The Battalion again proceeded to Burma in 1895, being stationed at Rangoon until December, 1898, when it returned to India and was stationed at Berhampore. There it remained until January, 1900, when it embarked for Singapore, in relief of British troops who had been sent to South Africa. Returning to India in November, 1901, the Battalion was stationed at Madras until May 16th, 1903, when it was transferred to Secunderabad to be reconstituted as a Punjab regiment with the designation “76th Punjabis.” Thus, after an honourable existence of more than 130 years, the Battalion ceased to exist as a purely Madras Battalion. The Colours, mess plate, and band instruments were handed over to the new Battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel J. Jackson, of the old 16th, was appointed Commandant. Drafts of about two hundred non-commissioned officers and men were received from various Punjab Battalions and the new Battalion recruited up to full strength, the majority of the British officers being those of the 16th Madras Infantry. The new composition of the Battalion was:— Two companies of Sikhs. Two companies of Hindu Jats. Four companies of Punjabi Mussalmans. The uniform remained scarlet, but the facings were changed to emerald green from yellow. In this year sanction was accorded for General Officers, who had been previously connected with Battalions of the Indian Army, being appointed Honorary Colonels thereof. Accordingly Major-General Henry S. Elton, who had formerly served for thirty-two years in the 16th Madras Infantry, was appointed the first Honorary Colonel. [Sidenote: 1904.] By the end of 1904, the Battalion was reported fit for service. [Sidenote: 1908.] In March, 1908, the Battalion proceeded to Tientsin, North China, for garrison duty, finding detachments at Chinwangtao and Shanhaikwan. It returned to India in 1911 and was stationed at Jhelum. CHAPTER V THE GREAT WAR Egypt—Shaiba—Khafajiyeh—Euphrates—Nasariyeh—First Battle of Kut [Sidenote: 1914.] Orders were received to mobilize, as for service in Europe, on October 21st, and the Battalion mobilized to full strength plus ten per cent. in seventy-two hours. A draft of 120 men of the 87th Punjabis, under Captain S. M. H. Baillie, was sent to the Battalion in place of its own reservists, who could not be called up in time. A depot was left in Jhelum under Captain E. Milford.