'V. T. Marshall—one of the most popular officers the unit has ever had—assuméd command of the guns and chose Lieutenants F. H. Crossley and C, R. Bennett as section officers, the former of whom some years later to the command, The Battery thoserday's hived ils polite for every parade. They were mostly carriage ponies, now almost Known, but were sprinkled with dirt rt chargers und hired hacks; for tunately the hires was strong being originally made for horses eand the shafts of the Timbers seem ed pceiully adapted by Providence for the control of an occasional buck ing bronelo.
These were the only uns that been galloped eross to the Red Hook—ut sham fights, the Baltes led straight from Sieew val to Brenan I iv, Fortine the Fahwah Crock, but leaving, Timber with two broken wheels to be recovered the next day. only after 0 yer ale ear and trail of to protest. I held good, however, till the al number of reports of outages by armed men, "The most exciting: story was that of a foreigner, who, at 1130 pam, on July" 18, was, waylaid by six men in Keswick Road. One pointed at him a pistol subsequently found to be an imitation weapon, The foreigner promptly sgeappled with this man, wher upon the others fled, 'There was Twrisk wtruisle for' a while, hut eventually the gunman broke away.
At 10.30 a.m. on July 19 four mien aided & Chinese house in Chéngta Rout and stole property valued Om, AL BAD man entered a Chinese book in Shantune Road and was gewnted permission louse the telephone, Having. pat the staff off their guard, he sudilenty vmfronted Uhem with i pistol, ceted a siti Of money of anu Known amount and bolted. At 80 pan, four armed meq broke. me 31 Yangtszayioo. Wod and stok S20 worth of property atthe Aiepounder quicker in {M08 a nel, un, welzhing" about Lens, bull entirely of metal HM, Supreate Court on Gunnery war now developing into EM As G. Messp, the Crown Gunnery "wu, sore develontax Into} Sint, mike uppentian to 0 Tender had been followed Rie Peter Grain for the admission Sepouner with sights amd elevating [1 Practice as a saticitor of Ins, enn. then surpassed by the, 1s- Eeederick Leonard Morison, Me. teats. elevating Morison, Mine fore and at youn fled afliavits Uhat he had bee a thejcerme of the aliatenigit tha thirted to the Supreme Court of sare ther cane calritaced [tulicatiee of Seothund of the Cour!
the Artillery in the Geeat War.{oC, Sessions Edinburgh in. Mas With the advent of this saan came 2 and that his name the Battery ponies, mont of which [Still on Ge roll of that Court, Kitts originally, and with Me.
Morrison had also placed developed inthe [lo documents showing We was in sit was al last " seltccon: {he employ of the Beitish, ined"
Battery, could train its [Tobacco Co4 in their legal depart: {teams and knew every pony by fiment, but that ax he received a name fixed salary it cou not affect any The first target practice at Wone dealings he might have In Court, sung Week place with the 15-pounder Sr. Sossop also produced fand marked an epoch, under Col. affidavit by Mr. A. L. Dickson, all Trueman's regione as Commandant, {of the B.A, 'T., in which he said in the friendly relations stil exist- [that Mr, Mortigow was inthe ing between the Corps and Ure B, Ao. and he vas informed att Chinese command at Woosunse Forts lieved that he was a fit and proper The uniform worn by the Artil-[ Dero to be admitted to the Court lery in the Shpounder days was that} Me. Mysson had examined the f the British Hussars—bluc, with documents and it his opinion they yellow facings, pillbox capa and] were all in order.
He, therefore, white helmets.'
In 1897 a change ]hat great pleasure in "supporting: was mate Field Artillery the anpiication. uniform of blue, with red facings 'The Judze then the mounted men had riding Morrison, who thanked his Lordship boots. Khaki was introduced alwut and then' signed the rol for the whole: Corps with felt hats, the latter' even: tually being replaced by the present day field service helmet, 'The last' phase in the Battery's istory was entered upon in 1920, hen, after 16 the 15-pounders were relegated to obsecurity and their park occupied by the 45-inch quick-firing howitzer. This gun has a range of four miles: it weights 42 cwt. packed a round weighing 35-Ib. The 9-pound er and 15-pounder guns both had flat trajectories and therefore needed a very open field of fire. The! howitzer's trajectory, on the other hand, can be adjusted to clear inter sening obstacles, the range remain ing the same, by a variation in the horse of cordite, Sighting: is.|ly ever on the target, the dial sis being an-instrument' of precision comparable only to x theodolite, enabling the sunner to use any fix. ed point ty lay ea and to correct his elevation and deflection by a few yards only.
The suns loaned to the S.V.C. by ILM. Government were built in 1918 and saw service, as is testified by their perforated and clipped shields, in France that year.
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