The General Officers at their Inspections are required to report specially to the Minister of War on the captains and lieutenants of the staff corps doing duty with the regiments in their districts, both as to their knowledge of drill and manœuvres, and their acquaintance with the duties of the staff. They are to require these officers to execute a military reconnaissance, never allowing more than forty-eight hours for the field sketch and its accompanying report. Officers of all arms of the rank of captain or under, are permitted to exchange with officers of equal rank in the staff corps; but they must previously satisfy the conditions of the final examinations of the Staff College. THE BUILDINGS AND ESTABLISHMENT. The Staff School of Application is situated in Paris, in the Rue de Grenelle, close to the Invalides. Of the ninety officers attending it, sixty lodge in the building and thirty out of it, but all take their meals in the town. Each has, in general, a room to himself. Servants are provided in the proportion of one to about eight rooms. The officers are forbidden to have private servants. The staff of the school is composed as follows:-- The Commandant, a General of Brigade. The Second in Command, Director of the Studies, a Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel of the Staff Corps. A Major of the Staff Corps, charged with the superintendence of the interior economy and the drills and exercises. Three Captains of the same Corps, charged with the details of the interior economy of the School, and to assist the Major in the instruction of the Officers in their military duties. The Captains are required to take the direction of a portion of the topographical works on the ground. A Medical Officer. Thirteen Military Professors, or Assistant Professors, viz.:-- A Major or Captain, Professor of Applied Descriptive Geometry. A Major or Captain, Professor of Astronomy, Physical Geography, and Statistics. A Major or Captain, Professor of Geodesy and Topography. A Major or Captain of Engineers, Professor of Fortification. A Major or Captain of Artillery, Professor of the instruction relative to this arm. A Military Sub-Intendant, Professor of Military Legislation and Administration. A Major or Captain, Professor of Military Art. A Captain, Assistant Professor of Descriptive Geography; charged also to assist the Professor of Fortification. A Captain, Assistant Professor of Topography; charged also to assist the Professor of Geography. A Major or Captain of Cavalry, Professor of Equitation; he acts under the immediate orders of the Major of the College. Two Lieutenants or Second Lieutenants of Cavalry, Assistant Professors of Equitation. An Officer of Cavalry of the same rank, acting as Paymaster to the Riding Detachment. The Non-Military Professors are:-- Two Professors of Drawing. Two Professors of German. A Professor of Fencing.