NOTES 
FROM 
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 
GOLD MEDAL PRIZE ESSAY, 1895. 
The Subject approved by H.R.H. The Commander-in-Chief for the “ Duncan ” 
Gold Medal Prize Essay, 1895, is as follows :— 
“ The most suitable system applicable for training together in peace time the 
Garrison Artillery forces of the Empire, including Regular, Militia, 
Volunteer, and Colonial Artillery, with a view to their duties in war 
time in Coast Fortresses being more clearly defined.” 
The Rules for the Prize Essays now read :— 
The Annual Gold Medal, when awarded, to be accompanied by an honorarium of £20 ; the 
Silver Medal by an honorarium of £10. 
The candidates must be Officers of the Regiment who are members of the R.A. Institution. 
Officers are requested to confine their Essays to about 16 printed pages of the “ Proceedings 
other things being equal brevity will count towards success. 
The Essays must be forwarded to the Secretary so as to reach him on or before the 1st of 
April. 
Each Essay must be type-written in triplicate. The Essays must be strictly anonymous, but 
each to have a motto, and be accompanied by a sealed envelope with the motto written 
outside and the name of the writer inside ; further, if the writer wishes to recover from 
the Committee part of the cost of type-writing his Essay he should state this fact in the 
same sealed envelope and write outside it, above the motto, (e to be opened.” 
All the envelopes thus marked will be opened by the Secretary after the result of the compe¬ 
tition has been announced, and he will send the writers the money for their type-writing 
expenses. 
The Committee will allow a sum of £1 for type-writing each Essay. 
N.B.—The Committee draw particular attention to the 'paragraph in the Rules 
above on the subject of length of Essays ; it is not difficult to discover the number 
of words in an average page of “ Proceedings ” matter , and so to keep an Essay 
within the 16 pages ’ limit. 
The following works are now on sale at the R.A. Institution and will be for¬ 
warded post free at the prices noted after their titles below:— 
Major-General Stubbs’s “List of Officers of the Bengal Artillery,” 
price 5s. 3d. 
“Field Artillery Fire,” by Captain W. L. White, R.A., price 
Is. 2d. 
“Notes of Lectures on Artillery in Coast Defence,” by Major A. 
C. Hansard, R.A., price Is. 2d. 
“Ranging Note-Book,” by Captain S. W. Lane, R.A., price Is. Id. 
“Achievements of Field Artillery,” by Major E. S. May, R.A,, 
bound, price 2s. 6d. 
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