disorder of an infectious character.
3. Severe injuries of the bones of the head; convulsions.
4. Impaired vision from whatever cause; inflammatory affections of the
eyelids; immobility or irregularity of the iris; fistula lachrymalis,
etc., etc.
5. Deafness; copious discharge from the ears.
6. Loss of many teeth, or the teeth generally unsound.
7. Impediment of speech.
8. Want of due capacity of the chest, and any other indication of a
liability to a pulmonic disease.
9. Impaired or inadequate efficiency of one or both of the superior
extremities on account of fractures, especially of the clavicle,
contraction of a joint, extenuation, deformity, etc., etc.
10. An unusual excurvature or incurvature of the spine.
11. Hernia.
12. A varicose state of the veins of the scrotum or spermatic cord
(when large), sarcocele, hydrocele, hemorrhoids, fistulas.
13. Impaired or inadequate efficiency of one or of both of the
inferior extremities on account of varicose veins, fractures,
malformation (flat feet, etc.), lameness, contraction, unequal length,
bunions, overlying or supernumerary toes, etc., etc.
14. Ulcers, or unsound cicatrices of ulcers likely to break out
afresh.
V.--During the months of July and August the Cadets are engaged in
military duties and exercises, living in camp. The academic exercises
commence the beginning of September. The semi-annual examination takes
place in January. At this time the Cadets are rigidly examined in the
subjects they have studied, and the new Cadets, if found proficient
therein (their conduct having been correct in all respects), will
receive the warrant of Cadet, and take such a station in their class
as their respective merits, as determined at the examination, may
entitle them to. If any have been unable to master the course, they
will be pronounced deficient by the Academic Board, and their
connection with the Academy will cease.
VI.--It is important that it be clearly understood that this
examination, like all subsequent ones, is very thorough--does not
permit any evasion or slighting of the course, and exacts a very close
and persevering attention to study. The examining officers have no
option; they _must_ reject the deficient. The nation sends these young
men to the Military Academy, supports and pays them adequately, and
opens to them an honorable profession, in the expectation that their
best efforts will be given to qualify themselves for the higher duties
of the military service. Those who will not, or can not, profit by
these generous provisions, should not occupy the places of those who
will and can.
VII.--In June there is held the "Annual Examination," which, in its
character of searching scrutiny, is like the semi-annual examination
in January. Cadets who have failed to make the requisite proficiency,
and are not likely to succeed in future, are discharged.
VIII.--It will thus be seen that a person must carry to the Academy a
certain degree of preparation; good natural parts; an aptitude for
study; industrious habits; perseverance; a disposition to conform to
discipline, and correct moral deportment. If deficient in any of these
respects, it will be best for young men not to enter the Military
Academy, as they will thus avoid the probabilities of disappointment
and mortification. Many of those who receive appointments fail,
through deficiency in the above particulars, to graduate. But it must
not be understood that those who fail to master the scientific course
taught at the Military Academy, necessarily incur thereby discredit as
regards mental ability, since it is by no means rare for intellects
otherwise strong to be averse to mathematical investigation, or study
of language.
IX.--The pay of a Cadet is $41.66 per month, with one ration per day,
and is considered sufficient, with proper economy, for his support.
MEMORANDUM
INDICATING THE METHOD OF EXAMINING CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION
INTO THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
Candidates must be able to read with facility from any book, giving
the proper intonation and pauses, and to write portions that are read
aloud for that purpose, spelling the words, and punctuating the
sentences properly.
In ARITHMETIC they must be able to perform with facility examples
under the four ground rules, and hence must be familiar with the
tables of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; and
must be able to perform examples in reduction and vulgar fractions,
such as:--
Add 2/3 to 3/4; subtract 2/5 from 5/6.
Multiply 3/4 by 7/8; divide 2/5 by 3/8.
Add together two hundred and thirty-four thousandths (.234),
twenty-six thousandths (.026), and three thousandths (.003).
Subtract one hundred and sixty-one ten thousandths (.0161) from
twenty-five hundredths (.25).
Multiply or divide twenty-six hundredths (.26) by sixteen thousandths
(.016).
They must also be able to change vulgar fractions into decimal
fractions, and _vice versa_, with examples like the following:--
Change 15/16 into a decimal fraction of the same value.
Change one hundred and two thousandths (.102) into a vulgar fraction
of the same value.
