THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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and won a great empire in the East. It is for us to take care that, amidst the 
luxuries, the pleasures, and the accumulated riches of these days, we do not become 
enervated, lazy, and degenerate. If we preserve our national character as of old, 
we may feel secure, and we may rely on it that the necessary organisation will 
readily follow. 
General Adye concluded by expressing to Captain Brackenbury the thanks of 
the meeting for his exceedingly interesting lecture. The meeting then broke up. 
December 19, 1871. 
[I would venture to suggest that the umpires at the manoeuvres should all have 
assistants attached to them, who could gallop off at anytime to ascertain such facts 
as upon what object artillery were firing, carry word that artillery claimed to be des¬ 
troying a column, &c. In fact, the assistant umpires might be used in considerable 
numbers, to keep the chief umpires informed, and enable them to direct their 
attention to the main features of the manoeuvres.—C. B. B. Ipswich, 8. 3. 72.] 
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