mendation of the Delegate in Congress. The appointments from the District of Columbia are made upon the recommendation of the Commissioners of the District. Each person appointed must be an actual resident of the State, District, or Territory from which the appointment is made.

The appointments from the United States at large are made by the President of the United States upon his own selection. The cadets from Porto Rico, who must be natives of that island, are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Resident Commissioner.

The appointments from among the honor graduates of educational institutions designated as "honor schools" will be made upon the recommendations of the heads of the respective schools.

The appointments from among the enlisted men of the National Guard will be made upon the recommendations of the governors of the respective States and Territories. Those from the National Guard of the District of Columbia are made upon the recommendation of the commanding general of that organization. The appointments from among the enlisted men of the Regular Army will be made upon the recommendations of the commanding generals of the Territorial departments.

The Secretary of War is authorized to permit not exceeding four Filipinos, to be designated, one for each class, by the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point: Provided, That the Filipinos undergoing instruction shall receive the same pay, allowances, and emoluments as are authorized by law for cadets at the Military Academy appointed from the United States, to be paid out of the same appropriations: And provided further, That said Filipinos undergoing instruction on graduation shall be eligible only to commissions in the Philippine Scouts. And the provisions of section 1321, Revised Statutes, are modified in the case of Filipinos undergoing instruction, so as to require them to engage to serve for eight years, unless sooner discharged, in the Philippine Scouts.

Date of appointments.-Appointments are required by law to be made as nearly one year in advance of the date of admission as practicable.

Candidates.-For each vacancy from a State at large, or congressional or territorial district, three candidates should be nominated, one of the candidates to be named as principal, one as first alternate, and one as second alternate. The first alternate, if qualified, will be admitted in the event of failure of the principal; the second alternate, if qualified, will be admitted in the event of the failure of the principal and the first alternate.

For vacancies in the cadetships allotted to the honor graduates of the "honor schools," one candidate may be nominated each year before September 1 from each school. In case the total number of candidates so nominated is not equal to three times the number of vacancies, the War Department will assign additional appointments among the schools to complete this total.

For vacancies in the cadetships allotted to the enlisted men of the National Guard, the candidates will be apportioned as near as practicable among the States, Districts, and Territories according to their enlisted strength. With the exception of the candidates from the District of Columbia, they will be selected by the governors from successful competitors in a preliminary examination held between January 1 and January 15 of each year, such examination to be of a scope and nature similar to the regular examination for entrance to the United States Military Academy. The candidates from the National Guard of the District of Columbia will be similarly selected by the commanding general of that organization.

The candidates nominated for the cadetships allotted to the enlisted men of the Regular Army shall not exceed three times the number of existing vacancies, and shall be equitably distributed among the Territorial departments by the War Department. If the number of applications in any department exceeds the share allotted to it by the War Department, the candidates in such department will be chosen from the successful competitors in a preliminary examination held between January 1 and January 15, such examination to be of a scope and nature similar to the regular examination for entrance to the United States Military Academy.1

Each candidate designated to take the regular examination for admission to the United States Military Academy will receive from the War Department a

1 In the Philippine department the perliminary examination will be held between December 1 and December 15.

letter of appointment, and he must appear for examination at the time and place designated therein.1

Fitness for admission will be determined as prescribed in the Regulations, United States Military Academy.

REGULAR EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES.

Examinations of candidates will be competitive in the following classes and will be the regular examination for entrance to the United States Military Academy:

(1) Candidates from the United States at large, other than honor graduates of honor schools.

(2) Candidates from the United States at large who are honor graduates of honor schools.

(3) Candidates from the enlisted men of the National Guard. (4) Candidates from the enlisted men of the Regular Army.

The Filipine candidates selected for appointment, unless otherwise notified by the War Department, shall appear for mental and physical examination on the second Tuesday in January of each year before a board of Army officers to be convened at such place in the Philippine Islands as the commanding general of the Philippine Department may designate.

