Chapter 247 The Royal Military Academy Opens

It is worth mentioning that after more than half a year of preparation, the Royal Military Academy finally officially opened at the end of 1907.

Although the opening time of the Royal Military Academy is different from that of other universities because the construction of the school has slowed down the progress, the different opening times can also distinguish the difference between ordinary universities and military academies.

The enrollment of the first Royal Military Academy was very strict. In addition to the soldiers admitted from the army, the Royal Military Academy only recruited less than 100 people from outside in the first session.

The specific requirements are very harsh. Not only must all their family members live in Australasia for fifteen years (those under the age of 15 need to live for eight years, and those under the age of eight do not count), but all family members must not violate any laws during the period of residence and have no close relationship with any foreign forces or individuals.

This is a simple background requirement. In addition to these, there are also some requirements in terms of physique, intelligence, eloquence, etc., and the academic qualifications should be at least high school level.

This is why the Royal Military Academy had more than 2,000 applicants, but ultimately only recruited less than 100 people from outside.

The conditions for recruiting students from the military are more relaxed, but they must have served in the military for a full year, and there are also requirements in terms of physique, combat capability, IQ and loyalty.

Soldiers in the military basically do not need to check their backgrounds, after all, their backgrounds have been checked when they were recruited.

The reason why the Royal Military Academy is so strict in recruiting is that graduates of the Royal Military Academy will basically become officers of the Australasian Army.

According to the rules and regulations of the Military Academy, a foreign recruit who successfully graduates from the Royal Military Academy will be at least a second lieutenant after joining the army. If he performs well, he may even become a lieutenant or captain.

For students selected from the military, their initial rank is generally a non-commissioned officer or even a lieutenant.

After graduation, their military ranks will generally be promoted by two to three levels, and they can basically reach the rank of lieutenant or captain.

As for the colonels above the lieutenants, they are not something that ordinary graduates of the Royal Military Academy can get involved in.

If the lieutenants are mid-level officers, then the colonels have reached the level of senior officers, requiring not only talent but also seniority in the army.

Graduates of these military academies can become school officers within ten years, even if they are only majors, which is enough to prove their great potential. Of course, if a large-scale war breaks out, it will be another matter.

The enrollment of the Aviation Academy is not included in the Military Academy, because the Aviation Academy has the foundation of the previous Aviation Research Laboratory training class and has already started enrollment.

At present, there are about 400 students in the Aviation Academy, and the number of students enrolled each year is about 400.

This also means that nearly 400 pilots will be born in Australasia every year, which is very beneficial for the future expansion of the Australasia Air Force.

In order to build the Royal Military Academy, more than 2 million Australian dollars of the 5 million Australian dollars of school construction funds were used to attract professors and retired generals from European military academies to increase and fill the foundation of the Military Academy.

At present, with the foundation of the Royal Military Academy, the problem of vacancies in middle-level officers that Australasia has always been worried about can be alleviated.

As the honorary president of the Royal Military Academy, Arthur, coupled with his high popularity and support among the people, can fully guarantee that the students who graduated from the Royal Military Academy are full of goodwill towards the royal family and Arthur, which is equivalent to cultivating talents loyal to themselves in an open and aboveboard manner.

It is worth mentioning that most of the professors of the Royal Military Academy's Army Academy were hired from Germany, while most of the professors of the Naval Academy were hired from Britain.

In addition to the completion of the Royal Military Academy, technical schools in Australasia also ushered in a blowout growth.

In 1906, there were only three technical schools in Australasia, all of which were located in Australia.

A year later, at the end of 1907, the number of technical schools in Australasia had increased to seven, and New Zealand also added two technical schools.

These seven technical schools can train more than 5,000 excellent technical talents for Australasia every year, filling vacancies in some technical positions in major factories.

Arthur has only one requirement for these technical schools, that is, the more the better, and the larger the scale, the better.

Australasia naturally has no problem with excellent technical talents. It wants as many as it can and trains as many as it can.

The talents trained by these technical schools are often attracted to major factories by various salary packages when they just graduate.

