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NOTES ON EGYPTIAN ARTILLERY. 
' CONTRIBUTED BY 
THE SECRETARY. 
The following brief Notes on the Egyptian Artillery have been kindly 
forwarded me by an officer of the Regiment who has recently been on 
leave in Egypt, and may be interesting to Members :— 
The tabulated form opposite, as issued from the Head-Quarter 
Office of the Egyptian Artillery, Cairo, conveys useful information 
on the armament, 'personnel and general constitution of the batteries. 
The command is vested in an English officer, under whom three 
English and three Egyptian officers act as Battery Commanders. 
The Horse and the two Field Artillery Batteries are commanded by 
the English officers. The Brigade-Major is an Egyptian officer. 
The Horse Battery remains at Cairo. The two Field Batteries 
alternate between Cairo and the frontier, relieving each other every 
two years. The three Garrison Batteries are stationed—one at Cairo, 
one at Suakin, and one at the frontier. Service at Suakin and on the 
frontier reckoned at two years. 
The R.A. drill-books are the text-books. 
All duties, drills and exercises, are carried out strictly on the lines 
laid down in our own orders. 
The duties of the 6th officer on the strength of each battery are 
those of a Staff Officer and Quarter-Master. He is responsible for the 
correct management of office returns, rations and forage, pay and 
clothiug, thus enabling the C.O. of the battery to devote his time more 
to the supervision of drills and exercises than to the office returns. 
When the C.O. is absent, this officer commands. 
Rates of pay are as follows :— 
Warrant Officer ., 
Sergeant-Major . 
. 70 
55 
55 
Sergeant . 
. 50 
55 
55 
Corporal . 
. 40 
55 
55 
Gunner. 
. 30 
55 
5 ) 
Piastre = 2^d. 
8. YOL. XIX. 56 
Command. 
Reliefs. 
Duties. 
Pay of rank 
and file. 
