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sequently be struck out of the Regimental Lists and returns, H.R.H. the 
Commander-in-Chief has decided that such officers may have the privilege of 
continuing to belong to such of the Regimental Institutions (Marriage Society, 
R.A. Institution, &c.) as they ma} r have been subscribing to prior to their selec¬ 
tion for such continuous Indian service.” 
LEFROY MEDAL. 
The Lefroy Medal was founded in 1891 to perpetuate the memory of General 
Sir J. H. Lefroy, k.c.m.g., c.b., R.A., &c., &c. 
The proceeds of a sum of money, vested in Trustees, are devoted to provide a 
gold medal for the officer passing first out of the Senior Class Artillery College. 
The class which closed in March, 1892, was the first to which the medal was 
granted, and the following is an account of its presentation. 
After the business of the R.A. Institution was finished at the Annual General 
Meeting on 10th June, General R. J. Hay, c.b., said :—“ Gentlemen, I have the 
pleasure of bringing to your notice the presentation of the Lefroy Medal to 
Lieutenant J. H. Mansell, R.A. In the first instance, I would express the regret 
of the Director-General of Military Education at not being here to-day to present 
this medal, which he considers is about the highest distinction that an officer 
undergoing any course in the Regiment can obtain. Lieutenant Mansell has 
passed out of the Artillery College with the greatest distinction. All I have to 
do, Lieutenant Mansell, is to present it to you, and congratulate you on having 
won it; and I hope you will remember that it is not for your own credit only 
you obtain this distinction, but for the credit of the whole Regiment.” (Ap¬ 
plause.) 
R.A. CHARITIES. 
The Committee R.A. Regimental Charities wish it to be known that there is in 
the county of Forfarshire a Patriotic Fund out of which pensions are granted to 
soldiers’ widows in necessitous circumstances who are natives or connected with 
the county; Lieut.-Colonel A. J. Rait, c.b., late R.A., will be happy to use his 
influence to obtain any pension which may from time to time become vacant for 
the widow of a soldier R.A. duly qualified as above. Any communication on 
this subject should be made to the Hon. Sec. R.A. Regimental Charities, Wool¬ 
wich. 
STAFF COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 1803. 
Army Order 143 of 1892 
1. At the examination for admission to the Staff College, to be held in May, 
1893, questions in Military History will be set as follows :— 
(a.) On Parts I.—Y. of the “ Operations of War,” excluding the details of 
the movements recorded in Chapter iii., Part Y. 
(A) On the Physical Geography of France, the German Empire, Holland, and 
Belgium. 
Maps in good atlases and articles in geographical dictionaries will 
furnish all the information necessary for answering questions 
under this head. A knowledge of the details of the ramifica¬ 
tions of mountain systems, or of small tributary river basins, 
will not be required. 
