101 Years of Existence of the Land Forces Academy in Sibiu
Victoria Promotion– 100 Years from the Advancement of the First Promotion of Officers of the Ofificer Military School in Sibiu
Victoria Promotion– 100 Years from the Advancement of the First Promotion of Officers of the Ofificer Military School in Sibiu
On the 1st of July 1920, the second school of infantry officers was established in Sibiu. According to the proposal of the ministry of war, brigadier general Ioan Rășcanu, the Royal Decree no 5376/1920 was adopted, which stipulated the following: "The second infantry school is established in Sibiu, on the 1st of July 1920, on the premises of the former Austro-Hungarian cadet school." The commandant of the school was Colonel Cristea Vasilescu (commandant between 1920-1928), staff officer, veteran of the First World War. It was also then that the school received its battle flag. At first, the institution included 47 officers, 1 fencing master, 1 professor of Romanian language, 1 doctor, all of them among the top officers. In the autumn of the same year, the school hosted a number of 248 first year students and 51 second year students from no 1 Infantry Military School in Bucharest, who were divided into four companies. The classes began on the 15th of November 1920 and, on the 19th of December 1920, the first students of the military school took the oath of allegiance.
On the 22nd of December 1920, the Direction of the Military Schools approved, under order no 8849, that the school should have as spiritual patron Saint Nicholas and celebrate him annually.
Exactly one year from the establishment of the school, on the 1st of July 1921, by the High Decree no 2950/1920 and the order paper no 210, the first infantry officer promotion was to be advanced. Having an honorary name, "Victoria", the first promotion of officers of the military school in Sibiu included 47 young men. The valedictorian was second lieutenant Stefan Melecca. The ceremony of granting the second lieutenant rank took place on the plateau of the institution in front of the corps of officers and school professors, of the officers of the 7th Army Corps in Sibiu, of the local authorities and parents of the students.
