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ON Thursday, November 24, Field-Marshal Earl Haig, who was accompanied by Lady Haig, unveiled memorials erected to the memory of members of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and the Institution of Mining Engineers who fell in the great war. The proceedings were opened by Mr. F. W. Harbord, president of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, and Col. W. C. Blackett, past-president of the Institution of Mining Engineers (in the absence of Sir John Cadman, the president). In the course of his address, Earl Haig expressed his satisfaction in having the opportunity to pay a personal tribute to a section of those many thousands of brave men who fought under his command, and to say a few words of special thanks to a body of men whose work in France seldom drew upon itself much notice or glory at the time, but was surpassed by none in the demands it made upon the skill, courage, and resolution of the individuals concerned, or in the service it rendered to the Army as a whole. He then referred in greater detail to the arduous and dangerous work accomplished by the Tunnelling Section of the Royal Engineers at Messines, on the Somme, and in other places, and concluded with an eloquent appeal for those who were left to learn the lessons taught by the men who had given the last full measure of their devotion to the cause they had so worthily upheld. The unveiling of the memorials was followed by a solemn silence of one minute's duration, after which Lord Haig pronounced the words: “Their name liveth for evermore,” and the “Last Post” and “Reveille” were sounded. General Sir W. A. Liddell, Director of Fortification and Works, and other distinguished generals and the officers and councils of the two institutions were present at the unveiling. The memorials are placed in the library at Cleveland House, 225 City Road, E.C.