cards in other places; the result being that it has appeared 
as if an insufficient number of seats were provided. 
(< g ) Officers who have not previously arranged with the lion, 
secretary for seats, can secure any vacant seats by placing 
their visiting cards in the required places on the table after 
3 p.in.; but it is essential that no cards be put upon the 
table, unless the officers whose names are on the cards, are 
certain to occupy the seats, otherwise the same difficulty will 
be experienced as explained in ( f ) above. 
(6.) No dinner tickets are required, but it is particularly requested that 
every officer will give his visiting card to the clerk at the entrance 
to the Whitehall Rooms, in order that a correct tally of the officers 
who dine may be kept. The occasion to comply with this formality 
leads to a discrepancy between the numbers as counted at dinner 
by the hotel officials, and the numbers furnished by the lion, 
secretary to the management. Officers who enter from the hotel 
entrance in Northumberland Avenue, instead of by the Whitehall 
rooms, entrance in Whitehall Place are most liable to omit giving 
their cards or names at the door. 
(7.) The band will not play during dinner, but will withwraw after playing 
“ The Roast Beef of Old England,” and come in again in time to 
play “ God Save the Queen ” after the first toast; selections will 
subsequently be performed between the toasts and speeches. 
(8.) The accounts can be inspected at the War Office by any officer of the 
Regiment, and any suggestion which may be received in connection 
with the general management of the dinner and the dinner funds, will 
be brought forward by the lion, secretary for discussion at the 
annual meeting whieh is held at the Royal United Service Institu¬ 
tion, at 3 p.m. on the day of the dinner. 
War Office, Pall Mall, E. G. Stone, Major, R.A., 
18th June, 1897. Hon. Secretary R.A. Dinner Club. 
Obituary. 
Major-General G. J. Smart, died at Carno, N. Wales, 27th June, 1897. 
He was first commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, 18th June, 1851; became 1st 
Lieutenant 12th July, 1853 ; 2nd Captain, 5th May, 1858; Captain, 5th April, 
1866; Major, 5th July, 1872 ; Lt.-Colonel, 20th April, 1877 ; Brevet-Colonel, 
1st July, 1881; Regtl. Colonel, 1st October, 1882; and Major-General, 1st 
November, 1890. General Smart served at Halifax, N.S., from 1st October, 
1853, to 22nd May, 1857 ; in India from lltli October, 1857, to 10th September, 
1858, and was present during the Mutiny at the actions of Chanda and Sultan- 
pore, siege and capture of Lucknow, actions of Barred, Sirree and Nawabgunge. 
Despatches, London Gazette , 17th July and 17th September, 1858 (medal with 
clasp). Served in Ceylon, 10th September, 1858, to 1st March, 1861; Mauritius, 
27th September, 1864, to 24th April, 1866 ; Barbados, 25th April, 1866, to 
20th December, 1869 ; India, 31st December, 1870, to 13th October, 1876; 
Celyon, 14th April, 1880, to 14th November, 1882; India, 15th November, 1882, 
to 28th February, 1891. Was Brigadier-General Commanding Madras District, 
24th December, 1887, to 27th February, 1891; Major-General on the Staff, 
C.R.A. Gibraltar, 19th May, 1892, to 3rd February, 1894 ; and Commanded the 
Woolwich District from 4th February, 1894, to the date of his retirement, 8th 
December, 1895. 
