I have also much pleasure in stating that "in testimony of the high sense entertained of the gallant and distinguished services of the late Brevet-Major W. S. R. Hodson," the Secretary of State for India in Council has granted a special pension to his widow.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] See Washington Irving, &c.
[2] At Sobraon.
[3] Sir H. Lawrence, K. C. B.
[4] At this very juncture, the Adjutant-General of the army had also applied for Lieut. Hodson.
[5] Now Sir Robert Napier, K. C. B.
[6] Lieutenant (now Col.) Herbert Edwardes wrote as follows to his family in England:—
"Young Hodson has been appointed to do duty with our Punjaub Guide Corps, commanded by Lieutenant Lumsden. The duties of a Commandant or Adjutant of Guides are at once important and delightful. It is his duty in time of peace to fit himself for leading armies during war. This necessitates his being constantly on the move, and making himself and his men acquainted with the country in every quarter. In short, it is a roving commission, and to a man of spirit and ability one of the finest appointments imaginable.