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Military Schools of Special Application inFrance,[131]
I. Artillery and Engineers’ School atMetz,[133]
1. History and General Description,[137]
First Artillery School in 1679 at Douai,[137]
Garrison Schools in 1720,[137]
Academy at La Fère in 1756,[137]
First Engineer School at Mézières in 1749,[137]
School at Metz in 1795,[137]
2. Location, Buildings, Barracks, Riding School,[138]
3. Staff of Government,[140]
3. Staff ofInstruction,[141]
Superior Council,[141]
Instructional Council,[142]
Administrative   “[142]
4. Subjects and Methods of Study,[142]
Instruction Common to both,[143]
Instruction Specialto Artillery,[143]
Instruction Specialto Engineers,[143]
Employment of time for First Year,[144]
Employment of timefor Second Year,[143]
5. Examination and Classification,[145]
Final Examination,[146]
Classification of the Order of Merit,[147]
6. Subsequent instruction and Employment,[148]
7. Regimental Schools,[150]
Appendix,[151]
Regulations and Programmes ofInstruction,[151]
I. Police Regulations,[152]
II. Regulations for Estimating the value of WorkExecuted,[151]
III. Programme of Artillery Course,[156]
Introduction—1. Effects of Powder,[158]
Introduction—2.Projectiles,[159]
Introduction—3.Motion of Carriages,[160]
Second Part—Section 1. Small Army,[161]
SecondPart—Section 2.Projectiles and Cannon,[162]
SecondPart—Section 3. War andSignal Rockets,[164]
SecondPart—Section 4.Carriages,[166]
SecondPart—Section 5. ArtilleryForce,[165]
SecondPart—Section 6.Construction of Carriages,[166]
Third Part—Effects of Projectiles,[167]
Fourth Part—Trace and Construction ofBatteries,[168]
Fifth Part—Section 1. Organization and Serviceof Artillery,[179]
FifthPart—Section 2. Artilleryin the Field,[170]
FifthPart—Section 3. Artilleryin the Attack and Defense,[170]
FifthPart—Section 4. Artilleryin the Sham Siege,[174]
Recapitulative Tables,[180]
IV. Course on Military Art and Field Fortification,[181]
I. Lectures,[181]
1. Historical Notices of the Organization ofArmies,[181]
2. Tactics,[182]
3. Castrametation,[182]
4. Field Fortification,[182]
5. Military Communications,[184]
6. Strategy,[184]
II. Works of Application,[184]
Recapitulations,[189]
V. Permanent Fortifications and Attack andDefense of Places,[190]
VI. Course of Topography,[194]
1. Topographical Drawing,[194]
2. Topographical Surveying,[194]
VII. Course of Geodesy and Dialling,[197]
1. Special for Engineers,[197]
2. Common to Engineers and Artillery,[198]
VIII. Course of Sciences applied to MilitaryArts,[200]
1. Geology,[200]
2. Working in Iron,[200]
3. Application of the Working of Iron,[201]
4. Manufacture of Small Arms,[201]
5. Manufacture ofOrdnance,[201]
6. Manufacture ofPowder,[201]
7. Pyrotechny,[201]
Works of Application, Samples of Minerals, GeologicalExercises, Molding, Chemical Compounds,[202]
Practical Instructions on Munitions andFireworks,[203]
IX. Course of Applied Mechanics,[205]
1. General Principles,[205]
2. Motion of Machines,[205]
3. Resistance of Materials,[205]
4. Working Machines,[206]
5. Explanations and Works of Application,[207]
X. Course of Construction,[208]
1. Elements of Masonry,[208]
2. Architecture of Military Building,[209]
3. Resistance of Material,[210]
4. Hydraulic Construction,[210]
Works of Application,[215]
XI. Course in the German Language,[214]
XII. Programme of Sham Siege,[217]
Preliminary Measures and Lectures,[217]
Composition of the Personnel,[218]
Conferences,[218]
Tracing of the Work,[219]
Memoir and Sketch,[219]
XIII. Course on the Veterinary Art,[220]
Interior of the Horse,[220]
Exterior of theHorse[220]
Health of theHorse[220]
II. Regimental Artillery and Engineers’Schools,[221]
1. Artillery Regimental Schools,[221]
Design,[221]
Staff,[221]
Instruction,[221]
Theoretical—Practical—Special,[221]
2. Engineer and Regimental Schools,[223]
Staff’s,[223]
Instruction—kinds,[223]
Courses,[224]
III. The Infantry and Cavalry School at St. Cyr,[225]
History and General Description,[225]
Origin,[225]
General Description,[226]
Staff of Government and Instructions,[228]
