Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,

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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.

by HENRY BARNARD, LL.D.

REVISED EDITION.

New York: Published By E. Steiger, 22 & 24 Frankfort Street. 1872.

REVISED EDITION.

The first edition of Military Schools in France and Prussia was issued in 1862, as a number of the American Journal of Education; and subsequently in the same year this portion was printed as Part I. of a comprehensive survey of the whole field of Instruction in the Science and Art of War in different countries. The circumstances under which the publication was begun, are set forth in the Preface to the imperfect edition of 1862. Now that the survey in the serial chapters of the Journal is as complete as the material at the command of the Editor, and the space which he can give to this special subject enable him to make it, the several chapters have been revised and brought together in a single volume, to present the actual condition of this important department of national education in the principal states of Europe, as well as in our own country.

It is due to the late Col. Samuel Colt, the inventor of the Colt Revolver, and the founder of the Colt Patent Fire-Arms Factory--two enterprises which have changed the character and the mode of constructing fire-arms in every country--to state that the information contained in the first edition of this Treatise, was collected and prepared at his request, to assist him in maturing the plan of a School of Mechanical Engineering, which he proposed to establish on his estate at Hartford, and on which, after the breaking out of the War of Secession, he decided to engraft both military drill, and military history, and to give that scientific instruction which every graduate of our national Military and Naval Academies ought to possess. Soon after Col. Colt’s death (Jan. 10, 1862), Mrs. Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, learning what had been done in the direction of her husband’s wishes, authorized the use which has been made, of the material already collected, in the preparation of this treatise, and of the volume already published on Technical Schools in different countries, and of any more which might be collected and prepared at her expense, to illustrate any department of his plan of a scientific school at Hartford.

HENRY BARNARD. HARTFORD, CONN., March, 1872.

CONTENTS.

PAGE. INTRODUCTION, 3

I. FRANCE.

OUTLINE OF MILITARY SYSTEM, 9 System of Military Instruction, 10 I. Polytechnic School at Paris, 11 1. Subject and Methods of Instruction prescribed for Admission, 13 2. Scientific Course in Lycées and other Schools in reference to, 49 3. History, Management, Studies, Examinations, 55 4. Public Services, Legal and Military, provided for by, 88 5. Programmes of Lectures and Courses of Instruction, 91 II. The Artillery and Engineer School of Application at Metz, 133 III. The Regimental Schools of Practice for Artillery and Engineers, 221 IV. The Infantry and Cavalry School at St. Cyr, 225 V. The Cavalry School of Practice at Saumur, 241 VI. The Staff School at Paris, 245 VII. The Military Orphan School at La Fleche, 257 VIII. The School of Musketry at Vincennes, 259 IX. The Military and Naval Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, 261 X. The Naval School at Brest, 263 XI. The Military Gymnastic School at Vincennes, 265 Remarks on French Military Education, 273

II. PRUSSIA.

OUTLINE OF MILITARY SYSTEM AND MILITARY EDUCATION, 275 I. Outline of Military System, 281 II. Historical View of Military Education, 284 III. Present System of Military Education and Promotion, 293 IV. Examinations; General and Professional for a Commission, 297 1. Preliminary or Ensign’s Examination, 297 2. Officers’ Examination, 302 V. Military Schools preparatory to the Officers’ Examination, 310 1. The Cadet Schools, or Cadet Houses, 310 2. The Division Schools, 321 3. The United Artillery and Engineers’ School, 325 VI. The School for Staff Officers at Berlin, 330 VII. Elementary Military Schools for Non-commissioned Officers, 329 1. Military Orphan Houses, 339 Orphan-House at Potsdam, 340 Orphan-House at Annaburg, 345 2. The School Division or Non-commissioned Officers’ School, 348 3. Regimental Schools, 350 4. The Noble-School at Liegnitz, 350 VIII. Remarks on the System of Military Education in Prussia, 351 APPENDIX, 351 The Artillery and Engineer School at Berlin, 353 The Staff School at Berlin, 395

III. AUSTRIA.

MILITARY SYSTEM AND INSTRUCTION 409-464 I. Schools of non-commissioned officers 411 II. School for officers 429 III. Special Military Schools 436 IV. Staff School at Vienna 447 V. Reorganization of Military Schools in 1868 453 VI. Cavalry Brigade School for officers 463

IV. BAVARIA, SAXONY, HOLLAND.

MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS OF BAVARIA 465-480 I. Cadet Corps--War School--Artillery, Engineers, and Staff Schools 467 II. MILITARY ACADEMY AT DRESDEN 471 III. MILITARY ACADEMY AT BREDA 477

V. ITALY.

MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS 481-500 I. Military Academy at Turin 483 II. Artillery and Engineer School 489 III. Staff School and Staff Corps 492 IV. Regimental School for officers 494 V. School for Artillery officers 498 VI. Nautical School at Genoa 499

VI. RUSSIA.

MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS 501-514 I. Imperial Staff School at St. Petersburg 505

VII. SWEDEN, &c.

MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS 515-516

VIII. GREAT BRITAIN.

MILITARY SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS 511-686 I. Council of Military Education 535 II. Royal Military College at Sandhurst 557 III. Royal Military Academy at Woolwich 585 IV. Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham 595 V. Professional Instruction for officers. 1. Survey Class at Aldershot. 2. Advanced Class of Artillery at Woolwich. 3. School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness 605 VI. Staff College and Staff appointments 619 VII. School of Musketry, and Army Schools 625 VIII. Naval and Navigation Schools 627 IX. English and other Naval Systems and Schools compared 655 1. French Naval and Navigation Schools 659 2. German Naval and Navigation Schools 681