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NAVAL CADETS.
860
12. The following are the approximate dates for
the beginning and the end of the three terms at the
Colleges :—
At Oaborne.
16th J anuary to 8th April,
8th May to 30th July.
19th September to 17th December.
At Dartmouth.
16th January to 16th April,
8th May to 6th August,
19th September to 17th December.
The vacations at the Colleges are as follows : —
At Osborne.
Four weeks at Christmas,
Pour weeks at Easter,
Seven weeks at Midsummer.
At Dartmouth.
Four weeks at Christmas,
Three weeks at Easter,
Six weeks at Midsummer.
13. The friends of the Cadets must be prepared to
receive them during all the Vacations.
14. All Naval Cadets shall be subject to the
.Regulations for the time being in force respecting
Cadets while at the Royal Naval Colleges at
Osborne and Dartmouth and on board the Training
Cruisers.
15. For all Cadets entering under these regulations
payment will be at the rate of £75 per annum for the
period under training at the Colleges, to be paid in
sums of £25 every term in advance to the Cashier of
the Bank of England on receipt of claim from the
Accountant-General of the Navy. But the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve the power
of selecting from among the Cadets entered on each
occasion subsequeit to November, 1913, a number
not exceeding 25 per cent, of the entries, with re-
spect to whom the annual payment will tie £40 only
(to be paid in sums of £13 6s. 8d. every term in
advance). A proportion of those admitted at the
reduced scale will be sons of Officers of the Navy,
Army, or Marines, or of Civil Officers under trie
Board of Admiralty, the reduced scale being reserved
for such boys up to a maximum of 10 per cent, of the
total entries on each occasion. The reduced scale
will be allowed only in cases where the pecuniary
circumstances of the parents are, in the opinion of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, such as
to justify it. Forms of application for admis-sion at
the reduced scale will be issued in respect of all
canaidates who are selected* after interview to
attend the Qualifying Examination, and when duly
filled in should be returned as soon as possible by
such parents as desire to make application for the
reduced scale.
Claims will be made upon the Parents or
Guardians by the Accountant-General of the Navy
for the sums payable as they become due, and the
money should be at onoe remitted.
16. In addition to the above payments, any ex-
penses incurred by a Cadet for clothing, sports, books,
instruments, washing,.&c, as well as the allowance of
Is. a week paid as pocket-money, are included in the
personal account sent to the Parent from the College
--> soon as possible after the end of each term.
17. No pay is allowed by Government to the Cadets
In the Colleges, except in the case of Cadet Cap-
tains, who receive a small weekly allowance.
The pay of Cadets in the Training Cruisers is Is
a day, and that of Midshipmen is la. 9d. a day.
18. The fees specitied in paragraph 15 will cease on
the Cadet joining the Training Cruiser. Parents or
■Guardians will then be required to make the Cadet
Ik private allowance of £50 a year until he reaches
I * Parents abroad will however, be furnished with
for ms of application, prior to this selection if they so
the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant, and thereafter
a private allowance of £20 a year for so long as he
remains an Acting Sub Lieutenant with pay at the
rate of 3s. 6d. a day.
19. The parent or guardian of every Cadet is re-
quired to provide outfit under the regulations in
force.
20. All travelling expenses for Cadets are advanced
by the Paymaster of the College, who will charge the
sum to the Cadet's personal account.
21. Inasmuch as the Cadets have a weekly allow-
ance paid to them as pocket-money, and a charge is
made to pay the expenses attending their amuse-
ments, it is unnecessary that their friends should
give them any money except on joining, or on their
return from the Vacations, and the amount should
then be reasonable. Such money as may be required
by a Cadet for any special circumstances will be
advanced by the Paymaster under the authority of
the Captain.
22. Any valuable Gold Watches or Chains brought
by Cadets to the Colleges will be taken from them
and placed in security until the Cadets return home.
Silver Watches may be used.
23. Arrangements are made for the conveyance
from Portsmouth to Osborne of the Cadets who are
joining the College for the first time. Such Cadets
should assemble at the Dockyard Gates (near Ports-
mouth Harbour Station) shortly before 3 p.m. on
the day appointed for joining. Cadets rejoining the
College will be expected to make their own arrange-
ments for doing so.
24. Cadets are to bring their Linen clean, and
Clothes and Boots in good order, when they join the
College, and also when they return from leave, and
the outfit, as specified on the next page, must be
complete. A list of the clothes left behind will be
sent with the Cadets when they go on leave.
25. Cadets are not permi tted to open accounts with
Tradesmen. Parents and Guardians are requested
not to allow their sons' outfitters to supply clothes
or other articles without their authorisation.
26. Each Cadet on joining and on returning after
the Vacations is required to produce a health certifi-
cate—signed by his parent or Guardian, not earlier
than the day before the Cadet's return-^io the effect
that, so far as is known, he has not for at least three
weeks immediately preceding his return been exposed
to any infectious disease, or entered any house where
such disease has existed. A certificate drawn up in
the necessary Form, is sent to each Parent, and
failure on the part of the Cidet to produce this
certificate, duly filled up and signed, on his return
will entail his not being received.
In the event of a Cadet being placed on the Sick
List, information is always sent to his Parents or
Guardians, who are also kept informed of the progress
of the patient should the illness be in the slightest
degree serious.
27. Letters relative to the Cadets should be
addressed to : — " The Commanding Officer, Royal
Naval College," or " The Commanding Officer,
H.M.S. — ■ ," and not to the Captain by name
Parents or Guardians of Cadets must, in all cases
of permanent change of residence, inform the
Admiralty and the Commanding Officer of the
College or the Cruiser without delay.
28. The course of study includes the following
subjects :—
Mathematics, with Geometrical Drawing.
Physics and Chemistry.
Mechanics, and applied Mechanics, with labora-
tory work.
Applied Electricity, with laboratory work.
Engineering, with workshop practice and
Mechanical Drawing.
Seamanship, with Gunnery in the Training
Cruiser.