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Admission to the Army from the Cadet Corps.
On leaving the Cadet Corps—
(a.) Students who have obtained from the Examination Commission a certificate of “especially qualified” are named candidates, first class, for the rank of officer.
(b.) Students who have obtained a certificate of “qualified” are sent to a division of the army as candidates, second class, for the rank of officer.
Further, those who have displayed a “marked proficiency,” not only as regards scientific acquirements but also as regards conduct and military capacity, maybe appointed by the Education Commission to the rank of sub-lieutenant.
These last, however, in common with the candidates mentioned under heads (a.) and (b.) are required, after six months’ service in a division of the army, to pass through the military scientific course in the War School, and at the end of the course to undergo an examination. The same conditions are alike in force for the young nobility entering the army from the Pagerie with the Absolutorium of a gymnasium.
[II. THE WAR SCHOOL.]
There are two courses, viz.:—(a.) The preparatory course. (b.) The military scientific course.