APPENDIX V. MILITARY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. CONTENTS. Page 1. Examination for the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and for First Appointments in the Royal Marine Artillery, March 1878* : (a.) Regulations 236 (b.) Table of Marks 242 2. Examination for the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and for First Appointments in the Royal Marine Artillery, July 1878*: 3. Examination for the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and for First Appointments in the Royal Marine Artillery, December 1878*:- (a.) Regulations 256 (b.) Table of Marks 262 4. Examination for the Royal Military College, and for First Appointments in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, July 1878* : (a.) Regulations 266 (b.) Table of Marks 274 5. Examination for the Royal Military College, and for First Appointments in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, November and December 1878* : (a.) Regulations 284 (b.) Table of Marks 294 6. Examination of Lieutenants of Militia for Commissions in the Army, October 1878: (a.) Regulations (b.) List of Successful Candidates 300 ་ 304 The Examination Papers set at these competitions have been printed in a separate form, and may be obtained, through any bookseller, from W. Clowes & Sons, 13 Charing Cross; Harrison & Sons, 59, Pall Mall; W. H. Allen & Co., 13, Waterloo Place; W. Mitchell, 39, Charing Cross; Longman & Co., Paternoster Row; Trübner & Co., 57 and 59, Ludgate Hill; Stanford, Charing Cross; and C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1, Paternoste rSquare: Also from Griffin & Co., The Hard, Portsea; A. & C. Black, Edinburgh; Alex. Thom, Abbey Street; and E. Ponsonby, Grafton Street, Dublin. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH, AND ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. March 1878. 1.-EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION MARCH 1878. Extract from the General Regulations for the Government of the Royal 2. Admission to the Royal Military Academy as cadets will be granted to the successful candidates at an open competitive examination. The examinations will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners, and will be held twice a year, namely, in December and July.* 3. Notice will be given from time to time of the day and place of the examinations, and of the vacancies to be competed for at each examination. 4. The limits of age will be from 16 to 18, the candidates being required to be within those limits on the 1st day of the January next following for the winter examination, and on the 1st of July for the summer examination. 5. Candidates for admission to the December or July examination must send to the Military Secretary, not later than the 15th October or 15th May respectively, an application to be examined, accompanied by the following papers :— (a.) An extract from the register of his birth, or, in default, a declaration made by one of his parents or guardians before a magistrate, giving his exact age. (b.) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the tutors or heads of the schools or colleges at which he has received his education from his twelfth year to the date of application, or some other satisfactory proof of good moral character. 6. When a candidate who has once been examined applies to be examined again, he will only be required to forward a certificate as to his moral character for the interval between the two examinations. 7. The number of trials allowed will not exceed three. 8. All candidates will be inspected by a medical board, and no candidate will be allowed to proceed to examination by the Civil Service Commissioners unless certified by the board to be free from bodily defects or ailments, and in all respects, as to height and physical qualities, fit for Her Majesty's Service. Cases of exceptional shortness of stature will be referred to the War Office for special consideration. 9. A candidate will be required to satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners in the following subjects:— (1.) Mathematics, viz., (a) arithmetic, and the use of common logarithms; (b) algebra, including equations, progressions, per * See Extract from G.O. 83 of 1877, p. 239. |