... THE SERVICES. Major F. S. Picot, Governor of Devonport Military Prison, has been removed to Woking to take charge of the military prison there. He succeeded Captain O. Hassall, 2nd Batfc. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, as superintendent instead* of governor ...

... blemish in our military system—the adoption of the short service, the introduction of the territorial system, the development of the Militia, and the institution of the Volunteer force in 1859. Important changes were also effected in the military organisation ...

... howeTer, one great grandeur. His Majesty wore his Held Marshal's uniform, beneath the mantle Imperial purple trimmed with ermine and gold. Queen Alexandra wore with her jewelled diadem and the robes of State a dress which from afar seemed dark blue. ...

... the high post of Commander-in- Chief the British Army. The funeral was essentially military funeral. His Majesty the King attended as chief mourner, and Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duke of Connaught were among the members ...

... take some 100 ambulance men, with contingent of women nurses hold-' ing the nursing certificate of the St. John ! Ambulance Association, to Windsor for in- spection our late beloved Queen —the good' Queen Victoria Her Majesty saying at the; termination of ...

... opening concert the Philharmonic Society, at the Queen's Hall last week, the playing of Miss Dorothy Maggs, a young pianist, and a pupil of Herr Francesco Berger, attracted special notice from Queen Alexandra, who, with the Prince of Wales, was present. It ...

... Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry. The officers names recorded are as follows:— Warwickshire Regiment: Lieutenant Monrligm, Major C. J. Cockbuni, Captain H. A. Hankey, Captain A. B. Bennet, Lieutenant-Colonel Thursby, and Lieutenant Tremaine, Imperial Yeomanry; ...

... we owed, not merely an added power to the Queen's armies, but an added warranty to the righteousness of her cause. The service which was rendered by the Colonies tie Mother Country in war was a voluntary service. No note of ambition, or aggression, or ...

... —The toast was enthusiastically drunk, and Lieutenant S. B. Flavel sang the National Anthem. The Mayor also submitted *' Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the re-it of the Boyal Family, which was heartily received. The Mayor read lengthy ...

... home service as distinct from the Army abroad for foreign service. had been found that the Army home was not able to supply recruits for the Armies over seas. We should now have home service Army for home service and foreign army for foreign ...

... Column of Phocas (now supposed to have been that Diocletian) an enclosure has been found just below the level of the latest Imperial pavement. This taer.r is a trapezoidal platform composed of blocks of tufa in the centre of which is the top of a large round ...

... away. The Duke of Cambridge, cousin of Queen Victoria, ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, and warm friend of military charitable institutions, passed away in March in his eighty-fifth year. There was a State service Westminster Abbey, but the people were ...