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CENTENARY CUP. 
COMMUNICATED BY 
THE SHCRETARY. 
THE cup presented to the Regiment for annual competition by the 
Deputy-Adjutant-General, in commemoration of the centenary of 
General Sir John Macleod, a.c.u., first Deputy-Adjutant-General in 
1795, was exhibited at the annual dinner on the 7th June. 
_ It was manufactured by Messrs. Lambert of Coventry Street, and 
takes the form of an early Hanap, or double Gourd, Cup, of the 16th 
century, the stem being embellished with a mural crown, chased and 
pierced, and four chased reliefs. 
These reliefs are oval medallions in répoussé work representing 
Horse, Field, Siege, and Garrison Artillery respectively, from designs 
by Captain G. D’A. Alexander, Royal Artillery. 
The cup is 23 inches in height, and is provided with a cover sur- 
mounted by a figure of an Officer of the Royal Artillery in the uniform 
of 1795, from a design by Lieutenant R. J. Macdonald, Royal Artillery. 
Round the foot of the cup is engraved the following inscription :— 
“To the Royal Regiment of Artillery, in commemoration of the 
“centenary of the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel John Macleod, 
“as first Deputy-Adjutant-General Royal Artillery, 1795, this cup is 
“dedicated by Major-General F. T, Lloyd, ¢.8., Deputy-Adjutant- 
‘*General Royal Artillery, 1895.” 
The plinth is provided with a recess in which is placed an illuminated 
scroll of parchment containing a short history of the services of Sir 
John Macleod, as follows :— 
Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, a.c.u., of the Raaza Clan, was 
grandson of Colonel Eneas Macleod, who served with great distinction 
in the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough. He was born in 
January 1752 and joined the Royal Artillery Academy on the 15th 
March, 1771. 
In 1775 he joined the force collected for the suppression of the 
Colonial Rebellion in North America, and in 1781 proceeded with the 
Army under Harl Cornwallis into North Carolina, a march of more than 
600 miles in very inclement weather. He commanded the artillery in 
the signal victory of Guildford on the 15th March, over the combined 
Continental and American forces. On the return of the Army to Eng- 
land, he was specially presented to the King, and in the same year was 
appointed Captain on the Staff of Lord George Lennox at Portsmouth. 
In 1790 Captain Macleod was placed at the head of the Regimental 
Staff of the Royal Artillery, which had been increased during the 
American War to four Battalions and an Invalid Battalion. 
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