There are fourteen lectures in _mechanics applied to machines_; motion, rest, gravity, composition and resolution of forces, mechanical labor, uniform motion, rectilinear and rotatory, projectiles in space, mechanical powers, drawbridges, Archimedean principle, military bridges, pumps, reservoirs, over and under-shot wheels, turbines, corn mills, steam-engines, locomotives, transport of troops, materials, and munitions on railways. The twenty lectures in _military literature_ refer to military history and biography, memoirs of military historians, battles and sieges, the art of war, military correspondence, proclamations, bulletins, orders of the day, instructions, circulars, reports and military considerations, special memoirs, reconnaissance and reports, military and periodical collections, military justice. The thirty-five lectures in _history_ principally relate to France and its wars, commencing with the Treaty of Westphalia and ending with the Treaty of Vienna. The twenty-seven lectures in _geography_ and _military statistics_ are subdivided into different parts; the first eight lectures are devoted to Europe and France, including the physical geography and statistics of the same; the second six lectures are devoted to the frontiers of France; and the third part of thirteen lectures to foreign states and Algeria, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, and Russia. The studies for the first division during the second year of their residence consist of-- 10 lectures in topography. 27 “ fortification. 15 “ artillery. 10 “ military legislation. 12 “ military administration. 27 “ military art and history. 20 “ German. --- Total, 121 One lesson weekly is given in drawing, in order to render the students expert in landscape and military drawing with the pencil, pen, and brash. We must not omit to call attention to the fact that mathematics are not taught in either yearly course at St. Cyr. The course in _topography_, of ten lectures, has reference to the construction of maps, copies of drawings, theory, description, and use of instruments for measuring angles and leveling, the execution for a regular survey on the different systems of military drawing, drawing from models of ground, on the construction of topographical drawing and reconnaissance surveys, with accompanying memoirs.