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
The functionaries of the corps of intendants fulfill, in connection with
the administrative councils of the artillery schools, the same duties as
are assigned by the regulations relating to the interior administration
of bodies of troops. They will exercise over the accounts, both of money
and material of the said schools, the same control as over the
administration connected with the military interests of the state.
II. ENGINEER REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS.
The colonel of each regiment has the superior direction of the
instruction.
The lieutenant-colonel directs and superintends, under his orders, the
whole of the details of the regimental instruction.
A major, selected from among the officers of this rank belonging to the
_état-major_ of this arm, directs and superintends, under the orders of
the colonel, the whole of the details of the special instruction.
The complete instruction consists of--
General instruction, or that of the regiment, by which a man is made a
soldier.
Special or school instruction, having for its object the training of the
miner or sapper.
The instructions are each separated into _theoretical_ and _practical_
instruction.
The theoretical instruction of the regiment comprehends the theories:--
On the exercises and manœuvers of infantry. On the interior service.
On the service of the place. On field service. On the maintenance of
arms. On military administration. On military penal legislation.
The practical instruction of the regiment comprises:--
The exercises and manœuvers of infantry. Practice with the musket.
Military Marches. Fencing.
The teaching of these various duties is confided to officers,
_sous-officiers_, and corporals of the regiments, as pointed out by the
regulation, and the orders of the colonel.
The fencing school is organized in a similar manner to those of the
infantry, and the military marches are also made in the same way as in
those corps.
The _special_ and _theoretical_ instruction consists of:--
Primary instruction. Mathematics. Drawing. Geography. Military history
of France. Fortification and the various branches of the engineering
work.
Three civil professors (appointed by competition) are attached to each
regimental school, for the special theoretical instruction, as regards
the primary instruction, drawing, and mathematics.
The courses are distributed and taught in the following manner:
Primary instruction for the Soldiers. }
French grammar for the Corporals. }
Book-keeping for the _Sous-Officiers_. }
By the Professor of Primary Instruction.
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