ESTABLISHED 1815.

Horstmann Bros. & Co.,

Fifth and Cherry Streets,

PHILADELPHIA.

MANUFACTURERS OF
Military Goods and Equipments
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, FOR THE
ARMY, NAVY, AND MARINE CORPS.

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CORK AND FELT HELMETS.

FLAGS, BANNERS, Etc.

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Horstmann Bros. & Co.,

Philadelphia.

New England
Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF BOSTON.

The attention of Officers of the Army and Navy is
directed to the following:

This Company insures the lives of Officers of the Army and Navy without extra premium, except when actually engaged in warfare, which premium, if not paid at the assumption of the extra risk, will not invalidate the policy, but will be a lien upon it; and also gives liberty of residence and travel, on service, in all countries, at all seasons of the year, without extra charge.

The Directors’ Annual Report, containing a detailed statement, can be obtained at the

Office of the Company,

SEEDS
FOR
POST GARDENS.

Profitable Gardening depends first of all upon procuring SEEDS of VITALITY and PURITY. Such can be had from OUR ESTABLISHMENT. We ever have been the oldest and most extensive

SEED GROWERS AND SEED MERCHANTS

IN THE UNITED STATES.

We cordially invite all interested to visit and critically inspect our Seed Farms, feeling confident that the areas, varied soils and climates, systems of cultivation, drying houses, steam machinery, implements and appurtenances generally, will demonstrate our ability to produce larger, more varied, and better stock than any other party in the Seed Trade. We have always been by far

The Largest Producers of Garden Seeds in America.

Our farms do not exist upon paper, but can be found by any inquirer; and in the selection of stocks and systems of culture we have as a firm the advantages of very NEARLY A CENTURY of EXPERIENCE. Our farms are situated at

BRISTOL, Bucks Co., Pa. MANITOWOC, Manitowoc Co., Wis.
BURLINGTON, Burlington Co., N. J.MONASKON, Lancaster Co., Va.

The whole comprising a total of 1574 Acres, owned, occupied, and cultivated by ourselves. Upon these lands we have applied in a single season $20,000 worth of purchased fertilizers, a fact which exhibits the magnitude of our operations.

THE STOCK SEEDS

from which all our crops are grown on all the farms are produced on Bloomsdale, the Pennsylvania farm, and under the daily scrutiny of the proprietors, are thoroughly culled of all departures from the true types, and produce crops of such purity of strain as to warrant us in declaring that none are Superior and few Equal!

Commanders of Government Posts who favor us with their orders can rely upon being supplied upon most liberal terms.

HORTICULTURAL REQUISITES.

Post Farmers, Gardeners, or Florists desiring Tools or Appliances for the Field, Garden, or Hot House, will, upon application to us, be promptly furnished with Prices which, upon examination, will be found as low as those of other dealers.

BOOKS—250 DISTINCT PUBLICATIONS

upon the subjects of the Breeding and Management of Horses, Cattle, Sheep. Swine, Poultry, Bees, and upon the Culture of Cotton, Tobacco, Flax, Roses, and Bedding Plants; upon Irrigation, Drainage, Horticultural Architecture, Forestry—everything that a Farmer or Gardener is interested in—at Publishers’ Prices—Postage Paid.

Send for our Catalogues of Books, Bulbous Roots, Seeds, Tools, Garden Ornaments. We publish Catalogues of Seeds in English, German, Swedish, and Spanish.

R. & J. BECK.

THE GEM.

R. & J. BECK, Manufacturing Opticians,

1016 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,

Beg to call the attention of Officers of the Army and Navy to their unrivaled stock of

FIELD GLASSES, OPERA GLASSES, TELESCOPES, MICROSCOPES, CLINICAL THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, COMPASSES, SPECTACLES,

Of the Highest Grades at Lowest Prices.

THE GEM is the most Compact, Portable, and Powerful Field, Marine, and Opera Glass ever constructed. It is very largely in use in the Army, and we refer by permission to numerous officers using it. Can be sent by mail.

Illustrated Catalogue, 176 pages, mailed free to any part of the world.

AMERICAN

Life Insurance Co.

OF PHILADELPHIA,

S. E. Corner of Fourth and Walnut.

INCORPORATED 1850. CHARTER PERPETUAL.

Assets, January 1, 1881 - $3,431,813.05

THE NATIONAL STANDARD.

Contains over 118,000 Words, 3000 Engravings; over 4600
NEW WORDS and MEANINGS.

Also contains a NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of over 9700 NAMES.

Published by G. & C. MERRIAM, Springfield, Mass.

