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



of their well-being as Major Condon was. 



The prosperity of Baroda is a very sincere wish in my heart, and 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 lOth, 1909. 



