b. For the Second Cœtus:—
The exercises under 1, 2, 3 for this cœtus, are to be held in the Summer, and are thus regulated:—
| For the visit at 1, | 2 | days. |
| To the exercises at 2, | 2 | “ |
| To the exercises at 3, | 8 | “ |
| Total, | 12 | “ |
c. For the Third Cœtus:—
The exercises ordered for this class are to take place only in Spring, whilst the theoretical instruction is going on, and for it are fixed:—
| 1. For exercises by the Engineers alone, | 2 | days. |
| 2. For those jointly by Engineers and Artillerists, | 3 | “ |
| Total, | 5 | “ |
The days of the calendar for these exercises are to be proposed by the teachers when delivering in their annual sketch of exercises, and their propositions will be laid by the Direction before the authorities for their approval.
To engage the pupils to work they are to be divided for the visits and exercises into suitable sections. Each section receives its problem from the teacher, who also nominates the president of the section. This president distributes the sub-sections among the other students, and sees that the work to be written and drawn is finished in the required time, signed by the author, and is delivered by him to the teacher. Great care is to be taken that single students do not remain unoccupied; the disturbances thence only too likely to arise are always injurious to the instruction and the discipline. In giving out problems, their principal conditions only are to be designated by the teacher, and the development left entirely to the student, or with little aid from the teacher, in order that the student may gain early that confidence and independence necessary to the soldier in carrying out matters committed to his charge.
In the exercises the workmen demanded for marking out, are to be limited as much as possible, as the students must perform the greatest part of the work themselves. The number indispensably necessary will be demanded in time by the teacher from the Guard Engineer Division through the Direction.