WAR DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, January 12.5 The following publication, entitled "Information Relative to the Appot and Admission of Cadets to the United States Military Academy," is pa for the information of all concerned. The Military Academy: TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraph Its purpose. Direction and supervision of.. Course of procedure for candidates_ Course as a cadet_ Strength of the Corps of Cadets. Filipino cadets.... Appointments, how made. Selection of candidates: From States, congressional districts, and Territories_ From among sons of deceased World War veterans. From the Regular Army. Educational qualifications, how shown.. Entrance examination: When held.. Where held... Schedule of examination.. Character of mental examinations: Certificate of high-school senior__ Certificate of college student............ Certificate of college entrance board examinee Lists of subjects. Definition of certain subjects: Mathematics A1. Mathematics A2. Mathematics B. Mathematics C. Mathematics D. Mathematics E. English A. English B. History A. History B. History C. History D.. Definition of a unit of admission requirements. General information as to certificates.. Academic preparation for admission to, and success in, the United States Requirements as to age, height, and physical condition_ Preliminary physical examination... Regular physical examination.. Physical requirements.... Table of physical proportions for United States candidates.. Table for Filipino candidates. Admission to the Academy: Date of admission.. Department of law. Department of ordinance and gunnery. Department of military hygiene.. Department of English.. Department of economics, government, and political history. The library. Annual physical examination of cadets.. Vacations and leaves of absence... Promotion after graduation___. 1 INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT AND ADMISSION OF CADETS TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, N. Y. [Communications relating to matters connected with the Military Academy should be addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C.] THE MILITARY ACADEMY 1. The United States Military Academy is an institution established by the Government for the practical and theoretical training of young men for the military service. Its cadets are given a comprehensive and general education of collegiate grade and a sufficient basic military training to enable them to enter upon the duties of second lieutenant in any branch of the Army to which they may be individually assigned. 2. Direction and supervision of the Military Academy are vested by law in the War Department under such officer or officers as the Secretary of War may select, and, in accordance with this provision, the Chief of Staff has been designated as the officer in charge of all matters pertaining to the institution. COURSE OF PROCEDURE FOR CANDIDATES 3. The candidate for a cadetship, assuming that he is unmarried and that at the time of his proposed entrance he will come within the prescribed age limits, must follow the steps outlined below. He must first obtain an appointment to a vacancy, existing or prospective. He must then demonstrate that he measures up to certain physical and educational standards. His physical fitness is determined by examination; his educational qualifications may be shown by examination or by the submission of certain prescribed certificates. If he be accepted, he reports at the academy on the first week day in July and, prior to admission, he is required to take the oath of allegiance and to subscribe to an engagement to serve the United States for a time subsequent to his graduation. (See par. 47.) COURSE AS A CADET 4. Upon admission to the academy, he enters upon a four-year course of study and training. The academic year extends from September 1 to June 4, the greater part of the remainder of the year being spent in camp and devoted to military training. At the end of his second year at the academy he is granted a furlough of about 10 weeks, which, with the exception of a few days during Christmas week of his second, third, and fourth years, is the only extended vacation which he receives. During the time that he remains a cadet, he is paid at the rate of $1,072 per annum. Upon graduation he may be commissioned as a second lieutenant in one of the branches of the Army. The points brought out briefly in the paragraphs above are explained in detail in the following pages. STRENGTH OF THE CORPS OF CADETS 5. The maximum authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets, excepting four Filipinos, is 1,374, appointed in number and from sources as follows: 180 from among the enlisted men of the Regular Army and of the National Guard, in number as nearly equal as practicable.. 180 Total.... 1, 374 122 from the United States at large 1. FILIPINO CADETS 6. In addition to the 1,374 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 1 of whom 2 are appointed upon the recommendation of the Vice President, 20 are selected from among the honor graduates of those educational institutions which have officers of the Regular Army detailed as professors of military science and tactics and which upon the determination of their relative standing at the last preceding annual inspection regularly made by the War Department were designated as "honor military schools," and 40 are chosen from among the sons of veterans who were killed in action or died prior to July 2, 1921, of wounds received or disease contracted in line of duty during the World War. 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." (35 Stat. 441.) APPOINTMENTS, HOW MADE 7. 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. All appointments are made by the President and as follows: From States at large and from congressional districts, upon the recommenda tions 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. (Those cadets 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.) 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 Militia. From among the enlisted men of the Regular Army, upon the recommendations of the commanding generals of the respective corps areas and territorial departments. Appointments from the United States at large (excepting those from "honor military schools," those chosen from among the sons of deceased World War veterans, 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. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES 8. From States at large, congressional districts, and Territories.-The selection 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. 9. 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 inongst the "honor military schools" and notify them accordingly. Each signated institution will at a specified time notify The Adjutant General of the my of the name of the selected honor graduate from that year's graduating class. |