Post by Pyotr Alekseevich on Sept 30, 2016 14:02:38 GMT
With great parades, feasting and performances of orchestras and parading troops the Tsar celebrates the opening of the Imperial Academy for Ordnance and Drill. The Academy, split into two faculties (the Faculty of Artillery and the Faculty of Foot) will house and train 2,000 men at a time. The gorgeous French influenced stone buildings dominated the new Imperial district on the outskirts of Narva. The School is home to three massive artillery ranges and a marvellous parade ground, the buildings are populated with modern lecture theatres and classrooms where the fledgling officers will learn the theory of command and the use of artillery or infantry in the field of battle.
The course of training is six months with graduated officers being attached to experienced regiments in junior positions. The staff is composed of both foreign and Russian officers with great experience. Uniquely the staff also includes a cadre of Non-Commissioned Officers whose drill instruction is based on the practical and grisly experience of battlefield drill they all share.
From henceforth, not man seeking to join the Russian Army may do so without first passing through the School.
The Tsar has also created an initial fund of 1,000 Ducats per anum to do the following:
- 200 Ducat Prize for the highest graduating Officer, as well as the presentation of a ceremonial sabre by the Tsar.
- 800 Ducat Fund to finance the purchasing of uniforms, teaching of basic literacy and compensation of family for lost income for men from the lower ranks of the army who have show particular competence and personal initiative.
The 800 Ducat Fund is called the Leffort fund after the Tsars recently deceased Swiss companion, Francis Leffort.
The course of training is six months with graduated officers being attached to experienced regiments in junior positions. The staff is composed of both foreign and Russian officers with great experience. Uniquely the staff also includes a cadre of Non-Commissioned Officers whose drill instruction is based on the practical and grisly experience of battlefield drill they all share.
From henceforth, not man seeking to join the Russian Army may do so without first passing through the School.
The Tsar has also created an initial fund of 1,000 Ducats per anum to do the following:
- 200 Ducat Prize for the highest graduating Officer, as well as the presentation of a ceremonial sabre by the Tsar.
- 800 Ducat Fund to finance the purchasing of uniforms, teaching of basic literacy and compensation of family for lost income for men from the lower ranks of the army who have show particular competence and personal initiative.
The 800 Ducat Fund is called the Leffort fund after the Tsars recently deceased Swiss companion, Francis Leffort.