DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING. THIRD CLASS. The course in drawing extends through the third-class year, half the class attend each afternoon for a two-hour period. The general subjects covered by the course of instruction are as follows: 1. Use of drawing instruments. 2. Drafting-room methods. 3. Standard methods of representation. 4. Mechanical drawing. 5. Architectural drawing. 6. Lettering. 7. Topographical drawing. 8. Hasty methods of reproduction. 10. Map supply to forces in the field. Instruction is mainly through a loose-leaf system of printed instruction sheets cora ering the various drawings and phases of the work. These are supplemented by she section-room lectures and blackboard illustrations when necessary. Personal instru: tion is given when needed. Engineering Drawing.-French. Textbooks. Map Reading and Topographical Sketching. Stuart. DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES. SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CLASSES. In this department instruction is given in French and Spanish. The French cours extends throughout the first and second years-attendance every other recitatio day-206 lessons. The Spanish course extends throughout the third year--attendance every oth recitation day -94 lessons. Both courses start with a study of pronunciation and grammar. Thereafter instr tion is given in reading and composition. Conversation is taught throughout the courses. Descriptions of France, Spain, and Spanish-American countries, the people, customs, history, and literature, are given in lectures by native French an Spanish instructors. Textbooks. French.-Cassell's French Dictionary. Military Technical Dictionary, Willcox.. Spanish. New Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary, Cuyas Appleton. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. FIRST CLASS.、 The course in law, which is carried throughout the entire first-class year, embraces the following subjects: 1. Elements of law, including Criminal Law and Evidence. 2. Constitutional law, largely on the Bill of Rights. 3. Military law, largely on the Manual of Courts-Martial and Moot Courts. The lecture system of instruction is employed in the law department. Typewritten copies of the lectures delivered are available for the use of cadets. The object of the law course is to give to the cadets, in as simple and nontechnical form as the nature of the subject will admit, the essential principles of American Law and its administration in so far as the military service is concerned. This course is the basis of the legal knowledge necessary for a competent, efficient Army officer. The textbooks used as a basis for the lectures are as follows: (a) Elementary Law-W. D. Smith. (b) Criminal Law-Clark. (c) Evidence-Wigmore. Constitutional Law-Fenton. The department of law has a law library consisting of about 3,100 volumes accessible to cadets. DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL MILITARY ENGINEERING, MILITARY SIGNALING, AND TELEGRAPHY. FOURTH, THIRD, Second, and FIRST CLASSES. Fourth class.-During the last 33 days of the academic year this class receives instruction in surveying, theoretical course, 14 hours; this course includes instruction in chain and tape, profile and differential leveling and earth computation, use of compass, plane table, transit and stadia, triangulation, determination of meridian and other survey aids to map making, and gunnery; the slide rule is used to facilitate the work of computation and principles upon which it is based are discussed, five hours' general review of the theoretical course, two hours' examination. Practical course, 48 hours of field work in 12 practical exercises; the exercises cover most of the theoretical course. Textbook used: Breed & Hosmer, special edition. Third class.-During September and October this class receives 52 hours in instruction in pontoon drill (heavy and light equipage), improvised boats, improvised crossings, and pile drivers; they are also given 18 hours' instruction during December, February, and April in the latest means of signal communications. During April and May 52 hours' instruction in field fortifications, consisting of lectures, map problems, inspection of a subsector, construction work on details, camouflage, demolitions, and tank demonstrations. Second class.-From October 1 to February 20 this class receives 18 hours' instruction in knots and lashings, map problems, spar bridges, trestle bridges, suspension bridges, and portable foot bridges, lectures on maps, map reproduction, photography, camps, roads, and searchlights, blocks and tackles, derricks, moving and handling of heavy weights, lectures on duties of the engineer officer in field and garrison, engineer unit equipment and its use, road maintenance, water supply. First class.-This class receives from October 1 to February 20, 18 hours' instruction in all the modern methods of signal communications, liaison, carrier pigeons, flash and sound ranging. Books of reference. Engineer Field Manual, Office of Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. Engineer Field Notes, A. E. F., Office of Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. All signal manuals issued by Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army. The Slide Rule.-Alexander. Works of field fortification and their application.