r.MTKh STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. 



against rebellion and resitting ever. n of 



family ami fri < in from tlxir 



lion to the I'm. .n. When kfcft W WM ended : 

 if the graduates of West I'.-jut had won tin 

 e*t military fain.-, till tm<i g 



,d BOM hiul ! 



The Staff. The Military .\cd.-m\ i. In charge 

 ut.-ndcnt. U lli'- Mudir* aii.l . \- 



N has command .-x.-r all persons b. 

 the academy, ami OOBUMnds the mi! 



'i !., ; H i || | .; r;:.-. r. :-' " *! i II. Krilst, 



a gra lass of It*; -i" I. 



By act of Congress there is a board ' 



Mlfi members, charged with th- dune* ,.f ad- 

 visory utipermtnn. Sewn <>f th,- Dumber are cho- 

 sen I'.y the Pr.-Mdem ..f tin- I States, with 



>ut,- rvprvM-ir. 



of the Senate, and three 



ilir Hous.- 



:tary staff of the academy consists . 

 an adjutant, who is also adjutant of n 



.iig officer, commander <>f the IIUIM! and of field 

 music; (2 -lie acadeinv. \\!,.. i 



<iuartrrmaster and commissary { uar- 



termaster of the academy, who is also <lN>i 

 officer: (4) assistant to the quarUrmast r. who is 

 also officer of police ; i.'n commissary and treasurer. 



arge of post exchange ; (6) surgeon ; (7, 8) two 



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i . . , : ;. ; aitni Qtoaod itoffarsaftonow : 



Tactic*. Commandant of cadets, who is also in- 



f tactic* and is charged with tin- <IU< i- 



pline and adm . and coinnmnds the l-ai- 



tnlin-: :: >tructors for cavalry, art illt-ry, 



and infantry tactics resp* 1 4 assistant in- 



rs, 



1 1 and Military Enginffriiitj. < hn- jirofissor t 

 1 amtstant professor, and'** instrtK t 



..'uro/ and Kfix-rimtntal rhiln*nphy. One 

 professor, 1 assistant professor. '2 instructor-, and 2 

 officers in charge of the observatory and astronom- 



Jtfo/Atma/iot. One professor. 1 associate and 1 

 MiiBUnt professor, and 7 in>tru 



mittry.M .,gy. One \>r- 



feavor, 1 assistant, an 



iiriny. One professor, 1 assistant professor, 



Modem Language*. One profe> 

 professor of Spanish, 1 assistant professor of 1-Y. n.-h, 



ory.~ One professor, 1 as>; 

 feainr. and 



nnfering. Military 

 noting and T'frgraphy.iJnc in-tnu -t<-r anil 1 ft* 



Onlmtmct and G* 

 asbUut instructors. 



Than b also a chaplain, a roaster of the sword, 

 and a teacher of music, 



sUff embraces :7 nrn.v officers and 9 

 a^imilated army rank. Profess- 

 ors whose sMvioe at the academy as professor ex 



nery. One instructor and 2 



eeab ten years hare the assimilated rank of colo- 

 nel, and all other professors 

 lieutenant colonel 



the assimiUted rank 



Onranizatinn. -i - Instr n in infantry tac- 

 ticsand in military police ami di*d| adets 



are organized into a battalion of four companies 



r the commandant of cadets. 

 is comma an officer of the army. The 



officers and nor 4 

 from those cadets who have been most 

 soldierlike in the performance of their duties, and 

 most exemplary in their general deportment. In 



:ki-M from the tir>t class, 

 . and the corj.o- 

 : "in ihr third class. 



The caxl< mp-d in four distinct classes, 



>JHI tiding \\ith tin- : ,,|\. 'n,,. 



i .MI lli.- li -litutc 



tin- fourth class; those on tin- nine, 



tin- third class ; tbote on the third 71 ..th.- 



second class; and those on tin- fourth year's course, 



tli.- lir-i class. 



The iicailciiii< n- .Inly I. < >n 01 1 



that date the result of lh- cxain'ination held in ihe 

 month i- announced, and cadets are ad- 

 \tm to aiioihi-i. ..(her 



time is a < ; 1( -cd fr.'iu om- class to another, 



mil, or aulhori/.-d al- 



senco fi-i-in attending \aminaii..ii, in 



which case a *] hinatioii is granted him ; 



l>ut in no case can a cadi-t I I fr ...... n<- 



class t.. another without having passed a sal i 



nation liy the academi,- lioard. 

 Miidies. The OOQtM may he Minimal 'i/.-d a^ f..l- 



M:itheinatics; Kn^li-h and French: 

 infantry and artillery drill ; use of the >\vord and 

 bayonet and other mililai \ 



Mathi-matii-N : Fivm-h an'd Spanish ; dimwiog, in- 

 cluding t(|ograjihv ; infantry, art ill. TV. and . 

 ry drill; taix r rt pruct ice ; practical military 

 oeering. '/%/// //"" rhilosophy; -he"n 



mineralogy, and geology; drawing: drills for all 

 I. ranches of all anii' : practical military eii-ineei - 

 inu r . including signaling. Fnnrtlt //'"/: ('i\iland 

 military engineering ami \\ar; law, con- 



>titutio"nal. military, and international ; 1 

 historical geography; practical military 

 ing: natural and experimental philosophy; drill 

 regulations; ordnance and gunnery. 



Regulations. The oiVn-ial day" at the Mi! 

 Academy i-of sixie.-n hours' duration. No cadet, as 

 a rule, has more than two distinct Mudi,.- j.er day 

 in which recitations are 1-- l><- |ire|.ar,-d. These two 

 studies call for six hours of severe mental applica- 

 tion for preparation and two and a half hours 

 in the recitation p,om. Three hours are all..\\e I 

 for meals and recn-at ion, and four and a halt hours 

 for drills, parade, and guard duty. In winter. 

 when drills are su^-nded. two hours are available 

 for additional study. .na>iuiii, or 



ktion. 



ry class is divided into sections of not mop- 

 than twelve men in each, in the order of their alu'li- 

 tv as determined at the pr,-\i..iis examination. 

 These men are chat i u r < d ac<-..rdini: to inerit<. Marks 

 for recitat ,rday afternoon 



for the information of cadets! This pablidt] 



uid maintains healthy arnliition and it pr,- 



roper time and 



place sot apart for hear: , this 



connection. 



In all battalion formations precedence is a< 

 ing to military rank. In rnarchintr to i 

 class standing determines the i 

 -nl-division in barracks has ji-. < ad.-t in-j 



PHI m has an orderly. resjH.nsil.le for ch-anli- 



Aiithorit\ 



are limited to . times, and places. 



I'nder all other condr 



Academic duties and MCercisCfl l"-^in Sept. 1 and 



me until aU.nt ! the 



d classes are held in January and .Inn,-, and 



at the for?' ; the n<-\v carlcts as are found 



pr..tici,. n t in studies and have | M -i-n -orrect in con- 



duct are given the standing in thei- .liich 



their merit entitles them. After cither examina- 



tion cadets found deficient in conduct or studies 



are discharged, with rare except 



