No, since the church is generally responsible for education the British 'public school' system never got a foothold on Safehold.
While there probably is some kind of secular finishing school for aristocrats in Charis as well as every other country, the fact that it hasn't been mentioned implies it isn't popular with the public or frowned on by the crown for various reasons; possibly for indicating too much money or privilege in a society like Charis's that is increasingly based on merit.
I wouldn't be surprised if most of the training for young aristocrats might come from being fostered to relatives or friends to learn how to manage their estates etc, rather than relying on some namby-pamby school to teach them how to be a man [ie an aristocrat].
Regarding Charisian or Chisholmian aristocratic officers, remember Duke Eastshare, and Earl High Mount [or Duke Halbrook Hollow], while Sympkyns is common born as were all but one of the 6 generals at the high level allied meeting at the beginning of September in LaMA.
DE still personally prefers aristocrats for many things, but has never shirked from seeing that the army is truly independent of any such taint.
One reason for ICA officer and NCO casualties to be a high fraction of all casualties is simply because there are so many of them; if you check the TO&E you'll find the ratio to be very low as opposed the very high ratio's in the Go4 armies.
So in that sense, given the low ratio's of men to NCO's and officers in the ICA, their casualties should be higher, so while the ICA's 'disproportionate casualties' may indeed be high, but not necessarily for the reasons you initially thought.
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Darman wrote:Thucydides wrote:Strangely, in our own world the British Royal Family are also examples of warrior Kings and Queens.
I'm not entirely sure why this would be strange. It has always appeared to me as though RFC has always preferred England's monarchy to any other. And, speaking as an American, if i were to be forced to live under a monarch, England's monarchs ain't all that bad. Mostly for the above-mentioned reason that they all serve their nation in some capacity or another. This is something I always respect in politicians, and the monarchs have one disadvantage over politicians: they don't choose to run for election, they are born into it.
Does Charis have any sort of public school system like England did? That would encourage young men to attempt to emulate the heroism of the past, and probably lead to more officer casualties.