Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
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Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
Military education
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Month and | Second Division. | Number of
Date. | +----+----+----
| First Year’s Instruction. | Att| LbW| TL
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December 1 | Lectures on Military Art in | | |
“ 2 | Topography--Conventional Tints, | 2 |....|....
“ 4 | Study of Hill Drawing | | |
| (in sepia with contour lines,) | 2 |....|....
| { Plate 1 .. 5} | | |
| { Plate 2 .. 5} | | |
“ 6 | Military Art,{ Plate 3 .. 5} | | |
| { Plate 4 .. 5} | | |
| { Plate 5 .. 9} | 29 | 4 | 39
January 12 | Front of Cormontaige | 24 | 3 | 13
| | | |
February 9 | Project of Field Fortification, | | |
| { Plate 1. Plan of the whole, 3} | | |
| { Plate 2. Organization of a work, 8} | | |
| { Plate 3. Details of Construction, 4} | | |
| { Memoir 4} | 19 | 5 | 7
March 3 | Plan of Stability of Revetments, &c., | 9 | 9 | 9
“ 13 | Study of the Drawing showing the effect, | 8 | 1 | 1
“ 23 | Plan of a Building, | | |
| { Out-of-door work, 9} | | |
| { Laying down and drawing, Memoir, 23} | 32 |....|....
April 29 | Topographical Triangulation, | 4 | 4 | 6
May 5 | Defilement and Profiling on the Ground, | 3 |....|....
| Project of a Building, | | |
| { Sketches, 14} | | |
| { Drawing, 24} | | |
| { Memoir, 4} | | |
| { Estimate, 3} | 45 | 12 | 22
June 28 | Survey with a plane-table, | | |
| { Out-of-door work 0} | | |
| { Laying down and drawing, 3} | 13 | 1 |....
| One day free in case of bad weather, | 1 |....|....
July 14 | To find the Variation of the Needle, | 1 | 1 |....
“ 17 | Survey of Ground with the Compass, | | |
| { Out-of-door work, 8} | | |
| { Laying down and drawing, 2} | 10 | 1 |....
| One day free in case of bad weather, | 1 |....|....
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