Young Officer's Companion
Or, Essays on Military Duties and Qualities; With Examples and Illustrations From History, Edited, With Corrections and Additions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Young Officer's Companion: Or, Essays on Military Duties and Qualities; With Examples and Illustrations From History, Edited, With Corrections and Additions<br><br>The Regulations of the Horse Guards, for the examination of all Candidates for Commissions in the Army, I in a certain course of ancient and modem history, arithmetical studies, languages, and the elements of fortification, I iave required, on the part of the parents and friends of I the Candidates for Commissions, some serious consideration I as to the best means and most appropriate course of study I for qualifying them to pass these examinations.<br><br>It had long since become matter of surprise that, while very high attainments were required from the youthful candidates for the Ordnance Corps, yet that some moderate, well-considered, and practical course of study, sufficient to prove that the Candidates had received the usual education of English gentlemen, had never been established for those who enter the service of Cavalry and Infantry.<br><br>This, however, was to be accounted for in some degree by the general progress and improvement of education among the classes from which the great proportion of our young Officers have for many years been supplied; for the instruction acquired at our public schools had of late years become far superior to what it was at the close of the war; and it is remarkable, since the conclusion of that war, how many young men, before entering the army, have waited to take degrees at the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.