The necessary material, if the Guard Engineer Division can not furnish it as a loan, may be purchased at the charge of the school.
[THE WAR OR STAFF SCHOOL AT BERLIN.]
BY GENERAL VON HOPENER.
I. OBJECT, PLAN AND STAFF OF THE INSTITUTION.
The War School (Kriegs-Schule) is intended to receive officers of all arms, who during three years of active service have given proof of ability and of particular capacity. They find there the means for acquiring the knowledge requisite for the higher ranks of the service, for the duties of officers of the staff, and for all other appointments which demand military and scientific studies of a higher and more general character than the common ones.
The course of study is for three years, and is divided amongst three classes. The courses begin on the 1st of October, and continue to the 1st of July. The number of officers who can be received is 120, neither room nor means of instruction sufficing for more. The three months of vacation in the summer are employed by the pupils in learning the service of those arms of the profession to which they do not belong.
The Special Direction of the War School consists,—
(a) Of the Military Direction.
(b) Of the Direction of Studies.