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ENTRY AND EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS.
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13. Tbe following are the approximate dates for
ttie beginning and the end of the three terms at the
Colleges :—
At Osborne.
16th January to 8th April,
8th May to 30th July,
19th September to 17th December.
At Dartmouth.
16th January to 16th April,
8th May lo 6th August,
19th September to 17th December.
The vacations at the Colleges are as follows :—
At Osborne.
.Four weeks at Christmas,
Four weeks at Easter,
Seven weeks at Midsummer,
At Dartmouth.
Pour weeks at Christmas,
Three weeks at Easter,
Six weeks at Midsummer.
14. The friends of the Cadets must be prepared to
receive them during all the Vacations.
15. All Naval Cadets shall be subject to the
Regulations lor the time being in force ro-peetiug
Cadets while at th« Royal Naval Colleges at
Osborne aud Dartmouth and on board the Training
Cruisers,
16. 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 he 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 subsequent 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 lerm 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 the
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. Tne 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. Form • of application for admission at
the reduced scale will be issued in respect of all
candidates who are selected* after interview to
attend the Qualifying Examination, and when duly
tilled in should be returned as soon as possible by
such parents as desire to make application for the
reduced scale.
Claims will he made upon the Parents or
G uardians by the Accountant-General of the Navy
for the sums payable as they become due, and the
money should he at ome remitted.
17. 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
as soon as possible after the end of each term.
18. 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 iu the Training Cruisers is Is.
a day, and that of Midshipmen is Is. 9<2. a day.
19. The fees specified in paragraph 16 will cease on
'. the Cadet joining the Training Cruiser. Parents or
Guardians will then be required to mako the Cadet
a private allowance of £50 a year until he reaches
* Parents abroad will however, be furnished «i7ft
forms of application, prior (<> thi* selection if then so
desire.
the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant, and thereafter
a private allowance of £20 a year for so long as he
remains an Acting SubLieutenant with pay at the
rate of 3s. (id. a day.
20. The parent or guardian of every Cadet is re-
quired to provide outfit under the regulations in
to roc.
21. Alltravellingexpenses for Cadets are advanced
by the Paymaster of the College, who will charge the
sum to the Cadet's personal account
22. Inasmuch as the Cadets have a weekly allow-
ance paid to them as pocket-money, and a charge is
made to pav 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
bv a Cadet for any special circumstances will be
advanced by the Paymaster under the authority of
the Captain.
23. 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.
24. 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 Stationl 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.
25 Cadets are to bring their Linen clean, and
Clothes and Boots in good order, when they join the
College, aud also when they return from leave, and
the outtit, 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.
26. Cadets are not permitted 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.
27. 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— to 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.
28. 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.
29 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.
Rngineerine. with workshop practice and
Mechanical Drawing.
S samsnshlp, with Gunnery in the Training
Cruiser.