In Simple and Compound Proportion, examples of various kinds will be
given, and candidates will be expected to understand the principles of
the rules which they follow.
In ENGLISH GRAMMAR candidates will be required to exhibit a
familiarity with the nine parts of speech and the rules in relation
thereto, and must be able to parse any ordinary sentence which may be
given them, and generally they must understand those portions of the
subject usually taught in the higher academies and schools throughout
the country, comprehended under the heads of Orthography, Etymology,
Syntax, and Prosody.
In DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY they are to name, locate, and describe the
natural grand and political divisions of the earth, and be able to
delineate any one of the States or Territories of the American Union,
with its principal cities, rivers, lakes, seaports, and mountains.
In HISTORY they must be able to name the periods of the discovery and
settlement of the North American continent, of the rise and progress
of the United States, and of the successive wars and political
administrations through which the country has passed.
COURSE OF STUDY
AND
BOOKS USED AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
[Books marked thus * are for Reference.]
FIRST YEAR--FOURTH CLASS.
DEPARTMENT. TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
{ Davies' Bourdon's Algebra.
Mathematics. { Davies' Legendre's Geometry and Trigonometry.
{ Church's Descriptive Geometry.
{ Bolmar's Levizac's Grammar, and Verb Book.
French { Agnel's Tabular System.
Language. { Berard's Lecons Francaises.
{ *Spier's and Surenne's Dictionary.
Tactics of Artillery { Practical Instruction in the Schools of the
and Infantry. { Soldier, Company, and Battalion.
{ Practical Instruction in Artillery.
Use of Small Arms { Instruction in Fencing and Bayonet Exercise.
SECOND YEAR--THIRD CLASS.
DEPARTMENT. TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
{ Church's Descriptive Geometry, with its
{ application to Spherical Projections.
Mathematics. { Church's Shades, Shadows, and Perspective.
{ Davies' Surveying.
{ Church's Analytical Geometry.
{ Church's Calculus.
{ Bolmar's Levizac's Grammar and Verb Book.
{ Berard's Lecons Francaises. Chapsal's Lecons
French { et Modeles de Literature Francaise.
Language. { Agnel's Tabular System. Rowan's Morceaux
{ Choises des Auteurs Modernes.
{ *Spier's and Surenne's Dictionary.
{ Josse's Grammar. Morale's Progressive Reader.
Spanish. { Ollendorf's Oral Method applied to the
{ Spanish application by Velasquez and Simonne.
{ *Seoane's Neuman and Barretti's Dictionary.
Drawing. { Topography, &c.
Tactics of Infantry { Practical Instruction in the Schools of the
Artillery, { Soldier, Company, and Battalion.
and Cavalry. { Practical Instruction in Artillery and
{ Cavalry.
THIRD YEAR--SECOND CLASS.
DEPARTMENT. TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Natural and { Bartlett's Mechanics.
Experimental { Bartlett's Acoustics and Optics.
Philosophy. { Bartlett's Astronomy.
Chemistry. { Fowne's Chemistry. Chemical Physics from
{ Miller.
Drawing. { Landscape. Pencil and Colors.
{ United States Tactics for Garrison, Siege, and
Tactics--Artillery, { Field Artillery. United States Tactics for
Cavalry, { Infantry. Practical Instruction in the Schools
and Infantry. { of the Soldier, Company, and Battalion.
{ Practical Instruction in Artillery and Cavalry.
FOURTH YEAR--FIRST CLASS.
DEPARTMENT. TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
{ Mahan's Field Fortifications.
Military and { Mahan's Outlines of Permanent Fortification.
Civil Engineering { Mahan's Civil Engineering.
and Science { Mahan's Fortification and Stereotomy.
of War. { Mahan's Advanced Guard and Out Post, etc.
{ *Moseley's Mechanics of Engineering.
Mineralogy and { Dana's Mineralogy.
Geology. { Hitchcock's Geology.
{ French's Practical Ethics.
Law and Literature. { Halleck's International Law. Law and Military
{ Law, by Prof. French.
{ Benet's Military Law and the Practice of
{ Courts-Martial.
