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Royal Engineers 1 'rI A D VERTISEMENTS. -^ / -·S' -- ~--:~~- .,.7; eN. " iF~"-;-" Victaulic joints being assembled in a flooded trench-Weymouth Section of Victaulic joint- Corporation (Electricity Department). grooved type. Victaulic lines can be laid with rapidity over broken ground The flexibility of the Victaulic self-sealing joint enables it to be laid over all kinds of irregularities, and also allows a line to follow any movement of the ground. Victaulic pipe lines can be laid with extraordinary rapidity, with- out being dependent upon skilled labour for their leak-tightness. Joints, tubing, fittings, valves, etc., for emergency and temporary lines, supplied from stock. Victaulic has for a long time been accepted by the War Office. THE VICTAULIC COMPANY LIMITED, KINGS BUILDINGS, DEAN STANLEY ST. WESTMINSTER, LONDON, IN-b _ INSTITUTION OF RE OFFICE COPY DO NOT REMOVE ii A D VERTISEMENTS. ii AD ERTISMENrS EST. 1865 ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS AS MILITARY TAILORS AND AS MAKERS OF DEGE'S CELEBRATED "SEAMLESS KNEE-GRIP" BREECHES "Extensively patronised by Officers of the Royal Engineers " J. DEGE & SONS, LTD. ~gilitaru annb lilfti gailors, rrrtrlJrs fttalkrr 13 Conduit Street, London, W.1 Telegrams: Harkforward, Piccy, London Officers waited upon at Telephone: Mayfair 1325 Military Camps and Barracks Telephone: Woolwich 0275. 1, Artillery Place, Woolwich, S.E.18. Rege)nt 3560. 6, St. James' Place, S.W.I. J. DANIELS & Co., Ltd., Military & Civilian Tailors, Outfitters and Breeches Makers. R.E. AND R.A. COLOURS IN STOCK. CARLISLE & GREGSON 5, LEXHAM GARDENS, KENSINGTON, W.8. STAFF COLLEGES, PROMOTION, ARMY, NAVY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE ENTRANCE EXAMS. CIVIL SERVICE AND UNIVERSITIES, TERRI- TORIAL ARMY AND SUPPLEMENTARY RESERVE. Telegrams: "' Lexjam, Kens, London. " Phone : Western, 1287. 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PLUMB & SON VICTORIA HOUSE, 117, VICTORIA ST., WESTMINSTER, S.V.I Established 1895 Telephone : Victoria 3434 Military Tailors and Outfitters By Appointment to THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, VOOLWICH for the past Quarter of a Century Mess Jacket, Vest and Overalls complete £14 7 6 Dinner Suits - - - from £9 19 6 Lounge Suits - - rom £6 6 0 A special discount of o1% is always given to Gentlenmei Cadets past and present. EXTENSIVELY EMPLOYED BY OFFICERS RECENTLY COMIIIISSIONED FROl TIIE SHOP, AND APPOINTED TAILORS TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS TRAINING BATTALION, CIIATHAM. iv A DVERTISEMENTS KING'S SCHOOL, BRUTON, SOMERSET (FOUNDED 1519. RE-FOUNDED BY EDWARD VI) Public School of about 20o boarders, preparing for Army, Universities, etc. Charming old buildings with modernised interior. Many additional recent buildings. Large playing fields. No aid received from state or rates. Represented on the Headmasters' Conference. Entrance Scholarships to £40 a year. Separate Preparatory House. Officers in the Services will find here at a moderate cost an education and surroundings for their boys of the same character as would be expected at the larger Public Schools. Inclusive Fees £100 to £114 a Year Headmaster: C. II. TREMLETT, M.A. (Harrow and Clare College, Cambridge) THE MILITARY ENGINEER IN INDIA By Lieut.-Colonel E. W. C. SANDES, D.S.O., M.C., R.E. (retd.) (Author of In Kut and Captivity, Tales of Turhey, etc.). VOLUME I. Dealing with military achievements throughout the last thrce centuries. 594 + xxiii pages, with 25 half-tone illustrations, I8 plans in text, and 5 maps in pocket. With a Foreword by General Sir BINDON BLOOD, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. (Colonel Co,n,mmandant Royal Entgileers). PRICE TWENTY-FIVE SHILLINGS, POST FREE. (To Members of the Institution of Royal Engineers, Six Shillings, post free.) VOLUME II. Dealing with the civil activities, work on roads, buildings, irrigafion and water supply, railways, survey, telegraphs, mints, etc., etc. 368+xxii pages, with 41 half-tone illustrations, 5 plans in text, and 4 maps in pocket. PRICE FIFTEEN SHILLINGS, POST FREE. (To Members of the Institution of Royal Engineers, Six Shillings, post free.) NOTES. I.-Retired Officers who have been Members of the Institution during the whole of their service, but have resigned membership, may also obtain this book for Six Shillings each volume, post free. 2.