CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13661, 27 March 1908, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

W» are aot responsible for the opinions expressed .by co-respondents The { , writer's name, w n Rimn»nt«>e o* * good faith, must be enclosed in the - letter. ... ANER^OR. ' I (To the Editor.) Sir, — In a jecent issue you noticed the death at Ashburtori of an old Imperial soldier, late of- the rt Hampstead Foot Fiisiliers." There is no corps in the British Army bearing this terri- , toriat designation, neither are there any "Horse" FusiHer^. The old 67th Foot ia now the 2nd Battalion of the ■ "Hampshire" .Regiment. We have all of us heard of fho "Horse Marines." This distinction was gained by the 17th Lancers, -this cdrps paving furnished details who served as Marines on the Hermione (frigate) -i« the West Indies during the early Napoleonic wars. — I am, etc.;* • MipnißST f [The telegrani . was jJUbjished ,just as. received, the obv v ious error being over-looked.-Ed. T.H.^ - '