5 
from 33 to 53%. I deduce from that table the following comparative figures 
which will be of interest to Field and Horse Artillery officers and to bicyclists. 
F.E.B.L. 
Conditions. 
Starting Effort 
Measured by 
Dynamometer. 
Horizontal road (taken as unity). 
1 
Koad inclined at 1 in 68 . .. 
2 
» » » >> 34. 
21 
„ „ „ „ 17 . 
2f 
Horizontal road, covered with 4 inehes of mud ." 
8f 
Obituary. 
Lieutenant A. T. Crawford was hilled in action in the Momand Valley, 16th 
September, 1897. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, 17th February, 
1888, and became Lieutenant, 17th February, 1891. 
Major E. Dillon (retired), who died at Gravesend, 22nd August, 1897, was 
commissioned from the ranks as Lieutenant in the Coast Brigade 9th November, 
1870; became Captain, 2nd March, 1878, and retired with the lion, rank of 
Major, 13th March, 1883. 
Major FL D. Loudon, whose death occurred at Eastbourne 22nd September 
1897, joined the .Royal Artillery as Lieutenant, 12th February, 1874; became 
Captain, 6th July, 1883, and Major, 7th February, 1891. 
Lieut.-Colonel H. C. Lyle (retired) died at Reading, 30th August, 1897. He 
joined the Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant, 11th April, 1854; became Lieutenant, 
21st September, 1854; 2nd Captain, 2nd May, 1860; Captain, 1st February, 
1871; Major, 5th July, 1872, and retired with the lion, rank of Lieut.-Colonel, 
8th June, 1878. Lieut.-Colonel Lyle served in the Crimean campaign from May 
1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (medal with clasp and Turkish 
medal). 
Captain M. H. B. Raby, who died at Bath, 21st September, 1897, was first 
commissioned as Lieutenant, 9th December, 1884, and became Captain, 14th 
July, 1894. 
