b. Practice in plans for special objects and given ground, which latter is to be chosen in the neighborhood of the fortress of Spandau.
c. Instructions generally conceived on the duties in a fortress of an Officer of Engineers, and on the practice of building in Prussian fortresses.
d. As appendix, notices on the formation and preservation of hedges, and plantations of shrubs and trees.
The time fixed for this instruction amounts in thirty-five weeks, at ten hours each, to 350 hours, which, according to the importance of the different sections, may, as a general rule, be appropriated as follows:—
| Introduction and details of the first principal section, about | 20 | hours. |
| Theory of building, namely; the lectures on materials and their use, | 140 | “ |
| Lectures on constructions, | 80 | “ |
| Lectures on machinery, | 30 | “ |
| Details of the third principal section, | 80 | “ |
| Total, | 350 | “ |
The more particular distribution of this general division of time is matter of the special lesson plan, and it only remains to be observed, that with the approval of the Director, some afternoons are to be taken for viewing the most remarkable buildings in Berlin and neighborhood; and in conjunction with the teacher of applied Fortification-drawing, three days are to be set apart for a recognizance of the works of the fortress of Spandau, relative to the projects of fortifications mentioned under 3 at (b.)
The two first sections of this instruction, namely, the continuation of the instruction on sieges, and the theory of construction, keep their place in the regular lectures of the school, though naturally they have an immediate applicability to practical service, and the lectures therefore ought to be made his own by the pupil by frequent exercises and detailed plans.
The projects for a given ground, on the contrary, must be worked out by the pupils in conformity with the instruction given, as much as possible independently, and as on service a young officer would do under the guidance of his superior. The drawings need not be entirely shaded, but may be partially executed by lines only, but they must be distinct and clean. Here, as in Fortification-drawing, the prescriptions of the Engineer regulation of the 25th of April, 1820, are to be observed, a copy of which is therefore always present in the drawing-room, that they may be seen by each student. Attention is to be given also to the correctness of the scale, to correct coloring, entry on the drawing of the date when done, and of the name as well as the rank of the student, as directed by the above regulation.
In the exercises all propositions for improvements which vary from the mode of practice now in use are excluded.
The teaching auxiliaries are the books and models of the school.