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

THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
We publish below, in full, the regu-
lstions relating to the admission of cam
.didstss to the Naval Academy, for the
information of the parents, guardians
and friends OF such of our youth as
may wish to apply for the position:
l. The number Of cadet midspipmen
allowed at the Ccademy is one for every
member and Delegate Of the House Of
Representatives, one for the District of
Columbia, ten appointed annually at
large.
II. The nomination Of candidates for
admission from the District of Colum-
bia, and at large, is made by the Pres
ident. The nomination of q candidate
from any congressional district or Ter.
ritory is made on the recommendation
of the member or Delegate, from actual
residents of his district or Territory.
iii. Each year, as soon after the fifth
of March as possible, members and
Delegates will be notified, in writing, of
vacancies that may exist in their dis
tricts. If such members or Delegates
neglect to recommend candidates by the
first of July in that year, the Secretary
Of the Navy is required by law to fill
the vacancies existing in districts actu-
ally represented in Congress.
Nv. The nomination of candidates
is made annually, between the fifth of
March and first of July. Candidates
who are nominated in time to enable
them to reach the Academy by the fifth
Of June will receive permission to pre-
sent themselves at that time to the SIT
perintendent of the Naval academy for
examination as to their qualifications
for admission. Those who are nomi-
mated prior to July LIST, but not in time
to attend the June examination, will
be examined between the twentieth and
thirtieth of September following; and
should any candidate fail to report, or
be found physically or mentally dis
qualified for admission in June, the
member or Delegate from whose district
he was nominated will be notified to
recommend another candidate, who
shall be examined between the twenti-
eth and thirtieth of September follow
ing.
v. No candidate will be admitted
into the Naval Academy unless he shall
have passed a satisfactory examination
before the Academic Board, and is
found lin the opinion of medical
board, to be composed of the Surgeon
of the Naval Academy and two other
medical officers designed by the Secre-
tary of the Navy) in all respects phys
ically sound, we'll formed, and of robust
constitution, and qualified to endure
the arduous labors of an officer in the
Navy.
vi. Candidates for appointment as
midshipmen must be between fourteen
and eighteen years of age when exam
ined for admission. All candidates foy
admission will be required to certify on
honor to their precise age, to the Acad-
emic Board, previous to examination,
and none will be examined who are
over or under the prescribed age. They
must be of good moral character, salts
factory testimonials of which, from
persons of good repute in the neighbor-
hood of their respective residences,
must be presented; and testimonials
from clergymen, instructors in colleges
and high schools, will have special
weight. They must also pass salts
factary examination before the Acad-
emic Board in reading, writing, spelling,
arithmetic, geography, and English
grammar, viz: in reading, they must
read clearly and intelligibly from any
English narrative work, as, for exam
pie, Bancroft's History of the United
States; in ,criting and spelling. they
must write from dictation, in legible
hand, and spell with correctness both
orally and in writing; in arithmetic, they
will be examined in numeratiOn and
the addition, subtraction, multiplica-
ton, and division of whole numbers
and vulgar and decimal fractions, and
in proportion or the rule of three, and
show a good knowledge Of the subject.
It is desirable that the board should
ascertain the aptitude of candidate in
this branch Of study, which, if good ,
should count in his favor in case Of q
slight deficiency in other branches. In
geography, candidates will be examined
as to the grand divisions-the conti-
nents, oceans, and seas, the chief noun
tains and rivers, and the boundaries
and population of the chief nations,
their governments, capitals, and chief
cities; in English grammar, they will be
examined as to the parts of speech,
the rules connected Herewith, and the
elementary construction of sentences,
and will be required to write such orig
inal paragraphs as will show that they
have . proper knowledge of the SUBJ
ject.
The board will Judge whether the
proficiency of the candidate in these
branches is sufficient to qualify him to
enter upon the studies of tho Acad-
emy.
For the further information of can
didatss for admission into the Naval