Obituary

G. R. BAKER died at Jabl-us-Siraj, Afghanistan, on November 11, 1918 from the effects of typhoid-pneumonia. He was buried in British territory in Peshawer, India. Mr. Baker had been acting as first Assistant to the Chief Engineer of the Kabul Hydroelectric Scheme and just before his final illness had taken charge of the plant and was to remain as Chief Engineer in charge. He had been formerly in the employ of the General Electric Company as Construction Engineer and had worked on the Panama Canal installation, erected plants in Cuba and the Western States. He became an Associate in the Institute in 1915.