The King and Queen being come into the Chapel, the King standing before the Altar, delivers the Sceptre with the Dove to the Archbishop, who layeth it upon the Altar there. And the Golden Spurs and St Edward's Staff are given into the hands of the Dean of Westminster, and by him laid there also. His Majesty will then be disrobed of his Imperial Mantle or Robe of State, and arrayed in his Royal Robe of Purple Velvet, and her Majesty will also be arrayed in her Royal Robes of Purple Velvet His Majesty wearing his Imperial Crown will then receive in his Left Hand the Orb from the Archbishop. Then their Majesties will proceed through the Choir to the West Door of the Church, in the same way as they came, wearing their Crowns: the King bearing in his Right Hand the Sceptre with the Cross, and in his Left the Orb; the Queen bearing in her Right Hand her Sceptre with the Cross, and in her Left the Ivory Rod with the Dove; all Peers wearing their Coronets. The last part of this sentence, referring to the Queen, is omitted in the Special Form; but whether by accident or design it does not appear. APPENDIX III THE INDIAN CONTINGENT AT THE CORONATION CEREMONY THE following historical notes upon the Indian Corps, which furnished detachments for the contingent sent to England to take part in the Coronation ceremonies, have been drawn up for me by Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Everard Baring, Military Secretary to the Viceroy. Those who had the privilege of being present at the private inspection by His Majesty of the Indian Contingent in the garden of Buckingham Palace the week after the Coronation, could not help feeling that the significance of the spectacle would have been more complete had they possessed some definite knowledge of the services rendered to the Empire by the branches of the Indian army there represented. I therefore asked Lord Hardwicke, the UnderSecretary of State for India, to see if he could obtain for me, some information on the subject, from the department, before his departure to the War Office, to which he had been transferred. Lord Hardwicke ascertained that practically no detailed information on the subject existed in London; but he was kind enough to put me into communication with Colonel Baring who, in spite of the great pressure of extra work which was devolving upon him in consequence of the preparations for the Durbar, found time to supply me, in the most obliging manner, with the following memorandum, which, containing a mass of information never hitherto published, seems to me to form a historical document of great value. There is no need, therefore, to apologise for its introduction in this Appendix, especially as the presence of the Indian troops in London during the period of the Coronation was one of the most significant features of that great imperial ceremony. The memorandum drawn up by the Military Secretary to the Viceroy is inevitably succinct, for the events of which the mere names and dates are given, recapitulate the entire history of the Indian Empire from the days of Warren Hastings. But to any one familiar with the simple outline of the story of the English in India, some of the briefest entries are most eloquent. For example, the five words included in the record of services of the 24th Baluchistan Infantry and of the 1st Hyderabad Lancers, "the pursuit of Tantia Topi," recall one of the most dramatic pages of our imperial history -the treachery of Nana Sahib, the well at Cawnpore, the arrival of Havelock too late, and the unwavering loyalty of some of the native forces without which our Indian Empire would have been lost. This catalogue of dates and events is appropriately placed at the end of a work which celebrates the consecration of the imperial idea. For it indicates a fact too often lost sight of by a generation which is perhaps too complacent in its imperialism. This unadorned record shows that the British Empire is not the creation of yesterday. The warlike achievements of the native troops of India for a hundred and thirty years is the record during that period not only of bravery in the field but of self-denial and wisdom practised by generation after generation of British officers and civilians who have organised the Indian army and administered that vast domain. MEMORANDUM REGARDING INDIAN CORPS FROM WHICH REPRESENTATIVe DetachMENTS WERE FURNISHED FOR THE CONTINGENT SENT TO England inN 1902 TO TAKE PART IN THE CORONATION CEREMONIES. The following Corps were represented in the Indian contingent sent to England in 1902 to take part in the Coronation ceremonies: The Governor General's Body-Guard. The 1st Bengal Lancers-composed entirely of Hindustani Mahomedans. The 10th Bengal Lancers-composed of Sikhs, Dogras, Punjabi Mahomedans and Pathans. Class represented-Sikhs. The 11th Bengal Lancers, of composition similar to that of the 10th. Class represented— Dogras. The 