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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1900.

Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace, reception of Company coming to Court at half* April 16, 1900. past one o’clock. HOPETOUN, OTICE is hereby given, that The Queen's Lord Chamberlain. Birthday will be celebrated in London aloneN on Wednesday, the 23rd May next, and at all other Stations, Naval and Military, on Thurs­ Lofd Chamberlain’s Office, St. James's Palaci, day, the 24th May next. May 8, 1900. OTICE is hereby given, that Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales will, » n behalfN of The Queen, hold Drawing Rooms at Lord Chamberlain’s Office, St. James’s Palace, Buckingham Palace, on Monday, the 14th, and May 1, It.00. on Friday, the 2oth instant, at three o’clock. OTICE. is hereby given, that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will, by Command of The Queen, hold a Levee at St. Regulations to be observed. James’s Palace, on behalf of Her Majesty,AngloBoerWar.com on By Her Majesty's Command, Monday, the 28th instant, at two o’clock. The Ladies who propose to attend Her It is The Queen’s pleasure that Presentations Majesty’s Drawing Rooms are requested to bring to Ilis Royal Highness at the Levde shall be with them to the Drawing Room two large cards, considered as equivalent to Presentations to Her with their names clearly written thereon, one to he Majesty. ■ —— left with The Queen’s Page in Attendance, and the other to he delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, Regulations who will announce the name to '1 he Queen. to be observed at thb Queen’s Levees to be P resentations. h e l d at St. James’s Palace, on behalf of Heb Majesty. The privilege of making presentations to The Qneen at a Drawing Room is restricted to those . By Her Majesty’s Command, Ladies who have themselves been previously pre­ Gentlemen who propose to attend Her Majesty’s sented to Her Majesty, and who are themselves Levies are requested to bring with them two present at the Drawing Room. large cards, with their names clearly written Under such circumstances a Lady has the thereon, one to be left with The Queen’s Page privilege of presenting one Lady only at a in attendance in the Corridor, and the other to Drawing Room in addition to her Daughters or be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will Daughters-in-law. announce, the name' to His Royal Highness. This restriction does not apply to Ladies who, P resentations. from official position or other circumstances, are Gentlemen who propose to present others must specially privileged to make presentations to Her send in writing the name of such Gentlemen to Majesty. the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, not later than two The Lady who proposes to present another days previous to the Levle, in order that die most send in writing the name of such Lady to Lord Chamberlain may submit the names to Her the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, not later than two Majesty, when, if they are approved. Presentation days previous to the Drawing Room, in order that Cards will be forwarded. Forms for the purpose the Lord Chamberlain may submit the name to can be obtained at the Lord Chamberlain’s Office. Her Majesty, when, if it be approved, presenta­ Gentlemen who wish to be presented officially tion cards will be forwarded. Should communicate with the heads of their Printed Forms for this purpose can be obtained Department, who will provide them with the at the Lord Chamberlain’s Office. necessary cards and instructions. I t is particularly requested that the names of It is particularly requested that the names of the Ladies to be presented be very distinctly the Gentlemen, to he presented be very distinctly written on the presentation cards to be delivered written on the Presentation Cards delivered to to the Lord Chamberlain at the Drawing Room, in the Lord Chamberlain at the Levde, in order that order that there may be no difficulty in announcing there may be no difficulty in announcing them to them to The Queen. His Royal Highness. The number of Presentations at each Drawing The State. Apartments will be open for the Room is limited to 200; 2914 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900.

It is not expected that Gentlemen will present From Lieutenant- R. G. Kekewich, Com­ themselves at the Drawing Boom, except in manding Griqualand West and Bechuanaiand, attendance on the Ladies of their families. to the Chief of Staff, South Africa. Any Gentleman who under these circumstances Kimberley, should desire to be presented to The Queen wili 15th February, 1900. observe the same regulations as are in force for Sir , Her Majesty’8 Levees. I HAVE the honour to submit the following The State Apartments will be open for the report concerning the military operations which reception of Company coming to Court, at two have recently taken place in Griqualand W est o'clock. HOPETOUN, and Bechuanaiand. Lord Chamberlain. 2. On my arrival in Kimberley on the morning of 13th September, 1899, I met the following , May 8,1900. Imperial Officers who Kad been detailed for special services on the western frontier of the fTVHE following despatch has been received Orange Free State, viz. JL from Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C., Captain and Brevet-MajorH. S. Turner, Royal G.G.B., &c., Commanding - in - Chief, South Highlanders^ Staff Officer, Kimberley. Africa:— Captain W. A. J. O’Meara, , Army Headquarters, South Africa, Intelligence Officer, Kimberley. Government House, Bloemfontein, Lieutenant D. S. Machines, Royal Engineers, My L ord, 20th March, 1900. detailed for special duties in connection I HAVE the honour to submit for your with Royal Engineer services. Lordship’s information a despatch dated 15th 3. These Officers had been employed for several February, 1900, from Lieutenant-Colonel B. G. weeks in Kimberley and the adjacent country; Kekewich, Commanding in Griqualand W est in consequence many questions relating to the and Bechuanaiand, describing the military defence of Kimberley and the eastern frontiers operations in the vicinity of Kimberley, from the of Bechuanaiand and Griqualand W est had been 13th September, 1899, to the 15th Februaiy, already iuvestigated by them and were sub­ 1900, and the defence of the town up to the mitted for my consideration. For political and latter date, when its relief was effected by the other reasons no immediate steps could be taken Cavalry Division, under Lieutenant-General by me in connection with the preparations for French. the defence of Kimberley. . 2. The casualties during the period above Captain H. V. Gorle, Army Service Corps, referred to, together with those ou the 16th arrived in Kimberley on 20th September 1899, February, appear to have amounted to 2 and at once took up all questions relating to officers killed and 12 wounded, and 34 non­ supplies and transport. commissioned officers and men killed and 97 4. At this time the. defence of the Cape wounded. In addition, 4 Europeans and 1 native Government railway from the Orange River of the civil community were killed,AngloBoerWar.com and 16 railway bridge northwards was in the hands of Europeans and 8 natives wounded during the the Cape Government, and a certain number of bombardment. important points on the railway', and also the 3. I am of opinion that the greatest credit is larger railway bridges north of Kimberley were due to Lieutenant-Colonel Kekewich for the able being guarded by small detachments of the Cape .dispositions which he made for the defence of Police. Kimberley, an unwalled town spread over a 5. On the date of my arrival in Kimberley, wide area; for his rapid organisation of an portions of the Burgher forces of the South auxiliary force which, in conjunction with the African Republic were already out on “ com* Begular troops, enabled him to keep the enemy mando ” along the Bechuanaiand border. Many in check; and for the tact, judgment and reports having been received that. not. only resolution which he displayed throughout the disloyalists in Cape Colony, but also 'certain siege. I confidently recommend this officer to Burghers of the Orange Free State had ex­ the favourable consideration of Her Majesty’s pressed a determination to destroy the Orange Government. River and Modder River railway bridges, I 4. I am further of opinion that the services arranged on the 15th September with Commis­ of the officers and men of the Begular, Colonial, sioner M. B. Robinson, Cape Police, for small Volunteer and Irregular forces, and of the Police guards at the two bridges referred to. Town Guard, whose names Lieutenant-Colonel 6. Ou the 20th September, the following Kekewich has brought to special notice, are . Imperial troops arrived in Kimberley:— deserving of recognition. 23rd Company, 5. I would add that the citizens of Kimberley, (Western Division) with G—7-pr. R.M.L. conspicuous among whom were the Bight guns (3 officers and 90 non-commissioned Honourable C. J. Rhodes, Mr. H. A. Oliver, the officers and men). Mayor, and Mr. R. H. Henderson, the Ex-Mayor, One Section, 7th Field Company, Royal En­ seem to have rendered most valuable assistance. gineers (1 officer and 50 non-commissioned These gentlemen, in common with the others officers and men). mentioned by Lieutenant-Colonel Kekewich, Head-quarters and 4 companies, 1st Bn. Loyal helped to maintain order among the civil inhabi­ North Lancashire Regiment (9 officers and tants, encouraged them to hold out to the last, 413 non-commissioned officers and men). regulated the issue of food, attended to the sick Detachment, Army Service Corps (5 non-com* and wounded, and co-operated generally with missioned officers and men). the Military Commander. By the active part Detachment, Royal Army Medical Corps (1 which he took in raising the Kimberley Light ■ officer and 5 non-commissioned officers and Horse, and in providing horses for all the men). monntod troops in Kimberley, Mr. Rhodes in On the 26th September, a detachment of particular contributed materially to the successful Mounted Infantry, 1st Bn. Loyal North Lanca* defence of the place. shire Regiment (1 officer and 21 non-com* I have, &c., missioned officers and men), also arrived in ROBERTS, Field-Marshal, Kimberley. Commanding in Chief, South Africa. 7. The in Vryburg (5 officers THE LONDON GAZETTE. 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.and 56 non-commissioned officers and men) was Fourteen Streams (175 officers and men with ..called out on the 24th {September, and waB sub­ 2—7-pr. field guns). sequently placed under the command of the late It was not till the 13th October that the Gape Assistant Commissioner H. T. Scott, Cape Police, Police Force (District No. 2) was placed under ,who was in military command of that town. my orders for employment in the defence of the The Volunteer force in Kimberley (composed Colony. :.as under) was called out on the 4th October:— 14. By the 7th October the arrangements for ' 1 Battery Diamond Fields Artillery with the defence of Kimberley were so advanced . . 6-r-7-pr. field guns (3 officers and 90 non- that the town was practically safe against any commissioned officers and men). attempt on the part of the enemy to suddenly Diamond Fields Horse (6 officers and 142 non­ rush it. commissioned'officers and men). 15. On the 10th October, I sanctioned the Kimberley Regiment (14 officers and 285 non­ movement of the Police at Kraaipan to Mafe- commissioned officers and men). king. This detachment arrived at the latter Every effort was made to increase the place on the morning of Wednesday, the 11th numbers -of this Volunteer foroe and to provide October. torses for the mounted portion thereof. 