The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

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THE ARMY STAFF.
T►HE following important regulations in refe-
rence to the Staff College at Sandhurst have
just been issued to the different regiments of
her Majesty's army :

Horse Guards, S. W., Deo. 17.
The Queen having been pleased to approve the
name of the present senior department of the Royal
Military College at Sandhurst being changed to
that of Staff College, which college is to be placed
under the charge of a commandant, with a quarter-
master and staff non-commissioned officers on its
establishment ; and her Majesty having also ap-
proved the following regulations for the admission
to, and for the studies of officers at, the college, and
for other matters connected therewith, the same are
hereby published for general information :
(1) The Staff College will be open to officers of all
arms of the service, and will consist at first of 30 students,
in the proportion of WS from the Cavalry, Guards, and
Line, to five from the two Ordnance corps, admission to
the college being determined by a competitive exami-
nation.
(2) No payment will be required from students to the
funds of the college.
(3) The qualifications requisite for admission are-
1. A previous service of not less than three years, exclu-
sive of leaves of absence.
2. A certificate from his commanding officer, that the
candidate is an intelligent, zealous, and well•conducted
officer, and thoroughly acquainted with all his duties.
3. The candidate, if not a captain, to have passed the
examination for a troop or company.
4. A medical certificate of good health, and fitness for
the active duties of the staff.
(4) Commanding officers of regiments will, in every
case, forward applications for admission to the Staff College,
through the general officer in command, to the Adjutant-
General. If the commanding officer of the regiment, or
the general officer in command, cannot recommend the ap-
plication of sny candidate, the grounds of objection to be
distinctly stated.
(5) The competitive examination for entrance to the
Staff College will comprise the following subjects, the rela-
tive values of each at the examination being shown by the
number of marks at ached to it :

Marks.
Mathematics .. .. .. 1,200
Military history and geography .. 900
French .. .. .. .. 3(X)
German .. .. 3(X)
Fortification .. .. .. .. 300
Military drawing • • .. .. 300
Geology .. .. .. .. 150
Chemistry .. .. 150
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Ia mathematics 400 marks will be allotted to arithmetic,
the first four books of Euclid, and algebra, including ques-
tions producing simple equations; and of this number at
least 300 must be obtained for qualification.
In French 75 marks, at least, must be obtained for quali-
fication.
The remaining subjects, as well as the higher portions
of mathematics, may ba taken up or not at the option of

he candidate, the marks gained thereon being reckoned
n determining his position in the list of competitors.
It is to be understood that these qualifications will be
raised so soon as the system shall have been a sufficient
time in operation to enable officers to come up for exami-
nation better prepared.
After the year 1858 the candidate will, in addition, be
expected to have a sufficient use of the pencil to be able to
draw from an example or object placed before him.
In regard to military history, the candidates will be re-
quired, when sending in their application for admission to
the college, to state what has been the course and extent
of their reading, in order that the Council of Military
Educatior., in framing the examination papers, may be
enabled to select for each candidate some one or more im-
portant campaigns, which he will be expected to describe
in detail.
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(6) The examination of officers serving in the United
Kingdom, for entrance to the Staff College, will he held in
London, under the direction of the Council of Military
Vocation.

In the case of officers serving abroad, the examinations
of such as shall be allowed to compete will be conducted
by means of the same printed questions as are set for the
examination of candidates in London. These questions
will be answered in writing in the presence of a board of
officers, which will be appointed by the general officer in
command, and which will certify that the candidate has
obtained no assistance from books, or help of any kind in
the examination.

(7) Tht. college course of study will commence annually
on the Ist of February. The transmission of the printed
examination papers to stations abroad will be so arranged
that the claims of the candidates may be decided upon in
time to admit of those who are successful in j3ining the
Staff College by the Ist of February next ensuing.
(8) The following will be the course of instruction at
the Staff College, viz. :
In mathematics, the minimum course will include
Euclid, algebra, mensuration of planes and solids, trigo-
notnetry, and the application of those subjects, and ele.
saentary mechanics.
The French language, German, and Hindostanee (the
two latter optional).

Fortification and artillery.
Topographical drawing, military survey, and sketching.
Reconnaissance.
Military art, military history, and geography.
Military administration, including the organisation and
equipment of armies in the field.
Military legislation.
Elements of natural philosophy, Chemistry, and geology,
as applied to the military sciences, by lectures.
Exercise in composition will be afforded to the student
during the whole course of instruction in writing memoirs
or essays en the subjects of the course.

Riding.
(9) The above course of study will occupy two years,
which period is not to be exceeded except in cases of ill-
ness, with the sanction of the General Commanding-in-
Chief.

The yearly course will be divided into two terms—viz.,
from the Ist of February to the 13th of June, and from
the 15th of July to the 13th of December, the intervening
periods constituting the vacations.
(10) As officers may be expected to join the college
with very varied degrees of attainment, provision will be
made to enable any student who may be well prepared in
any particular subject to attend more especially to other
subjects in which he may feel himself deficient. If, for
instance, the student should come to the college previously
well-instructed in mathematics, be will be enabled to
direct his attention principally to the military sciences, or
to languages, in lien of mathematical studies.
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(11) During the whole course monthly reports of the
progress of each student will be forwarded by the Com-
mandant of the Staff CAlege, through the Governor of the
Royal Military College, to the Council of Military Educa-
tion.

There will be examinations at the end of every half-
year, the summer examination being conducted by the pro-
fessors of the college, and the winter examination by ex-
aminers independent of the establishment.

The winter examination at the termination of the first
year of the student's coarse will be probationary, and any
students who may appear unlikely to qualify themselves
for the final examination at the close of the second year
will be removed. Should, however, any marked case of
deficiency or neglect he brought under the notice of the
Council of Military Education at any half-yearly examina-
tion, or at any other period, such student will be also
liable to removal.

(l 2) The following will be the marks allotted to each
subject at the final examination :
Marks.
Mathematics .. • • • • • • 010

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Theory 400
Fortification and artillery { Drawing 100 600
Memoir 100
Military drawing and surveying .. .. 300

Reconnaissance .. .. .. 400
Military art, military history, and geography,
.. 600
with memoirs .. . .

Military administration and legislation 310
French 300
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In the above subjects the officers will be expected to
obtain at least one-half of the number of marks allotted to
them. The following subjects can be taken up or not at
the option of the candidate; but one-third of the marks
assigned to each must be gained, in order that it may be
allowed to count in determining the candidate's place on
the list, viz. ;---•
Marks.
German 3110
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H indostanee . . , ..300

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