After all thole hard work for the annual inspection, soldiers were a good deal disappointed Saturday, owing to the wet weather maki it necessary that they should have to put in their parade in the Town Hall instead of out in the open, When the rain set in on Saturday it was evident that the parade could not take place on the Race Course. From more or less official sources the report was that, if the weather was fine, the troops would muster on the Bund march to the Town Hall, and, if other-se, the various units would assemble individually at the same place. It happened that at2 p.m., the tine of muster, there was nasty drizzle and the majority of the volunteers naturally made their way to the Town Hall. After waiting about half an hour the word came to assemble on the Bund, and there was a helter-skelter rush for ricshas to reach the spot. Once there, the rain having cleared up for a while, com-
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