Military Seniority.
[to the editor.]
Sib, —Can you enlighten me as to why the Napier Guards are No. 1 Company. I always understood that the senior company took the lead, and where there is Cavalry or Artillery that they took the lead. Now as the Guards are neither Cavalry nor Artillery, nor yet the oldest company, why, therefore, Mr Editor, or Major Chicken, should they take the lead ?—1 am, etc.,
Qhv Rifle,
Napier, Nov. 15th, 1900.
[The Napier Guards were originally the F Battery formed in September, 1869, and were transformed into an infantry company about three years ago, when the East Coast Battalion was formed, as No. 1 company, retaining their seniority in the Volunteer Force as from 1869. The Cavalry and Artillery both take precedence over Infantry on parade and on the march. The Napier Rifles were originally the Napier Engineers and were enrolled in 1878, and several years were transformed into an Infantry corps with seniority from 1878.—Ed. l>. T.]
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9919, 16 November 1900, Page 8
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