Universal Geography, and particularly that of the Russian Empire and the neighboring States.
Besides this, a clear conception of Situation, Plans, and Topographical Charts is required.
[III. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION.]
The Scientific Course is divided into two Sections,—The Theoretical and the Practical. The Theoretical part of the higher Military Sciences is expounded by the Professors, their Adjuncts, and the Teachers. Those Officers who belong to the Practical Section exercise themselves under the guidance of the Professors.
a. In Written Exercises on any proposed Military Subject.
b. In the composition of Military Descriptions (Beschreibungen,) of every kind.
c. In the Art of taking Military Surveys of a Country, and of judging the Tactical Nature of a Ground.
In each Section there are from twenty to twenty-five Officers destined for the Service of the General Staff, and from four to five from the Artillery and Chief Engineer School.
These Officers, according to their capacities and attainments in the Military Sciences, enter either into the Theoretical Section or into both the Theoretical and the Practical Section at the same time, and remain in each a year.
The complete Academic Course in both Sections extends over two years.