84 16. The first act of overt hostility on the .recruits and nearly all the horses required were part of the enemy occurred at Kraaipan, the . obtained in the seven days followiug the mobili­ railway siding at this point was occupied by the sation of.this force. enemy on the 12th October, and at 3 p.m. On 8. As the movement of the Burgher forces of- that day the Boers interrupted all telegraphic the Orange Free State reported to be taking communication north of Kraaipan. During tho place opposite the Griqualand W est frontier of same evening an armoured train (under the com­ the. Cape Colony indicated that an attack on mand of Lieutenant Nesbitt) conveying 2 guns Kimberley might be made without any warning and artillery ammunitiou from Vryburg to at an early date, the construction of certain Mafeking was brought to a standstill south of important portions of the defence works of Kraaipan Siding, owing to the destruction of the Kimberley was commenced on the 18th railway at that point. Lieutenant Nesbitt September. engaged the enemy with the small force at bis 9. It was on the 27th September that the disposal during the night of 12th October and earliest reliable information was obtained that the following morning. The armoured train the Burghers of the Orange Free Stale had been was, however, completely wrecked by the ordered out on commando. On this date Captain enemy’s artillery fire. The engine driver of the W. A. J. O’Meara, Royal Engineers, had pro­ pilct engine which preceded the armoured train ceeded to Boshof, Orange Free State, on duty. escaped, but of the men composing the British As soon as he reached that village detachments force some fell into the hands of the enemy and of the Burgher force of the Orange Free State others were killed. I have not received any also commenced to arrive there. As detach­ official report (giving details) of what occurred ments of armed Burghers continued to arriveAngloBoerWar.com in on this occasion. the village throughout the night of 27th—28th 17. Several attempts were made to com­ September, Captain O’Meara left Boshof at 6 a.m. municate with Mafeking by despatch riders On the 28th September, and immediately returned from Kimberley. The Europeans employed - to Kimberley and reported what he had observed. were, however, captured by the enemy, and ■ 10. There being now little doubt as to the the natives similarly employed returned to intentions of the Government of the Orange Kimberley at different times, having failed in Free State, the construction of the defence in their efforts to reach Mafeking. works required for the - protection of Kimberley 18. On the evening of the 14th October, the and Beaconsfield was pushed on with the utmost enemy crossed the frontier into Griqualand rapidity under the direction of Lieutenant D. S. West and commenced the destruction of the Machines, Royal Engineers. Cape Government railway and telegraph. Tele­ ■ 11. His Excellency the High Commissioner graphic communication north of Kimberley had authorised the formation of the Kimberley ceased at 9 p.m. 14th October, and at 10.45 p.m. and Beaconsfield Town Guards, and on the 30th on the same evening all the telegraph wires September the scheme which bad been pre­ south of Kimberley were entirely interrupted. pared in Kimberley for these organizations A despatch* service was at once inaugurated, and was brought into operation, and by the 7th the first messenger left for the Orange River October 1,156- combatant members had been railway bridge the same evening. enrolled. Non-commissioned officers of the 1st 19. At 3 am., 15th October, an armoured Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment were de­ train (under the command of 2nd Lieutenant tailed to afford the "necessary instruction in the A. McO. Webster, 1st Bn. Loyal North Lanca­ use of the arms issued and to teach a few simple shire Regiment) was directed to proceed south­ drill movements to the members of these Town wards and locate the spot where our telegraph Guards. line had been destroyed. On reaching Spyt- 12. Since the 28th September, tbe Burgher fontein Railway Station the train was fired upon forces of the Orange Free State and the South by the enemy’s guns posted in the rocky hills African Republic had been gradually approaching (kopjes) south-east of tbe station. The enemy’s our Orders, and on the 4th October advance fire was returned by our machine guns, but as -bodies of the enemy were within 12 miles of the enemy had three guns in position, 2nd > Kimberley. Lieutenant Webster took the station-master of - 13. The Cape' Police force guarding the rail­ Spytfontein, his family, and also some railway way 'had been augmented to 446 officers and gangers on board the armoured train, and mien, and by the 1st October a concentration of returned to Kimberley without having, sustained this force at the most important points along the any damage or loss. ■.railway' between the Vaal River and Mafeking 20. Since direct telegraphic communication - had -heen.effected as follow s:— with Headquarters, Cape Town, was completely Kraaipan-. (70 officers and men). interrupted and could not he restored fpr some ' Vryburg(11.2- ). time to. come, I proclaimed martial lav? in Kim* - ‘TauhgS-:(89-' *• • ,y )•• ' berley at noon op. the lpth October,. *,» & % -■ 2916 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900.

21. On the 16th October, I learnt that Fourteen mounted men with guns and infantry. The Streams railway bridge had been abandoned on enemy was repulsed, and the Boer commander the previous evening by the Police Detachment himself killed. This engagement has been made detailed for its defence, and that this force was the subject of a separate despatch. No authentic retiring on Kimberley. The Police Detachment information has been obtained of the loss of the at Taungs had been ordered to fall back on enemy’s forces suffered in this engagement, but Fourteen Streams on the 14th October, and was natives report that many Boers were killed and doing so at this time. On the 17th October it wounded. was reported that the Police Detachment de­ 27. On the 25th October, the enemy began to tailed for the defence of Vryburg bad also tighten his line of investment; his position abandoned that place at 4.30 p.m. on the 13th nearest, to our defences was on this date about October, and was also retiring on Kimberley. 6,000 yards south of the Premier Mine. This The members of the Volunteer Force at Vryburg position of Ihe enemy being an isolated one, it dispersed to their homes on the evening of the was carefully reconnoitred on several occasions, 15th October. In fact, on the evening of the and the fact ascertained that two guns were 15th October, the Police Detachments, which posted behind some entrenchments thrown up had been placed along the railway from Vryburg in a naturally strong position. On the 31st southwards, were all retiring, and by 5 p.m. on October, the enemy opened fire with these guns the 22nd October, they Lad arrived safely in as well as with rifles on a mounted reconnoitring Kimberley. party sent eastward from the Premier Mine by 22. The want of mounted troops to operate m e; no one was hit. against the enemy investing Kimberley was 28. On the 1st November, a body of the enemy greatly felt during the first few days of the in­ which was known to be at Riverton Road Station vestment. His Excellency the High Commis­ drew nearer to Kimberley and occupied Mac- sioner had given me authority (in a conversation farlaue Farm. At 2.5 p.m. on this date an ex­ held on the telegraph wire on the 13th October) plosion was heard and a column of smoke was to raise an irregular mounted corps; in conse- seen ascending near Dronfield Siding (about 7 quence, steps were taken to increase the numbersof miles north of Kimberley). It was believed at themounted men,andalso to increase the mobility the time that the enemy had destroyed the whole of the artillery in Kimberley. The Right Hon. of the dynamite stored in the magazines in that, C. J. Rhodes, aud also the De Beers Consolidated neighbourhood. Mines, Limited, came most generously to my 29. Early on the morning of the 3rd November, assistance in the matter of providing horses and the enemy made a determined attempt to drive mules. off our live stock grazing north of Kenilworth, 23. On the 19th October, Captain and Brevet- and opened fire on our mounted troops guarding H. S. Turner was appointed by me to the same both with artillery and rifle. During this command of all the mounted corps in Kimberley, engagement, Major W . E. Ayliff, Cape Police, and the raising of the KimberleyAngloBoerWar.com Light Horse was wounded in the neck with a rifle bullet. was also entrusted to him. On this date Lieu­ Again, on the afternoon of the same day, another tenant D. S. Maclnnes, Royal Engineers, took body made a second advance on Kimberley from over the duties of Staff Officer, Kimberley. Peddiefontein, a farm 3jr miles west of Kimberley. 24. The rapid increase in the numbers and the Both these attacks were driven back by the mobility of the mounted troops in Kimberley mounted troops under Brevet-Major (local which now took place made it possible for me to Lieutenant-Colonel) H. S. Turner, assisted by send out reconnoitring parties at frequent the guns of the Royal Garrison Artillery and the intervals in every' direction in this neighbour­ Diamond Fields Artillery. During the afternoon’s hood. The armoured train was sent out in engagement Private J. Lubbe, Kimberley Light support of the mounted troops whenever possible. Horse, was killed, and Serjeant F. E. Water- The enemy’s fire was drawn on almost every mej'er, Cape Police, was wounded. The euemy occasion that our troops sallied out beyond the did not succeed in driving away .any cattle line of our defences. from Kenilworth in the morning, but during the 25. During the period referred to in the last afternoon the Boers were more successful, paragraph small bodies (numbering from 100 to and captured several head of cattle which their 250 meu) of the enemy were busily engaged owners had allowed to stray too far from our marching into and demanding the surrender of defences on the north-west of Kimberley. The undefended towns and villages in Griqualand enemy’s losses on this day were not ascertained. West. In some instances the Government 30. About noon on the 4th November, Head officials, the members of the polico force, and Commandant C. J. Wessels, of the Burgher forces, even unoffending traders in the towns, villages, Orange Free State, sent in a “ parlementaire ” &c., occupied by the Boers were made prisoners; demanding tne surrender of Kimberley. on these occasions all Government property and 31. At 7 p.m., 6th November, the enemy fired much private property of British subjects was two shells at our defences at the Premier Mine; “ commandeered” (Le. forcibly seized) by the the first regular bombardment of Kimberley, Boers. It was further reported to mo that pi-o- however, did not commence until 5.30 a.m, 7th clamations had been issued by Her Majesty’s November. On the latter date, the enemy enemies, declaring Bechuanaland a province of commenced shelling the section of our defences the South African Republic, and Griqualand between the Kimberley Waterworks Reservoir W est, similarly, a province of the Orange Free and the Sanatorium (the majority of the shells State. On receipt of this information, I issued being apparently intended for the latter building). a counter-proclamation, in order, if possible, to The enemy appeared to have three guns in check the spread of a rebellion in the above- position along the ridge south-west of Wimbledon named territories. rifle ranges. On the 7th November, the enemy . 