7 
(g) Officers who have not previously arranged with the hon. 
secretary for seats, can secure any vacant seats by placing 
their visiting cards at the required places on the table after 
3 p.m.; but it is essential that no cards be put on the 
table, unless the officers whose names are on the cards, are 
certain to occupy the seats, otherwise the same difficulty 
will be experienced as explained in (f) above. 
(6.) The band will not play during dinner, but will withdraw after playing 
“The Roast Beef of Old England,’ 
play “‘God Save the Queen”? after the first toast ; 
then be performed between the toasts and speeches. 
> C . . . 
and come in again in time to 
selections will 
(7.) The accounts can be inspected at the War Office by any officer of the 
Regiment, and any suggestion which may be received in connection 
with the general management of the dinner and the dinner funds, 
will be brought forward by the hon. secretary for discussion at the 
annual meeting, which is held at the United Service Institution on 
the day of the “dinner. 
The following table shows the number of officers who have joined or withdrawn 
from the Royal Artillery Dinner Club between the years 1891 and 1896, the 
majority of the withdrawals are due to the names of deceased officers being struck 
off the list :— 
3 A 
4 = 
a ia 
P 5 
ler) 
1891 16 
1892 6 
1893 16 
1894 2 
1895... 3 
Total 
1891-95 42, 
1896... | 41 
Grand Total 83 
WITHDRAWN. 
fon} 
50 
INCREASE. 
43 
DECREASE. 
10 
10 
| Net IncREAseE. 
Total number of members mae to J nis 1895 
Net increase in 1896 
Grand total of members up to July, 1896 
20 297 
Band, 
Accounts — 
and general | 
management 
