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do very well, and therefore I think there would be no necessity to 
increase the regular establishment of the battery by 12 elephants. 
The elephant gear should be kept on charge in the battery, and the 
men should be frequently drilled with elephants. For this purpose 
three elephants would be sufficient, and these could be borrowed from 
the Commissariat Department twice a week. 
Similarly, when required to proceed on hill service, it would only be 
necessary to obtain 12 elephants— i.e ., four per subdivision—from the 
same unfailing source. 
In conclusion, I should add that I have only refrained from advo¬ 
cating the eight-gun battery system from a feeling that any remarks 
of mine on the gigantic subject of artillery organisation would be out 
of place on the present occasion. 
Aden, Arabia, 
1st October, 1879. 