14th Bengal Lancers, composed entirely of Jats. The 15th Bengal Lancers, composed of Multani Pathans and Derajat and Cis-Indus Mabomedans. Class represented-Multani Pathans. The 18th Bengal Lancers, composed of Punjabi Mahomedans and Sikhs. Class represented-Punjabi Mahomedans. The Cavalry of the Corps of Guides, composed of Sikhs, Dogras, Punjabi Mahomedans and Pathans. Class represented-Pathans. The Kohat Mountain Battery. The Derajat Mountain Battery. The Abbottabad Mountain Battery,1 The Bengal Sappers and Miners, composed of Sikhs, Punjabi Mahomedans, Pathans and Hindustani Brahmans, Rajputs, Jats and Mahomedans. Classes represented-All. The 1st Brahman Infantry. The 7th Rajput Infantry. The 10th Jat Infantry. The 15th Sikh Infantry. Class represented—Jat Sikhs. The 17th Mahomedan Rajput Infantry. Class represented-Hindustani Mahomedans. The 20th Punjab Infantry, composed of Pathans, Sikhs and Dogras. Class represented -Pathans, not being Afridis. The 23rd Punjab Pioneers, composed of Mazbi Sikhs. The 33rd Punjab Infantry, composed of Punjabi Mahomedans, Pathans (Buncrwals, Swatis and Bajauris) and Sikhs. Class represented—Punjabi Mahomedans. The 1st Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, composed of Sikhs, Dogras, Punjabi Mahomedans and Pathans (Afridis, Yusafzais and Khattaks). Class represented—Afridis. 1 N.B.-All these Mountain Batteries are composed mainly of Sikhs and Punjabi Mahomedans, in about equal numbers. THE BODY-GUARD OF THE GOVERNOR OF MADRAS. The 1st Madras Lancers, composed of Madras Mahomedans, but has a troop of Mahrattas. Class represented-Madras Mahomedans. The Madras Sappers and Miners, composed of Madras Hindus of various classes (including Tamils, Telingas and Telugus), Madras Mahomedans and Native Christians. Classes represented-All. The 1st Madras Pioneers, composed of Madras Mahomedans, Tamils, Telingas, Native Christians, etc. Class represented-Tamils. The 20th Madras Infantry, composed of Madras Mahomedans, Tamils, Telingas, etc. Class represented-Madras Mahomedans. The 2nd Battalion Moplah Rifles, composed entirely of Moplahs. THE BODY-GUARD OF THE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY, composed of Sikhs and Rajputana Mahomedans. Classes represented—All. The 1st Bombay Lancers, composed of Dakhani Mahrattas, Jats, Sikhs and Pathans. Class represented-Mahrattas. The 3rd Bombay Cavalry, composed of Jats, Sikhs, Kaimkhanies and Mahomedan Rajputs. Class represented-Rajputs. The Bombay Sappers and Miners, composed of Dakhani, Hindustani and Punjabi Mahomedans, Mahrattas, Rajputs, Hindustani Hindus and Sikhs. Classes represented—All. The 1st Bombay Grenadiers, composed of Mahrattas, Punjabi Mahomedans, and Mahomedans of Rajputana and Central India. Class represented-Dakhani Mahrattas. The 3rd Bombay Infantry, composed of Mahrattas and Bombay Mahomedans. represented-Konkani Mahrattas. Class The 24th Baluchistan Infantry, composed of Hazaras, Khattaks, Mahsud Waziris, Punjabi Mahomedans and Sikhs. Class represented-Hazaras. The 29th Baluch Infantry, composed of North-West Frontier Pathans, Punjabi Mahomedans and Hill Baluchis. Class represented-Baluchis. The 1st Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent, composed of Sikhs, Dakhani Mahomedans and Jats. Class represented-Dakhani Mahomedans. 1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, composed of Rajputs, Dakhani Mahomedans and Jats. Class represented-Dakhani Mahomedans. The Merwara Battalion, composed entirely of Mers. HISTORICAL NOTES REGARDING THE CORPS ABOVE NAMED. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S BODY-GUARD. This Corps was organised in 1773. for the purpose of forming a Body-Guard to the Governor-General in time of peace, and to accompany the Commander-in-Chief into the field in time of war. It was originally designated "The Governor's troop of Moghals." Soon after its formation the Corps was engaged in putting down the Saniasis, "a body of militant and plundering devotees," and in 1774 it accompanied the Commander-in-Chief, Colonel Champion, during the campaign in Rohilkhand. A portion of the Corps was for a tine in the Upper Provinces with Lord Lake during the Mahratta War, in 1805, and in 1811 the whole of the Corps proceeded on service to and took part in the conquest of Java. It accompanied the Marquis of Hastings into the field during the Mahratta War of 1817-18, and in 1824 a strong detachment proceeded on service to Burma, where it distinguished itself on many occasions. In 1843, the corps was with Lord Ellenborough at the battle of Maharajpur, and it accompanied Lord Hardinge into the field during the Sutlej Campaign, and was engaged in the battles of Mudki (where it was greatly distinguished), Firozshah, Aliwal and Sobraon. It has not since been employed in the field. THE IST (DUKE OF YORK's Own) Bengal Lancers. This corps was formed in 1803 from a body of horse which came