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trust the battalion may always have a Commander as sympathetic and careful 

 of their well-being as MAJOR CONDON was. 



The prosperity of Baroda is a very sincere wish in my heart, nnd I trust 

 that His HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJA GAEKWAR may long be spared to guide its 

 destinies upon the path of enlightenment and social and material progress ; 

 may the great reforms he has at heart come early to fruition and maintain 

 Baroda's well-founded claim to be the most enlightened self-governing State in 



India. 



JAMES HORNELL. 



MADRAS, April Wth, 1909. 



