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took a prominent part in many important campaigns. The services of Sir 
Hew Boss in the Peninsula were the commencement of a career which was 
as distinguished as it was beneficial to his corps. The Committee rejoices 
that the Institution has been permitted to be the means of laying before 
the officers of the regiment a record of such honourable and brilliant service. 
As this memoir extends over 100 pages, the Committee has decided on 
only printing off a limited number of copies. Any member can obtain a 
copy on application to the Secretary. 
The constant demands upon the printing press for other work for mem¬ 
bers, show the general usefulness of this part of the establishment, and also 
the necessity of enlarging it. The Committee trusts that this want will 
be overcome by the additional accommodation about being given to the 
Department of Artillery Studies, and the space vacated being handed over to 
the Institution. 
Since the last meeting, complete sets of the “ Proceedings ” have been 
presented to the Director of Naval Ordnance, the National Artillery Asso¬ 
ciation, and the Secretary of State for India. 
The Committee has great pleasure in informing the meeting that the 
sum of £10 10 s. has been placed at its disposal yearly for five years by 
an officer of the regiment, for the purpose of founding a medal for the 
best essay on matters connected with artillery; and in the event of his 
proposal being successful in its results, this officer is further prepared to 
place in its hands £100, on the condition that £5 10s. be taken out of 
the funds of the Institution yearly to make up the amount necessary for 
the purchase of this medal. 
This liberal offer was unanimously accepted by the Committee, and the 
following are the conditions of competition, which were drawn up and 
circulated to members in September last:— 
(1) The candidates must be officers on full pay, and members of the 
E.A. Institution. 
(2) The essays shall be in alternate years, on matters connected with 
(a) the duties and position of artillery, and ( b ) the manufacturing depart¬ 
ments. 
(3) The essays, which must not exceed 16 octavo printed pages, must 
be forwarded to the Secretary on or before the 1st of April in each year. 
The essays to be strictly anonymous, but each to have a motto, and be 
accompanied by a sealed envelope with the motto written on the outside, 
and the name of the candidate inside. 
(4) The name of the successful candidate shall be announced at the 
Annual Meeting, and medallists shall be distinguished as such in all lists, 
&c., issued from the Institution; and in the event of a University man 
gaining the medal, a report of his success will be made to the University of 
which he may be a member. 
(5) The essays will be submitted for decision to three Eeferees, chosen 
by the Committee. 
(6) The successful essay will be printed and circulated to members by 
the Institution. 
The subject for the essay to be rendered before 1st of April, 1871, shall 
be any point the candidate may select, connected with the duties and position 
of artillery. 
