The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-01
CADETSTEEPS AT WEST POINT AND
ANNAPOLIS
xvnTH coNGRTssloxAL DISTRICT OF pExx'A.

cacetshIpS IN this Congressional district and
which was prepared for the present week s issue
! OF the Johnetown TRiRUNE. We give place TO
the article with pleasure, ard commend the
course pursued by Mr.. McRRELL in di.posira
OF these two sinecures as the best that coulU
/ have been adopted:
I On the goth of July last, Mr. Morrel Rep
resentative in Congress from this dist rict pub-
lIshed the following card in the Johnstown
TRIBUNE, and it was shortly after published In
nearly all the journals of the district
The Seventeenth Congressional District of
Pennsylvania is entitled TO one Cadet AT the
Military Academy at West Point and another at
lhc Naval Academy ut Annapolis. Cadets are
appointed on the recommcn cndation of the hICrn-
btr 9i Congress Tor the district i'll which they
icslue- nave decided to recommend such
young gentlemen as shall be selected 10y II board
3l examiners composed of gentlemen eminent
IoI literary ana professional attainlnentS, rcS-
dents OF the district, who win fairly and with
out prejudice inquire into the academic and
jh! Slcill qGlilhCa tons OF all applicants. The
examination will necessarily be thorough. A
smart boy VINO IS physically undeveloped or un-
SOUND VIII DC rejected by the bourG, and the
boy who Is physically perfect but has neglected
ms studies or Is of weak mind will also he re-
3Gctcu' j ne names OF those VINO VIII constitute
this board will bc announced hereafter. as well
as the time OF the examination. All who desire
10 pc examined VIII address me at JohnstOwn
until the 18th of August, after which date no
application will be received. Subioincd is Il
copy OF Ihe ieiuilg regulations governing the
admission of candidates into the Military and
Naval At-adcmies, respectively, Al careful peru
s;lI OF Whlch " III lully inform all applicants of
the nature of the qualifications demanded by
the Government. Applicants must bc actual
RESIDENTS OF Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon or
Mithin counties. u. }. MOltRELI..
AS stated in the card, the regulations gov
eIning the admission of candidates were also
published Nineteen applications we've receive d
and filed up to the 25th of August. All the
applicants were informed by letter of the time
and place fixed upon for the examination
namely; Altoona, Thur-day, August 25th
They were also furnished 10y mail with an Off
cial copy OF the regulations. Below ia the
form OF notification addressed to each appli
cant:
JOHHSTOwS, PA; August IS 1870
DEAR SIR; The examination of applicants
Point auu the Naval Academy at Annapolis will
take place hit the Logan House, III Altoona, ON
in the morning. You viii please attend, and
bring with you certificates from leading citi-
zeus of your ncighborhood Qncluding one cicr-
gylnaIU of moral character and industrious
habits Yours truly, ID. j. MOi;IiELI.
For reasons which will be apparent upon re
Election, it was deemed best not to inform the
applicants what gentlemen would constitute
The board of examiners On The day appoint
ell the board met at the Logan House, and
there being no facilities the hotel for con
Quoting an examination. the board, accUmpa
niei by the applicants AMI their friends, pro
cCeded to one Of the public school rooms OF tho
city, where the examination was held Only
eight applicants presented themselves. OF the
remainder :. 10 had made writteI apnica ton
formally withdrew his name and two were
informed that they were not eligible on account
o! being over the specified age. OF the eight
WhO did not attend but we're presumed To he
eligible, it is known that some could not have
successfully passed an examination and Iruba
bly remniued away for this reason while no
ie4sun has been learned to account for the alb
scnce Of II Others.
TIE boaru OF exa miners was constituted as
follows, being composed of one from each
county OF the district zen. John Z. Tay lor.
of Reedsvile, M!fiiin county DIR. Siduey
Thompson, OF Spruce Creek, Huntington, coun-
~ Professor John Miller, Superintendent OF
the public schools, Altoona, Blair county and
Geo. ". Core, E>q, Superintendent Of the
public schools of Johnstown, Cambria county.
Th.se tom ntlenien, npOn assembling, chose
Rev DR.. Snadrach of Altoona an additional
member of the board. The following letter to
the board from Mr.. Myrrell was read soon
after its organic ,ton
JoHNsTowc,, PA, August q, 1910.
To GEN. John Z. Taylor, of Uiftin, Dr. SidHcB
Thompson, ~ Huntington, t'loT. J"Hn uNteT, UJ
BiGu, Gsu. - t0pc, Esq-, ~ Cambria:
GENTrEAtES: At my request you haze con-
Scntcd 10 serve Il board OF examiners OF the
ana litit.,itious OF aprIicants for admission To
Ncst Point and Annapolis Academies from the
III, IL fI,r ,iiscI,oi,re Of ms ,lrii,.t+r .d
solely by tie spirit and the letter OF the official
f,,.tr,,;urpt rctritI;,tious t.ouc,rIiiuo the adj
mission of candidates into these academies
copies of which arc herewith enclosed. 1t IL
my wish that the best qialned and most Ineri-
Tor appointment, without regard To religious,
politcai or other dstncttGns or cqnsIdeT9-
lectual aud physical qualifications of the appli-
CaEts. For knowledge OF their moral quaiit1-
cations habits of life, etc, you Will necessarily
have 70 rely upon the department of the appli-
ctnts in Your presence ana s!ch verbal or
written testimonials as they may present to
~; carly IA Friday, August 26th you viii
neut-one 70 the Military and the other 10 the
Naval Academy. You VIII also please dcsig-
nate two of the applicants, whose qualifications
are next in degree, as alternates, so that, If
those recommended Tor appointment should
from any reason fail of admission. these may be
recommended in their stead
select some leading citizen OF the district to
serve as the fifth member of your board. ON
all test questions, If any such should arise. the
vote of Il majority OF the board will he recOg-
nizcd by me as the action OF the whole.
The policy OF submitting all applications for
l,laf-e under the General Government to cGnl-
petitfve examinations il daily growing in favor
with the people, and desire that the exaulina-
TO render this policy still more popular.
DANIEL j. MoERtLI.
The examination commenced about ten
o'clock and continued, with recess tor dinner,
until six O'Clock in the evening. 1t was thor
ough and fair. During the evening the fol
LOWING decision was unanimously determined
upop bv four members of the board who were
present, and concurreu IN ' the aoSeuI mem
her. Dr. Shadrach, on the following morning
ALTOONA, August p, 1870.
Hon, ID: 7: NOITeG:
DEAR SIR: We. the Board of Examiners ap-
Dointcd by YOU for the purpose of examining
The applicants for cadetships, respectfully re-
port that we have held the examination with
the result given below
There were seven applicants: II. s. Berlin of
Johnstown; Henry Henshy, of Fostorm; ~ ID
IfamgY of Altoona William n. a Rooney, OF
HoIIiduysburg NJ. a. C. Weaver, of Hunting
don; ". w Sits, of I.ewistown; and VIM ~
Mann of Altoona. Charles b. Bristin, of Lew
istown did not attend until after the examina-
ton had been in progress for some time lie
been pronounced physically incompetent; did
not wish to enter tho class
Of tho seven whom examined, we take
Measure i'm recommending for the military ca
dct~hip H. = Berlin. of Johnstown; and for the
naval cadetship, VIM: X. n. Rooney, OF ltolll-
daysbrry As alternateS, we recommend Tor
the military cadetship Wm- y. Mann, ofAltoo-
ma who was sixteen on July 3lst. II ne IS not
piiiribIe we recommend Henry Henshy, of Eos
tnria And for the naval cadetship; NJ. ~. Q.