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[604.] The pay of a cadet shall be 3s. a day.
It is issued to cover the expenses of regimental
clothing, messing, washing, and other contingencies.
All other necessary expenses which cannot be
covered by his pay shall be chargeable to his
parent or guardian, in addition to the regulated
contribution.

[605.] If a cadet be absent from sickness during
a portion of the term, his pay shall continue to be
issued and credited to his account; but no refund
of the contribution shall be permitted, except by
the special permission of our Secretary of State,
and, if such permission be given, the pay for the
period of such refund shall cease.

[606.] If a cadet be rusticated or removed
during a term, his daily pay shall cease from the
date on which he is sent away, and the contribu-
tion made for the half-year shall be forfeited.

[607.] Each cadet other than a Queen's or
Indian cadet, on first joining, shall be required to
pay, in addition to the regulated contribution, a
sum of £25 to cover the expense of uniform,
books, &c., and to bring with him the articles of
clothing of which he will receive notice, and which
must afterwards be kept up at his own expense.
He shall also be required to pay the regulated
contribution, in advance, for each half-year of the
time during which he remains under instruction;
and a deposit of £5 on account for contingent
expenses, which latter sum he shall be required to
make up on returning to the Royal Military
College after each vacation, to cover any expense
that may be incurred on his account during the
ensuing half-year.

IV.-Government and Organization.

33. The Commander-in-Chief will be the President
    of the Royal Military College.

34. An independent inspection by a Board of
    Visitors, appointed by the Secretary of State for War,
    and reporting to him, will be made once a year.
    Such Visitors will not be a permanent body, but will
    not be all changed at the same time. The report of
    this Board will be presented to Parliament.

35. The College will be under the control of a
    Governor, appointed by and responsible to the Secre-
    tary of State for War through the Commander-in-
    Chief.

36. The Governor will be assisted by an officer,
    styled "Commandant and Secretary," who will be
    responsible in his temporary absence for the charge
    of the establishment. This officer will have the
    custody of the records and correspondence of the
    College, and will give the Governor such assistance
    as he may require.

37. The Governor will also be assisted in the
    arrangement of the studies by a Board, composed
    of the Commandant and the professors or senior
    instructors of the different branches. The head of
    each branch will have the general power of supervision
    and inspection over the studies in his department,
    with the duty of reporting on them to the Governor.

V.-Discipline.

38. The cadets will be subject to such rules and
    regulations as are or may be from time to time
    established for the maintenance of good order and
    discipline.

39. The Governor will have the power of rusti-
    cation and removal from the College, reporting the
    circumstances to the Commander-in-Chief.

40. In cases requiring more serious notice, cadets
    will be liable, on the report of the Governor to the
    Commander-in-Chief, to be expelled.

41. The name of any cadet so expelled for
    misconduct will be recorded in the department of
    the Commander-in-Chief, and will be made known to

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the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of
State for India, and to the Civil Service Commis-
sioners, in order to prevent his being admitted into
Her Majesty's naval, military, Indian, or Civil
service.

42. The cadets will be distributed in divisions of
    not less than twenty-five, each division being under
    the immediate charge of one of the professors or
    instructors selected by the Governor.

43. The officers of divisions will be the channel of
    communication on all subjects between the cadets
    and the Commandant for the Governor. They will
    reside in the College, and will exercise a strict super-
    intendence over their divisions, for which they will
    be responsible to the Governor. They and the
    unmarried officers will mess with the cadets.

44. During the hours of study the cadets will be
    under the charge of the professors and instructors, to
    whose orders they will be required to pay implicit
    obedience.

45. The cadets will salute all officers, professors,
    and instructors belonging to the College, whether in
    or out of uniform, and all other officers when in
    uniform.

46. The professors and instructors will have
    certain limited powers of punishment, within and
    without the halls of study, at the discretion of the
    Governor, to whom they will report all punishments
    which they may inflict.

47. No professor or instructor will be permitted
    to give private instruction to a cadet, either during
    the vacation or at any other time; or be allowed to
    prepare candidates for admission to the College.

48. The cadets will be required to appear at all
    times in uniform, except when on leave of absence,
    or when otherwise exempted by the Governor.

49. The undress uniform will be worn at all times
    when cadets are under instruction.

VI.-Course of Instruction.

50. Candidates for first appointments in the army,
    who are successful in the examinations specified in
    the foregoing regulations, will join the Royal Military
    College as cadets for one year, to be divided into two
    terms. The College terms will be—

(a.) From the 10th February to the 15th July,
with suspension of study during a fortnight at
Easter:.

(6.) From the 1st September to the 15th Decem-
ber. The intermediate periods will constitute
the vacations.

51. The following subjects will form the ordinary
    course of obligatory studies:—

(a.) Military administration:
(6.) Military law:
(c.) The elements of tactics:
(d.) Fortification:
(e.) Military topography:
(f.) Infantry and field artillery drill, riding, and
gymnastics.

VII.-Examinations.

52. In order to insure due diligence during the
    whole period of residence, there will, at the end of the
    first term, be a probationary examination in the work
    of that term. A cadet failing to pass satisfactorily
    through the probationary examination at the end of
    his first term will lose a term and not get class pro-
    motion.

53. At the end of the course the cadets will be
    required to pass an examination in the field and on
    paper, conducted by independent examiners, and those
    who pass a satisfactory examination will become
    entitled to commissions in the army as second lieu-
    tenants, and may be gazetted to regiments in the
    order in which they pass.