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Secretary's Notes: Royal United Services Institution. Journal
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To cite this article: (1913) Secretary's Notes, Royal United Services Institution. Journal, 57:419,
1-3, DOI: 10.1080/03071841309420050
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ROYAL UNITED SERYICE INSTITUTION.
JANUARY, 1913.
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SECRETARY’S NOTES.
I.-OFFICERS JOINED.
The following officers joined the Institution during the month of
December, 1912, &. :-
Colonel \V. R. Clifford (h.p.), late Cheshire Regiment.
Captain G. I;. Phillips, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.
Lieutenant F. V. Holt, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
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Light Infantry.
Captain A. R. G. Gordon, Royal Irish Regiment.
Lieutenant F. E-. Byrne, R.N.
.Lieutenant R. E. Wilson, R.A.
Lieutenant J. B. H. IVOOdCoCli, Pcmbroke Yeomanry.
Captain R. \V. Harling, late Connaught Rangers.
Captain J. H. Gibbon, R.F.A.
Sub-Lieutenant R. H. V. Buston, R.N.
Lieutenant W. J. Whitworth, R.N.
Lieutenant J. \V. L. Sprot, The Royal Highlanders.
Captain 0. H. Delano-Osborne, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
11. MEMBERSHIP.
The Council have pleasure in reporting that during the past year 232
officers joined the Institution (against 261 in 1911).
There were 121 withdrawals and 106 deaths (of whom 35 were Life
Members), making an increase of 5 on the year.
The details of members joining were :-
Regular Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Territorial Force (including Yeomanry) . . . . . . 32
Royal Navy .................. 28
Special Reserve .................. 8
India and Colonial Volunteers ......... 7
Royal hfarines .................. I
Royal Naval Reserve ............... I
111.-THE W A R GAME.
The Council has arranged that sets of maps and pieces for holding
a War Game can be lent to any Regular, Special Reserve and Territorial
Unit, or recognized Society of the same, at a fee of 10s. per occasion,
the Unit or Society paying carriage both ways and making good any
loss or damage incurred. Umpires, assistant umpires, schemes and all
other arrangements to be made by the parties engaged. Should it be
desired a room a t the Institution can be placed a t the disposal of the
players after 5 p.m., at a charge of 10s. per evening. but not less than
a week’s notice should be given in respect of it.
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IV.-IMPORTANT “NEW STANDING ORDER.”
The Council has recently passed the following standing order : “ A
hlember in arrear with his annual subscription after March 31st of each
year, shall not be entitled to use the Institution buildings, receive the
JOURNAL, or participate in any of the privileges accorded to hlembers.”