In the evidence before the Military Education Committee, of July 13, 1869, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission expressed the opinion that the entrance examination, both to Sandhurst and Woolwich, on subjects purely civil, might be conducted by the latter; and that the same and other subjects, in their scientific value, both in all qualifying and competitive examinations for direct commission and promotion, could be conducted by the same examiners, thereby securing economy, more uniformity in the methods and tests, and more satisfactory results. The staff of examiners should be composed of changing as well as of permanent members, and when the service is professional, an expert should be called in. The entire work of the Civil Service Commission, including the India Service, is done by one Commissioner, the Secretary, and his permanent examiners, with occasional assistants.
Expenses of Council of Military Education.
| Year. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1858-59, | 6,325 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1859-60, | 6,956 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1860-61, | 7,757 | 12 | 1 | |
| 1861-62, | 7,789 | 14 | 3 | |
| 1862-63, | 7,681 | 17 | 6 | |
| 1863-64, | 7,529 | 11 | 10 | |
| 1864-65, | 7,976 | 17 | 5 | |
| 1865-66, | 7,884 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1866-67, | 7,353 | 16 | 5 |
[ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AT SANDHURST.]
[I. HISTORICAL NOTICE.]
The Royal Military College at Sandhurst was instituted in 1799, on the persistent representations of its necessity and advantages, by General Le Marchant, an eminent and distinguished officer, who met his death in actual service on the plains of Salamanca, in 1812. The report of the Parliamentary Commissioners of 1855 and 1870 give the following particulars of the history and present condition:
It commenced as a place of instruction for officers, in 1799. In 1801, the Junior Department was organized. The united departments took the name of the Royal Military College, and his Majesty George the Third was pleased by Royal Warrant to appoint a Supreme Board of Commissioners for the purpose of managing all the affairs of the College.
An establishment and a course of study were recommended by this Board, and adopted in a Royal Warrant, passed in the same year, 1801. From this date warrants were issued from time to time until the warrant of 1808, which cancels all former warrants, and still regulates the College.