The Marlborough Mounted Rifles . known as A Company of the First Battalion of the Nelson Mounted Rifles, were formed in March, 1885, under the title of the Marlborough Hussars, and received their present title in the year 1891. Captain E. F. Paul was the first in command, and he was succeeded in 1886, by Lieutenant. Dodson, who retained command till 1892. Lieutenant E. W. C. Chaytor was then elected captain of the corps, and, in the year 1901, was suceeded' by his brother, Lieutenant D'arcy Chaytor, who, on his promotion to the rank of Major, was followed by Captain Canavan, the present commander of the corps. The present subalterns of the corps are: Lieutenants Prichard. Watson, and Freeth. Two parades are held monthly–one mounted, and one foot parade: and a week's encampment for training purposes is held once a year. The Marlborough Mounted Rifles sent sixty men with the various New Zealand Contingents to South Africa during the Boer war.