A SPRAINED ANKLE QUICKLY CURED.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11925, 25 December 1900, Page 5

A SPRAINED ANKLE QUICKLY CURED.

"At ono time I suffered from a severe sprain of the ankle," says Ge.o. E. Cary, editor of the Guide, Washington, Ya. "After using several well recommended medicines without success, I tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and am pleased to say I hat relief came as soon as I "began its use, and a complete cure speedily followed." Sold by all dealers Price Is 6d and 3s.

Queen has sent out half companies of the four Foot Guards regiments. The Grenadier Guards fought witli the utmost valour in all the great battles of Marlborough, at Corunna under Moore, at Barossa under Graham, in Spain and Belgium under " the Iron Duke," at the Alma and Inkerman under the Duke of Cambridge, at Tel-el-Kebir under the Duke of Connaught, at Suakin under Sir Gerald Graham, and under Lord Methuen and General Pole-Carew in the Boer war, As the Guards generally work together in brigades ever since Blenheim, the battle honours of the Coldstreams and Scots Fusilier Guarefs are just tho same. Who does not remember the Guards' defence of Hogomant, their sandbag battery combats at Inkerman, and their solid gallantry at Belmont, Grasspan, and the Modder River. In the marches to " the goldreefed city," Pretoria, and Bergindal, the steady valour of the Household Guards has been most reliable. At Barossa 4000 Guards defeated 10,000 Frenchmen, under Victor. A* Talavera and Quatre Bros the British Guards

turned the tide of battle, at Waterloo the

Guards for eight hours held their position

against waves of Frenchmen, who lost 10,000

men. OTHER CAVALRY REGIMENTS. Amongst tlie cavalry companies which land with tlie Household Troops are Ist (King's) Dragoons, the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, tho 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, and the Wiltshire (Hussars) Yeomanry. These , troops will be fairly representative of the ' cavalry line regiments. They are nil smart and serviceable horsemen. Some of the regiments are partly armed with the lance, as well as with sword, pistol, and carbine—the. idea being to break the front rank of the foe with the lance, whilst the second rank of

swordsmen clash past to slay the broken mass, thus bringing the modern cavalry charge back I to the days of Richard I; and the Black Prince. j The Ist Dragoons won fame and name under ■ Marlborongh, Wellington, Raglan, Hope Grant, Chelmsford, and Roberta. A section of Scots Greys may comp. as they are distinguished., and Scotia's pride. The 7th Lan- • ecrs carry with them the traditions of DittenI gen, Spain, "Waterloo, Lucknow, and South I Africa. The 21st Lancers won much glory by their celebrated charge of the Mahdi host |at Omdurman. It was their maiden fight, and some V.C.'s were won and received. The Volunteer Cavalry of England have sent the Wiltshire Eiissars. of which the Martinis of Lansdowne is colonel. India sends types of her cavalry, which now consists of eight regiments of Bombay, three of Madras., nine of Bengal, 15 of Punjanb, and 12 regiments of Volunteer Light Horse.' As the Indian contingent is so small, corporal squads can only be sent. The details- are not yet to hand. Lod by British officers, they proved themselves fit to so anywhere and do anything. The Imperial Native Service Contingents are becoming a large and loyal force. Under their respective native princes, they have done service in the Chitral and Indian frontier war?, and they have also volunteered for the Cape and present China war. The Indian army is largely recruited in the hill and frontier districts. In the procession our Indian cavalry should receive a cordial greeting.

DETAIL CORPS.

j Tins phrase has cropped up often in our cablegrams from South Africa, and "detail " troops are formed into corps for temporary purposes. In tlie contingent for Australia they may be made vv of small sections of the Engineers, with subsections of Field. Fortress, .Mining, Railway, Telegraph, Bridgin«. and Balloon Royal Engineers. To these Details may be added the sections of the , Medical and Ambulance Corps, the Army Serj vice. Transport, and Ammunition Columns. I The British Artillery is divided into the Royal Horse, Field. Garrison, and Mountain Artillery, the whole known as the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The uniforms are very much alike; indeed, all the colonial corps are , dressed after the style of the British batteries. Our gunners have always held their own in European warfare, and it is false to say that they did not do good work in Natal, the ; Orange River Colony, at Mafeking and Kirn; Imrley, and in the Transvaal. Our Field Artillery, with their light guns, did wonders in , the fight against the heavy guns of position j upon Boer kopjes and kloofs. I hope to see the 1-pounder Ticker's "pom-pom" shell guns, and, perhaps, one of the heavy field howitzer guns. If lyddite is better applied to shrapnel . shells, big guns in infantry ranks must be , made ; but we want something more in powder i than a loud report without war destruction. I Improvements are always taking plaea in ■. guns, and the colonies cannot do better than i purchase new batteries of new guns, oven i though they require stores of different awI munition.

(To be continued.)