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There was a very good attendance ; the subject was illustrated by specimens 
from the collections at the Tower, Rotunda, and R.A. Institution Museums. 
Probably few of the audience knew previously of the beauty and value of the 
specimens shown from the Woolwich Collections. This lecture will not be pub¬ 
lished, but the shorthand writer’s transcript of it, corrected and illustrated by 
Captain Orde Browne, will be sent on loan to any member who may wish to 
read it. 
Two brasses have recently been erected side by side in St. G-eorge’s (Garrison) 
Church, Woolwich, to the memory of Lieutenants J. Haggard and J. A. Rich, 
R.H.A. As the space available for memorials in this Church is becoming very 
small, the authorities in charge are only able to sanction the erection of small 
tablets. In consequence of this there is a surplus in each fund collected to 
supply these two memorials and this has been handed over to the R.A. Regimental 
Charities. 
Many officers may have forgotten the fact that the Royal Horse Artillery is this 
year entering on its second century of existence, having been formed by Royal 
Warrant dated 8 th January, 1793. 
Among other proposed methods of celebrating the event is one to amalgamate 
the various troop dinners and for this year to have a Royal Horse Artillery 
Centenary Dinner. 
The following proposition is put forward with a view to elicit further corres¬ 
pondence on the subject: — 
“ As the reliefs for Garrison Artillery stations are now so fixed that certain 
Divisions provide Companies to serve in certain stations, cannot some plan be 
devised by these Divisions so that at each Port or station means of recreation 
suited to the station and for young men be provided P 
Boats, cricket grounds, football grounds, gymnastic appliances which can be 
put up temporarily in barrack-rooms, libraries, and possibly small bands, are 
probably the most necessary. 
A General Fund could be provided, doubtless, by subscriptions from :—(1) 
Officers of the Division on joining the Division ; (2) by a small yearly subscrip¬ 
tion while in the Division; (3) Company Games’ Funds; (4) yearly grants, with 
the sanction of the General Officer Commanding, from the Garrison Canteens. 
On leaving a station a Board might be sanctioned to assess against the Com¬ 
pany whether anything had not been properly cared for, and whether, taking into 
account depreciation from fair wear and tear, it was necessary to make a charge 
against the Company Funds on leaving. 
There are many out-lying Forts and stations where recreation is very necessary 
and where, from the small number of men, it is almost impossible to provide 
them without aid.” 
The American publication, Science, published 25th November, 1892, contains an 
article by Major-General The Right Honourable Sir J. C. Cowell, k.c.b., on 
“ The Date of the Last Glacial Epoch.” This article shows the great value of 
the discoveries made by Major-General A. W. Drayson, late R.A., as described 
in his works entitled “ 30,000 Years of the Earth’s Past History” and “Un¬ 
trodden Ground in Astronomy and Geology.” The article concludes with the 
following sentence :— 
“ Lastly, it is to be hoped that the discoverer of the second rotation may live 
to see the triumph which he has achieved universally admitted by all true lovers 
of science.” 
