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ftances of time, he cannot be expected to 
attain the fenior clafs of inftruction. 
Quarterly reports are-tranfmitted to the 
commander in chief“6f the progrefs made 
by officers in their ftudies, and at the ex- 
piration of two years refidence at the col- 
Jege, an individual is required to return 
to his regiment. Such officers as are 
found qualified to ferve in the general 
ftaff of the army are reported to the com- 
mander in chief, and have their names re- 
giftered at the college, in order that they 
may be employed whenever their fervices 
are required. 
Every officer on his admiffion to the 
college is required to pay thirty guineas 
to the funds of the eftablifhment; and he 
contributes in the fame proportion an- 
nually, fo long as he fhall continue to be 
a member. This is the only difburfe- 
mient that officers have to make on accowit 
of the inftitution. The number of officers, 
at any one time, muft not exceed thirty, 
m this department: which is under the 
immediate orders of a commandant, and 
a fuperintendant, who are not below the 
rank of field-officers. And it is pretty 
evident, from the nature of the ftudies, 
that an officer cannot expect to derive 
much benefit from the courfe of inftruc- 
tion, except he has a previous knowledge 
of the niovement of troops, has feen fer- 
vice, and attained an age for reflection. 
Second Department.—The fecond de- 
partment of the college is appropriated to 
the inftruction of thofe, who, from early 
life, are intended for the military profef- 
fion, and who, by thefe means, may be 
grounded in fcience previous to their at- 
taining the age that enables them, confit- 
ently with his Majefty’s regulations, to 
hold commiffions in the army. 
This department of the college affords 
a provifion for the orphan fons of thofe 
meritorious officers (as well of the fea as 
the land fervicé) who have fallen or been 
difabled in the defence of their country, 
and are left in pecuniary diftrefs: likewife 
for the fons of thofe officers ferving in the 
army at the time being, who, from pecu- 
miary difficulties, may not otherwife be 
able to give them a fuitable education, 
It is alfo made the foundation at which 
the cadets intended for the engineer and 
artillery fervice receive their elementary 
inftruction, whereby thofe only are pte- 
ferred, who fhew talent and capacity for 
the fcientific branches of the military pro- 
feffion. Any cadet, educated at the ex- 
pence of the ordnance, who proves not to 
be of promifing talents, is given a com- 
miifion in a regiment of the line, provided 
be paffes an examination fufficient to en- 
title him to fuch a provifion ; and a nomi- 
nation to the academy at Woolwich is 
made from among thefe cadets, who are 
educated for general fervice, and evince 
the greateft capacity in the attainment of 
frienee. (4 
Whilft the janior department thus pro- 
vides means of inftruétion to the military 
fervice of this country in general, its be- 
nefits extend equally to the education of 
the cadets in the fervice of the Eaft India 
Company. 
The cadets are received into this depart- 
ment upon three different eftablifhments. 
The orphan fons of thofe who have died 
or been difabled in the fervice, are admit- 
ted upon the firft eftablihhment.—Thefe - 
receive their education, board and cloath- 
ing free of expence. ‘The fons of thofe 
officers actually in the fervice, are admit- 
ted upon the fecond eftablifhment.—Thefe 
pay forty pounds per annum, for which 
they receive their education, board and 
cloathing. The fons of noblemen and 
gentlemen, the cadets intended for the en- 
gineer and artillery fervice, as well as thofe 
of the Eaft India Company, are admitted 
upon the third eftablifhment.—Thefe pay 
ninety-guineas per annum, for which they 
receive their education, board and cloath- 
ing. | 
Books, inftruments, and whatever may 
be neceffary for the cadets in the purfuits 
of their ftudies, are furnifhed at the ex- 
pence of the college. No perquifites are 
admitted of, nor any contingent charge 
made under any denomination whatever. 
No cadet is admitted at an earlier age 
than thirteen: thofe who enter upon the 
firt and fecond eftablifhments muft not 
exceed the age of fifteen: whilft upon the 
third eftablifhment, they are received at 
as late a period as fixteen years of age. 
No cadet is permitted to remain at the 
college after having attained the age of 
nineteen, No perfon can be admitted as 
a cadet into the junior department who at 
the time being holds a commiffion; nor 
is a cadet permitted to remain at the col-— 
-lege who thall attain to a commifficn in 
the army during the time he is in the 
under {chool of the department. A cadet 
who fhall be in the upper fchool will be 
entitled to hold.a commiffion at fifteen, 
which is at an earlier age, by one year, 
than is fanétionéd by his Majefty’s regu- 
lations. Cadets holding commiffions and 
being in the upper fchool will be permit- 
ted to purfue their ftudies at the collere— 
fubjeét at all times, as cadets, to the rules 
and regulations of the eftablifhment. 
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