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. be Second Lieutenants :— Ath Volunteer Battalion, the South Wales Bor­ Kenneth Tudor Ridpath. Dated 18th April, derers, Edward Arthur Joseph Ferrers, Gent.,, 1900. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April,. Robert Justice Fairclough. Dated 18th 1900. April, 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, ls< Roxburgh and Selkirk {the Border), Acting Sydney Durrant Page, Gent., to be Second Chaplain the Reverend R. S. Kirkpatrick Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated 18th resigns his appointment. Dated 18th April, April, 1900. 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment* 1st Lanarkshire, Andrew Crawford, Gent., to be- Captain S. J. Murray, Connaught Rangers, to Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated be Adjutant, vice Captain E. P. Prest, Suffolk 18th April, 1900. Regiment, whose period of service has expired. 3rd Lanarkshire, John Foulis, Gent, to be Dated 9th April, 1900. Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated Atk {Cambridge University) Volunteer Battalion, 18th April, 1900. the Suffolk Regiment, The undermentioned 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Worcestershire Regi­ Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants ■ ment, Robert Henry Herbert Creak, Gent., to W. S. Masterman. Dated 18th April, 1900. be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, H. S. Keigwin. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1900. R. N. Coulson. Dated 18th April, 1900. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Duke o f Cormoairs 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Prince Albert’s Light Infantry, The undermentioned Gentlemen {Somersetshire Light Infantry), Joseph Cooke- to be Second Lieutenants:— Hurle, Esq., is re-appointed Captain. Dated William Edward Copeland, late Captain 18th April, 19C0. Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery- 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Prince Albert's Militia. Dated 18th April, 1900. {Somersetshire Light Infantry), Lieutenant J. R. John Savile Judd. Dated 18th April, 1900, Pauli to be Captain. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the South Staffordshire- 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Prince Albert’s Regiment, Lieutenant W. O. Williams to be {Somersetshire Light Infantry), Captain and Captain. Dated 18th April, 1900. Honorary Major C. E. Whitting to be Major. Lieutenant F. Jefferson resigns his Commission. Dated 18th April, 1900. Dated 18th April, 1900. Lieutenant R. F. Duckworth to be Captain. 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, Dated 18th April, 1900. The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Second Lieutenant W. S. Donne to be Lieu­ Lieutenants tenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. R. A. Lewis. Dated 18th April, 1900. Francis Osborne Oates Chubb, Gent., to be J. G. Jones. Dated 18th April, 1900. Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. S. A. Everett. Dated 18th April, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 17, 1900. 2513

T. E. Malyon. Dated 18th April, 1900. 21'sZ Middlesex, Lieutenant W. Ford to be Cap­ F. N. Gray. Dated 18th April, 1900. tain. Dated 18th April, 1900. W. Dowdeswell. Dated 18th April, 1900. 2nd London, Albert William St. John Harms- 3 rd (Dundee Highland) Volunteer Battalion, the wortb, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Captain 18th April, 1900. S. G. McDonald to be Major. Dated 18th 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, April, 1900. Cyril Barlow, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. lieutenant H. K. Smith to be Captain and to Dated 18th April, 1900. remain Supernumerary. Dated 18th April, 1900. 4th Volunteer Battalion, the Durham Light In­ ■4th (Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion, the Black fantry, Surgeon-Captain H. A. Colliosou, M.B., Watch (Royal Highlanders), Henry James resigns his Commission. Dated 18th April, Bell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 1900. 18th April, 1900. Selby Wetherell Plummer, M.D., to be Surgeon- Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light The Reverend C. Lomax, B.A., to be Acting Infantry, Heinrich Maria Hain, Gent., to be Chaplain. Dated 18 th April, 1900. 'Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Essex Regiment, 1 st Volunteer Battalion, the Highland Light Lieutenant H. M. Lewis resigns his Commis­ Infantry, James Lilburn, jun., Gent., to be sion. Dated 23rd February, 1900. Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. Hadet Corps {Derby School) attached to the 1st 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Highland Light Volunteer Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters Infantry, Captain and Honorary Major R. (Derbyshire Regiment), A. A. P. Winser, Gent., Macfle resigns his Commission, with permission to be Honorary Captain, Dated 18th April, to retain his rank, and to wear the uniform of 1900. the Battalion on his retirement. Dated 18th 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Loyal North Lanca­ April, 1900. shire Regiment, William Henry Robinson, Esq., 3rd (the Blythswood) Volunteer Battalion, the late 20th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, to Highland Light Infantry, Quartermaster A. M. be Captain. Dated 18th April, 1900. Spence is granted the honorary rank of Captain. Lieutenant J. G. Christian resigns his Commis­ Dated 18th April, 1900. sion. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1«/ Sutherland (the Sutherland Highland), James Henry Kean, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ Captain and Honorary Major P. Hamilton to tenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. be Major. Dated 18th April, 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Northamptonshire Lieutenant D. Sinclair to be Captain. Dated Regiment, Major A. F. Mulliner is granted the 18th April, 1900, honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated AngloBoerWar.com1st Volunteer Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, 18th April, 1900. James Sellar, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Queen’s Own (Royal Dated 18th April, 1900. West Kent Regiment), John Herbert Crangle Fegan, Gent., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant. 5th (Deeside Highland) Volunteer Battalion, the Dated 18th April, 1900. Gordon Highlanders, David Kinloch Michie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the King’s ( Shropshire April, 1900. Light Infantry), William Baxter, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1900. 6th Volunteer Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders,