Army School.

Commissions granted.-Commissions in the following branches of the British Service:-Cavalry, Royal Artillery, Infantry, and Royal Army Service Corps, and in the Indian Army, will be granted to duly qualified candidates nominated each half-year by certain universities, including the University of Dublin.

Antedate of Commissions.-The commissions of accepted candidates will be antedated approximately one year, i.e. to such dates as will give those appointed to the Royal Artillery seniority over the Royal Military Academy cadets, and those appointed to other branches of the service seniority over the Royal Military College cadets who passed out of those institutions in July or December (as the case may be) of the previous year.

In exceptional circumstances a candidate who has graduated with first-class honors may be granted such additional antedate, not exceeding six months, as may be recommended by the nomination board and approved by the Army Council. A candidate granted a full additional antedate of six months will receive such total antedate as will give him seniority over the Royal Military Academy or Royal Military College cadets who passed out in December of the previous year but one, or in July of the previous year (as the case may be).

These antedates will not count for the issue of pay or allowances; but in all cases in which increase of pay is dependent on the completion of a fixed period of service, service towards increase of pay will be considered as commencing from the date to which the commission has been antedated. The additional antedate for first or second class honours will count for retired pay, a but the ordinary antedate of about one year will not so count.

No candidete will, however, be given an antedate which will make him senior to a university candidate nominated on a previous

occasion.

Qualification of Candidates.-To be eligible for nomination a candidate must possess the following qualifications::

General qualifications.—He must:—

(a) Have attained the age of 21 and not have attained the age of 25 on the 15th January for a winter nomination, or the 15th July for a summer nomination.

a No portion of the antedate will count for Indian pension.

A candidate for appointment to the Indian Army must be within the ages of 21 and 24 on the dates named.

b) Be unmarried.

(c) Be, in the opinion of the Army Council, in all respects
suitable to hold a commission in the regular army.
(d) Produce a certificate of good conduct from the head or
other competent authority of the university, or a college
of the same, in which he has resided.

Academic qualifications.-A candidate must:

(a) Reside for three academic years at an approved university or at a college of the same.a

(b) Take a degree in an approved subject or group of subjects. (c) For a commission in the Royal Artillery, produce evidence satisfactory to the nomination board that he has duly qualified in the mathematical and science subjects prescribed.

Approved subjects for degree.-Candidates may graduate in any of the subjects, or groups of subjects, current at the several universities, with the exception of Theology, Medicine, and Music.

Military qualifications.-A candidate must obtain the following military qualifications during his residence at his university:

(1) He must undergo the military instruction which will form a part of the curriculum of his studies, and he must be in possession of certificate "B."

(2) He must be an efficient member of the university contingent of the Officers' Training Corps each year from the date of his registration as a candidate for a commission in the regular army. (3) He must be attached to a regular unit, and obtain a satisfactory certificate as to his proficiency.

Candidates who have served as officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers or men for a period of not less than four months in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Regular Army, Special Reserve, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Militia, Territorial Army, Forces of the Overseas Dominions or Royal Air Force will be excused the attachment referred to above.

For further information apply to the Registrar of the Army School, 34 Trinity College, Dublin, or to the Adjutant, Headquarters, D. U.O.Ť.C.

a Unless the university recognizes War Service in lieu of residence or study. The course of Military Instruction will be that prescribed for certificate "B" examination (O. T. C. Regulations.

Before commencing this attachment, a candidate will be required to have been instru ted in squad drill (as laid down in Infantry Training).

Dublin University Contingent,

OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.

COMMITTEE OF MILITARY EDUCATION.

President.

THE PROVOST OF TRINITY COLLEGE, The Right Hon. and Most Rev. J. H. Bernard, D.D., Provost's House, Dublin.

Ordinary Members.

J. Fraser, M.A., F.T.C.D.

G. R. Webb, M.A., F.T.C.D.

Capt. A. A. Luce, D.D., F.T.C.D.

