Architectural Drawing.—Architecture in its application to military buildings, done in India ink. Finally, practical exercises in copying buildings.
PRACTICAL EXERCISES.
These are carried on, as has been already remarked, in part during the nine months of theoretical instruction, on some of the afternoons, but they principally take place during the three summer months of July, August, and September, in the forenoon. They commence early in the morning, and often last till the afternoon, on which account there are no evening hours of study during this period. As the students of the third cœtus return to their corps at the beginning of July, those of the first and second cœtus only take part in this practice. The visits to the Fortress and Military Establishments of Spandau, and the preparation of projects of military constructions, and of reconnaissances, must be made during the period of theoretical instruction. It is therefore suspended for one day for the students of the first cœtus, and for three days for the Artillery, and five days for the Engineer students of the third cœtus.
The distribution of time for each cœtus is as follows:
Art. Artillery.
Eng. Engineers.
| DURING THE NINE MONTHS OF THEORETICAL INSTRUCTION. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Days employed. | |||||
| 1st Cœtus. Art. and Eng. | 2d Cœtus. | 3d Cœtus. | |||
| Art. | Eng. | Art. | Eng. | ||
| Visits to the Artillery Workshops, | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| To the Collection of Arms in the Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To the Models of Fortresses in do. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To the Ordnance, Gun-carriages,Ammunition-wagons, &c., in do. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To the Foundry and Boring Machinery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| To the Iron-foundry, and to one of the largeManufactories of Machinery in Berlin, | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| To the Fortress of Spandau, the Powder-mill, andSmall-arm Factory, | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Working in the Laboratory | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Examination of Ordnance, | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Examination ofGun-carriages, and Ammunition-wagons, | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Examination of Shotand shell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Examination ofSmall-arms, | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practical representation of the Rules for placingGuns: | |||||
| With reference to the ground, | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| On given tactical conditions, | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Solution of problems in the art of Sieges, withreference to an actual fortress and the country surrounding it(Spandau,) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Practice in Elementary Tactics, | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drawings of Ordnance, Carriages, &c. | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drawings ofBuildings, &c. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Practice in Geodesy, | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DURING THE REMAINING THREE MONTHS. | |||||
| Practice in Geodesy, | 16 | 28 | 32 | Nil. | |
| Practice in Fortification of the 1st cœtus, with theEngineers of the Guard | 12 | 0 | 0 | “ | |
| Practice in Fortification of the 2d cœtus, | 0 | 10 | 10 | “ | |
| Visits to the Models of Fortresses in theModel-house, | 0 | 2 | 2 | “ | |
| Gun Practice, proof of gunpowder, the management ofmachines, &c. | 14 | 14 | 14 | “ | |
Remarks.—The employment of time in the last three months above given, requires the whole of the months of July and August, and about the first third of the month of September, after deducting fourteen days for the Officers’ Examination for the first cœtus, and occasional days lost through bad weather. The remaining two-thirds of September are given for vacation, as well to afford recreation to the teachers and students as to allow of the repairing and cleansing of the school-buildings.
MILITARY AND GYMNASTIC EXERCISES.