Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-02
WTST POINT CADETS
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... United states military academy at
g.. Point ON the Hudson. We make
Oh. following extract:
.rI. cadets bauack on the south side
.s.llp pain. was completed in 1851. 1t
l.-etJrIcs high. built Of stone, with
.....-.uf rooms. ca-tcllatcd and corniccd
.. rcd sandstone. i'm the Elizabcthan
XII. and Is the most imposing structure
N. ,ba Point. The building is 300XG0
l.t with "a wing extending in rear OF
|, er.t tower IOOXGO feet II contains
,-. rooms. Of which 1876 are cadets
..rtcrs. I4N22 feet, arranged in eight
#l-loa- without interior communion
..a. The west tower and adjacent di-
..5ons are at present used as officers
charters The basement contains num-
Lnrof bathing rooms, the necessary APP
nutu- for heating the whole building
,.d quarters for the employees. The
large hall in the center, over the sally
por, is appropriated to the Dialectic
.oociy.
The original cost Of the building was
$4,000. Together with the neighbor-
lgo mess hall, cavalry barrack, artillery
aauack. engineer barTdck and hospital,
il ha. been much improved since its first
construction.
Here, then, arc hived the $50 or more
cadets who usually compose the four
classes at the academy; and it is Of some
interest to inquire who they are, how
they get here and what they do when
here,
Each congressional district and Terri
lorg-also the District Of Columbia-is
entitled to have one cadet at the acad
rmv The appointments are made by the
secretary of war, at the request of the
representative or delegate in Congress
from the district or Territory. Ten
appointments 'at large are also made
bg the President of the United States
Applications can ut any time be made
by letter to the secretary of war TO have
the name of the applicant placed upon
,ac register, that it may be furnished to
llc proper representative or delegate
when q vacancy occurs. The application
must exhibit the full name, exact age
and permanent abode Of the applicant,
with the number of the congressional
district in which his residence is situated.
According to the existing law, no person
who has served in any capacity in the
military or naval service of the sO-called
Confederate States can be appointed.
The age for the admission of cadets is
between seventeen and twenty-five years;
ont any person who has served honorably
md faithfully Eot less than one year as
IN officer or enlisted man in either the
cgular or volunteer service in the late
var is eligible for appointment up to the
igc of twcuty-four. Candidates must be
1t least five feet in height and free from
any infectious or immoral disorder, and
generally from any dcformity. disease or
uirmty which may render them unfit
or military service. They must bc well
,crsed in reading, in writing, including
photography, and in arithmetic, have II
knowledge of the elements of English
grammar of descriptive geography, par
icuIarly of our own country, and of the
history of the United States.
Furnished with his official appoint
ucnt, which is usually made public in
February or March, each new cadet il re-
luircd 20 report In person to the superin
cndcut at West Point. between the 1St
and 20th days of June; but if sickness
)r any other unavoidable cause prevents
his hc may report on the 2Sth of Au-
gust No admissions into the military
academy are allowed save ut these two
periods After his arrival and enroll
nent he is at once instructed into the
preliminary drill, daily, of the school of
he soldier, and is instructed in all the
subjects upon which he is soon to be eX-
ahmed for admission
The examination, commencing on the
list of June, and conducted in the pres
nee OF the whole academic board, is
,tuct, but II is 10y no means fearful or
Ioa, from the few requirements de
handed; and usually the number re
cctcd does not exceed half a dozen. No
SVoutlSm Is shown, neither any I'M
'ue haTShness to any applicant, on any
account If he maintains good behavior
From the LIST of July the new cadet is
anked as member of the lowest or
curtin class, From this date his pay of
$50 per month, allowed him by the gov
Fhment, commences, and if he can con
JNe 10 anticipate it with a deposit of
sou or $50 with the treasurer, he will be
8" much the better off in the respects of
Inl'om and outfit. Henceforth every
NlnS he needs or wants is supplied to
IW ny the government at prices a trifle
loo'e cost and charged to his account
monthly with the regular $50 to his
-'eu't At the termination of his cadet
@'Ieer balance is struck, and there are
Instances which prove that even on that
,Ia'l pay OF $3.50 year in excess of
'oLN ana lodging cadet may come
31' S'oO ahead at the time of his gradua-