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The Scientific Institutions fo r the A rm y
and, Navy
a re :
1.
Landcadetacadem iet, The M ilitary
A ca d em y
,
erected in 1 7 1 3 , at the corner o f
A cadem iegade and B redgade.
H ere yo ung persons
a re p re p are d as officers for the A rm y.
2.
Den militaire Hoishole, The M ilitary
High School
,
founded in 183 0 by
Frederik VI.
T h is In stitu tio n , situate in K ongens N y to rv , h as
for its object the giving a suitable extension of th a t
p re p a ra tio n , w hich officers in the arm y in g en eral
receiv e, to those persons w ho m ay be considered
fit to occupy such appointm ents in the a rm y for
w hich a m ore th an comm on education is req uired :
as for the Staff, the E ngineers, and the A rtillery.
T h e D anes, im bued w ith the p rinciples o f the
first French re v o lu tio n , consider it a g re at im
p rov em ent in th eir m ilitary system th a t the a rm y
should be officered from all classes o f so ciety:
indeed, this sentim ent, this doctrine, this prejudice,
is p rev alen t th ro u g h o u t the Continent.
It seem s to
b e , despite existing e x p erien c e s, still held as a
m axim in C ontinental political m etaphysics th a t it
is not at all m aterial th a t the officers of the a rm y
should be gentlem en either by b irth , education, or