will maintain the high reputation of the distinguished Regiment
of which it forms part.

"I am to add that its success on active service will largely
depend on the result of your efforts to keep the depot Companies
constantly up to establishment with men in every way fit for
service in the field.

"I am, Sir,
"Your obedient Servant,
"(Signed) B.B. CUBITT."

On 7th November, the Battalion paid a return visit to the City of
Glasgow. The Battalion arrived and formed up on the station platform.
A word of command and away they marched into the streets, crowded to
the uttermost by friends and relatives. Hardly a cheer was heard. The
men marched between banks of faces, in a deep silence. What a strange
reception, surely the most impressive men ever had, proving what was
in the hearts of those that watched the men and how they felt for
them. Only when they entered the Square did cheers and the buzzing of
an awaking crowd break out. "We felt," says an officer, "rather
disappointed; but we knew what it meant." The unit was then inspected
in front of the Municipal Buildings by representatives of the Chamber
of Commerce.

[Illustration: EARLY DAYS.]

[Illustration: A REST BY THE WAY.
_To face page 18._]

[Illustration: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,
Colonel-in-Chief of the H.L.I.]

[Illustration: Colonel J. STANLEY PATERSON.
_To face page 19._]

ESPRIT DE CORPS.

It will be of value and interest to give here a brief survey of the
history of The Highland Light Infantry, which enshrines a record of
service and gallantry second to none in the annals of our Empire, and
to which the Chamber of Commerce Battalion was fated to add a page as
heroic and imperishable as any in its great traditions.

The Highland Light Infantry was originally raised as two separate
Regiments of Foot, the 71st and the 74th. What was to become famous as
the 71st was raised in 1777 by Lord John MacLeod and was known as
"MacLeod's Highlanders." It was a kilted regiment and wore the
Mackenzie tartan. It was originally numbered the 73rd, and under this
designation won early distinctions in India in the campaigns against
Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sahib. Nine years after its inauguration it
became the 71st, and after service in Ceylon and at the Cape it
received in 1808 the title of "The Glasgow Regiment." Shortly after
this the 71st entered once more the fields of war in the Penin