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Mauser. A list of the officers is given, and we note that the Lieut.-Col., D. 
Guillermo Cabestany, two Majors and one Ist Lieutenant are volunteers, whilst 
the others have been selected by lot. Amongst the Majors is D. José Brull, a 
name well known in connection with small arms and fuzes, and he will be second 
in command. 
The battalion embarked at Cadiz midst much enthusiasm on August 21st last, 
after having attended Mass in the Cathedral. 
In the November number D, José Ardntegui explains his design for a 12¢™ 
(4:7 in.) B.L.R. mortar or howitzer, and goes at some length into the mathematical 
calculations by which he has arrived at the dimensions which he recommends. The 
main points about this piece are, that it is composed of two parts, viz. the screwed- 
in breech (containing the cartridge chamber) and the breech closing apparatus of 
steel, the rest being of compressed bronze. 
The weight of the piece complete is 54 ewt. 
Total length is 32°6 inches. 
Calibre, 4°7 inches. 
The projectile weighs 48°5 lbs. 
Bursting charge, 2°4 lbs. 
Length of projectile, 3°3 calibres. 
Charge, 2'2 lb. smokeless powder (Wolff), 
Maximum range, 4400 yards. 
Angle of descent corresponding, 48° 6’, 
Remaining velocity, 597 f.s. 
Time of flight, 29 seconds, 
Initial velocity, 670 f.s. 
There is also an article on Cuba (continuation) by D. Francisco de Moya, which 
contains a useful plan of the town and port of Havana on the scale of sotoo: 
In the bibliography at the end of this number there is a notice of a compre- 
hensive geography of Marocco! furnished with maps and plans by Colonel T. 
Bermudez Reina who was, until recently, the Spanish Military Attaché in London. 
He was for some years Military Attaché in Tangier, and is well known as an 
intelligent and diligent writer. It begins with an introduction mainly ethnogra- 
phical, followed by four chapters :— 
Chapter 1. Geographical, orographical and hydrographical. 
Chapter 2. Tribal and territorial division of the country, with plates showing 
Tetuan, Tangier, Larache, Salé and Rabat and Mogador, showing fortifications 
and describing the armament. 
Chapter 8. Resumé of the geography of the country—with a map. 
Chapter 4, Itineraries. 
Appendix. Military organization of Marocco. 
Another book noticed is ‘ Reflections on the defences of Minorca ” by Captain 
Tenés y Mufioz of the Artillery, published this year in Mahon, being a reprint of 
22 newspaper articles from Hl Eco Militar by the author under the nom de plume 
! A fuller notice of this book appeared in the journal of the United Service Institution for 
February, 1896. 
