The Mounted Infantry system thus begun was largely developed, so that upon the outbreak of the South African war in 1899 there were many thousands of officers and men throughout the infantry of the Army who had been trained as Mounted Infantry. It has been rightly said[58] that the ultimately successful issue of the late campaign was in a great measure due to “the large number of Mounted Infantry officers previously trained, and to the long work of preparation carried on before the war by the Mounted Infantry enthusiasts.” If this is so, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps may lay a fair claim to a goodly share of such an important result. ----- Footnote 50: Afterwards Colonel and C.B. Footnote 51: Afterwards General Right Hon. Sir Redvers Buller, _vide_ p. 40 note. Footnote 52: Captain Hutton, now Lieut.-General Sir Edward Hutton, K.C.M.G., C.B. Colonel Commandant, 1908. Born December 6th, 1848. Footnote 53: _Vide_ “Cool Courage,” an episode of the Egyptian War, 1882—_Regimental Chronicle_, 1908. Footnote 54: Now Major-General R. S. R. Fetherstonhaugh, C.B. Footnote 55: Afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel Berkeley Pigott, C.B., D.S.O., 21st Lancers. Footnote 56: W. Pitcairn Campbell, P. S. Marling, A. Miles, R. L. Bower, and two officers of The Rifle Brigade, namely, W. M. Sherston and Hon. H. Hardinge. Footnote 57: Afterwards General Sir Baker Russell, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., etc., a well-known Cavalry General and leader of men. Died November, 1911. Footnote 58: “_Times_” _History of the War_, Vol. II, p. 31. IX. 1886–1898.—INDIAN FRONTIER. CHITRAL. MANIPUR. WRECK OF THE “WARREN HASTINGS.” [Sidenote: 1891, INDIAN FRONTIER.] In March, 1891, the 1st Battalion, then recently arrived in India, formed part of the 3rd Brigade, Hazara Field Force, and took part in the operations on the Samana Range, where Colonel Cramer,[59] commanding the Battalion, was severely wounded; and the command throughout the remainder of the campaign devolved upon Major the Hon. Keith Turnour.[60] The Battalion also took part in the expedition sent into the Sheikhan country and Khanki Valley, and in the action at Mastaon. [Sidenote: 1891, MANIPUR.] During the same period the 4th Battalion, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel R. Chalmer,[61] formed part of the successful Manipur Expedition in April, and from December in the same year until May, 1892, was continually employed with various columns in Burma and the Chin Lushai country. [Sidenote: 1895, CHITRAL.]