Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-20
NEGOTIATIONS.

Wick govern the admission of Candidates
''stO&6e Nuvat Ac0demy ut annapolis, Nd.
Application, address 10 the Secretary
Of the Navy, can he made at any time. by
candidate himself. or by his parent. guar
G4kan. or any Of his friends. and his name,
however. does not give any assurance OF
AN appointment. No preference will be
given ON account Of priority of application.
No application will be considered where
candidate is under or above the prescr.
bed age. and actual and fixed residence.
&Te not stated and where he applicant
is not II resident ct the Congressional dis
irict OF the State from which he applies.
The law limits. the number of midshil
men to four hundred aud sixty -four. and
requires that this number shall be- divi>
ded among the several States and Terri
tories with reference and in proportion.
As neSr rs may be. to their number of
representatives and Delegates to Con-
gress that appointments shall be made
from those States and Territories which
have not their relative proportion on the
Navy list and that the individual selec-
ted for appointment shall be in all cases
An actual resident of the State aud Ter
ritory from which the appointment pur-
ports to be made. 1t is further required
BY law that appointments from each State
shall b AppUr iJned rs nearly as practi-
cable. equally among the several Con-
gressional districts therein. and that the
person SO appointed shall be an actual re-
sident of the Congressional district OF the
State from which appointed, and be re-
commended BY the member of Congress
representing the district in which lie res
sides.
The selection Of candidates is made an
nually on or before the LIST of June. and
candidates who receive permission. will
present themselves to the Superintendent
OF the Naval Academy, between the 28th
and 3Oth Of September. No candidate
will be received IN the Academy at any
other time. Upon reporting to the Su-
Perintrndcnt candidates will be examined
by Board Of Medical Officers, and by
Ihe Academic Board of the Academy, AS
20 their qualifications for admission into
the Academy.
No candidate will be admitted into the
Naval Academy, unless at the time Of
examination he is found qualified, in the
opinion of the Medical Board, to discharge
the arduous duties of an officer of the
Navy. and shall have passed il satisfactory
examination before the Academic Board.
II both these examinations result favor
ably, the candidate will receive AN acting
appointment as MidShipman, become an
inmate of the Academy, and be allowed
Ills travelling expenses from his residence
10 Annapolis. II on the contrary, he shalt
not pass both these examinations he will
receive neither AN acting appointment nor
lis travelling expenses.
candidate who has once preSc utcd
himself for examination. under the pei
mission of the Department, and has bee n
rejected. cannot be allowed to present
himself tor examination second time.
No one can receive IL warrant MS q Mid
Eh'Pm"n in the Navy unless he is a gra-
duate of the Naval Academy.
QUALIFICATIONS.
Candidates must be over fourteen aud
under seventeen years of are at the time
OF the examination for admission must
be free from deformity and disease and
lmperfection Of the senses. lie must be
OF good moral character. able TO read and
write well-writing from dictation, and
spelling with Correctness-andt to perform
with accuracy the various operations of
the primary rules of arithmetic. viz nu-
meratlon. and the addition. subtraction,
multiplication and division Of whole num-
bers. &c. DOBBIN.
Secretary of the Navy.