half a pound of tobacco, and a pockethandkerchief.

The battalion sailed from South Africa for India, with the following
officers and 922 rank and file:--

Bt. Lieutenant-Colonel T.A.H. Davies, D.S.O.
Bt. Lieutenant-Colonel M.G. Jacson.
Captain E.C. Wren.
" T.C.B. Holland.
" G.H.I. Graham.
Lieutenant T.B. Harries.
" G.I. Watts.
" D.H. Blunt.
" H.R. Gunning.
" S.T. Hailey.
" H.W.F. Twiss.
" E.S.C. Willis.
" W.E. Scafe.
" G.F.A. Kane.
2nd Lieutenant C. Edward-Collins.
" " M.D. Young.
" " C.W. Hext.
" " A.M. Mills.
" " R.C. Wrey.
Brevet-Major and Adjutant H.S.L. Ravenshaw.

Of the above, it may be noted that the following left India with the
battalion in 1899:--

Bt. Lieut.-Colonel M.G. Jacson.
Captain E.C. Wren.
" G.H.I. Graham.
Lieutenant T.B. Harries.
" G.I. Watts.
" D.H. Blunt.
" H.R. Gunning.
" S.T. Hayley.
" H.W.F. Twiss.
Bt-Major and Adjutant H.S.L. Ravenshaw.

The following officers of the battalion remained behind in South
Africa:--

Colonel C.W. Park, A.D.C., commanding a column.
Captain and Bt.-Major E.M. Morris, South African Constabulary.
Captain Bartlett, D.A.A.G. for Intelligence.
" Vyvyan, Provost Marshal, Barberton.
" Travers, South African Constabulary.

Lieutenant-General Lyttleton met the battalion at Howick on its way to
Durban, and wished them "farewell."

The following telegram was received at Durban from Lord Kitchener,
commanding the forces in South Africa:--

"To O.C. 1st Devon Regiment,
Durban.
"From Lord Kitchener,
Johannesburg.

"Please express to officers and men of the Regiment under your command
my high appreciation of their services in South Africa during the war,
which has already enhanced the great reputation of the Regiment. In
bidding you good-bye, I associate myself with all your comrades
remaining in the country in hearty wishes for your future good luck."

It should be added to the records of the battalion, which throughout two
years and three months had fought and marched incessantly in South
Africa, that it had never once experienced the slightest trace of an
"unfortunate incident," and had during that time lost only three
prisoners of war, two of whom lost their way in the dark at Geluk and
marched into enemy's lines, the third having been taken during the
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