The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-11
THE GORDON UNCERTAINTIES.
xhsiv I.ats exploits In ladls IN Accord
With THAR RapaiatIon.

with Their Reputation.
The hrst battalion Of the Gordon
Hlghlanders. OF whose exploits on the
Indian frontier the cable has recently
brought such sad YET stirring news,
IL better known 70 Scotsmen by he old
title OF the seventy-ffth. or Stirling
shire. regiment Of foot, says the Lon
don Daily Mail. i, was not until the
year 1881 that the seyenty-hfth Stir
lingshire and the ninety-second. tho
original Gordon Hlghlanders." were
amalgamated as one territorial regi-
ment under the foregoing title. This
took place when the seventy-hfth foot
were stationed ut the strada Reale
barracks, Malta. Hence. they were Inn
mediaiely christened the strada Reale
highlanders. while a popular oonun-
drum among military folk AZ the time
was: What Ia the difference be-
tween the ninety-second and seventy
hfthy' the answer being The first
are real highlandcrs. but the others
Reale ~ highlanders" OF the two
battalions. however. the seventy -htih
IL the older. having been raised IN the
autumn Of 1857. or seven years before
the Gordon highlanders were formed
Strangely enough. the regiments first
taste OF glory took place In India,
where Il was Immediately ordered.
taking part In the siege and capture
OF Serngapatam. 1880. and remaining
there until 1906. In 1909 the designa-
ton. and with u the uniform, Of the
regiment was changed from the sew
eniy-htth flighlanderH 10 seyeniy-hiih
foot, which was retained until 1862,
when Il became the seyenty-nith Stir
linghhlre, IN remembrance Of its ORR
gin. The regiment. unfortunately. did
not have any opportunity OF taking
part In either the Peninsula or Water
loo campaigns. but Il served with great
distinction In the KaHir war Of 1885
and during the Indian mutlny. where
Il took part In the siege and capture
OF Delhi and In the relief Of Lucknow.
1851 The Egyptian campaign Of 1852
found the seventy-hfth. as the new
united FIRST battalion OF the Gordon
highlanders. marching side by side
with the seyenty-nlnth the forty-sec-
ond and the seyenty-fourth. thus
forming a genuine highland brigade.
under the command Of Lleut-G Sir
r y. Hamley. Az the stormlng Of Tel
el-keblr Gen. Alison writes that ~
was a noble sight 10 see the Gordon
and Cameron hlghlanders mingled to-
gether In the confusion OF the fight.
their young officers leading with wav-
Ing swords. their pipes screaming and
that bright CLEAN In the eyes Of the
men which you see only IN the hour
OF successful battle" Before leaving
Egypt the battalion served In the har-
assing Nile expedition Of isSi-S5. but
was not lucky enough 10 arrive az
Kifbekan IN time for the last action
Of the campaign. In 1855 the Gordons
proceeded 20 Ceylon and In 1898 nov
ed on to India. where. In the spring
Of 1895, they experienced a foretaste
OF frontier fighting. being included In
the Chltral relief force under Sir Rob-
ert Low. In that little war" the old
seventy-hflh covered itself with glory
At the stormlng Of the MalAkand pass.
lie list Of casualties being the longest
OF any In the brigade. And recently
the Gordons have been repeating their
history.