CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

The Scientific Institutions fo r the A rm y

and, Navy

a re :

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.

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