✨ Military Examination Regulations
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MILITARY HISTORY.
Special Campaigns, &c., Selected for Army Examinations.
| Examinations. | Date. | Special Campaigns, &c. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Militia and Imperial Yeomanry Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army. See Appendix IV of the Regulations. | September, 1905, and March, 1906. | The Franco-German War of 1870, up to and including the Battle of Sedan, omitting tactical details of actions. | |
| September, 1906, and March, 1907. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. | ||
| University and Colonial Candidates for Commissions in the Regular Army (Alternative papers are set in September each year, so that candidates take up either campaign.) See Appendix IV of the Regulations. | September, 1905, March, 1906, and September, 1906. | The Franco-German War of 1870, up to and including the Battle of Sedan, omitting tactical details of actions. | |
| September, 1906, March, 1907, and September, 1907. | *The Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. | ||
| The Shenandoah Valley Campaign, from April, 1861, to 9th June, 1862. The questions for the general paper will be taken from Henderson's "Stonewall Jackson." | For Officers who have failed at Home or in the Colonies in Nov., 1904, or May, 1905. | ||
| November, 1905 | Modern Strategy (Lieutenant-Colonel James), Wolseley Series.-General Paper, Part I. Special Paper, Part II. | For Officers who failed in India in March, 1905. | |
| First Paper :— General questions on Peninsular Campaign, from July, 1808, to the end of 1810. Second Paper :— Special Campaign, Corunna, 1808-9 | For Officers attending the examination for the first time. | ||
| Captains and Lieutenants of the Regular Forces for Promotion (Alternative papers are set. Officers attending for the first time should take up the new campaign. Those who failed at the previous examination may take up the old campaign again.) See King's Regulations, Appendix VII, Army Orders Nos. 2 of 1904, 2 and 136 of 1905, and Indian Army Orders Nos. 185 of 1904, and 256 of 1905. | May, 1906 | First Paper :— General questions on Peninsular Campaign, from July, 1808, to the end of 1810. Second Paper :— Special Campaign, Corunna, 1808-9. | For Officers who fail at Home or in the Colonies in November, 1905. |
| Modern Strategy (Lieutenant-Colonel James), Wolseley Series :— General Paper, Part I. Special Paper, Part II. | For Officers who fail in India in October, 1905. | ||
| First Paper :— General questions on the Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. Second Paper :— Salamanca, 1812, from the surprise of Almaraz in May to the occupation of Madrid in August. | For Officers attending the examination for the first time. | ||
| November, 1906 | First Paper :— General questions on the Peninsular Campaign, from March, 1811, to the end of October, 1813. Second Paper :— Salamanca, 1812, from the surprise of Almaraz in May to the occupation of Madrid in August. | For Officers who fail in May, 1906. | |
| The subject for examination of Officers attending for the first time will be announced in Army Orders of January, 1906. | |||
| Admission to Staff College. Staff College Regulations and Army Order 153 of 1905. | August, 1906 | First Paper :— As laid down in the Staff College Regulations, 1905, page 6, with special reference to the Indian Frontier Expeditions to Chitral, 1895-6, and Tirah, 1897-8. Second Paper :— The operations in the Peninsula from the surprise of Almaraz, May, 1812, inclusive, to the capture of San Sebastian, 31st August, 1813. | Staff College Regulations and Army Order of 1905. |
- No detailed questions will be set with reference to the action of the Spanish and Portuguese armies, and no question of any kind will be set with reference to these armies when their action had no bearing on that of the British troops.
WAR OFFICE, S.W., 1905.
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Military Examinations, Campaign Studies, Commission Regulations, Army Syllabus, Military History, Strategy, Tactics, Peninsular War, Franco-German War, Staff College
- Lieutenant-Colonel James, Author of Modern Strategy text
- War Office