Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-01-18
VACANCIES AT WEST POINT.
A Few Esst Num aud There win he
No Oths.s Untn Nest Year.

No Oths.s tntii Nest Year.
Washington. Jan. l6-There are
number Of vacancies at the military
academy which members Of the present
congress are entitled 10 I'll. Among
these are the Second. Third, Tenth,
Eleventh ana Twenty.hrst districts Of
Illinois. tho Tenth lows, the Eleventh
Michigan. the Ninth Wisconsin. the
First Oregon. These vacancies belong
the class which will enter the academy
next June and II they are not filed be-.
fore the present congress expires they
will revert 20 members whose terms Of
Office begin March next.
Without changing the law there will
b. no further vacancies az West Point
until June. 1900, when upon the gradu.
Ating Of what Is now the second class
there will be- 80 places 10 be hlled, these
being distributed as follows;
At large 2. Arkansas !. Connecticut f.,
Idaho /. Illinois 2. Indiana 3, Iowa J.,
Kansas 4, Kentucky 2, Maryland ?,
Massachusetts 3. Michigan /, Minnesota
J, Missouri 4, Montana I, Nebraska ?,
Nevada I, New YORK 3. Ohio 4, Peun-
sylvaniA 6, South Carolina 3, Tennessee
!, Texas /, Virginia !, Washington /,
West Virginia !, Wisconsin /.
The present class, on account Of ur.
gent need for men in the service at the
present time, will be graduated Feb. 10.
The regulation examination OF candi.
dates 10 all the vacancies would Ordi-
narily occur before boards OF army Off
GERS at the present military posts
throughout the country on March !, but
this year the exigencies Of the services
precluding the appointment Of such
boards on account OF the practical abin-
donment Of posts due 20 the dispatch Of
the regiments 20 the West Indies and
the Philippines has caused the war dc.
partment TO order all the accredited can.
didates 10 report at West Point FOR eX.
ANIMATION early IN June.
Although two vacancies will accur
among the cadets at large at West Point
next year IL viii be- impossible for Pre-.
sideui McKjuley TO consider any appli-
cation for them a. he has already mace
promises for every appointment that be
will b. entitled 90 throughout the re-
mainder " his term as president He
has adhered rigidly 10 the precedent
followed almost invariably by his pre-
deccssor- ofrcsiricting bus appointments
at both academies 10 the sons Of army
aud navy officers. and even with this
restriction no has NOT had available one.
tenth OF the appointments needed 90
crafty consp.ciously deserving cases
among soldiers sons, who under the
law have no preferential treatment Il
they wish 60 follow the position in
which their ancestors acquired distinct.
ION.
At the naval academy there will be D.
vacancies on March 3 ana 80 on June 80.
These that become available m Marh
already exist, but cannot b. filed by the
members u the present house Of repre-.
sntuuycs by whom tucss vacancies
were permitted 90 iapse on July J., last.
These existing vacancies belong 20 the
following districts:
First and Eighth Alabama, Sixteenth
Illinois, Tenth and Eleventh Kentucky,
Fourth and Fifth Louisiana. Fourth
Mississippi, Third Nebraska, Sixth and
Twentieth Ohio, First Tennessee and
Sixth Texas
Secretary Long will notify the con.
grcs.men from those districts on March
] that they viii have four months 90
make the appointments from among
young men between the ages Of % ana
20. who shall be- actually residents OF
the districts from which they are nomi.
ated. AZ the same time and under sim.
liar conditions, representatives 900 CON.
grc.s OF the following ditrIc-s viii be-
informed that they may make appoint.
mcnts for the vacancies that occur 40
the end Of June, namely:
Third ana Seventh Alabama, Third
Arkansas, Third and Filth California,
Tenth and Eleventh Georgia, Eighth
and Ninth Illinois, Sixth and Ninth In.
diana, Third, Fourth, Seventh and Eloy.
enth Iowa, Seventh Kansas, First, Sixth,
Eighth aud Eleventh Michigan, Fourth
Minnesota, Second Mississippi, Fourth
and Sixth Nebraska, seventh, Tenth
and Twelfth Ohio, Eighth Texas, Ninth
and Tenth Wisconsin and from tho Dis.
trict OF Columbia
Mysterious Murder at Butts.