26. On the 24th October, a strong recon­ also shelled our position at the Premier Mine noitring party was seut northwards from from their position south of the same. Although Kimberley, with the armoured train in support, the enemy’s shells fell in close proximity to our and came into collision with a force of. the defeuce works south of Kimberley and at the enemy (estimated at 800 men) near Mac.fai lane Premier Mine, no one was injured.and practically Sit ing, and it became necessary to reinforce the no damage was done. On this date the enetfty THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900.- 2917 fired at the extreme limit of range of his strategy, that he was in possession 'of mobile artillery. artillery in my immediate neighbourhood (and of 32 On '8th November, I issued a proclama­ this I had reliable information), I felt convinced tion withdrawing all arms and ammunition in that if I had detached a small body of troops the possession of the civil population. In this (necessarily without artillery) which it was not manner the possibility of - active hostile acts in -my power to support from Kimberley,’ the being committed against the enemy by irrespon­ enemy would in all probability concentrate very sible non-combatants was prevented, and at the superior numbers, with artillery, against .the same time many disloyal British subjects in small British post, and endeavour to'aestroy the Kimberley, who were reported to be in communi­ troops composing the same. It was principally cation with the enemy, were disarmed. for this reason that I determined to concentrate 83. After the bombardment of 7th November all my available forces, including the Cape Police, it became evident that the enemy was, not who had retired from their defence posts along satisfied with his artillery positions on the ridge the railway at the point of greatest importance west of the Wimbledon rifle range. in my command, viz. Kimberley. In the case of During the three following days the enemy’s the Cape Police, 1 was further influenced by .my artillery did not fire a single shell against our opinion that only under the leadership of Imperial defences, but there were many indications that officers could this body be utilized as.a useful ■new positions were being prepared by the enemy defensive force, since the officers of the Cape for his guns. Polise, from the very nature of their ordinary 34. My general plan for the defence of Kim­ duties in times of peace, .could not possess suffi­ berley was based on' the principle of always cient military experience to be entrusted with keeping the enemy on the move and constantly independent commands in outlying districts. - - in fear of attack from an unexpected quarter. 37. I wish to record my high appreciation of Later, when the advance of the Relief Column the conduct and behaviour of the Regular and from the Orange River commenced, and I was Colonial forces employed in the defence of Kim­ put in possession of information concerning the berley ; but I wouldmore particularly call atten­ probable date of its arrival, at Kimberley, I tion to the great patriotism displayed by the adopted such measures as I hoped would cause citizens of Kimberley and Beaconsfield, who so the retention of a largo force of the enemy in my willingly and spontaneously undertook obliga­ immediate neighbourhood, and thus enable the tions of a military nature at a time of great Relief Column to deal with the Boer force in emergency by enrolling themselves in the Kimr detail. It was with these objects that the num­ bevley Light Horse and the Town Guards of erous sorties and demonstrations in force were Kimberley and Beaconsfield. The cheerful spirit made by portions of the garrison of Kimberley. in which the members of these forces obeyed all It will be' observed that portions of the military orders was most commendable. mounted corps were employed on every occa­ 38. I further wish to place on record the brif- sion. The work which fell on the detachment liant services of the late Brevet-Major (local 1st Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, AngloBoerWar.comCape Lieutenant-Colonel) H. S. Turner. In him the Police, Diamond Fields Horse and Kimberley Army has lost a most valuable officer: be was a Light Horse, and the Diamond Fields Artillery great organizer, full of energy, and possessed of was in consequence very arduous; not only did Teal ability and courage. A -better all-round the corps mentioned respond cheerfully, but officer I have never met. He was the principal nothing can exceed the bravery and dash with organizer of the Town Guards, and acted which these troops attacked the enemy on as my Staff Officer, carrying out his duties with several occasions in his entrenched positions. marked success under great difficulties, until hie 35. I t will be realised that,-under the peculiar took over the organization and command of the circumstances in which the defence of the Kimberley Light Horse and the mounted troops. scattered town, containing over 40,000 inhabi­ He commanded the mounted troops in numerous tants and much -valuable machinery, was en­ reconnaissances and sorties in the neighbourhood trusted in the first instance to a force, consisting of Kimberley, and I cannot speak too highly of of about 570 Imperial troops and 630 Colonial the manner in which he conducted them and troops, my efforts would have been of no avail loyally carried out my orders. His horse was had it not been for the valuable assistance and shot under him on the 25th November and he advice which many citizens afforded me in a himself was wounded, but continued to perform military as well as a civil capacity. Where so his duties until killed iu action on the -28th many are concerned, I find it impossible to bring November. to notice by name every individual who has thus 39. I beg to bring the officers of my Stiff assisted me. most especially to notice, and I trust that their 36. On the outbreak of war, with an enemy in valuable services will be rewarded:— numbers superior to those under my command, Captain (local Major) W. A. J. O’Meara, and. also possessing great mobility, it was un­ Royal Engineers, my Intelligence Officer, carried fortunately an unavoidable situation that a large out his many duties to my entire satisfaction, portion of British territory should have been and was of the greatest assistance to me. He overrun by the enemy. I felt great sympathy for has professional acquirements and ability of a those British subjects who were compelled to high order, and is, I consider, a most hardwork­ suffer many indignities at the hands of the enemy ing and capable Staff Officer. The arrangements in consequence of the undefended state of the connected with despatch riders, the careful neighbourhood in which they were residing. watching of spies, tne censorship of telegram’s But in -the matter of affording protection to and the press, and the collection of information these British subjects, as well as in that con­ under most difficult circumstances were most cerning the defence of the Modder River railway ■carefully and intelligently arranged by him. bridge, I was most anxious that no disposition of He also successfully .carried out the duties of troops made by me should give the enemy a Director of Army Telegraphs in Kimberley. I chance of scoring a first success, even where the cannot praise his good work too highly. - smallest body of British troops might be con­ Lieutenant (local Captain) D. S. Maclnnes, cerned. Taking into ' consideration that the Royal Engineers, worked out most carefully and enemy would .probably mot regulate ■ his .inove- constructed with marked ability and success' the ■ ments in accordance with the dictates of Bbund engineer operations for the defence of Kim- 2918 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900. berley. He is a real hard worker, full of zeal, Robinson, Cape Police, has assisted me in every energy and resource. Wherever he went he way in his power. His duties have been many inspired confidence. On Brevet-Major Turner and various, and he has carried them out to my taking over the command of the mounted entire satisfaction. troops, Captain Maclnnes relieved him as my Inspector (local Major) F. H. Elliot, Cape Staff Officer, and I cannot speak too highly of Police, has performed the heavy duties of Staff the manner in which he carried out his heavy Officer to the mounted troops, Kimberley, with and very responsible duties, both within the much tact and zeal. He has shown much fortress and in connection with sorties, re­ gallantry in action bn numerous occasions. connaissances, &c. Inspector (local Major) W. E. AylifF, Cape ' 40. I would bring to notice the following Police, is a brave and efficient officer (wounded officers.for the good work they have done, and 3rd November). trust that their services may be recognised - Inspector (local Major) S. Lorimer, Cape Regular Forces. Police, has rendered most valuable services, and . Major (local Lieutenant-Colonel) G. D. Chamier, has been of the greatest assistance in connection Royal Garrison Artillery, commanded the Artillery svith intelligence and other duties. in the siege operations at Kimberley. He has Sub-Inspector (local Captain) J. W. Colvin, carried out his very responsible duties to my Cape Police, has most successfully performed satisfaction, and the efficient and mobile con­ the duties of Quarter-Master, Cape Police, under dition of the Artillery is greatly due to his most difficult circumstances. energy. His advice has always been of the Sub-Inspector (local Captain) M. K. Crozier, greatest assistance to me. Cape Police, has performed excellent service as Major (local Lieutenant-Colonel) W. H. E. Adjutant to the Cape Mounted Police. Murray, 1st Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regi­ Sub-Inspector (local Captain) S. White, Cape ment, was in command of half the 1st Bn. Loyal Police, commanded the Cape Police Artillery North Lancashire Regiment and the Infantry Section with great success (wounded 9th Reserve during the siege of Kimberley, and December). performed his duties with success. He also Sub-Inspector (local Captain) Cummings, Cape rendered valuable assistance in connection with Police, is a most deserving officer, and has shown supplies. conspicuous gallantry on several occasions. Captain T. H. O’Brien, 1st Bn. Loyal North Volunteer Forces. Lancashire Regiment, was in command of a very Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Fiulayson, Kimberley important section of the defences of Kimberley. Regiment, has commanded his regiment and a He performed his responsible duties to my entire section of the defence of Kimberley with marked .satisfaction; success. Captain (local Major) H. V. Gorle, Army Major T. H. Rodger, Diamond Fields Horae, Service Corps, had an exceedingly onerous task is a resourceful and excellent officer, always to fulfil in arranging for victuallingAngloBoerWar.com and the ready and cool under fire. supply of the garrison and the 50,000 people in Major A. O. Black, Kimberley Regiment, the town. I cannot speak too highly of the commanded a section of the defence, and zeal and resource displayed by this officer. rendered good service. Lieutenant F. W. Woodward, 1st Bn. Loyal Captain and Adjutant E. T. Humphrys, Kim­ North- Lancashire Regiment, did excellent work berley Regiment, has performed his duties with as Signalling Officer, and after Lieutenant and great zeal and tact. -Adjutant Lowndes was wounded he also took Captain (local Major) S. May, Diamond Fields over the duties of Acting Adjutant, 1st Bn. Artillery, has invariably handled his guns with Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. much coolness under fire. He is a most Lieutenant R. L. McClintock, Royal.Engineers, deserving and efficient officer. has done good work, both in the field and in the Captain C. L. Ricketts, Colonial Ordnance De­ fortress. partment, has proved himself a most valuable Lieutenant C. du Putron, 1st Bn. Loyal North officer. I much appreciate the zealous and Lancashire Regiment, did excellent work as careful manner in which he has carried out his Assistant Signalling Officer; he also performed very responsible duties. He also rendered the duties of Brigade Transport Officer to my valuable services in connection with supplies. entire satisfaction. Surgeon-Major J. A. J. Smith, attached to the Lieutenant 0. J. O’Gorman, Royal Army Kimberley Regiment-, rendered most valuable Medical Corps, was the only officer of his corps assistance to the wounded in the field. in Kimberley, and in consequence had much Surgeon-Lieutenant A. J. Ortlepp, attached to hard work and responsibility. I consider him a the Diamond Fields Artillery, also rendered con­ very valuable officer. siderable assistance to the wounded in the field. Lieutenant (local Captain)JW. Clifford, 1st Bn. Irregular Forces. