Military Schools and Courses of Instruction in the science and art of war

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Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900

Title

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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English

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U: Military science

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Military education

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44443

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44443

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December 16, 2013

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.REVISED EDITION.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — Errata for Table of Contents:
4. 4.MILITARY SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION.
5. 5.PART I MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN FRANCE. — AUTHORITIES. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS OF FRANCE — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. MILITARY SCHOOLS. — SUBJECTS AND METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS AS PRESCRIBED FOR ADMISSION TO THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF FRANCE. — SCHOOLS OF PREPARATION FOR THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
6. 6.THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF FRANCE. — CONTENTS. — THE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL AT PARIS 8 — I. FOUNDATION AND HISTORY. — II. AN OUTLINE OF THE MANAGEMENT AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCHOOL, ETC. — III. CONDITIONS AND EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION. — IV. THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE COURSE AND METHOD OF STUDY. — V. THE EXAMINATIONS, PARTICULARLY THAT OF THE FIRST YEAR AND THE FINAL ONE. — VI. GENERAL REMARKS. — PROGRAMMES OF THE PRINCIPAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION OF THE IMPERIAL POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL DURING THE TWO YEARS OF STUDY.
7. 7.THE SPECIAL MILITARY SCHOOLS OF FRANCE. — SCHOOL FOR ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS AT METZ. — HISTORY AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION, — THE STAFF AND GOVERNMENT. — SUBJECTS AND METHOD OF STUDY. — EXAMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION. — SUBSEQUENT INSTRUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT. — REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS. — REGULATIONS AND PROGRAMMES OF INSTRUCTION OF THE IMPERIAL SCHOOL OF APPLICATION FOR THE ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS AT METZ. — I. POLICE REGULATIONS. — II. REGULATIONS FOR ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF THE WORK EXECUTED. — III. PROGRAMME OF THE ARTILLERY COURSE. — IV. PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE OF MILITARY ART AND FIELD FORTIFICATION. — V.—PROGRAMME OF PERMANENT FORTIFICATION, AND THE ATTACK AND DEFENSE OF PLACES. — VI. PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE OF TOPOGRAPHY. — VII. PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE OF GEODESY AND DIALLING. — VIII.—PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE OF SCIENCES APPLIED TO THE MILITARY ARTS. — IX. PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE OF APPLIED MECHANICS. — X.—PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE ON CONSTRUCTION. — XI.—PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. — XII.—PROGRAMME OF A SHAM SIEGE.—(Common to the Artillery and Engineers.) — XIII.—PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE ON THE VETERINARY ART. — ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS’ REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS. — I. ARTILLERY REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS. — II. ENGINEER REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS. — SCHOOL FOR INFANTRY AND CAVALRY AT ST. CYR. — GENERAL DESCRIPTION. CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION. STAFF. — EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION—STUDIES AT THE SCHOOL. — EXAMINATIONS AT THE SCHOOL. — THE CAVALRY SCHOOL AT SAUMUR. — THE SCHOOL OF APPLICATION FOR THE STAFF. AT PARIS. — DUTIES OF THE FRENCH STAFF. — THE BUILDINGS AND ESTABLISHMENT. — CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.—ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. — MILITARY ORPHAN SCHOOL AT LA FLECHE. — SCHOOL OF MUSKETRY — MILITARY AND NAVAL SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY — I. IMPERIAL MILITARY SCHOOL OF APPLICATION OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT PARIS. — II. IMPERIAL NAVAL SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY. — THE IMPERIAL NAVAL SCHOOL AT BREST. — SCHOOL OF MILITARY GYMNASTICS NEAR VINCENNES. — I. ELEMENTARY GYMNASTICS. — II. APPLIED GYMNASTICS. — REMARKS ON FRENCH MILITARY EDUCATION. — FRENCH MILITARY EDUCATION IN 1869. — EXPENSE OF MILITARY SCHOOLS IN 1869. — Footnotes to Part I: France — Errata for Part I (France):
8. 8.PART II. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN PRUSSIA. — AUTHORITIES. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN PRUSSIA. 1 — I. OUTLINE OF MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. HISTORICAL VIEW OF PRUSSIAN MILITARY EDUCATION. 3 — III. SYSTEM OF MILITARY EDUCATION AND PROMOTION. — IV. EXAMINATIONS—GENERAL AND PROFESSIONAL—FOR A COMMISSION. — V. MILITARY SCHOOLS FOR PREPARING OFFICERS. — VI. SCHOOL FOR STAFF OFFICERS AT BERLIN. — VII. ELEMENTARY MILITARY SCHOOLS FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. — VIII. GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SYSTEM OF MILITARY EDUCATION IN PRUSSIA. — THE ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS’ SCHOOL AT BERLIN. 10 — OBJECT AND COURSE OF STUDY. — THE STAFF AND AUTHORITIES. — PROGRAMMES OF THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN THE ARTILLERY AND ENGINEER SCHOOL AT BERLIN. — THE WAR OR STAFF SCHOOL AT BERLIN. — PRUSSIAN STAFF IN 1869. 11 — PRUSSIAN MILITARY EDUCATION IN 1869-70. — Footnotes for Part II: Prussia — Errata for Part II (Prussia):
