) BL'ACK^WHITE Vol. IV.—No. 55.] [Oct. 27, if,oo Regd. at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper. [I'kice 2d. Post free, 2%d. angloboerwar.com COLONEL WILLIAM HENRY MACKINNON the Colonel commanding the City of London Imperial Volunteers, better known as the C.LV., whom we welcome in our midst, has every reason to be proud of his regiment. The gallant Colonel has done very much for the regiment and the regiment has done much for him. Colonel Mackinncn entered the Army in 1870, became Colonel in 1889, and last year was Assistant Adjutant-General of the Home District. ( Thoto by Elliott and Fry. — BLACK AND Unmoved by the bad Q. C. , he was born in luck of the last race for Lincolnshire nearly fifty- the America Cup, Sir eight years ago. At uni- Thomas Lipton, like a versity he was a famous true sportsman, has athlete, winning the mile issued a challenge championship in 1865. It through Mr. Hugh C. was in 1878 that he be- Kelly, the secretary of came Queen's Counsel, the Royal Ulster Yacht and he is the only man Club. The challenge has for a considerable period been accepted by the New who has secured that York Yacht Club, and honour at the early age doubtless the famous of thirty-six. American yacht builders, ¥ ** the Herreshol'fs, will be asked to build an- Never having been in other boat to meet that Parliament, Justice A. L. of the challenger. Yachts- Smith, the new Master of men in America do not the Rolls, is less known feel that the English to the public, but his pro- boats are now handi- motion will, nevertheless, capped, and they think be acclaimed in legal that challengers have a circles, where "A. L. fair fighting chance.angloboerwar.com Smith " enjoys wide- They regard the New spread popularity. Archi- York Yacht Club course bald Levin Smith — to for the international races give him his full name off Sandy Hook light was born in August, vessel as the fairest in the 1836, and, like Lord Al- world, as there are no verstone, he completed currents to interfere with his education at Trinity the yachts, and the head- College, Cambridge. He lands are of no account. was one of the three judges constituting the * * ¥ Parnell Commission. In Lord Alverstone, who 1893 he was appointed a has been appointed Lord Lord Justice of Appeal. Chief Justice, has had Though he has sat on a brilliant career. The the Bench for seventeen years, he still looks in second son of the late Sir The mas Lipton the prime of life. Mr. Thomas Webster, Who has again issued a challenge for the America Cup (Photo by Crib! Capt. H. May T;>e late Sir II. Acland Lord Alverstone Justice A. L. Smith W. Naval The eminent surgeon (Photo The new Lord Chief Justice The new Master of the Rolls The new Director of Ordnance. (Photo by Maull by Elliott and Fry) (Photo by Russell and Sons) (Photo by Elliott and Fry) and Fox) m Oct. 27, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET VJ of crown, The death piped at the edge with green ; band of green Private A. R. cloth. Red and blue bocks, eight buttons in front, Preuss, C.I.V. arranged in fours, and four small buttons grouped (of the igtli Mid- at the cuff. Sword hilt, the device will be the Order dlesex R.V.), at of St. Patrick. Mess waistcoat, four buttons in front. Pretoria on the Regimental Staff: The plume for quartermasters 1st inst, was all will be St. Patrick's blue, upright swan feather. Horse the more sad furniture : Buckles rectangular, with the cross of St. from the fact Patrick at the ends. Clothing of Men : As for officers, that his regiment with the following exceptions — Plume, brush. Tunic, were on the point on the shoulder-strap the star of the Order of St. of leaving for Patrick in embroidery or metal, as for other regiments home. He was of Foot Guards. Forage cap, worn by warrant officers twenty - three and staff sergeants only. The first recruit for the regi- years of age, ment was Private James O'Brien, a strapping young and was the fellow from Ballybricker, Co. Limerick. He is twenty- son of Mr. A. two years of age, and is 5 ft. 11 in. in height. for many Preuss, * * * years the head c o ffe e - roo The Earl of Albemarle, who served with distinction waiter at the wi.h the C.I.V. in South Africa, is the eighth eail of hi • Guildhall Ta- line. He served at one time in the Scots Guards, and vern, and was later in the Dorset Militia. He is fond of outdoor educated at St. sports, and is a thorough sportsman. Private Preuss, C.I.V. George - the - regiment left Died at Pretoria just as his Martyr School, where he gained a scholarship at the age of eleven. When-he