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, commanded Major (local Lieutenant-Colonel) T. C. Peak- the detachment of Mounted Infantry, 1st Bn. man, Kimberley Light Horse, was associated Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and had in the early days of the siege of Kimberley with "much hard work in connection with patrolling the organization of the Kimberley Town Guard ; duties in the early days of the siege. He has his experience and local knowledge Jwere of subsequently performed the duties of Acting great assistance to me. Subsequently he com­ Adjutant, Kimberley Light Horse, with marked manded a squadron of Kimberley Light Horse, success. His conduct in action on many occa­ and on the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Turner sions has been most distinguished (wounded was selected by me for the command of all •28th November). mounted corps in Kimberley. He has shown 2nd Lieutenant A. McC. Webster, 1st Bn. much courage under fire, and is a most deserving Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, commanded and excellent Officer (wounded 18th November). the armoured train in reconnaissances and sorties Major R. G. Scott, V.C., Kimberley Light in the neighbourhood of Kimberley, and displayed Horse, is an officer of tried experience and excellent judgment-on all occasions. gallantry. He has on .all occasions exhibited ' "Colonial Forces (Cape Police). the best qualities of an officer. : Commissioner. (local- .Lieut,-Uolonel) M. B. , _ Captain H.VT, Ap-Bojven, .Kimberley Light THE LONDON GAZETTE. MAY 8. 1900r 2919''

Horse, lias commanded a squadron with much I with the interior economy of,the Beaconsfield/ success, and has on several occasions shown Town Guard and keeping order in the township great gallantry in action (very severely wounded of Beaconsfield. ■ .••/- .. 25th November.) Captain W. Nelson, Beaconsfield Town Guard,. "Captain Hicltsdn'Mahoney, Kimberley Light has performed valuable services in connection/ Horse, has performed distinguished service with the collection o.f information., and/also/in' (wounded 25th November). - • tfie procuring of the enemy's cattle for the food. Captain J. A. Smith, Kimberley Light Horse, Supply of the garrison. ' , t ./•-?' as Quarter-Master,' has performed much hard Captain-T. L. Angel, Kimberley Town Guard, work in-connection with the equipping of the did good work" in command of the Cyclist Corps, i irregular forces under great difficulties. Lieutenant E. F. Raynham, Kimberley Town Captain J. W . Robertson, Kimberley Light Guard, Assistant to the Intelligence Officer,* Horse, has performed the duties of Paymaster rendered me very great assistance in dealing of :his regiment, and has also acted as galloper with correspondence of a confidential, nature.. . . . to the late Lieutenant-Colonel Turner in a most efficient manner. The following officers, Kimljfirley. Town ■ Captain W . E." Rickman, Kimberley Light Guard, also did good work:— • ■" V;; . Horse,' has handled his men with great coolness. ; -Captain F. Mandy, Captain I. R. Grimmer/^ His conduct on many occasions has been most Captain W .'S. Elkin, Captain H.Piiq/Captain distinguished. J. Adams, Captain C. E. H ertog/' Captain J. Captain G.- E. Heberden, Medical Officer, Morton, Captain C. Tabuteau, Captaui' E./H .- Kimberley Light Horse, frequently accompanied Moseley, Captain G. White,. Captain W .' H. the mounted troops in the several sorties and Faulkner, Captain A. Blum, Captain H. Rpggi' reconnaissances round Kimberley, and rendered Captain J. Armstrong, Lieutenant C.-D. Liicas, most valuable services in attending to the Lieutenant H. - Tabuteau, Lieutenant J. JV wounded:...... Coghlan, Lieutenant T. Callen, Lieutenant W. - Lieutenant C. A. Hawker, Kimberley Light G. Wright, Lieutenant J.- A. Carr, Lieutenant Horse, has performed excellent service (wounded J. B. Dunbar, Lieutenant S. O’Moljony. "••"/' 22nd November^ Citizens and. others...... Lieutenant W. Newdigate, Kimberley Light The Right Hon. C. J. Rhodes, P,C„ M.L.A./! Horse, has done much good work with his squad­ (Hon. Colonel, Kimberley Light, Ho.rpe), to

and wounded in the Kimberley Hospital, of Serjeant J. Russel, Cyclist Corps, Kimberley which I cannot speak too highly. Town Guard. Dr. T. L. Shiels, M.B., -Assistant Resident I have, &c., Surgeon, Kimberley Hospital, did a considerable R. G. KEKEWICH, Lieutenant-Colonel, amount of hard work in attending to the Commanding Griqualand West and wounded. Bechuanaland. I cannot speak too highly of the energy and zeal displayed by the following visiting surgeons, Kimberley Hospital:— Whitehall, May 7, 1900. Dr. E. 0. Ashe,M.D., Dr. A. H. Watkins, M.D., THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Dr. J. E. Mackenzie, Dr. J. Mathias, M.D.,Dr. W. Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the J. Westerfield, M.D., and Dr. W. W. Stoney, of Great Britain and Ireland, M.D. granting to the Venerable Walter John Lawrance, Mr. W. D. Fynn has rendered valuable assist­ M.A., Archdeacon of St. Albans, the newly- ance in procuring intelligence of the enemy’s movements, &c. created Deanery of St. Albans. Mr. W. J. Gardner, Acting Postmaster, Kim­ Whitehall, May 7,1900. berley, has done' much good work in connection with the duties of the postal department. THE Queen has been pleased, by Warrant Mr. J. E. Symons has done excellent work in under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual, bearing connection with signalling duties of the fortress. date the 6th instant, to appoint William Henry The staff of the Cape Government telegraphs Clay, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be Recorder of were in charge of many important telegraph the Borough of Hanley, in the room of Abel John circuits in connection with the defence of Ram, Esq., Q.C., resigned. Kimberley, and rendered very valuable assist­ ance. St. James’s Palace, May 8, 1900. Lastly, I wish to record the fact that the officials of the De Beers Consolidated Mines, TH E Queen has been pleased, on the nomina­ Limited, placed most unreservedly at my dis­ tion of Lord Belper, to appoint Major Stewart posal the immense resources and establishments MacDougall, late Argyll and Sutherland High­ at their command. A great many of the landers, to be one of Her Majesty’s Honourable structural works in connection with observa­ Corps of Gentleraeu-at-Arms, vice Captain Wal- tories, electric searchlights, &c., were designed rond Clarke, who retires upon half-pay. and erected by officials of the company. The company’s telephone system was placed at my disposal, and even a gun and artillery ammu­ Marlborough House, Pall Mall, May 7, 1900. nition were manufactured at a time when relief did not appear to be near at hand. TH E Prince of Wales has been pleased to 40. The following non-commissioned officersappoint the Reverend James William Adams, and men are deserving of mention AngloBoerWar.com for the good V.C., B.A. (Vicar of Stow Bardolph, and Rector work they performed:— of Wimbotsham, Norfolk), and the Reverend Francis Stanley ffolkes, B.A. (Rector of Wolfer- Regular Forces. ton, Norfolk), to be Honorary Chaplains to His Serjeant-Major E. 0. Madge, 1st Bn. Loyal Roy al Highness. North Lancashire Regiment. Serjeant H. Herbert, 1st Bn. Loyal North Lancashire -Regiment. Board of Education, Whitehall, Serjeant H. Hellard, 1st Bn. Loyal North May 7,1900. Lancashire Regiment. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACTS, Corporal J. Hopwood, 1st Bn. Loyal North 1870-1899. Lancashire Regiment. TH E Board of Education have issned an order Corporal F. Benwell, Army Service Corps, has done excellent work, and is worthy of special this day for the formation of a School Board in Ithe undermentioned Fai ish :— promot.on. Colonial Forces (Cape Police.) Bacton ••• ••• ... Norfolk Corporal F. R. Castens. Private J. Maloney. Private A. Carr. Crown Office, May 4, 1900. Private G. R. Mathieson. MEMBERS returned to serve in the present Private S. Brown. PARLIAMENT. Universities of Edinburgh and Saint Andrews. Volunteers. Sir John Batty Tuke, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., in the ’ Serjeant A. B. Nicholetts, Diamond Fields place of Sir William Overend Priestley, Knt., Horse, on several occasions undertook duties deceased. which involved great personal risk. He carried despatches to our troops engaged on 28th Borough of Portsmouth. November. Thomas Arthur Bramsdon, Esq., in .the place of Serjeant S. H. MacCullum, Kimberley Regi­ W alter Owen Clough, Ksq., who has accepted ment. the office of Steward or Bailiff of the Manor of Irregular Forces. Northstead, in the county of York. Sergeant-Major W. H. Oatley, Kimberley Light Horse. Corporal H. Harris, Kimberley Light Horse. (F . & H. 7239.) Trooper A H. Armstrong, Kimberley Light Board of Trade {Fisheries and Harbour Horse. Department), London, May 7,1900. Serjeant-Major J. P. Russell, late Royal THE Board of Trade have received, through Engineers, as Warrant Officer, Kimberley Town the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy Guard, did much valuable work in connection of a Despatch from Her Majesty’s Representative with the superintendence of native labour em­ at St. Petersburg, intimating that Osaka (Japan) ployed on the construction of the defence works. and Hong Kong are declared infected with plague. THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900. 2921

