ABSTRACT
On completion of the course of Primary Schools of the Junior Grade, students join the ~. '1" ~ ~ Lu4 Ohiinl HsiaoB Hsiieh2 T'ang2, Primary )1ilitary School. The course here-of three years duration-being completed, they ad vance to the ~ • rt* ~ ~ 1 .. u4 Ohiinl Chungl Hsiieh2 T'ang2, Middle Military School, where the course of study covers two years. After finishing their studies here, and having served four months in the infantry (or cavalry, artillery, engineers or troops of transport) as private of the 1st Class and sergeant, the students-called ~ ¥ A om ~ Lu4 Chiin l Ju4 WuB ShcngI, Cadets-join the * i" " ~ Pingl Kuanl Hsiieh2 'r'ang2, School for Military Officers, where they remain for une year and a half. When graduated from this Institution they again join the army, in the ranks, with the title of ~ ~ 13" Hsiieh2 Hsi2 KuanJ, Sub-Officer, for a further period of six months, after which they return to the school for examination. Those who
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attain a satisfactory rating in the examination are definitely appointed as officers and receive commissions as Oomrr;anders of Oompanies or Platoons (see No. 661). After two year.> service the most distinguished may join the ~ jJl j~ IJ 2 Lu' Chun1 Ta4 Hsiieh2 T'ang2, Military Academy, for a course of study of two years duration, and, on graduation from this institution, they receive the title of Military Staff Officer (see No. 184L)
t08A. Under the old system, for those who wished to follow a military career there were similar examinations as for the civil career, consisting of examinations as to knowledge of military "Ching/' Olassics, with the addition of various tests, chiefly exercises of physical strength, skill in riding, in drawing the bow, in lifting "the weight" and in fencing:. These
709. Jfi jJt 'J~ !J 2 Lu4 Ohiin1 HsiaoS Hsiieh2 T'ang', Primary Military Schools (Lower Corps of Cadets); for those who have completed the course of Primary Schools of the Junior Grade; with a course of study covering three years. These schools are found at the Capital, in the provinces, and at the Manchu Garrisons. Regulations for their administration, drawn up by the Committee for the Reorganization of the Army, were sanctioned by the Emperor on the 27th February, 1905. The enrollment varies from 90 to 300 students (dependent on local conditions) and the attendance of Pf1, Fu4 Hsiieh2, Special Students (between the ages of 15 and 18 years) is permissible. In addition to the subiects of general education (ethics, Ohinese literature, history, mathematics, geography, etc.), instruction is given in the elementary principles of military sciences.
