Slight changes have been made in the civil establishment; it now consists of:—
1. A Director of Studies, at present a colonel of Engineers.
2. Seventeen professors,[12] (two additional professors for history) seventeen Répétiteurs and assistant Répétiteurs, and five drawing masters. Of the 17 professors, two are at present officers of Engineers, and one an officer of Artillery; the remainder are civilians, of whom three are members of the Academy of Sciences.
3. Five examiners for admission, and five for conducting the examinations at the school. All of these at present are civilians.
4. An administrative staff consisting of a treasurer, librarian, &c.; and a medical staff.
The general control or supervision of the school is vested, under the War Department, in four great boards or councils, viz.:—
1. A Board of Administration, composed of the Commandant, the Second Commandant, the Director of Studies, two professors, two captains of the military staff, and two members of the administrative staff. This board has the superintendence of all the financial business, and all the minutiæ of the internal administration of the school.
2. A Board of Discipline, consisting of the Second Commandant, the Director of Studies, three captains of the Military Staff, and one major of the army, selected from former pupils of the school.[13] The duty of this board is to decide upon cases of misconduct.
3. A Board of Instruction, whose members are, the Commandant, the Second Commandant, the Director of Studies, the Examiners of Students, the Professors, and two captains of the Military Staff; and whose chief duty is to make recommendations relating to ameliorations in the studies and the programmes of admission and of instruction in the school to—