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Excerpt from The History of the 3rd Batt; King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1798-1907: With Many Interesting Illustrations The History of the Scottish Borderers Militia, containing an Introduction by the late Sir George Walker, was published in 1877. The South African War came to a close in 1902. The Battalion had taken part in the War, and it seemed fitting that the History of the Scottish Borderers should be brought down to date. It was not long afterwards that an offer was received from our Acting Chaplain, the Rev. Dr Weir, the author of the History, to again undertake the work, and the offer was gratefully accepted. Dr Weir commenced his researches in 1904, and the valuable results are now before us. They set an appropriate seal to the many services which he has rendered to the Battalion throughout his long connection with it, and earn from all who will welcome these records the warmest thanks. May we, who are now serving, be more than ever zealous in maintaining the traditions of duty therein set forth, and in striving together to keep well what is entrusted to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.