(F. & H. 7240.) of a Telegram from the Governor of Malta, inti­ Board of Trade (Fisheries and Harbour mating that twelve days’ quarantine has been Department), London, May 7, 1900. imposed on arrivals from Egypt. THE Board of Trade have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy (F. & H. 7217.) of a Telegram from Her Majesty’s Representative Board of Trade ( Fisheries and Harbour at Alexandria, intimating that the plague rules Department), London, May 8, 1900. are enforced on arrivals from Suakim. TH E Board of Trade have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy (F. & H. 7143.) of a Telegram from Her Majesty’s Representative Board o f Trade (Fisheries and Harbour at The Hague, intimating that Port Said and Department), London, May 7, 1900. Djeddah have been declared infected with plague, THE Board of Trade have received, through all vessels having left there ten days or less before the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy 4th' May to be considered suspected. of a Telegram from Her Majesty’s Representative at Constantinople, intimating that five days’ (F. & H. 7278.) quarantine is imposed on arrivals from Egyptian Board of Trade (Fisheries and Harbour Mediterranean littoral, Suez Canal and Gulf Department), London, May 8, 1900. included. THE Board of Trade have received, through (F.&H. 7153.) the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of Board o f Trade {Fisheries and Harbour a Telegram from the Governor of Gibraltar, Department), London, May 7, 1900. declaring Port Said to be infected. TH E Board of Trade have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Telegram from Her Majesty’s Representative Admiralty, 5th May, 1900. at Madrid, intimating that Port Stud has been - IN accordance with the provisions of Her declared foul. Majesty’s Order in Council of 22nd February, (F. & H. 7154.) 1 8 7 0 - Board of Trade {Fisheries and Harbour Fleet Paymaster William James Kilroy has been Department), London, May 7,1900. placed on the Retired List of bis rank. Dated THE Board of Trade have received, through 30th April, 1900. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty’s Representative at Portland, Oregon, intimating that the following War Office, Pcdl Mall, regulations respecting quarantine are in force at 8th May, 1900. ' * Astoria and Port Townsend, viz. Royal Horse Guards, Lieutenant Henry W., The foreign ports at present considered in­ Viscount Crichton, to be Captain, vice C. E. fected are Panama, Hongkong, Manila, Nagasaki, Rose, seconded. Dated 17th March, 1900. and Honolulu. AngloBoerWar.com Vessels bound for the Columbia River have to 5th- Lancers, Lieutenant Robert C. Browne- pass quarantine at Astoria. On. arrival from Clayton to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant H. H. foreign ports they are anchored between Smith’s Hulse, whose period of service in that appoint­ Point and Flavel and are there inspected, and if ment haB expired. Dated 9th May, 1900. from an infected port, but with no disease on 7th Hussars, Lieutenant Edward William Hermon board, are. detained long enough to disinfect the (University Candidate), from 2nd' Volunteer ship’s hold, cabin, forecastle, and steerage, the Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment, to be usual time of detention being about 48 hours. Second Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated Vessels for Puget Sound have to pass quaran­ 9th May, 1900. tine at Port Townsend. All vessels arriving from 8th Hussars, Second Lieutenant the. Honourable Foreign Ports are boarded there, and if the vessel Michael F. S. Howard to be Lieutenant, vice is from an infected port she is sent to the quaran­ P . A . T. Jones, seconded. Dated 13th Feb­ tine station at the head of Port Discovery Bay, ruary, 1900. where she is thoroughly cleansed and fumigated, the process taking from 48 to 72 hours. She T ub I mperial Y eomanry. then returns to Port Townsend for final inspection, Second Lieutenant the Honourable John H. Ward, and if in order is given pratique. In case of Worcestershire Cavalry, to be sickness of an infectious character the vessel is Lieutenant, with the temporary rank of Lieu­ held at least 15 days from the time the last case tenant in the Army. Dated 9tb May, i900. was developed, and free pratique is not given to a vessel from any infected port in less than 15 days R oyal Regiment of A rtillery. from the date of sailing. Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, The - undermentioned Captains to be Majors, on (F. & H. 7144.) augmentation. Dated 18th April,-1900:— Board of Trade {Fisheries and Harbour Philip T. Cooper, Indian Ordnance Depart­ Department), London, May 8, 1900. ment. THE Board of Trade have received, through Ernest E. Norris. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a Telegram from the High Commissioner for Supernumerary Captaiu Charles C. Robertson to Cyprus, intimating that ten da vs’ quarantine is be Captain, on augmentation. Dated 24th imposed on departures from Egypt since 30th April, 1900. April to be undergone at Larnaca. Captain Herbert Davies-Evans, from the Car­ marthen Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant. (F. &H. 7176.) Dated 5tli May, 1900. Board o f Trade ( Fisheries and Harbour Second Lieutenant Ralph Longstaff (University Department), London, May 8, 1900. Candidate), from' 3rd Battalion the Sher­ THE Board of Trade have received, through wood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), to be the Secretary-of State-for the Colonies, a copy Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1909. No. 27190. B 2922 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900

Captain Hugo D. De Pree to be Divisional The Northumberland Fusiliers, The under Adjutant, on augmentation. Dated 11th mentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated April, 1900. 9th May, 1900:— Royal Garrison Artillery, The undermentioned Colin L. Macnab, from the Border Regiment, Captains to be Majors. Dated 1st April, vice W. A. Willmott, promoted. 1900 Ernest G. Caffin, from the Princess of Wales’s David M. Babington, Indian Ordnance Depart­ Own (Yorkshire Regiment), vice S. S. Flower, ment. seconded for special extra-regimental employ­ Henry Waring, Army Ordnance Department. ment. Brevet Major John L. Parker, vice A. S. Baker, Walter C. Wright, from the King’s (Shropshire appointed to the Army Ordnance Department. Light Infantry), vice D. Sapte, promoted. Thomas H. Shoubridge, D.S.O., from the Dorset­ Captain Frank M. Rickard is seconded for service shire Regiment, on augmentation. in the Army Ordnance Department. Dated Sidney C. Birch, from the Duke of Cornwall’s 1st April, 1900. Light Infantry, vice T. H. Shoubridge, D.S.O., The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains seconded for service on the Staff. Alfred J . H. Keyes, Divisional Adjutant. Dated The King’s ( Liverpool Regiment), The appoint­ ' 1st April, 1900. ment to a Second Lieutenancy of Second Lieu­ Edward L. Hardcastle, vice F. M. Rickard. Dated tenant H. F. Lewis, from 3rd Battalion the 1st April, 1900. Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), which Charles E. T. Holland, on augmentation. Dated was notified in the Gazette of 17th April, 1900, 2nd April, 1900. is cancelled. William E. Castens, vice W. C. Curme, appointed Divisional Adjutant. Dated 3rd April, 1900. The Norfolk Regiment, Captain Godfrey Massy to Ferdinald J . Odevaine, vice the Honourable N. he Major, vice A. C. Becher, promoted. A. Hood, seconded. Dated 6th April, 1900. Dated 12th March, 1900. Edward A. Saunders, on the Seconded List. Supernumerary Lieutenant J. W. Y. Carroll to Dated 9 th April, 1900. be Lieutenant, vice N. G. Thompson, seconded. George T. C. Dwyer, on the Seconded List. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dated 9th April, 1900. The East Yorkshire Regiment, Captain James Charles E. Blanford, vice R. A. Craig, seconded. Mortimer, 2nd Volunter Battalion, is granted Dated 9th April, 1900. . the temporary rank of Captain in the Army whilst serving with the Volunteer Company in Lieutenant Percy H. Climo is seconded for service South Africa. Dated 9th May, 1900. with the Native Mountain Artillery, India. The undermentioned Officers are granted the Dated 26th April, 1900. temporary rank of Lieutenant in the Army R oyal E ngineers. whilst serving with the Volunteer Company in Brevet Colonel Edward R. Hussey,AngloBoerWar.com on comple­ South Africa. Dated 9th May, 1900:— tion of five years’ service as a regimental Captain A. E. Saner, 1st Volunteer Battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel, is retained as a Super­ Lieutenant P. J. Hobson,-2nd Volunteer Bat­ numerary to the establishment of the Corps, talion. under the provisions of Article 103a, Royal The Princess of Wales’s Own ( Yorkshire Regi­ Wvr&nt 30th May, 1899. Dated 6th May, ment), Supernumerary Lieutenant Christopher 1900. V. Edwards to be Lieutenant, vice E. G. Caffin, The undermentioned Majors to be Lieutenant- promoted into the Northumberland Fusiliers. Colonels Dated 9th May, 1900. John Burn-Murdoch, vice Brevet Colonel F. The Lancashire Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant Hugh Gosset, retired. Dated 9th April, 1900. Backhouse (Univevsity Candidate), from 5th Samuel A. E. Hickson, D.S.O., vice Brevet Volunteer Battalion the Cheshire Regiment, to Colonel C. Hoskyns, placed on half-pay. Dated be Second Lieutenant, on augmentation. Dated 14th April, 1900. 9th May, 1900. Gerald C. P. Onslow, vice Brevet Colonel E. R. Hussey. Dated 6th May, 1900. The Royal Scots Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant John Peers Boyd-Carpenter (University Candidate), Lieutenant Hugh G. K. Wait to be Captain, vice from 5th Volunteer Battalion the Highland J. S. Purvis, promoted. Dated 14th April, Light Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, in 1900. succession to Lieutenant W. L. D. Baillie, pro­ Lieutenant Charles St. B. Sladen, from half-pay, moted. Dated 9th May, 1900. to be Lieutenant, with precedence next below Lieutenant C. J. Clarke, to complete establish­ The Cheshire Regiment, Captain James W. Fraser ment. Dated 27th April, 1900. to he Major, vice E. R. C. Graham, promoted. Dated 21st February, 1900. R egimental D istrict. Colonel H. Gunter, from.half-pay, to be Colonel The South Wales Borderers, The appointment of to command the 63rd Regimental District (The Second Lieutenant A. G. Board should have Manchester Regiment), vice Colonel R. C. been in succession to Lieutenant F. I. Day, Hare. Dated 23rd April, 1900. seconded. L ine Battalions. The Royal Sussex Regiment, Lieutenant B. I. The Queen’s {Royal West Surrey Regiment), D’Olier, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, is granted Lieutenant Charles H. Bennett is placed on the temporary rank of Lieutenant in the Army temporary half-pay on account of ill-health. whilst serving with the Volunteer Company in Dated 4th May, 1900. South Africa. Dated 9th May, 1900. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Quartermaster Sergeant William Henry Nicholas to be The Dorsetshire Regiment, Second Lieutenant Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of G. M. Herbert to be Lieutenant, vice F. W. Lieutenant, vice Honorary Captain J. W. Radcliffe, a prisoner of war. Dated 24 th Colley, retired. Dated 9th May, 1900, February, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900. 2923

