A REPLY.
To the Editor. Sir, —ln reply to Mr Kirkcaldy, I beg to state that he appeared at the Volunteer Sports in the shako of the No 2 Company, with the usual officers’ silver band round it, scarlet jacket, with white cross belt tipped with metal, and on the breast of it the lion’s head, grenade, chain and whistle, worn by officers only, uniform trousers of the company, and sword belt. The Volunteer Regulations state that honorary members may wear the uniform of a company, and this means the uniform of a a private, not that of an officer. Mr K. may have removed one “outward and visible sign,” in the shape of the collar badge, but this is so much under a “ hirsute appendage,” that it might just as well have been left op and the more prominent parts removed, I may state that, although the Regulations permit it, honoraxy members, as a rule, refrain from assuming a character they don’t possess, viz,, a working member of the company. In conclusion, Mr K’s dress was noticed and commented on by others besides myself.
As I am not of sufficient importance to possess a “timber erection,” I prefer the the alias. Martini, P.S.—lt is needless to note Lieut. Jamieson’s guarded memorandum.
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2728, 14 November 1871, Page 2
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212A REPLY. Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2728, 14 November 1871, Page 2
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