-Non-members, ordering both volumnes at the same time, may obtain them for Thirty Shillings, post free. OBTAINABLE ONLY FROM THE SECRETARY, THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS, CHATHAM. __ADVERTISEMENTS. To F. P. BAKER & Co. Ltd. "In ending, I mltst thank ou for the (Wf trouble and vorry jou have saved me w,ith regard to my outfit, and for the very / etcient manner in which you packed l mykit." An unique "Service" FOR anyone proceeding abroad to a new station we have a file of unbiased reports fromn Officers stationed at practically every place abroad, where H.M. Services are called upon to serve. These reports are not the usual handbook or tourist in- formation, but deal with everything appertaining to each station, (sic) quarters-bachelor or married-servants, ayahs and wages, what kit to take and what to leave behind, whether furniture can be hired locally, nearest Hill stations and costs, what games, shooting, fishing, hunting, polo, pig-sticking or racing, social amenities of station, clubs, gymkhanas, and subscriptions and a lot of other " helpful " information. The single officer therefore learns what kit he'll need and what he can avoid getting. The married know what to take out and what they can get locally-all of these reports are the actual unbiased reports of Officers serving in the stations. We have all heard of people who take out electric fittings and find only oil lamps and vice versa; in dozens of ways we can help very greatly-if you will bear this service of ours in mind or get it better known we shall be most grateful. This " Information File " of ours is the result of over 70 years' experience and many years' organization on our customers' behalf. 4aBaker. F.P. & Co.Ltd. 2, UPPER JAMES ST. (p,l,c to,. u)GOLDEN SQUARE, W.1. rr I I I r vi ADVERTISEMENTS. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-1919. For sale in the office of the Secretary, Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham. COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES:- Bridging.-With 3 maps, 59 photographs and 31 plates. Price 12s. (to members, 35s.). Military Mining.-With 25 photographs and 62 plates. Price i2s. 6d. (to members, 3s. 6d.). Geological Work on the Western Front.-With 19 plates and 9 photographs. Limited to 500 copies. Price 15S. (to members, 5s.). Signal Service in the European War, 1914 to 1918, The.-(By special arrangement with the Signals Association) R. E. Priestley, Mi.c., B.A. (late Major, R.E.). With 2 photos and 20 plates. Price 12s. 6d. (to members, 4s.). Supply of Engineer Stores and Equipment.-Price 7s. (to members, is. 6d.). Water Supply (Egypt and Palestine).-With 7 maps, 6 photos, o1 plates, and 20 sketches in the text. Price 8s. (to members, 2s. 6d.). Water Supply (France).-With lo maps, 37 photographs and 41 plates. Price 16s. (to members, 5s.). " A simply invaluable compendium of the work done in this vital respect on the Western Front."-Spectator. Work under the Director of Works (France).-With 6 maps and 71 plates. Price zxI. (to members, 5s.). "Miscellaneous," comprising:--() The Organization of the Corps, 1914-1918. (2) Engineer Intelligence. (3) Camouflage. (4) Concrete Defences and Factories. (5) Forward Communications. (6) Machinery, Workshops and Electricity. (7) Inundations. (8) Anti-Aircraft Searchlights. (9) Schools. With o05 Plates and Photographs. Price 20o. (to members, 5s.). The whole of these nine volumes may be purchased by members ior 30s. Postage extra in all cases. Descriptive Accounts of Foreign Stations.-The following pamphlets have been revised and reprinted and are available, price to members, is. each:- Ceylon (1923); Egypt (1923); Gibraltar (1922) (see also Supplement to R.E. Journal, November, 1927) ; Hon0g Kong (1927); Malta (1928); Mauritius (1922) (see also R.E. Journal, March, 1931) ; Singapore (1930) Jamaica (1928) (Typescript only), 6d. Notes on the China Command (Hong Klong, Peking, Shanghai, Tientsin, IVei-hai- lVai) (1929-30), is. 6d. Notes for Officers Proceeding to India (1930), (3s. 6d. each; to members 2S. 4d.). Official Handbook for British Troops in Egypt and Cypvrs (1931), with R.E. Addendum, is. 4 d. Notes for Officers Proceeding to Bermuda. Available on loan. Studies of German Defences near Lilie.-By Major B. T. Wilson, D.S.O. (with 35 maps and plans and 24 photos). Price 5s. (post free). Free to members. An Outline of the Egyptian and Palestine Campaigns, 1914 to 1918.-By Major- General Sir M. G. E. Bowman-Manifold, x B.E., C.B., C.b.G., D.S.o., p.S.c., late R.E. Seventh Edition, I929. With 17 maps and sketches. Price 4s.
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