DEPA RTMENT OF ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY. FIRST CLASS. This subject covers ninety-four hours of instruction in the weapons used by the several branches of the Army, their description, supply, maintenance, manufacture, and design. The descriptive part of the course includes the dismounting and assembling of the smaller weapons and the analysis and inspection of the larger types, in order to render the graduate familiar with the working tools of his profession. The supply maintenance course includes the methods of handling, receiving, storing, issuing, maintaining, and accounting for the weapons and their accessories, and the operation of the several offices and depots through which the line officer obtains his supply and maintains his equipment. The manufacturing course describes: The materials from which weapons are made; their reduction to the condition for manufacture; the operation of manufacturing plants and arsenals; the power, labor, and maintenance problems connected therewith, and the general problem of the production of munitions for the supply of armies. In this connection visits are made to the Government arsenals where the processes of manufacture are demonstrated. The course in design covers the principles of gun, carriage, and recoil-brake construction, the action of explosives and powders, the general features of projectile and fuze development, and the methods of construction, test, and retest until a point of standardization is reached for the production of weapons in quantity. In connection with this course, a visit is made to a Government proving ground. The course in gunnery covers the study of the operation of powder-using weapons to produce a maximum effect upon the object of their firing. This covers the subject of ballistics, fise control, and direction. A certain amount of time, not yet determined, will be devoted to instruction in the mechanical trades, in order to secure an appreciation of the time and funds required in the production of munitions and to obtain a familiarity with the methods of maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment. A mobile ordnance repair shop will be operated by an ordnance company in the maintenance of post armament in this connection. Text Books: Ordnance and Gunnery-Tschappat; A. L. V. F. Ballistic Tables; publications of War Department. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY HYGIENE. FOURTH, THIRD, SECOND, AND FIRST CLASSES. The course in military hygiene is planned to cover 60 hours' instruction. Instruction begins in the fourth academic year with talks on personal hygiene. 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 thirty periods are devoted to General and Military Hygiene. Special attention is given to the preventable diseases and the care of troops. Practical instruction in field sanitation is given to the first class while on the march and in camp. Textbooks. Military Hygiene and Sanitation.-Keefer. Transmissible Diseases.-Shaw. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH. FOURTH AND THIRD CLASSES. The subjects assigned to this department are as follows: English composition, English literature, official military correspondence, and public speaking. The course in English begins with the fourth class year and continues through the third class year, except for 33 recitations allotted to surveying. 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 riting 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- Leading English Poets, ed. by Holt. 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 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT, AND POLITICAL HISTORY. 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-Economics and Government. Introduction to the Study of Government.-Holt. Outlines of Economics.-Ely. Financial Organization.—Moulton. 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. 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 11 to 12 a. m., and 2 to 6 p. m.; on Sundays and holidays from 2 to 4 p. m. [A. G. 351.27 (4-18-22).] THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1922 WAR DEPARTMENT. Information Relative to the Appointment and Admission of Cadets to the United States Military Academy. 1924 Edition. Revised Annually. [Communications relating to matters connected with the Military Academy should be addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C.j 924 THE CORPS OF CADETS. The maximum authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military Academy (excepting the four Filipinos) is 1,334, appointed in number and from sources as follows: Four from each State at large; 2 from each congressional district; 2 from each Territory; 4 from the District of Columbia; 2 from natives of Porto Rico; 82 from the United States at large, 2 of whom are appointed upon the recommendation of the Vice President, and 20 of whom are selected from among the honor graduates of educational institutions having officers of the Regular Army detailed as professors of military science and tactics, and which institutions are designated as "honor military schools" upon the determination of their relative standing at the last preceding annual inspection regularly made by the War Department; and 180 to be appointed from among the enlisted men of the Regular Army and of the National Guard, in number as nearly equal as practicable. All cadets are appointed by the President; and those appointed from States at large, from congressional districts, from the Territories, from the District of Columbia, and from the island of Porto Rico, must, under the law, be actual residents thereof, respectively. In addition to the 1,334 mentioned above, 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: "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." Stats. 441.) APPOINTMENTS. (35 The numbers mentioned above represent the maximum allowed at the Military Academy at any one time from the respective sources; consequently, no appointment can be made from any source except to fill a vacancy therefrom. Appointments are made as follows: From States at large and from Congressional districts, upon the recommendations of the respective Senators and Representatives in Congress. From the Territories, upon the recommendations of the respective Delegates in Congress. From the District of Columbia, upon the recommendations of the commissioners thereof. From Porto Rico, upon the recommendation of the Resident Commissioner. From among the honor graduates of educational institutions designated as "honor military schools," upon the recommendations of the heads of the respective schools. From among the enlisted men of the National Guard of the States and Territories, and of the island of Porto Rico, upon the recommendations of the respective governors thereof. From among the enlisted men of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, upon the recommendation of the commanding general of the District of Columbia Militia. 75437°-24-1 the From among enlisted men of the Regular Army, upon the recommendations of the commanding generals of the respective corps areas and territorial depart ments. Appointments from the United States at large (excepting those from "honor military schools" and those appointed upon the recommendation of the Vice President) are made by the President upon his own selection, and as the result of a competitive examination, identical in every respect with the regular entrance examination. CANDIDATES. From States at large, Congressional districts, and Territories.-The selec tion of candidates, by competitive examination or otherwise, for appointment from any State at large or congressional district, is entirely in the hands of the Senator or Representative in Congress who has the vacancy at his disposal, and all applications for appointment from those sources should be addressed to the proper Senator or Representative. For each vacancy from a State at large, or congressional or territorial district, three candidates should be nominated, one 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 the failure of the principal; the second alternate, if qualified, will be admitted in the event of the failure of both the principal and the first alternate. These candidates must, at date of admission, be between the ages of 17 and 22 years. From "honor military schools."-Honor graduates of "honor military schools" are selected for appointment as cadets of the United States Military Academy in the following manner: There is maintained in the office of The Adjutant General of the Army a roster of "honor military schools" as determined by annual War Department inspections of educational institutions. At an early date in each year, The Adjutant General of the Army will anticipate the vacancies in the Corps of Cadets which are open to honor graduates and will make an equitable distribution of those vacancies amongst the "honor military schools' and notify them accordingly. Each designated institution will at a specified time notify The Adjutant General of the Army of the name of the selected honor graduate from that year's graduating class. An honor graduate of a selected institution will be appointed, without mental examination but subject to a satisfactory physical examination, a cadet of the United States Military Academy upon the certificate of the head of the institution that the appointee is the honor graduate of that institution. A certificate (Form II) will be forwarded to the adjutant of the Academy when the appointment is made. These candidates must, at date of admission, be between the ages of 17 and 22 years. From the National Guard. To be eligible for appointment from the National Guard, an applicant must be an enlisted man of a unit recognized by the Federal Government and must, at date of admission, be between the ages of 19 and 22 years and have served as an enlisted man in the Guard not less than one year. It is not essential that the service shall have been continuous; therefore, former service in the Guard may be counted in determining an applicant's eligibility. Similarly, service with a National Guard organization prior to its recognition by the Federal Government may be considered, the date of enlistment of the soldier governing, and not that of the recognition of the unit. Those applicants who contemplate enlisting in the National Guard for the purpose of being appointed to the Military Academy should do so early enough to enable them to acquire the year of service by the date of admission in the year during which they desire to enter. For vacancies in the cadetships allotted to enlisted men of the National Guard, the candidates, not exceeding three for each vacancy, will be apportioned in number as nearly equal as practicable, among the States, the Territories, the District of Columbia, and the island of Porto Rico, 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 to be held between November 1 and November 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 the District of Columbia Militia. |