10. The schools for soldiers’ children.
In addition to these might be mentioned the Medical Institution, particularly the Frederick-William’s Institution at Berlin, and the Knight Academy (Ritter-Academie,) or Noble School, in Liegnitz.
The annual cost to the state of the military schools in 1856, appears to be as follows:—
| NAME. | Salaries. Dollars.* | Other Expenses. Dollars.* | Total Dollars.* | Number of Students. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of General Inspector, | 5,872 | 250 | 5,922 | . . |
| Supreme Military Examinations Board, | 5,400 | 300 | 5,700 | . . |
| Board of Military Studies, | 848 | . . | 848 | . . |
| Board of examiners for Artillery Lieutenants, | . . | 60 | 60 | . . |
| Cadet House at Berlin, | 12,944 | . . | 12,944 | 420 |
| Cadet House at Potsdam, | 15,805 | 24,285 | 40,090 | 200 |
| Cadet House at Culm, | 15,738 | 18,436 | 34,174 | 160 |
| Cadet House at Wahlstatt, | 16,253 | 22,706 | 38,959 | 200 |
| Cadet House at Bensberg, | 15,935 | 24,853 | 40,788 | 200 |
| General War or Staff School, | 18,552 | 3,013 | 21,565 | 120 |
| United Artillery and Engineers School, | 15,025 | 1,910 | 16,935 | 240 |
| Veterinary School, | 8,514 | 4,165 | 12,679 | . . |
| Gymnastic School, | 4,046 | 720 | 4,766 | . . |
| Division Schools, | 10,800 | 6,195 | 16,995 | Variable |
| Division Libraries, | 400 | 1,200 | 1,600 | . . |
| Miscellaneous, | . . | 680 | 680 | . . |
| Totals, | 146,132 | 108,777 | 254,909 |
* A Prussian dollar is equal to three shillings of English money, and 70 cents of United States currency.
The sums will come out right if the first-row total is corrected to 6122, and 4 is added to some item in the middle column (and hence the third-column total).
Or about £38,236 annually, exclusive of the charge for buildings and repairs, and the original outlay for their first establishment. The pay of the student officers, and the pay and allowances of the military professors and teachers, are, however, drawn from their corps, so that the above-mentioned seems only to include the extra pay granted to the professors, &c.
The expenses of the Non-commissioned Officers School, of the military orphan houses, and of the schools for soldiers’ children, are not given in the printed paper from which these details have been extracted.