[SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION FOR OFFICERS.]
The Federal system of Military Instruction for officers, in 1871, embraced—
I. A Central Military School at Thun, to which all officers appointed to the General Staff repair to be instructed in their duties.
II. A School of Officers at Thun, in which all officers appointed to their respective regiments are instructed in their duties.
III. A School of Cantonal Instruction, held in Basle, to which the infantry instructors resort from every canton to learn their duties, undergo inspection, and preserve a common rule.
IV. A School of Young Officers, held at Solothurn and at St. Gallen, turn by turn, to which the several Cantons send their young officers who have just received their commissions, and to which all candidates for commissions repair for examinations.
V. Comissariat School, to which is joined a Medical and Ambulance School generally, at Thun.
VI. A Shooting School, for officers who give instruction to the Cadet Corps and other organizations in the several Cantons.
To these school organizations with their practical exercises must be added the opportunities afforded by the Cantonal reviews and field manœuvres, to which the young Swiss officer brings much valuable experience in his previous school and cadet drill.