Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, / in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition - Unknown

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To show the great importance of the Fourth Section, it will only be necessary to state that the disbursements of the government for Military Education in Austria for the current year are estimated at £281,440, (2,814,400 florins,) without taking into consideration the sums contributed for foundations by provinces, districts, and private individuals, or of those received for the education of paying students. This sum of 2,814,400 florins is apportioned in the following manner—

	Florins.*	Number of Students.
Vienna Staff School,	43,000	30	Officers.
Academies—
Wiener Neustadt, for Infantry and Cavalry,	256,000	400	Students.
Znaim, for Engineers,	157,000	200
Olmutz, for Artillery,	122,000	200
Trieste, for Marine,	73,000	100
4 Cadet Houses, at 87,000f.,	348,000	800
School Companies—
6 Infantry, at 33,000f.,	198,000	720
1 Cavalry, at 39,000f.,	39,000	60
2 Frontier, at 35,000f.,	70,000	240
Scientific School Companies—
5 Artillery, at 35,000f.,	175,000	600
1 Engineer, at 36,000f.,	36,000	120
1 Pioneer, at 36,000f.,	36,000	120
1 Flotilla, at 22,000f.,	22,000	60
1 Marine, at 40,000f.,	40,000	150
1 Non-Commissionedofficers’ or Teachers’ School, WienerNeustadt.	17,000	60
12 Upper Houses of Education, at49,500f.,	594,000	2,400
12 Under Houses of Education, at25,700f.,	308,000	1,200
	2,534,400	7,430
Bureau of the Fourth Section,	280,000
Total,	2,814,400	= £281,440

* A florin is equal to two shillings of English money.

So that the annual cost to the state for the education of an officer student, cadet, non-commissioned officer, and boy in these various schools is as follows:—

	£	s.	d.
Student Officer at the Staff School,	143	6	0
Student at the Engineer Academy,	78	10	0
Student at the Artillery Academy,	61	0	0
Student at the Infantry and Cavalry Academy,	64	0	0
Student at the Marine Academy,	48	6	0
Cadets at the four Cadet Houses,	43	10	0
School Companies—
An Infantry School Company Student,	27	10	0
A Cavalry School Company Student,	65	0	0
A Frontier School Company Student,	29	4	0
An Artillery School Company Student,	29	4	0
An Engineer School Company Student,	30	0	0
A Pioneer School Company Student,	30	0	0
A Flotilla School Company Student,	36	12	0
A Marine School Company Student,	26	12	0
A Non-Commissioned Officer at the Teachers’ School,	28	6	0
A Boy at the Upper Houses of Education,	29	14	0
A Boy at the Lower Houses of Education,	25	14	0

And thus, as the course of instruction is continued for four years in the Cadet Houses, four years in the Academies, and two years in the Staff School, the cost of training the Officers in the Austrian Army is—

	£
For an Officer of Artillery, about	420
For an Officer of Engineers,	490
For an Officer of Infantry or Cavalry,	430
For an Officer of Marine,	370
For an Officer of the Staff,	710

From the Bureau of this Section at Vienna all orders for the management, maintenance, discipline, studies, and regulation of the various Schools and Academies are issued; and all details relating to the progress of the several students and the results of their examinations are periodically sent and regularly examined.

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