, 1860-01-27
Regulation. Relating 10 the Naval Academy

The law limits the number Of Midship-
men, and requires that this number shall be
divided among the several States and Ter
rtories with reference and in proportion, as
netr as may he, to their number Of repre-
sentatives and delegates to Congress; that
appointments shall be made from those
States aud Territories which have not their
relative proportion on the Navy list and
that the individual selected for appoint
ment shall be in oil eases an actual resident
Of the State and Territory from which the
appointment pnrpOrts to be made. 1t is
further required by law that appointments
from each State shall be npportioned, as
near as practicable, equally among the sew.
ernl Congressional districts therein, and
that the person so appointed shall be nn
actual resident Of the Congressional district
Of the State from which appointed, and be
recommended by the member of Congress
representing the district in which he resides.
Application should be made by the mem
Der Of Congress representing the Congress
ional district in which the applicant resides,
addressed to the Secretary of the Navy.
No application will be considered where
the candidate Is under or above the pre-
Scribed age; where the precise age, aud
actual and fixed residence, are not stated /;
and where the applicant is not resident
Of the Congressional district Of the State
from which he applies.
The selection Of the candidates is made
annually, and candidates who receive per-
mission will present themselves to the Su-
perintendent Of The Naval Academy, be-
tween the goth and 30th Of September
No candidate will be received into the
Academy at any other time. Upon re-
porting to the Superintendent, candidates
will be examined by a Board Of Medical
Officers, aud by the Academic Board Of
the Academy, as to their qualifications for
admission into the Academy.
No candidate will be admitted into the
Naval Academy, unless at the time Of ex-
animation be is found qualified, in the opin-
lon Of the Medical Board, to discharge the
arduous duties Of an officer of the Navy,
and shall have passed q satisfactory exam
ination before the Academic Board
II both these examinations result favoro-
bly,, the candidate will receive an acting
appointment as Mdsbipman, become All
inmate Of the Academy, aud be allowed his
travelling expenses from his residence to
Annapolis. II, on the contrary, he shall
not pass both these examinations, he will
receive neither an acting appointment nor
his travelling expenses.
A candidate who has once presented
himself for examination, under the permis-
sion Of the Department, and has been re-
jected, cannot be allowed to present him
self for examination q second time
No one can receive a warrant as o Mid
shipman in the Navy, unless he be grad
uate Of the Naval Academy.
QuALIFIcArIoXs. = Candidates must be
over fourteen and under eighteen years Of
age at the time of the examination for ad-
mission must be free from deformity and
disease and imperfections OF the senses.
They must be Of good moral character,
able to read and write well-writing from
dictation, and spelling with correctness
and to perform with accuracy the various
operations of the primary rules of arthme-
tic, viz: numeraiion, and the addition, sub.
traction, multiplication, aud division Of
whole Numbers. .
ISAAC TOUCY,
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