Admission by examination.-On the third Tuesday in March of each year candidates selected for appointment shall appear for mental and physical examination before boards of Army officers to be convened at such places as the War Department may designate.

Each candidate must show by examination that he is well versed in algebra, to include quadratic equations and progressions, and in plane geometry, English grammar, composition and literature, descriptive and physical geography, and general and United States history, as explained in the circular of notification.

Admission by certificate.-The Academic Board will consider and may accept in lieu of the regular mental examination:

(1) A properly attested certificate (Form I) that the candidate is a regularly enrolled student in good standing without condition in a university, college, or technical school accredited by the United States Military Academy, provided that the entrance requirements of the course he is pursuing require proficiency in subjects amounting to not less than 14 units of the list given below.

If attendance at college extends over a semester, a full record of academic work at the college, giving subjects taken and grades attained in each, must accompany the certificate; if attendance at college extends over less than a semester and the candidate was admitted to college by certificate, a certificate (Form II) from the preparatory school giving a full record of studies taken and grades attained must accompany the college certificate. If a scrutiny of the certificate submitted shows low grades, the certificate will be rejected.

A certificate indicating enrollment in or admission to an institution at any other time than that specified in the college register for regular admission or enrollment will not be accepted.

(2) A properly attested certificate (Form II) that the candidate has graduated from a preparatory school or public high school accredited by the United States Military Academy, provided that he has in his school work shown proficiency in subjects amounting to not less than 14 units of the list given below. If a scrutiny of the certificate submitted shows evidence of low grades or of graduation at an irregular date, the certificate will be rejected.

(3) A properly attested certificate (Form III) from the College Entrance Examination Board that the candidate has shown proficiency in the examinations set by the board in subjects amounting to 14 units from the list given below. If a scrutiny of the certificate submitted shows low grades, the certificate will be rejected.

1 The board before which a candidate is directed to appear will be the one convened at the place nearest or most convenient to his home, or to the school at which he is in regular attendance at the time of appointment.

The list of subjects and the corresponding weights in units is as follows:

(a) REQUIRED.

Every certificate must show evidence of proficiency in the following subjects:

The remaining 6 units may be supplied from among the following subjects and no others:

The definition of unit and of the ground covered by the designated subjects is that of the College Entrance Examination Board. Credits must correspond to the unit values of the respective subjects. Greater credit than indicated will not be allowed; less credit will be understood as evidence that the entire subject has not been completed.

Certificates should be submitted not later than February 15. A certificate received between February 15 and the examination will receive consideration, but in view of the short time left to the Academic Board to investigate its value, no assurance will be given that such certificate can be acted on in time to exempt the candidate from the mental examination.

Candidates who submit certificates on a date which does not allow the Academic Board sufficient time to investigate their value and notify them regarding the final action thereon prior to the day set for the examination, should proceed with the regular examination.

Candidates who are informed that their certificates have been accepted must present themselves at the regular time and place, as herein prescribed, for physical examination.

A certificate which is accepted as satisfactory for one examination will be regarded as satisfactory for any other examination which may be set for entrance with the same class.

Any certificate accepted for one class and presented for a succeeding class should be accompanied with a full statement of the candidate's educational work in the interim, and both certificate and statement will be subject to careful scrutiny by the academic board. (Par. 65, Regls. U. S. M. A.)

All necessary papers, including a set of the blank certificate forms (except Form III, which is sent only upon application), are furnished to each duly nominated candidate by The Adjutant General of the Army.

NOTE.-Certificates will be accepted only from candidates appointed from States at large, congressional districts, Territories, and the District of Columbia.

Certificates may be accepted for admission of candidates from the Regular Army and National Guard in the same manner as they are accepted for candidates nominated by Congressmen, except that acceptable certificates entitle the candidate to appointment only in case the authorized number of vacancies for that year are not filled by the regular examination.