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If a candidate takes up both French and German, the language for which he obtains the higher marks will be reckoned as his obligatory language. The optional subjects in Class II have no counting minimum of marks. Royal Military College. Class I. Obligatory. Marks, (i.) English .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 (ii.) English history and geography .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 (iii.) Mathematics A (elementary) .. ... .. .. .. 2,000 (iv.) French or German .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 All the subjects in Class I must be taken up, and a qualifying minimum of 33 per cent, of the total marks must be gained in each of the above four subjects. Class 11. Optional. Not more than two of the following subjects may be taken up : — Marks, (v.) and (vi.) (a.) German or French .. .. .. .. 2,000 (b.) Latin .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 (c.) Greek .. ..' .. '.. .. .. 2,000 (d.) Science (physics and chemistry) .. .. .. 2,000 (c.) Mathematics B .. .. .. .. ..2,000 (/.) Mathematics C (higher) .. ..2,000 In addition to his two optional subjects in Class 11, a candidate may take up freehand drawing. for which 400 marks will be allotted. From the marks for freehand drawing such, proportional deduction will be made as will prevent indifferent draughtsmanship from receiving any credit. A candidate cannot take up the same modern language both as an obligatory and as an optional subject. If a candidate takes up both French and German, the language for which he obtains the higher marks will be reckoned as his obligatory language. The optional subjects in Class II have no counting minimum of marks. A candidate (other than a candidate for a Cavalry cadetship, a Guards cadetship, or for the West India Regiment) may present himself for admission to the Royal Military Academy or Royal Military College at the same examination, expressing a preference for one or the other institution. A candidate who so presents himself will count for the Royal Military College his marks in the obligatory subjects for the Royal Military College and the best two of his remaining subjects. Attention is drawn to the following points in the above tables of subjects : — (i.) The subjects " Elementary mathematics," " mathematics I," and " mathematics II," in the present Army qualifying or competitive examinations are renamed " mathematics A (elementary)," " mathematics B," and " mathematics C (higher)," respectively. (ii.) One modern language (French or German) is an obligatory subject for either the Royal Military Academy or Royal Military College. (iii.) In addition to " mathematics B," science is included in the obligatory subjects for the Royal Military Academy, and is an optional subject for the Royal Military College. (iv.) The obligatory subjects for the Royal Military Academy and Royal Military College are six and four in number respectively. Candidates can exercise no option in the obligatory subjects to be taken up, except in the case of the one modern language, for which they can select either French or German. (v.) Latin and Greek are each given an independent status as optional subjects only. Both can therefore be taken up by a candidate who competes for admission to the Royal Military College. As, however, only one optional subject is allowed for the Royal Military Academy, a candidate for that institution cannot take up both Latin and Greek. (vi.) The subject " history " (not " English history and geography "), at present an optional subject in the competitive examination only, ceases to be a subject for either the Royal Military Academy or Royal Military College, (vii.) The qualifying minimum for obligatory subjects is 33 per cent. (viii.) The total marks allotted to each subject, except freehand drawing, remain unaltered at 2,000. The total marks allotted to freehand drawing are raised from 250 to 400 (a deduction will be made to prevent indifferent draughtsmanship receiving any credit). (ix.) A candidate in possession of certificate A, obtained in the Officers' Training Corps, will continue to be entitled to add 200 marks to his aggregate. (x.) The syllabuses of the various subjects will be slightly modified to meet the new conditions under which the Army entrance examination is to be held. The revised syllabuses, which will be issued shortly, will be embodied in the regulations which will come into force from the Ist April, 1912. (xi.) Applications to attend an Army entrance examination, either as a competitor for admission to the Royal Military Academy or Royal Military College (see subparagraph 6 (c) above), or for the purpose of qualifying only (see subparagraph 6 (d) above), will be made to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, under conditions similar to those under which applications for admission to the competitive examinations are now made.

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