Journal of the United Service Institution of India

RULES OF MEMBERSHIP.

ALL officers of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Colonial Forces, and of the

Indian Defence Force, and Gazetted Government Officers shall be entitled to become members without ballot, on payment of the entrance fee and annual subscription.

The Council shall have the power of admitting as honorary members the members o' the Diplomatic Corps, foreign naval and military officers, foreigners of distinction, othe eminent individuals, and benefactors to the Institution, not otherwise eligible to becom members.

Life Members of the Institution shall be admitted on the following terms:-
Rupees 75+ entrance fee (Rs. 10) = Rs. 85.

Ordinary members of the Institution shall be admitted on payment of an entrance fee of Rs. 10 on joining, and an annual subscription of Rs. 10, to be paid in advance. The period of subscription commences on 1st January.

Subscribing members of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, London, are not liable for entrance fee while the affiliation rules are in force.

Life members receive the Journal of the Institution post free anywhere, but ordinary members only in India. All members may obtain books from the library cu, paying V. P. postage.

Honorary Members shall be entitled to attend the lectures and debates, and to use the premises and library of the Institution without payment; but should they desire to be supplied with the Journal, an annual payment of Rs. 10, in advance, will be required.

Divisional, Brigade and Officers' Libraries, Regimental Messes, Clubs, and other subscribers for the Journal, shall pay Rs. 10 per annum.

Serjeants' Messes and Regimental Libraries, Reading and Recreation Rooms shail. be permitted to obtain the Journal on payment of an annual subscription of Rs. 8.

If a member fails to pay his subscription for any financial year (ending 31st December) before the 1st June in the following year, a registered notice shall be sent to him by the Secretary inviting his attention to the fact. If the subscription is not paid by 1st January following his name shall be posted in the Reading Room for six months and then struck off the roll of members.

Members joining the Institution on or after the 1st October, will not be charged subscription on the following 1st January, unless the Journals for the current year have been supplied.

Members are responsible that they keep the Secretary carefully posted in regard to changes of rank and address. Duplicate copies of the Journal will not be supplied free to members when the original has been posted to a member's last known address, and not been returned by the post.

Members or Subscribers to the Journal, intimating a wish to have their Journals posted to any address out of India, siall pay in advance Rupee 1 per annum, to cover foreign postage charges, but Life Members who have left India shall not be liable for foreign postage on Journals.

All communications shall be addressed to the Secretary, Uulted Service Institution of India, Simia.

Contributions to the Journal.

All papers must be written in a clear, legible hand, and only on one side of the paper All proper names. countries, towns, rivers, etc., must, when in manuscript, be written in capital letters. All plaus must have a scale on them.

Contributors are responsible, when they send articles containing any information which they have obtained by virtue of their official positions, that they have complied with the provisions of A. R. I., Vol II., para. 487, and King's Regulations, para. 453.

Anonymous contributions under a nom-de-guerre will not be accepted or knowledged; all contributions must he sent to the Secretary under the name of the writer, and the paper will, if accepted, be published under that name unless a wish is expressed for it to be published under a nom-de-guerre. The Executive Committee will decide whether the wish can be complied with.

The Committee reserve to themselves the right of omitting any matter which they consider objectionable. Articles are only accepted on these conditions, The Committee do not undertake to authorise the publication of such papers as are accepted, in the order in which they may have been received.

Contributors will be supplied with three copies of their paper gratis, if published. Manuscripts of original papers sent for publication in the Journal will not be returned to the contributor, unless he expresses a wish to have them back and pays the postage.

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United Service Institution of India.

PATRON.

His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
VICE-PATRONS.

His Excellency the Governor of Madras.
His Excellency the Governor of Bombay.
His Excellency the Governor of Bengal.

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India.

His Honour the lieut. Governor of the U. P. of Agra and Oudh.

His Honour the Lieut. Governor of the Punjab.

His Honour the Lieut. Governor of Burma.

His Honour the Lieut. Governor of Bihar and Orissa.

His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
The General Officer Commanding, Northern Command.
The General Officer Commanding, Southern Command.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, 1920-21.
Ex-officio Members

1. The Chief of the General Staff.
2. The Secretary, Army Department.
3. The Hon'ble Mr. H. R. C. Dobbs, C.S.I.,

C.I.E.

4. The Adjutant General in India.
5. The Quartermaster General in India.
6. The Director Medical Services.

Elected

1. Major-Genl. H. F. Cooke, C.B., D.S.O. 2. Maj. Genl. Sir J. Moore, K.C.M.G., C.B. 3. Brig. Genl. H. R. Stockley, C.I.E. #4. Col. A. F. Cumberlege, O.B.E., R E. #5. Lt. Col. E. de Burgh, D.S.O.

7. The Director General Indian Medical Services.

8. The Director Royal Indian Marine.
9. The Director Military Operations.-
General Staff.

10. The Air Commodore, R. A. F.
11. R. D. Craik Esq., I.C.s.

Members.

6. Lt.-Col. G. M. Molloy, O.B.E.
*7. Lt.-Col. H. R. Nevill, O.B E.
*S. Lt. Col. A. C Ogg, D.S.O., O.B.E.
9. Dr. G. T. D. Walker, C S.I.

*Members of the Executive Committee and in addition.

Major-Genl. J. C. Rimington, C.B., C.S.I.
Major M. T. Cramer Roberts, D.S.O.

SECRETARY & EDITOR

SUPERINTENDENT

BANKERS

Major R. B. Deeds, M.C.
Major A. V. Gompertz, M.C.

.. LIEUT. COL. W. L. J. CAREY, R.A.
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1. The United Service Institution of India is situated at Simla. 2. Officers wishing to become members of the United Service Institution of India should apply to the Secretary. The rules of membership are printed on the opposite page. 3. The reading-room of the Institution is provided with all the leading newspapers, magazines, and journals of military interest that are published.

4. There is a well-stocked library in the Institution, from which members can obtain books on loan, free. Suggestions for new books are solicited, and will be submitted to the Committee. Books are sent out to members V. P. for the postage, or bearing by railway.

5. The Institution publishes a Quarterly Journal in the months of January, April, July and October which is issued postage free to members in India and to all life members; but ordinary members wishing to have their journals sent to any address out of India must pay in advance Re. I per annum to cover foreign postage charges.

6. Members and the public are invited to contribute articles to the Journal of the Institution for which honoraria will be awarded by the Executive Committee. Rules for the guidance of contributors will be found on the opposite page.

7. MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE THAT THEY KEEP THE SECRETARY CAREFULLY POSTED WITH REGARD TO CHANGES OF ADDRESS.

8. When on leave in England, members can, under the affiliation rules in force, attend the lectures and make use of the reading-room, etc., of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on payment of a subscription of 5 shillings per six months.