Officers of the 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

PROGRAMME.

1. GRAND MARCH--"Princess Victoria" _O'Keefe_ BAND.
2. SONG Serg. COX,
1st O.L.I.
3. COON SONG Trooper GREENWOOD,
I.Y.
4. OVERTURE--"Norma" _Bellini_ BAND.
5. SENTIMENTAL SONG Corp. ASHLY,
1st O.L.I.
6. RECITATION Corp. SAMPSON,
R.G.A.
7. CORNET SOLO--"My Pretty Jane" _Bishop_ Band-Serg. BROOME.
8. SONG Mr J. ILSLEY.
9. DESCRIPTIVE SONG Corporal COOKE,
1st O.L.I.
10. SELECTION--"The Belle of New York" _Kerker_ BAND.
11. SONG Gunner HIGGINBOTHAM,
R.G.A.
12. SONG Gunner M'GINTZ,
R.G.A.
13. VALSE--"Mia Cara" _Bucalossi_ BAND.
14. PATRIOTIC SONG Serg. GEAR,
1st O.L.I.
15. COMIC SONG Corporal CROWLY,
1st O.L.I.
16. GALOP--"En Route" _Clarke_ BAND.

"_GOD SAVE THE QUEEN._"

Admission to Ground--ONE SHILLING. Refreshments at reasonable prices.

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[Sidenote: _Our near Kinship to the Boers._]

Of another important fact which grew upon us later on, we gained our
first glimpse during these early days. The Boers we found were in many
respects startlingly near akin to us. They sprang originally from the
same liberty-loving stock as ourselves. Hosts of them spoke correct
and fluent English, while not a few of them were actually of English
parentage. Moreover, the Hollanders and the English have so freely
intermarried in South Africa that at one time it was fondly hoped the
cradle rather than the rifle would finally settle our racial
controversies. They are haunted by t