{ Practical Instruction in fabricating Fascines,
{ Sap Faggots, Gabions, Hurdles, Sap Rollers,
Practical Military { etc.; manner of laying out and constructing
Engineering. { Gun and Mortar Batteries, Field
{ Fortifications, and Works of Siege; formation
{ of Stockades, Abatis, and other military
{ obstacles; and throwing and dismantling
{ Ponton Bridges.
{ United States Tactics for Cavalry.
Tactics--Artillery, { Practical Instruction in the Schools of the
Cavalry { Soldier, Company, and Battalion. Practical
and Infantry. { Instruction in Artillery and Cavalry.
Ordnance and { Benton's Ordnance and Gunnery.
Gunnery. { Practical Pyrotechny.
For the information of visitors, the "Police Regulations" of the Post
of West Point, and the "Regulations of the Encampment," are appended:
POLICE REGULATIONS
FOR THE
MILITARY POST OF WEST POINT, N.Y.
1867.
1. "Police Limits" include all territory lying north and east of a
line running west from the South Gate to its intersection with the
Fort Putnam road, and thence by the road to the cemetery.
2. To prevent interruption to the duties of the Academy, carriages
will not be allowed to pass on the road leading by the Academic Hall
and Cadets' Barrack, during the hours devoted to study; and at no time
by the Hospital, except when required for the accommodation of
residents or their visitors, and then at a slow pace.
3. Carriages will be allowed to pass to the West Point Hotel, through
the South Gate, by the road below the Hospital, or through the West
Gate.
4. On Sundays the gates will be closed, and no vehicle allowed to
drive on the Plain without the permission of the Superintendent,
except for the purpose of conveying persons to and from Divine
Service, to the ferry landings, to obtain medical assistance, or for
the private benefit of Officers residing on the Post. Officers will
not pass public conveyances through the gates on Sunday.
5. Carts and wagons will use the main road, across the Plain, except
when necessity requires them to go upon the private road passing in
front of the Quarters, Barrack, and Hospital.
6. Carriages and horses are not permitted to pass, or remain on the
road in front of the parade-ground, nor to move about in its vicinity
during parade and reviews.
7. Racing, fast driving, and unnecessary noise at all times is
prohibited.
8. It is strictly forbidden to drive or ride over any of the
sidewalks or paths at West Point, or any part of the Plain or grounds
except the carriage roads.
9. All persons are directed to close the gates after them on entering
or leaving the public grounds.
10. Officers and citizens may smoke on the Plain; but during the
performance of any military duty thereon, no smoking will be allowed
on, or in the vicinity of, that part of the Plain which may be
occupied for such duty.
11. All persons are prohibited from bathing in the river, during the
day, anywhere within police limits.
12. All persons whatever, residing or serving at West Point, are
prohibited from hunting or shooting, or using fire-arms for any
purpose, within police limits, during week days, and within the limits
of the public lands on Sundays.
* * * * *
15. Boats are not permitted to land, except at the public wharves.
16. Every boat, cart, wagon, or vehicle laden with articles, except
for officers, may be searched by the officers and non-commissioned
officers of the Guard, or members of the Police.
17. All persons are forbidden to receive or transport across the Post
any article for excluded individuals.
18. All persons are prohibited from selling any kind of intoxicating
liquors, beer, cakes, etc., on the Post, without the permission of the
Superintendent.
19. All enlisted men are prohibited from bringing on the Post, or
having in their possession, any intoxicating liquor, beer, etc.,
without the permission of the Superintendent.
20. Persons not connected with the Post, bringing prohibited articles
thereon, will be promptly removed by the guard or police, and reported
to the Superintendent, to the end that they may be prosecuted for
trespass.
21. Pedlers and all improper persons are prohibited from coming on the
Post.
22. Excursion or Pleasure Parties, etc., are not allowed to land on
the Post, unless specially authorized by the Superintendent.
* * * * *
26. Cadets will not be allowed to cross the ferries without the
written permission of the Superintendent. All such permits will be
returned as soon as practicable by the ferrymen to the Adjutant's
office.
* * * * *
29. No person will be allowed to cut wood on the public lands, break
the branches of the trees on the Plain, at the Cemetery, or in the
vicinity of Camptown, or to throw stones or sticks into them. Parents
will be held responsible for the acts of their children violating this
regulation.
* * * * *
34. No citizen will be allowed to wear the uniform, or parts thereof,
of officers, cadets, or soldiers.
