Captain Lowe, Instructor-in-Gunnery, and four N.-C.O. of the Eoyal Artillery. 
On 20th August woodcock shooting began. Lieut. Macgowan shot 29 brace in 
six days in stormy weather. 
Captain Duffas, E.A. has been elected Polo Secretary vice Major Maycock, 
E.E. ordered home. 
A picture gallery is being formed in the office of the Colonel-on-the-Staff here. 
Portraits have been already obtained and hung of General Francklyn, General 
Gibbon, Major-General Eyan, and Colonel Peter Hill. The Adjutant E.A., 
British North America, would be very glad to hear further from ex-Colonels who 
have commanded the E.A. in British North America, or from their relatives and 
friends. 
Captain Boileau is getting up a meeting at the Chicago Exhibition between 
the officers of the Plalifax, Hong Kong, and Bermuda garrisons. The probable 
date will be some time towards the end of October. The enterprise is under the 
patronage of Lieut.-General Montgomery Moore, Commanding the Troops in 
Canada. A Mess will be formed in one of the principal hotels at Chicago. 
The Hong Kong officers will have the greatest distance to travel—9078 miles— 
but as a set off against this the Canadian Pacific Hail way Company, which has a 
splendid line of steamers running between Hong Kong and Vancouver, has 
kindly undertaken to make special arrangements for their transit. Captain 
Boileau would be glad to hear from any officers at home or abroad who are likely 
to be in America on leave or duty about that time (October). 
OBITUARY. 
General Sir F. A. Campbell, k.c.b., Colonel Commandant, whose death 
occurred at Guildford, on 15th September, joined the Eegiment as 2nd Lieutenant, 
13th December, 1836 ; became Lieutenant, 10th August, 1839 ; 2nd Captain, 
14th October, 1846 ; Captain, 5th June, 1852 ; Lieut.-Colonel, 15th September, 
1857; Colonel, 15th September, 1862 ; Major-General, 28th October, 1868 ; 
Lieut.-General, 8th November, 1880 ; Colonel Commandant, 27th July, 1883 ; 
and General, 5th July, 1886. He was a Member of the Ordnance Select Com¬ 
mittee from February, 1860, to 30th September, 1863 ; Superintendent Eoyal 
Gun Factories from 1st October, 1863, to 30th July, 1875 ; and Director of 
Artillery and Stores from 1st August, 1875, to 31st January, 1883. 
Colonel F. C. H. Clarke, c.m.g., late Eoyal (Bombay) Artillery, died at 
Brighton, on 27th July. He was commissioned as Lieutenant, 9th December, 
1859 ; became Captain, 1871 ; Major, 1878 ; Lieut.-Colonel, 1885 ; and Colonel, 
1889. He was Assistant Commissioner for the Delimitation of the Bulgarian 
Frontier, 1878 ; British Commissioner for Demarcation of Turkey in Asia, 1879, 
with the local rank of Lieut.-Colonel; D.-A.-Q.-M.-G. at Horse Guards, 1872- 
80 ; served during the Transvaal Campaign, 1881, as A.-Q.-M.-G. Lines of 
Communication ; and was Professor of Military Administration and Law at the 
Staff College, 1882-84. In 1884 he was appointed Surveyor-General of Ceylon, 
'which appointment he held at the time of his death. Colonel Clarke was also 
well known by his translation of the official edition of the “ Franco-German 
War,” and was the author of a text-book entitled, “ Lectures on Staff Duties,” 
written for use at the Staff College. 
By the death of Lieut.-General J. E. Gibbon, c.b., at Charlton, on the 23rd 
August, the E.A. Institution, and the Eegiment generally, lose one devoted to 
their best interests ; any .appeal for help to a Eegimental cause received from 
