[3. The School Companies.]

The School Companies have the object of furnishing the different arms of the service with Non-commissioned Officers well educated, both practically and theoretically, and likely in the course of time to prove useful Commissioned Officers[31] in charge of the troops.

They are in all twenty in number:—

6 for the Infantry.

3 “ Cavalry.

2 “ Frontier Troops.

5 “ Artillery.

1 “ Engineers.

1 “ Pioneers.

1 “ Flotilla.[32]