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RETURN OF THE VOLUNTEERS.I

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RETURN OF THE VOLUNTEERS. DINNER AT THE GRAPES HOTEL. About eighty members of the H" Company foregathered at the "Grapes" Hotel, Llangollen, on Saturday night,to entertain four of theircomrades whohave just returned from the front inSouthAfrica to a complimentary dinner. Capt. Griffiths occupied the chair Col.-Sergt. Selby being the only home- comer who was unable to accept an invitation to attend. He sent a letter explaining that he was prevented from attending by having received a letter from one of His Majesty's Inspeotors of Schools asking him to pay him a visit for a week; an invitation that may mean he is to ba offered another school. That this may be the case is the sineera wish of the general public of the town and district. A splendid spread was placed on the table by Mrs. Hughes, whose catering gava the utmost satis- faction and, after ample justiae had been done thereto, the post prandial proceedings commenced by Capt. Griffiths inviting the Company to honour the toast of the King," which was received with the utmost enthusiasm.-Sergt.-Instructor Galloway then proposed the toast of the evening, The Home-eoming Volunteers." In doing so, he alluded to the readiness with which they had answered to the call of duty; to the good service they had rendered with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in South Africa and to the general satisfaction felt by the people of Llangollen in being able to welcome them home safe and sound. He then, in sympathetic terms, alluded to the loss which, not only the local corps, but His Majesty's forces in South Africa, have sustained by the death of Pte J. H. Jones. Their sympathies should be extended, in a very special manner, to the relatives of tha.t gallant young voiuntser who so nobly answered to his country's call, and laid down his life in the per- formance of his duty. He coupled with the toast, which was received with loud cheers, the name of Sergt. W. H. Hughes who, in responding, thanked the inhabitants of Llangollen and distriot for the hearty welcome accorded to them upon their return to their native town. They went out as volunteers, but soon found they ha.d to take their places in the fighting line, and ha thought they had done their duty as soldiers should do.-Chaers-Sergt. T. Waltho proposed the health of Sergt.-Instructor Galloway. He said that was the first time the Company had been called together under such pleasant conditions as they met that night, but he trusted it would not be the last. He paid a high compliment to the energy and the ability with which Sergt. Galloway had worked in the interests of the Company during the two years that he had been with them the present satisfactory state of things being largely due to his exertions.—(Cheers.) Sergt.-Instructor Galloway thanked the Company for the hearty manner in which they had received the toast; and concluded by asking them to drink the health of Capt. Griffiths, to whose exertions the success attending the recaption of the volunteers on their return from the front was mat a ly attributable.-(AppIa.use.)—The toast having been duly honoured, Capt. Griffiths, in responding, said that so long as the Company worked as they are working he would always regard it to be his duty to do his utmost for;them. (Cheers)--During the evening, songs were given by Pte. J. F. Bailey, Pte. W. E. Edwards, Pte. G. Griffiths, and others the proceedings throughout being most successful. WELCOME HOME TO VOLUNTEERS AT RUABON. A banquet and smoking concert took place at the Wynnstay Hotel, Ruabon, on Thursday, in honour of the Volunteers and others who recently returned home from South Africa. They are:—Captain Maurice Griffith, Colour-Sergeant Selby, Sergt. W. Hughes, Sergeant Charles Davies, Corpl. J. C Murless, Corpl. J. Harris, Bugler J. Owen, Pte, E. H. Jones, Pte. T. O. Jones, Pte. G. H. Lacey, Pte. J Sinclair, Pte. John Knight, Pte. J. Beech (Grena- dier Guards), Trooper P. Borrell (29th I.Y.), Troopar John Jones (29th I.Y.), Pte. C. Griffiths (41st Welsh Regiment). Dr. Lawton Roberta presided, and he was supported by Messrs. G. J Bowen, H. C. Murless and H. B e'cett. There were also present Major Johnson, Messrs. N. R. Griffith, J. W. Owens a.nd T. A. Acton, and Qaarter-master Sumnal.—After dinner, the chairman proposed the loyal toasts, which ware duly honoured, and an entertaining programme of music was gone through by Mr. W. P. Jones, Colour-Sergeant Selby, Mr. Thomas (of Cefn), Mr. Whittingham, Mr. Joseph Edwards, Corporal J. Harris, Mr. Thrope and Captain Griffith.-The Chairman aferwards propos- ed the toast ef the Army, Navy and Reserve Forces and Major Johnson, in responding, said the Volunteers had proved that they were not Feather-bed soldiers." Captain Griffith was the only one of the local Volunteers who was mentioned in despatches,and but for his having been seized with fever and invalided home, he would no doubt again have been mentioned. (Cheers.)- Captain Griffith responded and gave a most amusing recitation descriptive of a. Welshman's difficulties with the English language, which kept the company in roars of laughter. Songs were also given by Messrs. Joseph Edwards and W. P. Jones, and Corporal J. Harris. The Chairman then proposed the toast of the evening, and said other forces had fared less for- tunately, and had lost many men, but the Ruabon- ites had been lucky in this respect. (Cheers.) The people of Ruabon had followed their movements with the greatest interest and anxiety, and when they heard of their expected return a committee was appointed to arrange for that little meeting. (Cheers.)—The chairman then presented handsome illuminated addresses designed and lithographed by Messrs Woodall, Minshall, Thomas aad Co., of Wrexham and Oswestry, to each of the men. The address was as followa :—" Dear sir,-We, the inhabitants of Ruabon and well-wishers generally, on your return home from aotive service in South Africa, desire to express our feelings of friendship and goodwill. We are pleased to recognise and bear testimony to the noble response which you made for the late Queen and country, when called upon in the hour of England's danger, and we welcome you home from the battlefield where, unfortunately, so many have laid down their lives We beg your aceeptance of this testimonial at the Banquet given in your honour, as a small mark of our respect and esteem. With our sincerest good wishes for your future happiness and prosperity, on behalf of the Committee. I remain, yours very truly, R. Lawton Roberts, Chairman of Reception Committee. Ruabon, May 7th, 1901."—Captain Griffith, in replying, said they appreciated intensely all that had been said about them. (Cheers.) They had done all they could, and they thanked the Committee for all they had done. Some of them might only be volunteers, but they could fight as well as the rest of the army.—Colour-Sergt. Selby said he was deeply proud of being one of the men selected for active service, but it had been a still greater honour to fight with a regiment that was second to none in the British Army. (Loud cheers). He admitted that he might have been hard with the men under him at times, but what- ever he asked them to do they did—(cheers)—and he had caused them to be thought well of from the colonel to the smallest drummer-boy. (Cheers.) Were they called upon to volunteer again, he was sure they would all do so. (Cheers.—Mr. N. R. Griffiths proposed the health of the Chairman, which was heartily drunk, and Dr Lawton Roberts, in responding, said he sometimes felt as if he were still a Volunteer when he saw so many of his old comrades round about him. (Cheers.) He should like publicly to thank Mr. Nathaniel Griffith aod and others for the help they had given him in arranging for that enthusiastic welcome.—The remainder of the evening was devoted to harmony.

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