over to Lord Lake immediately after the battle of Delhi; and was placed under the command of Captain James Skinner, a Eurasian Officer, who had been in the service of Sindhia, from whom the corps acquired the designation of "Skinner's Horse." At a later period it was known as the “'Ist Local Horse," the 1st Irregular Cavalry," and the "Ist Bengal Cavalry." It became the "Ist Bengal Lancers" in 1896. It was prominently engaged in the pursuit of Amir Khan, Pindari, through Rohilkhand, in the defeat of that Chieftain at Afzalgarh (March 1805), and in the pursuit of Holkar to the Beas. In 1809 the corps took part in the capture, after a severe fight, of Bhawani in Harriana. A small portion of the regiment took part in the Nepal War in 1814-15; and the whole was employed in the operations against the Mahrattas and Pindaris in 1817-18, and in the siege and capture of Bhartpur in 1825-26. Several rissalahs of the regiment were employed in Afghanistan at various times during the war of 1838-42, and on all occasions they greatly distinguished themselves, especially in the action at Dadur in October 1840, in the operations of General Nott at Kandahar, and in the advance thence on Kabul in the autumn of 1842. In 1852-53-54 the regiment was frequently engaged with Mohmands and other hill tribes on the Peshawar border. The Mutiny of 1857 found the regiment at Mooltan, and it then rendered itself conspicuous by its fidelity. It not only took a prominent part in disarming two regiments of native infantry which were ripe for mutiny, but subsequently acted with great energy and loyalty against rebels and mutineers in the Gúgaira district. During the Afghan war of 1879-80 the regiment was employed in the Kuramı Valley and on the Kohat frontier. The regiment was detailed for the expedition to China in 1900, and it rendered conspicuous good service in the advance from Tientsin and in the relief of the Legations in Pekin, in August of that year. 10TH (THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN) BENGAL LANCERS. This regiment was originally part of "Hodson's Horse." It was formed into a separate corps in August 1858; became the 10th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry on the Bengal Army being reorganised after the Mutiny, and received its present designation in 1878. : "Hodson's Horse," so called from Lieutenant (afterwards Major) W. S. R. Hodson, Ist Bengal Fusiliers, by whom the corps was raised, was the first corps formed in the Punjab after the outbreak of the Mutiny it was prominently engaged in the operations before Delhi in 1857, in the actions at Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Agra, the relief of Lucknow (November 1857), the actions of Gungari, Patiali Mainpuri and Shamshabad, the siege and capture of Lucknow (where Major Hodson was mortally wounded), and in the action at Nawabganj. Subsequent to the last-mentioned event the corps was formed into a brigade of three regiments, and it is with the second of these regiments that we are here concerned. After its formation into a separate corps the regiment continued serving against the mutineers and rebels in Oudh, until these were finally driven out of the province. In 1867 the regiment was detailed for the Abyssinian Expedition. In 1879-80 it was employed in the operations on the Khaibar line, during the war with Afghanistan. The corps has not since been engaged in any operations in the field, except that a squadron was employed in an expedition against the Utman Khels during the Frontier War of 1897, and three squadrons in the bloodless expedition against the Bunerwals in January 1898. THE IITH (THE PRINCE OF WALES' OWN) BENGAL LANCERS. This regiment was raised in the Punjab in August and September 1857. It was designated the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry," but was at that time more generally known as Wale's Horse," its first Commandant having been Captain Frederick Wale, of the 48th Bengal Native Infantry. On the reorganisation of the Bengal Army after the Mutiny it became the 11th Bengal Cavalry. It received its present designation in 1876. Before the regiment had been fully formed it became necessary to send a portion of it on service into the Gugaira district, then in a state of insurrection, where it rendered good service in restoring order. Early in 1858 the regiment was sent down country, and having joined the Army under the Commander-in-Chief, it took part in the operations resulting in the expulsion of the rebels and mutineers from Lucknow; in the course of these, in an action near the Musa Bagh, on the 21st March, Captain Wale was killed. In the subsequent operations ending in the reconquest of Oudh the regiment was prominently engaged, earning a reputation second to that of no other corps of irregular cavalry on the rolls of the Army. In 1860 the regiment, commanded by Major D. M. Probyn (from whom it was known |