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36. The iron seats in front of the Superintendent's quarters must not
be occupied by servants and children when required for visitors.
REGULATIONS
FOR THE
ENCAMPMENT OF THE CADETS,
_WEST POINT, N.Y._
1867.
1. All Cadets, with the exception hereinafter mentioned, will confine
themselves to the Encampment. Cadets will always hold themselves in
readiness for such extra roll calls as the Officer in Charge may be
directed to have during his tours. On these occasions, the Assembly
will be sounded on the drum, when each man for duty in each company
will appear promptly on the company Parade Ground. The companies will
be formed without further signal by command of the Sergeants, the
rolls called, and the results immediately reported through the proper
channels to the Officer of the Day.
2. Cadets will be permitted to wear their fatigue jackets, and their
coats unbuttoned, in the body of the Encampment. When the Guard are in
fatigue jackets the Battalion will wear the same to meals.
3. There will be one corporal and four privates detailed daily from
each company for company Police. A separate Roster for this purpose
will be kept, and this detail made from the Third and Fourth Classes.
The company Police party will be formed by the corporal on the company
ground, at morning and evening Police roll calls, when the company
ground, and the ground behind the tents, including the company
Officer's Tents, will be thoroughly policed. The corporal of the
company Police will be held responsible for the proper police of the
company grounds at all Inspections, and also that the Tent Walls of
the Tents, when all the occupants are necessarily absent, are raised
and lowered at the proper times. He has authority to call on his
party at any time, for purposes connected with the Police of his
company.
4. The Guard, on the day succeeding that on which it marched off, will
constitute the General Police, and will be formed by the Junior
Officer of the Guard, on the General Parade Ground, at morning and
evening Police calls, and will police those parts of Camp not policed
by the company Police party.
5. The Senior Officer of the Guard, on the day succeeding that on
which he marched off, will be Camp Officer of the Police for that day,
and will report his presence to the Officer of the Day at all roll
calls of companies. He will have general charge of the Police of Camp,
will inspect the Police parties when at work, see that they are all
present, and that they perform their duties properly.
6. The Officers of the Police will not dismiss their parties until
after their work has been inspected by the Camp Officer of the Police,
and not until he has expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which
it has been done. Should he deem it necessary, at any time during his
tour, to turn out the Police parties for duty, they will promptly obey
his orders.
7. All Details for Guard, company Police, etc., will be posted on a
Bulletin Board, at the Tents of the 1st Sergeants of the companies.
8. The Members of the First Class, between REVEILLE and RETREAT, will
be permitted to have the limits of the Plain, included within the Main
Road, passing in rear of Camp, in front of the Hotel Yard, the
Quarters of the Superintendent, the Barracks, and the Library. Cadets
can visit the Library during Library hours, but the Barracks and the
confectioner's can be visited only by special permission.
9. The permission to walk on Public Lands on Saturday afternoons,
granted to Cadets in Barracks, is withdrawn.
10. Cadets will be allowed to bathe at or near Gee's Point, between
Reveille and Breakfast, and between Retreat and Tattoo. Cadets wishing
to bathe, will be formed in the company Parade Ground, and be marched
to and from the place of bathing, by the Senior Non-commissioned
Officer present. The members of the Old Guard, during the morning
after marching off, will be permitted to walk on Public Lands until 1
o'clock, and bathe at Washington's Valley during the same time, except
on Sundays, when they will be excused from Divine Service.
11. All Cadets, except Officers of the First Class, will pass in and
out of Camp by crossing Post No. 1, reporting their departure and
return to the Officer of the Guard, who will keep a correct list of
the same, and note the time. Cadets will visit the Commissary's only
between the hours of 8-1/2 and 9-1/2 A.M., and 1-1/2 and 3 P.M., and
the Confectioner's between 1 and 4 P.M.
12. Permission to walk on Public Lands, does not include the
Commissary store out of hours, the Hotel, the Hospital, Wharfs, public
or private buildings, or any other place on the Point, forbidden by
Regulations.
13. At Taps, all lights will be extinguished in Camp, except those in
Tents of Officers of the First Class, of the 1st Sergeants, and the
Officers and Sergeant of the Guard.
14. Immediately after Taps, the company Officers will inspect their
companies, and see that all Cadets are properly undressed and in bed;
they will remain in their company grounds long enough to insure
quietness and order in their companies, and will report all Cadets who
leave their Tents for any purpose whatever.
