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5. The Committee have continued the supply of foreign military 
periodicals to Members willing to furnish from time to time, for 
publication with the a Proceedings,” reviews and precis of their 
contents, as well as translations in full of important articles. 
The applications for the magazines under these conditions have 
been numerous, and the Committee believe that the publication of 
much valuable professional information hitherto comparatively inacces¬ 
sible, has been the result of this experiment. 
6. The subject selected for the Prize Essay of the year was “ The 
Equipment of Field Artillery.” 
Eight Essays were submitted for competition. 
Colonel Reilly, C.B., Colonel Goodenough, and Colonel Stirling, C.B., 
A.-Q.-M.-G., were good enough to undertake the office of Referees. 
The two following Reports were received from the Referees 
(1) - 
Woolwich, 
25th May, 1881. 
Dear Sir, 
We, the undersigned, are of opinion that Essay No. 6 is the best of the 
eight submitted to us, and is fully entitled to the award of the Gold Medal by the 
It. A. Institution. 
We have not selected any Essay as second in order of merit, and we do not 
recommend any award of a Silver Medal this year. 
We are of opinion that there is matter in the other Essays which would he of 
interest to the Regiment at large, and which might be extracted and published in 
some form if it is considered proper to do so. 
We understand from a private communication received from Colonel Reilly that 
he wholly disagrees with us in our award, hence we address you separately. 
We have the honor to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
W. H. GOODENOUGH, Lieut.-Col. & Col. 
The Secretary, W. STIRLING, Col., A.-Q.-M.-G. 
R.A. Institution. 
( 2 ). 
Aldershot, 
26th May, 1881. 
Str, 
Two of the judges having agreed as to which Essay on Field Equipment 
is entitled to the Gold Medal, when announcing the name of the successful com¬ 
petitor I beg that you will notify that I dissent from the award. 
I have the honor to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
E. REILLY, Colonel. 
The Secretary, 
R.A. Institution. 