volunteered for the front, he was draughts- man in the employ of Mr. A. E. Hughes, archi- tect and surveyor, who kept the deceased's situa- tion open for him. The spirit in which he met his fate may be realised from the following extract from one of his letters to a brother in Australia :— "I am sorry I am out here. We have to put up with great hardships and inconveniences, and are terribly dirty and untidy, but we do not grumble. We put up with it for the old flag, like the plucky Australians and the splendid fellows Canada has sent us." angloboerwar.com V V S> The new regiment, the Irish Guards, has already experienced one of the little incidents not unknown at the War Office. Their uniform was decided upon, but at the last moment, when the men had to be clothed, it was discovered that no buttons had teah ordered. The for uniform is as follows :—Dress of officers : As other regiments of the Brigade of Foot Guards, with the following excep- tions : Plume, St. Patrick's blue, cut feather Lord Albemarle served the C.I.V. in South Africa (Photo by Bassano) 6 in. high ; to Who with be worn on the right side of the Swords of honour are to be presented by the Maccles- bearskin. Tunic, field Division Unionist Association to Major Bromley- is in South a shamrock in Davenport, M.P. for the division, who now silver embroi- Atrica commanding the Staffordshire Yeomanry, and dery each end of to General Brocklehurst, who is a Macclesfield man, the collar, ten and nephew of the late Mr. W. C. Brocklehurst, who buttons in front, represented the constituency for many years: arrange from the » ¥ ^> top in groups of four, four, and Sir Henry Hovle Howorth, one of the late mem- did not seek re-election, two ; four bars bers of Parliament who for his of embroidery on is a writer of mark, certainly of research ; years of steady and skirt and sleeve I History of the Mongols took many flaps, grouped 'arduous inquiry. And thereby hangs a tale which, it towards the is said, he has often told against himself. One even- centre. Forage ng when taking in to dinner a lady who had been cap, the band lightly primed as to his great subject, there was a will be of black strange conversation. " I understand, Sir Henry, that " I ! " Dogs, madam ? mohair braid. you are fond of dogs ; so am all of Field cap, round I really must plead' guiltless ; I know nothing at !'•' written Private James O'Brien cap with pro- them " Indeed ! And they told me you had " The first recruit of the Irish Guards jectillg soft a famous history of Mongrels ! 100 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET Oct. 2/, 1900 The dummy gun at Bank Station designed by Lord Albemarle and Captain Smith, C.I.V. Making tea at the Cook House, Bank Station Messrs. Van Noorden, Jones & Co., art publishers, 103, Cheapside, have just issued Part II. of their charming publication, Defenders of the Empire—a set of fine reproductions of six water-colour drawings by G. Montbard. They are in the artist's fine dashing- style, and are beautifully printed. A large sale is assured. angloboerwar.com C.I.V. roughing it From a water-colour sketch by G. Montbard in " Defenders of the Washing the vegetables on ss. "Ariosto' Empire," published by A. Van Noorden, Jones and Co., Cheapiide WITH THE C.I.V. Oct. 27, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET icr THE EARL OF DENBIGH AND DESMOND -+ mil |l 4- Rudot.ph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feild- i posted to the Royal Horse Artillery, and after serving Liz, resigned his in 1888. Sine 1N0, Earl of Denbigh, Earl of Desmond, Baron St. | in India he commission angloboerwar.com Lieut. -Col. Lord Denbigh, Earl of Desmond, commanding the Hon. Artillery Company (Photo by Arthur Weston, 16 and 17, Poultry, E.C.) Viscount Callan and Baron Feilding, Lieut.-Colonel 1893 he has commanded the H.A.C. He has a magnifi- Commanding the Hon. Artillery Company, joined the cent collection of rare pictures at Newnham Faddox. Royal Artillery in 1878. He served in the Egyptian He was born at Downing, Holywell, Flintshire, on War of 1882, taking part in the battle ot Tel-el- Kebir, May 26th, 1859. He Was with the Marquess of London- "or which he received the medal. In 1883 he was derry when the latter was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. 102 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET Oct. 27, 1900 The George Hotel, High Street, Portsmouth The anchor of the "Victory" where Nelson slept the night before starting from England on his la: near the spot where Nelson embarked on his last voyage voyage.