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, To be Second The Dublin City Artillery (Southern Division), Lieutenants. Dated 9th May, 1900 Captain E. J.M. Briscoe resigns his Commission, Gentleman Cadet Eenelm Stanley Smith, from, and is granted the honorary rank of Mqjor, the Royal Military College, in succession to with permission to wear the prescribed uniform Lieutenant R. L. C. Hobson, promoted. on his retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. Lieutenant Francis William Lloyd Edwards, from William Algernon, Viscount Avonmore, is 5th Battalion the Rifle Brigade (the Prince re-appointed Captain. Dated 1st May, 1900. Consort’s Own), in succession to Lieutenant William D ’Oyly Battley, Esq., formerly Lieu­ A. E. Cathcart, seconded. tenant, to be Captain. Dated 1st May, 1900. Seaforth'Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke Henry Willoughby Brereton, Esq., formerly Lieu­ of Albany’s), Captain' and Brevet Major Colin tenant 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, to J. Mackenzie to be Major, vice E. R. Mac- be Captain. Dated 1st May, 1900. ' kenzie, killed in action. Dated 12th Decem­ John Rowland Hamlyn-Nott, Gent., late Trinidad ber, 1899. Light Infantry Volunteers,, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1900. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, The promotion to the rank of Lieutenant of Second Lieutenant E. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Edinburgh Artil­ A. A. de Salis is antedated to 24th October, lery (Southern Division), Lieutenant B. V. 1899. Macdona is seconded for service in- South The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), Africa Dated 26th March, 1900. Captain Arthur G. Ferguson is seconded for The Forfar and Kincardine Artillery (Southern special service in South Africa. Dated 7th Division), Captain A. C. Fownes - Luttrell April, 1900. is seconded for service with the Royal Garrison The Royal Army Medical Corps, Surgeon-Captain Artillery. Dated 9th May, 1900. Simon Linton, 1st Fife. Volunteer Artillery, is Second Lieutenant the Honourable D. A. Einnaird granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst (Master of Einnaird) to be Lieutenant. Dated serving in Sourh Africa. Dated 9th May, 9th May, 1900. , 1900. Edward James, Lord Bruce, to be Second Lieu­ Surgeon-Lieutenant W. Macrae Taylor, 1st Mid­ tenant. Dated 1st May, 1900. lothian Volunteer Artillery, is granted the The Duke of Connaughts Own Hampshire and temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst serving in Isle of Wight Artillery (Southern Division), South Africa. Dated 9th May, 1900. Captain and Honorary Major J. A. Lainson Memoranda. resigns his Commission, -with permission to retain his rank, and to wear the prescribed Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Barrow, C.M.G., uniform on his retirement. Dated 18th April, D.S.O., Indian Staff Corps, a temporary Assistant 1900. Quartermaster-General in India, is granted the Lieutenant G. M. Nicholson to be Captain. substantive rank of Colonel in the Army. Dated Dated 18th April, 1900. 18th December, 1899. AngloBoerWar.com Lieutenant-Colonel William A. Yule, on com­ The Lancashire Artillery (Southern Division), pletion of his' period of service on the Staff, is Lieutenant C. S. C. Harrison resigns his Com­ placed on half-pay. Dated 7th May, 1900. mission. Dated 9th May, 1900. The undermentioned Gentlemen are granted The Londonderry Artillery (Southern Division), the temporary rank of Second Lieutenant in the The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Army whilst employed in South Africa in con­ Lieutenants nection with the Army Postal Service. Dated Leslie Nalder Stephens. Dated 26th April, 9th May, 1900 1900. R. A. Moffatt. Francis Stacey Jones. Dated 28th April, W. J. Woolley. 1900. The Pembroke Artillery (Weston Division), War Office, 8th May, 1900. Thomas Charles Rochfort Crawley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 30th April, . 1900. R oyal G arrison A rtillery.' The Duke. of Connaughfs Own Sligo Artillery The {Southern Division), Captain (Southern Division), Captain J. D. A . Roberts J. H. Hedley resigns his Commission. Dated is seconded for service with the Royal Garrison 9th May, 1900. Artillery. Dated 9th May, 1900. Ralph Alfred Edward Smyth, Gent, to be Second John Bramley-Moore, Gent., to he Second Lien- Lieutenant. Dated 25th April, 1900. tenant. Dated 26th April, 1900. The Cardigan Artillery ( Western Division), John West of Scotland Artillery (Southern Division), . Rogers Lewis, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. The following announcement is substituted for Dated 30th April, 1900. that which appeared in the London Gazette of the 1st May, 1900:— The Carmarthen Artillery ( Western . Division), The undermentioned Gentlemen to he Second Second Lieutenant E. E. Milford, from 3rd Lieutenants- Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, to be Thomas Rothwell Paget-Tomlinson. Dated Second Lieutenant. Dated 27th April, 1900. 26th March, 1900. The Cork Artillery (Southern Division), Charles William Paget -Tomlinson. Dated ’26th Forbes Gordon, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant March, 1900. Dated 24th April, 1900. Royal E ngineers (Militia). The (the Prince of Wales’s) Royal Anglesey, Captain and Honorary Major. (Southern Division), George Mosse Tyler, F. Boynton,' from 3rd Battalion West York­ Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 27th shire Regiment, to be Major. Dated 1st May, Aprils 1900. 1900. B 2 2924 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900.

Royal Monmouthshire, Joseph Edward Crawshay 3rd Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The Partridge, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Dated 25th April, 1900. Lieutenants:— I nfantry. R. W. Bate. Dated 9th May, 1900. 8ri Battalion, the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey The Honourable Denys Scott. Dated 9th Regiment), Francis Richard Samuel Birchatn, May, 1900. Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 18th H. I. Webb-Bowen. Dated 9th May, 1900. April, 1900. 4tA Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant R. L. Lloyd to be Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, Ike Royal Fusiliers ( City of London Dated 9th May, 1900. Regiment), Hugh Seymour Lamplugh Wolley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 24th 3rd Battalion, the Cameramans (Scottish Rifles), April, 1900. Captain E. R. D. Shaw resigns his Commis­ sion. Dated 9th May, 1900. 6tA Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers ( City o f London Captain J. C. Gardner is seconded for service Regiment), The resignation of Lieutenant R. H. in South Africa. Dated 9th May, 1900. FitzRoy which appeared in the London Gazette The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be of 13th February, 1900, is cancelled. Lieutenants:— Lieutenant S. J. Langton to be Captain. Dated W. A. Ussher. Dated 9th May, 1900. 9th May, 1900. H. F. H. Kerr. Dated 9th May, 1900. Lieutenant M. H. Stack resigns his Commission. Hugh Alexander Ross, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ Dated 9th May, 1900. tenant. Dated 25th April, 1900. Second Lieutenant J. D. Waley is seconded for ith Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), service with the Remount Department. Dated Captain Thomas King Gardner, from the 2nd 31st March, 1900. Volunteer Battalion the Highland Light 6 th Battalion, the King’s (Liverpool Regiment), Infantry, to be Lieutenant. Dated 20th Feb­ ruary, 1900. Captain H. W. Hutson is seconded for service with Line Battalion in South Africa. ith Battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Dated 9th May, 1900. Tho undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants:— Lieutenants: — Francis Edward Thompson. Dated 24th Francis Goring Wilmer. Dated 30th April, April, 1900. 1900. Conn Alexander. Dated 25th April, 1900. Wellesley Cathcart Hutcheson. Dated 30th 3rd Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment, April, 1900. Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel L. S. Benson resigns his Commission, with per­ 6(A Battalion, the King’s (Liverpool Regiment), mission to retain his rank, and to wear the pre­ Reginald Herbert Spooner, Gent.,AngloBoerWar.com to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 24th April, 1900. scribed uniform on his retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. ith Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, Philip Captain and Honorary Major W. E. P. Burges Hamond, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. to be Major. Dated 1st May, 1900. Dated 1st May, 1900. Lieutenant R. L. Marshall to be Captain. Dated 1st May, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment, Captain S. H. Lowe to be Major. Dated 9th May, 5th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment, The 1900. undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieu­ Lieutenant S. Massingberd to be Captain. Dated tenants :— 9th May, 1900. George Frederick Hyde. Dated 26th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, Second Charles Michael Berington. Dated 1st May, Lieutenant C. W. Hext is seconded for 1900. service with Line Battalion in South Africa. Dated 9th May, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, Major Alfred Eccles, jun., Gent., to be Second Lieu­ J. B. Fairbaim resigns his Commission. Dated 9th May, 1900. tenant. Dated 24th April, 1900. Second Lieutenant A. E. O’Meara to be Lieu­ ith Battalion, the Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire tenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. Light Infantry), Captain W. E. Warde resigns Geoffrey Parnell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant- his Commission. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dated 28th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Prince o f Wales’s Own ( West ith Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, Captain Yorkshire Regiment), Lieutenant and Instructor and Honorary Major W. H. Bulpett resigns of Musketry J. A. Barff resigns his Com­ his Commission, with permission to retain his mission. Dated 9th May, 1900. rank, and to wear the prescribed uniform on his retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment, George Second Lieutenant L. D. Buckeridge resigns his William Rolph, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Commission. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dated 26th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Duke o f Wellington's ( West ith Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment, Francis Riding Regiment), Captain P. F. Bulteel William Massy Drew, Gent., to be Second resigns his Commission. Dated 9th May, 1900. Lieutenant. Dated 26tb April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Border Regiment, The under­ 5th Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment, Colin mentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieu­ Guy Newbery, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. tenants :— Dated 24ih April, 1900. T. S. Irwin. Dated 9th May, 1900. J. W. Chamley. Dated 9th May, 1900. blh Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers, Minden T. W. Pragnell. Dated 9th May, 1900. Charles Cardigan Pinching, Gent., to be Second L. H. Little. Dated 9th May, 1900. Lieutenant. Dated 27th April, 1900. A. J. Ellis. Dated 9th May, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900. 2925

