Acting sub-lieutenants go to Greenwich Royal Naval College and to Portsmouth for final instruction in the subjects they studied while midshipmen at sea. On conclusion of their examination in these subjects, having reached the age of 19 or 20, sub-lieutenants will be distributed between the executive and engineer branches of the Navy and the Royal Marines. No sub-lieutenant will be required to join any branch for which he did not enter as a boy when applying for a nomination. Such are, briefly, the regulations under which--simultaneously with those who, between 14-1/2 and 15-1/2 years of age, are going in for the last of the old system--cadets are now being entered. The training establishments alluded to consist of the colleges at Dartmouth and Osborne, with such steam vessels as may be necessary for instruction afloat. The Dartmouth College is, however, very far from being completed, but our illustration gives a truthful picture of its future appearance. It is reproduced from an original drawing, kindly lent by Mr. Aston Webb, R.A., the architect. The Dartmouth College has some pretensions, as has been seen, to artistic merit in appearance, and will, in fact, be a very handsome and effective building on its commanding site. Those who look for anything of this nature at Osborne will, however, be grievously disappointed. The College in the Isle of Wight is utilitarian to the last degree; so much so as to render any criticism of the buildings from an artistic point of view quite out of the question. There is a reason for this, however; and the reason is that it had to be prepared for the reception of the first batch of cadets under the new scheme in July, 1903; and at the beginning of that year it had literally no existence. Having decided upon the adoption of this scheme, and deeming it imperative that it should be brought into operation as speedily as possible, the Admiralty had no option but to "rush" the College into existence; and the King having sanctioned its erection at Osborne, it was rushed accordingly. Sir John Fisher, who had this arrangement in hand, and very much at heart, is perhaps better qualified for getting the maximum amount of work done in the minimum time than any officer in the Service. [Illustration: THE OLD STABLE YARD, OSBORNE.] The stables at Osborne House formed the nucleus of the new building; and in close proximity to these--which were promptly adopted for various purposes--there were run up a series of bungalow erections--dormitories, officers' quarters, and so on--constructed of timber and a kind of hard plaster known as "uralite." [Illustration: THE NEW COLLEGE, DARTMOUTH. _From the Design by Aston Webb, R.A._]