Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-05-12
CADE1LENGINEER,y.



CADET, ,ENGINEERS
"h"'.niioss TON THEM APPOINTMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY
!, In pursuance of law, applications
Twill BE- received by the Navy Depart
mont for tho appointmBnt Of Cadet
Engineers. -
\ H. Theapplicaton is 70 be Addressed
to the Secretary Of The Navy, and Can
be made by tho candidate, or by any
person for him, and his name will be
placed on the register. Tho registry
of a name, however, gives no assurance
of an appointment and no preference
will be given in the selection to priority
of application
III, The number Of appointments
which can be made Is limited by law
to twenty-five each year. The candi-
date must not be less than sixteen nor,
more than twenty years OF age; he
will be required to certify on honor to
his precise age, to tho Academic Board,
previous TO his examination, and no
one will be examined who Is over or
under tho prescribed age, His appli-
cation must be accompanied bysatisfac-
tory evidence Of moral character and
health, with information regarding date
Of birth and educational advantages
hitherto enjoyed. Candidates who re
ccivc permission will present them
selves 10 the Superintendent of the
Naval Academy on the 9th Of Septem-
Der, for examination rs to their quail
fcations for admission, wv f't-'H
". The course OF study will COM
prise four academic years, also two ad-
ditional years Mt sea, All cadets who
finally graduate will be commissioned
Assistant Engineers In the Navy us
vacancies occur. The pay Of q Cadet
Engineeris the same as that of o Cadet
Midshipmen, $500 per annum, and at
sea the same as Midshipmen. N
v. The academic examination previ-
ous to appointment will be compditipe,
and will bo on the following subjects,
namely: Arichmdic: the candidate will
be examined in numeiution, and the
addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division of whole numbers, and of
vulgar and decimal fractions; in re-
duct;on in proportion. or rule of three.
direct and inverse extraction Of square
and cube roots, In ALGEBRA. through
equations of the first degree. Plane
Geonetru Rudimentdrv Natural Phi.
losopbu Readin1 he must rcnd clear
" and intcllipi5ly from any English
narrative work as. for example. Ban.
croft's History of the United States. -
In Vriti,lo and Spellblo ho must write
from dictation IN n legiblc hand and
spell with correctness, both orally and
| in writing GeoUaphv. In English
Grammar and English COMPOSITION he
will be examined as 10 the parts of
speech. the rules connected Herewith,
and the elementary construction Of
sentences and will be required to write
such original paragraphs as will show
that he has rroper knowledge of the
subject. The candidate will also be re-
ouired to exhibit a fair degree of pro
fciency in pencil-sketching, and to pro
ducc satisfactory evidence Of mechani.
cal aptitude. Candidates who possess
the ereatest skill and expericnce in
the practical knowledge of machinery.
other qualifications being eqnal, will
have nrecedcnco for admission. h1lli
VT ,,.In,.Lr c.iIa, :, d;,;,,,
- Ahy VI ,no ioiio"hiS Vohuit'o"'
will be sufficient to reject candidate
Feeble conatitut;on nermancntlv i'm.
,,a,,..d .o,,.,,ai la,.la, Joo;d1,d nooLav;a
paifcu gehoihi nc''i'h, ucciucu c"onoNiai
all chronic diseases or results OF injuries
that would perInanently impair effici-
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