There is no way. The number of factories in Australasia has led to a growing demand for such technical positions. Even if it is just talents who graduated from technical schools, there is no need to worry about the problem of work.

The last report is from the Finance Department, and the data reported is also the data that all ministers are concerned about.

There is no way. The revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Finance also determines the budget of each department in the next year. If the fiscal loss in the previous year is more serious, the budget of each department in the next year will definitely be reduced.

Fortunately, Finance Minister Roger brought good news to everyone.

In 1907, the total fiscal expenditure of the Kingdom of Australasia was about 28.41 million Australian dollars, and the total fiscal revenue was about 36.22 million Australian dollars. Not only did it achieve a fiscal surplus, but the fiscal surplus was as high as 7.81 million Australian dollars.

Under the premise of continuing a large number of industrial construction, Australasia's fiscal expenditure has not changed much, and it remains at around 30 million Australian dollars.

The growth rate of fiscal revenue is huge, from just over 20 million to more than 36 million.

This includes taxes on arms trade and dreadnought orders, as well as taxes from Benz Automobile Factory and the Royal Consortium, which contribute at least 10 million Australian dollars.

It is worth mentioning that according to the Australasia Constitution, the Australasia royal family can obtain 1% of the total government fiscal revenue as royal funds every year for the expenses of the royal family and the palace.

And 1% in 1907 was as high as 360,000 Australian dollars. Although it was only a small income for Arthur, it was a huge fortune for the civilian class.

If Australasia's finances continued to develop so smoothly, even if the Royal Consortium had little income, Arthur believed that 1% of the government's annual revenue would be enough to support the entire royal family.

Thanks to this year's fiscal surplus, Australasia's available fiscal funds have increased instead of decreased, returning to more than 240 million Australian dollars.

Unfortunately, in the new year, Australasia's five-year shipbuilding plan will also officially begin.

This is a considerable amount of capital investment, and it is not easy to say whether this year's fiscal surplus can continue.

Another major reason for the high growth of fiscal revenue is the growth of animal husbandry. After the country gradually stabilized, Australasia also gradually showed the characteristics of a major livestock country, that is, there are many products related to animal husbandry.

Products including beef, mutton, wool, milk, goat milk, etc. are exported to major regions in Europe and the United States, and are a major source of fiscal revenue for the Australasia government.

So far, Australasia has a total of more than 170 million sheep, as well as tens of millions of cattle and various livestock.

What an exaggerated number is this? Each Australasian can be allocated nearly 24 sheep and seven cattle, and one other livestock.

It is precisely because of such a developed animal husbandry that the price of livestock products in Australasia is very low, and even beef and mutton are the standard on the tables of most Australians.

Especially in the army and schools in Australasia, it has basically become a tradition to have meat for every meal.

And the school area also provides cow and sheep milk in the morning to supplement students' nutrition.

At present, the largest private livestock rancher in Australasia owns large tracts of grassland and mountains, as well as tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.

And these cattle and sheep can bring them thousands of Australian dollars in income every year. Even if the whole family is divided equally, each person can get hundreds of Australian dollars in income, which is far higher than the current per capita income level in Australasia.

Arthur's royal consortium has of course also joined the animal husbandry industry, and has large and small ranches and cattle and sheep in various states.

These ranches have at least millions of cattle and sheep in total. The wool, cow and sheep milk and meat products produced every year are all sent to the palace of good quality, and the rest are basically sold abroad.

It is worth mentioning that Arthur also owns two large ranches dedicated to raising Australian wild horses.

This is a tall horse suitable for use as a military horse. Currently, the cavalry of Australasia uses this kind of Australian wild horse.

Arthur's two ranches have a total of more than 100,000 Australian wild horses, which can quickly arm at least three cavalry divisions.

However, Arthur is not very interested in cavalry. If possible, Australasia can completely convert the cavalry into a motorized or even mechanized unit in advance, which is why Australasia does not have an independent cavalry division.

Arthur is waiting for the practicality of trucks to be improved in the future, and then the armed forces will be completely armed to form a mechanized division.

And after the birth of tanks and automatic artillery in the future, various tank divisions and artillery units will be the mainstream of the future army.

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