Lumsden of the Guides, a sketch of the life of Harry Burnett Lumsden, with selections from his correspondence and occasional papers . —By order,C. J. Bowie, Military Secretary. The command of the Hyderabad Contingent is vacant by theexpiration of the term of service of Brigadier Hill. The postis one which calls for the exercise of the highest qualitiesof a commanding officer; good temper, firmness, and capacityto enforce discipline upon irregular troops, and to deal withthe questions which are apt to arise with a native court, areessential. The officer who, in my opinion, best fu
Lumsden of the Guides, a sketch of the life of Harry Burnett Lumsden, with selections from his correspondence and occasional papers . —By order,C. J. Bowie, Military Secretary. The command of the Hyderabad Contingent is vacant by theexpiration of the term of service of Brigadier Hill. The postis one which calls for the exercise of the highest qualitiesof a commanding officer; good temper, firmness, and capacityto enforce discipline upon irregular troops, and to deal withthe questions which are apt to arise with a native court, areessential. The officer who, in my opinion, best fulfils these conditionsis Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. Lumsden, , now commandantof the Corps of Guides. Colonel Lumsden has not only done much distinguishedservice, but I have a grateful recollection of the excellent judg-ment and temper which he showed during his delicate missionto Afghanistan in 1857, at the time of the Persian war, andduring the first part of the Indian Mutiny. I j<Utenant-Colonel A. T. Wilde# succeeded HarryLumsden in command of the Guides. He had served * Afterwards LieuLenant-General^Sir A. T. Wilde, , 1
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