Three Delegates from the War Department.
Two Delegates from the Academy of Sciences.
Two Examiners of Students.
Three Professors of the School.
[III. CONDITIONS AND EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION.]
The entrance examination is held yearly in August; the most important [conditions for admission] to it are always inserted in the Moniteur early in the year, and are—
1st. All candidates must be bachelors of science.
2nd. All candidates (unless they have served in the army) must have been as much as sixteen and not more than twenty years old on the 1st of January preceding.
3rd. Privates and non-commissioned officers of the army must be above twenty and under twenty-five years of age; must have served two years, and have certificates of good conduct.
4th. Candidates who propose to claim pecuniary assistance (a bourse or demi-bourse) must present formal proofs of their need of it.