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“ Succession of Colonels,” a complete Army List in itself, 1744 ; the “ State of 
Great Britain,” for 1708-16-22 and other years, each containing names of field 
officers and stations of regiments, besides much other interesting matter; 
“ Bulletins of Campaigns,” 1793-1822; “ Boyal Military Calendar” (services of 
every field officer), 1822 ; “ Boyal Military Chronicle,” 1812 to 1816 ; “ Military 
Panorama,” 1813-14 ; London Gazette for 1795, which contains more appoint- 
ments, &c., to the army than that of any other year. Among other official works 
he has all the volumes but one of the “ General Orders of the Duke of Welling¬ 
ton,” unfortunately the missing volume is that for 1815 : each volume is signed 
on the fly-leaf “ Orders to be observed by-Army, (Sd) Aylmer, LL A.Gr.” 
He has a complete set of the “ Becords of Begiments,” and has besides, several 
old monographs on various regiments, besides some most beautifully illustrated 
editions of “ History of the Light Horse Volunteers,” and similar accounts of old 
volunteering movements and official militia lists. 
There is scarcely an English military history, magazine or record that he does 
not possess, and so eager is he to obtain information, that he has indexed all military 
matters mentioned in the “Annual Begister ” between the years 1758 and 1820. 
Besides being a collector, Mr. A. is a writer or rather compiler of military notes, 
though he has no wish either to print or publish; the line in which, he works is 
that of forming a diary from the earliest period to show each year the changes of 
station of every corps and regiment in the British Army ; in a period of peace this 
was formerly but a very small matter, there being in some years as few as four 
changes in the whole army, but in a war the changes from day to day alone are 
very many, and as his wish is to be as exact as possible the magnitude of his 
task is something vast. Besides this he is compiling in a most thorough way a 
Diary of Campaigns of the British Army, commencing from 1660, and has 
brought this work down to 1820. As he indexes both works as he proceeds, the 
whole is most clear. 
In making his researches and collections Mr. A. has relied entirely upon his 
own private efforts and judgment, and as far as could be learned has never even 
been in communication with officials either of the Horse Guards or War Office. 
By using his own judgment, he has, in making purchases from time to time, 
obtained complete editions or specimen plates that are not in some of the repre¬ 
sentative collections of the nation, and he says that in trying to obtain a rare 
work or picture he is sometimes anticipated, not by a purchaser for the nation, 
but by another private collector like himself. 
HALIFAX, M.So 
On 12th October Colonel G. A. Noyes was removed to half-pay after five years 
service as Begimental Lieut.-Colonel. Prior to his departure he was entertained 
at dinner by the officers of the B.A. and B.E. The Colonel-on-the-Staff proposed 
his health, concluding his speech with an apt quotation from Horace—“ Lxegi 
monumentum , ore perennius ”—an allusion to the departing officer’s system of 
command in the B A. Halifax District. According to the time-honoured custom 
a model gun was fired as the toast was given. This duty is always performed by 
the junior B.A. subaltern present. It only takes place when a member of the 
Mess is leaving for good. 
Halifax is one of the few stations left where a joint B.A. and B.E. Mess is 
still to be found. On the 21st October the officers gave their Annual Ball, which 
was a great success, thanks to the industry, enterprise, and originality of the Ball 
Committee, which was composed of Major Brady, B.A., Lieut. Enthoven, B.E. 
and Lieut. Elliot, B.A. The drill shed was used as the ball-room, and although 
this was the first time it had been put to this use the floor was the best of going, 
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