-Issued by department. DEPARTMENT OF ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY. FIRST CLASS. The subject of ordnance and gunnery is studied by the cadets of the first class throughout the academic year. The course of instruction covers the principles involved in the construction and use of war material. It is broadly divided into three parts the theoretical, the descriptive, and the practical. The theoretical part includes the study of the action of explosives, the study of interior and exterior ballistics, the theories of gun and carriage construction, and the principles of gunnery. The theoretical part of the course is not the same for all cadets, those showing the necessary proficiency taking a special course in the time devoted by the remainder of the class to review work. The descriptive part of the course covers the processes of manufacture of powders, guns, projectiles, and armor; and describes the small arms, cannon, machine and rapid-fire guns in use in the United States service, with the carriages, ammunition, and accessory appliances required for their service. The department is well supplied with models, which are used in conjunction with the text. The practical part of the course covers the operation of machines and appliances used in the fabrication of modern ordnance, the latter work being in effect a short but valuable course in manual training. In connection with the course visits are made, when practicable, to Watervliet Arsenal, where the process of gun construction is observed, and to the Ordnance Proving Ground, where actual firings from the several classes of guns are observed, and where the latest developments in war material are seen. Textbooks. Ordnance and Gunnery-Tschappat. Books of reference. Ballistic Tables.-Ingalls. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY HYGIENE. The course in military hygiene is planned to cover 60 hours' instruction, divided between 30 hours of recitations and 30 hours of lectures, demonstrations, and prac tical work. Instruction begins in the fourth academic year with talks on personal hygiene followed by lectures on the organization and duties of the Medical Department in garrison and in the field. In the third year instruction in first aid is given. The class is divided into small groups for practical demonstrations and work in the treatment of wounds, hemorrhage. fractures, drowning, and other emergencies. In the second year 10 recitations are devoted to the communicable diseases and 20 recitations to military sanitation. Practical instruction in field sanitation is given to the first class while on the march and in camp. Textbooks. Military Hygiene and Sanitation.-Keefer. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, AND HISTORY. FOURTH AND THIRD CLASSES. The subjects assigned to this department are as follows: English and political history. The course in English begins with the fourth class year and continues through the third class year, except for 33 recitations allotted to surveying. The course in political history is given in third class year, the recitations alternating with English. English. Fourth class year: The course begins with a review of grammar and the principles of composition, and proceeds with prose reading, practice in composition, and the study of selected examples of the chief types of English literature. Third class year: The course includes prose reading, practice in composition, the writing of reports, military correspondence and forms, and oral exercises. Textbooks English. Advanced English Grammar.-Kittredge | Selections from the Prose of Macaulay, and Farley. English Composition in Theory and Prac- History of English Literature, by W. J. The Major Dramas of Sheridan, ed. by ed. by Holt. Selections from Stevenson, ed. by Canby and Pierce. American Ideals.-Forester and Pierson. Military Correspondence. Reports, and History. Third class year: The course in history begins with the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and is designed to familiarize the cadet with the chief events in the political history of, and international relations between the leading European States up to the outbreak of the World War. Textbooks History. History of Europe, 1789-1815.-Holt and Chilton. History of Europe, 1862-1914.--Holt and Chilton. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT. The course in economics and Government is given in the first-class year, the recitations alternating with ordnance and gunnery. The course includes a study of the general principles of government, of the formation, organization, functions, and methods of government in the United States and an introduction to important economic questions. The character of the textbooks is indicated by the following list: Textbooks. Introduction to the Study of Government.-Holt. A Short History of the United States.-Bassett. Principles of Economics.-Taussig. THE LIBRARY. Cadets and officers have free access to the library, which comprises approximately 108.000 volumes, with an extensive collection of maps, manuscripts, and prints. The collection contains substantially all standard books on the subjects taught in the Academy, and is especially complete in military subjects. Its card catalogues (about 380.000 cards) are arranged with the special object of saving the time of cadets. The library is open on week days from 8 a. m. to 7.30 p. m.; on Saturdays from 8 a. m. to 9.30 p. m.; on Sundays and holidays from 2 to 6 p. m. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1920 |