3rd Battalion, the Black Watch ( Royal High• Lieutenant and Instructor of Musketry H. G. landers), Richard Erskine Scotr, Gent., to be Woolf is seconded for service with Line Second Lieutenant. Dated 26th April, 1900. Battalion in South Africa. Dated 24th March, 4th Battalion, the Essex Regiment, The under­ 1900. mentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieu­ Henry George Sealy, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ tenants :— tenant. Dated 22nd April, 1900. Clive Willoughby Garaia. Dated 25th 3rd Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, Captain April, 1900. M. O. O’Conor resigns his Commission, and Evelyn Cyril Watson. Dated 28th April, is granted the honorary rank of Major, with 1900. permission to wear the prescribed uniform on Gordon William Flemyng Gyll. Dated 30th his retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. . April, 190'-). Thomas Geoffrey RutUedge, Gent., to be Second James Andrew Baird Thompson. Dated 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 30th April, 1900. • May, 1900. 5th Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, Captain 3rd Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment, H. E., Earl of Kingston, is seconded for Arthur Langton. Airy, Gent., to be Second service with Line Battalion in South Africa. Lieutenant. Dated 28th April, 1900. Dated 9th May, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent 4th Battalion, the Prince of Wales’s Leinster .Regiment), Second Lieutenant A. Blair resigns Regiment (Royal Canadians), Second Lieu­ his Commission. Dated 9th May, 1900. tenant B. Blood resigns his Commission. Dated 3rd Battalion, the King’s ( Shropshire Light 9th May, 1900. Infantry), David Henry Leslie, Gent, to be 4th Battalion, the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant. Dated 26th April, 1900. Major A. Blennerhassett resigns his Commis­ 7th Battalion, the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, sion, with permission to retain his rank, and to Captain and Honorary Major Henry Ernest wear the prescribed uniform on his retirement. William Fetberstonhaugh-Whitney, retired, is Dated 9th May, 1900. re-appointed Captain. Dated 25th April, 1900. Second Lieutenant S. J. G. Goo.ilake to be Lieu­ tenant. Dated 9 th May, 1900. 9th Battalion, the King's Loyal Rifle Corps, Ewart Scott Grogan, Esq., late the Rhodesian Captain J. H. D. Todd, whose resignation Horse, to be Captain. Dated 27th April, 19JO. appeared in the London Gazette of 16th January, 1900, is granted the honorary rank of 4th Battalion, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Major Major, with permission to wear the uniform of Elford Pearse, retired pay, Reserve of Officers, ‘ the Battalion on his retirement. Dated tth late 1st Battalion, to be Lieuteuant-Colonel, • January, 1900. and to command under paragraph 44 Militia 5th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, Second Regulations. Dated 1st May, 1900. Second Lieutenant A. C. L. McEnnery resigns Lieutenant It. Mander resigns his AngloBoerWar.com Com- ■ mission. Dated 9th May, 1900. his Commission. Dated 17th April, 1900. Second Lieutenant F. C. Cass to be Lieutenant. Harry Vernon Gerrard, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ ’ Dated 9th May, 1900. tenant. Dated 11th April, 1900. 6th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, The 5fA Battalion, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Archi­ - undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieu- bald Edward Kennedy, Gent., to be Second ■ tenants:— Lieutenant. Dated 25th April, 1900. Claude Henry Slade Vaudrey. Dated 27 th 7th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade (the Prince April, 1900. Consorts Own), Captain R. L. Fenner is . John Stuart Nornabelle. Dated 1st May, seconded for service with the Remount Depart­ 1900. ment. Dated 4 th April, 1900. 3rd Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment, MILITIA MEDICAL STAFF CORPS. Robert Gwynne Furley; Gent., to be Second Surgeon-Captain W. Waring to be Surgeon- . Lieutenant. Dated 30th April, 1900. Major. Dated 9th May, 1900. Zrd Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry, Second Lieutenant A. G. Thomson to be Lieu­ YEOMANRY CAVALRY. tenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. Buckinghamshire (Royal Bucks Hussars), Captain W. J. Levi is granted the honorary rank Of 4th Battalion, *the Highland Light Infantry, Major. Dated 9th May, 1900. William Black Rankin, Esq., to be Captain. Royal 1st Devon, Edmund Robert, Vtscoun Dated 1st May, 1900. Boringdon, to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 4th Battalion, the Royal Irish Rifles, Lieutenant 9th May, 1900. L. G. de B. Barclay is seconded for service Gloucestershire (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars), with Line Battalion in South Africa. Dated Surgeon - Lieutenant - Colonel W. Wickham 9th May, 1900. resigns his Commission, with permission to Edward Brownlow Dawson Chichester, Gent., retain his rank, and to continue to wear the late Lieutenant 4th Battalion Middlesex Regi­ uniform of the Regiment on his retirement. ment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1900. Dated 9th May, 1900. Frank Moore Watney, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ Snrgeon-Captain Herbert Bramwell, M.D., from tenant. . Dated 30th April, 1900. the 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment, to be Surgeon-Captain under para­ 3rd Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish graph 37, Yeomanry Regulations. Dated 9th . Fusiliers), Franc Sadleir Brereton, Gent., to be May, 1900. Second Lieutenant. Dated 24th April, 1900. Frederick William Loftus Tottenham, Gent., to 6th Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish be Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. Fusiliers), Captain C. W . Hall is granted Royal East Kent (the Duke of Connaught’s Own), the honorary rank of Major. Dated 9th May, Lieutenant B. S. Ingram resigns Jus Commis­ 1900. “ sion. Dated 9th May, 1900. 2926 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900.

West Kent (Queen's Own), Captain Stephen 1st Newcastle-onrTyne, John William Young, Walter, Reserve of Officers, late 3rd Dragoon Gent., to be Second Lieutenant (Supernumer­ Guards, to bo Captain. Dated 1st May, 1900. ary). --Dated 9th May, 1900. Lothians and Berwickshire, Lieutenant A. C. 2nd West Riding of Yorkshire (Leeds), Reginald Campbell is seconded for service with tbe Im­ Iveson Denham, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. perial Yeomanry. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dated 9th May, 1900. Montgomeryshire, Major and Honorary Lieutenant- Submarine Miners. Colonel Arthur Watkin Williams - Wynn, The Forth Division, The undermentioned Gentle­ retired, is re-appointed Major. Dated 9th May, men to be Second Lieutenants 1900. John Cowan. Dated 9th May, 1900. Cecil Arthur Hope, Esq., late Lieutenant 6th James Dove Park. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dragoons, to be Captain. Dated 9th May,. 1900. The Engineek awd R ailway Volunteer Robert Charles Anwyl, Gent., is re-appointed Staff Corps. Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. William Patrick, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th May, 1900. Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers), Captain A. E. Whitaker is granted the honorary rank Rifle. of Major. Dated 9th May, 1900. 1st Volunteer Battcdion, the King's Own (Royal West Somerset, William Clement Henry Esdaile. Lancaster Regiment), Captain C. Sawrey- Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th Cookson resigns his Commission. Dated 9th May, 1900. May, 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Northumberland Royal Wiltshire (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Fusiliers, Acting Chaplain the Reverend E. S. Regiment), The undermentioned Captains are Savage, M. A., from the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, granted the honorary rank of Major:— to be Acting Chaplain. Dated 9th May, 1900. G. L. Palmer. Dated 9th May, 1900. J. M. F. Fuller. Dated 9th May, 1900. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant E. B. Gordon, VOLUNTEER CORPS. from the 1st Wiltshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, AUTILLEBY. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. 1st Caithness, Major and Honorary Lieutenant- 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Colonel A. McDonald to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Regiment, Ernest Ivory Lea, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. and to command, under paragraph 55a Volunteer Regulations. Dated 9 th May, 1900. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire 2nd Cingue Ports (Eastern Division, Royal Regiment, Captain M. W. K. Connolly, York­ Garrison Artillery), Bertram Edward de Norval shire Light Infantry, to be Adjutant, vice Major Ramus, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.AngloBoerWar.com Dated G. G. Tarry, Leicestershire Regiment, who has 9th May, 1900. retired from the Service. Dated 23rd April, 1st Cumberland, The Reverend J. Sowter to be 1900. Acting Chaplain. Dated 9th May, 1900. John Orton, G ent, to be Surgeon-Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. 1st Fifeshire, Major and Honorary Lieutenant- Colonel D. Storrar retires under paragraph 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers 111 Volunteer Regulations, with permission to (City of London Regiment), Lieutenant-Colonel retain his rank, and to wear the uniform of the and Honorary Colonel T. J. Long to be Lien- Corps on his retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. tenant-Colonel Commandant, under paragraphs 1st Gloucestershire, Captain A . B. Trestrail is 55a and 114, Volunteer Regulations. Dated granted the honorary rank of Major. Dated 9th May, 1900. 9th May, 1900. Major T. E. C. Bates to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Surgeon-Lieutenant R. G. P. Lansdown, M.D., Dated 9th May, 1900. to be Surgeon-Captain. Dated 9th May, 1900. 5th (Irish) Volunteer Battalion, the King's (Liver­ James Richard Bibby, M.B., to be Surgeon-Lieu­ pool Regiment), John George Moyles, M.B.. to tenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. be Snrgeon-Lieutenant Dated 9th May, 1900. 1st Lincolnshire (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery), John Frederick Eve, Gent., to be 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, Lieutenant E. M. Beloe, jun., to be Captain. Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dated 9 th May, 1900. 3rd Middlesex, Edward Alfred Colyer Attwood, Gent., to be Quartermaster. Dated 9th May, 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1900. Francis Elliott, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated 9th May, 1900. 1st Shropshire and Staffordshire, James Henry Walmsley, Gent-., to be Second Lieutenant Ath Volunteer Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, Dated 9th May, 1900. Percy Wilfred Graham Shelley, Gent., to be 4th West Riding of Yorkshire (Western Division, Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated Royal Garrison Artillery), Archibald William 9th May, 1900. Cuff, M.B., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant. Dated 5th (the Hay Tor) Volunteer Battalion, the Devon­ 9th May, 1900. shire Regiment, Captain and Honorary Major J. Royal E ngineeks (Volunteebs). B. Fleming to be Major. Dated 9th May, 1900. 1st Hampshire, The undermentioned Gentlemen Edward Scott James, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ to be Second Lieutenants tenant. Dated 9 th May, 1900. ' Maurice Seymour Rogers. Dated 9th May, . 1900. 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment, Arthur Vivian White. Dated 9th May, Lieutenant F. J. Cubitt to be Captain. Dated 1900. 9 th'May, 1900. THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900. 2927

