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ENTRY AND EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.
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ENTRY AND EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.
NAVAL CADETS.
REGULATIONS FOR-.ENTRYAND TRAINING
AT THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGES AT
OSBORNE AND DARTMOUTH, AND ON
BOARD THE TRAINING CRUISERS.
1. No nomination is required by a Candidate for a
Naval Cadetshlp. All that, is necessary is to send
an application to the Assistant Private Secretary
to the First Lord of the Admiralty. Applications
should not be made until the Candidate has reached
12J years of age.
2. Candidates must be of pure European descent,
and the sons either of natural-born or naturalized
British subjects. In doubtful cases the burden of
clear proof will rest upon the parents or guardians
of Candidates.
3. All Naval Cadets entered under these regula-
tions are trained together until they pass for the
rank of Lieutenant.
After passing for the rank of Lieutenant, they
may be required to serve either as general service
Officers or in one of the special branches, undertaking
either Engineering, Gunnery, Torpedo, Navigation,
or Marine duty.
As far as possible Officers selected for special
service will be allowed to choose the branch in whieh
they will qualify, subject to the proviso that all
branches are satisfactorily filled.
Parents or guardians of Candidates for appoint-
ment as Naval Cadets must undertake for them that
they are prepared to serve in any branch if required.
4. Parents or guardians are required to declare in
writing their intention that the Candidate, if he
obtains a Cadetship, shall adopt the Navy as his pro-
fession in life; and it is subject to this undertaking
that Candidates are selected for Cadetships. Every
Cadet who enters the Royal Naval College must
therefore be prepared to continue histraining so long
as the Admiralty are satisfied with his progress, and
parents are not at liberty to withdraw their sons at
will.
On the entry of a Cadet, parents or guardians will
be required to undertake that, in the event of his
withdrawing or being withdrawn from the College,
or from the Navy before being confirmed as a Sub
Lieutenant, they will pay to the Admiralty, if de
manded, the sum of £25 per term in respect of each
term passed by him at the R.N. Colleges, Osborne
and Dartmouth, from the date of his entry to the
date of his withdrawal, as a contribution towards the
balance of the cost of his training and maintenance
not covered by the annual payment of £75 mentioned
in para. 16.
This undertaking does not apply to Cadets with
drawn at the request of the Admiralty.
5. Entries take place three times a year, in
January, May, and September
Candidates for entry in January
must be more than 13years and
4. months but not more than
13 years and 8 months of age
on the preceding
do. May do, -
Do.
Do.
May
do. September do.
1st December
1st April.
1st August.
6. All Candidates (except those being educated In
the Colonies, who have received special Colonial
recommendations under para. 10), will be required to
present themselves before a Committee, which will
interview each applicant separately.
The applications must be received at the
Admiralty :—
For the January examination before 1st October.
Do. May do. do 1st January
Do. September do. do. 1st May.
Appointments to Naval Cadetships are made by
the First Lord from among Candidates recommended
by the Committee, and all such appointments are
subject to the Candidate passing a Medical Examin
ation (vide par. «) and a Qualifying Examination In
educational subjects {vide para. 9),
The fact, however, of a Candidate being invited to
appear before this Committee is not to be understood
as in any degree implying that he will necessarily be
chosen to attend the qualifying examination.
The Interview Committee will sit shortly before
the date fixed for each Qualifying Examination.
* Candidates are eligible only for one Interview
and Qualifying Examination.
7. The Qualifying Examinations are held iu
December. March and July, and the appointments
of successful candidates date from the loth January,
15th May, loth September, following respectively.
8. Every Candidate must be in good health, and
free from any physical defect of body, impediment of
speech, defect of sight or hearing, and also from any
* Candidates, however, who were unsuccessful under the old regulations may again present them"
selves under the new rale as to age which is stated in paragraph 5.
Should any case occur where a selected Candidate is prevented by illness from attending the Quali"
fylng Examination, the Admiralty will consider whether special arrangements can be made for him
to be examined by the Head Master of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, at the beginning o* the
ensuing term.
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