Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3892, 20 June 1881, Page 3

Correspondence.

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(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Bib,~l saw in the Advertiser a local mentioning the possibility^- of a rifle match between the Thames Scottish and Engineers. No doubt it is necessary for the officer commanding the latter corps to bestir himself, and a,match with the; Scottish would surely bring the Engineers into prominence. •If they won the match, it would be a feather in their cap ; if they, lb«t, there would still be the honor of competing, with the Scottish Cqrps, Oft the 35 VESitinoers Who opposed the samenumber of Scottish in 1877, seven remain,! tiz,Captain Small, Sfrgeants/Melfltyre. Clarke, Gloutt, and Eellar, ; Volunteers Henneily andkDare. ;^here are the rest? Tfc«T are to be found »n the If *vat Brigade and f"«eottiah biilaWiAitfnv- It ,*»W' be observed that all but two of the serin are "bosses," which perhaps accounts for their adhesion. If,the Engine^ seek a match, leti them try the Naval Brigade. They would meet them on equal-terms, carbines .against .carbines, jt V,;Wejl known l»y volunteers that the Scottish have the old gun* disoprded bj^ t»e « Zulus," and consequently at a disadvantage. Anyhow, the possibility of a match kjmixt 3eottish andr Engineers is remote. IBS-* 1 * impracticability. ", of the-Zulu chief render*-him unfit for intercourse with white men.—-I am, &c, , Bashi Ba!zovk: