Milford chronicle., 1896-10-16
THE SCOTCH VOLUNTEERS.

Queen Victoria First Reviewed Them
More Than Thiroy-Eiyo Years Ago.
The queen reviewed her Scottish vol
unteers on the 7th of August, 1860, as
the court was moving IRON Osborne
to Balmoral, taking in Edinburgh by
the way. The gathering was truly
national one. From all parts of the
country vast multitudcs focked TO Ed
inburgh to testify their loyalty to the
queen, and the hold which the volun-
teer movement had upon their hearts.
As the English countries had sent the
flower of their local corps to the re-
view in Hyde park il June, so now came
\ a goodly array of the best blood and
/ bone and sinew from nearly every
county in Scotland to swell the general
muster.
From the Orkneys, unto even so far
south as Tynemouth and Sunderland,
came the picked men of each district;
while Glasgow and the west of Scotland
furnished about one-third of the en-
tire force of at least $4,000 men who
came together on that day to salute
their sovereign under the windows OF
the ancient palace of Hollywood. Her
majesty left Holyrood at $3.50 o'clock,
attended by a most brilliant retinue.
The marquis of Breadalbane, the earl
of Rosslyn and other noblemen were in
the ranks of the volunteers; and Lori
Elcho, one of the earliest and best vol
unteer pioneers. in the uniform of the
London Scottish. The volunteer army
was commanded in chief by Gen. George
Wetherall, and the two divisions re-
spectively by Lord RolSeby and Gen.
Cameron.
There were about $50 different corps |
on the ground, marshaled into IS bat
talions-one of mounted rifles, six OF |
artillery. one of engineers and 81 of |
rifles. On her majesty's arrival at the
position assigned, the royal standard |
was hoisted, and the volunteers gave n
royal salute. The officers returned to
their places, and her majesty. attended
by the Prince Consort and the duke Of
Buccleuch on horseback. with the whole
of the staff officers on the field. pro-
ceeded slowly round in front of the
troops. Precisely at four o'clock the
whole of the battalions were put in mo-
tion. The van was worthily led by the
Mounted Rifles of Fifeshr9 Then
came the First artillery brigade. hav-
ing in front the Edinburgh city artil-
lery, followed by a strong force from
Tynemouth, Alnwick, Sunderland and
but the mass of the three
battalions of this brigade, about f.500
strong. were made up. in addition to
the large quota furnished by Edin-
burgh. of seven companies from Forfar-
shire
The Second artillery brigade was
headed by the Greenock corps. The
Third battalion. composed entirely Of
Ianarkshire and almost all of the Glas- I
gov corps, drew forth special cheering
by their handsome appearance and tho !
steadiness of their march. The engi-
neers, in number nearly 200. came next.
The rifles. forming. of course. the great
mass Of the force upon the ground. fol-
Owed. The glorious cheer which tbe
volunteers gave at the end of the re-
'iew-far louder even than the hurrab
II the more than tenfold more numer-
Jus spectators at its commencement
vas thing to be enjoyed. Lieut.. Gen. /
Vetherall. at the close of the review :
TO the staff and battalion OF a
ulcers her maiestys admiration az i
he steadiness and precision which
characterized the large body of volun- 4
GERS whose movements she had wit D
lessed."-Spare Moments. L