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visiting cards at the entrance, on the evening of the dinner, to the official appointed 
to receive them. 
It is particularly requested that officers intending to dine will furnish early 
intimation to the Honorary Secretary ; and, to avoid inconvenience, it is desirable 
that the same should be accompanied by cheque , for the amount of subscription 
to the dinner, except from officers who bank ivith Messrs. Cox 8p Co., who are 
informed that the amount due from them for the dinner will be charged to their 
accounts. 
Names of officers who notify their intention of being present at the dinner 
cannot be removed from the list after the 12th June, and officers who omit to 
notify before that date will be charged an extra sum of 5s. 
Advertisements will duly appear in the Times , Morning Post , and Army and 
Navy Gazette. 
xlll communications to be addressed to 
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R. A. MONTGOMERY, 
lion. Secretary R.A. Pinner Club , 
House Guards, 
War Office, Pall Mall. 
Should an officer wishing to dine have been unable to give notice before 12th 
June , he should inform the Secretary at the War Office direct , and not apply to 
the Hotel officials. 
BARRACKPUR. 
No. 5 Company Western Division, Royal Artillery, celebrated on Tuesday, 17th 
April, an event which we believe to be absolutely unparalleled in the history of the 
British Army. 
In 1794 this Company, then designated No. 1 Company, 4th Battalion, R.A., 
formed part of the Duke of York’s army in Flanders, which co-operated with the 
Russians and Austrians in the first coalition against France. 
On 17th April, 1794, two columns of the Army, commanded personally by the 
Duke of York, marched against and took the village of Vaux. The following is 
an extract from Duncan’s “History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery”:— 
“ One of the companies of the corps received on this day an honour unprecedented 
in the previous or subsequent annals of the Regiment. No. 1 Company, 4th 
Battalion (now 5th Company Western Division, Royal Artillery), attracted the 
admiration of the Duke of York to such an extent by its gallantry and skill that 
he made the whole army form up on the field of battle while this Company 
marched past him.” He also published a General Order, saying.—“His Royal 
Highness desires that Captain Boag and Lieutenant Eead of the Royal Artillery 
(the officers of the company) will accept his thanks for the very spirited and able 
manner in which they conducted the battery entrusted to their care.” 
On a Review Order Parade of the Company in the morning the history of this 
event was read to the men by the Officer Commanding, Major W. B. Hoggan, R.A., 
and after marching past they were dismissed for the remainder of the day. 
The officers, non-commissioned officers and men met at a supper in the evening, 
followed by a most enjoyable and hearty sing-song in the Royal Artillery Theatre. 
