On 3rd January the _Tamar_ arrived at Portsmouth. The regiment disembarked next day and proceeded by rail to Dover, consisting of 15 officers and 489 rank and file. On 14th March, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge inspected the regiment. On 29th June, rifle uniform was taken into wear. In August, owing to war in Egypt, the First Class Reserve was called up, but demobilized again in October. In September permission was received (General Order No. 252 of 1882) for the regiment to “bear Cape of Good Hope 1806,” instead of “Cape of Good Hope” on their appointments. [Sidenote: 1883.] The battalion remained at Dover. [Sidenote: 1884.] A detachment, under Captain H. H. Jackson, proceeded to Halifax, N.S., to join the 2nd Battalion. On 13th August, the battalion, under Colonel Meurant, proceeded in H.M.S. _Assistance_ to Guernsey, sending four companies to Alderney. On 5th October, Colonel Meurant was placed on half-pay, and was succeeded in the command by Lieutenant-Colonel F. Karslake. [Sidenote: 1885.] A draft, under Lieutenants Welman and O’Leary, proceeded to Halifax, N.S., to join the 2nd Battalion. On 15th December, the battalion moved from Guernsey and Alderney to Gosport. [Sidenote: 1886.] The battalion remained at Gosport. [Sidenote: 1887.] In February, Colonel Karslake was succeeded by Colonel C. J. Burnett from the East Yorkshire Regiment. On 7th July, the battalion proceeded to Aldershot to take part on 9th July in the Jubilee Review, held on the completion of the fiftieth year of reign of H.M. Queen Victoria. Strength present--19 officers and 617 rank and file, and was brigaded with 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and 2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifles. The battalion returned to Gosport on 12th July. On 14th December, the battalion moved to Ireland and was stationed at Mullingar, with a detachment at Sligo. [Sidenote: 1888–9.] The battalion remained at Mullingar. [Sidenote: 1890.] Colonel Burnett having been appointed A.A. General at Aldershot, Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Cutbill, from half-pay, succeeded to the command. In July, the battalion moved to the Curragh for drills, and in August to “New Barracks,” Fermoy, with a detachment of one company at Fort Carlisle, Queenstown. [Sidenote: 1891.] A rifle busby was sanctioned and taken into wear on Christmas Day. [Sidenote: 1892.] Captain Curzon was appointed adjutant vice Wilkinson. [Sidenote: 1893.] The battalion moved from Fermoy to Newry on 19th June, sending a detachment in October to Drogheda. [Sidenote: 1894.] A field-service cap was taken into use in place of the Glengarry, which had been worn since 1874. On 4th June, Major R. J. Knox was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and succeeded to the command vice Cutbill, whose four years of command had terminated. On 16th October, the battalion moved to Brighton. Strength--20 officers and 784 rank and file, sending two companies as a detachment to Chichester. [Sidenote: 1895.]