In the examination in modern languages, great stress will be laid on original composition.
All officers recommended for staff appointments, who have not proved their fitness in the field, must pass examinations before a board of officers and by the Council.
a.—Aide-de-Camp.
Regimental Duty.—The candidate must be prepared in all the subjects required in the examination for promotion to a troop or company.
Tactics and Field Movements.—He will be expected to show a competent knowledge of the tactics and field movements of that branch of the Service to which he is destined to be attached as a staff officer, and a general knowledge of those of the other two arms; the examination will include the movements of a brigade, and will be based on the regulation books.
On being reported by the Adjutant-General to possess the necessary professional qualifications, the candidate will be examined by the Council in
English Composition.—The candidate’s proficiency in this respect will be tested by his answers to the examination papers.
Foreign Languages.—He will be examined vivâ voce by the examiner appointed under the Council of Military Education in whatever language he may select and he will also write a short letter on a given subject in that language.
Military Sketching.—He will be required to sketch at least two square miles of ground selected by the Council. The sketch need not be elaborately finished, but it must clearly and intelligibly represent the features of ground, which must be determined by means of the pocket sextant or prismatic compass.