M4 May 1864
N4 Nov 1864
M5 May 1865
N5 Nov 1865
M6 May 1866
N6 Nov 1866
| G | NA | NE | NS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPETITION OF | COMPETITION OF | COMPETITION OF | ||||||||||||||||
| M4 | N4 | M5 | N5 | M6 | N6 | M4 | N4 | M5 | N5 | M6 | N6 | M4 | N4 | M5 | N5 | M6 | N6 | |
| For 1st Boatswain, | 38 | 34 | 35 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| 2d Boatswain, (theoretical,) | 49 | 41 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 37 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 2d Boatswain, (practical,) | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pupil Mechanic | 6 | 5 | 23 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Quartermaster, (theoretical,) | 129 | 124 | 67 | 36 | 32 | 19 | 115 | 108 | 35 | 34 | — | 12 | 99 | 97 | 27 | 26 | — | 11 |
| Quartermaster, (practical,) | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 251 | 235 | 181 | 97 | 67 | 58 | 205 | 191 | 113 | 72 | 28 | 51 | 151 | 149 | 64 | 49 | 18 | 44 |
Note.—Since the 1st January, 1865, the number of candidates being too great, the number of pupils has been reduced, but may again be increased, when occasion demands it.
An edict issued by Napoleon I, Sept. 27th, 1810, established at Brest and Toulon, on board the Duquesne and the Tourville, drawing-schools for those who wished to enter the naval service, where theoretical and practical instruction was given. At the foundation of the naval school at Augoulême in 1816, these drawing-schools were transferred to the shore, became less exclusive, and admitted to their gratuitous course all young men from these two great naval stations who wished to adopt the naval profession. They have always been very largely attended.