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The healths of Sir Henry and Lady Smyth were then drunk with great enthu¬ 
siasm, and afterwards Sir Henry rose to return thanks. He is a man who speaks 
deliberately, and very much to the point, weighing his words well, before giving 
them utterance. He assured his hearers that he left, with great regret, the Begi- 
ment he was proud of belonging to, not so much because of the brilliant abilities 
and performances of some of its members, or so much because of its old institu¬ 
tions, or its general good repute, though none of these attributes should be 
underestimated, but because of the high sense of, and devotion to, duty, which, 
during nearly 50 years’ service, he had always found to be a characteristic of its 
members as a whole. It is by this conscientious performance of duty that the 
honour of the Begiment in the field has been upheld, and the difficulties which 
the progress of inventions and the constant and rapid changes in armament, must 
continually present to artillerymen, have in the past, and will in the future, be 
successfully overcome by the Boyal Artillery. He concluded by saying that he 
was very glad to take farewell of the Begiment in a Mess which belongs conjointly 
to it and its sister corps. The Boyal Artillery and Boyal Engineers have every¬ 
thing to gain by a close intimacy, and for his part, he had spent many happy days 
in similar joint Messes, and hoped that the one at Malta would long continue to 
flourish. 
It is not very often that any part of the Begiment has the opportunity of en¬ 
tertaining a comrade of such long and distinguished service as Sir Henry Smyth. 
He has served in nearly every part of the globe, in the Crimea, in India, Canada, 
the Cape, and the Mediterranean. He has held important commands at Wool¬ 
wich, the Cape, and Malta, and always with distinguished success ; he formerly 
served as regimental officer, as member of the Ordnance Committee, and in other 
similar appointments. Eew men have had more experience than he, none have 
more conscientiously shewn that devotion to duty, irksome or pleasant, which he 
claims to be the characteristic of the Begiment. 
In expressing their regret at bidding him good-bye the Boyal Artillery Officers 
at Malta feel that they only express the feeling of the Begiment at large. 
UHEBALLA. 
THE CENTENABY OE “ C ” BATTEBY, B.H.A. 
On Wednesday, the 1st November, 1893, “ C ” Battery, B.H.A., commenced the 
second century of its existence, and the event was signallised at Umballa by a 
parade in the morning and a dinner in the evening. At the parade in the morning 
the occasion was taken as an auspicious one for presenting to the battery the prize 
presented by the late Commander-in-Chief, for competition in shooting by all the 
12-pr. batteries in India, and won last year by “ C ” Battery, B.H.A. Another 
presentation also made on this occasion was a long service medal to Battery Sergt.- 
Major Perfitt. 
The Boyal Horse Artillery Brigade, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel 
Turnbull, were drawn up in church parade order near the B.H.A. Orderly Boom, 
at 8 a.m., and Brigadier-General Pretyman, accompanied by his staff, having been 
received with a general salute, at once proceeded with the business of the day. 
The batteries having been formed into three sides of a square, General Pretyman 
said:— 
Colonel Turnbull, Officers, N.-C.-O.’s and men of the B.H.A.:—-It is a matter 
of considerable pride and pleasure to me that it should be my duty to present to 
“ C ” Battery, B.H.A., the prize for the best shooting 12-pr. B.L. Battery in 
