dose of drill." In the natural scfquence, there followed a wave of enthusiasm which recreated the S.V.C., and present-day Gunners ca afford to boast of the fact that the remnants of the S.V.C. Artillery the revival and of the continuous history of the Artillery unit under its various names. Tt is recorded of the first parade in 1870 that "the Artillery got. into harr.css and had a ext Unat hanghai pony, as tumbril Ceam,"
The Brass Guns Go The history of the Artillery bus ever since been interwoven with "that most unmanageable whose narrow shoulders aid had to hear the burden of excuse for many " night out. The brass guns gave place to a battery of four 3-inch rifled breeehloading nine-pounders in the owwly eighties, lent to the S.V.C. by LI. Government for the use of the Corps. They wers vast improve: ment on: the brass muzzle-lo for they would fire w th Fair occu racy a round or two 4 jute, hut the necessity still existe of spong. ing out and relaying be Four kinds of uh unders—
"shrapnel" for distant trons and "ease" to repel charzes, for the one type of gun was expected to do work that would now call for several varieties. Target practice was then carried out at the Point, the Battery coming into action on what is small park and firing al a ra of about 1,000 to 2,000 yd There was much rivalry between the four guns then, for they were manned by Customs, police, hong, and bank men respectively." The! police crew for long prided themselves on always firing last, so that each of the other three guns should at least have one shot ut the target.
Major Brodie A. Clarke was in command of the Baitery then, but about 1898 was appointed to the command of the Corps, and was succeeded by Lieut Rex. maxim-guns were Government to the:
Corps and were attached to the Artillery, whose personnel was increased in strength from 50 to 120, A year or two after, however, the Machine-Gusi Company was formed and took over these weapons, the battery strength dropping again to about 50.
Hired Ponies
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