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GLASGOW. 
On Monday evening, the 19th June, in commemoration of the Battle of Waterloo, 
the N.-C.O.’s of the 7th Field Battery, now quartered at Maryhill Barracks, gave 
their Annual Quadrille Party in the Gymnasium there; several of the officers of 
the Battery and of the 2nd “ Black Watch ” were present. 
On the 6th July, to celebrate the Duke of York’s wedding, a grand military 
display was given on Glasgow Green, a review of the Regulars and Volunteers being- 
held at 11 a.m., and a military tournament taking place on the green in the after¬ 
noon. The latter was arranged for the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Glasgow, who spared no expense or trouble in trying to make the 
tournament a success; a grand stand and enclosure to hold 10,000 people was 
specially erected, and it is estimated that upwards of 50,000 spectators were 
present. The Battery gave two displays, one of Artillery driving through pegs 
(trotting and galloping), and the other of Artillery in action, both of which were 
much appreciated. Major Woods and Captain Guise were on the committee of 
the tournament, and were the chief judges in most of the events ; a handsome gold 
medal to commemorate the tournament was awarded to each by the Corporation 
of Glasgow. 
The Battery is under orders to proceed from Glasgow to Barry Links (5 days’ 
march) on the 25th July for Annual Practice, returning to Glasgow on the 18th 
August. 
HALIFAX, N.S. 
Lieut.-General Montgomery Moore, the new G.O.C. Troops in Canada, has 
arrived at Halifax. He has brought out as his Military Secretary Major Apsley 
Smith, It.A.; a popular appointment irrespective of the satisfaction of seeing a 
Gunner in an Army Staff billet. 
Captain F. M. Lowe, It. A., and Mrs. Lowe arrived with a draft per s.s. Assyrian 
on 17th June. Captain Lowe is to be Instructor-in-Gunnery. This is the first 
time there has been an Instructor-in-Gunnery at Halifax for twenty years, the 
last one being Captain Darwall, who went home with the 3rd Brigade in 1873. 
The officers’ problems in Coast Defence, which were executed by It.A. Captains 
and Subalterns during the winter months, having been set and criticised by 
Captain Boileau, have now been returned by the Admiral with further criticisms 
by the Gunnery and Torpedo Lieutenants of H.M.S. Blake. The problems 
relating to the defence of mine-fields were also criticised by the R.E. officer in 
charge of submarine mines. The ships selected all belonged to the new United 
States Navy. The officers who were required to solve the problems entered into 
the spirit of the thing and worked them out fully and carefully; the four best 
have been sent to the Horse Guards, but they all go to form an interesting col¬ 
lection which may be of use in considering schemes of local defence. 
Major Crookenden has been promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, and “ selected ” for 
the command of the R.A. at Aden. He is to be succeeded as Armament-Major 
at Halifax by Major J. O. Hodgson, who has previously served seven years in 
this garrison. 
Two French men-of-war have been in port, the Naide and the Magon , both are 
wooden cruisers, the former is the flag-ship of Admiral Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, 
commanding the “ Division Navale volante et d’instruction the latter belongs to 
the “ Division Legere de VAtlantiqueB 
Lieutenant-Colonel Saunders and Officers R.A. and R.E. dined on board the 
Magon . After dinner Colonel Saunders returned thanks for the British Army in 