9. 9.PART III. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN AUSTRIA. — XV. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN AUSTRIA. — I. OUTLINE OF MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. OUTLINE OF SYSTEM OF MILITARY EDUCATION. — THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR MILITARY EDUCATION. 1 — III. REMARKS ON THE AUSTRIAN MILITARY EDUCATION. — IV. THE STAFF OR WAR SCHOOL AT VIENNA. — MILITARY EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS IN 1869. — Footnotes for Part III (Austria) — Errata for Part III (Austria):
10. 10.PART IV. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN BAVARIA AND OTHER STATES. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS OF BAVARIA. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. MILITARY EDUCATION. — ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL AT DRESDEN 1 — V. MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN HOLLAND. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. MILITARY EDUCATION. — III. MILITARY ACADEMY AT BREDA. — NAVIGATION SCHOOLS FOR THE MERCANTILE MARINE. — Footnote for Part IV (Bavaria, Saxony, Holland) — Erratum for Part IV (Bavaria, Saxony, Holland):
11. 11.PART V. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN ITALY. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND INSTRUCTION IN ITALY. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN SARDINIA. — I. GENERAL OUTLINE OF MILITARY SYSTEM, AND MILITARY EDUCATION. — II. THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY AT TURIN. — III. ARTILLERY AND ENGINEER SCHOOL AT TURIN. — IV. THE STAFF SCHOOL. — V. REGIMENTAL SCHOOLS OF IVREA AND PINEROL. — VI. SCHOOL OF ARTILLERY IN THE ARSENAL. — Errata for Part V (Italy):
12. 12.PART VI. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA AND OTHER STATES. — VIII. MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN RUSSIA. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. MILITARY SCHOOL FOR OFFICERS. — THE IMPERIAL STAFF SCHOOL AT ST. PETERSBURG. — Errata for Part VI (Russia):
13. 13.PART VII. NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND DENMARK. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN SWEDEN. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN NORWAY. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN DENMARK. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — Erratum for Part VII:
14. 14.PART IX. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN SWITZERLAND. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND MILITARY INSTRUCTION IN SWITZERLAND. — 1. OUTLINE OF MILITARY SYSTEM. — 2. THE CADET SYSTEM. — 3. TARGET SHOOTING. — SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION FOR OFFICERS. — Footnotes for Part IX: Switzerland — Errata for Part IX (Switzerland):
15. 15.PART VIII. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN GREAT BRITAIN. — X. MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION IN ENGLAND. — I. MILITARY SYSTEM. — II. ROYAL NAVY. — III. MERCANTILE MARINE. — MILITARY EDUCATION. — III. FRENCH VIEW OF ENGLISH MILITARY SCHOOLS. — MODIFICATIONS IN 1871. — COUNCIL OF MILITARY EDUCATION. — ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AT SANDHURST. — ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY AT WOOLWICH. — ROYAL SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERING AT CHATHAM. — PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS — STAFF COLLEGE AND STAFF APPOINTMENTS. — MUSKETRY, AND OTHER ARMY SCHOOLS. — III. NAVAL AND NAVIGATION SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND. — Preliminary Remarks. — I. Naval Officers. — II. The Royal Marine Artillery . — III. Schools for Warrant Officers, Seamen, and Boys. — TRAINING SHIPS FOR SEAMEN IN THE ROYAL NAVY. — SCHOOL SHIPS FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN IN SEAPORTS — SPECIAL SCHOOLS, AND INSTRUCTION FOR THE MERCANTILE AND MILITARY MARINE. — NAVY AND NAVAL EDUCATION IN FRANCE. — NAVAL AND NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOLS IN GERMANY. — Footnotes for Part VIII: Great Britain — Errata for Part VIII (Great Britain and Naval Schools):
16. 16.PART X. MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. — MILITARY SYSTEM AND EDUCATION OF THE UNITED STATES. — THE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT — I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY. PERIOD I.—1802-1812. — PERIOD II.—1812–1825. — III. CONDITION IN 1871. — I. REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE ADMISSION OF CADETS INTO THE MILITARY ACADEMY. — BOARD OF VISITORS — REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS FOR 1863. — APPENDIX. — OPINIONS OF COL. THAYER AND OTHERS. — III. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AT WEST POINT. DEBATE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, MAY 18TH, 1864. — ARTILLERY SCHOOL AT FORTRESS MONROE — VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE AT LEXINGTON. — MILITARY TACTICS IN STATE SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE. — INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS FOR MILITARY INSTRUCTION. — ALDEN PARTRIDGE. — POPULAR OBJECTIONS TO A NATIONAL MILITARY SCHOOL. — IV. AMERICAN LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND MILITARY ACADEMY. AT NORWICH, VERMONT. — MILITARY ELEMENT IN SCHOOLS OF ALL GRADES. — X. PHYSICAL AND MILITARY EXERCISES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A NATIONAL NECESSITY — U.S. MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL MARINE SCHOOLS. — U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. — I. HISTORICAL NOTICE. — II. CONDITION OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1864. — III. RECOMMENDATIONS. — NAVAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING. — INSTRUCTION, TRAINING AND PROMOTION OF SEAMEN. — GENERAL REVIEW OF MILITARY EDUCATION — I. NAVAL SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. — Footnotes for Part X: United States — Errata for Part X (United States): — CONTENTS. — CONTENTS. — Errata for Index:

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