FROM THE
MEN OF THE 5TH GURKHAS
TO THE
MEN OF THE 72ND (DUKE OF ALBANY'S OWN) HIGHLANDERS,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN, 1878 TO 1880.
The gift was entirely spontaneous, and was subscribed for by the Native officers, non-commissioned officers, and men.
In return, the non-commissioned officers and men of the 72nd gave the 5th Gurkhas a very handsome ebony, silver-mounted Drum-Major's staff.]
FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER [LXIII]
[Footnote 1:] Now Sir Mount-Stuart Grant-Duff, G.C.S.I.]
[Footnote 2:] [Now] Sir Charles Bernard, K.C.S.I.]
[Footnote 3:] [Lieutenant]-Colonel G.T. Pretyman, R.A., was Assistant Military Secretary until 1884, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel R. Pole-Carew, Coldstream Guards. Lieutenant Neville Chamberlain, Central India Horse, and Captain Ian Hamilton, the Gordon Highlanders, were Aides-de-camp.]
[Footnote 4:] [The] finest of the Gassapa falls.]
FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER [LXIV]
[Footnote 1:] A Native corruption of the word 'English.']