15. Visiting in Camp after Taps is prohibited, and the Officers in the
performance of their duty will confine themselves to the limits of
their company grounds.
16. The Officer of the Guard will allow no Cadet, except members of
his guard, to pace the Posts of Nos. 2 and 6 after Taps, except by
permission of the Commanding Officer, or the Officer in charge; and he
will, at all times, preserve proper order and quiet at the Guard
Tents.
17. Citizens will not be allowed in the body of the Encampment except
when accompanied by an Officer, or for the purpose of visiting an
Officer. For the latter purposes, they will be permitted to cross all
sentinels' posts except those of Nos. 3 and 5. The Officer of the Day,
and the Officer and Non-commissioned Officers of the Guard, together
with the sentinels, will, when they observe citizens in camp for any
other purpose, politely notify them of this order.
18. The Color Guard will remain with the Guard until Retreat, when the
members will be permitted to go to their own tents. At Reveille, they
will again join the Guard.
19. All Prisoners and Cadets in arrest, will march to and from meals
with the Guard, which will be marched both to and from same by an
officer of the Guard.
20. All Cadets passing within fifteen paces of the Color Line, will
salute the colors.
21. On Saturday afternoons until Tattoo, the Officer of the Day will
inspect and verify the presence and behavior of all Cadets in
confinement, making his rounds for that purpose every hour.
22. Cadets receiving permits will present them to the Officer of the
Guard, who will register them; and the Cadet taking advantage of it,
is required to notify the Officer of the Guard of his departure and
return. All the permits will then be left with the Officer of the
Guard, who will transmit them, with his report, to the Officer of the
Day, who will in turn transmit them to the Commandant. Cadets visiting
the Hotel, will register their permits immediately in the book kept at
the office for that purpose.
23. No Cadet will be permitted to visit the Hotel before Guard
Mounting, nor between 1 and 3 P.M., and 7 and 8 P.M.
24. Cadets who are excused from Divine Service, will remain in their
quarters during the continuance of same. This applies also to those
who attend either the Catholic or Methodist service.
25. Members of the Guard will not leave the Guard Tents without
permission from the Officer of the Guard, who will see that their
absence is not unnecessarily long.
26. Cadets will not be permitted to smoke outside the body of the
Encampment.
27. All official communications from Cadets will be made in proper
forms, and must pass through the hands of their company Commanders.
28. It is requested of Officers and citizens that they will not smoke
on the General Parade Ground, or when crossing a sentinel's post.
29. The Guard will permit no person except Cadets, Officers, their
servants, or Orderlies, to enter camp during the absence of the
Battalion.
30. The Guard will be formed and inspected at Reveille, Retreat, and
Tattoo, and during Parades will remain formed.
31. Cadets in arrest or confinement, wishing to bathe, will apply to
the Commandant for permission, and be marched from and back in charge
of a guard.
32. Cadets performing extra tours of punishment, will not be put on
the Color Line.
33. No Cadet will employ another to do any duty for which he has been
detailed, without permission.
34. Cadets on sick report will not apply for permission to visit.
35. The body of the Encampment is defined to be that portion of the
Encampment included between the company Officers' Tents and the Front
Line of company Tents.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] EDWARD SHIPPEN ARNOLD was born at Philadelphia, March 19th, 1780;
he entered the East India Company's service, and became a Lieutenant
of Cavalry and Paymaster of Mattra. He died in India in 1813.
[B] BENEDICT ARNOLD was twice married, and had three sons by his first
wife. BENEDICT, the eldest, was an Officer of Artillery in the British
Army, and died young in the West Indies. HENRY and RICHARD both
entered the King's Service after their father's defection, as
Lieutenants of a Cavalry Legion, commanded by their father.
By his second marriage (April 8th, 1779), General ARNOLD became the
father of four sons and one daughter.
EDWARD SHIPPEN ARNOLD, the eldest already mentioned; JAMES ROBERTSON
ARNOLD, the second son entered the Royal Engineers in 1798, and served
at Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and in New Brunswick. In 1841 he was
appointed a Major-General in the British Army, and rose to be a
Lieutenant-General in 1851. He was a Knight of the Hanoverian Order of
the Guelph, also a Knight of the Turkish Order of the Crescent. He
died in service in 1854.