Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/39/1 - February 1916 - Part 6

L of C.
The Base & Units
The Anzac Book will shortly - the
souvenir of Anzac which 
was written & illustrated 
entirely by the force officers & 

men at Anzac between

Nov 13 and December 8 - 

is now being printed in London.

The Book consists of

224 pages of with paper 

cover, printed after the 

style of "Printers Pie", it

contains about 30 photographs,

 

1. Circ. to Base Units
2. Circ. Re Posting - 2 lists
3. Circ. as to what ^the book is. (?)
4. Printing of bookplates

has been paid for & 

that every bookplate has been 

collected - & must then

be forwarded with the 

book acquittance roll

to the "Paymaster in Chief,

Australian Imperial Force

Headqurs., Cairo. 

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Index

2. sheet of orders. A Books  B Price

3. Circular to Secys.

4. Instrns to Cairo secy

    Instrns to Col Twey

    Instrns to Cassells

Bkg a/c - Cairo. See Farr [shorthand]

sum payable on 1st 10000

 

Post                                        Whitaker

sleepg bag.                            :    1

screw driver  :    ? 1.

Bookplate. :

What to see.                             1.

 Chemist.

 Duncan.

Glasses Lawrences' mine

gramophone ..... ?

Lamp Col Bridges.

Pay.

Box at Steins.

Mrs Holden.

that he wishes it sent.

Each pair of bookplates

is numbered and when

each man's bookplate is handed

to him the number of it should

be entered on the a^cquittance roll

??? opposite his name. 
The xxxxxx book plate, if lost, is 

not replaceable. Each man 

should enter on it the 

name and address of 

the person to whom he wants

the book sent and his own name

on each bookplate.

The bookplates will be sent handed 

back to the Unit committee.

They must be compared

& certified correct

with the acquittance roll as to

xxxxx show that every book

 

receiving one book (or 5/- for 

two books, & so on. the 

same entry must be at the same 

time be made in his pay book.

In the second quittance roll

(Postal) an entry of 3/- 

must be made against 

signed for by each man

receiving a book plate.

These book plates are in 

duplicate (one red, & one 

white,) each ^pair representing 

one book stamped, registered,

& handed to the post office

addressed to the person

named to whom the purchaser 

indicates on the bookplate

agreement for the purchase 
of the books. it being understood

tt in accepting delivery o /

books you make yourself

responsible for payment for

them.
Payment for the books 

delivered (2/6 each) should be

made by means of one

acquittance roll & payment

for copies to the posted (3/-)

on another & separate roll.

On the ^first quittance roll (books)

an entry of 2/6 should be 

signed for by each man

Dear Sir,

Find herewith the

number of bookplates ordered

by you on your bookplate

list of . . . . . . ,

(or received . . . . .   I am also 

able to forward you . . . . 

books [state how books are

to be forwarded or whence

obtained] for which 

a receipt must be given 

which will be handed over

to you on receipt of

an acknowledgement of the 

number contained in the

consignment, The receipt

is to be taken as an

 

As (xxxxxxxx) Separate Acq. Rolls.

As it is desired by a majority

of the troops to have ^ copies of the Anzac

Book forwarded to various

friends in Australia & England

without the task trouble ^ & risk of bringing

them out into the desert & 

posting them back again.

it has been dec the ctee

will undertake for a charge of 6d

extra to forward despatch them by 

registered post to any address

named. The address purchaser

will write his name, & the

name & address of the person 

to whom he wishes the book to be 

sent, on a handsome bookplate

which will be gummed into the copy 

forwarded. A sum of 6^d will be charged. This
 [*covers cost of postage & registration (this being less
than the actual cost to the Committee)*]
 

Regimental Distributing Authority.

(won't be had in Australia)

We want 2 lists ^estimates indicating, by units, 

(1) Book list indicating no of 

books required to be actually 
delivered to units representative

in Cairo (? or to unit) Price 2/6.

(2) Registered Post Bookplate list

indicating number of 
book plates needed for sending

of book by registered post 

to address named on 

bookplate. Price 6^d extra (3/-).

Please send in ^ to Sec of Anzac of Bk Ctee... by March

16^th Book & BookPlate lists

for each battalion, regiment, 

battery, field ambce, or coy of which

AS6 signallers or Engrs

registration & insurance

& trouble of packing.

If not, we must give them

some of our profit.
Adjutants to be 

informed that they must 

check acquittance rolls 

by bookplates - & forward 

both together to Paymaster

Cairo. 
Anzac Book Office

will then be in Cairo.

C. will be informed of 

xxxxx  C will compare roll with labels,  
 

Car

& enter up nos. on 

labels under headings of 

units; enter up amt

due from Paymaster; 

separate Red labels

from white. Forward

white labels with

covering letter to each

batch, stating how many 

sent, giving numbers. 

Will keep red labels 

as sort of card index. 

Thus you have (1) a permanent 

check for the paymaster
(2) a check on 

losses ^ of bookplates at sea;

Cassells must be told 
not to send ^books for any except 
white forms plates; the red 

plates will be kept by /

Ctee under lock & key unless

they hear from C. that a lot

have not be recd, when /

red will be forwarded to green 

cards put in in their place. 

Our Cairo office, the 

moment a batch of cards b.plates 

has been sent off shd

enter those 
 

Red plates shd be separated from

white plates & sent one wk later (or

better kept until we hear of a batch not recd.
It is essential that either

Cassells or P.O. shd (1) keep a 

list of all purchasers & addresses 

to whom books are registered. The

postal This ^registration request will be the only evidence

to us tt / books have been sent 

by them. 

& (2) Shd acknowledge to

us the numbers & designations 

of the packed batches of bookplates

received. 

Must find out from C. too

if 6^d will cover postage 

back balance in good condn.

 

getting books from C to V 

C shd go with them & 

distribute them himself  & get

receipt from V or V can 

send men empowered to 

give receipt. 

In any case C must not 

let them out of his hands

without properly authorised

receipt. He may arrange

2 or 3 special journeys to

deliver consignments of 

size making it worth while.

Books in Cairo must be

kept under lock & key.

Book Plates.
 

1 Pr H

2 Pr socks

5 Handks

 

Book Plates will be sent out

by Ctee - (President or Secy)

on receiving order.

They will be numbered

& stamped for each unit.

e.g. "1 Bn 146:  "57 Bn 17"

& a separate quittance

Roll will be sent for them and

the number issued to each man

shd be entered opposite his

name. (bec. each of these means 

a book). eg. Col. Gellibrand 25 to 44

Pte Jones 45 etc.