Buildings,[229]
Daily Routine,[231]
Course of Study,[235]
Examinations,[238]
Co-efficients of Influence,[238]
Classification in Order of Merit,[239]
Choice of Service,[240]
IV. The Cavalry School of Application atSaumur,[241]
Design,[241]
Staff,[241]
Instruction,[241]
Pupils,[242]
Text-books and Recitations,[243]
Veterinary Instructions,[243]
Hippology,[244]
The Model Stud,[244]
Breaking Young Horses,[244]
School of Farriers,[244]
V. The Staff School at Paris,[245]
1. Duties of the French Staff,[245]
The War Dépot,[246]
The Staff Corps,[246]
2. Buildings and Establishment,[248]
3. Staff of Government and Instruction,[248]
4. Conditions of Admission,[249]
Entrance Examination,[250]
Studies,[250]
Daily Routine,[251]
Examinations,[253]
Co-efficients of Influence,[253]
Examination before Consulting Committee,[256]
VI. The Military Orphan-School at LaFleche,[257]
Juvenile and Privileged School,[257]
Course of Instruction,[257]
Staff of Government and Instruction,[257]
Yearly Charge,[257]
Courses,[258]
Examination,[258]
Inspection,[258]
VII. The School of Musketry at Vincennes,[259]
Origin,[259]
Staff,[259]
Course of Instruction,[260]
VIII. The Military and Naval School of Medicineand Pharmacy,[261]
1. Military School of Medicine at Paris,[261]
2. Naval Schools of Medicine at Brest, Toulon, andRochefort,[262]
IX. The Naval School at Brest,[263]
Examination for Admission,[263]
Course of Instruction,[264]
X. The Military Gymnastic School atVincennes,[265]
1. Elementary Gymnastics,[265]
Classification,[265]
Spirit and Method of Teaching,[266]
Learning to March,[266]
Gymnastic Chain,[266]
Pyrrhic Exercise,[267]
Equilibrium: Wrestling,[268]
Traction,[268]
2. Applied Gymnastics,[269]
Leaping,[270]
Climbing,[271]
Swimming,[271]
Escalading,[272]
Carrying Weights,[272]
XI. Remarks on the Military Education ofFrance,[273]
1. Officers must be regularly Trained, or have seenService,[273]
2. Junior Military Schools,[273]
3. Professional Education at St. Cyr,[273]
4. Staff School,[273]
5. Officers of Artillery and Engineers,[274]
6. Mathematical bias,[274]
7. Bourses,[274]
8. Practical Teaching,[274]
9. Number of Senior Departments,[274]
REVISED EDITION—1872.
I. French Military Education in 1869,[274]
1. Increase of professionally educatedofficers,[274]
2. Admission to the Military Schools and to theStaff, by competition,[275]
3. Military Schools under control of Minister ofWar,[275]
4. Internal Economy of each School determined byits own Staff,[275]
5. Military and instructional Staff, distinct butcooperative,[275]
6. Great care exercised in appointment ofprofessors,[275]
7. Discipline very strict,[276]
Power of dismissal rests with the Minister ofWar,[276]
8. Age of admission, and general educationadvanced,[276]
Strictly professional instruction does not begingenerally till 20,[276]
9. Military Schools, more and more professionaland practical,[276]
10. Much time given to drawing, militaryadministration and practical exercises,[277]
11. System of Instruction the same in all theschools,[277]
Active competition the leading feature,[277]
No choice of studies allowed,[277]
12. Education of French officers concluded beforeregimental duty begins,[278]
13. Chief changes since 1856,[278]
Increase of literary subjects in the Polytechnic,[278]
An examination at the end of the first year atMetz,[278]
Advance of age for admission at St. Cyr,[278]
Conversion of La Fleche into a purely civilschool,[278]
Increase of students in the Staff School,[278]
II. Expense of Military Schools in1869,[278]
III. Organization of the Polytechnic Schoolin 1869,[131]
Programme of instruction in 1856,[47]
Annual expenses for 1869,[132]
Changes in course of instruction,[133]
Subjects and course of studies,[133]
Studies involving least difficulty occupy theevenings,[134]

[Military Education in Prussia] and Other German and European States: Parts II., III., IV., V. and VI., of Military Schools and Classes of Special Instruction in the Science and Art of War in different countries. By Henry Barnard, LL.D., late U.S. Commissioner of Education. Pages 277-518.