The number of pupils in each of the Lower Houses of Education is fixed at 100. These 100 pupils are divided into four years, each year being as nearly as possible of the same numerical strength.
The command is held by a Subaltern Officer, to whom are attached for the religious education, the medical care, the discipline, and the instruction—
1 House Chaplain,
1 Army Surgeon,
4 Sergeants and Instructors,
4 Honorary Sergeants[29] as Assistant Instructors,
1 Sergeant, as House Adjutant; and
6 Corporals, for the discipline.
Additional assistance may be procured for managing the house and attending on the pupils.
To conduct the instruction (which will be almost entirely addressed immediately to the senses of the children) class-teachers will be provided for each yearly course; and these, with the house chaplain and the medical officer, aided by assistant teachers, will give the pupils instruction in the following subjects:—