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Lord Roberts has accepted an invitation to dine at the Regimental Dinner as a 
Guest, and H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught has been asked to meet him, and has 
also accepted. 
R.A. «. R.E. JACKET ATO BILLIARD MATCHES. 
The results of the R.A. v. R.E. Racket and Billiard Matches are as follows :•— 
R.A. won the double rackets by 4 games to 1. 
R.E. won the four-handed billiard match. 
R.A. won the single billiard match. 
R.E. won the single rackets by 3 games to 2. 
The representatives were—- 
R.A. R.E. 
Rackets double. 
„ single. 
Billiards, four-handed 
„ single . 
Captain Cooper-Key 
Captain Quinton 
Captain Cooper-Key 
Major Curteis 
Captain Pollock 
Major Curteis 
Captain Hamilton. 
Lieut. Blair. 
Captain Hamilton. 
Major Dorward, D.S.O. 
Lieut. H. B. Jones. 
Major Dorward, D.S.O. 
R.A.X. “DUNCAN” PRIZE ESSAY, 1893. 
The Secretary has received in addition to those mentioned in April “ Proceed¬ 
ings,” Essays bearing the mottoes :—» 
“ Tam arte quarn marte.” 
“ A fronte pracipitium, a tergo lupus.” 
“ Delenda est Carthago.” 
“Disjecta membra.” 
“ Tekel.” 
“ Labor omnia vincit.” 
“ Yae victis.” 
OBITUARY. 
Colonel E. E. Lewes, retired list, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery, died suddenly 
at Morrell’s Hotel, London, on the 26th March, 1893, aged 55 years. He joined 
the Army June 8th, 1855 ; became Captain, January 24th, 1865 ; Major, Sept. 
21st, 1872 ; Lieut.-Colonel, January 17th, 1880; and Colonel, May 1st, 1880. 
He was present at the mutiny of the 51st Bengal Native Infantry at Peshawur 
on August 28th, 1857, and served in the Peshawur Division under Sir Sydney 
Cotton during the Indian Mutiny (medal); served against the Mahsood Wuzeerees 
in the Expedition under Brigadier-General Sir Neville Chamberlain in April and 
May, 1860, with the Peshawur Mountain Battery (medal with clasp); commanded 
two Mountain guns at the surprise of the Berzotee Village of Gara on February 
25th, in the Kohat Expedition of 1869, under Colonel Keyes (mentioned in 
despatches and specially thanked by the Governor-General in Council). 
Major-General C. W. Elgee, c.b. (retired), whose death occurred at East¬ 
bourne on 2nd Aoril, 1893, joined the Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant, 6th August, 
