TH E

HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE

MAGAZINE.

“—the story of my life,

From year to year,—the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have pass’d.''

Shakespeare, O th e l lo .

Act i , Scene 3.

V o l . 11.]

A P R IL , 1899.

[No. 16.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

C alendar .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ii. Committees .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. iii. R oster oh P ublic Duties . .. .. .. .. .. vi. F ixtures .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. vii. Officers in W aiting .. .. .. .. .. .. .. viii. O ur Portrait : Major-Gen.Sir H. E. Colvile, K.C.M.G., C.B. 22!» Household Brigade I ntelligence .. .. .. .. .. 229 G azette, Appointments, and P romotions .. .. .. .. 23!) Stations of Regiments and Battalions .. .. .. .. 243 B rigade of Guards' Point-to-Point R ace .. .. .. .. 244 P lays of the Month .........................................................................245 A n A utumn on the Blue N ile .................................................. 246 A Lady’s L e t t e r ................................................................... .. 252 R eviews .............................................................................................. 257 A dvice to Officers .. .. .. .. .. .. 259 T he Guards in Action, T ime of Queen Victoria .. .. 261 N otes on Ce y l o n ....................................................................................268 F irst Battalion Chinese Regiment .. .. .. .. .. 274 Correspondence ........................ .. .. .. _, ., 276 Sports and Amusements .. .. .. .. ., .¿78 M iscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299