Assets, $7,250,000.Surplus, $1,500,000.

THE PENN MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.

Purely Mutual. Incorporated 1847.

Has age and stability; is purely mutual, liberal, and progressive; solid and vigorous, wide-awake and well-managed; securities all first-class; estimates its liabilities upon the severest standard known to the law,—four per cent.; has a relatively greater surplus than others; and is a non-contesting company.

STATEMENT OF POLICY NOW IN FORCE.

Policy No. 36, for $5000, on the life of Henry C. T——d, Esq., was issued July 13, 1847, at age 26, annual premium, $105.50.

AVERAGE DIVIDEND OVER FIFTY-FIVE PER CENT.

ALL “PENN” POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLE.

VALUABLE WORKS FOR MILITARY MEN

RIFLE FIRING.

A Course of Instruction in Rifle Firing. Prepared by command of Brigadier-General S. V. BenÉt, Chief of Ordnance, U.S.A. By Colonel T. S. Laidley, Ordnance Department, U.S.A. With numerous Illustrations. New and Revised Edition, 16mo. Extra cloth. $1.50.

“Its every page bears the mark of a high degree of professional ability, earnestly directed to the development of the subject.”—United Service Magazine.

MEADE’S NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.

A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship-Building; or, An Exposition of the Elementary Principles involved in the Science and Practice of Naval Construction. Compiled from various Standard Authorities. By Commander Richard W. Meade, U.S.N. Fully Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Extra cloth. $10.00.

LIFE OF STONEWALL JACKSON.

Life of General Thomas J. Jackson. By S. N. Randolph, author of “The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson.” With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Extra cloth. $2.00.

LIFE OF GENERAL THOMAS.

Life and Services of Major-General George H. Thomas. By General R. W. Johnson, U.S.A. Illustrated with Portraits of Distinguished Officers from Steel. Crown 8vo. Extra cloth. $2.00.

THE FIELD MANUAL OF COURTS-MARTIAL.

By Captain Henry Coppee. Second Edition, Revised. 18mo. Extra cloth. $1.00.

THE COMPANY CLERK.

By Major-General Aug. V. Kautz. 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.25.

CUSTOMS OF SERVICE FOR ARMY OFFICERS,

As Derived from Law and Regulations, and Practiced in the United States Army. By Major-General A. V. Kautz. 18mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.

CUSTOMS OF SERVICE FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS,

As Derived from Law and Regulations, and Practiced in the United States Army. By Major-General A. V. Kautz. 18mo. Cloth. $1.25.

ORDNANCE MANUAL.

The Ordnance Manual, for the use of Officers of the Army and others. Third Edition. Fully Illustrated with Engravings on Steel. Demi 8vo. Extra cloth. $3.00.

? For sale by all Booksellers, or will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of the price by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Publishers,

715 and 717 Market St., Philadelphia.

VALUABLE MILITARY WORKS,
Published by D. VAN NOSTRAND,
23 MURRAY & 27 WARREN STS., NEW YORK.

A Treatise on Military Law,

And the Jurisdiction, Constitution, and Proceedings of Military Courts, with a Summary of the Rules of Evidence as applicable to such Courts. By Lieut. R. A. Ives, U.S. Army. 1 vol. 8vo. Law sheep. $4.00.

Hotchkiss and Allan’s Battle of Chancellorsville.

The Battle-Fields of Virginia. Chancellorsville, embracing the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia, from the First Battle of Fredericksburg to the Death of Lieut.-Gen. T. J. Jackson. By Jed. Hotchkiss and William Allan. Illustrated with Five Maps and Portrait of Stonewall Jackson. 8vo. Cloth. $3.50.

Stevens’s Three Years in the Sixth Corps.

Three Years in the Sixth Corps. A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865. By Geo. T. Stevens, Surgeon of the Seventy-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers. Illustrated with Seventeen Engravings and Six Steel Portraits. New and Revised Edition. 8vo. Cloth. $3.00.

Jomini’s Grand Military Operations.

Treatise on Grand Military Operations. Illustrated by a Critical and Military History of the Wars of Frederick the Great. With a Summary of the Most Important Principles of the Art of War. By Baron De Jomini. Illustrated by Maps and Plans. Translated from the French by Col. S. B. Holabird, A.D.C., U.S. Army. 2 vols., 8vo, and Atlas. Cloth. $15.00. Half calf or morocco. $21.00. Half Russia. $22.50.

Send for Catalogue of Military and Naval Books. Copies of the above books sent free by mail on receipt of price.