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PURCHASED. 
Carnetlde L’Officier de Marine, 1897. 
Kriegsgeschichtliche Einzelschriften. Parts XXII. and XXIII. 
Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. Part CXXXYI. 
Monograph of the Paradiseidm ; or birds of Paradise, &c. Part YU. 
Album militaire. Parts X. and XT., 2nd series. 
Map of North-Western Frontier of India, 1897. 
Map of the Yukon Goldfields, N.W. Territories, Dominion of Canada, 1897. 
Map of the Nile from Dongola to Khartoum, and of the desert route from 
Suakin to Berber. 
Aide-memoire de Campagne a l’usage des officiers de reserve P’Artillerie, 1897, 
Guide pour lYnstruction sur l’observation des coups, 1897. 
Exerzier-Reglement fur die Schweizerische Eeldartillerie, 1897. 
The Regiments of the British army. By R. Trimen, late Capt. 85th Foot, 1878. 
Military and other poems. By an officer of the army, 1716. 
A Narrative of the British Auxiliary Legion. By Alexander Somerville, 1838. 
The Military guide for young officers, containing a system of the Art of War. 
By Thomas Simes, 1776. 
The Griffin’s aide-de-camp. By “ Blunt Spurs.” 
The Committee, R.A.I. will shortly send to commanding officers, officers 
commanding batteries and companies, employed and detached officers a specimen 
coloured plate of the “ History of the Dress of the Royal Artillery ” and with it 
a letter describing the terms of publication and asking officers who wish to 
subscribe for a copy to fill in a form provided for that purpose. The Committee 
will be much obliged if everyone who receives a letter will do his best to comply 
with its requests and send back the form duly filled in at his earliest convenience ; 
in this way the publication of the history will be expedited and members will be 
in possession of a work that promises to be of exceptional interest and value. 
A farewell dinner to the officers of “ J ” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 
which is under orders to embark for India, was given at the Hotel Dieudonne 
on the 20th September by the former members of this distinguished battery. 
The following were present :—Officers of the battery —Major Branker; Captain 
Connal; Lieutenants Budworth, Hobson and Cartwright. Old officer s^LiQxit.- 
General Chamier, c.b. ; Cols. Rawlins, Corbett, W. L. Hutchinson, Josselyn, 
C. W. Thomson, Hebbert, P. Sanderson, c.m.g., Tillotson and W. L. Davidson; 
Majors Malet, Maberly, Lindsay and Fairholme; Captains Barry, Elton, Calley 
and Heath. 
From “The Engineer.” 
The “ Engineer” gives a description of an apparatus invented by Mr. Beeton for 
starting a heavy load by connecting the traction with the circumference of the 
large wheels of a wagon. I do not propose to give any account of Mr. Beeton’s 
invention, as I do not consider it applicable to military service in general, or even 
if it be so in some cases, it is certainly unsuitable for artillery. But the account 
includes a table of forces requisite to move a certain load under varying condi¬ 
tions of road, in which it is shewn that Mr. Beeton’s apparatus reduces the effort 
