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IV. MEDICAL INSPECTION.

11. The successful candidates will be examined by a Medical Board in London, and no candidate will be accepted unless recommended by this Board as physically fit for Her Majesty’s service.

The general conditions as to height, weight, chest-measurement, eyesight, &c., &c., required, are given in Appendix I., page 16. The Board have, however, discretionary power to recommend a candidate slightly below one or other of these conditions in a case in which they are satisfied that he will fulfil them before the time comes for him to join the service. Such candidates will not be granted a commission at the completion of their course of instruction if they fail to attain the standard given in Appendix I. No relaxation, however, of the eyesight qualification will ever be allowed.

The recommendations of the Board will in all cases be absolutely final.

V. PRELIMINARY MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

12. It is suggested that a candidate before commencing his course of study should undergo a thorough medical examination. By such an examination any serious physical disqualification would be revealed, and the candidate probably spared the expense and the mortification of rejection.

13. Candidates may undergo a preliminary examination by a military Medical Board, not more than two years before they compete, under the following conditions:—

(a.) Applications must be addressed to the Under-Secretary of State, War Office, Pall Mall, London, accompanied by a fee of two guineas. (Cheques, &c., should be made payable to the Director-General, Army Medical Service.)

(b.) Instructions will be issued for the examination to take place at the military station where a Medical Board can be held, nearest the candidate’s residence. The result will be notified to candidates by the Board.

(c.) Candidates must pay their travelling-expenses.

(d.) Candidates found unfit by the preliminary Medical Board are not bound to accept its finding, but may, at their own risk, continue their studies, and if successful at the competitive examination may then submit themselves for medical examination by the final Medical Board.

(e.) It must be distinctly understood that passing such preliminary Medical Board is solely for the candidate’s information, and would give him no sort of claim to be accepted as physically fit when he presents himself as a candidate. His acceptance will depend entirely upon the report of the final Medical Board which examines in London candidates successful in the competitive examination. Candidates may be fit for the service at the preliminary examination, but may become disqualified by some subsequent physical deterioration.

VI. QUEEN’S CADETS, HONORARY QUEEN’S CADETS, INDIAN CADETS, AND PAGES OF HONOUR.

14. (a.) Queen’s cadets will be appointed by the Secretary of State for War, on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief or First Lord of the Admiralty, from sons of officers of the army, Royal navy, Royal marines, and Permanent Colonial Military Forces or irregular troops (when acting with or in support of the regular Forces in the field) who have fallen in action, or have died of wounds received in action, or of disease contracted on service abroad, and who have left their families in reduced circumstances. Queen’s cadets will be granted an educational allowance of £40 a year; tenable between the ages of thirteen and seventeen.

(b.) Candidates who, on account of their age, are unable to receive the educational allowance, though eligible in other respects to be nominated to and examined for Queen’s cadetships, will, after passing the necessary qualifying examination, be entitled to a free course of instruction at the Royal Military College.

Sons of officers who have retired by the sale of their commissions, or who have surrendered their half-pay, are ineligible for Queen’s cadetships.

15. Honorary Queen’s cadets will be appointed from—

(a.) The sons of officers of the British army, Indian army, Royal navy, or Royal marines who were killed in action, or who have died of wounds received in action within six months of such wounds having been received, or from illness brought on by fatigue, privation, or exposure incident to active operations in the field before an enemy, within six months after their having been first certified to be ill.

(b.) The sons of officers of the British army and of the Indian army who have attained the brevet or substantive rank of major, and have performed long or distinguished service, provided that their sons are, on account of such service, recommended by the Commander-in-Chief, with the approval of the Secretary of State, and that the special grounds for the recommendation be set forth in each case. The number so appointed of sons of officers of the British army will not exceed ten, and that of sons of officers of the Indian army will not exceed three; in any one year.

An honorary Queen’s cadetship will not carry with it any pecuniary advantage, and no declaration as to the circumstances of the deceased officer’s family is required.

Sons of officers who have retired by the sale of their commissions, or who have surrendered their half-pay, are ineligible for honorary Queen’s cadetships.

16. Applications for Queen’s cadetships and honorary Queen’s cadetships, except as in paragraph 17, should be addressed to the Under-Secretary of State, War Office, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the army, or to the Secretary of the Admiralty if the candidate is the son of an officer of the Royal navy or Royal marines.

17. Indian cadets will be nominated by the Secretary of State for India in Council, under the provisions of 21 and 22 Vict., c. 106, and 23 and 24 Vict., c. 100, from sons of persons who have served in India in the military or civil service of Her Majesty, or of the East India Company. Applications for Indian cadetships, and for honorary Queen’s cadetships for the sons of officers of the Indian Army, should be addressed to the Military Secretary, India Office.

18. Queen’s cadets, honorary Queen’s cadets, Indian cadets, and pages of honour, when ready for examination, will apply in the manner directed by paragraph 8.

19. Queen’s cadets, honorary Queen’s cadets, Indian cadets, and pages of honour will be required, before admission to the College, to pass a qualifying entrance examination only. They must attend the examination referred to in paragraph 9, and, in addition to the requirements therein mentioned, must obtain such an aggregate of marks as may indicate, in the judgment of the Civil Service Commissioners, a competent amount of general proficiency.

20. A Queen’s cadet, honorary Queen’s cadet, Indian cadet, or page of honour who can produce a university certificate, as prescribed in paragraph 1 of the regulations under which commissions in the army may be obtained by University candidates, will be exempted from the qualifying entrance examination described in paragraph 19.

VII. TERMS OF PAYMENT.

21. The terms of payment for cadets are regulated by the following articles of the Royal Warrant for Pay, &c. :—

“673. The amount to be contributed on behalf of a cadet while at our Royal Military Academy or our Royal Military College shall depend on the position held by his father (whether living or deceased) as an officer of our Regular Forces; of the permanent staff of our Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteers; of our departments as laid down in Articles 314 to 320; of our Navy; of our Indian Military or Naval Forces; or of our Permanent Colonial Forces, whether naval or military, if exclusively employed as such.

“674. The amount referred to in Article 673 shall be payable half-yearly in advance at the following yearly rates:—

For the son of—

(a.) An officer on the Active List below the substantive rank* (as regards combatant officers) or the rank† (as regards departmental officers) of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, and captain or commander in the navy

A retired officer who last served in a rank below the above rank, and retired with not less than twenty years’ service; ‡ or on account of age or non-employment; or on account of ill-health caused by the service; or on reduction of establishment

An instructor at our Staff College, Ordnance College, Royal Military Academy, or Royal Military College

£

40

(b.) An officer on the Active List with the substantive rank* (as regards combatant officers) or the rank† (as regards departmental officers) of Lieutenant-Colonel or Colonel in the army; or a captain or commander in the navy

A retired officer who last served in the above rank and retired as stated in paragraph (a)

A professor at our Staff College, Ordnance College, Royal Military Academy, or Royal Military College

60

• As defined in Article 1315.

† As defined in Article 1314.

‡ As laid down in Article 500.