Dáil Éireann - Volume 38 - 22 April, 1931

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Military Educational Courses.

Tomás O Maoláin Tomás O Maoláin

Tomás O Maoláin asked the Minister for Defence if he will state the number of officers engaged upon military educational courses abroad each year since 1927, and the colleges where these courses have taken place.

Minister for Defence (Mr. Fitzgerald) Desmond FitzGerald

Minister for Defence (Mr. Fitzgerald): The number of officers who have attended military educational courses abroad each year since 1927 are set out below:—

The colleges or schools where these courses have taken place are as follow:

United States General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.A.

United States Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.A.

United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

United States Coast Artillery School, Fortress Munro, Virginia, U.S.A.

United States Tank School, Camp Meade, Maryland, U.S.A.

Chemical Warfare School, Winterbourne Gunner, near Salisbury.

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[8] School of Military Engineering, Chatham.

Small Arms School (Netheravon Wing), Netheravon, Wilts.

School of Anti-Aircraft Defence, Biggin Hill, Kent.

Royal Air Force School of Army Cooperation, Old Sarum, Salisbury.

The School of Artillery, Larkhill, Salisbury Plain.

Small Arms School (Hythe Wing), Hythe, Kent.

The Military College of Science, Woolwich.

Royal Army Service Corps Training College, Aldershot.

Royal Army Ordnance Corps School of Instruction, Hilsea, Hants.

Dáil Éireann 38 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Military Educational Courses.

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