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]