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WAR COLLEGE.
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ROYAL NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, PORTSMOUTH.
War Course for Flag Officers, Captains and
Commanders.
1. These courses (for Officers on the Active List
only) will be held in the Spring and Autumn of each
year. Bach course will last 15 weeks.
2. The course consists of : —
(a) Playing the Tactical Naval War Game.
(6) Playing the Strategical Naval War Game.
(c) Studying and writing reports on the various
problems arising out of the strategical
conditions of the present day.
(d) Lectures on the following subjects :— Naval
Historv, Naval Architecture, Steam, In-
ternational Law, the Law of Evidence.
Wireless Telegraphy, Coast Defence, and
other subjects of interest and use to
Naval Officers.
3. No examination is held in the subjects included
in the War Course, but Officers have the option of
being examined in any of the other subjects which
they may have studied. This examination is entirely
voluntary and in no way competitive, the result
being communicated to the Admiralty.
4. Flag Officers, while going through the Course,
are paid 16s. a day, in addition to their half pay (the
time reckoning as half-pay time) and 4s. 6d. a day
Lodging Allowance, if no accommodation is avail-
able, and it is required.
Captains and Commanders, while going through
the Course, are paid full pay without command
money, and, in addition, Provision Allowance, and
Lodging Allowance according to scale if there is no
accommodation available, the time reckoning as
full-pay time.
War Course for Marine and Military Officers.
A limited number of Army Officers may be per-
mitted to attend the War Courses with the object
of promoting the co-operation of the two Services in
time of War. NavaltOfflcers may attend the Staff
College on similar lines. A number of Marine
Officers, limited for the present to two in each class,
may also be allowed to attend the War Courses.
Lectures on Naval History, International Law,
Strategy, Tactics and Military Subjects.
Lectures on the above subjects are given at Devon-
port and Chatham from time to time, and the Naval
War Game played so far as time will admit.
ROYAL NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, DEVONPORT.
Short Course in Strategy, International Law, &c.
1 These courses will be of three weeks' duration,
and will take place over nine months in the year,
from September to June.
Z The course will con sist of a series of lectures on
International Law and Prize Manual, Merchant
Shipping and Court- Martial procedure, supple-
mented by instruction in the principles of Strategy,
Tactics, &o.
3 Officers will be nominated for the Courses by
the Commauder-in-Chief, Devonport, and the Com-
mandant, E.M.L.I.
4. The courses will al9o be open to other volun-
teers who can arrange to attend.
5. Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve will be
eligible to attend under the following conditions :—
i a) On completion of short courses of Gunnery,
Torpedo, or other training.
(6) As a separate course to be applied for by the
Officer himself.
fci While undergoing 12 months' training (not
Annual or Biennial training) in ships
refitting.
(<Zt Midshipmen will not be eligible for these
courses and, as regards Sub- Lieutenants
and Acting Sub-Lieutenants who have
completed Gunnery and Torpedo Courses
prior to 12 months' training, the appoint-
ment will be subject to a special recom-
mendation from the Captains of the
Gunnery and Torpedo Schools.