F. La T. Godfrey, M.A., F.T.C.D.

Right Hon. Mr. Justice Ross, P.C., 66 Fitzwilliam Square.

Appointed as Officers of the Contingent.

The O. C.-Major G. A. Harris, D.S.O., O.B.E., 31 Sidney Parade.

Capts.-Capt. E. H. Alton, F.T.C.D., 5 Dartmouth Road.

Capt. W. C. Ramsden, Trinity College, Dublin.

Capt. A. W. W. Baker, M.D., 59 Merrion Square. The Adjutant.-Capt. M. Stacey, R.M.F., 8 St. Clare's Terrace, Harold's Cross.

Hon. Secretary-Major Sir Robert W. Tate, K.B.E., F.T.C.D., 34 Trinity College, Dublin.

Headquarters.-The Headquarters of the Contingent are at the Officers' Training Corps Buildings, Lincoln Place, Trinity College, Dublin.

All information with reference to the Corps can be obtained there, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.; 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Enrolment.-Intending Members should attend at Headquarters to obtain the enrolment and proposal forms, &c.

Only British subjects of pure European descent, who are physically fit, are eligible to join.

Conditions of Service. -No oath of allegiance is taken, and no liability for Service is incurred. Each member contracts :-(a) To abide by the rules of the Corps.

(b) To serve for three years (If in possession of Certificate A,
a member contracts to serve for two years; also former
Cadets who have served as Officers in the Army may
join the Corps for a period of one or more years pro-
vided they join as Cadets. They will in all cases be
given the rank they held on leaving the Corps).
(c) To make himself efficient during each year of Service.

Efficiency. To be efficient, a Cadet must in each year— (1) Attend not less than 15 Instructional Parades (30 if a Recruit).

(2) Attend Camp for 15 days, and be present at the Annual Inspection, except in case of sickness, duly certified, or leave officially granted.

(3) Undergo the prescribed training in Musketry (Medical Unit exempt).

Drills. All Instructional Parades are arranged with a view to their causing as little interference as possible with College lectures or athletic engagements, pastimes, etc.

These parades consist of not less than 45 minutes' actual training. Not more than two parades may be counted in any one day.

The times for parades are published in weekly orders, which are posted on the Contingent and Company notice-boards.

Special Field Days.-Field days will be arranged, if possible, once or twice a month. Each field day counts two parades.

Uniform.-Each Cadet is provided with all necessary arms, uniform, and equipment.

Camp. All expenses, messing, transport, &c., are met by grants paid by the War Office.

Object.-The primary object of the Officers' Training Corps is to provide students at schools and universities with a standardized measure of elementary military training, with a view to their eventually applying for commissions in the Regular Army or Special reserve of Officers, or the Territorial Force.

For fuller information, see "Handbook of the Dublin University Contingent, Officers' Training Corps."

School of Agriculture.

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ENTRANCE to the School of Agriculture is open without Examination to students whose names are on the College Books. For others, Entrance is by Examination in general education; to be held in October. The Course for this examination will be English Composition, English History, Geography, Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra and Geometry, and one of the following:Greek, Latin, French, German. The examination may be remitted in the case of students having credit for an equivalent educational test at any well-recognized institution. Entrance fee for external students, one guinea.

EDGE EXHIBITIONS.

Edge Exhibitions, one of the value of £4, and another of the value of £2, are awarded by the Board at the end of the studies of the first year on a report from the Registrar of the School of Agriculture.

At the Final Examination, Edge Exhibitions, one of the value of £10, and another of the value of £4, are awarded on the general results of that examination.

The Exhibitions are limited to students on the College Books, or Graduates of Trinity College, Dublin.

(The Board and Council have approved of the following scheme of cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and with the Royal College of Science for Ireland):·

FIRST TWO YEARS (taken at Trinity College).

SECOND TWO YEARS (taken at the Royal College of Science).

* Candidates must send notice (addressed to the Registrar of School of Agriculture, Trinity College, Dublin) of their intention to enter, before the 1st October.