Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, / in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition

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A Lieutenant-General President, appointed by the Minister of War.

The Director or Chief of the Dépôt de la Guerre.

The Commandant of the School of Application.

Four Colonels or Lieutenant-Colonels of the Staff, appointed by the Minister of War.

A Field Officer chosen from among the Officers employed at the Dépôt de la Guerre, as permanent Secretary.

This Commission is also charged with drawing up and proposing regulations for the approval of the Minister of War concerning the interior organization and the course of study to be followed in the school, and to make changes in the programmes for admission and for leaving the school.

A very detailed account of the subjects of the [entrance examination] is drawn out, and inserted in the Journal Militaire, and the Moniteur every year. The following are the subjects:—

(1.) Trigonometry and Topography.

(2.) Regular Topography—the measuring of plane surfaces and leveling.

(3.) Irregular Topography, Plane Trigonometry.