Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, / in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition

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III. School Of Application at Metz, and St. Cyr.

Décret Impérial, &c., 1854.

IV. School for the Staff at Paris.

Manuel Réglementaire a l’Usage, &c.

V. Annuaire de l’Instruction Publique, 1860.

[MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS OF FRANCE]

[I. MILITARY SYSTEM.]

The French armies are composed of soldiers levied by yearly conscription for a service of seven years. Substitutes are allowed, but in accordance with a recent alteration, they are selected by the state. Private arrangements are no longer permitted; a fixed sum is paid over to the authorities, and the choice of the substitutes made by them.

The troops are officered partly from the military schools and partly by promotion from the ranks. The proportions are established by law. One-third of the commissions are reserved for the military schools, and one-third left for the promotion from the ranks. The disposal of the remaining third part is left to the Emperor.