HIGHLAND RIFLES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 31, 31 October 1907, Page 9

HIGHLAND RIFLES.

'• .'The Hifh i la'nd;''Eifles,, i 'iin!ler.;.Lie , jt,-,-M'l)iim..«i;; mid,' paraded "at the; Central'; Diillshed' last:v" night. Tliefe was an' [excellent muster,Vthera being 'fifty-three- on •' parade.'' Headed", by; their,.'.;'/,' pipers, the 'Highlanders' inarched through' tho 'JC streets; and -ma'do" a "splen'did, sliow in their Striking if.ull-dress -/uniform;' The •• Company' 'subsequently, adjourned to tlie'Drillshed,''wherev?''i. an: election took place'for the-vacancy of cajv"-: taiii, ( created by the - elevation: ofiits- old cap•tain' (Major Macinto'sh)y.to ..(.he,) staff., of rsthofs'i-:-•Rifle Battalion;.r There was only-one nomination for the position, Lieut, M'Dinrmid, who ■was thereupon elected captain;./-JThesappoint? ,nient was a very popular..ono;" and Captain M'Diarmid was -heartily'-cheered." After a'; short-speech',by.Major- Macintosh,'who prosided, the men wero. fiddrefcsed- by ' tlieir" new commanding-officer. Captain '-'■M'Diarmid"' r&" "• ferred ;to.rthe .welfare .or tho Corps,. its' l»gh>.'-< 'standing in .the,-Battalion,! and ; its policy for 1 the future;, and hoped, that the,excellent'rela- I ■•■'■ -tions/ which, hid ,aHvay^ ; exited, between their..' , late ' Captain.; and' themselves, would alsp^bo,.,. his inheritafti'd. 1 It;hasVbecri proposed to.,li'old 5 a church pal-aiJe on November 17,. and details;' /at>"anged;'-later.'" ■ -