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Mathematics III.—Geometrical conic sections; analytical geometry, the straight line, circle, and conic sections, referred to Cartesian co-ordinates; dynamics and statics, so far as they may be studied without the aid of the differential calculus.

Latin.—Passages selected from the authors usually read in schools will be set for translation into English. Passages from English authors will be given for translation into Latin prose and verse, but candidates will be allowed, in the place of verse composition, to answer questions of a simple character, which will test whether they possess a fundamental knowledge of the grammar of the language, and such an elementary acquaintance with Roman history as is required for the intelligent study of the books they have read.

Greek.—Passages will be set for translation into English from the authors usually read in schools, and in other respects the examination will proceed on the same lines as in Latin.

French.—Translation of unseen passages from French into English and from English into French. The passages for translation will be taken mainly from standard authors, and a few simple questions may be asked on the passages set as to the structure and character of the language, and allusions of obvious and general interest. The vivâ voce examination will include dictation. 300 marks will be allotted to colloquial knowledge of the language.

German.—The passages for translation will be taken mainly from standard authors, and in other respects the examination will proceed on the same lines as in French.

English Composition.—Candidates will be tested by précis-writing as well as by an essay. The standard of positive merit will be looked for in logical arrangement of thought, and in accuracy and propriety of expression, but large deductions of marks will be made for faults of writing and spelling. (Candidates are also warned that, for similar faults in the use of the English language, similar deductions will be made from the marks obtained in other subjects.)

Geometrical Drawing.—Practical plane geometry; the construction of scales; and the elements of solid geometry, and of simple orthographic projection. Great importance will be attached to neatness and exactness of drawing.

Geography.—Simple questions in descriptive and general geography.

English History.—The general paper in this subject will be confined to events subsequent to the Norman Conquest. It will test whether the candidates are accurately acquainted with the facts of English history, and also possess an intelligent knowledge of the meaning of the facts.

The paper on the special period will be confined to distinctly modern history. It will require from the candidates more minute knowledge than the general paper.

Natural Science Subjects.—The standard of examination in these subjects will be such as may reasonably be expected from the education given at schools possessing appliances for practical instruction, such as a laboratory, &c. A considerable portion of the marks will be given for proficiency shown in the practical parts of the examination. A knowledge of the metric system will be expected.

Chemistry.—The laws of chemical combination and decomposition, and the preparation, classification, and properties of the principal metallic and non-metallic elements, and of such of their compounds as are treated of in inorganic chemistry. In the practical part of the examination only the more ordinary apparatus and the less dangerous reagents will be supplied, and no candidate will be allowed to bring his own apparatus or reagents.

Heat.—The elementary portion of the subject.

Physics.—The elementary properties of electricity, magnetism, light, and sound.

Physiography—i.e., Physical Geography.

Geology.—Chiefly economic, including the recognition of the more familiar minerals and rocks, and their properties and uses.

SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS FOR THE MILITARY EXAMINATION.

Military Engineering.—Chapters I. to VIII., inclusive of Philips’s Text-book on Fortification.

Military History.—Parts I., II., and III. of Hamley’s Operations of War.

Military Topography.—Chapters I. to XIV., inclusive, of Part I., Text-book of Military Topography.

APPENDIX III.

FIRST APPOINTMENTS TO LINE REGIMENTS.

The appointment of qualified candidates to particular regiments of the line will be made on the following principles:—

1. A candidate having a special family or territorial connection with a regiment may, when fully qualified for a commission, apply to the Military Secretary to be appointed to that regiment, and such consideration as can be afforded will be given to his application. If approved, and if the interests of the service admit of it, he will be permitted to wait six months for an opportunity of being appointed to the regiment he applies for, but must understand that by so doing he loses army seniority.

2. If desirous of thus waiting, he must state this when making application for a regiment. After a candidate has once been gazetted on first appointment, no application for a transfer will be entertained, save under the most exceptional circumstances.

3. Candidates without special claims are at liberty to apply for particular regiments (not exceeding two in all), but will in no case be allowed to wait.

4. Where the claims of different candidates for the same regiment are evenly balanced, the first consideration will be given to those highest on the list in their final examination.

5. All candidates must clearly understand that, while their wishes will be met as far as possible, they will be posted to vacancies as demanded by the interests of the service.

[D. 99/4171.

Regulations respecting Admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and for First Appointments therefrom to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1899.

THE following regulations respecting admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, are published for general information.

T. THOMPSON.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING ADMISSION TO THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH.—1899.

[N.B.—Officers appointed to commissions in the army may, in case of voluntary retirement from the army, be called upon, as a condition of receiving the full rates of retired-pay, to serve for a time in the Militia.]

I. THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

1. The Royal Military Academy is maintained for the purpose of affording a special military education to candidates for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Candidates must be unmarried, and will not be accepted unless they are, in the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief, in all respects suitable to hold a commission in the army. Any further information required, as to the examination and preliminary arrangements, may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Westminster, S.W.

II. REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

General Instructions.

2. Admission to the Royal Military Academy as cadets or Queen’s cadets will be granted to the successful candidates at an open competitive examination.

3. The number of cadets admitted to the Academy will vary according to the requirements of the service, and notice will be given from time to time of the number of vacancies open to competition. Such notice will usually be published about three months before the examination.

4. The dates of admission will be the Wednesday of the week in which the 27th January or the 11th August falls in each year.

5. The examinations of candidates for admission to the Academy will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners as hereinafter specified. The examinations will be held in London, and at such other centres as the Commissioners may appoint. The fee for the examination in London will be £2, at any other centre £3.

6. The number of trials allowed will not exceed three.

7. The limits of age for admission to the Academy will be from sixteen to eighteen. Candidates must be within those limits of age on the 1st July for the summer examination, and on the 1st December for the winter examination.

III. EXAMINATIONS.

8. The examinations will be held half-yearly, and will commence in June and November; due notice will be given of the dates of the examinations, and every candidate for those examinations must obtain the necessary forms. These will be furnished on application by letter, addressed to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Westminster, S.W., and will include a form of application for permission to attend the examination, a “Form A,” and a “Form of Particulars” required by the War Office.

These forms must be filled up in the candidate’s own handwriting, and must be received by the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission not later than the 1st April or 1st September respectively. No form of application received after that date will be accepted unless accompanied by an explanation satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, and no form received after the 1st May or 1st October can be accepted under any circumstances.

The forms should be accompanied by the following papers:—

(a.) An extract from the register of the candidate’s birth; or, in default, a certificate of his baptism or other documentary evidence, accompanied by a declaration made by one of his parents or guardians before a Magistrate, giving his exact age.