Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-05-03

will, however, be, at all times during
the academic term, subject to examine
tion in the elementary branches.
VII. Any one of the following con-
ditions will be sufficient to reject can
didate:
Feeble constitution; permanently i'm
paired general health; decided cachexia;
all chronic diseases or result of injuries
that would permanently impair eficien-
cy, viz:
l. Infectious disorders.
2. Weak or disordered intellect.
3. Unnatural curvature of spine.
4. Epilepsy, or other convulsions,
within five years. ...
s. Impaired vision, or chronic dis
ease Of the organs of vision.
6. Great permanent hardness of hear
ing, or chronic disease of the ears.
Z. Loss or decay of teeth to such an
extent as to interfere with digestion
and impair health.
8. Impediment of speech to such an
extent as to impair efficiency in the per-
formance of duty.
9. Decided indications of liability to
pulmonary disease.
10. Permanent inefficiency of either
OF the extremities.
IL. Hernia.
II. Incurable sarcocle, hydrocele,
fistula, structure, or hemorrhoids.
13. Large varicose veins in lower
limbs. Chronic ulcers.
IA. Attention will also be paid to the
stature of the candidate, and no one
manifestly undersized for his age will be
received into the Academy. In case of
doubt about the physical condition of
the candidate, any marked deviation
from the usual standard of height will
add materially to the consideration for
rejection. Five feet will be the mini.
mum height for the candidate.
Is. The board will exercise proper
discretion in the application of the
above conditions to each case, rejecting
no candidate who is likely to be efficient
in the service, and admitting no one
who is likely to prove physically ineffi-
cient. No candidate rejected by the
board will be allowed re-examina-
ton.
VIII. If both these examinations
result favorably, the candidate will re-
ceive an appointment as q cadet mid
shipman, become an inmate of the
Academy, and be allowed his actual and
necessary travelling expences from his
residence to the Naval Academy, and
will be required to sign articles by
which he will bind himself to serve
in the United States Navy for eight
years (including his term of probation
at the Naval Academy, unless sooner
discharged. If, ON the contrary, he
shall not pass both of these examina-
tions, he will receive neither an appoint
ment nor his travelling expenses; nor
can he by law have the privilege of an
other examination for admission to the
some class, unless recommended by the
Academic Board.
TX. When candidates shall have
passed the required examinations, and
been admitted as members of the Acad-
emy, they must Immediately furnish
themselves with the following articles,
the list of prices of which is published
for the information of parents and
guardians, who are not supposed to
know the requirements of the Naval
Academy. As these articles are of
uniform pattern, it is recommended
that they be purchased from the pay
master in charge of stores at the Acad-
envy, and o deposit of the amount made
at the time of the admission of the
candidate. Underclothes from home
will do.
[The list embraces two uniform navy
blue suits, one fatigue suit, one uniform
coat, ten pairs white pants, four white
vests, six shirts and pairs socks, bed
ding, toilet articles, ETC., sggregating
in value 1854 5O.-ED.]
When the candidates have passed a
successful examination, they will be at
once sent on board ships, and will not
be permitted to return again to their
homes that year.
X. Each midshipman must, on ad-
mission, deposit with the paymaster
the sum of one hundred dollars, for
which he will be credited on the books
of that officer, to be expended by direc-
ton of the Superintendent for the pur-
chase of textbooks and other author
lied articles besides those enumerated
in the preceding article.
All the deposits for clothing, and the
entrance deposit of one hundred dol
lars, must be made before candidate
can be received into the Academy.
XI. A cadet midshipman found def
cient at any examination cannot, by
law, be continued at the Academy or in
the service, unless upon the recom-
mendation of the Academic Board, and
it will be useless to apply to the Secre-
tary of the Navy, who will decline to
interfere in the matter.
XII. A cadet midshipman who vol
unfairly resigns his appointment within
a year from the time Of his admission
to the Academy will be required to re-
fund the amount paid him for travelling