Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-01-31

WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY,
In the Senate of the United States. Jan.
uaIy 10, 1861, Mr. FooT asked, and by unani-
nous consent obtained, leave to bring in the
following bill; which was read twice, referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs and the
Militia, and ordered to be printed
A BILL
For the Reorg> "ization If the United States
Military Academy at West Point
Be enacted by tie Senate and Housd OF
Representatives. ot'he United States If Amertcq
in Congress assembled, That the United
States Military Academy at West Point shall
consist Of
One Superintendent;
One Commandant OF Cadets and Instructor
of Tactics, with two Assistant Instructors Of
Cavalry Tactics; two Assistant Instructors OF
Artillery Tactics two Assistant Instructors
of Infantry Tactics;
One Professor of Military and Civil Engi-
neering and Science Of War, with two Assi,-
tant Professors
One Professor of Natural and Experiment
tai Philosophy. with two Assistant Professors;
One Professor of Chemistry, Mineraloky,
and Geology, with one Assstan, Professor;
One Professor OF Mathematics. with five
Assistant Professors;
One Chaplain and Professor of Ethics.
English letters, Geography, History, and
Law, with five Assistant Professors:
One Professor Of Drawing, with two Assis-
tant Professors
One Professor of French, with two Assist
ant Professors;
One Professor of Spanish, with two Assist
ant Professors:
One Instructor of Practical Geodesy, A.
tronomy, Topography, and Reconnaissance.
with one Assistant Instructor
One Instructor OF Ordnance and Gun
merry;
One Instructor OF Practical Engineering;
One Instructor in the Use Of Sm4ll4rms
Gymnastics, &c., with one Assistant:
One Surgeon;
One Assistant Surgeon;
One AdJutant;
One Quartermast2r and Commissary;
One Treasurer;
One Inspector Of the Academy;
The Corps OF Cadets; and
l he Commission Of Supervision, to be STYLED
the Unitel States Military Academy Commls-
SIGN.
SEC. ?. Ind he it ti4rtler enacted, That the
Superintendent shall be an officer OF the
Army, a graduate Of the United States Mill
tary Academy, and distinguished for his sci
entiic attainments. He shall have the local
rank, pay, and allowances Of a colonel of en-
sneers, and be appOirted by the President,
oy and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
The Commaniant OF Cadets and Instructor
of Tactics shall be an officer of the Army, a
graduate of the United States Military Ac4d-
emy, and distinguished by service in the fl ID
with troops; and shall have the local rank,
pay, and allowances Of a lieutenant colonel
of engineers, and be appointed by the Prrsl-
lent, by and with the advice and consent OF
the Senate.
The Professors shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate; they shall hold their 9TH
ces subject to removal by the Pre>id mt Of the
United States upon the recomT endatIon OF
the United States Military Academy Com
mission; they shall have the local rank and
allowance of fuel and quarters of m ,iors OF
the Army, but shall exercise no cammapd
except in their departments and IN the Acad-
emic Board; they shall receive an annual sal
AIRY of two thousand two hundred dollars with
service rations; and any professor who sh al
have served III that capacity for twenty-five
years may retire from the Acaiemy, or may
0e retired by the President ar his discretion,
md in either case he shall receive thereafter
the pay to which he was entitled at the date
OF his retirement; they shall be subject to the
rules ard articles of war, and TO the regula
tons of the United Staes Military Acadenv
The Instructor of Practi, al GeodeSy, AS
tronomy, Topography, and Reconnaissance
the Instructor Of Practical Engineering, and
the Instructor OF Ordnance and Gunuery,
shall be captains or lieutenants of the Agmy,
ami shall receive the pay and allowances OF
captains of engineers, and, in addition there
to, twenty-five dollars month, and no other
pay or allowance whatsoever.
The Assistant Instructor oe Cavalry, Artil-
iery, and Infantry Tactics, shall be lieuten-
ants of the mounted corps, artillery, and IN
fantry arms, respectively; one Of the Assist
ant Professors OF Ethics, English Letters, Ge-
ography, History, and Law, shall be appoint
ed from civil life by the President the other
Assistant Professors and Assistant Instructors.
the Instructor in the use Of Small-arms, Gym
nastics, &c, the Adjutant, the Quartermaster
and Commissary, and the Treasurer, shall be
lieutenants of the Army, and all shall have
the pay and allowances of captains Of engi-
neers.
The Assistant Professors and the Assistant
Instructors shall be assigned to sections at the
discretion of the Professor or Instructor at
the head of their respective departments; and |
when any Assistant Professor or Assistant |
Instructor shall be relieved from duty at the |
Academy, the Professor or Instructor shall |
through the Super intendent, his rec
for successor, and the ap- |
pointment shall be made in conformity to such !
so far as the interests OF the
public service will allow.
The Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon shall
be taken from the medical staff OF the Army
The assistant to the Instructor IN the use
Of Small-arms shall be appointed by the Pres
ident, and shall receive an annual compensa-
ton of twelve hundred dollars.
SEC. 3. Ind be il further enacted, That the
com handler of the United States corps OF
Engineers shall tie the Inspector OF the
Academy. The orders of the Secretary OF
War relative to the Academy shall be commu-
nicated through him, and to him the Supern!-
tendent shall make all reports, returns, estl-
mates, and communications concerning the
institution. He shall, at least twice IN each