New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06

professors and instructors is similar to that at
West Point In fact. this school OF Saint-Cyr
served as a model for military academy
In its general features. except that the period
of instruction OF two years wisely length
ened to four years. because the entrance TO
Saint-Cyr is based upon higher standard than
that OF West Point
The Saint-Cyr cadets are treated more Ike
boys than IS the case with those at West Point
There are six large schoolrooms at Saint-Cyr,
in which the cadets pass most Of their time
These rooms bear the names Of Louis XIV
"Charemagne." NAPOLEON Henri w. lena
and Horace Vernet" The last. may readily
be imagined. is the drawing school
Each of these rooms contains large double
desks and is capable of accommodating $50
students On the walls bookshelves alternate
with blackboards. The cadets study in common
in these sales d'etude under the supervision OF
officers. The cadets sleep in large dornitories.
in iron beds. They are aroused by bugle call
at 5 o'clock in the morning, and the day is sub
divided into alternate periods OF drill gymnas-
tics and study. The most common form of
punishment at Saint-Cyr is confinement in
cells situated under the caves OF the roof of the
building. Mathematics forms the principal part
of the Saint-Cyr curriculum. All the cadets are
obliged to learn German. The English and Rus
petent critics. out of the four hundred gradu-
ates of Saint-Cyr who each year obtain the
commission of lieutenant in the infantry
or cavalry twenty are excellent. sixty are very
good and the remainder are tOlerable. General
Andre has under consideration a scheme by
which the cadets who fail to pass the final ex-
aminations shall be put in the army cor
pOralS or sergeants-
There is little 'hazfng" at saint-Cyr nova
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greatly in favor, especially particular form
which consisted of taking two cadets, stripping
them naked, painting one cadet blue and another
yellow and making them rub their noses to-
gether until distinct green color was obtained
The Saint-Cyr cadets enter the military
academy at least two years older than is the
case with West Point cadets. They must have
passed their baccaIaureate examinations or ex-
amiuatiOns of equivalent value, before becoming
cadets. The standard of requirements CORE
spends roughly with that of the junior year
of students at Harvard Yale At Saint-Cyr
the idea is to give the cadets a good share OF
technical professional education because they al
ready start off with a knowledge Of higher
mathematics including the calculus or celestial
mechanics But General Andre finds that the
course is too technical at Saint-Cyr. and he is
seeking to widen and modernize ii. the object
Of the War Minister being to develop the facul-
ties of imparting instruction. for the French
army. composed of all the able bodied youths Of
the nation. is after all. a vast school where the
line officers are the schoolnasters
The chaplain of the military school of Saint
Cyr. Monsigneur Lanusse who recently retired
from active service is a splendid type of the old
French army priest He was born at Tonneins
on January ,, 1878 When Gambetta sup
pressed the army chaplains he made an excep-
ton in favor of Monsigneur Lanusse and main
tanned him in his office at Saint-Cyr. He is ths
recipient of forty decorations all of which were
won for bravery on the field OF battle
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