1st Volunteer Battalion, the Princess o f Wales's 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters Own ( Yorkshire Regiment), Quartermaster J. (Derbyshire Segment), The undermentioned. Thomas resigns his Commission. Dated 9th Lieutenants to be Captains:— May, 1900. A. V. HaBlam. Dated 9th May, 1900. Alfred Goat, Gent., to be Quartermaster. Dated H. T. Eking. Dated 9th May, 1900. 9th May, 1900. William Edge Porter, Gent., to be Second Lieu­ 3rd ( Dumfries) Volunteer Battalion, the King’s tenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. Own Scottish Borderers, Acting Chaplain the Cadet Corps ( Repton School) attached to the 1st - Reverend D. Ogilvy-Ramsay, D.D., resigns his Volunteer Battalion, ike Sherwood Foresters appointment, with permission to wear the (Derbyshire Regiment), R. A. H. MacFarland, uniform of the Battalion on his retirement. Gent, to be appointed Honorary Captain. Dated 9th May, 1900. Dated 9th May, 1900. 4th Volunteer Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters Captain A. W. Arkill is re-appointed Quarter­ (Derbyshire Regiment), Lieutenant-Colonel and master. Dated 9th May, 1900. Honorary Colonel E. Hall to be Lieutenant- lft Volunteer Battalion, the Bake of Cornwall's Colonel Commandant under paragraphs 55a and Light Infantry, Richard James Frederick Sedg­ 114 Volunteer Regulations. Dated 9th May, wick Spry, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 1900. Dated 9th May, 1900. Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. Taylor to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Duke of Wellington's May, 1900. (West Riding Regiment), Captain and Honorary Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Major W. A. Stackhouse resigns his Com­ Turner resigns his Commission ; with permis­ mission, with permission to retain his rank, and sion to retain his rank, and to wear the uniform to wear the uniform of the Battalion on bis of the Battalion on hi3 retirement. Dated 9th retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. May, 1900. The undermentioned Lieutenants tobe Captains:— The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Cap­ W. Roper. Dated 9th May, 1900. tains : — H. Hebblethwaite. Dated 9th May, 1900. E. Hall (Instructor of Musketry). Dated 9th May, 1900. 5th (Isle o f Wight, “ Princess Beatrices”) Volun­ G. H. Taylor-Whitehead. Dated 9th May, teer Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment, Lieu­ 1900. tenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel E.- W. Cradock, retired pay, Reserve of Officers, resigns 1st Volunteer Battalion, Princess Charlotte o f his Commission, with permission to retain his Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), Major rank, and to wear the uniform of the Battalion H. Manders is borne as Supernumerary whilst on his retirement. 'Dated 9th May, 1900. serving with the Imperial Yeomanry. Dated Guy Herbert Sturges Mitchison, Gent., to be 9 th May, 1900. Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900.AngloBoerWar.com1st Volunteer Battalion, the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), The undermentioned 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants— Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Alfred ‘ Tennyson Smith. Dated 9 th May, Trick to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th 1900. May, 1900. .Frederick Stewart Francis. Dated 9th May, 3rd Glamorgan, Lieutenant George Arbour 1900. Stephens, M.D., resigns his Commission, and 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Queen’s Own (Royal 'is- appointed Surgeon-Lieutenant. Dated 9th West Kent Regiment), Lieutenant A. Moore to ' May, 1900. be Captain. Dated 9th May, 1900. Atk' {Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion, the Black 4ih Volunteer' Battalion, the Queen’s Own (Royal - Watch (Royal Highlanders), The undermen­ West Kent Regiment), Charles James, Esq., tioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants formerly Lieutenant 1st Bucks Volunteer Rifle Andrew Heiton Granger Heiton. Dated 9th Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and to com­ May, 1900. mand under paragraph 55a Volunteer Regula­ ■ Matthew; William Gloag. Dated 9 th May, tions. Dated 27th April, 1900. - ' 1900.. . 1st Volunteer Battalion, the King’s Own (York­ 6th (Fifeshire) Volunteer Battalion, the Black shire Light Infantry), The undermentioned Watch (Royal Highlanders), Captain and Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants (Super­ •Honorary Major H. M. Hewison- resigns his numerary) Commission, with permission to retain his rank, James Percival Critchley. Dated 9th May, and to wear- the nniform of the Battalion on 1900. ; his retirement. Dated 9th May, 1900. Eric Craig St. George Stockwell. Dated - Robert Russell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant 9th May, 1900. (Supernumerary). Dated 9th May, 1900. Alfred Ernest Greaves, Dated 9th May, 1900. . 4th ( Eton College) Volunteer Battalion, the Oxfordshire. Light Infantry, The undermen­ 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Duke o f Cambridge's tioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants:— Own (Middlesex Regiment), Walter Percy Lux- Robert Benson. Dated 9 th May, 1900. moore, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Dated Wilfrid Hubert Poyer Lewis. Dated 9th • 9th May, 1900. May, 1900. 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, Vivian Le Neve Foster, Gent, to be Second Edward Garside, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). Dated 9th May, Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. 1900, 4 th- Volunteer Batlalion,tbe Manchester Regiment, 2nd, Volunteer Battalion, - the .Essex Regiment, Major J . W. Grill is granted the honorary ■ ,, William. Gilson Wenley, Gent, to be Quarter­ rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th May, master. Dated 9th May, 1900. 1900. 2928 THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1900.

1st (Hallamshire) Volunteer Battalion, the York highly inflammable vapour which it is always and Lancaster Regiment, Second Lieutenant evolving. P. W. Fawcett to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th Regulations. May, 1900. By virtue of the powers conferred on me by the fifth section of “ The Locomotives on Highways 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Highland Light Act, 1896,” I hereby make the following Regula­ Infantry, Lieutenant A. C. Meikle to be tions for the keeping and use of petroleum for the Captain. Dated 9th May, 1900. purposes of light locomotives. 6th Volunteer Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders, £ave as herein provided the provisions of the Major J. G. Fleming to be Lieutenaot-Colonel, Petroleum Acts shall apply to all petroleum kept, and to command under paragraph 55a Volun­ or used, or sold for the purposes of light loco­ teer Regulations. Dated 9th May, 1900. motives. Surgeon-Lieutenant Alfred Bell Whitton resigns In these Regulations the expression “ petro­ his Commission and is appointed Captain. leum spirit ” shall mean the petroleum to which Dated 9ih May, 1900. “ The Petroleum Act, 1871,” applies, provided that The appointment ef Mr. W. J. Grant to be when any petroleum other than that to which Captain, which was announced in the London “ The Petroleum Act, 1871,” applies, is on or in Gazette of the 6th February, 1900, is cancelled, any light locomo;ive, or is being conveyed or kept l»i (Inverness-shire Highland) Volunteer Batta­ in any place on or in which there is also present lion, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, any petroleum spirit as above defined, the whole Second Lieutenant F. McE. Mitchell to be of such petroleum shall be deemed to be petroleum Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. spirit. In these Regulations the expression “ storehouse ” 7 th ( Clackmannan and Kinross) Volunteer shall mean any room, building, coach-house, lean-to Battalion, Prince'8 Louise’s (Argyll and Suther­ or other place in which petroleum spirit for the land Highlanders), Alexander Baigrie, Gent., purposes of light locomotives is kept in pursuance to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, of these Regulations. 1900. 1. These Regulations shall apply only to petro­ George Thomas Sinclair, M.D., to be Surgeon- leum spirit which is kept for the purpose of or is Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. being used on light locomotives, and shall not 15tA Middlesex, Leslie Gross, Gent., to be Second apply to petroleum spirit which is kept for Bale, Lieutenant. Dated 9th May, 1900. or partly for sale and partly for the purposes of Quartermaster W. Underhill is granted the light locomotives. honorary rank of Captain. Dated 9th May, 1900. 2. Petroleum spirit shall not be kept, nsed, or 20th Middlesex (Artists1), The undermentioned conveyed except in metal vessels so substantially Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants:— constructed as Dot to be liable, except under cir­ Charles James Blomfield. Dated 9th May, cumstances of gross negligence or extraordinary 1900. accident, to be broken or become defective or Charles Edwin Willis. DatedAngloBoerWar.com 9th- May, insecure. Every such vessel shall be so con­ 1900. structed and maintained that no leakage whether Richard Eugene Sharps. Dated 9th May, of liquid or vapour can take place therefrom. 1900. 3. Every such vessel, not forming part of a light locomotive, when used for conveying or VOLUNTEER MEDICAL STAFF CORPS. keeping petroleum spirit shall bear the words The Manchester Companies, William Leonard “ Petroleum Spirit, highly inflammable” legibly Bentley, Gent., to be Surgeon-Lieutenant and indelibly stamped or marked thereon, or on a Dated 9th May, 1900. metallic or enamelled label attached thereto, and Memorandum. shall be of a capacity not exceeding two gallons. V olunteer I nfantry B rigade. 4. Before repairs are done to any such vessel Severn, Supernumerary Captain and Honorary that vessel shall, as far as practicable, be cleaned Major W. J. R. Poole, 2nd Volunteer by the removal of all petroleum spirit and of all Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry, re­ dangerous vapours derived from the same. signs his appointment as Supply and Transport 6. Where a storehouse forms part of, or is Officer to the Brigade. Dated 9th May, 1900. attached to, another building, and where the intervening floor or partition iB of an unsubstantial or highly inflammable character, or has an opening LOCOMOTIVES ON HIGHWAYS. therein, the whole of such building shall be deemed 59 and 60 Viet, cap. 36, s. 5. to be the storehouse, and no portion of such store­ R egulations as to P etroleum. house shall be used as a dwelling or as a place IN promulgating the following Regulations where persons assemble. A storehouse shall have relating to the keeping, conveyance, and use of a separate entrance from the open air distinct from petroleum in connection with light locomotives, that of any dwelling or building in which persons the Secretary of State for the Home Department assemble. desires to direct public attention to the dangers 6. Every storehouse shall be thoroughly venti­ that may arise from the careless use of the more lated. volatile descriptions of petroleum, commonly 7. The amount of petroleum spirit to be kept known as petroleum spirit Not only i3 the in any one storehouse, whether or not upon light vapour therefrom, which is given off at ordinary locomotives, shall not exceed sixty gallons at any ; temperatures, capable of being easily ignited, but one time. it is also capable, when mixed with air, of forming 8. Where two or more storehouses are in the an explosive atmosphere. It is, therefore, neces­ same occupation and are situated within twenty sary in dealing with and handling the spirit, to feet of one another, they shall for the purposes of take strict precautions by the employment of these Regulations be deemed to he one and the thoroughly sound and properly closed vessels, and same storehouse, and the maximum amount of by avoiding the use of naked lights in dangerous petroleum spirit prescribed in the foregoing Regu­ proximity, to prevent leakage of the spirit and the lation shall be the maximum to be kept in all such contact of any form of artificial light with the storehouses taken together. Where two or more