The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-29

Secretary Of the Navy, .caa be nsds 81 any tina
b. the candidate himself, or BY his parent, guss
dian, or any Of his friends, and his nsms VIII b
placed on the register. The registry Of . name
pointnsnt. No preference will be given on 90
count Of priority Of application. Ne application
VIII be considered whore the candidate Is under OF
and and assd rssdsnos ar. mo not stated
where the applicant 10 not Q resident Of the Con.
gressional district of the State from which he
applies. Pill. 10. uu,.. a.. ... =. .,..,,.
four hundred and sixty four and requires that this
Number sAali be divided among the several States
ar d territories, with reference and ia proportion,
a. near as may be, to their plumber Of represent.
atives and delegates to Congress; that future
appointments shall be made from those States and
territories which have thsr relative proportion
on the Navy list; and that the individual selected
for appointment shall be, ia all cases, an actual
resident OF the State and territory from which the
appointment purports to be made IL is further
required by law that future appointments from
eaca State shall be apPortioned, nearly rs prac-
tlcable, equally among the several Congressional
districts therein.
Candidates, who receive permission, will pre-
sent themselves to the Superintendent of the Naval
Academy between the LIST and 9Th of October,
cal officers Of the navy, and by tho Academic
Board OF the Naval Academy.
No candidate will be admitted into the Naval
Academy, unless, at the time or mination, he
10 t0uuu qudlluco, III INC OplulOH VI Inc MoUlCbl
Board, to discharge the arduous duties of an
officer Of the navy, and shall have passed salts
factory examination before the Academic Board.
\ If both these examinations result fevorably, the
candidate will receive an acting appointment IS .
midshipman, become an inmate of the Academy,
and be allowed his travelling expenses from his
residence to Annapolis. If, on the contrary, he
shall not pass both these examin ations, he will re-
ceiye neither an acting appointment nor his ira
Yelling expenses
A candidate who has once presented himself for
examination, under the permission of the depart
ment, and has been rejected cannot be allowed 70
present himself for examination second time.
QUALIFICATIONS.
Candidates must be over thirteen, and under six
teen years of age, at the time Of the primary exs
mination; must be free from deformity and disease
and imperfections of the senses. They must be
of good moral character, able to read and write
weu-writing from dctation, and spelling with
correctness, and to perform with accuracy the
metic, Instrumentation, and the addition, SUBJ
traction, multiplication, and division of whole
numbers.
Any one of the following conditions will be sufd-
cent to reject q candidate, viz:-
l. Feeble constitution and muscular tenuity; un-
sound health from whatever cause; Indications of
former disease glanduar swellings, or other symp-
toms Of scrofala.
2. Chronic cutaneous affections, especially Of the
scalp, any disorder Of an infectious character.
g.. Severe injuries Of the bones Of the head; con-
WILSON'S.
loPoIod VlolOu, IrOm Wudt6Vor cause, luuHr
matory affections Of the eye.lids; immobiity. or
irregularity of the iris fstula lachrymalis, &c. &c.
8. Deafness; eopious discharge from the ears.
6. Loss Of many teeth, or the teeth generally un-
sound.
z. Impediment of speech.
8. Want of due capacity Of the chest, and any
other indication of liability to pulmonic disease.
9: Impaired or inadequate efficiency Of one or
both of the superior extremities account of frao
tuIes, especially Of the clavicle contraction Of
joint, extenuation, deformity, SC , SO.
10. An unnatural excurvaturs or incurvaturs of
the spine.
IL. Hernia.
IL A varicose state Of the veins, of the scrotum
and spermstic cord, (when large,) sarcocele, by
drocele, hemorrhoides, 6stulas.
Ii. Impaired or inadequate efficiency Of one or
both of the inferior extremties account of vari
cose veins, fractures, malf,rmation, (fat feet,
60 y lameness, contraction, unequal length, bun
yons, everything or supernumerary toes, 60, Sc.
IA Ulcers, or unsound cicatricss of ulcers likely
to break out afresh
The Naval Academy q. Annapolis needs only the
fostering care of the government and proper Off
GERS, to compete with any similar institution in the
world.